“So some really cool people just kind of came out and it was just all personality pieces,” Deriso said. Things were going well for his new studio initially during a turbulent year, as Deriso started bringing people into the studio to be featured on RenoCast, including City Councilwoman Naomi Duerr and Tyre Gray, President of the Nevada Mining Association. The podcast has been producing a steady clip of episodes, but the existing location is now being lost. Deriso’s goal is to create a space that suits the needs of the community, a goal resembled by his recently-released local podcast: RenoCast. Installed with five microphones and phone-in capabilities, Open Mic Studios was made to adapt to users’ needs by functioning like a live terrestrial radio station or for pre-recorded podcasts. With that, Open Mic Studios was recently built and launched on East 2nd St. Maybe I should just talk about that for awhile, while people are sitting at home listening.’” I've got some contacts with some people that can do some cool things. “So I was sitting around for a few months trying to figure out what the heck I was going to do with my time and I thought, ‘Well, I've got some contacts with some rock stars. “Between concerts and the coffee and having a street food cart, COVID pretty personally attacked me ,” Deriso said during a recent interview with Our Town Reno after he approached us for a possible partnership. So when the COVID-19 pandemic overtook the country with its subsequent economic fallout for small businesses like Deriso’s, he immediately began looking for his next big project. Also as a small business owner with experience in a variety of industries, he knows what it takes to make things happen in the Biggest Little City. With a background as a concert promoter, putting Reno on the map seems to have always come naturally to Brandon Deriso. Building a Podcast Studio in the Ruins of a Pandemic

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