Wisconsin Music Podcast: Recent Episodes
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WMPodcast interviews local Wisconsin musicians on their journey from their first group, solo endeavor, hired studio work, local community groups, and more, to their present day activities in the local music scene. We will also talk with music businesses and music organizations.
We'll talk about their origin story, what their influences are, what they do to hone their talents and their skills to be where they are today. What they feel is not only suffocating the local music scene, but, better yet, what they feel is helping push the local scene into the limelight. Also hear about gigs they've played that made an impression on them and why. . . and much more.
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Episode 175 | Blame It On Cainhttps://www.facebook.com/blameitoncain/
Join us as we dive deep into the journey of Wisconsin's powerhouse rock band, Blame It On Cain. In this episode, we sit down with Sam Bettcher to discuss the band's origin, their anthemic, guitar-driven sound, and their evolution over the years. From their national breakthrough with tracks like 'Yesterday's Happy Landing' and 'Miami Beach' to collaborating with Brian Vander Ark of The Verve Pipe, discover the impressive milestones of this rock band. Learn about their critically acclaimed albums and their latest EP, 'Doggie Bag,' which marks their bold return to hard rock. Get a sneak peek into their upcoming album, 'Legal Tender,' and hear about their experiences in the local music scene, songwriting process, and memorable live performances. Don't miss the chance to witness the revival of Wisconsin Rock with Blame It On Cain!
00:00 Introduction to the Podcast
00:13 Blame It on Cain: Band Overview
00:46 Band's Journey and Collaborations
01:43 Interview with Sam Bettcher
02:14 Formation and Early Days
03:31 Debut Album and Early Success
05:32 Evolution of Sound
10:13 New Releases and Future Plans
12:00 Recording Studio Promotion
13:17 Upcoming Album: Legal Tender
18:23 Wisconsin Rock Scene
19:11 Local Band Camaraderie
19:40 Challenges of Original Music
20:26 Adapting to the Digital Age
21:23 Live Performances and Setup
22:35 Memorable Tour Stories
26:07 Upcoming Album Release
27:28 Future Plans and Shows
30:17 Fan Engagement and Social Media
30:55 Rapid Fire Questions
32:33 Conclusion and Podcast Information
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Episode 174 | The Greene House LiveJoin us on the Wisconsin Music Podcast as we dive into the heart of Wisconsin's vibrant music scene with our special guests, Ethan and Jayanne, co-founders of The Greenhouse. Nestled in rural Whitewater, Wisconsin, The Greenhouse has transformed a rustic barn into a dynamic hub for live music and arts. Learn about their journey of turning a dilapidated structure into a cornerstone of the community, hosting events like the Strange La Grange Music Festival and featuring both local talents and national touring acts. Discover the challenges they've overcome, the passion driving their mission, and their vision for the future of Wisconsin's music scene. An inspiring episode for anyone passionate about music and community-building!
00:00 Introduction to the Wisconsin Music Podcast
00:13 Meet Ethan and Jayanne: Founders of The Greenhouse
03:05 Transforming a Barn into a Music Venue
05:53 The Origin of The Greenhouse Name
07:15 Memorable Events and Performances
10:24 Balancing Local Talent and Touring Bands
14:12 Curating the Lineup for Strange La Grange
16:40 Booking Bigger Acts: Rickshaw Billy's Burger Patrol
18:12 Introduction to the Event and Visual Artists
19:54 Getting Involved in the Events
20:53 Future Plans for Strange Lag Grange
22:16 Hosting and Capacity Details
23:02 Advice for Aspiring Event Organizers
25:16 Quick Fire Questions
27:04 Final Thoughts and Contact Information
29:06 Podcast Closing Remarks
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Episode 173 | Dr. Hannah Zdroik
Gold Certified AudiologistIn this episode of the Wisconsin Music Podcast, Dr. Hannah Zdroik, a doctor of audiology and gold certified music audiologist, shares her expertise on hearing care for musicians. With her background as a musician and theater educator, Hannah emphasizes the importance of protecting one's hearing—considering ears as the most important instrument. Founder of Melody Audiology, LLC, and partner with Tuned Care and Music Cares, she provides both in-person and national telehealth services to help prevent hearing loss and manage music-induced hearing disorders such as tinnitus. Hannah also discusses practical hearing protection solutions and her passion for inclusivity in the performing arts. Tune in for valuable insights on maintaining long-term hearing health.
00:00 Introduction to the Wisconsin Music Podcast
00:12 Meet Dr. Hannah Zdroik: Audiologist for Musicians
01:48 Hannah's Journey into Audiology
02:44 The Importance of Protecting Your Ears
04:10 Common Hearing Challenges for Musicians
06:02 Sound Safety Scales and Hearing Protection
09:21 Advanced Hearing Protection Options
12:44 Managing Tinnitus and Hearing Loss
15:36 Partnership with Music Cares
17:39 Universal Fit Earplugs Recommendations
20:29 Misconceptions About Hearing Health
22:24 Hearing Aids and Music
24:35 Early Career Professional Award
27:31 Long-term Goals for Hearing Care Awareness
29:49 Hearing Health for Young Musicians
33:04 Quick Answers and Fun Facts
34:33 Conclusion and Final Thoughts
35:25 Outro and Podcast Information
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Episode 172 | Rap JMyNameisRapJ
In this episode of the Wisconsin Music Podcast, we sit down with Rap J, a 26-year-old Milwaukee native whose music exemplifies resilience and determination. Rap J has faced life's challenges with an unbreakable spirit, using music as his platform for expression. He has performed at prestigious venues such as the 2023 Whammy Awards and the 2024 GLR Conference and has a growing discography that includes two albums. We discuss the impact of his late mother Tracy, the support of his friends, and how he channels deep emotions into his lyrics. Rap J also shares insights into his creative process and offers advice for others facing obstacles. Tune in to hear his inspiring mindset and journey in the Wisconsin music scene.
00:00 Introduction to the Wisconsin Music Podcast
00:10 Meet Rap J: Overcoming Challenges Through Music
01:37 Rap J's Musical Journey and Inspirations
02:56 Creating Music: Beats, Lyrics, and Emotions
17:17 Rap J's Performances and Memorable Moments
19:46 Advice for Aspiring Musicians
22:45 Personal Reflections and Inspirations
29:13 Quick Fire Questions and Final Thoughts
32:56 Conclusion and Farewell
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Episode 171 | Darrin Alston Jr.Darrin Alston Music Instagram https://www.instagram.com/darrinalstonmusic?igsh=ZnJoYzJma29oZ3Bz&utm_source=qrSorta Ridiculous Instagram https://www.instagram.com/sortaridiculous?igsh=MTh4dGQ1a2pyMWRxdA%3D%3D&utm_source=qrJoin the Wisconsin Music Podcast as we explore the multifaceted creative world of Darrin Alston. Darrin's talents span music, stand-up comedy, podcasting, game design, and running his own company, Sorta Ridiculous Productions. He's also the energetic host of Milwaukee's favorite karaoke night at Drunken Cobra. In this episode, Darrin shares his experiences collaborating with top local music producer Mystik Musik, combining theatrical elements with his music, and producing unique live events like the Sort of Ridiculous Laughing Jam. Discover how Darrin blends his diverse passions into one seamless creative journey that redefines the Milwaukee scene. Don't miss this insightful conversation with an artist who is always authentically himself and constantly pushing creative boundaries.
00:00 Introduction to Darrin Alston Jr
01:00 Darrin's Musical Journey
02:02 Collaborations and Creative Process
05:23 Live Performances and Events
11:13 Comedy and Music Intertwined
19:34 Sort of Ridiculous Productions
23:43 Future Aspirations and Advice
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Episode 170 | TuneHatchwww.tunehatch.com
Revolutionizing Live Music Booking with TuneHatch | Wisconsin Music Podcast
In this episode of the Wisconsin Music Podcast, host Zach Fell welcomes Weston, Nathan, and Crystal from TuneHatch, a groundbreaking platform that is reshaping the live music booking landscape. TuneHatch integrates predictive analytics to streamline the booking process, making it easier for independent artists to find opportunities and venues to curate successful shows. The team discusses the motivation behind TuneHatch, its unique value propositions, and the challenges they have faced and overcome. Learn how this all-in-one platform aims to support artists, promoters, and venues by providing a seamless user experience and valuable insights, ensuring the music industry thrives. Episode highlights include the platform's impact on reducing admin tasks for artists and venue owners, and the significant positive feedback received from users. Tune in for valuable insights and tips for indie musicians looking to elevate their careers.
00:00 Introduction to the Wisconsin Music Podcast
00:59 Meet the Team from TuneHatch
01:37 The Inspiration Behind TuneHatch
02:52 How TuneHatch Supports Independent Artists
03:46 Unique Features of TuneHatch
06:12 Challenges and Solutions in the Music Industry
13:02 Feedback and Success Stories
20:00 Future Plans and Vision for TuneHatch
26:07 Closing Remarks and Contact Information
26:54 Outro and Additional Information
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Episode 168
Alaria Taylor of Chick Singer Night www.alariataylor.com www.chicksingernight.com www.LinkedIn.com/in/alariataylor Chick Singer Night-Milwaukee | Facebook Celebrating Milwaukee's Chick Singer Night: Holiday Edition with Alaria Taylor and Noelle In the Wisconsin Music Podcast Holiday Edition 2024, host Zach Failure welcomes Alaria Taylor, director of Milwaukee's Chick Singer Night, to discuss the release of the 'Chick Singer Night Christmas' album. This compilation features 11 artists and 14 holiday tracks performed by some of Milwaukee's top vocalists and musicians. Alaria reflects on her extensive music career and the growth of Chick Singer Night—a national nonprofit supporting female artists. The episode also features Noelle, one of the performers, who shares her experience recording for the album and performing with the organization. Additionally, insightful details about past and upcoming Chick Singer Night events, the logistics of organizing these showcases, and the fostering of community and mentorship among artists are discussed. New episodes of the podcast air every Tuesday, with past episodes on Fox Cities Indie Radio.
00:00 Welcome to the Holiday Edition
00:12 Introducing Alaria Taylor and Chick Singer Night
00:52 Chick Singer Night's Global Reach
01:24 Alaria Taylor's Musical Journey
02:23 The Chick Singer Night Experience
03:16 Meet the House Band
03:47 How Chick Singer Night Showcases Work
05:25 Noelle's Journey with Chick Singer Night
07:17 Creating the Chick Singer Night Christmas Album
13:48 How to Get Involved with Chick Singer Night
15:56 Upcoming Events and Final Thoughts
25:26 Closing Remarks and Thank You
Wisconsin Music Podcast: 2024 Holiday ShowcaseIn the special 2024 Holiday Edition of the Wisconsin Music Podcast, host Zach Vell features a festive collection of songs primarily from the Chick Singer's Night Christmas album, along with select tracks from past guests and previous holiday showcases from 2022 and 2023. Zach also shares personal updates including buying a house and setting up a new podcasting studio. The episode aims to spread holiday cheer and gratitude, with a variety of Christmas songs concluding the show. 00:00 Welcome to the Holiday Edition00:49 Reflecting on Four Years of Podcasting01:36 Personal Milestones and Gratitude02:23 Holiday Wishes and Music Introduction02:47 I Don't Believe in Santa Claus03:39 A Georgian Christmas07:56 Silent Night10:37 Lonesome Christmas14:37 Run, Run Rudolph18:15 Christmas 198420:37 Mary, Did You Know?24:09 Zuzu's Petals30:50 A Baby Changes Everything35:56 God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen36:50 Star of Wonder39:23 Merry Christmas from Afar42:14 Winter Wonderland46:23 Christmas in a Small Town49:32 Mary Had a Little Baby53:54 Toymaker of Pain58:05 Breath of Heaven01:03:05 Let It Snow01:05:30 O Holy Night01:09:51 Christmas Eve Cheer01:12:12 New Year Reflections01:14:50 Instruments of Peace01:17:56 What Child is This?
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Episode 167
Michael Rossa of The NowIn this episode of the Wisconsin Music Podcast, we feature Michael Rosa, the guitarist, vocalist, and band leader of The Now, a well-established cover band with over 20 years in the Wisconsin music scene. Michael shares his journey, the evolution of The Now, and his new podcast venture focusing on health, wellness, and music. Michael also provides valuable advice on managing a band, maintaining high performance standards, and navigating the live music scene post-COVID. He emphasizes the importance of recording and critiquing performances, leading by example, and maintaining open communication within the band. Tune in for insights on crafting a successful music career and the challenges and opportunities in today's music industry.
00:00 Introduction to Michael Rosa and The Now
02:17 Michael's Musical Journey
05:02 Managing and Leading a Band
07:25 Impact of COVID on Live Music
17:02 Advice for Aspiring Musicians
22:48 Michael's Podcast and Future Plans
28:38 Conclusion and Final Thoughts
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Episode 166
0Brian DaleBrian Dale Music website
In this episode, Brian also shares his inspiration behind his latest single, Blind Devotion, A timely rework of his 2004 release, with haunting melodies and bold lyricism, the track divide dives into themes and loyalty, manipulation and questioning one's devotion, reflecting on uncertainty and complexity of today's political and personal landscapes.
Blind Devotion Redux taps into the feelings of questioning everything around you. Beyond his original works, Brian's musical range spans across genres from jazz to rock, pop, and funk. And he's collaborated with celebrated artists like Brian Lynch, Ambrosia, Street Life with Warren Wiegratz, Tracy Hanneman, and more.
For fans of jazz and blues, Brian's newly launched website at www.briandalemusic. com is a gateway to his full discography. Exclusive content and updates on his latest release. Remember new episodes drop every Tuesday and past episodes air on Fox cities, Indie radio on Thursdays at 6 PM and Sundays at 3 PM Wisconsin.
We are Amplifying Wisconsin music with Brian Dale today
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Episode 165
Nate Wycoff - SOULKEEPERIn today’s episode of the Wisconsin Music Podcast, we get into the Halloween spirit with Nate Wycoff, a creative powerhouse who’s taken on a truly unique project: a comic book paired with an original soundtrack! Inspired by synth-driven horror movie soundscapes and classic comic books, Nate has crafted a horror-themed audio and visual experience that’s perfect for the Halloween season.
Imagine a world where every panel of a comic is infused with its own cinematic soundtrack—no movie screen required. Nate shares his journey of combining storytelling with music, explaining how a love for horror classics and synth sounds (think Christine and Halloween) led him to create a chilling tale of "The Soul Keeper." Part supernatural enforcer, part tragic anti-hero, the Soul Keeper navigates a gritty underworld in pursuit of mortal souls, accompanied by darkly atmospheric music to heighten the suspense.
Key takeaways from Nate's creative process:
- The Intersection of Music and Storytelling: Nate’s project began with synth compositions inspired by ‘80s horror scores. The music eventually shaped a storyline, which evolved into the comic book. His creative journey flips the typical soundtrack concept, producing a "score" for a comic rather than a film.
- Analog Inspirations with a Modern Twist: From synthesizers to retro horror movie vibes, Nate dove into the nostalgia of physical music production, blending both digital and analog techniques. His soundtrack is layered with ambient synths, haunting melodies, and even snippets of dialogue to make readers feel as if they're tuning into a lost horror radio broadcast.
- Immersive Art and AI Collaboration: Nate took on every detail of the comic’s visuals, from character design to layout, even using AI to shape the art’s foundation before editing each panel himself. The result is a beautifully haunting visual journey that captures the gritty, raw spirit of classic horror.
Tune in now to hear the full conversation with Nate. As Halloween approaches, it's the perfect time to dive into this one-of-a-kind experience. 👻
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Episode 164
Victor DeLorenzohttps://www.instagram.com/vjd/
From Violent Femmes to Night Crickets In this episode of the Wisconsin Music Podcast, Zach Fell sits down with Victor DeLorenzo, the founding member of Violent Femmes, to discuss his artistic journey. Victor shares his transformation from an aspiring actor to a pivotal figure in music after being inspired by The Beatles' 'Hey Jude.' He elaborates on his unique drumming style, the origins of Violent Femmes, and his continued passion for music through projects like 1913 and Night Crickets. The discussion extends to the challenges faced by modern musicians in the digital age, the importance of local music support, and his solo album 'Tranceaphone.' Victor provides insights into his creative processes, reflections on his past work, and the future of music. This episode is a deep dive into the enduring artistry and innovation of Victor DeLorenzo.
00:00 Introduction to the Wisconsin Music Podcast
00:15 Meet Victor DeLorenzo: A Multifaceted Artist
01:47 Victor's Early Musical Influences
04:06 The Birth of a Drummer
08:03 Forming the Violent Femmes
16:24 Victor's Current Projects: 1913 and Night Crickets
20:35 A Lifelong Love for Recording
21:33 Early Inspirations and Career Beginnings
22:46 Advice for Aspiring Musicians
23:44 Reforming Violent Femmes
25:42 Creating Tranceaphone and Spoken Drum
27:59 Acting Career Highlights
29:49 Influences and Inspirations
33:54 The Digital Age of Music
36:01 Balancing Creative Pursuits
38:14 Final Thoughts and Reflections
38:57 Closing Remarks and Podcast Information
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Episode 163
Jim Eannellihttps://www.facebook.com/JimEannelli
In this episode of the Wisconsin Music Podcast features an interview with Milwaukee-based producer and multi-instrumentalist Jim Eannelli, discussing his transition from a longtime supportive role in various bands to releasing his first solo album, 'Just Desserts' on September 27, 2024. The album, a reflection of Eannelli's vast musical experience, includes songs ranging from rockabilly to Americana. He shares insights into his musical journey, influences, and the challenges of working in the Milwaukee music scene. Eannelli offers advice to up-and-coming musicians, emphasizing the importance of finding balance in the industry. The conversation also touches upon the importance of life skills for youth and includes discussions on the production process of his debut album. The episode encourages listeners to support local music talent in Wisconsin.
00:00 Introduction to the Wisconsin Music Podcast
00:12 Meet Jim Eannelli: Milwaukee's Music Legend
01:57 Jim's Early Musical Journey
04:54 Learning from the Best: Influences and Inspirations
06:58 The Polka Band Experience
13:29 The Reality of the Music Industry
16:25 Creating 'Just Desserts': The Journey of Jim's Solo Album
21:37 Discussing the New Album Tracks
21:55 The Story Behind '29 Women'
26:14 Reflecting on Personal Experiences
30:29 Introducing 'I Want to Be Your Man'
34:23 Collaborators on the Album
36:18 Recording and Studio Insights
37:40 Thoughts on Youth and Life Skills
40:48 The Importance of Human Connection
43:25 Advice to My Younger Self
46:24 Promoting the New Album
48:53 Conclusion and Final Thoughts
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Episode 162
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Exploring the Creative Journey of OA Beats In this episode of the Wisconsin Music Podcast, host Zach Fell interviews David Ofori Anim, also known as OA Beats, a music producer from Madison. OA Beats discusses his early start in music, his influences, and the journey that led him to win the 2024 Big Beat MKE Tournament. He shares insights into his music production process, the importance of mixing, and his approach to creating beats. Additionally, OA Beats talks about his ambitions, future collaborations with his brother, and his goals for his music career. The episode highlights his passion for genre fusion and his plans to help other artists through his studio, OA Studios, in Madison.
The podcast encourages listeners to explore new episodes released every Tuesday and syndicated on Fox City's Indie Radio.
00:00 Introduction to OA Beats
01:30 Early Beginnings in Music
02:36 Insights on Music Production
05:10 Winning the Big Beat MKE Tournament
08:13 Ad for ZTF Studio
09:18 Genre Fusion and Inspirations
16:35 Collaborations and Future Projects
22:04 Advice for Aspiring Musicians
27:58 Business Side of Music
29:50 Conclusion and Contact Information
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Episode 161
Kyle Rogan - The Rogue Electricswww.rogueelectrics.com
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Join host Zach Fell in this episode of the Wisconsin Music Podcast as he welcomes back Kyle Rogan of The Rogue Electrics. They talk about the band's latest live album 'Circuit Breakers,' their unique blend of alternative blues rock, and the meticulous process behind recording over 400 tracks to create the final album. Listen to insights on their musical influences, live performance dynamics, and how they've grown tighter as a band. Don't miss a special feature of their standout tracks 'Bridge Over Water' and 'Carry Your Weight.' Tune in for an engaging conversation about original music in the Wisconsin scene and what's next for The Rogue Electrics.
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Episode 160
Meet The Seavers meettheseavers@gmail.com
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In this episode of the Wisconsin Music Podcast, hosted by Zach Fell, listeners are introduced to the eclectic sounds and dynamic journey of 'Meet the Seavers,' a band known for their unique mix of swing, odd time signatures, and musical theater. Zach interviews Jace Seavers, the upright bass player and vocalist, who shares his rich musical history, including playing bass for a gospel choir in Chicago and writing lyrics for Island Records. Jace and his wife Dorothy moved back to Manitowoc, Wisconsin after years in Nashville, where they hosted a musical variety TV show from 2014 to 2019. The episode dives into their experiences, challenges in the music industry, and their advice for aspiring musicians.
The Wisconsin Music Podcast is available every Tuesday, with past episodes aired on Fox Cities Indie Radio every Thursday at 6 pm and Sunday at 3 pm.
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Episode 159
Michael Kessler - Blue Moon Possehttps://www.facebook.com/michael.kessler.167?mibextid=eQY6cl https://open.spotify.com/album/66BNu1VVN4m1pV4HhEZw5E?si=W4jA53v_SMaGVzh5i6hFXg In this episode of the Wisconsin Music Podcast, host Zach Fell interviews seasoned musician Michael Kessler, discussing his journey from learning guitar at age 11 to creating his solo album 'Gravel Road' in 2023. They delve into Michael's experiences with his band American Folk, his family's Kessler Clock Company, and his collaboration with past guest, renowned producer Gary Tannin! Michael shares insights on his musical influences, the recording process, and his vision for the future of acoustic music. The episode also highlights Michael's live performances and upcoming plans with his newly named band, Blue Moon Posse.
00:00 Introduction to the Wisconsin Music Podcast
00:22 Meet Michael Kessler: A Musical Journey
00:36 The Formation and Evolution of American Folk
00:50 Balancing Music and Family Business
01:01 The Making of Gravel Road
02:14 Michael's Musical Influences and Inspirations
04:05 Recording Challenges and Triumphs
11:47 Live Performances and Future Plans
20:18 Clock Repair and Musical Parallels
37:28 Final Thoughts and Advice
39:15 Where to Find Michael Kessler's Music
42:10 Conclusion and Farewell
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Episode 158
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In this episode of the Wisconsin Music Podcast, host Zach Fell interviews Bobcat, a unique one-man band captivating audiences across the U.S. Known for his electrifying mix of rockabilly, punk rock, garage rock, and comedic elements, Bobcat shares his musical journey from his first instrument, the mandolin, at age four, to his current two-year tour. He discusses the influence of bands like the Beatles and the importance of engaging with both 'normies' and music lovers. The episode also delves into Bobcat's touring strategy, his experiences in Wisconsin venues, and his networking approach of trading merchandise with fellow artists. Bobcat's advice for touring musicians and his dedication to promoting quality music and bands are also highlighted.
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Episode 157 Ruby Jameswww.rubyjamesmusic.com
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Hey there, music lovers! Get ready for an electrifying episode of the Wisconsin Music Podcast, hosted by Zach Felt. This week, we have an absolute treat for you. We’re joined by none other than Ruby James, the rock and roll sweetheart of Door County. Ruby's not just any musician—she's a born entertainer whose performances are packed with electric energy.
From her early days in the band Wifee and the Huzz Band to taking the stage with her new band. Ruby's career is nothing short of spectacular. Her music is a dynamic mix of poetic, heartfelt melodies and boot-stomping rock and roll. She’s collaborated with legends like Will and Charlie Sexton, Renee Reyes, Kate Vargas, and Eric McFadden. Ruby is also part of the supergroup Sheila, alongside James Hall.
In this episode, Ruby shares the fascinating story of her musical journey. Starting from her childhood in Los Angeles, where she was gifted a baby grand piano at the age of five, to her college days in Boston where she conquered her fear of performing in front of large audiences. Ruby talks about her early influences, from Stevie Nicks to Bonnie Raitt, and how they shaped her music career.
Ruby dives into her transition from the band wifey and the husband to her solo career, and how she’s navigated the music industry. She opens up about the challenges and triumphs she's faced, including the impact of the 2008 music industry crash and her incredible experience touring and performing at iconic venues.
Post-pandemic, Ruby is committed to rebuilding her solo career, recording new music, and reconnecting with her fans. She’s also working on releasing her previously recorded album, "Voodoo Queen," and new tracks recorded with top-notch musicians in Austin, Texas. Ruby's journey is a testament to her resilience and passion for music.
As Ruby reflects on her past and plans for the future, she also gives a shout-out to fellow Wisconsin artists and shares some of her current musical inspirations. Whether you're a longtime fan or new to her music, this episode is packed with insights, stories, and the rock and roll spirit that defines Ruby James.
Don't miss this chance to get up close and personal with Ruby James. Tune in and rock on with the Wisconsin Music Podcast!
For more updates on Ruby's music and upcoming shows, visit her website at rubyjamesmusic.com.
Until next time, keep supporting local music and stay tuned for more amazing episodes!
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Episode 156 Abaddon's Endwww.abaddonsend.com https://curtaincallrecords.com/abaddons-end-epk https://youtu.be/0_7DVtFHXQc?si=hVdKvK9CnR0wAGJ2 https://youtu.be/5oEeLtx5Cs0?si=Ql1CbKKrRQv-FPXb https://open.spotify.com/track/6MWodpomxdvciRUDsxtsq2?si=QawkxYtTTDe93T7UpKlN8Q https://www.facebook.com/theofficialabaddonsend?mibextid=ZbWKwL https://www.instagram.com/abaddons.end?igsh=ajVkNDhhdzY5cG81Hey there, music lovers! Welcome back to another exciting episode of the Wisconsin Music Podcast. This week, we're diving deep into the vibrant rock scene with none other than Abaddon's End. This band is a powerhouse of talent and passion, featuring Kyle and Steve, who kickstarted the journey six years ago, and later welcomed Adam (aka Bach) on vocals, Tim on guitar, and most recently, Cole on keys.
These guys are on fire! Since their revamped lineup in December 2022, they've penned 15 songs in just seven months and hit the stage with a full set list after only four months of rehearsals. Their sound is a unique blend of diverse influences, aiming to create music that resonates deeply with their audience. And guess what? They scooped up not one, but two Whammy Awards this year for Best Song of the Year and Best Rock Song of the Year. Impressive, right?
In this episode, we get personal with the band members as they share their individual journeys into music. Tim, the guitar player, grew up immersed in bluegrass, while Kyle's musical roots run deep with a family band from the age of six. Cole, the keys player, discovered his passion through piano lessons and a love for Guitar Hero. Bach, the vocalist, has been singing since he could talk, with a rich history in choir and collaborations with notable artists. Together, they form an unstoppable force in the local music scene.
We also delve into their creative process. From writing songs at lightning speed to rehearsing rigorously before recording sessions, Abaddon's End is all about authenticity. They record without backing tracks, ensuring that what you hear live is what you get on their records. Their dedication to their craft and their fans is truly inspiring.
Abaddon's End isn't just about making music; they're about creating connections. They value their fans immensely, treating them like family and ensuring everyone feels a part of their journey. Their live performances are high-energy, unforgettable experiences that leave you wanting more.
So, tune in to hear their story, their triumphs, and their heartfelt gratitude towards their supporters. And don't forget to check out their upcoming EP, set to drop around August or September. Stay tuned for more amazing music from Abaddon's End, and keep supporting local talent!
Thanks for joining us on this musical adventure. We hope you enjoy getting to know Abaddon's End as much as we did. Keep rocking, Wisconsin!
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Episode 155
Big Joe KennedyWEBSITE
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Hey there, music lovers! Welcome back to another episode of the Wisconsin Music Podcast. I'm your host, Zach Fell, and today we're diving deep into the vibrant music scene of Wisconsin and beyond. Our special guest for this episode is the incredibly talented Joe Kennedy, a keyboard player, educator, and all-around cool guy from Racine, Wisconsin.
Joe’s journey is nothing short of inspiring. He kick-started his musical adventure at the tender age of eight and has never looked back since. From his early days in Wisconsin, attending open jam sessions and soaking up invaluable lessons from local musicians, to earning his bachelor's degree from UW Parkside and a master's in performance from Las Vegas, Joe’s story is a testament to passion and perseverance.
Now based in New Orleans, Joe has been making waves for the past 15 years, playing everything from New Orleans traditional jazz to R&B. We chat about the stark differences and surprising similarities between the music scenes in southeastern Wisconsin and New Orleans. It’s fascinating to hear how Joe navigated these diverse musical landscapes and found his niche.
Beyond performing, Joe is also deeply committed to education. He hosts a monthly jam session for young musicians, providing a platform for beginners to play alongside seasoned professionals. He’s even written a book, "Spread the Jam," aimed at helping young musicians understand the ins and outs of jam sessions, complete with audio examples and practical advice.
Joe’s dedication to nurturing the next generation of musicians is truly commendable. He shares his experiences and insights with a warmth and generosity that’s sure to inspire both aspiring musicians and seasoned pros alike. From heartwarming stories of mentorship to practical tips on navigating the music industry, this episode is packed with valuable takeaways.
So, grab a cup of coffee, sit back, and join us as we celebrate the incredible journey of Joe Kennedy on the Wisconsin Music Podcast. Whether you’re a musician, an educator, or just a fan of good music, this episode has something for everyone. Let’s get jammin’!
For more details on Joe's book and how to access it, especially if you're a band director, head over to his website, bigjoekennedy.com. And if you’re enjoying our episodes, please consider supporting the Wisconsin Music Podcast through donations, likes, and reviews. Every bit helps in amplifying the amazing music coming out of Wisconsin. Thanks for tuning in, and we’ll see you next week!
