Jimi D and The Wolf - "Playing Through The Changes Of Life": Recent Episodes
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Jimi D and Tim Wolf are two close friends, guitar players, songwriters, artists, Christians and life explorers. Their new podcast, "Playin' Through The Changes Of Life", will cover a large number of topics all related to their life experiences, which are many. From Jimi's lifetime struggles and triumphs as a full time musician and guitar player to Tim's highs and lows climbing the corporate ladder and then as an international entrepreneur, the one thing that binds them together is their love of music.
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Welcome to Jimi D and The Wolf's first podcast of 2022 "Playing through the changes of life."
Most of you know that there is a real estate boom in the USA. Did you know that there also is a VIRTUAL real estate boom in the cyber world. Facebook's name change to META was no accident. The Meta world is exploding. We'll try to dig into this subject in today's podcast.
In this podcast episode, Jimi D and the Wolf discussed about several topics and news nowadays.
Adele single handely just got Spotify to change their app so that "shuffle" is not the default on her new album 30. And reports are, its not even available for her album. Also, that Spotify changed it so its not the default on many other albums. Is this a good or bad move? and is guitar finally back after years of poor sales and appreciation in popular music? Recent record sales of new instruments seem to indicate "guitar is back".
In this podcast episode, Jimi D and The Wolf discussed about what to do to have more energy and get more done.
In this podcast, Jimi D and The Wolf discussed about 2 main topics. Discussion 1 - Did the Pandemic Reset our "WHY?"? / Discussion 2 -Are Current Music Artist Inferior to Classic Rock Artists?
In this episode, Jimi D and the Wolf discussed about RV Toilet Options, Bus Conversions, and The Van Life.
In this episode, Jimi D and the Wolf discussed about the 12 predictions for the music business over the next 10 years.
Just a normal conversation between the two best buddies Jimi D and The Wolf as musicians and artists.
We're back!! Join us as we discuss our (almost) month long tour of Europe just completed... we'll discuss The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly!
Join us as we talk about our 1 year old company D Wolf Enterprises LLC and our efforts to build a real estate empire.
Join us as we talk with Special Guest Michael Fortunato about music, M3 (Madison Music Movement), and life in general.
Today we have special guest Jeff "FFej" Boyd, discussing his new video archive project to archive his life. This concept is intriguing, and makes use wonder if everyone of us should be doing this. Join us live and we'll answer your questions in real time
Jimi D and The Wolf Podcast: Join us as we interview Kitt Wakeley about his most recent Billboard Chart Topping album, "Sinners and Saints" and the album's 3 singles that also charted #1 on the Billboard charts. This album guest stars the legend Joe Satriani. You won't want to miss this!!
Hang with us as we talk about current events and the odd story that seems funny and intriguing. New schedule: Same time, different day. Now on Mondays (instead of Tuesdays). Jimmy has a regular gig on Tuesdays now!
We discuss world demographic trends. "Demography is Destiny|" . Did you know Europe's population will start decreasing this year? We share a number of other very enlightening trends and forecasts. The world population will get older is one absolute certainty.
In this podcast episode 67th, Jimi D and Tim Wolf discussed about the best vintage amplifiers. They also talked about their experiences as Musicians and Artists.
In this podcast episode 66th, Jimi D and Tim Wolf discussed the real truth about songwriting and the realities of being a musician and a singer.
In this podcast 65th, Jimi D and Tim Wolf talked about different telecasters, amplifiers, guitar and guitar parts.
Life expectancy for a woman born in 1875 was 41 years old. That means the avg woman never even got close to experiencing menopause. Many factors contributed to the more than doubling of life expectancies over the past 100+ years (after staying stagnant for centuries... life expectancies for women born in the 1600's was nominally the same as those born in 1875). We'll do a deep dive on this subject.
In this podcast episode 63rd, Jimi D, Tim Wolf and with their special guest Ffej discussed about the cancel culture.
In this podcast episode 62nd, Jimi D and Tim Wolf react to and discuss the Derek Chauvin guilty verdict on all 3 counts, reminisce about Promise Keepers from the 90's, and then go into a discussion of "what was the greatest album of all time?" Tim's opinion: Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys, followed by Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band. Jimi's was Axis: Bold As Love by Jimi Hendrix.
In this 61th podcast episode, Jimi D and Tim Wolf talked about different topics including the 4 personalities (DISC), Finance and more. This episode highlights the main topics which are the Real Estate Trends & The Covid-19 Pandemic.
In this 60th episode, Jimi D and Tim Wolf continue the conversation about AI songwriting.
In this episode 59th, Jimi D and Tim Wolf discussed the following: Will AI songwriters replace human songwriting? Can computers write songs that are good? Will robots replace human musicians?
In this 58th podcast episode, Jimi D and Tim Wolf will discuss how this disruptive technology may radically change the automotive industry and what it means for consumers.
In this 57th episode, Jimi D and Tim Wolf talked about their experiences in Social Media platforms as an artists particularly Facebook that is blocking accounts doing music covers. They also talked about how the Global Pandemic Covid-19 that changed everything as well as the fast changing of the world nowadays.
In this podcast episode 56th, Jimi D and Tim Wolf talked about Populism vs Nationalism, Political Correctness, and the Future of the Republican Party.
In this podcast 55th, Jimi D and Tim Wolf together with their special guest Ffej talked about various topics such as Technology that is changing, The impact of Internet to people's lives, A Netflix Documentary True Story and more.
In this podcast episode 54th, Jimi D and Tim Wolf discussed about 2021 Social Media Platforms Algorithm such as Netflix, Spotify, YouTube, Tiktok that every content creator is trying to rise on top with these platform's algorithm. Also, they discussed about generation differences with Gen Zers vs. Millennials. Also discussed about issues and views on Black and White Americans.
