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The Akira The Don Podcast
Akira The Don
Artist, DJ, WaveLord, and Architect of the Meaningwave® Universe Akira The Don is brodcasting live DJ sets, conversations, live scoring lectures and books, and all manner of epic activities.
- 392 episodes
- Updated Saturday
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Episodes392
- TAWednesday · 1 hr 34 min
AKIRA THE DON MEANINGWAVE POP-UP 2026 AD | 606
New MEANINGWAVE CLASSICS merch! https://www.meaningwave.com/collections/featured-products 🔴 606 💸 If you get value from the music, consider getting some merch, downloading some albums, or making a donation. To those who support Meaningwave, thank you! https://www.meaningwave.com/blogs/meaningwave/support-meaningwave
- TAJuly 28 · 1 hr 40 min
AKIRA THE DON MEANINGWAVE POP-UP 2026 AD | 605
New MEANINGWAVE CLASSICS merch! https://www.meaningwave.com/collections/featured-products 🔴 605 💸 If you get value from the music, consider getting some merch, downloading some albums, or making a donation. To those who support Meaningwave, thank you! https://www.meaningwave.com/blogs/meaningwave/support-meaningwave
- TAJuly 26 · 2 hr 1 min
AKIRA THE DON MEANINGWAVE LIVE EXPERIENCE 2026 AD
New MEANINGWAVE CLASSICS merch! https://www.meaningwave.com/collections/featured-products 🔴 604 💸 If you get value from the music, consider getting some merch, downloading some albums, or making a donation. To those who support Meaningwave, thank you! https://www.meaningwave.com/blogs/meaningwave/support-meaningwave
- TAJuly 19 · 1 hr 34 min
Life is but a stream
New MEANINGWAVE CLASSICS merch! https://www.meaningwave.com/collections/featured-products 🔴 603 💸 If you get value from the music, consider getting some merch, downloading some albums, or making a donation. To those who support Meaningwave, thank you! https://www.meaningwave.com/blogs/meaningwave/support-meaningwave
- TAJuly 17 · 2 hr 3 min
C l a s s i c s
New MEANINGWAVE CLASSICS merch! https://www.meaningwave.com/collections/featured-products 🔴 601 💸 If you get value from the music, consider getting some merch, downloading some albums, or making a donation. To those who support Meaningwave, thank you! https://www.meaningwave.com/blogs/meaningwave/support-meaningwave 🔗 ALL OUR LINKS: https://linktr.ee/akirathedon
- TAJuly 16 · 2 hr 4 min
600
New MEANINGWAVE CLASSICS merch! https://www.meaningwave.com/collections/featured-products 🔴 601 💸 If you get value from the music, consider getting some merch, downloading some albums, or making a donation. To those who support Meaningwave, thank you! https://www.meaningwave.com/blogs/meaningwave/support-meaningwave 🔗 ALL OUR LINKS: https://linktr.ee/akirathedon
- TAJuly 3 · 1 hr 26 min
9 YEARS OF MEANINGWAVE!!!
🔴 599 💸 If you get value from the music, consider getting some merch, downloading some albums, or making a donation. To those who support Meaningwave, thank you! https://www.meaningwave.com/blogs/meaningwave/support-meaningwave 🔗 ALL OUR LINKS: https://linktr.ee/akirathedon
- TAJuly 2 · 2 hr 14 min
MEANINGWAVE DAY! 9th Anniversary Celebration!
20% off site-wide with code DAY at checkout... https://www.meaningwave.com/ 🔴 598 💸 If you get value from the music, consider getting some merch, downloading some albums, or making a donation. To those who support Meaningwave, thank you! https://www.meaningwave.com/blogs/meaningwave/support-meaningwave
- TAJune 5 · 1 hr 29 min
LIVE FROM NASHVILLE! 🇺🇸 | 597
New shirts! https://www.meaningwave.com/collections/short-sleeves 🔴 597 💸 If you get value from the music, consider getting some merch, downloading some albums, or making a donation. To those who support Meaningwave, thank you! https://www.meaningwave.com/blogs/meaningwave/support-meaningwave 🔗 ALL OUR LINKS: https://linktr.ee/akirathedon
- TAMay 30 · 2 hr 7 min
FIRST NASHVILLE STREAM! 🇺🇸
New shirts! https://www.meaningwave.com/collections/short-sleeves 🔴 596 💸 If you get value from the music, consider getting some merch, downloading some albums, or making a donation. To those who support Meaningwave, thank you! https://www.meaningwave.com/blogs/meaningwave/support-meaningwave
- TAMay 9 · 3 min
Why Am I Leaving Mexico?
