{"id":8103,"date":"2026-07-27T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gregsowell.com\/?p=8103"},"modified":"2026-07-27T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T19:00:00","slug":"why-am-i-joe-iconis-musical-writer-and-performer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregsowell.com\/?p=8103","title":{"rendered":"Why Am I Joe Iconis &#8211; Musical Writer And performer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/L--OhdifqWo\/maxresdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Why Am I Joe Iconis - Musical Writer And performer\" width=\"580\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ever wondered how a kid who was once afraid to connect found his voice on the stages of New York City? In this episode, Greg chats with Joe Iconis, renowned for weaving personal truths into his musicals. Discover how Joe&#039;s journey to becoming a celebrated writer and performer unfolded through sheer honesty and a love for the art form. Watch now: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/L--OhdifqWo\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/L&#8211;OhdifqWo<\/a> @mrjoeiconis<\/p>\n<p>Don&#039;t forget to like, comment, and subscribe for more conversations that chase the story behind the person.<\/p>\n<p>Please show them some love on their socials here: <br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mrjoeiconis.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/mrjoeiconis.com\/<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mrjoeiconis\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mrjoeiconis\/<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@mrjoeiconis\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@mrjoeiconis<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Find more info at <a href=\"http:\/\/whyamipod.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/whyamipod.com\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to support the podcast you can do so via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/whyamipod\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/whyamipod<\/a><\/p>\n<p>#WhyAmI #Podcast #JoeIconis #MusicalTheater #Songwriting #Creativity #PerformanceArt #Broadway<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasters.spotify.com\/pod\/show\/whyamipod\/episodes\/Why-Am-I-Joe-Iconis---Musical-Writer-And-performer-e3m96pe\">Podcast episode on Spotify here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/creators.spotify.com\/pod\/show\/whyamipod\/embed\/episodes\/Why-Am-I-Joe-Iconis---Musical-Writer-And-performer-e3m96pe\" width=\"400px\" height=\"102px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Youtube version here:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/L--OhdifqWo\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Originally posted on <a href=\"https:\/\/whyamipod.com\">Why Am I Pod<\/a> &mdash; <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasters.spotify.com\/pod\/show\/whyamipod\/episodes\/Why-Am-I-Joe-Iconis---Musical-Writer-And-performer-e3m96pe\">listen to this episode<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ever wondered how a kid who was once afraid to connect found his voice on the stages of New York City? In this episode,\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-why-am-i-pod"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregsowell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregsowell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregsowell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregsowell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregsowell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8103"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gregsowell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8103\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8104,"href":"https:\/\/gregsowell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8103\/revisions\/8104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregsowell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregsowell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregsowell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}