In this 53rd podcast episode, Jimi D and Tim Wolf talked about winter weather days in some parts of the USA. Also, Tim Wolf shared about the importance of protecting private data especially not connecting our phone numbers to any sites or socials. They also discussed about Leo Fender's stratocasters and guitars.
In this podcast episode #52, Jimi D and Tim Wolf discussed about customer Service Experiences (good and bad) and Swapping Out Pickups on Guitars. Is it worth it or a waste of time and money?
In this episode #51, Jimi D and Tim Wolf discussed about Tony Robin's holding 6-Day that discovers what motivates a person, will help you find the answer, providing you tools to reshape your destiny. Another discussion is about A Times reporter caught the coronavirus during the New York City outbreak last April. But the acute phase of the illness was just the beginning, then his 'Long Covid' Nightmare happened: Still Sick After 6 Months.
In this podcast episode, Jimi D and Tim Wolf talked about Tim's new obsession, the Noom wt loss app. They also discussed about drivers and the great restaurant scene in Nashville.
In this episode, Jimi D and the Wolf talked about a Pandemic Sperm Shortage, and “Sperm King” Megadonors that are in High Demand.
In this episode, we talk about how some people who have gotten COVID have lost their sense of taste and smell, and some of those have not regained those senses even after recovering from COVID. We talk about how important these two senses are and often we take them for granted vs perhaps the bigger more noticeable senses like sight and hearing. Some of the sufferers say that their sense of taste and smell has been replaced with foul smells like gasoline or dog poo. Tragic development.
In this 47th podcast, Jimi D and the Tim Wolf with their special guest Jeff, talked about NBA Teams mainly Nuggets, GSW, Boston and other known NBA players. Later on, they went to serious discussion about a certain article from New York times that implies mistakes don't fade in the digital world - and they're catnip for the cancel vultures.
In this podcast 46th, Jimi D & Tim Wolf talked about their life goals, experiences and what they learned from known motivational speakers Gary Vee & Tony Robbins.
In this podcast episode 45th, Jimi D and the Wolf talked about their own lifestyle, wellness and what they usually do to maintain healthy mind and body especially in this time of pandemic.
In this podcast episode 16th, Jimi D and the Wolf talked about businesses, companies regarding its customer service, management and success.
In this podcast episode 43rd, Jimi D and the Wolf talked the future of the movie industry after Covid19? Who will be the big players in movie and music streaming in the future?
In this podcast episode 42nd, Jimi D and the Wolf talked about the Annual Grammy Awards Nominees and the possibility who can win the major award categories including 'Album of the Year.'
In this podcast episode 41st, Jimi D and the Wolf talked about musician stuff: the guitar. They talked about famous brand Gibson Les Paul Guitar, Guitar Stores and also famous and known Guitar Players.
In this podcast episode 39th, Jimi D and the Wolf talked about what exactly does a musician do all day and other things usually a musician does. Also, they talked about weird and wonderful realities of a life in music.
In this podcast episode 39th, Jimi D and the Wolf talked about CMA Awards 2020 happened in Nashville, TN. They also talked about their stuffs and some experiences as musicians and artists.
In this podcast episode 38th, Jimi D and the Wolf talked about Netflix being good as all your favorites in one spot; documentaries, drama, TV shows and big blockbuster movies old and new as well as high-quality original. However, what it has in quantity comes often at the sacrifice of quality.
In this podcast episode 37th, Jimi D and the Wolf talked about Nashville being more diverse than the average US city. They also talked about wealthiest persons in history and today, and many more.
In this podcast episode 36th, Jimi D and the Wolf discussed about prehistoric discoveries in South Dakota that lies a rich and storied past as told by the fossils of ancient creatures that once ruled the land.
In this podcast episode 35th, Jimi D and the Wolf talked about their experiences on Facebook and YouTube as Musicians/Artist and they also Talked about Taylor Swift career and success, and many more.
In this podcast episode 34, Jimi D and the Wolf talked about different things in Nashville, Indiana, and other cities mentioned in terms of its music and people.
In this podcast episode 33, Jimi D and the Wolf discussed about How the Modern Music Business Works for them as music artists especially with the use of today's social media platforms.
In this podcast episode 32, JimiandtheWolf talked about their new venture together which is the "Custom Song" & also they talked about Social Media Platforms for Musicians such as Facebook Live
In this podcast episode 31, Jimi D and The Wolf talked about Real Estate and S&P 500 dominated by Apple, Microsoft, Amazon and other big companies.
That comes amid reports that the company suppresses political videos and those ... China-owned TikTok claims that it only operates in the US and doesn't ... TikTok could be used to manipulate American users—and send their sensitive ... New approaches to on-device and cloud-based AI technologies are
For their 29th podcast episode, Jimi D and the Wolf discussed about the Series called 'The last Dance'.
Jimi D and The Wolf hosted a live podcast and talked about several things related to COVID19 and its effect on people. Jimi frustratedly said that he's going in a wrong direction because of the pandemic and they're heading again for another lockdown. According to him, he keeps booking shows but shows keep getting cancelled. Tim mentioned that people are functioning as a normal society where when you go to some asian restaurant, your temperature must be checked and if you can't pass the required temperature, you won't be able to go in the restaurant. Jimi is very sad with the situation because some of the great musicians including The Great Big Guys, The Weekend Warriors and The Hobbyist are currently not doing any gigs right now since the Corona outbreak started. They generate income before by having gigs, but now they have to go and get themselves a regular job to sustain their needs. Tim said that someone could go back possible if the situation is back to normal again. According to Tim, the Ari Herstand's book where Ari said the line "Get a job that doesn't use your mind, get a job that uses your body" means keeping your mind away from stress and focus more on the physical things you do. Their topic switched to Dawn Beyer who is a famous streamer in Nashville and is known for her amazing voice. Jimi mentioned how different it was when playing gig personally and streaming online. It's like the vibe is very different and he also said that there's no connectivity. "Its like looking into a camera and all you see is yourself." He added.