One day left of the campaign! Back WAVERIDER today because you wanna help get the Dons back to the USA and make EPIC NEW MIXTAPE! https://www.meaningwave.com/waverider
- TAMay 7 · 3 min
Why I Was Locked Out Of The USA For 5 Years (And Why I'm Finally Going Back)
Help the Don family get back to the USA and make an amazing new record here https://www.meaningwave.com/waverider I've got less than two weeks left in this studio before I have to finish packing everything up and fly to the USA to start the next chapter. I don't know when I'll have a fully functioning studio again. So these next two weeks, I'm gonna be working as hard as possible to get as much music done while I have this space. That's always the priority. I'm gonna keep making and releasing music to the standard to which you've become accustomed no matter what's happening in my life, no matter where I am, no matter what equipment I have. Last time I was in this same position, crazily enough was exactly five years ago. May 2021, my wife and son and I were living in Texas USA. I was working out the home studio I'd built surrounded by acoustic panels I'd crafted myself in the garage. The first garage I'd ever had. I was in the studio working 14 hours straight every single day, getting as much music as I could done. Not knowing when I'd next be able to be back in my studio again. What I did not know at the time was that I would never be back in that studio again. The plan at the time was to fly to Mexico, get the new US Visa I'd just had approved stamped at the embassy, then fly back to Texas. We didn't know how long it was gonna take 'cause it was COVID period and Visa appointments were taking longer than usual to get. What I didn't count on was the regime at the time, without warning declaring that unvaccinated foreign nationals were not allowed to reenter the USA. And so we found ourselves locked out of the country in which we'd built our lives, my beloved studio, and my son had spent the first part of his life. Of course, no matter what, the music does not stop. We happened upon a nice Airbnb in Mexico and I kept on making and releasing music with my laptop from deep in the heart of the Mexican jungle. We made friends with the owners who became fans of Meaningwave. I got into CrossFit and got fit. Herc made friends. After a year in Mexico, we realized we weren't gonna be allowed back anytime soon. And so we had our home and the studio in the USA remotely packed up into storage. I'd begun the long slow process of rebuilding a makeshift studio in an Airbnb in Mexico, wire by wire, piece by piece. And after what it felt like an eternity of working in make do conditions. I was blessed to be able to build an actual studio studio here on the grounds of the Airbnb that we found and made our home. Finally in '23, the studio I've been working in ever since was constructed. It was a miracle. An absolute miracle. I was able to finally create music in a perfectly sound-treated place. I was able to sing at the top of my lungs, play music loud. I had the best studio desk I've ever had in my career that was created by our friend Pao. Thank you, Pao! And I made the best music of my life in here. And now it's time once again to leave it all and move on. The vaccine mandates have long since been lifted and it's time for us to move on and return to the USA. It's time for my son to be around people of his own language and culture as he enters his teen era. And it's time for the next phase of Meaningwave to begin. With less than two weeks left in the studio, I'm once again at a crossroads and a turning point. Not knowing how long it will be until I have a studio to work in again. But one thing is for certain. I know that whatever situation we find ourselves in, I will always find a way to work to bring you the music that you deserve and to create the soundtrack of your ultimate life. If you get value from the music and you wanna support what we're doing, we're currently running a campaign to raise money to return to the USA and make a brand new mixtape called Waverider. We're currently are just over 50% of our goal with six days to go. Check it out at https://www.meaningwave.com/waverider Love to you and your family. God bless. Back the campaign at https://www.meaningwave.com/waverider ... because Happiness is a side effect of Meaning 🏄♂️
