trust your intuition.
A shapeshifting chameleon. A luminant void.
Catalyst for intuitive creation and expansion.
Héctor F. Castañeda cultivates multidimensional artistry for queer creatives + healers of color:
🏆10x HRDRV Award-Nominated Musician, Producer, and Singer-Songwriter.
🧘🏽♂️ Creative Clarity Coach: alchemize your creative vision to life.
🎙️ Internationally Published Poet + Speaker: I catalyze dreams into innovative creation.
🌌 Dream Healer: lucid dream while awake for mind-blowing creative clarity.
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💐 EXPERIENCE YOUR CREATIVE ULTRABLOOM. 💐
a 6 month communal transformation experience.
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I’ve competed in the 2021 Stonewall International Poetry Slam, and featured in various shows including Word Is Write, Speaking Axolotl (Nomadic Press / Medicine for Nightmares), Tongues of Fire (Canada), and the 2019 UCSC Queer Fashion Show. I’ve been interviewed by: York Campbell for Welcome to Earth Stories (Poetic Earthlings), Mandee for Just Earthly Podcast, Michael Jasso for Loud Mouth Poetry Jam, Imogen Arate for the award-winning Poets & Muses podcast, and the Tizzy & Wayne Coffee Show podcast.
I’ve been published in The Mercury News, Ragmag (Recording Artists Guild), La Raiz Magazine, various zines (“The Radical Zine Vol. 2” with The Resource Center for Nonviolence, “Lissen… Vol. 1”, Loud Mouth Poetry Jam’s “Dia de Las Poéticas”), Silicon Valley Youth Climate Team, Californians for Justice, Rigorous Magazine, UCSC Food & Garden Guide and PandemicPoems.org.
I'm rooted in Ohlone territory. (San José, CA). Hñahñu / Otomí, Mayan, and Spaniard lineage.
Let's alchemize your creative vision:
FEATURED SERVICES.
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testimonials
Grae Violett
acclaimed singer,
songwriter, & poet
Working with Hector was amazing! I loved the laid back nature of it all, and how detailed and attentive he was with taking notes and truly listening to my vision.
summer moss,
multitasking poet
Working with Hector inspired me out of a writers block so deep I thought I’d never be able to create again. I felt heard, appreciated, valued, and that my work meant something. I lack organization, historically, and not only was I given the tools to become better at it, I enjoyed the experience. His creativity and positive attitude are addicting and I am privileged to work with and support someone like him. I cannot emphasize enough how valuable a service he has to offer!
MICHAEL JASSO,
Loud Mouth Poetry Jam Coordinator
Hector really opened up a new writing process that felt personal and in tune with my journey. There's always been a certain type of magic in writing, but the workshop resonated in its use of alchemy and the possibility of transformation.
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CONTACT
Booking Now: Creative Coaching, Music Production, Songwriting, Design, Performances, Keynotes & Workshops.
hector [at] dogdaysmusic.com
(408)-916-5707
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