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Episode 15
Mark Soriano* + Program Coordinator: Arts @ Large
+ Drummer: Dak Dubois, The Hatchets, For hire work
+ Bassist: Royal Mill
+ Solo Performer: Mark J. Soriano
+ Live Sound Engineer
* Social media and music links:
+ Doin Ok: Newest Single
Exploring the Musical Journey of Mark Soriano on the Wisconsin Music Podcast In this episode of the Wisconsin Music Podcast, the host welcomes Mark Soriano, a dynamic musician from Milwaukee, to discuss his extensive contributions to the local music scene and his role as a program coordinator at Arts at Large. Mark shares his origin story in music, beginning with mandatory piano lessons in childhood influenced by his parents' unfulfilled musical aspirations. He discusses his progression through various bands like Fellow Kingsmen, The Oxleys, and Drop Bear Collective, and his passion for teaching music. Mark reveals how he learned essential industry skills like getting songs on the radio and running live sound, often through trial and error and mentorship. He also talks about his personal musical projects, including his latest single 'Doing Okay,' demystifying the music creation process. The episode also delves into Arts at Large's mission to make art accessible to all, through initiatives like community jam sessions and educational programs in schools. The conversation underscores the importance of communication, community involvement, and continuous learning in achieving success in the music industry.
00:00 Introduction to the Wisconsin Music Podcast
00:16 Meet Mark Soriano: Milwaukee's Musical Talent
01:05 Mark's Musical Beginnings
02:43 Joining Bands and Musical Journey
04:38 Getting Music on the Radio
07:12 Live Sound Engineering: A Happy Accident
10:15 Arts at Large: Making Arts Accessible for All
17:40 Empowering the Next Generation of Musicians
18:33 Collaborative Teaching in Recording Arts
19:51 Expanding Arts Accessibility
21:13 Personal Music Journey and Songwriting
22:13 Creating Music with Limited Resources 28:51 The Importance of Community and Collaboration
33:19 Social Media and Final Thoughts
34:36 Conclusion and Podcast Information
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Episode 153
Jim Schweitzer - Rust Bucket
www.rustbucckettheband.com Wisconsin Music Podcast: An In-Depth Interview with Jim Schweitzer of Rust Bucket In this episode of the Wisconsin Music Podcast, host Zach Fell interviews Jim Schweitzer, the energetic frontman of Rust Bucket, a 90s grunge and alt-rock tribute band. The discussion covers Jim's musical journey starting as a drummer with the band Random Max, his travels as a writer, and his return to music as a lead vocalist in Milwaukee. Jim shares insights into Rust Bucket's rise in the local music scene, their dedication to faithfully emulating 90s rock legends, and their meticulous approach to perfecting their sound. The conversation also touches on Jim's various other roles such as a public speaker, podcaster, and trivia host, as well as his advice for aspiring musicians and performers.00:00 Introduction to the Wisconsin Music Podcast00:06 Meet Jim Schweitzer of Rust Bucket00:20 Jim's Musical Journey and Rust Bucket's Rise02:38 Rust Bucket's Unique Tribute Approach04:57 Recreating Iconic 90s Hits18:25 Balancing Music and Life24:33 Upcoming Gigs and Final Thoughts30:36 Conclusion and Farewell
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Episode 152
Phil Tittlephiltittlemusic.com
Hello, and welcome back to the Wisconsin Music Podcast! 🎶 Today, we've got an incredible episode lined up for you. I'm your host, Zach Fell, and we're thrilled to have a very special guest whose music journey has taken him from the rural landscapes of Georgia all the way to the shores of Lake Michigan. Please join me in welcoming Phil Tittle, a remarkable singer-songwriter whose roots are as deep and expansive as the genres that have influenced him.
After a distinguished 20-year career in the U.S. Air Force, Phil has transformed his world experience into a musical expression that transcends borders and connects deeply with listeners. Following his military service, Phil channeled his passion into teaching, founding a music school, and helping veterans cope through the incredible Guitars for Vets program. His commitment to music and community is unmistakable, reflected in every chord he plays and every lyric he writes.
Join us as Phil shares how his parents' love for music, especially Neil Diamond, CCR, and Elvis, influenced his early years. Discover how carrying a guitar on his military deployments became a source of comfort and companionship, leading to his passion for songwriting. Phil also opens up about his post-military journey, including using his GI Bill to study at Berklee College of Music and opening a music school.
In this episode, Phil talks about his experiences working with a producer in Nashville, his involvement with Guitars for Vets, and the joys and challenges of performing live. We also dive into his creative process, the importance of music theory, and how he's continually evolving as an artist. Whether you're a budding musician or a seasoned performer, Phil's journey is sure to inspire.
Don't miss out on this intimate conversation where Phil shares his wisdom, experiences, and the lessons he's learned along the way. Make sure to follow Phil on social media, check out his latest tracks, and welcome him to the Wisconsin Music Podcast family.
For those of you who are new to our show, the Wisconsin Music Podcast is dedicated to showcasing the incredible talent of Wisconsin-based musicians and the thriving local music community. Our episodes drop every Tuesday on all streaming platforms and YouTube. Additionally, you can catch our episodes on Fox Cities Indie Radio every Thursday at 6 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m.
Make sure to follow Phil on his journey by visiting his website at philtittlemusic.com, where you'll find links to his social media pages on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube. Let's show him some love and support!
Thanks for tuning in, and we'll see you next week with another fantastic episode on the Wisconsin Music Podcast. If you'd like to be on the show, just head over to wisconsinmusicpodcast.com and fill out the guest request form. If you're enjoying these episodes, please consider donating to the Wisconsin Music Podcast to help us continue bringing you great content.
Until next time, keep rocking, Wisconsin! 🎸
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Episode 151
Jake WilliamsHey there, music lovers! Welcome back to another episode of the Wisconsin Music Podcast. I'm Zach Fell, your host, and today we have an incredible guest with us—Jake Williams. Jake is a self-taught full-time musician who has been a cornerstone of Milwaukee's vibrant music community. With a repertoire of off-the-wall cover interpretations centered around his genuine piano and vocal performances, Jake redefines what it means to be a cover musician.
Jake's schedule is packed with over 200 shows a year and boasts 11 local award nominations, making him a true force in the Wisconsin music industry. Beyond his solo work, Jake is also a part of two exciting projects. Sons of Sconnie (formerly The Toys) delivers high-energy, crowd-pleasing performances across Wisconsin, while The Midnight Purchase offers an alternative folk-rock experience with powerful lyricism and intimate shows.
Join us as we dive deep into Jake Williams' musical journey. From his humble beginnings, playing the piano at Menards to becoming a full-time musician, Jake shares his story, his insights into the Wisconsin music scene, and the lessons he's learned along the way. Trust me, you won't want to miss this intimate and inspiring conversation.
So, grab a comfy seat, maybe a cup of coffee or a cold brew, and get ready to be inspired by the sounds and stories from our great state. Welcome to the Wisconsin Music Podcast, where we amplify Wisconsin music.
Jake takes us through his journey from a young introvert, fascinated by his grandma's piano, to becoming a versatile musician playing over 200 gigs a year. He shares candid stories about his first job playing piano at Menards, his college days in Green Bay, and the various musical projects he's been involved in over the years.
We also delve into the dynamics of his current projects, Sons of Sconnie and The Midnight Purchase. Jake gives us the inside scoop on why The Toys changed their name and how the band navigated through this transition. Plus, he talks about the new music The Midnight Purchase is working on and what fans can expect in the near future.
Jake offers valuable advice for aspiring musicians, emphasizing the importance of self-awareness and knowing your place within the music scene. He also shares his thoughts on the current state of the Wisconsin music scene and the challenges it faces.
Whether you're a musician yourself or just a fan of great music, this episode is packed with insights, stories, and inspiration. Tune in to hear more about Jake's journey, his passion for music, and his vision for the future of Wisconsin's music scene.
Don't forget to check out Jake's solo performances and his shows with Sons of Sconnie and The Midnight Purchase. You can keep up with his latest gigs by following his social media pages or visiting his website.
Thank you for tuning in to the Wisconsin Music Podcast. We appreciate your support and love for local music. If you enjoyed this episode, please consider leaving a review and sharing it with your friends. Until next time, keep supporting local music and stay tuned for more amazing stories from Wisconsin's music scene.
Catch you later, music aficionados!
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Episode 150
Frank Gappahttps://linktr.ee/frank.gappa
Hey everyone, it's Zach Fell here for the Wisconsin Music Podcast. This week, we've got a treat for you! I had an amazing chat with Frank Gappa, the indie rocker who's been shaking up the Milwaukee music scene with his unique sound and dynamic performances.
Originally from Wisconsin, Frank's journey took him all the way to the hustle and bustle of New York City and back home again during the pandemic. Now, he's formed an incredible trio with local drummer Brad O'Malley and a bassist, making waves right here in the Badger State.
In this episode, we dive deep into the stories behind his latest album, Let Me Show You My Jeans Jacket, recorded at Silver City Studios. You'll also get a sneak peek of his music video for the single Not A Good Look. Frank opens up about how his music resonates with personal experiences and creates captivating live shows for his audience.
If you're new to the Wisconsin Music Podcast, welcome! We drop new episodes every Tuesday. You can also catch past episodes on Fox City's Indie Radio every Thursday at 6 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m. Join us as we amplify Wisconsin's music together!
About Frank GappaFrank Gappa, with a G, G-A-P-P-A, not to be confused with Zappa, brings a fresh and unique perspective to the indie rock scene. His latest album, Let Me Show You My Jeans Jacket, is a testament to his artistry and storytelling prowess. In this episode, we delve into Frank's journey, his music, and what's next for this rising star.
Frank's Musical JourneyFrank shares his musical journey from picking up a guitar at age 12, to playing high school talent shows, forming bands in college, and eventually moving to New York City. He talks about the challenges and triumphs of his journey, including the formation of his current band and the impact of the pandemic on his music career.
Creating and PerformingFrank discusses the inspiration behind his album, how he approaches songwriting, and the collaborative process with his bandmates. He also shares his love for live performances, the energy he brings to the stage, and the special moments that make performing so meaningful for him.
Support Indie MusicFrank emphasizes the importance of supporting indie rock and the hard work that goes into being an independent artist. Every bit of support, whether it's buying a record, streaming a song, or attending a live show, makes a big difference.
Stay ConnectedKeep up with Frank Gappa on social media: Facebook, Instagram, Spotify, iTunes, Apple Music, and Bandcamp.
Thanks for tuning in to the Wisconsin Music Podcast. Be sure to join us next week for another fantastic episode! If you enjoy the show, please consider donating to help us continue amplifying the great sounds coming out of Wisconsin.
Stay musical, Wisconsin!
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Episode 149
Roger LeeFacebook
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Hey, everyone! Welcome back to another episode of the Wisconsin Music Podcast, where we're all about amplifying the incredible sounds coming out of Wisconsin. I'm your host, Zach Fell. Don't forget, we drop new episodes every Tuesday on all streaming platforms, and you can catch our video interviews on YouTube. Plus, you can listen to past episodes on Fox City's Indie Radio every Thursday at 6 PM and Sundays at 3 PM.
This week, I’m beyond excited to introduce you to Roger Lee, a solo musician from the small town of Winter, Wisconsin. With a population of just about 325 people, Roger's musical journey took an unexpected turn after a stage four cancer diagnosis. During his chemotherapy treatments, he found solace in a guitar he had owned for years but never had the time to master. Now in remission, Roger brings his unique blend of music to a variety of venues, performing classics from Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Gordon Lightfoot, The Band, and Ray LaMontagne, alongside his own original music.
Despite never imagining he'd play in public, Roger's musical journey has been like a snowball rolling downhill, gathering momentum and humbling him every step of the way. His original songs, deeply rooted in 70s and 80s country, are gaining acclaim and becoming a significant part of his performances.
Join me as we dive into Roger Lee's inspiring story, from his battle with cancer to his growing presence in the Wisconsin music scene. You can connect with Roger on his Facebook page and check out his performances on his YouTube channel.
For those of you who are new to our show, the Wisconsin Music Podcast is dedicated to showcasing the incredible talent of Wisconsin-based musicians and the thriving local music community. Make sure to follow us on Facebook, X, and Instagram to keep up with our latest episodes and musical endeavors.
If you enjoyed Roger’s story and want to hear more inspiring musical journeys, tune in every Tuesday for new episodes. And remember, you can support the podcast by donating through our website to help us continue bringing you these amazing stories. Have a fantastic week, and we'll see you next time!
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Episode 148
{ELSE}Spotify
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Hey everyone! Zach here, bringing you another exciting Tuesday dive into the heart of Wisconsin's music scene. This week, we're thrilled to have the electrifying band ELSE joining us!
ELSE, formed in 2013, is renowned for their dynamic blend of hard rock and progressive sounds, drawing influences from old school metal, industrial 90s styles, and modern post-rock and ambient music. Their tightly knit guitars, industrial effects, churning bass, heavy drums, and searing vocals create a sound that's both powerful and unique.
After wrapping up their experimental acoustic album, "Here's Waiting," in late 2021, ELSE returned to their roots to work on "Seven So Few," a project infused with nautical and religious themes. Guitarist and songwriter Kent Herberling brought new layers to the band's music, inspired by his time with Milwaukee shanty-grass band Pay the Devil.
ELSE has released three full-length albums and a three-song EP, with plans to release several more EPs in the coming years. The band's core members, John Backus, Kent Herberling, and Shane Mattox, have been friends since high school and reunited after college to create music together. Joining them are Nathan Paul on guitar and Michael Sinshak on drums. Jon Backus, on Bass and Vocals, was unable to participate.
Today, we're diving into their journey, latest projects, and what's next for them. You can find out more about ELSE on Spotify, Facebook, and Instagram, and explore their entire discography and press kit online.
So grab your favorite drink, get comfortable, and let's dive into this week's episode on the Wisconsin Music Podcast with ELSE!
In this episode, Shane and Kent share their music origin story, starting from middle school orchestra to their current band setup. They discuss the growing pains, the audition process, and how they finally found their perfect lineup. The band also talks about their DIY recording process and how they managed to create their latest album, "Seven So Few," during the challenging times of COVID-19.
You'll hear about the band's influences, the themes behind their music, and their plans for future projects. The conversation also touches on the work-life balance of the band members, their motivation for writing, and the joy of creating music together.
Don't miss out on this intimate and engaging conversation with ELSE. Tune in to the Wisconsin Music Podcast on your favorite streaming platform, or catch our video interviews on YouTube. And remember, you can also listen to past episodes on Fox City's Indie Radio every Thursday at 6 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m.
Thanks for joining us, and we'll see you next week with another fantastic episode on the Wisconsin Music Podcast!
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Episode 147
Hans Christianwww.recordingstudio330.comwww.hanschristianmusic.com
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www.facebook.com/hans.christian.2005 Hey there, and welcome to the Wisconsin Music Podcast! I'm your host, Zach Fell, and every Tuesday we dive into the heart of Wisconsin's music scene. We bring you stories and interviews with musicians, organizations, and businesses making waves right here in our backyard. You can catch all of our episodes on your favorite streaming platforms, and don't miss our video interviews on YouTube. Also, tune in to Fox City's Indie Radio every Thursday at 6 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m. to catch our latest episodes.
This week, we have a special guest joining us, Hans Christian from Alamed Music in Sturgeon Bay. Hans recently got a Grammy nomination for his beautiful album Ocean Dreaming Ocean in the New Age Ambient Chant category. Hans' story is truly inspiring. He started out as a young cellist in Germany, moved to Hollywood to chase his dreams, and ended up working with big names like Robbie Robertson, Billy Idol, and members of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. He has also collaborated with greats like John Waite and Sparks. Over the years, he's developed a unique sound that really speaks to the soul.
Hans also runs Studio 330, his production facility in the heart of Door County, Wisconsin. There, he not only produces and composes his own music, but also mixes and masters projects for artists from North America and Europe.
By the way, our podcast website is going through some exciting design changes. If you're part of the Wisconsin music scene, whether you're a musician, an organization, or a business, head over to our website and fill out the guest request form. We'd love to feature you on a future episode.
So, grab your favorite drink, get comfortable, and let's dive into this week's episode of the Wisconsin Music Podcast. Hans shares his journey from Germany to Hollywood, the challenges and triumphs along the way, and his current work in Wisconsin. It's a story filled with passion, creativity, and a deep love for music. Enjoy!
Thanks again for tuning in to another episode of the Wisconsin Music Podcast. Once again, I'm Zach Fell, your host and creator of the Wisconsin Music Podcast, where I love to amplify the great sounds coming out of the Wisconsin state. We have great talent here, great support, and great listeners. Thanks to Fox Cities Indie Radio for syndicating this on Thursdays and Sundays along with their other great programming. So make sure you check out Fox Cities Indie Radio.
If you are enjoying these episodes, please consider donating to the Wisconsin Music Podcast. Donations help pay for the website and putting the podcast up on streaming services, and also getting our name out there to all Wisconsinites and others that are interested in our great music here in Wisconsin. Donations are secure through PayPal and Stripe. All you have to do is go to the website and click on "Donate to WMP". You can also head over to our Instagram and Facebook pages and like us there, leave some comments, and check out the podcast review section of your podcast player to leave a five-star review. It would be great!
Have a great week, everybody, and we'll see you next time!
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Episode 146
Chris CP PeppasWelcome back to another episode of the Wisconsin Music Podcast, where we bring you the vibrant sounds and stories of Wisconsin-based musicians. I'm your host, Zach Fell, and today we're diving deep into the inspiring journey of CP Chris Pepas, a versatile vocalist and conga player performing around the greater Milwaukee area.
Chris is not your typical musician; he started his music career at the age of 58, proving that it's never too late to chase your dreams. Known for his performances with various trios that focus on jazz standards, classic rock, and blues, Chris has also delved into songwriting and recording projects.
In this episode, Chris shares his incredible story, from overcoming health challenges to becoming a beloved figure in Milwaukee's music scene. He talks about his collaborations with Joe Toronto, a Milwaukee native and multi-instrumentalist with an illustrious career. Joe has worked with legends like Ricky Lee Jones, Michael Bolton, Tina Turner, and Aretha Franklin, and was the music director for Grammy-winning jazz legend Al Jarreau.
Chris and Joe co-wrote a new song, with Joe composing the music and Chris contributing the main lyrics. The recording process was a collaborative effort with sound engineer Gary Tannen, another past guest on our show. Chris describes the joy of seeing his lyrics come to life with Joe's musical genius and the emotional connection he feels when performing live.
For those new to our show, the Wisconsin Music Podcast is dedicated to showcasing the incredible talent of Wisconsin's music community. Our episodes drop every Tuesday on all streaming platforms and YouTube. You can also catch our episodes on Fox City's Indie Radio every Thursday at 6 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m.
Don't forget to follow Chris Peppas on Facebook, X, and Instagram to stay updated on his musical journey. Now, without further ado, let's get right into our conversation with Chris Peppas. Trust me, you don't want to miss this heartfelt and inspiring story.
Enjoy the episode and see you next week with another fantastic guest on the Wisconsin Music Podcast!
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Episode 145
CARMEN NICKERSONWelcome to a captivating new episode of the Wisconsin Music Podcast with your host, Zach Felt. In this episode, we are treated to an exclusive discussion with indie artist Carmen Nickerson whose music crafts soul-stirring melodies and insightful lyrics. Carmen's debut solo studio album, 'Room to Grow', a collaboration with esteemed musician Willie Porter, is a musical masterpiece that stirs deep feelings and ignites the imagination.
Coming from rural Iowa, Carmen's music is a savory blend of various genres, leaving an enduring impact on her audience. 'Room to Grow' represents her artistic flowering, encapsulating genuine stories from her farm life upbringing and her vision for unity in her piece 'Ascension'. Delve into Carmen's captivating background, from early piano lessons to choir performances throughout her schooling and her breakthrough into songwriting in LA.
In this engrossing narrative, Carmen covers the exhilarating roller coaster of her musical career, starting from her duo album, 'Bonfire to Ash', to exhilarating national tours, and the recording of her latest album. She sheds light on the vital role of networking in the industry, her prolific collaborations, and the varied genres she's explored. Carmen stresses the importance of supporting musicians, encouraging listeners to purchase CDs and contribute to crowdfunding initiatives.
Have an insider's perspective of Wisconsin's music scene through Carmen Nickerson. Proving that talent, dedication, and passion can ignite a luminous musical career, Carmen's story is an inspiring tale for all. Learn more about her work and her views on the ever-changing music industry in this insightful episode of the Wisconsin Music Podcast.
Welcome to the new season of the Wisconsin Music Podcast! In this special introductory episode, join us as we embark on an exciting journey filled with fresh starts and new adventures. Our host shares personal anecdotes about a recent move to a charming new home in Racine, Wisconsin, detailing the unique architectural features that make this house truly special.
But the real highlight? The transformation of the finished basement into the brand-new ZTF Studios, a hub for all future podcast recordings and musical creations. Relive the nostalgia as we hear about the early days of ZTF Studios, built with love and craftsmanship by our host and his father.
Stay tuned for a sneak peek into what's in store for Season 5, including a shoutout to the wonderful listeners, past guests, and collaborative podcasts that have been part of this incredible journey. Get ready to meet our first guest of the season, Cameron Nickerson, and dive into the rich musical landscape of Wisconsin.
Don't miss this heartfelt thank you episode that sets the stage for an amazing season ahead. Tune in next week and be part of the story!
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Episode 144
ELMER AND THE CERAMIC TREEShttp://facebook.com/elmerandtheceramictrees https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwcLKmkvxCUtUAD712Nej9Q
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Conceived in the summer of 2012 by Janesville, Wisconsin singer-songwriter Robbie Haas, Elmer and the Ceramic Trees blend the lush melodies of bands like The Beatles and Big Star with the doom-and-gloom pop of The Cure and Echo and The Bunny Men, the driving rhythms of New Order, and the big choruses of classic Bowie to form a style of indie pop that is at once harrowing and gorgeous.
In this gripping episode of the Wisconsin Music Podcast, host Zach Fell engages in an engrossing conversation with Robbie Haas, the lead vocalist of the local band Elmer and the Ceramic Trees. Esteemed for its innovative take on timeless classics, the band is celebrated for its unique melodies and rhythms that harmonize perfectly with Wisconsin's vibrant music scene.
Haas lifts the curtain on his musical voyage, providing a glimpse into his transformative creative process, the evolution of his musical taste, and the birth of Elmer and the Ceramic Trees. He discusses his meticulous approach to album construction, the struggle to establish a distinct identity in Wisconsin's rich music landscape, and the triumph of finally creating an inimitable sound.
Explore the intricacies involved in bringing music to life as Haas shares insights into the intersection between his personal life and professional commitments in the challenging realm of music. Also, learn about the influences of technology on his modern music production and his innovative approach to curating immersive experiences for the audience.
In this episode, Haas uncovers his journey of embracing his unique musical style, his struggle with imposter syndrome, and involvement in local farmer's markets. Additionally, he glances over his anticipation for the 2024 Big Beat MKE Beat Battle Tournament. Among the highlights of this conversation is his detailed exploration of the band’s newest album, 'We Were Beautiful in August', which perfectly encapsulates the vibe of sprawling summer and melancholic autumn.
Robbie also opens up about his journey from being a novice at open mic sessions to being a seasoned professional, how a live performance by The Cure reignited his passion, and how he continues to nurture his penchant for creating and promoting new music. Discover Robbie's insightful thoughts on the future of his music career and the growth of his band in an industry studded with challenges.
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Episode 143
The RezzonatorsOn the latest episode of the Wisconsin Music Podcast, we take you on an immersive journey into the world of Milwaukee's rock sensation - The Rezzonators. Known for their unique mix of catchy riffs and groove-laden soundscapes, this rock and roll powerhouse shares an insider's view of their musical journey. From their humble beginnings playing cover gigs to releasing a double album recognized the world over, The Rezzonators narrate their climb to nearly 100,000 Spotify streams.
Dive deep into the stories behind their top tracks like "Everyday", "Panic Button", and "Highway Nights". Explore how they navigated the challenges of the pandemic, slowly regaining their live audience. Experience their tenacity and passion, as narrated by host Zach Fell in his conversation with band members Robert and Barry.
Gain insights into The Rezzonators' songwriting process and inspirations. Understand the stories behind fan-favorite songs such as "The Edge" and "Dream River". Learn how their unique approach to songwriting generates music inspired more by fictional tales than everyday experiences.
Join us in this deep dive into the life and times of The Rezzonators. Learn about their work-life balance, their memorable concert experiences, and how they've gone from local cover band to releasing their own albums. Get the inside scoop on their future plans, where to find their music online, and a sneak peek into their personal dreams for the band's future.
Do not miss this opportunity to delve into the captivating journey of The Rezzonators - a band whose passion for music clearly resonates with their ever-growing audience.
Official Website: http://www.therezzonators.com Link to Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7ajIkjfC979dexeKP6BOfj?si=10926af946c04d20 Link to Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/therezzonators/ Link to YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@therezzonators
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Rob MarnochaEPISODE 143Discover Wisconsin's flourishing local music scene in this riveting episode of the Wisconsin Music Podcast, featuring guest Rob Marnocha. As the creative force behind 'Into the Music', Rob masterfully amplifies the unique voices of artists hailing mostly from Northern part of Wisconsin. Get an insight into his varied journey, from the great interviews that he creates and hosts.
'Into the Music' is not just a podcast but a platform where the unsung heroes of Northeast Wisconsin come to shine. It's a convergence of personal experiences, grueling struggles, performance insights, and interview discussions. We delve into Rob's experiences and future plans for his engaging podcast, spotlighting independent artists from Green Bay to Oshkosh.
In our conversation, we underline the vital role community support and live performances play in the growth and evolution of the original music scene in Wisconsin. We focus on the vitality of music podcasts and radio stations, notably Max Inc. Radio, Fox City's Core, and WAPL Homebrewed in nurturing local talent and keeping Wisconsin's music scene vibrant and pulsating.
Switching towards a broader canvas, we talk about the impact of worldwide podcast streaming in giving local Wisconsin artists much-warranted international recognition. The episode highlights the meticulous process of producing a podcast, from setting up intriguing interviews to ensuring engaging outputs. It wraps up with a shared mission of boosting Wisconsin's music and fostering a tight-knit network between content creators and musicians.
Stay engaged until the end as we delve into the personal influences shaping Wisconsin's music landscape and a special tribute to the 'surf' genre. Don't miss out on the next 'Into The Music' episode where our roles are reversed, and I become the interviewee. Join us in this enriching journey and show your support for Wisconsin music!
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Michael "MD" McNally
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EPISODE 141Join us on this episode as we delve deep into the musical journey of MD McNally, tracing his evolution from the soft, psychedelic ballads of 'The Marvelous' to the dynamic fusion of folk and blues in his latest EP, 'Crimes'. Discover the creative process behind his captivating sound, the influence of his heartland roots, and the confidence he brings to his songwriting. Tune in for an insightful exploration of an artist finding his voice and pushing musical boundaries.
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Nuke Plant Chickens
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EPISODE 140Welcome to a stirring episode of the Wisconsin Music Podcast featuring the distinct sounds of Kenosha-based band, Nuke Plant Chickens. Born in the midst of the COVID-19 lockdown, these young music enthusiasts have grown into a seasoned band with a powerful synthesis of various music genres, offering a unique, homegrown energy with every performance.
The diverse group shares their exceptional journey, discussing their music inspirations, from King Gizzard and his Lizard Wizards to Black Sabbath. They reveal their band philosophy, revolving around enjoyment rather than strict professionalism, and the exploration of a wide variety music genres.
They delve into the challenges and triumphs of forging a path in the bustling music scenes of Chicago and Milwaukee. Get a peek into the band’s DIY recording process: a journey centered on raw, authentic music creation and problem-solving equipment issues, song selection, and balancing gig schedules.
Nukeplant Chickens not only discuss the release of their four finished singles, but also offer a glimpse into the stories imbedded in their music. They candidly share their experiences of attending influential performances and their appreciation of their supportive community. Above all, they light the beacon on their ambitious future plans.
We invite fans, fellow musicians, or those simply curious about the eclectic music scene to immerse themselves in this compelling episode. Join us as we reveal all this and more about Nuke Plant Chickens, the band that’s lighting up Wisconsin's music scene.
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Music.
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Ladies and gentlemen, music enthusiasts and podcast listeners,
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welcome to A Sonic Journey Like No Other on the Wisconsin Music Podcast.
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I'm your host, Zach Fell, and we're here to amplify Wisconsin music.
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In this episode, we're diving into the eclectic and electrifying world of Nukeplant
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Chickens, a band hailing from the charming town of Kenosha, Wisconsin.
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Prizing a remarkable ensemble of talent, Nukeplant Chicken weaves a mesmerizing
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tapestry of sound, leaving no genre untouched. Get ready to immerse yourself
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in the music of Newt Plant Chickens, where every note is an adventure,
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every rhythm is a heartbeat.
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Join us in exploring the sonic landscapes crafted by this extraordinary band
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as we unravel their musical journey in this special podcast episode on the Wisconsin Music Podcast.
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Ladies and gentlemen, thank you so much for joining me here on the podcast.
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Thank you. So why don't we get a quick synopsis of each one of your music origins story.
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How did you get started? it i'm jeff i'm the
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singer and i i started
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taking piano lessons when i was seven and i'm
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23 now so that's 16 years ago and
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yeah i i can't remember why i started doing piano lessons but yeah okay i really
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liked guitar hero as a 12 year old so who are you oh my name is uh my name is
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ethan i'm I'm a guitar player sometimes.
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Awesome. Yeah, I really liked playing Guitar Hero, and that stuff is,
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like, the first stuff I learned, so that's a working story there.
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Cool. My name is Chloe. I started on bass in middle school, actually.
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My dad convinced me to play.
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He would show me Talking Heads footage,
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and Tina Weymouth basically played for Tango, to, which I'm happy about it,
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but I started on bass and then I started guitar after bass and that would have
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been also middle school.
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And then recently, you know, drums and all of that, but like I play guitar in this group.
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But yeah, I've just been playing forever since middle school.
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And my dad wanted me to. Cool. Very cool.
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Max, I play the drums. And for my fourth birthday, I got a drum set.
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I don't know why I didn't ask.
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But yeah, I've been playing ever since. I was happy about that.
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It's never stopped. Yeah.
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Camera. Sorry. Eight. Fourth or fifth grade. when I played trumpet for Mrs.
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Ripley in the KUSD school.
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Shout out to Mrs. Ripley. Yeah, shout out to Mrs. Ripley. Hi.
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You all basically started at a young age and grew through music and decided
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on the instruments you're playing in this group.
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So what is kind of like your philosophy as a group?
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What's your goals? And what makes you guys become this group of musicians and
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going out on stage and playing these types of songs that you play?
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Well, I'll say whatever sounds good.
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Whatever sounds good. Sounds good. Get it to sound better. I don't know.
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At least that's my philosophy.
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I think we all love being able to have fun. Yeah. Goof around,
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you know, whatever feels right, I guess. A lot of goofing around on stage.