It was a tropical morning in Madison Indiana and Nashville Tennessee when the live podcast hosted by Jimi D and The Wolf started. They shared thoughts about how hot their country is right now where Jimi can't even plant flowers outside their home. It was clear in the live podcast that Tim's voice is cracking. He then mentioned that he lost his voice due to the Tony Robbins Unleash the Power Within, a four consecutive day virtual zoom call event. A year ago, Tony Robbins together with Tim Reisterer hosted an event in Nashville and it was called Success Resources America: National Achievers Congress. Tony was scheduled to speak for two hours but according to Tim, it was almost four hours. He amazingly said that Tony was able to deliver the message genuinely and even mentioned in his speech the solutions on how to be in a beautiful state since most people right now are experiencing a lot of difficulties in terms of self understanding. Tim mentioned that Tony Robbins is a coach, motivational speaker, and philanthropist. He is also known for his infomercials, seminars, and self-help books. Tony owns 54 companies namely Tony Robbins Research with a $6 billion dollars sales. Tim also said that Tony started speaking when he's 17 years old and had been doing this work for about 43 years now. Tony Robbins spent at least $7 million for the four-day virtual event held on Zoom virtual call where he talked with the president of the zoom to make the virtual call possible. Tony made it possible because there are a total of 23,000 people that attended the zoom call. There's a lot of purpose on why Tony is doing this event even though it may not sound possible, but he made it possible. He wants to help people who are not confident enough and people who are dealing with certain problems and hardships in life. Tony helped a lot of people because of his frank, motivational, and real-life situation speeches.
The podcast started with lively greetings from Nashville Tennessee by Tim and the beautiful Madison Indiana where Jimi lived, which is soon to be Indiana's music city. Tim questioned the hat that Jimi was wearing and he replied that the hat is for the Madison Music Movement where it's for the music people. Jimi liked wearing different kinds of hats whether it's for the Music People Hats or the Party People Hats. The purpose of it is to give options to some of the national artist or even the local artist, giving them the opportunity to come to a smaller towns where the cost of living is lower "This place is always had a natural amount of music talent coming out for such a small town we're just trying to feed on that and make it sort of a economic driver." Jimi added. Tim got interested in the topic and shared his personal life where he used to live in South Dakota (He was born in South Dakota) and South Dakota has a population of 700 thousand people where the population density is one of the lowest in the country ranked 48th. Farming is the number 1 industry in South Dakota eco culture primarily grain farming on the east river, corn, soy beans and flour crops. There's also iconic things and tourism in South Dakota such as Mt, Rushmore. Hollowing out of the smaller towns are the common problems of South Dakota and most of the western red states. It's an issue in farmers because there are less people working in the farm and some are older people who all have been in their lives and don't have any moving. "The overall trend is going in that direction and how can you reverse that? I mean it's almost impossible to reverse that." said Tim and mentioned the younger folks who're moving to a larger town rather than staying. Tim also opened up about Italy's huge demographic problem and issue where the country needs 2.1 births per adult woman to maintain the population in general. He also mentioned other countries such as Korea about being 1.1 also in Japan being bad but not quite as bad as Korea. Their topic switched to Jimi's where he mentioned that he's a sentimental type of person and is very attached to a 1961 Stratocaster back when he was 11 years old. He met this guy named Tim and said that "He was the first guy I ever saw in real life that could really really play." The story was very long but to cut it short, the guy he met passed away from pancreatic cancer and his wife sold the guitar to a local music store, luckily Jimi was able to get the guitar he wanted a long time ago.
The Live Podcast hosted by Jimi D and Tim Wolf started with a warm greeting for the not so late Independence Day. Tim Wolf mentioned that their neighborhood was having firecrackers as their way of celebrating the anniversary of national independence. Celebrating Independence Day on the fourth of July is not all about the firecrackers. Jimi D says that having a Music Festival is still the biggest deal of the town but due to COVID19, all public events including the festival are cancelled. Instead of losing hope, Jimi celebrated the independence day by going to his friend's house where they had fun, played music and watched the firecrackers above. "It's nice because in 2020, it seems normal and it's a very welcome thing for me to see those fireworks." Jimi added. Tim then agreed and mentioned how the entertainment plays and musicals are falling apart due to the pandemic. The musical director who's in charge of the events in cruise ships and the person who used to be very big in the cruise entertainment industry is also affected with the situation where all of his events in cruise are cancelled. According to Jimi, COVID19 is something that we should take seriously because we don't know when a virus can affect the entire family. Tim also shared how his friend's wife died due to COVID19. Their topic switched to a book written by Ari Herstand which fits any musical artist out there where Ari said that "Of all musicians artists that get signed to a record label, 98 percent lose that deal." Tim then commented and said that the whole model of the record industry is screwed up on how they run their business. The reason for that is because there were a lot of artists who signed contracts, even recorded albums, but none of them get a single release. "Record Labels focused more on hiring someone like Post Malone, Bruno Mars and Ariana Grande." Tim added. Jimi also mentioned that it also happened to Spin Doctors who came out with their album where they got the major deal and the label says "We need another album in six months." but the group needed a year and a half to get a good album together. Jimi thinks that the artist or the bands are just experiencing what beginners should experience because Indie Labels weren't doing that to the Rosters where they're allowing them to take more time to create a record or album. The Podcast ended where Tim mentioned Bruce Sprinsgteen as the Iconic 21st century rock artist. Bruce had his final Broadway show where everyone was dying to see his final run as a solo show. "Those tickets were going for thousands upon thousand of dollars I think figures are around like 8 thousand dollars per ticket." Jimi stated.