- TAApril 30 · 1 hr 39 min
THE BEST OF SCOTT ADAMS MEANINGWAVE
WAVERIDER will feature an EXCLUSIVE new Scott Adams piece! https://www.meaningwave.com/waverider With a new Scott single - WHAT IF? - out NOW, and the ALMOST ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN album on CD shipping - ALSO NOW - join us for a celebration of the music of Scott Adams! With a new Scott single - WHAT IF? - out NOW, and the ALMOST ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN album on CD shipping - ALSO NOW - join us for a celebration of the music of Scott Adams! WAVERIDER - the new campaign from Akira The Don is LIVE now at https://www.meaningwave.com/waverider MEANINGWAVE is a musical epic story and psychotechnology developed by Akira The Don with the aim of helping listeners achieve their potential in this lifetime. WAVERIDER is a brand new mixtape... available on CD, cassette, and download exclusively via this campaign... along with exclusive merch celebrating the journey of MEANINGWAVE so far, as we ride into the next chapter, and return to the USA 🏄♂️ This campaign supports the Don Family relocation from Mexico to the USA and the next phase of MEANINGWAVE. Mixtapes is where it all began... From selling CDs in the schoolyard, to dropping ATD1 in 2004 — the very first online mixtape, with over a million downloads in a week... At some point, the music industry shifted into a new digital mode, and with it came new perils - Soundcloud pages deleted without warning. Streams shut down by automated copyright bots mid-set ("SUSAAAAAAN!")... Spotify profiles and YouTube channels under constant threat. The creative landscape has been nuked by forces that have nothing to do with the music itself. WAVERIDER is the answer to that. A classic mixtape. No limits. No copyright bots. No rules. Sampling whatever, with the limit being simply THAT WHICH IS AMAZING... Back the campaign at https://www.meaningwave.com/waverider ... because Happiness is a side effect of Meaning
- TAApril 27 · 1 hr 57 min
GOING LIVE WITH AN EPIC AND POWERFUL MEANINGWAVE STREAM
BACK WAVERIDER! https://www.meaningwave.com/waverider WAVERIDER - the new campaign from Akira The Don is LIVE now at https://www.meaningwave.com/waverider MEANINGWAVE is a musical epic story and psychotechnology developed by Akira The Don with the aim of helping listeners achieve their potential in this lifetime. WAVERIDER is a brand new mixtape... available on CD, cassette, and download exclusively via this campaign... along with exclusive merch celebrating the journey of MEANINGWAVE so far, as we ride into the next chapter, and return to the USA 🏄♂️ This campaign supports the Don Family relocation from Mexico to the USA and the next phase of MEANINGWAVE. Mixtapes is where it all began... From selling CDs in the schoolyard, to dropping ATD1 in 2004 — the very first online mixtape, with over a million downloads in a week... At some point, the music industry shifted into a new digital mode, and with it came new perils - Soundcloud pages deleted without warning. Streams shut down by automated copyright bots mid-set ("SUSAAAAAAN!")... Spotify profiles and YouTube channels under constant threat. The creative landscape has been nuked by forces that have nothing to do with the music itself. WAVERIDER is the answer to that. A classic mixtape. No limits. No copyright bots. No rules. Sampling whatever, with the limit being simply THAT WHICH IS AMAZING... Back the campaign at https://www.meaningwave.com/waverider ... because Happiness is a side effect of Meaning 🔴 590 💸 If you get value from the music, consider getting some merch, downloading some albums, or making a donation. To those who support Meaningwave, thank you! https://www.meaningwave.com/blogs/meaningwave/support-meaningwave 🔗 ALL OUR LINKS: https://linktr.ee/akirathedon
- TAApril 14 · 2 hr 15 min
SUPER REQUEST SHOW!