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it. Which is why, I mean, that's why I did it. You know what I mean? If I'm being real.
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If we were going anywhere, Chloe would not be here. Absolutely not.
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So, yeah. Just enjoy it. You know, it's not taking things too serious.
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You know, that whole thing. Because it's not that serious. Make sure everyone is granted.
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then so much as far as
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philosophies we actually have on the wall a list
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though that i wrote a few years ago called the
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jam commandments and the the number one rule the
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most important rule of the jam commandments no assholes
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so that's maybe the philosophy gotcha excellent
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so what kind of groups out there would you
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say inspire what you guys do well i
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mean the biggest one i'd say the one collective is
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king gizzard yeah and the lizard wizard okay and
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why is it why is that have you
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heard them brother come on yeah but
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there's listeners out there that haven't so probably helps them kind of grab
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an idea of what you're you're about they've done it all and they'll continue
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to do more and that's what keeps me i'm not limited to one genre the variety
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yeah yeah and it doesn't matter how many albums they release they'll all be good.
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have that kind of inspiration in your life to be able to have something that
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you can kind of follow and go these are the kind of people that we like to you
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know follow in their footsteps basically right and always like individual people
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we all have different things which is why it's hard to find collective yeah like I,
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don't I'm not into like King Giz like all of these guys are I will say I'm not a nerd but,
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yeah I'm not you know I have a much more I mean not that King Giz we're all
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into OC's yeah we do like OC's OC's are great.
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Ween to ween to the stone age Okay.
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Well, it's like Black Sabbath, but that's like in a different way.
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Pink Floyd, we all really like.
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Dice Fits, even though that's in a different realm. They're like my favorite band of all time.
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Dice Fits. Everyone looks like Chippewa. Them Crooked Vultures, too. Yeah.
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together enjoying at the same time, which is what creates the difference of
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what you are from other type of bands out there.
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So what made you guys decide to have horn players in your shows as well we knew them.
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mine from a long time ago i met her through a band
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that i used to be in and uh she just
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kind of stuck around and jammed with us and yeah yeah yeah and when she when
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she was out of town we had a couple more shows so we asked Finn to play in Kirstead
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who's basically family with us. Like literally.
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Yeah. So when you guys do a live show are they with you all the time or just for special shows?
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Whenever they can. Whenever they can. Okay, cool. How long have you guys been together as a group?
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As the five piece with everybody in here right now since February February,
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March, it would have been after the live stream.
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There's like other stuff that goes way back. Yeah. Like I'm the last to join and I.
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Okay. So why don't you give the listeners like a little bit of the history of
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how this group grew and became what it is today?
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Our show. Our very first. We got to go back to the jam. Yeah.
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First of jam. Yeah. Oh, yeah. The COVID jams.
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That's where it started was COVID. Okay. it
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was a pandemic and we were all bored and the
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old band that i was in i got kicked out
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of because i'm a i'm a bad guy and i needed a new band and well we we also can't
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forget that max ethan and cameron yeah we're in a band together a metal band
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starting in 2020 yeah 2021 21,
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24, 2020. Okay.
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Well, me, Cam, and Jeff are all blood related. So that's how far in the back of that goes.
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And the first glimpse of the new plant chickens, I guess you could say,
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was my and Max's first band. It was called Floodplain.
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And we started playing together in November of 2019 or something like that. Wow.
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Yeah, COVID hit, and we got bored and started jamming with a bunch of other people. So I don't know.
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We kind of just grabbed anyone we could and brought them in the basement.
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Just played for hours. I mean, I think we... How big was the biggest one?
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The biggest jam that we were... I don't know if you were at the biggest jam.
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I think I was. It was the one. It was David, Logan.
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That one was pretty big, but we had another one out. we
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had these jams of like the most was probably
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like 13 or 14 people in the room and like at like many many guitars sometimes
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two drum kits yeah and i think one time we had two basses hooked up and everybody
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else was like either playing wind instruments or like rapping or vocals yeah.
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And we would just i mean we would go from like 7
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p.m to mid yeah let's play and then
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this was we the people in the band are just
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the people that remained from those jams gotcha
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wanted to keep playing because everybody else kind of has a life or
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moved on right right okay so this
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is what kind of glued you guys together was this jam and you guys met each other
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i mean you said three of you are blood related but then you guys kind of became
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friends and kind of created this this group that you are so where did the name
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come from it's a simple story that i could draw out a lot but But basically, I worked at a beach,
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the Illinois State Beach in Zion,
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which is just down the road from Kenosha.
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And my boss was a very nice man, very funny guy, but he was not the most educated man.
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Okay. And at the beach, there were some sandhill cranes that were,
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you know, they hung around the water.
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And he didn't know they were sandhill cranes, though, because he didn't know
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anything about birds. And.
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Right next to the beach as well, weird detail, but it's true.
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Right next to the beach is a defunct nuclear power plant.
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Anyways, all these elements coming together. On my first day of work at the
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beach, my boss pointed to some sandhill cranes,
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and he said, guests and visitors ask me all the time what those birds are called,
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but I don't know what they're called.
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So I tell them that they are chickens who wandered too close to the nuke plant.
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And the light bulb light bulb just went off there you go there you go awesome,
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you guys perform out live what's the reaction from
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from the audience most of
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it most of them are friends so far so it's people who who even if we played
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i hope i hope we play good but people who if even if we played bad they'd be
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they still oh it's a great job at least not me I haven't gotten a lot of,
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people coming up to me who just didn't know how to I saw some people at the
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last show some strangers who were people I didn't know who were filming.
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That feels nice like a stranger who doesn't
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know us wants to look back at us later
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people want us to play rooster every single
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time every single time drunk people
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want us to play rooster that's a good reaction i feel like
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we spark a lot of curiosity people don't
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really know what what's gonna go on oh
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yeah it's gonna happen what we're gonna do right so so are you guys like mostly
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covers or do you add some originals in there on top of it we're actually like
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all it's like all we do almost no covers i mean we we we played a three hour set. Yeah. To fill time.
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There's like 26 songs. Okay.
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So where do you guys usually perform? Where's like your home base?
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I mean, you say you're in Kenosha, but like, is there a certain place that you
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play that you would call home or is you guys kind of spread it all over? Yeah.
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Rustic road definitely and let's get the kenosha
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creative space okay two places definitely one's
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a bar one's just like a community center and they're on the same block and they're
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they're right next to each other yeah so downtown kenosha basically okay and
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you guys said so you're not really taking this super serious so what are kind
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of like some of your main goals with this this group over the next maybe three to four years.
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Records. Yeah, a couple of records, probably. I mean, I personally just want
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to be able to play out and more than just downtown.
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I mean, I'm like thinking to like different live stuff for like like our first
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show of the summer that we created in space.
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That was one of the best like like times I've ever fucking heard.
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Yeah, it was just so fun. fun and it because there
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was so many people our age yeah there yeah
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and people that like maybe
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like all of us collected we didn't know and it was just
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it was really fun and it was packed and it was
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just it was so great i just want to play more shows like that but get out of
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the city too yeah i would really eventually yeah of course but you know i it's
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just this is like to be able to play that kind of stuff in Kenosha would be
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really and I know that's asking a lot. That would be really fun.
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So Wisconsin being mainly a cover band, that's usually what you're going to
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see mostly in Wisconsin bars and everything like that.
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You guys being mostly original, do you find it hard to get gigs or is it pretty
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decent to find gigs for an all original band like yourselves?
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It's not hard to get gigs because we're not a cover band.
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It was pretty hard at first. it's hard getting your foot in the door with some.
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Of these because they're busy they don't have time sometimes it's just it's hard because,
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especially in venues in Chicago and like Milwaukee where they haven't heard
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you they won't take you into consideration unless you played gigs in the area
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before you kind of gotta be there yeah you gotta be active in the scene that's
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kind of what's hardest about it,
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how is it that to get in the scene if you
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can't get into the scene right yeah so do
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you find that like it's not hard anymore really to get gigs why is that is it
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because you have now played so many shows or what's what's kind of like the
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secret for you yeah you play shows make connections yeah and we always make
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friends also go and see these venues in person because that will help a lot
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People talk, our owners talk,
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they talk among each other, really that's a great, great.
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Way to sprint yeah absolutely networking and making
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sure that you're not like you said earlier bylaws not
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to be an asshole right yeah yeah yeah so
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be kind you know be helpful be
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you know be positive so the local scene
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for you guys it seems to be a positive experience is
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there anything in the local scene of your area that
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you would wish was stronger sometimes people
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get egos i wish it wasn't that
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strong but i wish like people would build more bills together you know there
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was there was a lot of gatekeeping in the scene before yeah that's kind of coming
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down a little bit yeah a lot of people i mean like i had said people taking
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it seriously and i mean i don't mean like.
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Having boundaries within groups and like oh and you know planning out and things
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like that because Cause that's whatever, but I mean, taking things too serious
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and like professionalism are like two different things in life.
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You know, like you can be a professional and not be like an asshole. Right.
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Exactly. Which is the problem that majority of people here have because whatever.
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Yeah. It's just.
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No, that's good. That's good. Now, earlier you kind of talked about hopefully
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making some recordings.
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Have you done any of that yet? Yeah, we got a record.
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Yeah, for finished singles out there. So take them through the journey of the
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start, the process, and getting those out there to them.
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Actually, this just came up in my year ago today from Snapchat.
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We started recording. Really? Yeah.
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Like the other day. What is it? The 21st? Yep.
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So the 19th. So two days ago. We started recording because I finally got Ableton on my computer. Okay.
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And we just, I mean, we picked what songs we had, I think.
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It wasn't what ones we had. It was just, you know, what we wondered, what we felt we could do.
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Oh, yeah. But I mean, the songs mostly come from me, and Ethan writes some of them.
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But I think of the four, they're mostly like old.
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I'd like wrote them a couple years ago when
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i was in the other band and then they never wanted to play them
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okay you know i don't
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know how we picked the four singles it's the one are they the ones that just
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got one yeah yeah okay so the the first four they got finished now you you had
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mentioned that you just got ableton about a year ago on your computer so So
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I'm understanding that this is a DIY project.
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Yeah. So kind of, was this like done in like a living room?
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Did you do it at separate places? Kind of like how did the whole thing come
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together for the recording?
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Where was it done? Just my basement.
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And it's just like where I'm as I let go.
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Okay. So what are some of the things that you've learned over time when you were recording?
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If you have to EQ too much, then you need to re-record it. Okay.
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Buy guitar plugins if you don't know how to mic and amp and don't be afraid
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to spend money on equipment good it's a good investment yeah i still i still
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have a lot of stuff on this thing,
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so for better recording yeah so the
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did you like put blankets up or anything around
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the room or is it like sound bouncing off
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cylinder blocks or whatever your walls are made out
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of it's mostly just it's about
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as raw and real as you can get it i mean
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we mic up each of the each of
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the drums but there's no like for for the
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most part there's no like sound cancellation okay there's a lot of that what
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a lot of that reverb gets filtered out through these mics anyway because they're
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i don't because they're condensers which is which is really nice yep cool and
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now you guys got four four songs finished, you released them.
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Let's talk a little bit about each one of those songs and maybe pick a few that
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you would like the listeners to hear on the podcast.
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I'd go for the first one. I'd go for Police State. The first one we released
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is called Police State Disco.
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Which is not fun. Not a disco.
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It's the only one that has Maddie fully on it. Like a solo, like a feature.
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The saxophone. And it's amazing.
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And is there a certain story behind the song? Or is it just...
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You want the listeners to make their own decision about what it's about?
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Yeah, yeah. I like that. Let them decide.
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Music.
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Would be another song that you would like them to hear on the podcast for there's
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one there's one there's one for each each people
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those who like upbeat stuff there's one called
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party wazo and those who like stoner metal
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there's one called way on three and the other people
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for the other people who like guns and roses ripoffs
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yeah there's one for you cool very
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cool so of those four do you
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want me to put all four on there or do you want me to put two or three on
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the podcast for them to hear that's up to me i
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mean up to you at least why not okay so after they hear this they want to hear
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it again and not listen to the podcast again they want to actually just listen
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to the songs in row obviously you guys are probably on most streaming sites
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do you guys also have a band camp site or are you not on that yet no we're not on so no we did not okay,
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i would say spotify and are you on whether it's reverb nation i think you guys
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are on as well where else can they go and hear your music online,
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anywhere you can we have some live recordings on YouTube.
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That's on your YouTube site okay cool we
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have to watch the first show we don't
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have ever we have the
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most not the most recent show but we have Octoberfest in Bloomingdale the only
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full show we have is one we played at a place called Moose Lodge in Kenosha
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it was an event called Blue Bands yeah that was a charity it was a charity event but yeah.
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Excellent as we're coming down to the end of this when
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do you think your next single is going
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to release or are you going to do like multi-song ep release yes
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so so the the
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goal is is because we've got a couple more shows coming
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up and the big plan is because it's such a pain in the ass to set up all this
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recording and then tear down for shows it's it's such a hassle so So our plan
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is to play the shows and then for the winter,
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because we don't have any booked then, to record during the winter so that we
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can get the same sound, same sonics, same everything.
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Kind of like a regular recording process for an album. Cool. Very cool.
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But we don't have one in the pipes? We do. We do. Which one is it?
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I have a one-tone drum. So that one's finished and ready to go, basically.
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Very soon, maybe. be so soon yeah so if you guys let me know when that might
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happen we could probably coordinate where this episode comes out around the
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same time that single comes out to kind of help you promote that so yeah just
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shoot me an email when you think that's going to happen and then,
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we'll we'll try to get this all together at the same time for the last question
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i have for you guys is there any gigs that you have been at that made a major
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impression on you either as As a performer.
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Or as an audience member. Watching someone perform.
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Are you talking like local scene shows. Or just like. Overall just experience doesn't matter.
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Well I. I'm a big fan of.
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I hate this word like punk rock shit and the funny thing I'm in this band something
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that kind of stick out like slits off but I you're a girl.
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We're so right I but I went to I've gone to so many shows like that and that's where I,
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just love that environment of like
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just people playing their little hearts out that's
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just so cute and I love it so much and I
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just like loud okay and like I went to
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a band I've gone to so many shows with
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my dad we've seen a band called the circle jerks okay
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one of my favorite bands of all time um I've
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seen them twice and the way that they play
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and their entire philosophy is
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like what I want to do it's just so much they
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just never grew up and they're like an 80s punk band
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right cool cool cool anybody else
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i mean me and you went to go see king diz
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over the summer yeah man man like
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it's just just go go go the whole time it's just their stage presence is just
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unmatched the sound quality was amazing i will say though i saw we saw them
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in june in chicago and that was great and And they've put out a lot of music.
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But I saw them in 2019.
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And I didn't have any fucking clue who they were. And I had never listened.
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Or I had listened to one album called Fishing for Fishies.
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But I barely knew who they were. I didn't know anything about them. And that was better.
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I like that. I like that one better. Because that was my first.
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You saw them on the Rat's Nest tour, right?
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I saw them a week after they released Infest the Rat's Nest.
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Though I had not heard it.
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It had just come out and they were, they were finally starting to play it. Cool.
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That's that's my view.
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I would say for a show that we played, for me and you at least,
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I would say that first creative show we did in a club playing.
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Oh, you're talking about Green Park. That made a big impact.
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My bad. That made a big impact on you too. Just the rush you get from playing that.
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I mean, I've seen I saw the OCs live.
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I've seen them twice now. And again, just like the go, go, go.
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Just balls to the walls for two hours and there's
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again stage presence lights sound quality
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and i'm a big polyphia fan
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and i just i went to go see them wednesday in
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milwaukee and then thursday in chicago but just the the amount of musicianship
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and the amount of talent in that band it really inspires me and the community
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too it just inspires me to be a better person what's the last thing that you
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you want the listeners to know about like your social media,
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where can they find you and things of that nature? Find us Instagram, Spotify.
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Those are the main two that we're on and give our songs a list. Yeah.
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That's all we can really ask. Awesome. Well, thank you guys so much for being
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on the Wisconsin music podcast.
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It was cool to hear about how you guys started, what you're working on and your
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future stuff. So thank you so much for being on the show.
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Thank you. Yeah. This was fun, man. Cool. We'll be right back.
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Music.
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WISCONSIN MUSIC PODCASTWMP Linktree: https://linktr.ee/WI_Music_PodcastAMPLFYING WISCONSIN MUSICElysian StewInstagram: http://www.Instagram.com/elysian_stewFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/patrick.zyduckSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5lao8yeqTuBXMgRTEjO86iYouTube: https://youtube.com/channel/UCxKM0AR1hwfqkfj-kv7t-6gEPISODE 139Welcome back to another riveting episode of the Wisconsin Music Podcast, where we unveil Wisconsin's vibrant musical landscape by showcasing its numerous talents. Today, we host the captivating instrumental guitar virtuoso, Pat Zyduck, also known as Elysian Stew. Renowned for his unique blend of diverse musical elements, Pat melds the old and new, crafting a captivating auditory tapestry.
Join us on a fascinating journey, charting the course of Pat's musical saga—from his first encounter with the guitar, the eccentric teaching methods of his father, his hiatus in military service, to his enthralling return to the music scene. He further shares his intriguing experiences of transforming life's adversities into potent musical inspiration and the compelling backstory behind his album's title.
Along with dipping into Pat's musical voyage, get set to delve into the compelling narrative behind his favorite song, 'Low-Flying Owls,' and the unconventional circumstances that bestowed it with its peculiar name. Candid discussions about maintaining work-life harmony as a musician, arranging gigs that complement his instrumental style, and dealing with harsh criticism provide a comprehensive picture of a musician's life.
Pat shares valuable insights into his influences, musical explorations, and recording studio experiences, and talks about the crucial role played by his wife, his ongoing projects, and his plans for future performances. Tune in to unravel the artistry of Elysian Stew, understand his musical style better, and discover the vibrancy of Wisconsin's music scene.
"I've always been drawn to the raw honesty of music. It's a way to express emotions that words alone can't capture," reflects Elysian Stew, offering listeners a glimpse into the soul of his artistry.
"There's something magical about tapping into the essence of a moment and translating it into music. It's like capturing lightning in a bottle," he muses, his words resonating with the universal language of music.
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Music.
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Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to the Wisconsin Music Podcast,
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your go-to destination for discovering the incredible musical tapestry woven
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by the talented artists of the Badger State.
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Today we have a special treat for your ears as we sit down with the master of
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the instrumental guitar, none other than the enigmatic Pat Zydek,
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better known on stage as the sonic storyteller Elysian Stew.
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Did I say all that correctly so far? You did, yeah. Excellent. in
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this episode we'll delve into the artistry of
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pat zidek a musician who skillfully combines fragments
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of musical influences to craft his sonic stew that is
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both nostalgic and contemporary with a mission to invoke emotions each composition
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is a journey through the forest of feelings a testament to the profound impact
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music can have on our souls but wait there's more pat zidek has just released
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a brand new album and it's titled driving the desert to burn a million dollars.
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© transcript Emily Beynon.
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You can find this captivating musical experience on
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all major streaming platforms youtube itunes and more so
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get ready to immerse yourself in the enchanting melodies and
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tales of elysian stew do stay tuned to the wisconsin music
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podcast where we celebrate the sounds that make our steak
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unique one artist at a time so pat welcome
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to the wisconsin music podcast thank you
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thank you thank you very much for having me this is quite an honor i
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appreciate it well thank you so much for being on so let's
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get listeners introduced to you kind of give them a summary of
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your music origin story yeah so
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basically i've been playing guitar most of
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my life my father was was a professional musician so he
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started me when I was four okay pretty much
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had hopes and dreams of you know making it big and everything
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and those were dashed at the age of
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17 thanks to my father which is an interesting story I
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wasn't wasn't done maliciously it was done to let me realize that I wasn't good
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enough okay and at that point it was okay now I have to come up with a plan
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b because I didn't have a plan b before I was just it was going to be music
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or nothing and and realized that music wasn't going to work.
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So I came up with a plan B, joined the military.
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I got to travel the world for a number of years.
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Met a girl, got married, settled down, had a family. Music kind of fell by the wayside.
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Fast forward 20 years, that marriage ended, and my sister, who is probably one
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of my biggest fans, told me that I needed to start playing again, basically.
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A year later, I released my first album, and it was all songs written while
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I was going through a divorce, so they were very angry songs.
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actually, I released a second EP entitled Tuwache Vida, which was songs I had
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written about genocide in Africa.
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Something that was pretty near and dear to my heart.
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played with them for about six years and I was having a blast and everything,
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but it got to be a little much, you know, everybody in the band was working
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full-time day jobs and the band was starting to have a little bit of success,
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but not enough that any of us could quit our jobs.
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that I needed a brief hiatus.
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turned into 12 years. Oh, wow.
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Yeah, yeah. Pretty, pretty surprising.
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therapy. You know, just it was something I enjoyed, something I loved,
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and it was something that took my mind off of everything else that was going on.
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we play for the pure enjoyment and for the innocence of it, you know.
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welcome back i got a whole bunch of songs for you to write now and
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realized well what good are these songs if
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nobody's ever going to hear them i was really proud of them and decided all
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right well i guess i'm going to release an album and here we are back in the
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scene a lot a lot deeper than i had planned on going but yeah of it you know
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excellent so what what was what is your muse that made you really get back into this.
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kind of showed up one day and I don't know who she is. I call her a she.
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I've never seen her or anything, but it's just.
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It's kind of a cliche when we talk to certain musicians about,
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they say, oh, well, the song was just floating in the universe and it just found
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me and filtered itself out through me.
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melody came and I'd build off of that and build off of that.
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soldiers on Snake Island, Ukraine.
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to surrender or they would be attacked.
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So I wrote that song with trying to envision some of the emotions that the ukrainian
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soldiers were feeling while they were waiting for the russians to attack,
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gotcha that's that's where that song came from okay but
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like unquiet ghost i was just rehearsing to
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do a show and this melody just popped
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into my head and i started playing it and inside of 10
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minutes i had the song and there's there's a
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line in a josh ritter song called the bone
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of song where the song is basically about finding
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a bone in the woods and there are lyrics engraved on
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the bone and if you find the bone and put it back it will give you a
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song but there's a line in there it says lucky are you who finds me in the wilderness
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for i am the only unquiet ghost that does not seek rest and i wrote this song
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and it was like where did that come from it's like i have no idea where it came
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from but i figured the unquiet ghost brought it to me so that's what i titled it was unquiet ghost.
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Music.
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Cool. Very cool. So do you think some of this has to do with your military experience?
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This particular record? Probably not. No. A lot of these were just songs that
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just kind of came to me as I was playing around.
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Nothing on the album is specifically related to my military experience,
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because that was a long time ago so kind
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of diving back into a recap of everything that you've
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said so far you said back when you were 17 your dad
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basically kind of showed you that in his own way that he felt that you weren't
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able to become a professional musician as this was going to become your profession
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as listeners are out there what do you think your dad was right about that made
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sure that that was the actual path
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for you to take was not to become a professional musician at that time?
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Well, it's not that he didn't want me to be a professional musician.
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He knew I wasn't good enough at that point. And the way he drilled that into
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my head was I came home from school one day and he said to me,
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he said, so what's your plan? You're not doing great in school.
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You're probably not going to go on to college. So what is your plan?
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And I said, well, I'm going to go to Nashville. My dad was big in the country
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music world. And he said, do you think you're good enough?
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And I said, yeah. My dad was the guy on the side of the stage,
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the hired gun and guitar guitar player.
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He played with some of the biggest names in country music in the 70s.
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And that's who I wanted to be.
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And he said, okay, cool. And he got up and walked out of the kitchen.
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And the next day I came home from school and there was an envelope on the table.
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I opened it up and there was $500 cash, Greyhound bus ticket,
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and a list of names and phone numbers.
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all I want you to do is just spend the weekend walking up and down 16th Avenue,
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which at the time was the street all the major recording studios were on.
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And so I did that, you know, that was back in the days when you could send your
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17 year old boy off to a different state and not really have to worry about it too much.
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street corners weren't good enough to get jobs and they were a lot better than me.
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And and my i fully intended on pursuing music but you know life gets in the
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way a lot of times and things like that right okay no that that's a really interesting story it's like,
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Like you said, you know, if he would have just said, no, you're not good enough,
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you probably would have not listened to one word he said and,
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you know, fought against it.
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to become better than these people?
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Yes or no. And obviously you made that decision.
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Yeah. Gotcha. Okay. Well, and he didn't, he didn't want to see me go down to
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Nashville and then, you know, be living on the street starving.
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Right. Exactly. When no parent wants to see that happen. They want to see their kids successful.
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Did you do anything musical in the military, or was it something in a different
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branch of the military that you were a part of? Well, no, I was in the Coast Guard. Okay.
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And my first duty station was Kodiak Island, Alaska.
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and we did a cassette tape.
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recorded, I think, seven or eight songs and put them on a cassette tape.
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It was just guitar and banjo. and during that experience
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in the studio it was like okay i want to do more of this
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this was fun yeah you know we played played
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some shows on the base and there wasn't a whole lot to
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do in the city of kodiak it's a city of 5 000 people and probably 4 000 of them
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are commercial fishermen and so you know the the bars get kind of rowdy when
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the guys are in right yeah so there wasn't a whole lot of opportunities to play
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but we played some shows on the base at the officers club the enlisted men's
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club and things like that.
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where I had joined a country band. I grew up country.
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I didn't even realize anything but country existed until I was 12 when my cousin
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played Here Comes the Sun for me by the Beatles and blew my mind. Yeah.
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But came back from Alaska, formed a country cover band, and did that for a little while.
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And then met a woman, got married, had a family, and wife kind of got in the way.
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So that was my first hiatus from music, which lasted almost 20 years.
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Yeah. And then around, if I'm figuring this out correctly, going backwards from
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what you talked about before,
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about mid-2000s, between 2000 and 2010 is when you started your back to music
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with a band. Was that around that time?
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Yeah. Yeah. Let's see. What would that have been? Yeah, right around mids. Yeah. Yeah.
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And I started, you know, I started, I wrote my, my album, which is titled,
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I never want to meet another you. That's the one I wrote after I got divorced. Right.
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Gotcha. And the guy that owned the studio that I recorded that in,
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we ended up becoming really good friends and he invited me to join his band
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kind of as a hired gun guitar player.
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And I did that. It was a band out of Sheboygan called Icarus Drifting,
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which is the band is still around. They're called the Bellwether now. Oh, okay.
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Sure. Yeah. Yeah, Eric Cox and Thea, Marissa, and Corey.
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But yeah, so after Icarus kind of fell apart, Eric reformed Icarus into the bellwether.
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But I played with Eric and Icarus Drifting for about six years.
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And that's during that time I released my second album. And then we released an album as Icarus.
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Okay. So let's talk a little bit about this newest album that you recently released.
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Based um kind of give the listeners kind of like a the summary of from beginning
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to end how it started where you recorded it things you kind of learned from
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that process and the release story behind it yeah so i wrote these songs that
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you know over the course of about 16 or 18 months.
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And a friend of mine i live in fond du lac and a friend of mine owns a studio
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it's not a pro that's not his business but he you know he has a studio on the
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side he's a music teacher and things like that and he offered to record it for
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me so I took him up on it and just kind of,
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laid out the songs that I did and then you know picked the sequence that I wanted
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to put him in and one of the reviews that I got on the record said it's it's
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it's a journey going through the desert and seeing almost every single different
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terrain a desert would have to offer which is It's pretty interesting.
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The songs were not written to be grouped together.
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They weren't written specifically for this album.
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I would just write a song and log it. And then pretty soon I realized these
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songs all kind of go together with a little bit of variation.
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So they don't all sound the same. Right.
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And the title came from something a woman said to me after a live show one time.
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She said, your music just makes me feel so carefree, like I want to drive through
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the desert to burn a million dollars.
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And I went, oh, I got to write that down. Yeah, definitely, definitely.
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Very catchy, very thought-provoking title.
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Now, the tunes that you had mentioned earlier, Russian and Ghost,
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are those part of that album?
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Yes, they're both on this album. Okay. It's Russian Worship,
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and there is another part to the name of that song, but it's got a bad word in it. Okay, gotcha.
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And then the other one is called Unquiet Ghost. Unquiet Ghost.
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My favorite song on the album is Low-Flying Owls, which was one of those songs.
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That just kind of came to me.
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I just wrote it one day, and I played it for my wife, and we're trying to come up with a title for it.
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Because a lot of times, you know, it's instrumental, there's no
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story right sometimes there's a story behind it but
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it may not be obvious to the listener because there's no words right
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so i try to either name
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the song after a feeling that the song may evoke or i go the complete opposite
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direction and just name it something really offbeat and off the wall and this
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one yeah i'd written the song and she said well let's just marinate on it for
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a few days and see if something doesn't come to us and we actually saw a road sign sign.
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And it said, caution, low flying owls.
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And my wife turned to me and looked at me and I had the song recorded and she's like, play that song.
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So I played it and she went, Oh my God, that's it. It's low.
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And she says, I just envisioned an owl just kind of soaring through the woods
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with its wings stretched out. And so that's what I titled it.
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Music.
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Obviously multiple different states and
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venues what can you kind of tell the listeners
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about your experience of the local attitude that
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you have experienced over the years that you have played out live
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good and bad well the the
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bad is the typical and i'm sure almost every musician out there
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will will agree with me when you know
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you show up to a gig and there's five people there and
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four of those five people are talking right
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you know and that's just part of it
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right but you know that it's there's that one person
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standing there paying attention and that's
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you know you got to bring your stadium show your a-game even if it's just one
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person you know well the good stuff is is far outweighs the bad of course but
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it's it's like one of the best experiences that ever happened to me after a
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live show and during a live show actually is i have a song,
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i wrote called river of souls and it's about genocide in africa it's a pretty dark heavy song.
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But i was playing a small coffee shop in cheboygan and i saw a woman in the
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audience just happened to notice she was crying i mean i'm like you know bawling
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ugly crying and we made eye eye contact.
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And she got up and ran into the bathroom while I'm on stage playing the song,
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looking at her husband who was sitting next to her thinking,
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well, you jerk, what'd you say to her?
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You know, and finished out the show.
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And she came up to me after the show and she says, I've never been moved so
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much in my life as I have from that song.
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And I said, you were crying because of my song. She goes, yes.
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And I was like, okay, I can retire now.
