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A new Patreon journey…

Stay tuned. I’m just getting Patreon set up now. Today is 2/23/2025. I’m going to try to move all my existing content (music, podcasts, blogs, photography, videos, etc.) to Patreon and back-date them to maintain the history. I’m learning as I go. Please come back soon and have a look around. Thank you!

– Brian Jost, aka “Forcing Smiles”

https://www.patreon.com/forcingsmiles

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  • Ep-024, MN Hip-hop artist “Rap Mahomez,” Shannon Thompson, mental health, creative process March 14, 2025
  • Ep-023, Goodbye THC, Hello Ponytail February 28, 2025
  • A new Patreon journey… February 23, 2025
  • Ep-022, HUGE Progress, “I Guess I Will” song by Forcing Smiles, Brian Jost January 10, 2025
  • Ep-021, New Melody & Chords, “I Guess I Will” by Forcing Smiles, Brian Jost January 9, 2025
  • Ep-020, The Diary of Anne Frank, music exploration 1/09/2025, Forcing Smiles, Brian Jost January 9, 2025
  • Ep-019, “I Am Afraid” (Cloverleaf Mix, 2024) by Forcing Smiles, Brian Jost January 8, 2025
  • Ep-018, More “I Guess I Will,” new demo, recording session 01/08/2025 January 8, 2025
  • Ep-017, Rediscovering “I Guess I Will,” 2004 song by Forcing Smiles (Brian Jost) January 7, 2025
  • Ep-016, “Devil Said” 2004 song by Forcing Smiles, Brian Jost January 7, 2025
  • Ep-015, 2004 song “I Guess I Will” by Forcing Smiles (Brian Jost) January 6, 2025
  • Ep-014, Album “Letting Barnum Be,” and song “Lazy Show” by Forcing Smiles / Brian Jost January 5, 2025
  • Ep-013, practicing “Jingle Jangle (Smack)” (Tambourine), by Forcing Smiles / Brian Jost January 3, 2025
  • Ep-012, “Like a River” by Forcing Smiles, Brian Jost January 2, 2025
  • Ep-011, Song “Bleeding Out” by Forcing Smiles January 1, 2025
  • Ep-010, Time Machines & Angels, song: “The One” December 30, 2024
  • Brian Jost is FORCING SMILES with debut album “Making Room” September 21, 2024
  • Ep-009, Demo Album, 13 Songs (not Fugazi), by Brian Jost, a.k.a. Eureka Point Lighthouse April 3, 2024
  • Red Light Recess #3: Not Being Me February 27, 2024
  • Red Light Recess #2: Permission February 24, 2024
  • Red Light Recess #1: I Needed a Break February 24, 2024
  • Ep-008, “Buy Me a Ticket” November 13, 2023
  • Ep-007, The Song That Won’t End October 14, 2023
  • Ep-006, Six Months Later, Fake Podcast Jingle & Other Music Talk September 6, 2023
  • Ep-005, Others Have It Worse (Al Levin – guest blog post) & Song “Better Off In the Morning” March 15, 2023
  • Ep-004, Meditation Distractions, Songs “Cup of Coffee” & “Ergonomics” March 6, 2023
  • Ep-003, Abandoned Recovery Story, Song “God’s Apology” March 2, 2023
  • Ep-002, Hijacked by Fear (Tornado Watch/Baseball). Song “I am Afraid.” 02/22/2023 February 22, 2023
  • Ep-001, Meet the Band. Song “Skeletons.” 02/21/2023 February 21, 2023
  • #40, “December Parties” (screenplay melody idea, draft) 12/11/2022 December 11, 2022
  • #39, Screenplay Song/Melody Idea, “Train Sounds In Winter” December 10, 2022
  • #38, Practicing “Cup of Coffee” for 2nd Open Mic December 5, 2022
  • #37, Mission Accomplished; My First Open Mic November 29, 2022
  • #36, TWO DAYS Until My First Open Mic November 26, 2022
  • #35, THREE DAYS Until My First Open Mic November 25, 2022
  • #34, Practice session audio, FIVE DAYS to Open Mic November 23, 2022
  • #33, FIVE DAYS Until My First Open Mic! November 23, 2022
  • #32, Six Days Until My First Open Mic November 22, 2022
  • #31, Seven Days Until My First Open Mic. Recording of practice this morning. November 21, 2022
  • #30, Eight Days Until My First Open Mic November 20, 2022
  • #29.5, Screenplay song/melody idea, draft, “Can You Give Me Anything?” November 2, 2022
  • #29, DRAFT – “Pumpkin Patch” Song idea October 17, 2022
  • #28, More “Skeletons” October 10, 2022
  • #27, “Forgot About Math,” rough idea for screenplay October 10, 2022
  • #26, Oops I got COVID, “Don’t Mess With Me” (DRAFT) September 26, 2022
  • #25 Music idea, “Kid’s Sportsball” September 17, 2022
  • #24 Song idea, “Fall In Time” September 11, 2022
  • #23, Each Begets the Value of the Day May 19, 2022
  • #22, Baseball Practice & My Messy World April 14, 2022
  • #21. “Skeletons” – Latest version, new vocals, key change, mixed 02/10/2022 February 11, 2022
  • #20. “Decaf Buzz” (Draft, rough mix) by Brian Jost (2022) February 2, 2022
  • #19. Noise of the Day, 02/01/2022 February 1, 2022
  • #18. Noise of the Day 01/30/2022 January 30, 2022
  • #17. Song idea, “New Basketball Hoop” by Brian Jost (2021) January 20, 2022
  • #16. (Ridiculous) Song “Chunky Monkey” by Olive Jost and Brian Jost (2019?) January 17, 2022
  • #15. HORRIBLE recording, another partial version of “Skeletons” (2020?) by Brian Jost January 16, 2022
  • #14. Song “Try Hard” (unfinished melody idea for screenplay, Feb. 2021) by Brian Jost January 13, 2022
  • #13. Song “Skeletons” (Again, old version, partial, 177 bpm, 2020?) by Brian Jost January 12, 2022
  • #12. Song “Good Morning Everybody” (2020) with vocals by Olive Jost, music by Brian Jost January 11, 2022
  • #11. SUICIDE AND THE NEW YEAR. Song “Skeletons” (Alternate – key and pitch change, chords: B-F#-G#) Recorded 2021 (Original 2019) by Brian Jost January 9, 2022
  • #10. (Ridiculous) Song “Nursery Rhymes, ABC’s” by Brian Jost. Red-Light Coffee Dance #10 January 7, 2022
  • #9. “Skeletons” (full song, 12/05/2021, new ending) by Brian Jost January 6, 2022
  • #8. Music, “Backyard” (2019) by Brian Jost January 5, 2022
  • #7.5, DBT Update #1, January 5, 2022 January 5, 2022
  • #7. Song, “Ergonomics” (2019) by Brian Jost January 4, 2022
  • #6. Song “I Love My Bed” (2018) by Brian Jost January 3, 2022
  • #5. Song: “Skeletons” (partial for melody idea, no vocals, 2019) by Brian Jost January 2, 2022
  • #4. Song “Bulldogs Win In OT” by Brian Jost (2017) January 1, 2022
  • #3. Song “Walking Thoughts” (2017) by Brian Jost. December 31, 2021
  • #2. Song “Get Up Again” (2021) by Brian Jost. December 30, 2021
  • #1. Song “Looking for Inspiration” (2021) by Brian Jost December 29, 2021
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