MIKE5IVE
Storytelling for humans.
NEW ORLEANS WTUL 91.5 FM ANTIGRAVITY MAGAZINE
MIKE5IVE
Documenting the people, places, and moments that shape culture — before they're forgotten,
JOURNALIST INTERVIEWER PHOTOGRAPHER FILMMAKER ARCHIVIST
Most people don't think about documentation until it's already too late — the interview that never got recorded, the show nobody has footage of. I try to catch things while they're happening, before someone has to reconstruct them from memory.
Based in New Orleans Available to Travel
INDEPENDENT ARTISTS
MANAGERS + LABELS
VENUES + FESTIVALS
MUSEUMS + INSTITUTIONS
NONPROFITS + ARCHIVES
FAMILIES + ELDERS
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Document
Photography, interviews, event coverage — capturing what's happening
02
Tell
Profiles, documentaries, oral histories — shaping it into a story
03
Promote
Press kits, launch assets — content built to be sent, shared, and seen
04
Preserve
Archives, legacy projects — built to still matter in twenty years
STUDIO
Five ways to work together — priced and scoped differently depending on what you actually need out of it.
01
TELL
FOR ARTISTS, FOUNDERS, AND COMMUNITY FIGURES
The Story Session
One recorded conversation that becomes portraits, a short clip, and a written piece — built around who you are, not just what you're promoting.
INCLUDES
Recorded conversation
Portaits
Short documentary clip
Written piece + archive entry
Custom proposal for every project
You walk away with a story you can send anywhere, plus a permanent entry in the archive.
02
DOCUMENT
FOR VENUES, FESTIVALS, AND NONPROFITS
Culture Report
A show, festival, or event covered like it's being featured in a magazine — photography, vertical video, crowd reactions, artist selects.
INCLUDES
Photography
Vertical video + highlight reel
Crowd + atmosphere coverage
Next-day delivery option
Upgrade from photos that prove the event happened to something you can actually hand to a sponsor or a funder.
Custom proposal for every project
03
PRESERVE
The Legacy Project
FOR ELDERS, SENIOR CREATIVES, AND FAMILY ARCHIVES
This one started with a request I didn't expect — a man who wanted his life recorded, not photographed. It's a full offer now: guided interviews, cleaned-up audio, organized photos, a written life story. Built for whoever wants it decades from now.
THREE WAYS TO PRODUCE
Conversation - one session, clean audio
Story - multiple sessions, transcript, portraits
Archive - full documentary, organized keepsake
Custom proposal for every project
A record of a life or career for publication or personal use.
04
PROMOTE
The Launch Kit
FOR ALBUM ROLL OUTS, BUSINESS OPENINGS, AND EXHIBITIONS
Everything needed to introduce something new — portraits, interview, written profile, social clips, quote graphics — all delivered ready to send.
INCLUDES
Portraits + press photos
Long-form interview
Written Profile
Social clips + quote graphics
Everything's ready before you need it, instead of getting pulled together the week it matters.
Custom proposal for every project
05
ALL FOUR + ONGOING
FOR ARTISTS, VENUES AND ORGANIZATIONS WITH A FULL CALENDAR
The Archive Subscription
Monthly documentation scoped to what's actually on your calendar — shows, sessions, meetings, milestones — so nothing worth keeping slips by uncaptured.
FORMATS
Monthly coverage days
Ongoing archive + delivery
Priority scheduling
Scoped to your calendar
So you're not the one saying, six months later, "we really should've gotten that on camera."
WHAT WORKING TOGETHER LOOKS LIKE
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Discovery Call
01
​Talk through the story, goals, and desired outcomes.
Proposal
02
Custom scope and pricing within 48 hours.
Shoot / Interview
03
In-studio, on-location, wherever it makes sense.
Editing
04
Post-production, audio cleanup, written draft.
Delivery
05
Final assets, organized and ready to publish or keep.
Rollout Support
06
Optional. Strategy, scheduling, distribution.
TRUSTED BY
WTUL 91.5 FM
Contemporaray Arts Center
Antigravity Magazine
Comic Con New Orleans
Cosign Media
Offor
ABOUT
Mike 5ive is a journalist, photographer, filmmaker, radio host, and archivist based in New Orleans. He got his start photographing and interviewing independent artists before they had much of a platform, and the work has grown from there — profiles, event coverage, and oral history projects for artists, families, and institutions alike.
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He hosts Bassmentality on WTUL 91.5 FM, a noncommercial freeform station, and writes for Antigravity Magazine. His interview list includes Saul Williams, Run the Jewels, Three 6 Mafia, Toro y Moi, and Kelly Moonstone. The Legacy Project and the Archive Subscription both grew out of the same realization: the most interesting part of a story is usually the thing nobody planned to record.
RADIO
Bassmentality — WTUL 91.5 FM
Fridays 12–2 am CT · New Orleans
PRESS
Antigravity Magazine
2,000+ subscribers · 8K+ monthly views
NOTABLE INTERVIEWS
Saul Williams, Run the Jewels,
Three 6 Mafia, Toro y Moi,
Kelly Moonstone
BASE
New Orleans, Louisiana
Available to travel