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It's like I touched somebody that deeply that
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i made her ugly cry right right i mean
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that's that it's a highlight for
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sure right it's it's something that an artist wants some
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kind of emotion evoked from something
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that they're doing either from a painting or a picture or a musical composition
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just know that they can you know touch somebody with a human emotion with what
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they're doing then that lets them know that they're on the right track of what
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they're trying to accomplish well even the negative stuff, you know, is okay a lot of times.
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I had a song on my first record called why, and it was rather political and,
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And I was playing it one day, and apparently this gentleman in the audience
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had an opposite political opinion of mine.
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And he got up, and he gave me the finger, and he walked out.
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And it's like, okay, that's fine.
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And then a woman came up to me afterwards, and she said, I'm sorry that you
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had to deal with that. I said, I'm not. She goes, well, why not?
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I said, it's perfectly fine.
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My song elicited a reaction.
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I would rather get a negative reaction than no reaction. Right.
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At least he was listening. Yeah, exactly.
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Told me a lot right exactly so we've
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talked about the local scene we've talked about your current project now
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obviously you talked about being divorced but it also sounds like you're remarried
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is your wife now is she a musician as well or is she just a really good music
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lover she's a music lover she is an artist but she's a graphic designer so which
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is great because she does does all the artwork for my albums, everything like that.
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So yeah, kind of a built-in art director. But no, she's a music lover for sure.
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And we go see a lot of shows together and pretty diverse as far as our tastes.
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You know, like two weeks ago, we were in Milwaukee at Pfizer to see Tool.
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And then the very next night, we were in Madison to see a Ukrainian folk band called Daka Bruka.
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Fantastic, fantastic. Yeah, it's good to explore all the different types of
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music out there, especially when, like you.
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Where you just started out, you didn't think there was anything besides country
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out there till you were 12.
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Now you're exploring all this different kinds of music. And I think it just
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makes you a better, not just a better musician, but just makes you a better
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person overall, just to experience all these different kinds of music out there.
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Oh, absolutely. Yeah. And, you know, and I draw a little influence from certain things.
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I was just playing the other day in the studio and I have a loop pedal that I play with.
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I don't do a lot with it live, but just started this little riff and it was
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like, that sounds kind of tool-like. So I just built off of it.
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Nice. you know and it's just had i
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not been exposed to that music i probably never would have done that right
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yeah i like to expose myself to a lot of different styles and
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genres now one of
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the questions i ask is about like work life balance you haven't really said
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you're retired or not but do you have like a work life balance difficulty or
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is it kind of pretty much you're you got a good balance going there i think
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it's it's probably it's pretty decent i mean it's work Work definitely is the predominant.
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I do have a day job predominant factor in my life right now.
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I work 10 hour days and I have a almost hour drive to and from work.
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So I've got, yeah, I live in Fidelac. I work in Appleton.
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So it's 47 miles from my house to my job.
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So I do spend a lot of time in work mode. You know, I come home and try,
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you know, like Mondays and Tuesdays, I'm done earlier than I am on Wednesdays and Thursdays.
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So I have time to play after work and things like that on Wednesdays and Thursdays,
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I get a little bit of time in the morning to play, but my wife does work Fridays.
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So Friday is kind of my day.
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It's my day to just do what I need to do and what I want to do and things like that.
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And then come the weekend, if we don't have anything going on,
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then I go into studio and, you know, play some more or it's,
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it's pretty rare that we don't have something going on. at least one of the days on the weekend.
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Are you going out and still performing with the new album? Are you getting good
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feedback? What's the deal on that?
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Yeah, I'm in booking mode right now. I've got a show booked at Oak Brewing in West Allis in April.
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It's one of the Amplified Artist Sessions that they do there.
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And right now, I'm... So being an instrumental artist, you know,
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I'm definitely not a bar scene kind of a guy. So my stuff just is not made for
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that particular type of venue.
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So I'm trying to find, you know, wine bars or maybe smaller places to play there.
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My wife and I happen to love the Door County areas and there's a lot of places
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up there. So I'm doing some bookings up there.
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There are some places in Sheboygan, you know, I'm trying to,
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trying to stick within an hour or two of my house, maybe two and a half if it's,
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if it's a really cool place.
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Uh but that's not to say i wouldn't take
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a you know if somebody booked me a great show in minneapolis or
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chicago i'd definitely jump all over it right right
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but yeah i'm i'm in i'm in hardcore booking mode right
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now and then is there
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any gigs i mean you talked about some gigs where you know you had some great
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emotional reaction from the audience was there one where you went and saw someone
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perform and had a great impression on you yeah so one of my wives and my both
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favorite artist is a guy out of Ireland named Damien Rice.
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He's a singer-songwriter, you know. I'm kind of reluctant to always say he's
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from Ireland because that immediately conjures up the image of,
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oh, he does Irish music, but he does not. He isn't a singer-songwriter. Right.
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But we've seen him a couple times,
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and we're actually going to see him in Chicago on the 1st of December.
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But he played the Auditorium Theater a few years ago, walked out on that stage,
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and I don't know what the capacity of the theater is. It's probably 6,000 or 8,000.
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But he walked out on that stage solo, solo just an
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acoustic guitar and that place fell silent
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for two hours i mean it was amazing
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i don't know how you do that one guy in acoustic guitar i'm
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working on figuring it out just yeah it's just like you're just mesmerized by
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someone that can go up there just them and an instrument and just control your
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attention for that amount of
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time it's just exactly yeah it's awe-inspiring and and And he's just so,
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I don't know if you're familiar with his music at all, but it's pretty deep, too.
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It's the type of music that you really should listen to. And most of his fans
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realize this, so most of them do.
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They're all in. Yeah.
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And that's definitely one of our favorites. And I would love to be able to figure
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out how to do what he did with that size audience.
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Yeah, you would think it's like a lot of
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those songs you would think that that artist does it means
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something to a lot of different people each one of those songs and it just everybody's
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there to experience that in a live setting right right well it's like dave growl
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the fool fighter said one time he said you can sing a song to 85 000 people
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and they will sing it back to you for 85 000 different reasons yep exactly exactly.
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I'm pretty much out of questions. I mean, you've given us a lot of stuff to
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ponder and think about and reflect on.
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Is there anything that you would like the listeners to know about before I let you go?
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Just check out the album. You know, it's available on most of the streaming
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platforms, Spotify, iTunes, Apple Music. It is on YouTube as well.
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If you don't have any, I'm finding a lot of my fans are of my age and a lot
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of them don't have Spotify and things like that.
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So it's up on YouTube as well. but yeah just
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go check it out if you like it hop on over to
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itunes and you know click that old buy button that
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would be great there you go are you on um bandcamp as
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well yep okay so i will put all
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your links into the description of this episode
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so people can just click on that and then go right to that
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and you know hopefully you know support you by
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buying you know your music like you said on itunes or
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over at bandcamp so yeah yeah it
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is all of the socials and it's all under the elysian
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stew okay that's yeah that's one
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more thing i was going to ask you but i forgot it's like where did that name come
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from so elysian means blissful or delightful which hopefully people will find
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my music and stew comes from a lot of my influences growing up i've taken little
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little bits and pieces and kind of all throwing them in the pot to come up with
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my own little stew of a style.
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And I figured by doing that also, if I ever work with any other musicians,
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they will just be added ingredients in the stew.
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Wonderful. Wonderful. Well, Pat, thank you so much for being on the Wisconsin Music Podcast.
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Like I said, it's been a pleasure talking with you, learning about your journey
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through music, and I hope the listeners enjoyed hearing this as well.
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Yeah, I do too. Thank you so much for having me. I greatly appreciate it.
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It's awesome what you do to help support Wisconsin musicians. That's great.
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And then that's it. So I'll do this stuff post editing and everything.
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And then I will let you know when this will go live. It'd probably be like,
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I'm thinking not till the early
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new year, like January, February is when this will probably come out.
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So, and like you said, you mentioned a gig in April. So people will catch that
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way before that happens.
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And then they can, you have a website.
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I don't have a website. No, I've just got, I've got the Instagram and my Facebook is under my name.
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Okay. I tried changing the name to Elysian stew and all these people kept sending
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me messages. Who are you? How do I know?
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Cause I have a lot of followers on Facebook and I thought it would be easier
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just to change my name and it will be to start over.
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Right. By that I realized that didn't work. So I just changed it back to my name. Gotcha. Okay.
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Well, Pat, once again, thank you so much for being on and looking forward to
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putting this all together for you and letting you know when it's ready to go.
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Sounds good. Thank you very much. Appreciate it. Yep. Have a great evening.
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Thank you. You too. Well, thanks again for tuning in to another episode of the
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EPISODE 138Embark on a rhythmic journey with Milwaukee's own Dak Dubois on this latest episode of the Wisconsin Music Podcast, hosted by Zach Felt. Known for his eclectic mix of indie pop, 70s funk, soul, and snippets of 60s and 70s psychedelia, Dubois has been creating exciting ripples in the music scene.
In this illuminating podcast episode, delve deep into the musical world of Dubois as he shares the stories behind his acclaimed self-titled album and dynamic performances with 'Doc Dubois and Company'. Gain insights into his creative process, musical roots, on-stage energy and the magic that unfolds with each performance.
Uncover the man behind popular anthems like 'Seaside' and 'Portland'. From harmonious soundscapes to Dak's shift to focusing full time on music, explore everything from his multicultural musical influences to the pivotal role of books in shaping his career. This episode promises a melodious adventure through the upbeat world of Dak Dubois that you simply can't afford to skip.
Landscape through the retro-modern universe of tunes Dak Dubois crafts, colored with classic rock and roll inspirations from The Beatles and Led Zeppelin and a psychedelic zest inspired by The Grateful Dead. Gain a unique perspective on Dak's journey, gigging experiences, industry transformations over the years and inspiring words for emerging artists.
Immerse yourself in the enlightening world of Dak Dubois, an inspiring figure in music balancing life's nuances while striking an engaging note with listeners. Join this melodious sporting adventure with Dak by tuning in to the Wisconsin Music Podcast and following him @DakDubois on Instagram for the latest updates on his musical journey.
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Music.
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Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to another exciting episode of the Wisconsin Music Podcast.
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I'm your host, Zach Felt, and today we have a special treat for you,
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for all you music enthusiasts out there.
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And before I continue, hopefully I will say your name correctly. Is it Dak Dubois?
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Dak Dubois. Dak Dubois. Okay. Dubois, yeah.
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Just like Marge Simpson's last name. Sure, yeah. Okay.
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Our guest on the show today is none other than Dak Dubois, The Milwaukee-based
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artist who's been making waves with his unique blend of modern indie pop,
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70s funk and soul, and a touch of 60s and 70s psychedella.
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His self-titled album, a testament to his multifaceted talents,
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was entirely crafted in the comfort
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of his own apartment-turned-studio and was released in April of 23.
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What makes Doc truly exceptional is his live performances. He's not alone on stage.
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He's joined by a rotating cast of talented local musicians, collectively known
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as Doc Dubois and Company.
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Their shows are a fusion of funk-driven, jammy vibes and captivating crowd engagement,
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promising an unforgettable experience.
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One of his standout singles, Portland, even premiered on Radio Milwaukee,
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and his album has been lauded as an imaginative, colorful exercise by Milwaukee breaking and entering.
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If you're eager to dive into his world of music, you'll be delighted to know
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that his latest album is available on all major streaming platforms.
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So stay tuned as we dive into a conversation exploring the intricate stories
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behind his music, the vibrant energy he brings to the stage.
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This is an episode you won't want to miss, so let's jump right in and discover
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the magic of Doc Dubois. So welcome to the Wisconsin Music Podcast.
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Cool. Thanks for having me, man. Cool. Cool. So let's get the listeners a little
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bit more in depth about your music origin story.
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How did you get started in the music and how did you land where you are today?
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Yeah, for sure. So, I mean, I started learning guitar when I was like 11 years old.
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I really enjoyed the sound of like the 60s and the 70s and a lot of different
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like kind of alternative and indie sounds too.
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29 years old. So at the time, like early Arctic Monkeys, Strokes,
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Flaming Lips, stuff like that. A lot of that really got me into music.
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I started learning guitar at like 11, played a lot, you know,
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throughout my teenage years.
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I had a stepdad who was a drummer and he would bring me out to
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all of these open jams and so i started
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playing with a bunch of like blues guys and stuff once i
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was about 16 and interesting to start playing in
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bars at that age too but yeah you know over
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the years i just kind of crafted more and more of
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myself as a musician and figured out how
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to sing better and play all the other instruments too
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and but yeah still guitar is kind of like my main love
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but yeah i love getting to do everything thing and kind of write it all out
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so wonderful wonderful so you said and other instruments so what other instruments
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do you play besides guitar yeah so i play i play drums i play keys i play bass
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pretty much anything that has strings on it i feel like i can kind of get down pretty quickly.
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stuff like that a little banjo but yeah yeah
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pretty much anything thing with strings i'll try ripping so cool
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very cool have you ever tried like the non-fretted instruments
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like violin cello and in the such no no
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understand they're just tuned differently they're tuned in fourths instead
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of fifths so right right i feel like that'd be pretty easy
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with that so cool cool very cool and have
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you implemented let it slide into any of your songs i actually
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oak and at one point i grabbed one
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of my drummer's drumsticks and started playing slide guitar with that so that
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heard anybody using a wooden drumstick for for a slide.
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to stretch it out and gotcha you know i looked at the boys i
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like it when we get weird so yeah right i was gonna say i bet the
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audience was enjoying it i bet for sure yeah definitely cool
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so how long has this has this group
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been kind of like together i know it's mostly you when you have this rotating
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set set of musicians but as this entity how
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long has this been going on just six months so i launched the album six months
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ago and that was kind of my first time doing this before that i was kind of
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a journeyman like guitarist i would just play guitar in a lot of different bands
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whether you know kind of a lot of across a lot of different genres but i moved
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down to milwaukee from the fox cities back.
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on this album and knew that i kind of of wanted to like squeak out
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in this scene down here and and just try
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something new with it so really glad i did it's been really successful
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so far and people have taken taken it really nicely so
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excellent so kind of one of my questions is talking
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about the local scene so it seems like you're getting a positive reaction from
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the scene which is great what are some other positives that you've been kind
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of noticing about the local scene for you oh man i got so many homies in the
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scene And it's been crazy to just really be in a new place and get to meet all of them.
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Yeah. I've gotten to collaborate with quite a few different artists and I think
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getting to do recording stuff is great too, but I just love how diverse the scene is.
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Honestly, there's so many talented people from so many different like genres
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and sub genres that I think it makes, it makes it such an intricate scene in Milwaukee here.
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are just incredible songwriters and players in general. Yeah.
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It's a lot of great talent out there in the Milwaukee and outing areas,
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all the way throughout Wisconsin. There's just a lot of great musicians out here.
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What are some of the struggles that you've kind of seen in the local scene,
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though, that maybe needs help to help it make it stronger? Yeah.
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I don't know. I guess I haven't really experienced a lot of struggles necessarily. necessarily.
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I feel like selling merch is kind of hard, but I feel like that's kind of,
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everybody has that right situation.
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I also know that we're like in an interesting financial situation as far as
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like the world's concerned right now.
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So I'm not going to be like luring that over anybody's head. No.
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grossly competitive or anything like that. Like.
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wish that the hip-hop and r b scene had a little
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bit more support from some of the some of the faces that
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i kind of see in the circles that i play in and stuff yeah because i love getting
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to play across you know different scenes and work with other people and i mean
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they definitely have a lot of support but i feel like it's there's just so much
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untapped talent there that i wish that we could almost support those people
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a little bit better but but that's honestly my only gripe.
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I mean, we're supposed to be a melting pot of everything, right?
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Yeah, totally, man. Right, exactly.
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Now, talking a little bit about this new album that came out in April,
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we're at the end of October with this recording of this interview,
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so it's been, like you said, about six months.
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So why don't we talk to the listeners
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through the journey of creating this project. How did you get started?
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How did you put the things together, like your recording equipment and things of that nature?
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Year how did it go being in an apartment is the drums
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you said you're a drummer so are these live drums or are
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these program drums can i talk about all the details of this album yeah definitely
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man yeah so in i have a studio in our apartment here and yeah i just sound dampened
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a ton of it you know just added a ton of foam and stuff but i live track i live
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tracked all the drumming usually i'll I'll do like an eight mic setup on the kit.
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I'll do like a mono overhead. I'll individually mic up the hi-hat and like the ride cymbal.
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So pretty much just the crash is coming through on the overhead as well as like
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the overall blend of all the drums.
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I just single mic the kick, double mic the snare, one on top, one on bottom.
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Tom's individually. And that's kind of like the general thing.
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I think having your mic placement's the best way to go because you don't want
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things to be out of phase or to like not come through sounding right. Right, right.
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So that kind of took me a little while to figure that out because this is like
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my first time really like recording to this capacity. So.
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I just had to keep messing stuff up. Even on that album, when I listened to
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it, I'm like, yeah, definitely, I've been doing things differently since I recorded that album.
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But yeah, I feel like I started recording it because I had played in a lot of
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other bands, and I was like, I think I could do this all by myself,
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and I wanted to take that on as a little bit of an experience thing,
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and I'm really glad I did because it really taught me.
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I think it made me a lot better of a guitarist in general, getting to really
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look at every single instrument and what it does to add to like the general sound of something.
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And I think that, you know, the end result is always what's the most important thing. Right.
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That being said, we live above like a venue too.
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So yeah, I got to really learn a lot about noise gates.
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And I also learned a lot about retracking. So yeah.
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And then there's a church across the street that's very old
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and it just it rings bells like hell man yeah
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crazy yeah so did you sample
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any of that and put it in your songs i actually didn't know
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i had a friend that i was playing and i had him as a rhythm
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guitarist for like a few shows and every time he'd come over to like jam and
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stuff he'd always be like oh dude the bell's going off i gotta go record this
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and he'd like run outside and record it and he actually used it in one of his
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songs and i thought that that was really interesting so very cool yeah he was
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more nerdy about it than i was i was just i I always see it as a nuisance.
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I'm like, I don't need that bell, you know? So the only bell I want is off of a ride.
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Yeah, I hear you. I hear you. Now, you said you live above a venue.
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Do you have other neighbors or is it just the venue below you and you're sitting up on top of it?
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Yeah, it's just the venue below us. We're on top. And I have a lot of sound equipment here.
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So when it comes nights to jamming, I usually try
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to do two jams a month where I bring
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in different artists and just like you know just mess around like see
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whatever happens which has been really great too to
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like get to meet a lot of different people in the scene and just like having that
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that is just honestly like the coolest thing to do yeah but
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more subs or whatever right and you could feel it in like the whole house it's
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crazy but yeah it's it's like getting your back massaged when you're sleeping
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so it's not bad man it's not bad cool very cool so you're doing this recording
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by yourself so what kind of.
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of it, like, what are you using for, like, your DAW and your interfaces and stuff like that?
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what are you doing with that stuff?
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Yeah, so I have, I just have, like, a big Scarlett, like, the Focusrite, the 18-input one.
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use that for pretty much all my drumming and then I do have like
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how to look a universal audio just like a volt I just use that on the separate
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side of the space so I don't have to like unplug anything and I'll just if I'm
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doing like quick vocal touch-ups or if I'm just like single micing something
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of it and stuff because it's just a four track it's not
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anything crazy but it's enough to run your stereo mixes
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i've been really busy and i have i
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recorded right now and i plan on releasing an
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which is gonna be cool and that one's gonna be a bit different because i'm gonna
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to get a bunch of different features from the city of milwaukee on that ep which
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is gonna be cool because like my friend wave chapelle is gonna be on it i have
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r&b singer or something and i got a few friends that i've definitely
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had in mind but yeah just kind of feel it out you know yeah definitely so let's
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kind of go back to the one that you just released in april and kind of talk
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about some of the songs on there are there some songs that you'd like the listeners.
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or other streaming sites? Yeah, for sure, man.
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It's, it's kind of a, it's, it's like a concept album too. So the whole thing
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like front to back kind of tells a story and it really goes through the motions.
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I know the most popular songs off that album are like Seaside and Portland.
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something like that so it's pretty easy to get through it's really digestible
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the music on it is i wanted to make sure that it would be something that has
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a lot of moments where like the ear candy kind of hits you you know and you
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got good hooks good overall feel i feel like in my playing i i kind In my writing,
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so it really gives you that classic alternative indie sound.
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cultures as far as music's concerned, whether it be more of an Eastern sound
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to get into. Yeah, so you call this basically a journey album.
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So what is the journey that this album is supposed to take the listener through?
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you know, and really just kind of when everything kind of starts clicking as
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you know, we're adults and our brains kind of start forming a little bit more.
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but also the things that we can be excited about too.
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be or you could just put it on when you got some homies over and you're
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hanging out you know and it's it's just easy listening so excellent excellent
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any ones that you really want me to put on the podcast or should i just
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like seaside portland those two are pretty cool okay
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play soul mill is really cool too it's an instrumental it's
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the opener for the album too but it yeah that
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one's just really interesting it's got a lot of like phrygian scale usage but
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it's pretty light and it really sticks to kind of more like funky kind of minor
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Yeah phrygian's kind of known as like the happy major sound
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because it's got that raised fourth in it so it's it's
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a very cool scale can be used over a lot of
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different things and a lot of great songs in the over the
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years have over the decades have been using that that that mode
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a lot so very cool yeah yeah it's cool it's definitely one
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of my favorites especially with like being a
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little bit more of a psychedelic artist too you know it really gives it that like
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kind of gypsy spanishy middle eastern
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feel to it too so what would be like some
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influences of yours that would be in
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that kind of genre that other that the listeners
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would be kind of understanding where that's coming from
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yeah i feel like from a modern perspective i'd say like krungbin i would say
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like peach pit the band crumb and then i have a lot of like kind of old school
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funky feels in it too so i think like funkadelic even like a little herbie hancock
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like like Headhunters album, you know? Right, right, right.
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it's some of the tonalities are like throwback feel stuff for sure.
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But it's like hard to beat the 60s and 70s out of you when it's like so imprinted
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in your brain, you know? Right, right, right.
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So if I remember right, you said you're like in your mid 20s now and you started when you were 11.
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Is that, am I thinking that right? Yeah, for sure. I started playing in 2006.
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I'm 29. Yeah. Okay. So, yeah. So 2006.
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So when you were 11, what would be like some of the music that was influenced
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Black sabbath you know kind of all of that stuff in
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general that was i remember hearing that music and
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just being like this is insane and then eventually once i
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got an acoustic and i was like 13 14
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i really became obsessed with nirvana i feel like everybody has to go through
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a nirvana phase and that was my nirvana phase and i i loved learning all their
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music because it was simple enough for me to play it and say with it yeah that
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that kind of where it was where it was at And then eventually as I got older,
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my taste kind of expanded out from there.
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stuff like that. And a lot of different, like there's still all these elements
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of like psychedelia, but it wasn't as like prominent in it. Gotcha.
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on probably about 10 years ago.
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And I feel like I really haven't ever lost that. So wonderful. Wonderful.
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It's great to hear about musicians that start somewhere and they expand out
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and just try to search out everything that they can that really helps them become
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a better musician. For sure. Yeah. Yeah.
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As I'm getting closer to the end here with these questions, one of them is a work-life balance.
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So we haven't really talked much about what else you do. Are you doing music full-time?
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Do you have a side job or a day job that kind of conflicts with you making making
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music? How does that work for you?
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Yeah, I actually just left my full-time job a couple of weeks ago to really
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launch into this music thing full-time.
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And yeah, it was really hard to record and just play a lot of gigs too.
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I think over the summer, I probably
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played maybe like 30 some gigs with a full-time job and that was a ton.
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So yeah, I'm definitely kind of glad I'm making this decision right now.
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I'm not broke yet, so I feel like I'm still glad.
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But once that hits, I think then I'll be a little bit scared.
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But I just wanted to take a couple of months and really dive into it,
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work on content and kind of just see what I can do as far as getting the word
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out there on what I'm doing and stuff.
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And yeah, so the balance is really hard for
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sure i think having full-time job
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too and you know the demands that come with
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a full-time job it's really hard to balance those things out so but yeah definitely
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eventually it caught up to me so but yeah definitely just trying to look at
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music full-time and see what i can make of it you know and right exactly not
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30 yet so i feel like this is a good decision i still have six months until I'm 30.
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So this is kind of my mess around era right now. So, right.
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Now, in the past, I've interviewed Emily White. I don't know if you know who
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that is. Yeah, she's amazing.
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Yeah. So, and she's got that great resource, the how to build a sustainable
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music career, collect all revenue streams.
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Have you, have you dived into any of that and tried to? Absolutely.
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Nora turned me onto that book.
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And my girlfriend, Nora is a much better reader than I am.
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So that's pretty tight because she made all of these notes on how to do all
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these different things. And
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that was, it really came in handy when it was time to launch this project.
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So shout out to Emily white, man. I mean, she's got in. Yeah.
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She knows what she's doing, man. And you can read through it a million times,
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that book and listen to her podcast.
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And it's just the amount of knowledge that you can absorb. It's just crazy.
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And yeah, big props to her, man. She seems like an awesome person too.
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And I know a lot of people that I know in the scene of nothing but amazing things
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to say about her. So yeah.
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Yeah. It's, it's, it's great to have. And then she's from Wisconsin as well. So it's just great.
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All these great Wisconsinites are doing all these great things for the local scene and beyond.
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So awesome. Very awesome. Hell yeah.
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The next thing is a gig that you have performed at or seen that has made a big impression on you.
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Oh, man. As far as gigs I've seen, I feel like every gig I go to, I'm just always in awe.
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Especially bigger names, but even locally, man, it's cool to see people on their grind.
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I think my favorite artist to see in the Milwaukee area is Classic.
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He's a really good friend of mine, too, so I'm not just being biased.
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But I wholeheartedly think he's the most talented guy I've ever gotten to see do anything.
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So he's amazing. If you haven't seen him live or had a chance to talk to him
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or anything, let me know.
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I'd love to link you guys up because he's the reason why he's won like every
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award in the city of Milwaukee.
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As far as music goes, he's just amazing.
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And he's easily one of the most kindhearted and just awesome people to,
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you know, like having your circle too.
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So very cool. yeah definitely and then as far as shows i've played that have
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made a lot a big impression.
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played as a full band and that I've done as like a loop artist too.
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It's our second time playing there.
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That's an amazing venue. I love seeing what they've done with their stage setup
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and like their sound dampening as well as like the lights.
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They've really put a lot into that place. And I feel like, yeah,
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it's probably one of the best stages to play around.
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So and where's that? That's in Milwaukee, right? It's in West Allis.
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Oh, West Allis. Okay. Yeah. Just 20 minutes away.
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Yeah, there you go. Everything's 20 minutes away from Milwaukee, right? Yeah, totally.
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And if you had a time machine, you could go back and talk to your younger self,
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any advice you'd give yourself.
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mess up, the better of a musician you become.
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don't take it personally, just get it over with.
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Absolutely. Yeah, that's great advice because, you know, I tell my students,
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I'm a band director at the high school and I tell them failure is just stepping stones to success.
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Eventually it's going to click and eventually you're going to become better
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before you can really just start crushing stuff.
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And yeah, you just got to keep messing up, man, because that's what makes all the difference.
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Exactly. Exactly. Is there anything that you want the listeners to know before I let you go?
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Follow me on Instagram at Dak Dubois. It's just D-A-K-D-U-B-O-I-S.
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So yeah that's pretty much it i know yeah i plan on doing a tour here in a few months probably.
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Yeah and wherever whatever city you're at you know check out
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the music and check out instagram because i'm really good at making sure that
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i stay up on content you can kind of get a little bit more feel for what the
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live shows are like and they're definitely crazy i just want to make sure everybody
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has an incredible night anytime they come out and see us so yeah excellent and
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And I'll put all the links down.
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I'll put your link tree down in the details of the show so people can just click
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on that and go right to all your social media and your website.
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So, Doc, thank you so much for being on the Wisconsin Music Podcast.
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It's been great talking to you, learning about all your music stuff.
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And just thanks so much for being on.
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Yeah, thanks for having me, man. I really appreciate it, too.
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Well, thanks again for tuning in to another episode of the Wisconsin Music Podcast.
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and the Rockabilly RebelsEPISODE 137Join us in the latest episode of the Wisconsin Music Podcast as we unravel the musical journey of the incredible Bruce Humphreys, frontman of the Rockabilly sensation,
Bruce Humphreys and the Rockabilly Rebels!
🎸 Known for his distinctive blend of hillbilly and rock and roll, Bruce has conquered the rockabilly scene, from high school drumming days to headlining major festivals and opening for big-name artists.
🔥 Dive deep into Bruce's experiences as an original artist, exploring the highs and lows of the music industry and the band's innovative marketing strategies.
🚀 Discover their unique approach to music releases, featuring multi-sensory physical albums with 3D artwork and custom-made glasses.
😢 The episode takes an emotional turn as Bruce pays a heartfelt tribute to John Steffes, the band's bass player, who recently lost his battle with cancer.
🌟 Bruce's passion for vinyl records adds a nostalgic touch, providing a fascinating dimension to the conversation.
👨👩👧👦 Get a glimpse into Bruce's personal life and how he balances family, work, and his musical passion.
🎧 The episode features tracks from his recent album, each with a unique narrative.
🌟 Wrap up the experience with Bruce as he shares remarkable gig experiences, from witnessing The Stray Cats live to the thrill of opening for Setzer.
🤘 These memories unveil his influences and profound love for music.
🎉 Tune in and Amplify Wisconsin Music! 🎶 #WisconsinMusicPodcast #AmplifyWisconsinMusic
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Welcome to the Wisconsin Music Podcast. This week we have Bruce Humphreys,
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and he belongs to the group.
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Bruce Humphreys and the Rockabilly Rebels. He has opened for major acts like
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the Brian Setzer Orchestra, Hazel Atkins, Hank Thompson, Rosie Flores, and much, much more.
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He has sold music worldwide and has played some major rockabilly festivals like
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the Coney Island Rockabilly Fest in Brooklyn, Franklin, Uno Go-Go in Chicago,
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Illinois, and Wisconsin's own S-Y-M-C-O, Simcoe, and Northern Roundup.
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Bruce, welcome to the Wisconsin Music Podcast.
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Thanks for having me. I appreciate it. Glad to be here.
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So, for the listeners, why don't you kind of give them your music origin story.
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How did you get started in the music and kind of how it got you to where you are today?
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Oh, I started playing music, well, I wouldn't consider it music back then,
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but in high school I started. I wanted to play drums and wasn't a very good
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drummer. And so I wanted to be more upfront.