Jimi D and Tim Wolf dive into stories where they exchange opinions of an amazing and unique stratocasters and telecasters where Leo Fender invented. These instruments are known for their iconic body shapes, music and symbol for cultural artistry and creativity. Jimi shared his interest and how fascinated he was with Leo Fender's creative designs on stratocasters, implementing changes on the instruments and making Leo's country as the country guitar. "Out of many inventions, you'd be hard-pressed to look at any other inventions. This guy got it right the first time." Jimi added. Their discussion jumped into having their first instruments where the Gibson Les Paul owned by Tim as his first real guitar robot has used many humbuckers and the body were cut out for P90's. He also stated that the only Les Paul we could buy unless it's custom order in the early 80's was a Les Paul Deluxe. Tim added that he still has that guitar and he loved it so much that he would feel inferior having the guitar. Jimi D also shared on the live podcast having his first Green Stratocaster and how fascinated it was to play it himself.
They then switched their topic back to Leo Fender where Jimi mentioned how genius Leo was. He said that the best part of the stratocasters is like a blink palette to paint on. There's also a lot of moving parts where we can change up the pickups, change up the toggle switch and set the power we want. Jimi said "It's brilliant because everything that wasn't design by Gibson there's no argument that it is the most popular design and it is brilliant everything about it I mean the contour the body contour were the volume knob is you can get the volume knob with your pinky where the pickup selector is you can get it with your pinky."
Tim agreed on Jimi's thought about Leo Fender's innovative creations. He then discussed the rumored Robert Johnson where he sold his soul to the devil. Jimi commented that he hasn't heard or read any documentation about where Robert learned playing guitars.
We talk about the importance of building email lists vs. social media following. We talk about a recent article where David Crosby the famous household name artist surprisingly says he's going broke because Covid 19 has shut down all live performances and apparently he doesnt have any savings. We talk about entertainers and athletes often arent good with money and blow through it quickly. Nicholas Cage (actor ) and Antoine Walker (Celtics NBA player) are two examples we discuss. We also discuss how most lottery winners end up losing it all cuz they dont know how to handle money. Indiana punches above its weight with famous musicians (Axl Rose, Jackson 5 and Michael Jackson, John Mellancamp, West Montgomery, Cole Porter, etc).
Jimi discusses his plans for a new album. We talk about how lack of live gigs is affecting musicians. Jimi says he has been getting calls from guitarist friends who are trying to sell guitars to pay the bills and they call him trying to get him to buy some of their guitars. We discuss how some artists and musicians probably will give up the music business and never come back, and how this will affect the music industry. We talk about a case study of a mid level band touring and how some unforeseen hiccups can completely turn the tour from a profitable one to being completely upside down financially.
Podcast #22: Most Eventful 2020 Discussion continues. We discuss how 2020 is shaping up to be one of the most memorable years in our respective lifetimes and it isn't even half over yet. We both had some personal trials early in the year, then the tornado devastated parts of Nashville, then Covid 19 and the quarantines, and now the George Floyd death/protests/riots/BLM movement. We talk about how the movie 13th is so valuable for white people to watch to get an understanding how even right after the 13th amendment was passed, the loophole in the amendment language denying freedom for anyone having had committed a crime was immediately exploited, as black men were arrested in droves for insignificant crimes like loitering and put on prison work detail as a way to recover some of the lost labor force in the South. This was the beginning institutionalized incarceration for black men in this country (black men are 6% of US population but over 40% of the prison population. AND, the USA leads the world in emprisoning its citizens. We have less than 5% of the worlds's population but 25% of the world's prisoners. And our poor population bears the brunt of that, and black men are the tip of the spear. ) We talk about how videos on social media continue to pop up about incredible racist interactions that happen in day to day lives of people of color. Jimi postulates that the vast majority of whites just dont udnerstnand the difficulites of being black in the USA, and once they can gain knowledge of this, most white Americans (we believe) would get behind efforts to reduce racism and discrimination in the USA.
We discuss how difficult it must be to be a police officer right now in the USA, and how difficult it must be to get up and go work. We believe that most officers of the law are probably good people, but that systems need to change.
This was our first live podcast on Facebook Live and we plan to do all of them live on Facebook going forward on Monday mornings each week. Follow us on Facebook at JimidandTheWolf.
We start by talking about the George Floyd situation and what led up to and contributed to his death. We talk about disparities in this country by race on things like incarceration rate, avg net worth, and home ownership. We discuss the existence of white privilege, and both of us believe that if it had been either one of us (two white dudes) being arrested for possibly passing a counterfeit $20 bill, we would both be still alive. We discuss the appropriateness of response to a potential $20 crime, and compare it to a suburban white girl getting arrested for a $20 shoplifting response and how different the police response probably would be. We discuss how some research has shown that after about $75,000 annual income, additional income doesn't increase happiness and the pros and cons of whether this is true. We discuss the conditions at the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in Tim's home state of South Dakota. Quotes: "Don't normalize the exceptional." "All you know is what you see." We discuss Asian races in the USA, and how many Americans don't realize how disparate Asia is with many races. Jimmy ponders if in China you have to "Press 1 for Cantonese, Press 2 for Mandarin." Finally we talk about Issa Rae and Kumail Nanjani in the latest Netflix Rom Com "The Lovebirds"
We start by talking about how many musicians who make their living from live shows are living in primal fear on how they are going to survive. Jimi says its the hardest time for musicians he's seen in his lifetime and he believes the effects will be long term. He knows a number of musicians who have been making their living by playing live for 20 -30 years and more who are throwing in the towel. Many live venues will close permanently, and even those that stay in business will be afraid to book into the future until they are sure the audience will be willing to come out. We talk about how Wisconsin is opening up full stop post Covid 19 and Tim predicts that, because Wisconsin is "ground zero" in the bid to win the 2020 Presidential Election Electoral College, Tim predicts that if Wisconsin's opening goes on without a hitch, meaning that they dont have a sudden surge of new cases of Covid 19, then Trump will be re-elected as President. Conversely, if Wisconsin sees a new resurgence of Covid 19 cases, and is forced to close back up again, Trump will be defeated in 2020. Folks you heard it here!!! We talk about how the effects of Covid 19 will only worsen the class divides and income disparities in the USA. Jimi also expresses concern about people's mental wellbeing from enduring this Pandemic with the quarantines and financial and social stresses. Jimi helps Tim come up with a word he was searching for. Quote: "I'm stepping out of the tobacco patch!" Finally we take great joy in the fact that the governor of Indiana (perhaps inadvertently) has officially indicated that DJ's are NOT real musicians. DJ's can perform currently at events in Indiana, but musicians are not allowed to perform in public spaces until July 4, which means in the State of Indiana's eyes, DJ's are not musicians. We joke that having that made official might make enduring Covid 19 worth it all (obviously joking, one death is one to many).
