Soft Opening
Soft Opening features intimate interviews with songwriters, poets, comedians, performers and visual artists who speak candidly about their personal experiences with creativity and resilience. Themes of recovery, grief, spirituality, wellness, sensuality, darkness, and the erotic unfold in each episode and safe space is created for artists to cultivate and showcase new work.
Soft Opening
Staying Here with Joe Lapinski
Joe Lapinski is a songwriter, producer, performer, and soundscape designer based in St. Catharine’s, Ontario. His fourth full length album ‘New Day’ was released earlier in 2025 and we sit down to talk about music and mental health. This open-hearted conversation covers finding deep, lasting love, building a family, and confronting trauma to show up better for yourself and the people you love the most. Joe is integral to the arts scene here in the Region, and it was a real joy getting to know him and hear about his self care practice and his creative process. He also shares an amazing resource for mental health support for musicians at the end of the episode.
You can find Joe at https://joelapinski.ca/
And on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7znLCQibxksjYZ9rxT9fLE
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/ca/artist/joe-lapinski/722296436
Bandcamp: https://joelapinski.bandcamp.com/
The Musician's Clinic of Canada: https://www.musiciansclinicsofcanada.com/
Season one of Soft Opening is made possible with the support of the Niagara Falls Cultural Development Fund.
Co-Produced and Engineered By: Peter Haverkamp
Co-Produced and Hosted By: Catherine Skinner