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I didn't want to be sitting in the back. So I switched over to guitar and just
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kind of messed around on that and was in cover bands, you know,
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like alternative cover bands playing Ramones, Violent Femmes, Cramps.
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I then started writing my own stuff. And 30, 40 years later,
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I'm still playing, which is pretty amazing because, you know, you're a musician,
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you have lots of ups and downs and it takes a while.
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And a lot of people just kind of give up and quit and move on to something else.
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But for some reason it stuck with me.
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So yeah, here I am playing same kind of music and maybe a little bit calmer.
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So what kind of drew you to the rockability
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genre yeah well you know i i think it was about eight years ago i turned 50
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and i started kind of reflecting on you know my life and how i ended up getting
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where i am and that includes the music and i realized that i was really big
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into the the Beatles when I,
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you know, back in the early seventies, nine,
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10, 12 years old.
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a lot of rockabilly songs from Carl Perkins, Eddie Cochran, Chuck Berry,
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all that kind of stuff. Okay.
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And then the eighties came and there was the punk, punk new wave movement that
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included the Stray Cats, the Neo Rockabilly revival.
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school kind of rock and roll.
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And also, I had been collecting Swing records from thrift stores for a while, so I knew about Swing.
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Yeah. Yeah. So that's kind of what, what started that.
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I just never thought about really playing it. I was much better at playing two
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finger power chords, doing Ramones kind of thing.
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Okay. And eventually said, well, let's start a rockabilly band, see what happens.
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Gotcha. And for listeners that maybe haven't really experienced what rockabilly
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is, what would, what would be your best description of what that genre encompasses?
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Compasses i think i think they say it's the bastard son of the blues so it's
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old school country hillbilly music and combined with some rock and roll so early early early elvis.
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Elvis presley everybody knows elvis so that that would be my description what
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it is if somebody was asking me what the heck is rock and roll which they do
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a lot because people just don't know you know,
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kind of hillbilly music with some rock and roll in it.
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And what's the basic instrumentation for like a rockabilly group?
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lead singer, upright bass, and a drummer with a stripped down drum set.
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which is mixing the punk is a little bit closer to the punk rock,
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you know, adding punk rock influences to that neo rockabilly,
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which adds a lot more newer production in the studio, more players.
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Players so currently we have four players
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electric and sometimes on acoustic a lead player a
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bass player and drummer gotcha so what
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is the local scene attitude towards your group like the positives of it yeah
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we've gotten great response it's pretty amazing because i grew up in indiana
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went to school in kentucky and kansas lived in texas lived in Tennessee,
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lived in Philadelphia, and I've played music at all those places.
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People are sitting at the bar watching television.
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out and seeing music and seeing music and not just having it as the background noise. Right.
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And plus, you know, rockabilly and beer kind of go hand in hand.
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It's just that it kind of goes hand in hand also. Yeah.
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Lifestyle there. The music that I'm writing fits in perfect with that.
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I've gotten a great response up here at festivals, at fairs, clubs.
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Why is all these other places that I've played like that?
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And why is Milwaukee, Wisconsin in general, you know, different from all those other places?
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I don't know if I've actually figured it out, but, you know, I'm not complaining.
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Life is good. Good. Good. That's good. Is there any struggles you've seen in
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the live scene that just seems to be a hindrance or something that could be
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activated to help if it was turned around would help the scene for you?
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I think it's just the support of original music acts is kind of the main hurdle.
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And I feel like, you know, I've got two agents, three agencies that I work with.
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And the two of those, the majority of the acts seem to be cover bands.
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And so I feel very lucky to be a part of that crowd to be able to get booked
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from those agencies because we play a majority is original music.
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Now, if we're playing a three or four hour set, then we throw in covers from
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Roy Orbison, Chuck Berry, Johnny Cash, of course, all those.
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Excuse me. But yeah, it's just kind of getting recognized as an original artist
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because cover bands, that's where it's at.
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You know, cover bands are going to make a heck of a lot more money than what
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we're pulling in. Gotcha. People want to go out and hear things that they recognize.
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Which I totally get. I understand that.
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you know, I think we're pretty blessed.
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Nice, nice. So with being a mostly original band, what do you do to help promote
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like your shows and other things of that nature to keep people to notice your group?
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at this point, pushing 60, if not, I think actually someone is in their 60s.
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We're old school. We used to hang up flyers on telephone poles.
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We don't do that anymore.
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I'm on social media promoting it on all these different Wisconsin,
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our Milwaukee music, Facebook pages.
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I try to do some video of our songs.
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Like so with this new album instead of dropping all the
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songs dropping the whole album at one time
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and having it get lost in the shuffle we're releasing a
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single at a time so like every month i'll release another song i'll make a video
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for it we'll post it all over social media in hopes that it will generate more
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interest and kind of keep our name out there because our first album And we
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just kind of, we just put it out there.
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And, and then of course, three months later, COVID hit. Not that it would make
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any difference, but I figured the, the, the worst thing that could happen by
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releasing them via singles,
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I'm losing 0.0003 cents a stream online.
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And, you know, the fact is we're not getting that many streams no matter what. So, yeah.
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So you just mentioned your newest recording. Why don't you kind of give the
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listeners a little journey from the beginning to the releases?
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You know, how did you start the project? Who's involved?
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Not only the musicians, but on the other side of the glass as well.
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Was it a DIY or did you go to a studio?
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Things of that nature yeah so our drummer has a home studio you know i've always
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i've always wanted to go into a studio but if i'm going to spend that much money
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it makes more sense to buy the equipment and i'll have the equipment and do
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it ourselves now of course it's not going to sound the same.
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album will will be expensive studio quality.
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So we started this almost two years ago. We recorded the basics in our drummer's basement.
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I brought the files home. I started building a studio at my house,
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so I started putting it together here.
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It would not have taken, it just was released this summer, it would not have
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taken as long if I went somewhere and paid a lot of money or if I knew how to
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run the software that I was editing it on.
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So there's a lot of trial and error, lots of error.
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But it was rewarding in the process.
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But yeah, so I got Lorenzo Rapani on lead guitar, John Steffes on bass,
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Kurt Weber on drums, and I'm on guitar and singing.
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I do play some piano on one song.
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Unfortunately, we lost John Steffes earlier this summer.
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To cancer, but was very grateful to have him on this album and kind of,
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you know, he helped out so much with the process.
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As far as, you know, other people, we did a Kickstarter campaign and I honestly
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did not think because we're older, we don't have a big social media presence.
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I did not think we would make our goal, but people really stepped up and we,
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we made it And I was able to release it on a real CD, release it on vinyl,
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you know, get a good recording and.
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Well, the artwork for the CD and the vinyl are all both in 3D.
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Oh, cool. And the glasses come with it. So they're custom made glasses.
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So it's kind of a fun, different release. I'm trying to kind of come up with
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different ways of releasing something to generate interest.
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I've heard that getting vinyl from sending them your music to receiving the
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album back takes multiple months.
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How many months did it take for you to get that turnaround?
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That's what I heard too. In fact, I was told basically plan on it taking a year.
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So it took about six months, if that.
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when you're expecting something a year later and it comes in half the time, you know.
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in a relatively short amount of time, half of a year.
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At least the company I went with, you know, I don't know what other companies.
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Are like but right and how
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many did you have made did you like a thousand run or half of that or what was
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it half of half of that we i think the total count was 245 that came in okay
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so yeah it's very limited run we'll see how this one sells this one has tricolor vinyl.
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be either one color or just black.
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I don't think I'll have custom glasses made so that this first piece.
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Pressing might be a little bit more, I don't want to say valuable,
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because I don't think it will ever be valuable.
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I'd like for it to be, but you never know. Chances are it won't be,
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but it will be a special edition.
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Cool. Yeah, it's nice to see that some of this music being reproduced back onto
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vinyl has had a comeback.
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It's very cool, because I think vinyl has a very, it's not just a nostalgic niche thing,
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but it actually has a cool vibe to it of its
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own you know yeah absolutely yeah i've
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always i've always loved vinyl i obviously if
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you see behind me there's a small collection just
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just a small yeah yeah if someone asked you what were your i don't want to say
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your top or your favorites but if you wanted to show them or have them hear
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three great examples of songs off that album And what would it like be the three
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that you would like to pick and maybe we'll have put them on the podcast for you.
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The three songs would, first one would be coming down hard in my backyard would
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be another one and probably leave the lights on if I had, I mean,
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that's hard to pick three,
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you know, yeah,
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I would probably say those three because well, coming down hard,
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it's just a rocker it's opens the CD.
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Music.
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In my backyard, I wrote during COVID. Well, I started writing before COVID.
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I finished it during COVID.
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I always joke that it was, well, it's not a joke.
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It was a really depressing, sad time, and we needed happy songs.
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And I ended up writing a song about growing old, falling apart, and dying.
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A lot of my songs have humor in it. So that's in my backyard.
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Ours just talks about, you know, getting older and, you know,
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the issues health-wise.
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I'll save the rest for you guys just to listen to.
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Music.
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Hell came of me it hurts to wake up in the morning and in the middle of the night i've got a pee,
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no one ever said it easy no one ever said it could get this hard Just put me in a coffin,
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and bury my ass in the backyard.
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Well, that's what I get for daydreaming.
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The problem is that I never woke up.
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Now it's growing out of strange places and velcros replacing the laces,
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and then leave the lights on is just a special song because my mom when we were
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younger she said that she'd always leave the porch light on no matter what her kids were doing.
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So basically, if we got sent to prison, not that that would happen,
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and this is a drastic experience example, but if we got sent to prison,
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she'd always have the porch light on and welcome us back home.
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So no matter what happened, what the kids were doing, there'd always be a light.
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And so that kind of stuck with me. So I wrote that.
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The title inspired me. The lyrics themselves don't necessarily reflect that experience.
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The Light Song is definitely a line that's stuck with me for 20, 30 years. Great.
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And yeah, that's amazing. So I'll insert those songs in there for you,
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and then the listeners can take a listen to that, and they can draw their own
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conclusions if they want to, and then go and see you play. Yeah.
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You and your group. Yeah.
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So speaking, you said you released this on CD and also on vinyl,
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but where can people see or hear this digitally?
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Do you have band camp? I mean, are they on the streaming sites?
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Where else can they hear this?
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Spotify, we have five singles from the album on there now.
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You can go to my website at brucehumphries.com. We have videos,
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links to all the YouTube and Instagram and all that, obviously come out to the shows.
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Shows so right now we have the vinyl and
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the cd we've been selling at shows we just don't not releasing
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them all online right and then there's uh four local
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record stores in town that you can pick them
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up at a record head bullseye records lily
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put and rush more cool so
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listeners out there if you want to go get your your hard
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copy of that you go see them at a show or go to
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to those record shops and check them out there or online like
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bandcamp.com where artists get a majority
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of what you spend on their music goes
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right back to them so that's definitely a good thing we're streaming
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unfortunately you get 0.001 of a penny on the dollar basically yeah where can
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they see you play yeah we've got a in february i believe i don't have the date
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in front of me We're playing at OPE O-P-E Brewery Okay That's in,
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West Allis Okay I believe It's right over there Near State Fair Park.
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We have been asked back for the Port Washington Fish Fry Festival.
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I don't have the dates for that, but you can go to my website,
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BruceHumphreys.com, and you can check out the dates that we have.
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Kind of in the middle of booking for next year.
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So listeners, go to this website when this airs, once you hear this,
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and go see when they're playing and go check them out.
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Because Rockabilly is an experience in and of itself, for sure.
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Yeah. Yeah, absolutely.
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As we're winding down here, there's a couple more questions I have for you.
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One of them is work-life balance.
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Is that, I know you've talked about you're now, you know, in your,
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close to your 50s or early 50s.
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You've been playing a long time. Is it a struggle still or you kind of got a
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good control over the balance?
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I wish I was almost 50 or in my early 50s. I'm 58, so I'm pushing 60.
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Okay. It could be a challenge because, well, you're getting older and you're
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not as, you don't have the energy like you had when you were younger.
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So I've realized that I need to go and do more aerobic workout exercises,
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you know, during the week so that I can catch my breath when I'm playing.
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Because there are definitely times when I get winded from running around there
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on stage or into the audience. And yeah, so that's a big hindrance.
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I do have an 11-year-old and a wife, so that could be challenging,
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especially in the summer because weekends are the time to go camping and all that.
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And so we're trying to find ways to be able to do that and do family stuff while
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I do the band stuff. because, you know, we don't play a lot in the winter and
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winter's obviously not a good time to go camping.
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My 11 year old daughter does get up and sing with me on stage from time to time.
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So that's a whole lot of fun. Very cool.
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Yeah. What else? Yeah. So, you know, as far as other work goes,
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I mean, I'm teaching guitar lessons.
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I just was recently hired to do a
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song for a soundtrack for an art video project that
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a local artist is working on you know i
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do ebay stuff so i mean it's just my life is insane nothing's
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i don't make anything simple for me you know if i make a cd i've got to have
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it in you know 3d so i got to figure out the 3d process and then figure out
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the getting the glasses from china to the printing company so they can put it
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in you You know, it's just like, why not?
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I just simplify and just make it normal.
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Yeah. I can't, I know I've never been that way. So. Gotcha.
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Cool. Yeah. But, but it seems like, you know, you have at least a decent control
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over, over the balance of most of the things that you're doing. It seems.
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Sure. Sure.
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As long as it appears that way. Your wife hasn't kicked you out of the house yet?
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Not yet, no. Yeah. No. The last question I ask is, gigs that have made an impression
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on you as an artist and even as an audience member, is there some experiences
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that just blew your mind that you could tell the audience?
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For my shows or just any shows? It could be a show that you performed at,
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shows you've seen, things of that nature.
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Sure well you know with the with the rockabilly thing since i've got a lot of rockabilly influence.
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So i bought the stray cats album when i
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was a kid and uh i listened to it and i'm
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like yeah it's okay you know it wasn't something that blew
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me away and then i saw them in concert
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and watching you know the bass player
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run around with his upright bass on his shoulder chasing guitar
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player and the drummer getting up and standing on top of
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his drums and jumping off and the guitar guitar
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player getting up on the drums it was just such a
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show yeah it was so high energy
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and it was life-changing and then
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you know on the opposite of that we went to go see
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the cars before rick okasik passed obviously because yeah and he's never been
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one to really move around on stage and he was a big influence when i was a kid
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also so you know it's just kind of like watching Imagine a band stand there,
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play their songs. Not real exciting.
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I'm thankful I saw them, but it's like, I want to go see a show that's high
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energy, that they're into it, they're moving around, they're doing something.
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So it's not just audio experience, it's a visual experience also.
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You know, so I try to incorporate that into our shows.
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And, you know, we did open, you know, the other life changing or the great experience
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was opening for Setzer for a few shows on the East Coast when he was doing his orchestra.
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Yeah, I mean, that's kind of a little bit longer story. And,
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but yeah, it was very surreal to be up on stage at the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic
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City with Setzer standing to the side, watching us play.
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And, you know, I was a guitar player for someone that I was very much into when
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I was a kid and somehow it ended up playing with him and, you know,
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and then the next day I'm back home raking leaves in the front.
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I can't be playing a sold out show at the Trump Taj Mahal and then raking leaves.
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Yep. Yep. But I learned so much from those experiences over there that,
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you know, that I apply to the band now, you know, my, yeah, just so much, so many influences.
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Wonderful. Wonderful. Is there anything you'd like to add for the listeners
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to know about before I let you go today?
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Um, I can't, I can't really think of anything right off except for,
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you know, if you do Do pick up our CD, you know, with the glasses.
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There's a QR code on the side that will take you to our secret web page on my
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website that has more 3D images.
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So, you know, it's just trying to make this more of an experience for people
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that, you know, it's not just getting something and listening.
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You can, you know, find these things and go explore other places and hear our
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stuff. And yeah, support the band, support local music, support original music.
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Excellent. Bruce, thank you so much for being on the Wisconsin Music Podcast.
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It's been a pleasure talking with you, learning all about you and your music
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and the things you've been doing. So thank you so much for being on the show.
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Yeah, I appreciate you having me. Thanks, man.
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Well, thanks again for tuning in to another episode of the Wisconsin Music Podcast.
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WISCONSIN MUSIC PODCASTWMP Linktree: https://linktr.ee/WI_Music_PodcastAMPLFYING WISCONSIN MUSICTerrianne "Tootie" Lenning
THE TOOTIE SHOWEPISODE 136
Welcome to another invigorating episode of the Wisconsin Music Podcast! Join your host, Zach Fell, as he dives into an uplifting conversation with the vibrant Terrianne Lenning – popularly known as Tootie. The creative powerhouse behind local sensation, The Tootie Show, Tootie is a cancer survivor whose ardor for music and community-building is as inspiring as it is infectious.
In this engaging episode, find out about Tootie’s struggles with cancer and how it fueled her passion for music to overwhelming heights. Discover her vision for The Tootie Show and how her platform avidly supports local artists and small businesses. Her journey, filled with trials and tribulations, resilience, and an undying love for music, is a testament to the power of perseverance and positive energy.
Despite an ongoing battle with cancer, Tootie's commitment to championing independent music and local businesses never wavers. Tune in to hear her tell her compelling story in her own words and learn what message she wishes her audience will take away.
An experience-rich journey – from enjoying local concerts to battling health issues head-on, working multiple jobs, and advocating for local music talent. Get to know about the magnitude of change music has brought into her life and her relentless dedication to uplifting the Wisconsin music scene.
Be part of her mission as she discusses her initiatives to establish symbiotic relationships between businesses and local artists. Her unequivocal message: collaborative growth is not only achievable, but necessary for a thriving community.
If you share a love for music and Wisconsin's talent, this episode not only inspires but encourages participation to support local dreams. Immerse yourself in Tootie’s passion-filled narrative and learn more about her special bond with the Wisconsin music scene.
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Music.
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Welcome, everyone, to the Wisconsin Music Podcast, where we amplify the incredible
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music talent right here in Wisconsin.
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I'm Zach Fell, your host here on the Wisconsin Music Podcast.
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Today, I am thrilled to introduce a remarkable woman whose love for music and
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unyielding spirit have inspired many.
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She's a journalist, a cancer survivor, and a visionary behind The Tootie Show,
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a podcast that celebrates the artistry and stories of local and independent musicians. Musicians.
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Please join me in welcoming Terri-Ann Lenning, also known as Tootie,
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as we delve into her journey, her passion for music, the impact of the Tootie
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Show on Wisconsin music scene.
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Welcome, Tootie, to the Wisconsin Music Podcast. I'm glad to have you on.
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How are you today, and how's it going?
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I am doing really well today, to be honest. The last couple of days were a little
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hairy, but today is a good day. Good. Good to hear.
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Now, I first heard of you from the Facebook post that Corey posted about the
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GoFundMe page that they put together.
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Can you share with us and the listeners your journey with music and how it's
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impacted your life, especially during your unfortunate battle with cancer?
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Well, in 2019, I got really super sick and they couldn't find exactly what the problem was.
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They knew it was cancer, but they couldn't find out exactly what kind of cancer it was at first.
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And then all of a sudden, just more things started coming up through the year
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of 2020, but it was kind of hard because we were during that lockdown from COVID.
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So it was hard to get into the doctors and
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figure out exactly what was going on I found
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out recent that year 2020 like two
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weeks before my 30th birthday is when I had uterus cancer
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and I was bleeding out for a whole year and I couldn't stop so I was really
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super sick and December of 2020 is when they finally got me into the surgery
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they have my whole uterus pulled out the hysterectomy and I died during the the surgery,
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not once, but a few times on the table, I had an in-body experience.
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From there, they, during the surgery, before I went under, they go,
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is there anything that we can do to make you feel comfortable?
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I love music, so I played my music playlist on Spotify. I had 700-something songs on there.
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And during the in-body experience, I saw the light. I was ready to go.
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I'm like, oh, it's my time to go.
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And all of a sudden, my favorite music artist, overtime song,
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came on the playlist, and it jump-started my heart and lungs.
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My soul went back to the body, and I'm here today because of that. Wow.
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What an amazing journey, just laying there on the operating table.
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But definitely glad that you are here with us today. So what inspired you to
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start the 2D show and how has it involved since you started it?
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That's a good question. So when I was battling the cancer treatments during
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that, before the surgery, I fell in a deep pool of depression.
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I was turning 30. I didn't have any kids. I didn't have a family. I didn't start a family.
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Never been in a relationship, never had that experience.
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Experience so finding out that i had
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uterus cancer it broke my heart because all i wanted was to
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have kids and i found out i couldn't have
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any so it was just a struggle and
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then i found this music video on youtube it just told me something told me click
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on it so i clicked on it and it was the video divided me fall from overtime
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and i fell in love with the video so i looked him him up some more and I started
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following him and loving all his music.
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His music helped me cope with my cancer skills and helped me bring back life.
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Because I was struggling with depression.
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And some of his songs that he has helps me fight and keep fighting.
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So I didn't give up on life.
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And so that's pretty much how it happened.
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And then when I had the surgery, his song actually saved my life.
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So I got more involved with it.
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And then ever since then, it's just like, I always wanted to be a journalist.
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I had a heart for writing because when I was back in high school and middle
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school, I just loved writing, but the government told me I couldn't be anything
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because of my learning disability that I have.
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So they probably pretty much shut me down and caused more depression when I
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was growing up through that department.
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And then when I met Overtime, Overtime's music is like, don't have anyone tell
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You can't do anything no matter who you are.
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You can do it and start it and be whoever you want on yourself And listening
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to his music and the songs and just talking to him because I met him a few times already in person.
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Just having that mentor, that's how I started the Tootie Show.
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It basically, I started listening to music. I started doing reviews on music.
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And that's pretty much how the Tootie Show started.
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With a show like yours, what challenges have you faced running that show?
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And what are some of the things that you had to do to overcome that?
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There is a lot of challenges I'm still battling.
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Right now, the major part is getting the financial part because I'm still struggling
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with all the cancer aftermath on the first time.
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So I'm still in a lot of debt, so I'm still trying to climb up and trying to get everything.
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So that's the biggest one is financial, trying to get everything up and running.
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Getting all the necessary equipment to get everything going.
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That's the other struggle.
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And then the other struggle is that you have competitors.
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So you have to, like, in the scene that I'm in, And I have two other competitors
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that are like kind of battling against each other and trying to see who is best.
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And I don't really care for that because I cheer on for everybody.
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But then it causes a bunch of drama. And that's the stuff that I don't really care for.
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So it's a battle.
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That's the other worst part about it is that you got to pick and choose,
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you know, who you support, I guess.
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Okay so are you saying that you're you're
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so not your competitors but people that
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you feel are within the same umbrella as you those two
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are competing against each other and you're kind of like looking at that from
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the outside going i don't want to deal with any of that drama i'm just doing
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my own thing over here and if people want to participate and listen in and what
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i'm doing then that's all that i really care about yes that's all i that's exactly
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i just want to to be myself.
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And like I said, I care for the community so much.
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I love the community and being with the community and the music.
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And I just want to, I don't care about being competitive with everyone else.
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I, that my heart is just, you know, I, I, like you said, I had cancer,
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but I don't know if anybody else knows, but I also got diagnosed with cancer again.
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So I'm battling in cancer once again this time
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it's in my ovaries so that's why
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cory made the go for me page right now because it's a
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struggle and i'm trying to do the tootie shows what's keeping me fighting and
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so with every other people that competitors they're just like trying to take
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everyone with like well don't go with tootie come with us and i'm just like
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why why do you have to be like that Why can't we just all support everybody?
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Exactly. So I'm just like, it causes drama, and it's just like,
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I'm just like, I don't know. I'm just doing my own thing. Right, exactly.
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I mean, I kind of feel the same way about my podcast. Like, I'm just doing this
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to help the music scene here in Wisconsin.
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If people want to go and challenge other, you know, social media people out
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there, then that's their own deal.
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I'm not going to get into that mess. If you want to help support the Wisconsin
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music scene, then go and do that.
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Why waste your energy battling each other? We're supposed to be helping rise
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everybody above, you know, the tide.
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What's the saying? all ships rise with a tide basically
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right yeah absolutely yeah so
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unfortunately like you mentioned we have that go you have that gofundme page
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that cory set up because unfortunately another round of cancer is hitting your
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body and you need help to you know with medical bills unfortunately with you
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know the health care system these days it's just way too expensive to be sick
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unfortunately unfortunately, as sad as that is.
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So where do you know what the GoFundMe page link is?
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I actually have two of them. So one of them, one of my good friends,
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Holly, she's like a sister to me.
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Her husband, Josh, is actually my DJ that I work with a lot.
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And DJ J Vicious and Holly, they started a GoFundMe page when I first found
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out I was sick in September, and it's on the GoFundMe.
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It's like literally on the GoFundMe website.
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It hasn't gone anywhere really. Cause a lot of people just don't, it's sad.
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Everyone is struggling. So, I mean, I get it. Nobody wants to donate anymore.
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So that's just the sad part. And then they also, JVichess and Holly also did
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a benefit cancer music event show in October.
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And it was okay, but again, it wasn't, you know, a lot of people didn't come and donate and be there.
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So it is just, it didn't go anywhere really.
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And then all of a sudden it's just like, as I'm being sick, I've been working a lot at regular jobs.
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I had three jobs I was working at on top of it, trying to get back on track,
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trying to get my financial situation back on track.
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As i'm as i'm sick and so
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i busted my butt so much this last
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year so i was going to get a good tax return
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refund i claimed zero so i
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knew that they could take as much out of my check as they wanted
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so i can get a good refund well recently i
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just found out that i'm not
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getting a refund i actually owe four thousand dollars back
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to the federal which i don't understand
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stand i'm i'm at lost words
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so i lost all my refund that i was planning
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on getting and so now that takes
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away because i'm also carless i my
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transmission went on my car the first time when i had cancer during
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the treatments going back to freighter back so i'm
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what i've been without a car for almost a couple
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years now and i can't get any because of
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my my my credit is bad from
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the cancer for the first time so i'm struggling and
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i was going to use a tax to get my car
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and then i was going to use my taxes to get
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my medication that i need for the cancer and then i
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was going to use it to help promote the shows that i'm doing to help
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promote support to both them but right now i'm not seeing a dime i actually
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owe so that puts a financial struggle right so cory my friend buddy Corey noticed
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that so he started a second GoFundMe page and see where he knows a lot more people than anyone so.
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And that's where you found it. Yes, that's exactly where I found it.
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So it has led you to being here on the podcast, which hopefully is going to
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help elevate your situation to the people out there and hopefully can help you out.
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So let's kind of talk a little bit about the show that you are running, the 2D show.
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Let's kind of talk about what do people or what should people expect to listen
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to when they go and listen to your podcast?
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Well, I'm trying to actually build it as a podcast right now.
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Now it's just like a show, social media show kind of thing.
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I don't have the LLC for the podcast up and running yet.
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I'm trying to build a team so I can actually have hosts. I want to do like a
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kind of like a radio podcast community where I can have a big,
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a group of people just come up and talk and we can come up with things to talk about.
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But my main thing that I do a lot is I do music reviews. I do food reviews.
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I go to restaurants and I test out food. I take I take pictures at show events.
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They go to certain big show events around an area I help support the music community
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that way and I take pictures for them and I take videos and I share them and
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Now just recently I got a call from a bigger.
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Independent music artist from out of state that he said to me I want you to
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promote me for the whole state of Wisconsin.
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I'm like, I'm not a promoter and he's
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like no this is your job this is you i want you and i'm like
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okay so i took the opportunity because it
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will also help get my mind off of the cancer stuff right so i took it and so
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now i'm gonna add being promoter onto all of that with everything else i do
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excellent so my podcast is like it's all kinds of stuff it's like up and down
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it it's all kind of stuff but.
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I want to help the community and the music and also the small businesses and companies.
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I can advertise for them. I'm
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very good at advertising and selling their products and all that stuff.
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That's kind of what I do. I want to advertise.
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I want to promote them like a regular commercial air kind of thing. Right.
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So, yeah, but that's pretty much what the whole Tootie Show is about.
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Is just like laughter stories sharing
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music especially the music that means
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something like comes from the heart that you know
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not a lot about a lot of music that's put on air now is it's just about sex
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drugs and all that kind of stuff and the music that I got myself involved it
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comes from the heart it actually means something like it's helping people cope
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with with life experiences of what they went through. Wonderful. Wonderful.
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Now, recently I saw on your latest YouTube channel, you had an artist come on.
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How do you select the people that would come on and talk with you?
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Yes. So I do interviews also. Sorry, forgot to mention that.
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That's my favorite part because I love getting to know the people and the artists in the community.
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Whoever just, whoever comes and follows me
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and they see me or i go to shows is
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when i do a lot of my networking is when i go to shows i introduce
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myself and say they're like oh you do interviews and
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i'm like yeah well then i said reach out to me
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we'll schedule an interview come on over and we'll do an interview and that's
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how it happens wonderful wonderful so people are listening into onto this this
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episode go contact tootie over on her show if you're interested in working with
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her now the next question i have is as a journalist and an interviewer,
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what message do you hope to convey to your audience?
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I know you're talking about, you know, things from the heart,
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but particularly regarding the importance of supporting the local and independent music artists.
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That's a little tricky question, actually. So sometimes I'm not 100% perfect.
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I have a learning disability, so my writing is not 100% perfect,
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but I like it. I love it. Good.
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And I just love talking and getting to know people.
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My biggest thing is just that for interviews, just be yourself.
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Don't try to be fake. Don't try to be anybody or I'm this macho person and trying to be that somebody.
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Buddy and just my big advice
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to everybody just love yourself and be yourself
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just be yourself smile laugh
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and be yourself that's my motto that's what i look
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and want to tell everybody good good
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yeah why do something and be all fake about it then what's the point
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of doing it because then it's not really you yeah for
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sure yeah now how long
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has the 2d show been around i started it
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september 22nd 2021 okay so
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we are coming up on re three
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year two years almost and at the end of this year it'll
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be three years excellent have you had any memorable moments so far over the
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last few years i did i had a lot of memorable moments i've seen overtime about
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five times live a couple times in Wisconsin and a couple times, one time in Kansas.
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The best part about that whole story this was
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probably being my most memorable story so far is
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that when i first started following over
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time and getting involved with all of this i found out he was coming to wisconsin
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on two where i almost cracked my pants and so i literally had to look up to
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see how much the tickets were and see how far it was so if i can go see him
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and the tickets tickets for over $25 for a ticket.
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So I was shocked. I'm like, oh, I want to go. And I found out it was,
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uh, it was in Beaverdale, Wisconsin. I'm like, oh, I know where that is.