This is our first podcast in the same room together since Episode #15 and it feels good to be able to do the podcast together. We start off by discussing Vincent Van Gogh's work ethic and even tho he saw no success in his lifetime (sold one painting), he still was grinding pumping out quality paintings at a super prolific rate. Quote from our podcast: "Just because as an artist you're making music that isnt successful yet doesnt mean it isn't any good." We touch on the screed that a suffering artist mades better art and discuss how accurate we think that principle is. We talk about an interaction Tim had with a commenter on Quora who said that generally music today is all mid level junior league quality because the artists arent getting groomed by labels they way they were back in the day. We discuss our reactions to this.
We discuss why some fans want to find new artists before they are big but after the artists make it, those fans don't like them anymore (example: Nirvana and their early fans with whom Nirvana wasn't "cool" anymore after Nirvana went mainstream.
Artists we discuss include: Renoir, Manet, Mozart, Beethoven, Otis Redding, Vincent Van Gogh, Syd Barrett and Pink Floyd, Jimi Hendrix, Otis Redding, Tom Scholtz and Boston, Nirvana, Lake Street Dive and Lil Nas X.
We start by paying tribute to Little Richard (who died May 9, the day we recorded this podcast). Jimi talks extensively about his legacy and how much of a personal inspiration Little Richard was to Jimi. We then asked the question, who is coming up that can fill the shoes of the greats like Little Richard, a "swiss army knife" kind of performer? We discuss a number of artists, including Willie Nelson, Jewel, Lewis Capaldi, Elton John and Bernie Taupin, Ed Sheeran, John Mayer, Warren Haynes and Govt Mule, Derek Trucks, Blackberry Smoke and Joe Bonamassa. We take a deep dive into songwriting culture, starting with the statistic that the top 25 songs on the Billboard 100 last year averaged 8.5 songwriters. We talk about top lining (a songwriting technique), cowriting, and discuss the specifics of a typical publishing deal in Nashville. We discuss how hard it is for an artist to convince people who have never heard of him/her (cold audience) to listen to the artists music or be familiar with their music (warm audience). Its really hard to move people from the cold audience group to the warm audience group and we discuss the background of this. Finally we discuss Joe Bonamassa and his claim on his Facebook page the he is one of the worlds greatest guitar players. We discuss our reactions to that and whether any of our heros (Jimi Hendrix , Eric Clapton, Santana, SRV, etc) would have ever referred to themselves in such a way.
NOTE: Sorry this podcast is a few days late. I had it edited and was uploading it, but the power went out in the part of Nashville I live in, and it just came back on this evening (Wednesday). Sorry for the delay!! Some of the topics discussed: power outage in Nashville and the Wichita Lineman. "Not quite the homesteaders we used to be." Some artists like Jack White makes this difficult for himself on purpose to stretch himself, like putting tools he needs out just out reach. We talk briefly about Jack White's place in great musical artists (winner of 12 Grammies) and is he deserving of that any. We discuss John Mayer and how we both were introduced to him. Finally Tim tell two stories of God and Angels intervening in his life in pedestrian but profound ways. https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/jimidandthewolf?__cft__[0]=AZVYzb-QiX5h0hM6AvnITEsd0vne-0pZVJe7mmpNcHQBzb14167uCKmL199Y3AAg77aN3HJqUIhJWPTMtci48tErhKknO1SV1x_gtTu7wRnr0TWE7Q19CsTeGqxBfoktJf9jtDH5Co9n2arUMsRHLrRsOXjMMsayRgYHPbnMIBvMrQ&__tn__=NK-R (#jimidandthewolf) https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/podcast?__cft__[0]=AZVYzb-QiX5h0hM6AvnITEsd0vne-0pZVJe7mmpNcHQBzb14167uCKmL199Y3AAg77aN3HJqUIhJWPTMtci48tErhKknO1SV1x_gtTu7wRnr0TWE7Q19CsTeGqxBfoktJf9jtDH5Co9n2arUMsRHLrRsOXjMMsayRgYHPbnMIBvMrQ&__tn__=NK-R (#podcast)
We are doing this podcast while not being the same room for the first time, using Zoom. We start talking about how the pandemic and social distancing, and how that has affected us. Jimmy states that he's in the best shape of his life, and has put on like 10 lbs of muscle during the shutdown.
Today's main subject is a NYT article talking about how this pandemic economic shut down is affecting Americans. According to Pew research, for people making $50k to $59.9K per year, it would take them 2 years to save enough money to cover 4 weeks of expenses, on avg. For people making $200k/year, they could save 4 weeks of expenses in as few as 2 months.
We talk about how people making $50K per years should be more than enough, "as long as you're conservative with your money." We talk about how Gary Vee is always preaching "why are you buying $7 coffee" "why are we buying a car or house we can't afford to impress people we dont even like?" QUOTE: Better to have a friend with a bass boat than have on yourself.
We talk about horn players who need to work almost daily to keep up their embochure. I mention a friend trumpet player who stopped playing to keep up his embochure because all he loses is the high notes and the only people who care about the high notes on the trumpet are other trumpet players. Jimmy talks about his friend who started playing piano, neglecting his trumpet, and how quickly in a matter of a few weeks "lost his lip".
