# Music Makers San Diego 184 - Sutton James Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/music-makers-san-diego-5066934/music-makers-san-diego-184-sutton-james Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/music-makers-san-diego-5066934/music-makers-san-diego-184-sutton-james.md Podcast: [Music Makers San Diego](https://stenobird.com/podcast/music-makers-san-diego-5066934) Published: 2026-05-22T18:54:15+00:00 Episode link: https://amplified-radio.simplecast.com/episodes/music-makers-san-diego-184-sutton-james-1OCDYbpC Audio file: https://cdn.simplecast.com/media/audio/transcoded/97b5b7b4-811c-4e65-a2d5-fd0e5b91b32f/26c8fff5-942c-4ffb-9a1e-8b2fe1648b68/episodes/audio/group/3e144989-d7c5-4aa8-a334-57cd85f3885d/group-item/93fbdb87-ea41-4866-af57-ac2069715b03/128_default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=4qtGllHE Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/music-makers-san-diego-5066934/episodes/music-makers-san-diego-184-sutton-james Duration seconds: 2417 ## Resource In this latest episode, Gary talks with Sutton James about the challenges he sees as an independent artist these days, his favorite type of venue to play, what themes or topics he's drawn to most when writing & much more. Sutton also performs three of his original songs during the conversation. https://www.instagram.com/musicmakerssd https://www.instagram.com/suttonjamesmusic https://www.suttonjamesmusic.com ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/music-makers-san-diego-5066934/episodes/music-makers-san-diego-184-sutton-james/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/music-makers-san-diego-5066934/music-makers-san-diego-184-sutton-james.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.