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So I talked to my mom. I'm like, yeah, let's buy two tickets and let's go.
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So we bought, we bought the two tickets and then all of a sudden,
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like a month later, my mom surprises me with the VIP tickets. Oh, wow.
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And, but the best part of it, when I was looking up to date,
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I won't, that's It's another time I almost crapped my pants because the date
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was my birthday, August 20th, and they came to play for my birthday.
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So that was the first time I actually met Overtime.
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Yeah. And it was the most, it was the best concert I have ever been to.
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And just he took time out to talk to me outside for 45 minutes and just stood
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there talking to me for 45 minutes outside.
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So he's a real person. He's not some fake person.
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He is really true. He cares about his fans. He shakes everyone's hands after
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the show is over and everything.
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He's just a really cool, independent music artist.
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And because of that, I met so many other cool ones. And it's just like...
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You know it's i had some really
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good number of moments like i just if
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you go on my page you'll see all the pictures and videos of
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all the stuff i've been the people i've been meeting and the
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interviews i've been having it's just those moments
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will last a lifetime with me yeah definitely like
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i had other bigger moment that
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i had recently was when i got asked
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to be the mc for the band on this piston okay
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um january 27th and cory my
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friend cory's that you saw the post was he's the main drummer
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in the in the band yep so yeah so
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that was a big memorable moment of being the big mc for the first time for that
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so that was great that was a big moment and the band was awesome and i loved
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it i had a great time being mc so yeah wow yeah you're definitely doing great
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things And I'm glad things are,
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at least some great positive things are happening to you in your life, which is great.
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The next question I have is, how do you balance your personal life,
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your work with the 2D show and your other professional endeavors?
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Is it a struggle or is it kind of have a good balance on it?
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At first, it was a struggle. Like I said, this last year, I had two other jobs
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plus the 2D show. So I was technically doing three.
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And it was a struggle. It was It was hard and then I had to deal with a lot
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of stuff with my mom on top of it My mom has a lot of health issues, too.
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So I had to Jumble that and jumble that I was working 12 to 15 hours at my regular
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job And then I had a second part-time job.
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So I was working there Trying i'm trying so hard to get the financial to get
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up just to keep going to keep going and.
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Let me tell you, I'm not going to lie, it was really rough. There was times
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where I couldn't even do it all.
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And I have so much energy.
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I don't know where it comes from, to be honest with you. I have no idea.
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Yeah. Yeah. But at some times I just felt like my energy was, it was dying down.
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And during the summer, I noticed of last year that I could really,
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I was not doing as much as with the Tony show and I could really tell it took
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my positive energy away.
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And a lot of negative came back to me. Like I was missing something.
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Right. I was always working.
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I was always working, But I wasn't doing what I truly really loved with the
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20 show like I wasn't doing going to shows.
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I wasn't doing It I missed it.
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That's what you know, and it was really hard but I Had to make a decision at
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first I was gonna put it down and I'm like I can't do this anymore.
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Like and then I also bumped in some rude people that were trying to bash me
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on my show I'm trying to bring me down to and I'm just like why do you have to do that?
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Like well maybe this is it for me maybe i
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can't do this and so yeah i was battling it a couple of times i wanted to put
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it down and like i can't do this but in the in the end i'm like this is my dream
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this is what i'm fighting for and this what's what truly makes me happy so in
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the end i had to find the balance yeah so.
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Gotcha. Well, I'm glad you're still
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here around. I've had the same kind of thoughts too about the podcast.
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Am I really doing anything that's positive for the scene? Is this really worth it?
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There's other places that people can go and listen about Wisconsin music,
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but overall, it's like I enjoy doing it.
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I love meeting the new people, especially people like you, and just trying to
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help the scene here in Wisconsin for everybody that's involved in music.
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So it's glad to see other people doing exactly the same kind of thing going
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out there and just trying to be positive about the music scene here in Wisconsin.
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Yeah, I just I have so much love for the whole community.
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I just I have such a big heart. And when I was growing up, I was the shyest.
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I was in a turtle shell. You couldn't even get me to talk to anybody.
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And all of a sudden, after like having an experience like having cancer changes you.
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Yeah i bet after i had the surgery it
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just i was a totally different person i had
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all this energy like i said i don't know where it comes from and i
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lost so much weight and i'm healthy well not anymore because i'm sick with cancer
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fortunately but i was healthy and i just went happy like the judy show makes
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me so happy just like the people i go to me and the shows i go to like Like,
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I discovered other music that I didn't even know that was out there, and I love it.
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It's just like, it makes me feel like the music is my bloodline.
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It keeps my heart pumping for some reason, and it just, it keeps me going.
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Yes. And then the people that I meet also for the community and the music artists.
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And they're like my friends.
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They're like my homies now to me. they're keeping
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me going because when i they notice when i'm down they uplift
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me because i need that and yeah and they're
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there for me when i need them and then when they're down
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i'm there for them to uplift them and we all need that we all need that in the
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world and yep i hear you yep it's great it's a great it's it's a great feeling
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to be it might be hard dealing with the with a lot of the drama stuff,
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like I said before, the drama stuff and people just fighting and just,
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but in the end, you really do truly meet the most amazing people and it changes.
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It just changes your heart.
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And it's like, I am doing this for a reason because I love it.
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I want to help change the community, bring the community back together again.
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Yes. And how can listeners in the community support the 2D show and its mission
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to help, you know, So just continue doing what you're doing.
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Well, keep following me. Follow the Tony show on my Facebook is my main page right now.
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I'm at 816 followers, which is a pretty good, decent following for being almost three years in.
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But just keep following I I'm the only person that really runs my page So if
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you comment and I will respond to you as soon as I can,
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I mean, there's I don't have a solid team that actually you'll be if you comment
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or message me You're talking directly to me so,
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That's one way or if I go live or if I do live videos at a show send stars that's
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also good support because then i will get some income coming in that way,
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i also try to look for sponsorships i
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would like to get sponsorships to help me support
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the show but my thing of that idea is i would like to advertise and help promote
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them to get the sponsorship like i would like to support their company and in
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return they can sponsor the tootie show so if you want to help support the 30
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show you want you have a business or you have a company,
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come contact me and get involved and then you can help sponsor me and i can help advertise for you,
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wonderful wonderful it's like i scratch your back if you scratch mine you know
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like exactly we need people to learn how to bargain again instead of like.
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You know same thing with the bars and the pubs and The venues I mean everyone.
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I mean everyone needs to make money.
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We all know this But we also have to understand that we're living in a world
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that a lot of people don't have a lot of money and we're all struggling so if a bar or a venue or,
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A pub has space to do live shows I
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can bring business for them bring people in they're
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buying the liquor and the drinks and the food but they
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need to work with me and let me use their space i can't afford
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thousands of dollars to rent out the space right
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and that's one thing we're running into so i
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mean it's hard we all people have to realize that we're all in this together
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but we can all help each other if we just learn how to work with each other
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exactly you you can't explain it better than that because Because we have to
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work together to help everybody here.
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So you have a TikTok page. You have a SoundCloud page.
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You're on Spotify, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, and Mixcloud.
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Is there any other places that people can come and find you?
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I do have a Twitch, but I don't use it because Twitch is more for gaming.
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Right. I don't do gaming, and I don't know. Twitch won't let me allow to upload
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all my videos and all that stuff.
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So I don't really use Twitch, but everything else I use I Facebook like I said
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is my main page I do use Instagram,
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YouTube I have I do I upload my interviews and stuff on YouTube There might
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be a couple interviews that are not on my YouTube that are on my Facebook because
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I ran out of space on my phone,
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Okay, again, I'm just I don't have all the proper equipment.
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I'm just starting out right but I,
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But, yeah, I do what I can. But, yeah, I'm on all the social media.
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You can find me, contact me.
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Like I said, just message me and link up with me. I'm really ready to meet all
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the people out there. Yes, definitely.
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Well, Tootie, is there anything else you'd like to cover before I sign off with you?
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I am going to be promoting for a bigger artist in May that I'm going to be promoting
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for the whole state of Wisconsin. And the whole point of these smaller shows
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that I'm doing is I'm looking for opening artists to open up for this other mystery artist.
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So the first show is actually February 24th.
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It's in Reedsburg, Wisconsin at car banders with SAS and it starts at 6 PM and
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the tickets were $15, but we did drop them down to $5. Oh, nice. So tickets are $5 now.
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Come and support. We also have a donation bucket on our table to help donate
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for the Tony show if you would like to donate so I can get some funds to keep help because I,
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Have three other shows that I'm doing for the Battle of the Bars So the next
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one is going to be March 23rd and the next one is April 26th,
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Excellent and is all that information on your Facebook page Yes,
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all the information is on my Facebook page and on my Instagram page.
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I have a bunch of reels that I was making to spread the word.
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Also, if you buy a ticket for this first show on the February 24th,
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if you buy a ticket, you can get free beer if you're 21 and up until supplies last.
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We have a keg, so whoever buys a ticket can get free beer until the keg is gone.
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Awesome. And for those that are.
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Interested in what beer it is do you know what beer you're
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going to be having in that keg i think it's bud light
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okay so i do believe we picked
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bud light perfect perfect all right also if
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other music artists are listening in i for
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the the next round for march i'm looking
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for more artists to jump on the line because i'm
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looking for other people that are interested in getting their craft
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out there and whoever wants this big
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opportunity to open up for a big independent music artist
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no the artists were not going to say his name yet because he
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is a mystery that's the whole point of having doing something fun
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right so excellent all
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right so we have been here talking
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with tootie about her show on her unfortunate cancer i
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think if it was caught early enough that i think you should be at a good high
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percentage of survival so that's a great thing we want to make sure that you're
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sticking around so people go out there and help the tootie show as much as you
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can so she can help support the Wisconsin scene and music and all the things she is doing.
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Tutti, thank you so much for being on the Wisconsin Podcast Show.
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It was great hearing your story, you know, and all the great things you were
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doing. I can definitely tell you're a real person.
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You're not being some fake person out there on the social media as you,
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you know, you're there, you're helping support, everything's coming from the heart.
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And people like you, we need more of people like you. So thank you so much for
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being on the show. Yeah, thank you for having me.
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And I also want to just to add in, I want to thank a lot of people so far that
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have helped me through this journey.
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And all the music artists and my close homies, my friends.
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I want to thank DJ J Vicious. He's also my, he's like a brother to me.
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He's been so helpful through everything.
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He's helping me do my shows with me.
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DJ Woodworth is another great close friend that is helping me.
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He will be at the show on February 24th.
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I want to thank Mr. Corey as well. He is the main drummer in Fist Piston and the band.
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And I want to thank Overtime, of course. He's my favorite music artist.
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And all these, so much. There's so many. There's so many. But all of them,
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this wouldn't have happened without them.
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So I want to thank them all for being a big part of this and being a big part
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of my life and this journey.
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And thank you for having me on your Wisconsin music podcast.
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I really do appreciate that. And thank you for being here.
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Well, thanks again for tuning in to another episode of the Wisconsin Music Podcast.
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Once again, I'm Zach Fell, your host and creator of the Wisconsin Music Podcast,
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where I love to amplify the great sounds coming out of the Wisconsin state.
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WISCONSIN MUSIC PODCASTAMPLFYING WISCONSIN MUSICEPISODE 135
Josh Escher of the Rising Phoenix bandWMP Linktree: https://linktr.ee/WI_Music_Podcast
Welcome to another inspiring episode of the Wisconsin Music Podcast. We dive deep into a heartfelt conversation with Josh Escher, a renowned bass player recognized for his incredible talent and versatility. As a member of the 80s party rock cover band Rising Phoenix, Josh captivates our listeners with his fascinating journey, from his humble beginnings to his triumphs as a seasoned musician.
Josh not only recounts his experiences of playing with various bands over the years but also shares critical life lessons and his captivating perspective as a rhythm guy. He highlights the thrill of playing in a band, the importance of synchronization with the drummer, and reflects on the evolution of the local music scene. He emphasizes the significance of camaraderie and collaboration within the music community and the importance of resilience in the fast-paced world of music.
Join us as Josh details the path of Rising Phoenix, from its inception to its current substantial 10-year run, playing music from legendary bands such as Poison, Def Leppard, Guns N' Roses, among others. Their unique blend of '80s hair metal and '70s and '90s pyro pop rock has made waves across Wisconsin, captivating audiences in different parts of the state.
Josh also delves into the challenges faced by bands in finding gigs, appeasing audiences, and finding the right band members. He shares the importance of appealing to the audience and band's ethos and discusses the role of recordings and social media promotions in spreading a band's name and music.
Lastly, he fondly recollects his early recording experience with Justin Perkins and encourages listeners to be a part of a Rising Phoenix show. Join us in celebrating the magnificent sounds from Wisconsin as Josh Escher unravels his musical journey.
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Welcome to the Wisconsin Music Podcast. This week, we have Josh Escher.
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Did I say that correctly?
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That is correct. All right. So we have Josh Escher. He's a bass player,
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and he is the bass player for an 80s party rock cover band called Rising Phoenix.
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He's from Ableton, but the band is based in central Wisconsin.
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He's going to talk about how he got into music and things of that nature.
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So, Josh, welcome to the Wisconsin Music Podcast.
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Thank you, Zach. so give the listeners an idea of
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how you got into music and how it's
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kind of grown in your life and how it's gotten you to where you
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are today yeah so I kind
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of got started I think a little bit late you know a lot
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of guys that do what I do what we
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do I you're a musician as well I think
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a lot of folks are like you know oh when I was 10 or
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whatever somebody bought me my acoustic guitar
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and i got started or whatever and i was
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kind of i was kind of that kid i grew up in a small town and
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and there wasn't a lot of people doing music around me really
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and and so it was kind of one of those things where i was
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sort of a late bloomer i think i was maybe 17 when
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i when i really kind of sat down and
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went you know what i think i want to play guitar you know
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saved up some bucks went and went and bought myself a little student much model
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electric guitar and and just kind of got started you know and that's we're talking
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1997 98 so it's like no youtube no you know the the.
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What were the the tab centrals and all those there whatever the heck those sites
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were that right you'd get porn charts and tabs off of but you know just kind of flying blind,
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back in those days but really you know just kind of allowed it to be in a van
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like it was That was not always the thing.
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I picked guitar. I didn't have room for drums. I'm not coordinated enough for drums, really.
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I just wanted to be in a band. I was a kid who was listening to a lot of Metallica.
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I think a lot of guys my age were listening to Master of Puppets.
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I'm just going, holy cow.
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That would be cool to do. And, you know, just starting to go see concerts and
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like looking at folks on stage and just being like, man, I just really love
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to do that. That would be awesome.
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And then so taking that, you said you started with guitar, but when I did the
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intro, it said you're playing bass. So how did you switch from guitar to bass?
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Yeah. So, you know, trying to get a band started in high school wasn't happening.
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I just started playing guitar anyways.
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Got into college, got a band put together, group of guys that just lived on the dorm floor with me.
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You know, had a really good time. Ironically, the bass player in that band was
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a guitar player that switched over.
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He was a much better guitar player than me, by the way. Okay.
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But, so I played in that band for about two years and just, you know,
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kind of had, we weren't great. The band was called Severus.
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It was a lot of fun. I loved those guys, the cool dudes.
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I just ran into one of those guys not all that long ago. You know,
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we're talking, you know, over 20 years ago now,
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but you know, everybody kind of finished up school and, and I was still going
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to shows and, and still had a lot of those contacts that I had through book and stuff and whatnot.
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reach out to me and say, Hey, we're, we're thinking of replacing our bass player.
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Do you think you could play bass?
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I'm like, yeah, I don't, I don't see why not.
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Like I was going to see him all the time. I knew the songs pretty much.
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I mean, I, you know, as well as I needed to. Okay.
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got a bass guitar and got a rig and joined this band called Hail Grey Sky that I ended up playing.
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You know, I really, I look back on that time and I'm like, I was playing bass,
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but I wasn't really a bass player, quote unquote, at that point in time.
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What made you realize that those lines that you were playing on bass really
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weren't bass lines, they were more guitar?
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but that had to be some kind of influence into what you now do on the bass.
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about like probably about 2005 you know a
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long time ago connects up to what i'm doing right now
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around that time there was a
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guy his name's eric gunderson real talented drummer i think he was playing in
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punk band out of oshkosh called rip winkler at the time had reached out to me
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and he was like hey i want to start a motley crew tribute band and i was like
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i never thought about playing in a cover band much less a tribute To be honest,
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at that point in time, I was kind of that like, you know, all screw cover band,
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you know, all against that whole. I was that guy, you know. OK.
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You know, all for a piss and vinegar at 22, 23 years old, you know.
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you know, just be ridiculous.
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It'll probably be a good time. We can make a little bit of money.
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And I'm like, yeah, sure. Why not? I got time.
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And so joining that band, I had to sit down and learn like three hours of one
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specific bass player's music.
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Sixx and like whether or not he's actually playing on stage and whether or not
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he actually recorded some of those parts.
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Parts but they were they were
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bass parts they were bass lines where for a
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long time i was doing was basically just playing the
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parts lower really okay
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okay in pale gray sky which i was having a
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blast doing and and don't get me wrong i those are some
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of the best years of my life playing that band but like i
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just i started doing this motley crew tribute i
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was called sleaze patrol and it was
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just like oh this is this is
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what a bass player does like you you
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you you're the rhythm section you rock in
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with the drummer you you hold down the low end you you
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know you fill in that space that's your job right and
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it was that point where i really said and i
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just went like oh this is cool like
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i was always you know i
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i said before you know i was i was a metallica kid i was james hetfield guy
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i wasn't the kirk hammett guy i was the james hetfield guy i always wanted to
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be the rhythm guy and you know becoming just a bass player is is is that i i was the rhythm guy And I,
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and I get to, I get to fill in that space and it just always,
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it felt right for me. And I haven't looked back since.
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Nice. Nice. So now that you're more, you're definitely more tuned into being
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a bass player, not a guitar player playing bass. You're actually a bass player.
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Do you find that locking in with like the kick drum and what the drummer is
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doing is highly important?
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Oh, absolutely. Yeah. Yeah, you know, it's obviously all the time,
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you know, there are there are certain certain songs I feel like where it maybe
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becomes less important.
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when you're just tight with that drummer.
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It's I've been really lucky in every band I've ever played in.
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That i've just had these drummers that are just super super
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tight and in the pocket makes my job
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super easy but i yeah they're they're
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really i don't i don't think there's a better feeling as a bass player
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like then then getting in
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that pocket and just like just sitting in there and just
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feeling that yeah it's it's like you
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said it's that pocket and if it's got that pocket
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everything on top of that just flows so
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much better oh absolutely yeah now
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so you've been playing out live a lot i
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mean over the over these years so what have you kind of noticed
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from the local scene that is some
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positives that you've you've encountered you know it's
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funny because it thinks i i say all
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the time that i feel like things changed a lot in the
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in all the years that i've been doing it and but then
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i say that and sometimes i'm like like have they though or are you just getting
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old and you just like not you know like not locked into things like i i was
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i was so immersed in that in that like in that original band world for a really long time.
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And and now i'm in the cover band scene and it's
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like like do i not know what's going
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on in the in that world over there anymore or
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is there not anything i don't know
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what i feel like i see is i just
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feel like there's so many good musicians i i think that's that's probably the
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thing i noticed the most and it's like especially the young musicians like it
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it's it's crazy like there there are some bands running around around here that
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are half my age i'm i'm 41 so when i I say half my age, you know,
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we're talking about is that are just barely able to go into bars without their parents. Yeah.
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I think that's probably the biggest thing that I've seen.
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having those access to those tools, like having YouTube and like all these online
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courses and things like that.
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the area going a little more out of their way to kind of give those kids a little
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bit of a leg up these days.
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Then you know when when i was starting out man it just it felt like everything was competition,
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right it felt like you were fighting for your life to get gigs and and you know
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there was a small handful of people that were going to help you out everybody
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else was just gonna you know,
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push you down on their way by because they were
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afraid you were going to take your spot and right and i
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was in 2002 yeah right
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right it's it's people aren't afraid to like
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you said give a leg up to upcoming musicians they
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actually want to encourage them instead of diminishing their their you know
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their dreams or whatever they you want to call it of being you know playing
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in the live music scene in an area yeah now thinking on the other side of the
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the coin what are some of the struggles you've kind of seen over the last so many years i think.
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Need to help bring the live scene a better reputation i i think the the thing
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that i noticed and and like i was saying maybe maybe i'm just i was out of the loop but like.
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When I was doing the original thing, it felt like a lot more places for us to play.
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there's lots of places for solo acoustic folks or little duos.
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There's a lot of places that want those folks to play.
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Right. I'm not super tuned into what's going on in Milwaukee or Madison.
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But there always felt like there were places for us to exist as bands that wanted
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us in their places and really, really wanted to support what we were doing.
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You know, and I'm coming from a place where that Hailgrace guy,
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the band that I was in for all those years. I mean, we were a heavy band.
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nowadays you'd call it metalcore.
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We were doing that sort of thing. And, you know, your average bar is not usually
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going to want us to come in and assault their patrons with what we were bringing, you know.
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Exists as much i know the the few people that
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i kind of still keep up with these days it seems like they
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play someplace and then they never played that place again okay
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completely tuned out and i have i'm just old guy now
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but you know it always felt
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like there were there there was small ages places
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for us to play there were some bars that like to have shows
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like that every weekend you know i
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those things are really important to original music scene
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it tough like yeah if i was if i were to start
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an original band tomorrow i didn't know where
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i would book a show yeah it's it seems like wisconsin
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for better or for worse seems to cater more
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to and there's nothing wrong with them but catering more
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to the cover or tribute type bands yeah
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because that's that's going to draw on a crowd for most you
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know places that are going to be serving alcohol or whatnot
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you know that's an easier sell than
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we have this original band and i know you guys maybe never
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heard of them but come to our establishment anyways and that's a harder sell
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unfortunately yeah yeah it's funny because in 2005 we complained about the cover
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bands all the time taking all the places but we had lots of places to play so
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right you know maybe maybe we didn't know how good we had it maybe you You never know.
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It's sometimes hard to look back and, you know, is it hindsight or is it just
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a different type of world now?
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You know, who knows? Yeah.
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Now, let's talk a little bit about Rising Phoenix. Kind of give the listeners a lowdown on that group.
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You know, what kind of music you guys are playing? Who are you covering?
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Where they can see you a lot? You know, things of that nature.
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I brought up the Motley Crue tribute earlier and I said that kind of ties into what I'm doing now.
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So I'll be, you know, probably by the time you put this out,
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I'll have, I'll have three years in rising Phoenix. Now I joined the band.
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Of all times in 2020 which is what a great time to join right right right october
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october of that year just this thing you know we were starting to play things
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again but the band's been around for over 10 years now like uh you said in the
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intro a lot of the band is from central wisconsin.
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Marshfield wisconsin rapids wisconsin rapids is kind of like our unofficial
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home okay that's sort where they got their start.
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But one of the newest different singers in Sleaze Patrol his name is Matt and
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he is the singer in Rising Phoenix has been pretty much almost since their beginning.
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So he and I had stayed in touch throughout the years. There was a few years
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there where I wasn't playing in bands.
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I was coaching roller derby of all things.
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in another band called moonlight
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bandits it's just the bandits now and matt had reached out to me and just said
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hey we're we're looking to replace our bass player i'd really like to get you
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in here you know start learning the set before i even knew i was going to have
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an audition start learning the set so jumped into that so rising in Phoenix.
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Like you said earlier, I kind of coined this. We're 80s party rock.
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You can kind of wrap your head around what that is.
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Stedrell, Whitesnake, Van Halen.
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I don't know. The list of bands that I type out in posts on social media is long.
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But you get the idea. We're kind of, we're doing that sort of 80s quote unquote.
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Quote a lot of it's the hair meta stuff that pyro
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pop rock type things a little bit of
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70s we do some kits from the 70s a
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little bit of 90s we we do some like allison chains
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and stuff like that but the vast majority of it is that 80s rock
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stuff gotcha and we as far
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as like where we're playing is that we're we're mostly based out of central
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wisconsin so we do a lot of stuff kind of up that sort of wisconsin rapids stevens
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point wasa like pipe line up that way gotcha that that's sort of their bread
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and butter we've been really working working on trying to get ourselves.
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Into the fox valley a little bit more here and there you know we've got we've
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had a few more appleton oshkosh shows some green bay stuff that we have coming
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up as well every once in a while We'll get down to North Forest, Madison.
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But, you know, just kind of working on playing a lot of those things,
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really working on trying to expand out to planned fairs and planned,
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you know, big events. Gotcha. And now for listeners out there that are in bands
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like yours, what are some advice you would give them for not only just finding
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gigs, but keeping bands together, you know, and just meshing well together?
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you know, put your best foot forward.
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You know, I, my, I have been, I have been sort of in charge of our social media for a while now.
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And the, the, the thing that i always say is like i try to make our band look like people.
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Nobody cares if you can absolutely nail
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that guitar solo or that drum fill well i
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shouldn't say nobody musicians here yeah you know
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the average person they want to come out and see a band and
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have a good time so you know focusing on being
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fun you know putting it out out there that that what
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you do is going to is going to sell
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beer it's going to keep people in
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in the establishments those are
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the things that matter when it comes to booking so you know
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really really kind of focusing on those things you know
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and as far as as far as
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keeping the band together you know it's just it just comes down to like you
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know find people that that you can put up with outside
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of playing i think is always the most important thing um you know it it it if
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you can't if you can't hang out with people you probably aren't going to want
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to play with them right this time yeah you know but i would say like i did a
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whole when i when i got out of the.
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I spent a bunch of time looking for a band to play in.
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And I really tried to focus on... They were trying me out because they needed a bass player.
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I want to get the vibe of the people. I want to make sure that playing your eyes, that things fit.
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There were definitely a couple of situations where I was like, it's just not right.
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And you walk away from it. And I think that sometimes folks are just like,
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you find, like, we need a guitar player, and then a guitar player shows up,
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and you're like, all right, we got a guitar player.
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And sometimes you got to be patient. You got to be willing to say,
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hey, you know what, that wasn't the right one. Let's keep looking.
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It might mean that it's going to take you an extra month or two before you start
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gigging. But in the round run, it's better to find those right people first
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than, you know, make those changes down the line.
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Right. Once the once the once the truck is going down the highway,
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you know. Right. Exactly.
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Because, yeah, I mean, sometimes it takes maybe a couple of times playing with
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somebody to warm up to them.
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do that sometimes because say you get
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somebody in the band and you're thinking well maybe in a little bit of time this
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person will start gelling with us but sometimes it
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just never does and then it gets harder and harder to say
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sorry this is not going to work out and you know it
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gets complicated yeah for sure you know it's a i was having a conversation just
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like this with a buddy in a different band who is looking for someone right
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now and and he's like you would You would be amazed at how many people show up and you tell them,
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we're going to do covers and we do this, and this is where we're going to play and whatever.
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Then three months down the line, they're like, hey, how about we write a song?
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It's like that fair time, they were just hoping that if they got themselves in that band.
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The band would just sort of bend to what they wanted, you know, down the line.
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And it's, you just, you, you got to go into it knowing that what they say is, is, is what they mean.
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Right. Exactly. Exactly. Yeah. I mean, if you have alternative,
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alternative, alternative options or alternative motives, then you need to say that out front arise.
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Like you said, down the line, it's just not a good thing. Yeah, for sure.
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i ask people like do they do recordings and
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and you guys do covers so do you like record
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yourself like practicing and listening back or do you do anything with recording
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at all with the group so not really i prior to me being in the band they definitely
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did stuff in order to get and the material together things like that we we definitely you know Now,
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we get a lot of video, but most of that is more for content,
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you know, getting those Instagram reels and, you know, videos put up on on Facebook
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and wherever else, those types of things.
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To be honest with you, I couldn't even tell you the last time I said put in a recording studio.
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It's funny. I was just yesterday listening to your episode with Justin Perkins
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and thinking about like, holy man, that guy recorded my first band. Like, wow.
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Yeah, it's that was that was like a small back.
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But once again, we're talking 20 years ago. yeah
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but you know it's it's one of those things where
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so our our current promo
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video as far as recording stuff that's
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probably like the most recorded thing that we have yeah
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and that was something we did off of you know the
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the videographer took sound direct off
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the board so that he would have some good quality audio
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to to mix up for our video gotcha which
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going back back to what you asked what you asked about as far as booking and
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stuff like i can't recommend more having a really good quality video that what
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we have now is is amazing i i think it it it makes us look so cool.
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It probably makes us look cooler than we are
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but yeah anybody um well you
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just told everybody right now yeah yeah well now
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it is what it is right right right but you
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know i i have not done the recording
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thing in a long time it was definitely one of those things
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that i'm sure a lot of musicians say you know yeah that love hate relationship
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with that process yeah it's so cool to get the finished product the man what
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a pain it's it's a it's a if you want it done right it's It is definitely a
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process, and it's not a short road, for sure.
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No. No. Tuning. Just tuning. Right. Yes.
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Tune after every take. Otherwise, I mean, depending on what strings you're using
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and things like that nature,
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but yeah, you got to make sure you got to micromanage everything from beginning
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to end sometimes, just because you play a song,
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and then three songs later, you're out of tune.
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And you didn't even know it and just you got to go back and redo stuff all right it's just,
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exactly it's not like a live gig where that's not recorded and you just go listen
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to them and it's there and it's gone you got to record it you can go back and
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listen to as many times as you want to and you start hearing things that you
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didn't hear before so going on from there we talked about the local scene and
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we're getting close to the end here um.
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Work-life balance. Do you have, is it challenging for you to do the band and
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have the other part of your life? Or is it a pretty good balance for you?
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You know, I would say that sometimes it's hard.
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We, as a band, we definitely keep some weekends open every month.
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A couple of the guys have young kids. So, you know, we try to make sure that
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there is some space for family time.
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We're not playing every single weekend. I know at one point in time before I
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joined Rising Phoenix, I believe there was a year, 2017, 2018,
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something like that, where they played every single weekend the entire year.
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You know, sometimes Friday and Saturday, but definitely every single weekend for the entire year.
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We don't do that now. Yeah. And that's okay.
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You know, my wife is about as supportive as anybody could ever be.
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You know she comes to a lot of gigs
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she actually takes a lot of video for me and
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so we definitely get that we get that time but it's it's
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obviously it's still really important that we get get our time outside
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of that and we as a band because we're so spread out we don't we don't really
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practice all that often okay i think in the three years that i've been in the
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band i think we've We've gotten together as a group in a room and practiced
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maybe six or seven times.