If a friend has a house with a pool, does that mean we need to get a house with a pool as well? or does a pool table substitute adequately?
We talk about how there are more great guitarists with incredible facility on the instrument (as seen in IG and other social media posts) than ever before, but we wonder how they can incorporate that high level of musicianship into other musical situations, or wonder if maybe being an IG influencer is the end game for them. Major Youtube stars like David Dobrek and Pew Die Pie are making $10millin plus per year. I discuss Chris Greenwood and his excellent artist coaching (affiliate link as promised: https://fanbaseuniversity.com/fanbaseuniversitynow?affiliate_id=2376098). According to his experience, Youtube pays much better to musicians and artists performing songs than Facebook does. We discuss if Instagram pays similarly to Facebook since they are the same corporation.
We discuss whether musicians activity will change any after this pandemic shutdown is over. Musiicians who have discovered Facebook and Youtube Live, etc, as a source of revenue, will they go back to playing live the old way, or change their behavior after this shutdown is over?
We discuss how it is possible for people making $50K/year to be struggling. I mention that in my home town an income of $20k to $30k is really adequate to live without real needs.
According to the NYT article, only 52% of low income workers are affected by the pandemic, income wise. We are both surprised its this low. We discuss how some jobs (Fed Ex, UPS, Amazon) are working overtime during this shutdown.
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We start by talking about benchmarking countries performance metrics like good businessmen and women do for companies. Tim suggests that all Americans should be required to spend 1 year living abroad teaching English or something similar to learn about other cultures and America's place in the world. We discuss some of the empires in world history and how many countries had their time in the sun but now may be a shadow of their former selves (Greece and Portugal were a couple mentioned. )We also discussed the Spanish Empire, Chinese History, and Mongolian history, especially the Yuan Dynasty when the Mongolians ruled China. We discuss how the USA has only been around for a little over 200 years and that is a drop in the bucket in the span of world history. We talk about how the USA really capitalized on the aftermath of WWII to cement our place in the world space. We discuss how France had over 5 million casualties in WW1 (4 million wounded and 1.4 million deaths) and how they had have have demoralized them when a mere 20 years later Germany invaded France to start WW2. It is our opinion that France does not deserve the reputation of just being good at waving the white flag; any country after losing such a high percentage of their population in a horrible war fought mainly on their soil would not have been ready to fight a mere 20 years later. France lost 5% of their population to military deaths during WW1. We also talk about the common view in the USA that America won both WW1 and WW2. We discuss possible alternative outcomes to WW2: if Hitler had been able to take the UK; If Hitler had allied with the Soviet Union instead of attacking them; if Japan had attacked Russia from the eastern side. Tim then tells the story of the 47 Ronin which is a true story that happened in 1701 in Edo period Japan when Japan was an isolated country for 300 years. We talk about the Samurai Code and how honorable Samurai would commit ceremonial suicide (Seppuku).
We talk about the origins of our respective states (Indiana and South Dakota). We discuss the Wounded Knee Massacre in South Dakota and Custer's Last Stand. We end with a brief discussion of the situation around the Covid 19 Pandemic.
We start this episode by picking up where we left off with Episode #13 talking bout American healthcare. We emphasize that we aren't necessarily for socialized medicine but that some changes need to be made as we have by far the most expensive healthcare for subpar results. We talk about how our current system isnt "free market capitalism" nor is is socialized medicine, it is it's own unique system. Tim says that if he was made the "Benevolent Dictator" of the USA the first thing he would do around healthcare would be to require all prices to be posted in advance so Adam Smith's "Invisible hand" could be put into play to bring price competition to health care. As it is now, pricing is obscured and a patient only finds out about what a procedure costs after the fact, as bills keep coming in the mail from providers the patient never knew was even involved or anticipated what those costs were. We talk about the a 2014 article in the NYT about Peter Drier who had spinal surgery and although the primary care surgeon's bill was $6200, a doctor whom Peter had never met and didnt know had been involved in the surgery sent a bill for $117,000 (NOTE: Tim misremembered it in the podcast as $112,000), because he was "out of network" and network limitations didnt apply. https://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/21/us/drive-by-doctoring-surprise-medical-bills.html (https://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/21/us/drive-by-doctoring-surprise-medical-bills.html) The article (https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/03/06/opinion/working-class-death-rate.html (https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/03/06/opinion/working-class-death-rate.html)) that we started discussing in Episode #13 about Deaths of Despair from white blue collar workers recommended that American healthcare needs to be made more about Health (patients) instead of Wealth (doctors). Jimmy states "The Fight is Fixed", and talks about how blue collar workers often avoid going to the doctor because they are afraid of the bills they would come that they can't pay. QUOTE: "What happens when people are afraidn to go see a doctor?" Tim relays a funny story about his doctor quipping that they usually don't show the dead person's feet in the casket at a funeral. We go on to discuss conclusion that economists Anne Case and Angus Deaton made in the original NYT article about Deaths of despair, that the US is not handling the effects of technology changes on our working class as well as other developed countries, when comparing the rapid rise of Deaths of Despair and other deaths of the working class (like heart disease) in the US and other countries. For one, the US has one of the worst income disparities of any developed country. But its not just financial. We talk about what life is like for todays working class vs years ago. Things like constant schedule changes for blue collar workers add stress. One big one is the fact that many blue collar workers no longer work for (get paid from) the company at which they work. More times than not, blue collar workers are hired and paid by staffing companies which takes away the pride of belonging to a company and an organization. We talk about societies loss of a sense of community and a sense of family. Jimmy theorizes that millennials and Gen Z more and more are content to stay in more, based on the age groups he sees at live gigs he does. QUOTE: "Younger folks are content to stay at home and live a virtual life." Tim talks about his experience working for Dupont ("Uncle Dupy") back in the when Dupont ond corporate America had their employee's backs. The authors suggested that the govt should encourage college degrees as college grads are more likely to: be employed, earn more, marry and stay married, be healthy and live longer. Tim talks about graduating from SDSM&T (South Dakota School of Mines and Technology) and how valuable a STEM degree is vs say a liberal arts English degree from a Ivy league school. SDSM&T in a recent study was the only