SUPER CHAT your MEANINGWAVE REQUEST and GET IT PLAYED! OR! Get something from the WAVERIDER CAMPAIGN and add a note with your order with your request in it! https://www.meaningwave.com/waverider WAVERIDER - the new campaign from Akira The Don is LIVE now at https://www.meaningwave.com/waverider MEANINGWAVE is a musical epic story and psychotechnology developed by Akira The Don with the aim of helping listeners achieve their potential in this lifetime. WAVERIDER is a brand new mixtape... available on CD, cassette, and download exclusively via this campaign... along with exclusive merch celebrating the journey of MEANINGWAVE so far, as we ride into the next chapter, and return to the USA 🏄♂️ This campaign supports the Don Family relocation from Mexico to the USA and the next phase of MEANINGWAVE. Mixtapes is where it all began... From selling CDs in the schoolyard, to dropping ATD1 in 2004 — the very first online mixtape, with over a million downloads in a week... At some point, the music industry shifted into a new digital mode, and with it came new perils - Soundcloud pages deleted without warning. Streams shut down by automated copyright bots mid-set ("SUSAAAAAAN!")... Spotify profiles and YouTube channels under constant threat. The creative landscape has been nuked by forces that have nothing to do with the music itself. WAVERIDER is the answer to that. A classic mixtape. No limits. No copyright bots. No rules. Sampling whatever, with the limit being simply THAT WHICH IS AMAZING... Back the campaign at https://www.meaningwave.com/waverider ... because Happiness is a side effect of Meaning 🔴 587 💸 If you get value from the music, consider getting some merch, downloading some albums, or making a donation. To those who support Meaningwave, thank you! https://www.meaningwave.com/blogs/meaningwave/support-meaningwave 🔗 ALL OUR LINKS: https://linktr.ee/akirathedon
- TAApril 13 · 2 hr 11 min
LIFE IS BUT A STREAM ft Scott Adams, Earl Nightingale and THAT GOLDEN SOUND
WAVERIDER - the new campaign from Akira The Don is LIVE now at https://www.meaningwave.com/waverider MEANINGWAVE is a musical epic story and psychotechnology developed by Akira The Don with the aim of helping listeners achieve their potential in this lifetime. WAVERIDER is a brand new mixtape... available on CD, cassette, and download exclusively via this campaign... along with exclusive merch celebrating the journey of MEANINGWAVE so far, as we ride into the next chapter, and return to the USA 🏄♂️ his campaign supports the Don Family relocation from Mexico to the USA and the next phase of MEANINGWAVE. Mixtapes is where it all began... From selling CDs in the schoolyard, to dropping ATD1 in 2004 — the very first online mixtape, with over a million downloads in a week... At some point, the music industry shifted into a new digital mode, and with it came new perils - Soundcloud pages deleted without warning. Streams shut down by automated copyright bots mid-set ("SUSAAAAAAN!")... Spotify profiles and YouTube channels under constant threat. The creative landscape has been nuked by forces that have nothing to do with the music itself. WAVERIDER is the answer to that. A classic mixtape. No limits. No copyright bots. No rules. Sampling whatever, with the limit being simply THAT WHICH IS AMAZING... Back the campaign at https://www.meaningwave.com/waverider ... because Happiness is a side effect of Meaning 🔴 586 💸 If you get value from the music, consider getting some merch, downloading some albums, or making a donation. To those who support Meaningwave, thank you! https://www.meaningwave.com/blogs/meaningwave/support-meaningwave 🔗 ALL OUR LINKS: https://linktr.ee/akirathedon
- TAApril 12 · 3 min
A NEW ERA OF MEANINGWAVE BEGINS | WAVERIDER: The Mixtape With No Limits
WAVERIDER - the new campaign from Akira The Don is LIVE now at https://www.meaningwave.com/waverider MEANINGWAVE is a musical epic story and psychotechnology developed by Akira The Don with the aim of helping listeners achieve their potential in this lifetime. WAVERIDER is a brand new mixtape... available on CD, cassette, and download exclusively via this campaign... along with exclusive merch celebrating the journey of MEANINGWAVE so far, as we ride into the next chapter, and return to the USA 🏄♂️ This campaign supports the Don Family relocation from Mexico to the USA and the next phase of MEANINGWAVE. Mixtapes is where it all began... From selling CDs in the schoolyard, to dropping ATD1 in 2004 — the very first online mixtape, with over a million downloads in a week... At some point, the music industry shifted into a new digital mode, and with it came new perils - Soundcloud pages deleted without warning. Streams shut down by automated copyright bots mid-set ("SUSAAAAAAN!")... Spotify profiles and YouTube channels under constant threat. The creative landscape has been nuked by forces that have nothing to do with the music itself. WAVERIDER is the answer to that. A classic mixtape. No limits. No copyright bots. No rules. Sampling whatever, with the limit being simply THAT WHICH IS AMAZING... Back the campaign at https://www.meaningwave.com/waverider ... because Happiness is a side effect of Meaning
- TAApril 7 · 1 hr 59 min
SUPER REQUEST SHOW LIVE!!
We are raising money to move back to the USA! THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT! https://www.meaningwave.com/blogs/meaningwave/support-meaningwave
- TAMarch 24 · 2 hr 17 min
SUPER REQUEST SHOW LIVE! | 581
Playing your Meaningwave requests!! We are raising money to move back to the USA! THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT! https://www.meaningwave.com/blogs/meaningwave/support-meaningwave 🔴 581 💸 If you get value from the music, consider getting some merch, downloading some albums, or making a donation. To those who support Meaningwave, thank you! https://www.meaningwave.com/blogs/meaningwave/support-meaningwave