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Interesting. And probably three of those were when I was joining and we were
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just kind of running through, you know, beginnings and endings so that I knew
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how they how they did that stuff.
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Gotcha. Otherwise, it's kind of when things get slow in the fall or the winter
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and we decide like, oh, hey, let's let's add a couple of songs.
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We'll find a lot of time to get together and just sort of run through things.
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But otherwise, you know, we're playing enough that.
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After all the years that the guys have been together, we can play pretty well
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together without having to get together.
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Our practice space is like two hours from me, so that would make it challenging.
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So not having that practice component definitely makes it a little easier to
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sort of balance things out.
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Good. Gotcha. Cool. The last thing I ask is gigs that made an impression on you.
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You so as a performer is there a gig that made a great impression on you and
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also as an audience member is there a gig or performance that you saw that made
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a big impression on you oh man.
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So i let me let me start first with
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the with the as an audience member uh because okay
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you know it's funny because it just came up in my
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in like my facebook memories okay a number
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of years back my wife bought us tickets
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to go see guard brooks okay now it's funny because like
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with all the music that i've been talking about you cannot
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you can obviously assume the kind of stuff that i
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generally listen to and i could sit here and
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be like oh i saw metallica in 2000 and that was
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amazing or like i saw pantera this time
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or that time and all those things were great but like we went and saw guard
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brooks a number of years ago and that was i grew up with guard brooks getting
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played in the house i could sing everywhere to every single song okay i'm not
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a big country guy i love garth brooks that was the most amazing concert i think
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i've ever been at i mean the,
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people in the crowd were holding up signs for really
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random like east side songs he hasn't performed in 20 years and he would just
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play like a verse and a chorus off the top of his head nice nice you know it
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just like and then and then throw in like the drummer had like a like a drum
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kit in like a gyroscope thing and did a drum solo,
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which you wouldn't expect at a country show. No, it's right.
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But still amazing. Yeah. It's, it doesn't matter the genre. It's,
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it's how well that artists can perform what they perform.
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And that was, I mean, so good.
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Yeah. So good. Like it just, just nailing everything and just,
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I mean, probably all the best musicians that money to buy on that stage too, you know?
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Yep. so that that is definitely probably that as far as shows I've played now.
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Rising Phoenix has definitely played some really cool things
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since I've joined the band the band has been on such an upward trajectory you
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know I don't want to take away from that because like we're doing some really
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cool things we there's a balloon rally in Wausau we get to play every year that
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has thousands of people and like we play while the balloons are lighting up
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the balloons with the fire and all those things and,
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lots of super cool stuff and we and next summer is even going to be bigger.
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In the first handful of years when i was in pale gray sky
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there was a period of time
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where we were actually getting there's a i don't know
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if you're familiar with the fox valley much but there's a there's a
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rock radio station called the raisin okay here and they had sort of taken on
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the mantle of like supporting local rock bands metal bands the sorts of things
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and at one point in time they They had a handful of us open for some like national acts.
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And in a lot of cases when they would do those types of things,
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usually like, you know, the local bands play and like nobody would be there.
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And then people would sort of show up. Yeah.
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Closer to the end of the night when the national bands were going to play.
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And we played this one show. It was a Riverside ballroom in green day.
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I think that's a 2,500 cap. Okay. Venue. I think we were going on first of six bands.
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We were worried. we weren't going to get to play for anybody because
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they were going to open the doors and it was going to start we looked out the
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door out the door by the stage right before we start or right before they were
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going to open the doors and the line was like around the parking lot and down
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the block wow and they let all of those people get in the building before they made us start.
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I have never gotten to play over the top.
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I don't know how else to put it, but over the top of like a full on circle pit.
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Okay. My life is probably the only time I ever got to do that.
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That I think we played a 25 minute set or a 30 minute set. It might as well have been 30 seconds.
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It was just like a blur.
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I don't remember anything else other than that. It was just a massive humanity
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in front of us. Yeah. And I don't know.
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I definitely get to
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play some awesome shows in
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front of killer crowds all the time now but
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man that i how do you you just
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like i i probably didn't even
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play everything right that day it was just you know you you get i'm i'm kind
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of that i'm in that bass player that the joke about bass players is it's either
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the guy that is doing cartwheels on stage or the guy that's standing at the
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back i'm the guy that does cartwheels on stage okay and and i probably.
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Spent more time running around on that stage than
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actually playing it was it was i'll be
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chasing that feeling you know i still play live and i try to be that person
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on stage to this day because that feeling was just insane yep and there are
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so many musicians out there that have similar stories and know exactly what you're talking about.
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I myself, I've been in those kinds of situations too, where it's just like,
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this is the greatest feeling ever.
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That's for sure. Is there anything else you'd like to say before I let you go for today?
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Oh, geez, I don't know. Thanks for having me on. Okay.
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Everybody come out and see a Rising Phoenix show if you see us coming around.
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Absolutely. Yeah, I don't know.
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Like I said, I do listen to the podcast periodically
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periodically and it's just it's super cool that
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you're you're doing this to kind of put put a highlight on
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on some people that i've definitely listened to a few episodes good
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i was just like i don't even know who this person is or or really know anything
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about what they do but like it's just kind of cool to like hey here's some random
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hip-hop guy from right i don't know dodgeville or something like right right
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right it's it's really it's really neat to kind of get to hear what's is going on.
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Excellent. Well, Josh, thank you so much for being on the Wisconsin Music Podcast.
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It's been a pleasure talking and hearing your story and thank you so much for
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being on. Thank you, Zach.
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Well, thanks again for tuning in to another episode of the Wisconsin Music Podcast.
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Once again, I'm Zach Fell, your host and creator of the Wisconsin Music Podcast,
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where I love to amplify the great sounds coming out of the Wisconsin state.
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We have great talent here, great support, great listeners.
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Thanks to Fox City's Indie Radio for syndicating this on Wednesdays and Sundays,
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So make sure you check out the Fox City's Indie Radio. And thanks to this week's
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WISCONSIN MUSIC PODCASTAMPLFYING WISCONSIN MUSICEPISODE 134
Jordan Haversholm of Halliewood Recording StudioWMP Linktree: https://linktr.ee/WI_Music_Podcast
https://linktr.ee/halliewoodrecordingcompanyHere are the ones that are most current and I update the most.instagram.com/halliewoodrecordingcompany 1. Studio Environment and Name:
Jordan discusses his studio, Halliewood Recording Studios, and how he created a modern environment conducive to creativity.
- Studio Technologies:
He talks about his exploration of new technologies like Atmos and his plans to incorporate them into his studio setup.
- Importance of Well-Treated Spaces:
Jordan emphasizes the significance of having well-treated studio spaces for accurate decision-making during recording, mixing, and mastering.
- Immersive Experiences in Music Production:
The discussion explores the potential for immersive experiences in music production, particularly with technologies like Atmos, and how it enhances creativity and expression.
- Collaboration and Community:
In this episode, we sit down with Jordan Hoversholm, owner of Halliewood Recording Studios, for an insightful conversation about the world of audio recording and studio technology. Jordan shares his journey in establishing his studio and discusses his approach to creating a modern and conducive environment for artists. He offers valuable insights into the evolving landscape of studio technologies, including new advancements like Atmos, and emphasizes the importance of well-treated studio spaces for creativity and accurate decision-making. Whether you're an aspiring musician or a studio enthusiast, this episode provides a wealth of knowledge and perspectives on the art and science of audio recording.
Transcript:
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Music.
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Welcome to the Wisconsin Music Podcast. This week we have Jordan Hoversham.
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Did I say that correctly? You did. Awesome.
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All right. And he is part of Haleywood Recording Studios. So,
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Jordan, welcome to the Wisconsin Music Podcast.
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Hey, thanks, man. I appreciate you having me. So let's give the listeners a
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little bit about yourselves.
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How did you get into music? And then kind of how did you get into the other
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side of the glass, so to say, in the recording studio? All right, for sure.
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Well, I was always kind of interested in music, and I played trumpet in middle
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school and high school, and then that transitioned to guitar lessons,
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and then I kind of was drawn more to rap and hip-hop and car stereos,
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and that kind of started my electronics wormhole.
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You know so fast forward
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a little bit out of high school i had a buddy who was going to mmi and i didn't
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really know you know what an engineer is like well you know a lot of people
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apologies mom and dad if you listen but a lot of people just think like oh you're
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a dj like yeah yeah i'm a dj.
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So he kind of just opened my eyes to like you know the first time seeing pro
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tools and seeing and recorded audio, I was kind of, you know,
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my, my nerd senses were tingly.
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So, uh, you know, that kind of opened that up and I ended up going to MMI with a buddy of mine.
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And then I moved back up to Eau Claire and just started working with rap artists
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or singer songwriters, pretty much, you know, anything I could accommodate in a bedroom studio.
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And then I reached out to, the couple studios around and would go out there
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for, you know, if I do like drums and then come back and do overdubs.
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And, you know, the dream was always to have my own place.
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And so last summer, I, you know, kind of committed to building this place,
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got a shed in the backyard.
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And yeah, since then, I've been Tim, the tool man out here, went to YouTube
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University, trying to figure out how to soundproof and drywall and wire everything up.
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Gotcha. Gotcha. Yeah. You and I are not kind of the same boat.
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I've been doing audio engineering for since the early 2000s.
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I went to the recording workshop out in Chillicothe summer of 01 or 02.
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It's a blur by now, but I'm a high school band director by trade.
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And I also run the recording arts club at the high school.
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So we have a lot to talk about today. Cool. Cool.
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So for our listeners out there, though, they don't really care about me, but more about you.
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So what are you where are you basically located and what do you feel is like your your niche?
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All right. Well, I'm a little north of Eau Claire. I was going to say,
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man, you you nailed the last name better than any substitute teacher I've ever
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had in my life. But the, the Hollywood, I named it that because Lake Halley
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is, it's like 10 minutes north of Eau Claire.
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So I'm actually not in the Madison area, but it's totally cool,
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man. I, uh, I probably put in my, you know, bio thing that I went to Madison media Institute.
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So I'm like a 10 minutes north of Eau Claire and you know, it's,
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it's pretty accessible as far as like highway 53 and 29 are like,
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I could almost throw a rock to the intersection of that.
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So you know it's i have some people from the
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cities from wausau you know
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pretty easy to get here but yeah then
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niche wise i i'm kind of trying
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to spread my wings a little bit by opening this studio i
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will say you know i although i was limited in my
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first well i graduated in
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same here i can't remember if it was 2011 or 12 but
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in or around yeah right you
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know mostly doing vocals vocals which you know after
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a certain time is like
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a blessing in disguise if you will because vocals you
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know as you know can be one of the hardest instruments to mix because everybody
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knows what a voice sounds like like if you're doing like synths and sample drums
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is like well the weirder the better for synths but But instruments like piano
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well, there's not much we can do. I was like, right. Okay. Thank you for your time. Goodbye.
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it okay and then i kind of sectioned out like a little booth and then the The
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the, you know, the live room or drum booth. Right.
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But I tried to, you know, this has been a lifelong dream.
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it might be like, well, this room is the studio.
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wasn't setting myself up for modes and nodes that were going to build up.
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mold and mildew resistant drywall to fit in
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every pocket of the studs then insulate that
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though it was all framed out i left a two inch gap framed out the control room
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then same for the other ones then like the ceilings of these rest on the walls
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of individual rooms so i i should have,
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just everything that I read is like, look, if you're going to skip one step,
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then just don't do it at all. Yeah.
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basically. Exactly. Exactly.
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for example, let's say a four piece rock band wants to come in.
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track it live if that's you know if bands are playing out a lot and they're
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super tight and that's how they always play it i wanted to be able to accommodate
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that even though you know most times in my past it had been kind of the brick
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by brick method so the live room is big enough for like a drum set.
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booth I mean I don't want to give you too many hand signals here
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and right show you but but essentially I kind of angled off in my last third
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of the shed the booth kind of goes to an angle and then like behind that is
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ISO and run the bass DI and then vocalist in the vocal booth and everything's,
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you know, double walls, double doors.
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drummer bashing out there and the vocalist will be none the wiser. Gotcha. Cool. Cool.
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you know, what have you, before they even call a studio, what do you think they
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should be preparing for?
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ways to approach recording nowadays.
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just a singer songwriter or, you know, a drummer that can just be,
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if they, if you've never played to a click track before, it can be kind of jarring.
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singer songwriter come in and he's kind of playing the song and
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of the six songs at work but one of them it just didn't so you
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as a fail safe because i just kind of explained to him
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fine but if you ever wanted to make these like full productions you know
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a bass player but yeah i mean it just
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out try to work some way that like even if it's like a little zoom interface
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hearing the band and headphones as opposed to live that it you know might not
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sound like a big deal but it can be you know it can be.
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Very different and take you out of your comfort zone so if you come in here
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or to any studio you know like i can play it to a click i can play it not to
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a click i can play it without headphones i can play it with headphones that
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just kind of allows any method of of recording cool cool yeah Yeah,
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you know, you guys are going to be able to do it well without it.
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you know, locked in because sometimes that happens.
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off, you know, it just practice into the click. just tightens them up.
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Exactly, exactly. Now, what are some other things that you've experienced over
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the time of being a recording engineer that would help listeners out there that
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are looking forward to doing a recording project?
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like you're kind of in a funk or I'm writing the same song over and over...
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just your guitar or or whatever, you know, because it'll it'll kind of get you out of your rhythms.
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Maybe. Yeah, that can kind of be a good thing to like shake things up and bring out some emotions.
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over and over and say you're, you know, writing down tempo kind of melancholy
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music is like, well, watch something happy and see what comes out.
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position and then you know then the emotion
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that's coming through is still you know
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authentic although it might not be yours if you're
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like feeling for them i don't know if that makes sense
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something that you weren't even thinking about at that moment it's
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just like a complete shift it's like you took a right turn
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instead you know going left kind of thing yeah yeah yeah absolutely
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so what about the listeners out there
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that are interested in becoming a recording engineer what
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kind of advice do you have for them well first of all don't you better not like
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money well that's almost for every musician out there too yeah no no for sure
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i mean i'm like being a little tongue-in-cheek yeah i know i i mean i i will
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say too is like you know most most engineers,
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They just, we just drop them every 10 years, like Dr. J or something.
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Going to MMI, you know, I wanted to be the all singing, all dancing producer, play every instrument.
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classes, they'd whip up an instrumental in the class period that I'd be like,
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I had worked for days on my composition and it doesn't compare to that.
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And they're like, well, you know, my dad was in the church band and yada, blah, blah.
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And then when it came to studio class, it was like, Hey, Jordan, my mic isn't working.
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Hey, Jordan. Hey. So it just, you know, for me, it was kind of a get in where you fit in type of deal.
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It's, it's still a creative process and I try to, you know, that's what, um,
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gives me my creative fulfillment is, you know, mixing and mastering and coming
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up with ideas and trying wild stuff that may or may not work.
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because I don't necessarily,
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you know, my buddies, they think that I'm like an IT guy, too,
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because I, you know, got my computer up and going.
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pro tools running, you know.
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you know, open to at least a little bit of electronics and, you know,
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and all that, but like electronics is kind of, it's cool for me to see how stuff works.
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you know, you can buy a knee pre for 700 to a thousand dollars or you can get
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an AML kit for 230 bucks and.
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handy with acoustics and things that I didn't even think of or we didn't even
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really touch on in school.
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the YouTubes you need to watch.
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You know what I'm saying? Yes. It basically, yeah, you learn the language in
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school and then you go down your own wormholes.
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those can be their own discipline.
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and be an electronics repairman or an acoustician.
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I just want to, you know, I'd say be open to things that even,
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you know, you don't know they exist or you haven't tried them.
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It's like, well, like, trust me, I'm not the brightest crane in the box and
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I still can figure out my electronics and resistors and, you know, so. Right, right.
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Right. Yeah. And, you know, for, you know, for me, when I was starting out,
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I was like, schematics was like such a foreign language to me.
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I was just like, I don't know if I'm ever going to understand any of this,
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but if you just, you know, just like anything, if we just keep working at it
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and every failure is a stepping stone to success, eventually you're going to
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get it. Yeah, absolutely.
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No, for sure. And it's the same with an instrument or whatever,
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you know, picking up a guitar for the first time, like you're not going to be
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shredding in a week. No, it's going to get frustrating.
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And it's it's funny how sometimes, you know, that stuff will mirror itself,
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like with guitar, if you're practicing and it seems like you're getting worse
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and worse and then you set it down for a week and you come back to the song
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and you just lace it is like.
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Where did that come from? And it's the same with electronics.
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It's like you get to a mental block and you, you know, screw up a piece that doesn't work.
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And then you have to go and figure out why it doesn't work. And then something
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will just click like, oh, and now, you know, now I've overcame that and I'm
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ready for the next challenge, you know?
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Exactly. Exactly. You know, like the other day I'm, I'm setting up a MIDI keyboard
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and stuff. I'm like, why, why?
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I mean, it's getting signal to the channel, but it's not giving me any audio.
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Like what's going on? It's like, all of a sudden I went, wait,
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click this little button, like auto monitoring.
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Oh, now I'm getting exactly what I'm looking for. It's like,
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why didn't I think of that right away? It's just, sometimes you just get that little mental block.
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You just overthink something and you just like, oh, you totally missed something.
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And then all of a sudden you remember something and like, oh,
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it all comes back together.
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Together well yeah and it'll never happen again exactly
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you know exactly like that's in the toolbox now yeah
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exactly it's like if someone gives you all the
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answers you're not going to learn anything and then what good is that well yeah
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no i mean you you hit on something right there is like a lot of people will
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be like hey man can you teach me how to mix i'm like sure i'll teach you how
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to mix mix a thousand songs yep you know what i mean it's like that and i i'm I'm,
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you know, I don't say it in that voice. I'm being right.
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Right. But it's like, there's no other way you could, you know, it's good to read books.
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And in building this place, I started to feel more like a construction worker than an engineer.
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Yeah. So the whole time I'd be listening to podcasts.
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I mean, yours included in recording studio rock stars and working class audio,
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this, that, and the other.
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And that kind of helped me stay connected to recording. And then,
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you know, you're listening to those and they're talking about this trick that
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they did or how they got this, you know, reverb or putting a piezo pickup on an acoustic guitar.
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And, you know, all that little stuff is like noted, noted, you know,
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it's just in the vocabulary.
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Right. And then you have to go and do it or else you might forget all about it. Yeah, absolutely.
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So another aspect of being a studio owner is the business side.
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What are some things about the business side you can tell people that,
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you know, no matter if they're a musician or looking to become,
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you know, a studio owner,
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the things that you've learned over the time of doing this that you didn't even
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think might be something that you needed to know?
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Um, yeah, I mean, just treating it like a business, I guess that I hope this
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answers the question, but like whether it's a band or a studio is like we all
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start doing it because we love it.
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And then in the initial stages, I mean, we all struggle with like the imposter
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syndrome and, you know, things like that or charging,
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because then a lot of people like even if initially I'm working with my friends
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and then you start to work with strangers, but like you're working on music,
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you're helping them create something that's very dear to them.
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Most of the people I work with end up becoming friends. So then is like money gets weird.
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Um, you know, with bands, I'm sure it's, it's the same type of deal.
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I've, you know, haven't professionally been in a band, you know,
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just my band days ended in high school, but like, I don't know.
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I, I just heard somebody kind of explain it and I'm sure I'm going to butcher
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it, but essentially they were saying like, if you don't charge enough,
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you know, or it could, because money always
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gets weird and man money will kill the creativity if you
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have that talk like i always try to have like the money
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talk first before somebody comes in here
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because i hate talking money like i hate money you know that's why i'm an engineer
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yeah but that can kill the creative vibe but what i had to kind of overcome
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is like you know somebody was just saying they're like look if you don't charge
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enough you're going to be out of this business business.
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So you, you have to, you know, not saying rake people over the cold,
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but you have to know your worth because if you don't charge enough and you're
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going to be out of business in three years,
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what if somebody was going to come to you in five years that was going to make
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like an album that changed their life or other people's lives or, you know what I mean?
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So it was like kind of that kind of helped me overcome the hump of like,
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well, if I want to be here being able to to provide a service i have to make
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sure that you know i'm i'm charging more than you know.
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More than i initially did we'll just
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say that because then things like taxes come in and you know wear and tear on
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equipment and tubes and you know it just it all adds up and that's the same
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with the band like you know traveling with gear i'm sure and then splitting
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money i'm sure that can be kind of, you know, a point of contention.
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So it's just like, you know, it sucks to have to look at it like a business.
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And sometimes that can take the fun out of it.
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But like, you know, knowing your worth will make sure that you're able to provide
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your service for longer.
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Gotcha. Gotcha. So did you do like research, like call other studios in your
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area, see how much they charge or how did you figure out where your medium or
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your baseline prices we're going to start?
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Well, I had, when I had my, my basement studio that I affectionately called the blanket for it.
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Cause I just had a bunch of moving blankets around, you know,
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that was my sound treatment. Gotcha.
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I had a couple of panels up and stuff too, but I had, you know,
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worked with, and I still have a, you know, a good relationship with most of
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the studios around here.
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So, you know, I kind of knew what everybody's charging and I'm,
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you know, not the most expensive,
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but I'm not the cheapest either so you do i mean exactly what you said you kind
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of gotta you can't price yourself out of the market either right you got to
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make sure the phone's still ringing but um.
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Yeah i mean it's it's a tough deal to kind of figure out what it's worth and
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then in the past couple of years with prices hiking and everything else is like
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you know i i had to raise prices too and then you know you got to have the conversation
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with people like you know i'm i'm not doing this.
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Just because i decided to like if if groceries
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double right then you know
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prices got to go up too i i can't i can't
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charge my three years ago price for a project today
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exactly exactly it's like is there is the
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bubble gonna burst eventually i mean we can't just keep hiking prices left
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and right you know the back end to the front end it's just
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gonna it's got to explode eventually like everything else
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well yeah they can't just keep printing more money right
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exactly i mean they are but i
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right stops yeah because eventually everybody's
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going to be living in a cardboard bought a box pretty soon if
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prices keep going up yeah no no for sure
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i mean i hope we're out of it and like in building this place too
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you know the other deal is is like i you know this place costs about a little
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more than i thought it was gonna yeah price has got to go up you know because
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i've invested in that and then you know but i do i did try to cut corners and
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where i could as in and DIYing the things I was able to, but,
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you know, I, I have a significant chunk kind of tucked away in here and I try
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to have like a couple of choice microphones and kind of, you know,
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and I might not be everybody's flavor either, but what I kind of tried to do and this,
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you know, a lot of studios up here and the ones that I work with,
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and, you know, this is, I'm not saying this in like negative connotations,
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but they kind of have like an, an up North cabin cabin feel.
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And like, if that's what somebody calls for and they're looking for,
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I'll give them numbers of the other studios and be like, you know,
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go talk to my buddy at this studio, talk to my buddy at this studio,
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talk to my buddy at this studio, go take a tour, check the vibe out,
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because that might be more suited to you.
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I want to do something a little more modern, which is kind of, you know.
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In the name of Hollywood, like the town up here is called Lake Halley.
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And I just kind of called it the first
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place we lived in. It was known affectionately known as the tank farms.
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And there's a bit of stigma up there, you know?
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And so I, I just said it, you know, I always would tell my friends when they
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were coming up, like, oh yeah, I moved up to Hollywood now.
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So then when we moved to this spot, I just, you know, I had a couple of studio
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names and people like, no man, man. That's, that's, that's you, that's your name.
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But I, I, you know, initially it's like the name is kind of to not take myself
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too serious, but at the same note, well,
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you know, I wanted to live up to the name a little bit and, you know,
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it, it looks pretty modern in here and you know, on my way to heaven at most.
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And I want to, you know, stay up on the newest trends and I, you know.
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Yeah. I was going to ask you about some of the new technologies coming up and
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how you're working with those for one of the things I was going to ask you is
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like things like studio or audio movers where you can do mixing over the internet
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with people or even recording and then and I was going to get over to Atmos
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and seeing if you're going to go that direction as well.
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Yeah I haven't I mean I've done a fair amount of research into the audio movers
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and Soundflower and things like that but I never ended up really doing a ton
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of you know the recording with no no latency or, or whatever.
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I don't know. I see, I put myself in a bit of a, well, I mean,
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you know, I was held through the pandemic. A lot of people couldn't,
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you know, we couldn't leave. We couldn't. Yeah.
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So I had kind of pieced together. I'd call, you know, my rep at Sweetwater and
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put together a package for people because they'd be like, okay, I need to record.
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It's like, well, what's your budget? What are you looking at doing?
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Do you need speakers? Do you just want headphones?
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Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. So I ended up facilitating getting a bunch of
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artists around here, home studios.
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And now it's like, Hey man, you know, forget all that come in here now.
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But so instead of the audio movers route, I had almost, you know,
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kind of made people, you know, or help them be able to record at home.
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So I could just do the mixing if they, we transferred me the stem.
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Right. Right. And now I just kind of, I want to get in you know the ground floor
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things and you know have more than just like interface preamps and you know
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MXL mics and nothing against I'm not you know not knocking the brand in total
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I just mean like I wanted to have to,
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you know, higher quality. I wanted to have like the treatment in this room.
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Graham from Music City Acoustics gave me like four plans, mild to wild.
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And the wild plan was the whole back wall is bass traps.
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So I went with three of four on the crazy scale.
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But you know, I got the whole ceiling is clouds. I got bass traps in all four corners.
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There's about 16 panels around the side. So I I mean, it's a fine line between dead and tight in here.
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I auditioned my buddy in town that has Eau Claire Perle Audio, Zach.
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I found his store on Reverb, and he had like some barefoots.
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At the time, I had some ATC SCM20s, but I was looking at getting these PMCs.
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He had like three or four sets of like really nice monitors for sale.
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I'm like, listen, dude, I don't know who you are or how you,
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you know, what you're doing with all these monitors, but you let me know when's
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a good time to buy you a coffee. We need to have a little talk.
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So he, he brought his monitors over.
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I ordered the, these PMCs with the intention of returning them if my ATCs beat them out.
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So I was able to audition like four or five pairs of very nice monitors in my
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space, which, you know, would not be attainable usually.
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Like I can't go to Vintage King in, in Nashville or LA and audition them them
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or whatever you go to guitar center and it's like they're kind of on like a
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storage rack in a small glass room is like this isn't my room they don't even
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have all the ones i want and yeah so i mean.
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I just tried to get, you know, like bang for my buck as, as good of a monitoring
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environment I could get.
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And then that kind of led me down the Atmos wormhole and I have the ceiling firing speakers set up.
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I'm waiting to get the full array around, but before I jump off that deep end,
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I got to finish me live room here.
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I'm drywalling right now. So the lights at the end of the tunnel,
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But I do plan to have Atmos fully up and running, you know, by spring, summer next year.
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That's something that really, you know, really interests me.
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I think that's super cool.
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And I believe in it, even though like the 5.1 didn't take off.
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Just, you know, I heard a couple of people talking about it and just like,
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like we got to listen to quad mixes in school, the dark side stuff.
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Stuff and it's awesome but like a lot of people unless you're an audiophile you
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don't even sit in one space and listen you know
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i mean i even find myself doing it with my you know my
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amazon devices you know it's like hey play this song play
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this podcast and i'm walking around doing dishes doing laundry right so just
499
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what's cool about the atmos is like the whole object-based thing where like
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you know as we know in if you have a stereo track and you're you're looking
501
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at edit in your DAW, unless Logic,
502
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I think they only like show one of the tracks.
503
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But anyways, you know, a stereo track is just two audio tracks linked to each other.
504
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The 5.1 mix is six of them. You have five speakers in your low frequency channel
505
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and there's just six waveforms. It's like this goes through this speaker, this goes through this.
506
00:33:23,033 --> 00:33:28,013
So the whole object based thing, that kind of sold me on it where like,
507
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you know, you can, if you have a soundbar that has three, three,
508
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you know, left, right, center.
509
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And then like, you can add two of the Sonos ones, just drop them behind you.
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And then as long as you let your interface know is like, well,
511
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what are we playing this through?
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One speaker, three speakers, how many ceiling firings, how many surrounds?
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It's just super cool to me. And you know, it makes me believe that that is the way of the future.
514
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And I also, you know, in my time of,
515
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you know, trying different things to see what sticks i've done a couple
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of short films and i'm working with a company in
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town now that puts out a a fair amount of shorts it's like four people together
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a collective and i'm gonna you know be doing all their audio and so at most
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is like a must when it comes to that too yeah i just figured that opened the
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doors and i i also just found it cool that like.
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You know, people, I mean, in, in bigger cities where there's a lot more Atmos
522
00:34:29,018 --> 00:34:32,798
rooms, people are starting to create with the idea instead of like,
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Hey, take my true two track mix and make it Atmos like, okay,
524
00:34:36,778 --> 00:34:41,918
well I'll add a longer reverb for the side and a longer, longer reverb for the rear.
525
00:34:42,978 --> 00:34:47,278
Right. Right. It's like, if people are creating with the idea that this is going
526
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to be immersive, I just, I think that that,
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you know, can be like another way for people to express themselves or create
528
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cool environments or, you know, experiences for the listener.
529
00:34:59,718 --> 00:35:03,498
And I'm all in. I'm so. So, yeah, we were talking about Atmos. Now.
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Yeah. Cause you know, like you said, you know, quad was back in like the seventies
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and then we had 5.1, which came out, I think in like the late eighties,
532
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early nineties, I think.
533
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I'm trying to remember the dates when that started kind of. Yeah.
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No, that sounds about right. Yeah.
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And now we have this Atmos. And for listeners out there, if you're not sure
536
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what Atmos is, it's, I think it's up to nine speakers.
537
00:35:25,878 --> 00:35:29,658
I think it's like, what, two basses? And then you have ones above you,
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behind you, and in front of you, if I remember correctly how that sounds.
539
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Yeah. I mean, from my understanding, it can be like up to 128 speakers because
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like then Atmos mixes it.
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Basically, the theaters will use the same file as we would.
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So to mix in it, they recommend having at least because like the,
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you know, and I'm saying this for the people who have, you know,
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no, no experience or. Right.
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No prior knowledge. Like, yeah, you're 5.1 set up, which like,
546
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you know, a couple of my uncles had a couple of my buddies had in their basement,
547
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but nobody really used it for music because, you know, one,
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a lot of people don't sit still that long, you know, and like listen to an album. Right.