In this episode we cover a very serious topic based on a New York Times article published in March 2020. The article is reporting research done by economists Anne Case and Angus Deaton. Their research that, within the past few years, "deaths of despair" have been sky rocketing for white non-college educated Americans of all ages. This is the topic of our podcast. We start with some levity regarding how great the Korean restaurant we had just had dinner at was (Korean BBQ and Sushi in Nolensville). We talked about how Asian's in general and the Japanese in particular are healthier and have longer avg life expectancy than Americans and Europeans, and it isnt because of healthy living, based on my experience living in Japan. Japanese drink and smoke more than Americans's on avg, and deal with long commute times and other internal stresses that should contribute to illnesses and reduced life expectancy. But Japanese have the highest life expectancy of any nation and our conclusion its a large part to their diet being so healthy. We discuss the findings from the study reported in the article that report that white adults without a college degree are reporting relatively rapid negative changes in things such as self reported happiness, marriage, church attendance, self reported neck back or joint pain, and drinking, vs similar cohorts with college degrees where such trends are fairly stable over time. Quote from this segment: "Often blue collar workers are under tremendous economic stress and "see no way out of the cage". Jimmy talks about his brother who drank himself to death. We both agree that having a college degree is not a magic potion, it doesn't suddenly make everything better, but on average what it means to have gotten a college degree vs not and what that says about socioeconomic conditions is more about what is causing the divergence. The answer is not to "just try harder". Many blue collar families are already doing everything they can and there is no way "trying harder" will help them. We talk about American healthcare and how the US is the only developed country in the world people go bankrupt due to health care costs. We talk about the stigma of "socialized medicine". Jimmy says how the cost of his wife's insulin for her Type 1 diabetes amounts to almost the same amount as their monthly mortgage. WE discuss the topic of benchmarking and how, although this is a common practice for companies to compare their performance on a number of measurements vs. other like companies in their field, benchmarking is not widely embraced by Americans. We talk about how the USA has the highest percentage of our population incarcerated of any other developed country, and how this ends up costing us twice: once by the added burden of paying for the incarceration, and secondly how the incarcerated are no longer able to be productive members of our society and contribute to our society and economy at large. QUOTE: "so many Americans are focused on fear."
Finally we end on a light note extolling the virtues of kombucha and sushi.
In this podcast we start by talking about a continuation of the last podcast subject, which is that our subconscious minds takes in way more data than our conscious mind can and the importance of letting our subconscious mind help us solve our problems. We talk about the importance of belief and how belief in oneself may be the most important factor for success. I relay the ( partly apocryphal) oft repeated story about Thomas Edison's mother home schooling him after he was kicked out of school for being not good in school. (NOTE: HE was removed from school and was homeschooled by his mother, but there apparently was no note from school that she lied to him about.). We talk about how our society and school system really isnt very good at predicting success stories. QUOTE FROM THIS SECTION: "Whether you think you can or you think you cannot, either way you are right." We briefly discuss how ADHD meds inhibit creativity. We talk about Jimmy's high school years and how he already was making money playing music while still in high schoool and then we discuss how Russell Brunson was making six figures while he was in college AND wrestling at a high level (he at one point was second in the nation in collegiate wrestling). Next we talked about Simon Tam (who spoke at DIY Musician's conference last year) and how interesting his presentations were. He has the distinction of having given the most Ted talks by anyone, but he started out with 299 rejections and only 1 acceptance. He turned that 1 acceptance into now being the record holder for having had given the most Ted talks. QUOTE: " Its never what has happened to you, its how you react to what has happened to you." We talk about Tony Robbins and Gary Vee and some of the big things we've learned from both of them. Jimmy drops a gem: "We Americans too often will invest in our comfort but not invest in our happiness." We discuss how intelligent and advanced Millenials and Gen Z generations seem to be, compared to our own generations. We talk about achieving late in life, and I talk about how my sister got her Ph.d after she turned 50 and all the trials and difficulties she had to overcome to reach her goal. Jimmy shared what his three kids wanted to be when they grow up. Occupations included math teacher, physicist, Youtuber, Art teacher and artist. Finally we ended up by talking about some contemporary actors and movies: Mark Wahlberg, Adam Sandler, Post Malone's one scene in Mark Wahlbergs latest Netflix movie and our mutual respect and fanstanning of John C. Reilly.
In this podcast we talk about a lot of interesting concepts around music and also how the human brain works. We start by taking about a song we had just finished when we recorded the podcast (“Water”) and how excited we are about the song. We discuss different songwriting techniques, and conclude even tho there are “songwriting rules” that are taught in songwriting classes and courses, all the rules are meant to be broken if it contributes to a great song. We discuss whether artists get tired of singing their biggest hits. A quote from this segment: “We write ‘em to sing ‘em”.
Next we segued into discussing how other countries “punch above their wt” when it comes to how many successful artists they have vs. the size of their population. First up was Canada, who has an overwhelmingly large representation in popular and rock music, way more than their 10% of the US population would indicate. Artists we mentioned include Randy Bachman, Burton cummings, Justin Beiber , actors Ryan Reynolds, Jim Carrey, and Mike Myers, to name a few. WE posit that perhaps the government support of Canadian artists may play a part.
We go on a rabbit trail talking about Randy Bachman (guitarists and songwriter from The Guess Who and Bachman-Turner Overdrive) and a bit about his musical career. (He wrote “American Woman”, among other great classic rock songs, and we’re big fans.)
