Sean De Tore is one of the coolest cats in the biz. He works on KIRO Radio’s Ron and Don Show, is a regular contributor to the widely popular TBTL Podcast and curates, and produces and hosts The Mixtape Podcast, which features an array of Seattle’s best bands (he even has a Mixtape tattoo!). We at The Monarch wanted to ask Sean One Super Important Question about what inspires him about the Seattle music scene. 

Jake Uitti: What’s the most important thing that’s stood out to you out over the years as you’ve produced your podcast, The Mixtape?

Sean De Tore: I am consistently amazed and heartened by the camaraderie among the musicians not only within each individual band but also the camaraderie between the various bands within our entire city of Seattle. If the Seattle music scene is anything, it’s inclusive. As far as I’ve seen and heard, this is a city made not of cut-throats – or the proverbial crabs in the bucket – but a city whose inhabitants choose to collaborate with one another for the sole purpose of exercising their creativity for the greater good: Making bad-ass music!

I’ve been fortunate enough to be able to work with an array of talented Seattleites who are either in bands, promote bands or just like talking about bands, and I’ve seen, first hand, how hard these people work in order to achieve their individual goals. What I’ve found, over the last 4 years doing The Mixtape Podcast, is an inspiration to work harder, better, faster and stronger with everything I contribute to this ever-evolving and beautiful music scene.