Next we talked about Cuban music and how even tho the country is very poor and only about 10 million in population, how big of an influence Cuban music has on American pop and rock music. Artists mentioned included Buena Vista Social Club and Camilia Cabello.
We talk about some songs that use modern production like “Sucker” by the Jonas Brothers and also talk about some young artists (Charlie Puth, Lewis Capaldi, etc) who we feel could fit right in and be played on the same stations with 70s artists Bill Withers, Donnie Hathaway and Stevie Wonder if they had come out in the ‘70s. QUOTE: “These modern artists are using the same ingredients but cooking a different way.”
Next we moved to the UK, and how they punch above their wt. Jimi made the point that if you asked Classic Rock fans to name the 10 best Classic Rock bands, a large number of them (and maybe all 10) would be British. Bands mentioned included The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, The Who, The Stones, Pink Floyd, Black Sabbath, and more recently Oasis.
Next we discussed Ireland who definitely punches above their wt with only 3 million inhabitants. Artists mentioned included van Morrison, U2, Thin Lizzy, Sinead Oconnor and actor Liam Neesom. We also discussed Conor Mcgregor and how influential he is both in the ring and outside the ring. WE discussed his most recent fight and how he seems to be a different man over the past year, and how Tony Robbins seemed to have had a huge impact in Conor’s development as a man and a fighter.
We talked bout how our brains are wired not to keep us happy but to keep us alive and how our brains are wired to say No much more than yes. Our brains will tell us to stop long before our body will give out in actuality. Quote: “Human beings aren’t even driving our own buses, our subconscious mind is”.
We ended by discussing Jimmy’ fear of falling into a parallel dimension due to a glitch in the matrix or a space time continuum glitch and ended the podcast with spells of laughter.
In this podcast we talk compare the "unnamed less we be sued" biz conf we walked out of in Orlando and Funnel Hacking Live 2020 in Nashville (Hint one of these is not like the other.) We discuss some of our favorite podcasts: "And The Writer Is..." and DIY Musicians podcast. We talk about why only in music business you are considered a failure unless you are on TV and/or the radio. (why aren't chefs and local restaurant owners asked when they will succeed by being on Top Chef?) We talk about the need to build your own artist brand and why many singing contest winners are never heard from again. Finally, we discuss the importance of thinking of non-musical scheduling conflicts when scheduling gigs.
In this podcast we tackle some weighty society issues: why is there a need for cuddling services for pay" in today's society? We discuss Citypak backpacks for homelss(developed by music industry veteran Ron Kaplan)https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/8547767/citypak-ron-kaplan-custom-backpacks-homeless-paradigm (https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/8547767/citypak-ron-kaplan-custom-backpacks-homeless-paradigm) and also www.backpackbed.org , two very viable and worthwhile charitable organizations. We talk about how society has changed so rapidly and many seniors are abandoned with no one to visit them. We do it all with our typical off beat humor and positivit.
In this 8th Podcast we cover a lot of topics, from our intro spoof of a 2020 Grammy winning album, songwriting on instruments you aren't proficient on, the feud between Dweezil Zappa and his brother (apparently now solved), hologram concerts using Frank Zappa and other dead artist's likeness, disingenuous Oscar campaigns (or not) by Joaquin Phoenix and Brad Pitt (recorded before they actually won their Oscars so I guess the campaigning worked), famous guitarists who played SG guitars, NAMM show and a new guitar made from ramen noodles for $5000, and is the mantra true or true: "As humans we want to see others do well, just never better than us."
In this episode, we have a full ranging discussion starting with Spaghetti Western music and the genius of composer Ennio Morricone, moving on to discussions on baritone guitars and is Danolectro a good guitar brand? We talk about the evolution of what type of guitars blues players tend to play through the years, from the Gibson arch tops in the early days, to after Hendrix almost every electric blues player seemed to switch to the Fender Stratocaster and why. We talk about Gibon's avant garde three guitars from the late 50's ( the Explorer, Flying V and the mysterious Moderne). We talk about our opinions regarding DJ's and if we think they are at the same level as skilled musicians, and we talk about the status of the live music scene in the USA today vs in the 60's.
Lonnie Mack's advice to Jimi D, why BB King developed such a wide vibrato, and other gems
We discuss if CD's a music delivery vehicle is obsolete or not, who is still buying CD's, and where do they play them as CD players no longer are put into new model cars. We discussed Post Malone and his live show, and whether his fans care if he lip syncs through his live show. We wonder how listening to different music affects our songwriting and ponder how composers did it in centuries before there was recorded music.
We talk about the evolution of recording technology, from the invention of the multi-track recorder by Les Paul, to today's unlimited track count on Digital Audio Workstations run from a computer. We discuss what musicians like Jimi Hendrix would or could have done with today's technology. We discuss how different regions in the USA have different musical styles and speculate on how or why this might be.
In this podcast we talk about how modern recording technology has radically changed the recording process from even 20 years ago. We compare classical vs modern music traditions, discuss the need or lack of need for guitarists to learn to sightread, discuss the genius of Brian Wilson and our dislike for Mike Love of the Beach Boys, and laugh an awful lot at our own jokes.
In this episode (recorded before the NFL playoffs started and the Patriots got beat), Jimi and TIm discuss the NFL: Tom Brady's legacy, is he a cheater, Bill Belichick, how the Patriots live in the minds of Colts fans; NBA: Celtics and Lakers rivalry, Larry Bird, trash talking, Michael Jordan, Lebron James and the current Lakers, Reggie Miller, and the '90's Knicks.
In our first podcast, we dive right in talking about music genres, ageism and sexism in the music business, what horn should a 13 yo choose to play in band, the evolution of the US family, world demographic trends, the Columbia Record club from last century and what religion is growing rapidly worldwide. WATCH us do the podcast on Youtube and Facebook.
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