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And two, you had to buy the SACD or the DVD audio. audio. So another reason
550
00:36:17,478 --> 00:36:20,878
I think Atmos is going to survive is like right now, if you have iTunes or Spotify
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or Tidal, you can just go in and switch it to Atmos. And if you have like the.
552
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The apple earbuds the pro the newest ones yeah
553
00:36:28,218 --> 00:36:31,158
yeah then you can turn on immersive audio and
554
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like if you move your head the mix stays in front of you right you know and
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and that's pretty cool and just the the 5.1 was like you know left center right
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right rear left rear point one is your low frequency so that adds another point
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so whatever's after that the third number is your ceiling link firings.
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So for mixing, they recommend at least 7.1, 0.4.
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So in addition to the left, center, right, rear, right, rear,
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left, you'll also have two lateral channels about at your ear, a little bit behind you.
561
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And you can either have one sub or two, so 0.1 or 0.2, either a sub on each side or just the one.
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And then 0.4, so you have two in
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front of you on the ceiling and two behind you on the ceiling but you
564
00:37:18,038 --> 00:37:22,098
know i mean you can have 9.2.6 or
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you know a hundred point whatever the theaters are they i think they have up
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to 128 speakers is what the the theater mix will get and that's not even a different
567
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file which is the coolest thing to me right because it just copulates itself
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down into whatever format you're listening to from From mono to big explosive,
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00:37:41,498 --> 00:37:44,118
like you said, theater type stuff. Yeah, exactly.
570
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And that is what also...
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You know, the reason I think it's going to survive is you don't have to then
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go rebuy your music catalog.
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You just click a button in wherever you listen to music already.
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00:37:55,848 --> 00:37:58,768
And it's like, oh, boom, Atmos Mix. Cool. Done. Right. Right.
575
00:37:58,988 --> 00:38:03,728
Cool. Yeah. So the future of technology is going to be an interesting journey
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over the next, I think, decade to two decades.
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It's going to be interesting to see what's going to happen with all that kind
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of stuff, you know, because they might even start putting that stuff in your,
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00:38:12,228 --> 00:38:15,028
you know, your cars and stuff, some kind of Atmos type thing who
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00:38:15,028 --> 00:38:17,988
knows i think tesla is maybe either has
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done it or is you know teasing the fact because
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i mean what you know you're already in a surround environment
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you know with the speakers around you they just initially is
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like everything on the left plays one thing everything on the right plays another
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00:38:32,108 --> 00:38:37,588
but you know if they just route it different then i'm pretty sure uh the tesla
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is going to be you know having the atmos compatible so yeah they're going to
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bring the a car mix to a a whole new level huh right exactly check my mix in the car.
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00:38:49,748 --> 00:38:53,508
Is there anything else we haven't talked about that you think that you'd like
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to listeners to know about shoot i feel like i've been just tangenting the whole
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time i know man i i think uh you know you covered a bunch of it just you know uh i i want to,
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encourage artists who like the studio seems daunting or
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you know a lot of people i
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reach out to will you know somebody in
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the band records them and usually that's like the same guy who will do their
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live sound or something and i i don't know how to say this without sounding
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like i'm i'm being a jerk i'm saying this from a point of like experience yeah
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yeah and like also like like.
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For their sake to like realize your music
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to the highest quality like i've had messages with
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people and they're like well you know we went to a studio and it
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sounded the same as the blah blah blah you know
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00:39:48,658 --> 00:39:51,638
when our bass player records it and it's like well what studio
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so then i do a little research and it's like well if they
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have like some perception 2020s
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and focus right sapphire or
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scarlet and your bass player has a
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focus right and then like wouldn't it
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be weirder if it sounded different right and so i
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just i wanted to have an environment that's treated where like the playback
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here i'm very happy with how it came out like this sounds better than any any
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room to my recollection that we had in school and there was like some pretty
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cool setups there and just that allows allows you, whether it's in the recording,
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mixing or mastering phase to like, to make decisions.
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With, you know, in certain rooms or even rooms that I've had set up initially,
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you know, where I'm recording in a closet in my, for the vocal booth and my
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speakers are in a corner or one's in a corner.
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So I'm getting way more bass from that side. It's like, then.
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You know, you neuter it and take out all the 200, 300 Hertz, go play in the car.
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And it's like, well, this, you know, know this don't sound
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right like you just took all the power out of
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it that's why you you did that with your eq right
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00:41:04,138 --> 00:41:07,318
you know and i'm talking you as in me right i
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just you know i tried to set up a place that you know
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i feel can be like conducive to creativity and
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we're being able to you know make
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accurate decisions during all phases of it you
627
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know i feel like it's you know just like building this place like
628
00:41:23,558 --> 00:41:26,358
it's the little things that count and when they they stack up
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on each other like being able to hear like the separation in depth
630
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and i i had a lot of trouble before this
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room like getting reverb to sound right you
632
00:41:35,698 --> 00:41:38,478
know too little too much and i i kind of
633
00:41:38,478 --> 00:41:42,338
i think i cracked the egg here in when
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i would go to add reverb before you know
635
00:41:45,118 --> 00:41:48,358
you're putting on a fake reverb onto a sound that was probably
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00:41:48,358 --> 00:41:51,318
recorded in a room that wasn't treated so that sound
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00:41:51,318 --> 00:41:53,998
has a lot out a reverb then i'm adding a fake reverb in my
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00:41:53,998 --> 00:41:57,158
speakers pumping that out into my drywall room which
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00:41:57,158 --> 00:42:00,058
is then exciting the room so you're hearing like
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00:42:00,058 --> 00:42:05,878
three reverbs only one of them is there where you know this here having it so
641
00:42:05,878 --> 00:42:14,438
so tight in here is like i i'm confident in adding spatial effects and things
642
00:42:14,438 --> 00:42:19,678
like that you know that is like this this is gonna translate and yeah you You know,
643
00:42:19,738 --> 00:42:22,358
I just, even though the live room isn't done.
644
00:42:22,438 --> 00:42:25,198
I've been having a lot of bands in to just come check the place out.
645
00:42:25,318 --> 00:42:28,358
Listen to some tunes, and it, you know...
646
00:42:29,778 --> 00:42:32,698
It makes me feel good when people are like, I've listened to this song for 15
647
00:42:32,698 --> 00:42:35,258
years. I never heard that organ part on that third chorus.
648
00:42:35,418 --> 00:42:39,498
You know, it's like, I'm like, oh, that's awesome. I love that.
649
00:42:39,558 --> 00:42:43,098
Because when that happens to me, I'm like, you know, I get goosebumps and stuff.
650
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And so I've just been trying to have people come in here and kind of get the
651
00:42:47,278 --> 00:42:49,618
vibe. And, you know, it might not be for everybody.
652
00:42:49,778 --> 00:42:53,998
And like I said, I have good relationships with all the other area studios.
653
00:42:54,218 --> 00:42:59,038
I either worked with them, still work with them, you know, still conversate
654
00:42:59,038 --> 00:43:03,158
with them. Like, you know, it's try to help each other out and be in the,
655
00:43:03,278 --> 00:43:07,278
not the scarcity mindset, you know, be in the blue sea, not the red one.
656
00:43:07,418 --> 00:43:08,598
Right. Exactly. Exactly.
657
00:43:08,758 --> 00:43:12,338
Where can people find you out in the inter web areas?
658
00:43:12,758 --> 00:43:17,778
Well, Hollywood.com is the website. And then like the Instagram and Facebook
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are Hollywood recording company.
660
00:43:19,878 --> 00:43:26,258
So I know that can be a mouthful, but yeah, H-A-L-L-I-E-W-O-O-D like Hollywood,
661
00:43:26,278 --> 00:43:29,258
but Hollywood and then recording company. Gotcha.
662
00:43:29,658 --> 00:43:33,058
And I'll put that all in the show details as well.
663
00:43:33,238 --> 00:43:36,178
So Jordan, thank you so much for being on the Wisconsin Music Podcast.
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It was a lot of information, positive and great learning things and tips and
665
00:43:41,278 --> 00:43:42,958
all that other great stuff coming from you.
666
00:43:43,018 --> 00:43:46,658
So thank you so much for being on the show. Well, man, I appreciate you having
667
00:43:46,658 --> 00:43:50,878
me and I appreciate what you're doing for, you know, for the community as far
668
00:43:50,878 --> 00:43:52,718
as engineers, venues, artists.
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00:43:52,938 --> 00:43:58,398
It's super cool. And yeah, I appreciate your time and all the time you put in
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00:43:58,398 --> 00:44:01,798
after hours as well to make this happen, man.
671
00:44:01,878 --> 00:44:04,618
I know it's not easy. Thanks. Thank you so much.
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Well thanks again for tuning in to another episode of
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WISCONSIN MUSIC PODCASTAMPLFYING WISCONSIN MUSICEPISODE 133
Michael Rossa of THE NOWWMP Linktree: https://linktr.ee/WI_Music_Podcast
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Welcome to another episode of Wisconsin Music Podcast! This week, we delve into the world of live bands with Michael Rosa from the renowned group The Now. Rosa candidly shares his journey from being a drummer of a country cover band to becoming a vocal performer and guitarist for The Now. He provides valuable insights into the challenges and rewards of leading a band and taking up managerial duties.
Take an illuminating peek into the local music scene in Wisconsin, as Rosa discusses the opportunities and issues his band has encountered over the past two decades. Discover the nuances of performing live gigs, the pressure of staying relevant in an increasingly saturated music scene, and the immense joy of resonating with the audience.
We also explore The Now's unique recording technique for self-improvement and meticulous rehearsal process. Despite their classic 80s rock band roots, Rosa reveals how their expansive repertoire has evolved to include country and 90s music, an integral part of their success grounded in their intense audience connection and belief in their material.
The episode also underscores the immense appreciation The Now has for their audience, their commitment to studying each song they perform to perfection, and their undying passion for delivering the best show irrespective of industry competition. This insightful conversation offers a comprehensive understanding of a band's struggles and journey in the dynamic music industry.
Explore the fragile yet exhilarating experience of successfully performing on a huge stage, the profound impact it has on musicians and audiences alike, and the inherent challenges of maintaining work-life balance in the fast-paced world of music. Finally, delight in Rosa's account of the band's recent addition of a female vocalist which has enriched their musicality and allowed them to connect with an even broader audience.
Whether you're an aspiring artist, a seasoned musician, or just a music lover, this episode offers a deep dive into the art of live performances. Tune in to gain an insider's perspective on the intersection of musician and audience that makes music not just sounds, but an exquisite art form.
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Welcome.............. to the Wisconsin Music Podcast.
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Here to introduce you to the great musicians and music businesses and organizations of Wisconsin.
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Welcome to the Wisconsin Music Podcast. This week we have Michael Rosa from the group The Now.
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And he's going to talk about his musical origin stories, how they're pretty
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much a self-booked band.
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They get about almost like 95% booking their own cells.
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They have a new singer into the group about after 10 years. So with all that
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information and more to come, Michael, welcome to the Wisconsin Music Podcast.
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Thanks for having me. So like I said in the little intro there,
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why don't you kind of give the listeners your music origin story.
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How did you get started in music and kind of what led you to where you are today?
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Well, the way I got started in music was playing drums and filling in for a
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cover band called the Nashville Rejects, which was an all-country band years and years and years ago.
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But that's where I got started, playing drums with them, filling in once in a while on stage.
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And spent my time doing some original material back in the 90s,
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but then also transitioned to the cover band scene at the early 90s,
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93, 94, around that area.
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And pretty much took off from there. And I've been playing in the now for 18 years.
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And the band's been around for about 19 years. So I joined about a year after
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the band was already in existence.
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And I'm still here today, 18 years later. I manage the band.
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I book the band, and I'm also the guitar player.
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That's great info. And so since you are basically kind of in charge of the group,
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kind of give the listeners an idea of what it's like running the band from your position.
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Sure. I mean, obviously, it's a lot of being in the cover band.
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In this market, cover bands are pretty much king.
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They've been pretty much king for many, many years.
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Right. And there's a reason for that. It's just what sells in this market.
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But being in a cover band for as long as I have and handling the managerial
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duties and being the band leader, it takes a lot of time.
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There's a lot of time that goes into it when you're not on stage and when you're not at the show.
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There's a lot of time that goes into preparing the band, booking the band,
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making all the contacts, doing all the contracting, calling to secure shows,
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set up shows, organize the shows.
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So as the band leader and manager, that's all under one hat, so to speak.
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So you do tend to work a lot of off hours that you put into it that people don't see.
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There's a lot of stuff that people don't see. Even with the cover band,
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like a lot of people think, well, you know.
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It's a cover band so maybe it's it's it's just as time consuming and just as
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you have to put as much effort and passion into being in the cover band as you
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would with an original band people don't really see that part of it but especially
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with our band we we really try to get the material.
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Very close to the original artist because we all have a
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very big passion for the material material and so
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we want to make sure that the material comes across as good
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as we possibly can in order to show reverence to
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the material because we we really have a lot of respect and admiration for the
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artists that we cover so we do spend a lot of time in rehearsals and spend a
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lot of time as a cover band to try to get things as right as we can just like
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an original act would we take that that much pride and passion in what we do.
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Yeah. And, you know, difference between, you know, at least to some people I've
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talked to, and I kind of feel the same way.
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It's like a original band is really a cover band of themselves.
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You know, if they record something, they kind of have to put together their
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live show and their music as close to the recording.
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I mean, they can, you know, change it a little bit here and there,
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but same thing with you guys. Everybody knows those songs.
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If, if something completely, you know, something's wrong with,
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with the way you're playing that song, people are going to notice that. For sure.
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You will find that a lot of the people in the audience, they know the songs better than you.
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And if you mess up a lyric or if you play something that just doesn't sound
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exactly right, you'll have people that will come up to you, especially if that's their favorite song.
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Song that's you know their favorite song they know that
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song inside and out and the last thing
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people want to see is you'll see
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what the original artists is i think you nailed it
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is that once they record the song they then have
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to go out there and perform that song just like the record or
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as much as they can and a lot of artists fall in
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the trap of the they put a an enormous amount of production
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on the recording and then they go out to do
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it live and you realize well we can't really recreate create the actual
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sound that we have on the record because we
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did a lot of multi-tracking and had a lot of different instruments
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that were involved in the recording and now we have to go out and try to recreate that
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so they end up doing a lot what we do
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is we try to find a way to make the
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song sound as close as possible with the
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tools that we have live on stage and that's exactly
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what an original band would be doing as well exactly and then as a cover band
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do you guys do recordings or are you guys not a part of that with your group
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with us we've never recorded any material and made it available to the public what we do though.
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And I think this is a strength of why we've been successful for as long as we
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have, is we record our shows from the front of house mixing board.
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how to make these songs better.
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If we're not singing in key together in one part or bass player,
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bass line, guitar lines, not really together on a certain part,
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we hear that in the recordings.
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everyone kind of comes to the rehearsal room with a list of notes of things
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that they heard in the recording from the live recording.
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And, hey, I heard this part, you know, let's go over this part that sounded a little wonky.
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So let's, you know, let's try to tighten that up. so we don't
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record songs to put out to the public but we
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record almost every live show and we listen back
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to almost every live show and and and
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self-evaluate where we're at as as even as
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a cover band yeah as a cover band that's that's great everything i think everybody
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should do that they should reflect upon a past performance and say what do we
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do good what do we need to work on and you know that's how you get better you
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can't just you can't rely on your memory all the time because you have a different
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perspective than what the audience has.
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And if you don't hear that other perspective, you're not sure if what you're
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doing is what you really thought you were doing up on stage.
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100%. 100%. Because when you're in the moment, you're usually performing.
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And you're not, you know, you're in this moment that is a completely different...
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Type of environment than when you sit down and listen
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to the recording because so many times myself or
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other band members would would say oh you
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know i heard something recording it and i didn't even
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know i was doing that right and come
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to find out you know oh you're oh you're playing a c there okay
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yeah well let me do that run exactly the way you're doing
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it i didn't really know that we weren't doing exactly the same
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notes in this little run until i heard
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it in the the recording right so it becomes a
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valuable tool and i think every
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cover band original band every musician out
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there should constantly record themselves video
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and audio because that is the only way you are going to really get better because
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i'll tell you the tape don't doesn't lie no it does not and it's not to say
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that you know any of us are perfect by any means you know you're You're going
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to have mistakes in the show because we're all human and stuff.
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But like I always say is if you make a mistake and it happens once in a while, that's one thing.
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If you're making the same mistake every time you play the song,
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that's no longer a mistake.
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That's a willful decision to not get it right. Right. Exactly. Exactly.
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Now, like you said, you've been in this group for almost 20 years.
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So you're talking early 2000s. so digital recordings
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were just starting out around that time so
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were you guys doing like you know like a tape deck or how were you starting
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when you first started out how did you record your shows well digital boards
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have kind of been around for quite a long time actually been around for quite
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a long time and so we've always we started the recording,
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live recording of our board mix we started that after the digital recording
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was available to us So it's basically a USB thumb drive goes in the board and
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takes the recording and then we just dump it out to an MP3 and email it out to everybody.
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Nice, nice. Yeah, and that's definitely, like you said, it's a great tool to
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double check everything and make sure you're doing it right. Yeah.
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Another thing is, what is the local scene like for you guys?
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What are the positives and what are some of the struggles you've kind of seen
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over the last two decades?
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Excellent question, because this could not be a more timely question, too.
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The scene, and I've been with this band almost 20 years, and I've been playing
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in cover bands for well over 30.
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And what I've seen recently is there's an enormous amount of saturation in the cover band scene.
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Not only do you have a saturation of bands, so there's so many bands out there,
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duos, trios, single guys,
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four-piece, five-piece, all these full bands, but there's also an oversaturation of venues.
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Venues so years ago if you
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were playing in the summer which is our heaviest season
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the outdoor festival season if you played a
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third weekend on in june you might
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have had one or two festivals that had live
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music for live music lovers to go see right now on that third weekend of june
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you have those two main festivals but you also have everybody and their brother
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who owns a bar and can and build a patio with some plywood is going to have
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a duo or a trio or even a small band,
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a smaller, you know, four piece band with a smaller setup.
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And so now you're in this competition of not only there's so many bands out
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there, but there's also so many venues out there.
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So if you're the band who's playing one of those festivals on that third weekend
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in June, whereas in the past, you were pretty much guaranteed to have a pretty
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large crowd at your festival.
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Now you're spreading the draw out amongst that festival and seven different bars.
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So if you're playing in Waukesha at a festival, well, I can tell you right now,
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there's six or seven bars in Waukesha that have live music.
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And some people don't like to be in big crowds. So they're going to choose that
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smaller venue environment because they don't like the big crowd. Right, right.
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So you find yourself having to work even harder now.
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Like a band like us, even though we've been around 18 years,
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there's no letting up on the gas pedal for us.
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We're not a band that's going to sit around or even has the ability to sit around
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and just rest on the fact that we've been around 18 years. I mean,
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we still got a pound of pavement.
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We still have to go out there and be hungry and try to get every show that we
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possibly can, because there's five other bands that just started.
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They'll willfully take that spot from you at much less money.
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Right, right, right. Yeah. And then.
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And, you know, from, from different perspectives, some people are going to say
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they like that spread out where they can go and see different bands on a weekend.
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Maybe they'll go to two different or three different bars and see a couple of different bands.
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So in a way that's a positive, because you're trying to grow the music scene
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in Wisconsin, but then, like you said, there are bands out there that are,
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they'll willfully take your spot, you know, in a heartbeat because there's so many of them out there.
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It's getting, like you said, saturated. Yeah, it's great for the consumer.
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It could not be a better time for the live music consumer right now in this
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market because there's so much good talent out there.
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Down to a single solo guy who's just amazing to a two-piece.
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Three-piece, full band, large production bands like we put on and our peers put on.
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So if you're a live music consumer this
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is the time of your life right now because it's
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just so much going on and you know exactly
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and six five six days a week there's venues that
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have live music five days a week yep you
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the consumer yes um challenges for the
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for the artist but at the same
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time i i think it's bringing more live music
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fans out to these events yes but it
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is it is spreading the the audience
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out amongst you know the days are
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over when you play it like i say you play a
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festival and you just know it's going to be packed those
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days are over it it's going to be it'll be a good
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show if you're a quality act but it ain't
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going to be insane like it used to be right right so you've
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been doing this for like you said almost you know two decades what
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trying to think of the best
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way to say this is as a
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okay now i know what i
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was going to say what is a consumer or a an audience member going to experience
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when they come and see your show so let me let me say that again what is what
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is the audience going to expect when they go see the now at a show the number
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one thing that i think that we have going for us.
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And this may seem trivial to some, but it's two parts of this coin.
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The one part of it is that everybody in the band has a deep connection.
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Passion and reverence for the material we're not
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up there i see a lot of bands go up there and
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you can just tell they can't stand the material they're
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playing because they look like they want to be anywhere but
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being on that stage playing that song our band's
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not like that we we choose material that not only
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fits our our our market genre on where what
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we're trying to perform in front of people but we also choose
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material that we really really enjoy playing so
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i think when people come come to see us i've had people come up
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and actually say to us we can really
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tell that you really really believe in this material and and so that comes off
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and you can't fake that to an audience like you either really like the material
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or you don't and i think when when you have that showing to the audience that's
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an important part because they feel that way about the song.
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got them through a tough time, got them through something really dark in their
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life. And this song just really speaks to them.
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And so when they see you feeling that the way they feel that now you have this
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connection between the people in the audience and the people on the stage.
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And that's the second side of the coin that I speak about with us is we're very approachable.
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We spend time talking with people and hanging out with people and we're very approachable.
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So we spend a lot of time trying to make a connection.
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With people and getting to know the people that come to see us on a regular
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basis, because we want to have that type of relationship where it's not just
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you're on the stage, we're down here and it's two separate people.
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Like we want them to feel like we really, really, really have this,
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this familial connection with them.
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And I think that people get that from our show.
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Good, good. That's because that's what people want to do. When they go out and
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see a band, they want to feel connected to however the song or the people on stage or a mixer or both.
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If they don't get that, then they're not going to enjoy their time being where you're performing.
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Absolutely. And I've seen bands that take their break and you don't see them
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on the break. You don't see them after the show. You don't see them before the show.
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And nobody in our band has ever felt that way.
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Everyone has a deep love for the people that come see us because at the end
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of the day, getting back to my earlier point, there's a million other places
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any of these people in the audience could be, but they're choosing to come to see you.
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And if you don't appreciate that and if you don't respect that and let them
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know that you appreciate that, they have plenty of other places to go.
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Absolutely. Absolutely. Absolutely. And for new fans or new possible fans coming
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to see you, what kind of music are you guys kind of putting out there for them?
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Well, we've always been an 80s rock, classic rock band.
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We've been that way for 18 years. This year, when we picked up our new lead vocalist, Jeanette.
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It allowed us, we started doing country about a year, about a year or two ago.
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We threw it, sprinkled in a little bit of country, still doing the base of our
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materials class is 80s rock.
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And then we sprinkled in a little bit of country. Now we're sprinkling in a
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little bit of 90s, you know, stuff like No Doubt and Pink and stuff like that.
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So we're throwing in a little bit of top 40 stuff now with Jeanette at the lead vocal position.
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And so it's really allowed us to expand our material more than we ever had before.
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Before we were strictly 80s material gotcha and
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so 80s had a lot of different sub genres
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in rock where do you guys kind of fall in like
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what kind of bands would you say you cover for
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us it's you know it's basically journey you know a little bit of poison you
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know stuff in that nature that's that's where we've always been Def Leppard
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and things like Bon Jovi stuff like that's where That's where we've always been for many, many years.
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So we're pretty much into that. But with Jeanette coming in,
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we're able to do some Blondie.
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You know, we're able to do some other things in still in the 80s genre.
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That is, you know, Pat Benatar, you know, stuff like that.
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Joan Jett. We do stuff like that. So we're able to kind of spread it out amongst
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that 80s. But it's all that 80s rock and roll material. You know,
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it's all uptempo material.
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We don't do a lot of slow material songs. We try to keep everything, you know, high energy.
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Gotcha. Cool. Yeah. That sounds like a great time. I mean, there's a lot of
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people out there that are from that generation that want to go and hear that
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stuff, especially when some of those bands aren't around anymore performing.
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So they, you know, they get that second dose from you guys.
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And another thing is that for me as a high school band director,
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I see these young kids there to them. These are like the oldies to them.
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And it's like, they're kind of like into this stuff because they're,
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today's music for them might not be what they're looking for,
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but the stuff that they're, you know, uncles or, you know, grandparents or even,
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you know, older, if they have older parents, that's the kind of stuff that they
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were listening to when they were younger.
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Now they get to go out there and kind of dabble in that when they start getting
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to that age where they can start going and seeing live music.
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Absolutely. Obviously our material bodes well for the,
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you know, 35 plus age, age
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but i cannot tell you when when
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summertime comes and we're able to play places that are open
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to all ages the first three four rows there
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is a lot of teenagers and
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young adults in that in an audience we just
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had we just did a couple a show a couple
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of weeks ago and there was this group of four young males probably
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18 ish okay and
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they were just rocking out in the front row they ended up coming to the
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next two or three shows wonderful you know
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that's excellent so it does span the
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audience because all of the material we play to it are very
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big hits so we're not playing like the deep cut from guns
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and roses we're playing sweet child of mine we're not playing the deep cut from
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your journey we're playing don't stop believing stone and love and
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things like that so right these are things that they've heard before
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like you said from their their parents and guitar hero it
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was a big bridge yeah
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that bridged the younger generation to allow this material twisted sister montley
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crew all that stuff guitar hero was a big bridge for that absolutely absolutely
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now i know you guys we talked about recording you know your shows and like that
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so that's you know we're kind of past that but when.
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I'm trying to look at my questions here because I want a specific question here for you.
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When you're building these songs to play out live, like you grab some new ones
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or whatever, do you really like study the recordings, you know,
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like, you know, where that guitar part came in and that little guitar part that only comes in once?
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I mean, are you really trying to get every little aspect or are you more like
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grabbing the main things and then trying to do, like you said earlier,
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just get the best performance you can with what you have?
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We are a band that tries to get it as close to the record as absolutely possible.
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So we are going to dissect every little tiny little minute detail of the material.
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And we do that for two reasons.
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One, it goes back to having a respect for the person who recorded the song.
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I would never embellish Slash's solo in Sweet Child of Mine.
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Because to me that would be
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not showing the respect of how
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beautiful that solo is and how perfect in
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every way that solo is so if i was to add my own
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little thing for me personally and other guys can go out there and play it differently
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but for me and for the band i've always ran the band that i want to get this
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to show respect to the artists and they've done all the hard work for you they
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went in the studio and figured out what notes worked right what drum beat you know, worked right.
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And what vocal and what harmonies worked right so they've done
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all that hard work and they came up with the magic on their
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own so who are we who are who
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are we to say oh well no we should be doing it
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this way and we should do it this way and i should play the drums this way and
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i just want to you know play drum fills everywhere and it's
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like you know ringo star you know he played
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the beat a certain way like i don't you know i don't think
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you need to be doing double kick drum fills in there right it's
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like it's just it's the beauty of what they recorded so
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so that's what we do we go in we we pick the songs and
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then we everyone learns their parts they just we dissect it everyone
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comes in a rehearsal room we run through it and most
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times we run through it two or three times and it's ready to
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go because everyone really in this band they do their homework so
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we don't spend a lot wasted time in the
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rehearsal room everyone is responsible to do their homework work on their own
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show up on rehearsal and let's just run through it a few times and tighten up
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a few bolts exactly exactly do you also record your your your rehearsals as
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well no we have we have never done that but we you know we've been known to
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run you know run over a song 12 times.
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Well you got to do what you got to do right right and
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and it's you know going back to a
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point you made earlier about the live performance you can play it as perfect
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as you want in the rehearsal room that that will never translate to live no
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because a live performance is worth four or five rehearsals because you're just
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standing there you're focusing you're not looking at you know,
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something grabbing your attention in the front row so you're not distracted
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in rehearsal so it's very easy to play the songs very well in rehearsal once
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you get on the live stage though you know that's Sometimes where you hear things
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that you didn't really hear as well, especially with the recording,
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because you can listen in rehearsal all you want, but in the recording,
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you can sit down and just listen and not play. You're not playing along.
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And that's where things really stick out to you. Exactly. Cool. Cool.
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What was a gig that made the biggest impression on you?
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Could it be either as a performer or as an audience member, or you could talk about both?
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I'll give you two examples. People ask me a lot if I ever get nervous before shows, and I don't.
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I've been playing for so long. But the last time I was nervous was I was early on in this band.
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I think it was my first year playing with them. And we opened for Loverboy in Oshkosh.
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Okay. And I was backstage meeting the band members and that wasn't very nerve wracking for me.
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But as soon as I stepped out on the stage to do the opening slot and looked
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out and saw it was about 4000 people there.
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And that's when it really hit me pretty hard that this is this is something pretty huge.
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And then, yeah, I fumbled my way through the first couple of songs until I get
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my sea legs underneath me. Right, right, right.
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Cool. cool the other one i would probably mention is like
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i said being everybody in this band is a fan of
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music so when we see people in the front row getting emotional and
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whooping it up and getting super excited we know
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what that's like because we're the same way we go
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to see live music and and we talk about other bands
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and other songs oh listen to this one part this oh listen how
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beautiful this one little part is here we do stuff
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like that too and years ago i was uh i
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was at at a venue in madison and john
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mayer was playing it was on valentine's day forget what venue it
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was but it was valentine valentine's day show okay and
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i was going through some stuff in my life at that time and i was
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sitting in the audience and he was he was going through gravity and
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i've never seen him play gravity and i watched a lot of live videos on youtube
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i've never seen him play it like he played it this night and i was standing
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there just bawling away just bawling Just bawling for what he was doing on stage
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and the passion he was doing and the stuff I had going on in my life.
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That song was just speaking to me at that time, and I'll never forget that day.
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Wonderful. I think we've all had that experience where you're just in a certain
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mindset and a certain song just hits you a certain way, and it just makes a mark on your memory.
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Right. That's why a lot of people have their favorite songs,
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because I remember graduating high school and this song was popular.
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Still today, I was listening to an older Bon Jovi record, And when the songs
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came on, immediately, all kinds of images and memories popped into my head just
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hearing the music from those songs.
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And so I think you have to be respectful of that in the audience rather than
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just getting up there and saying, well, we're just going to throw these songs
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out to you and we're just going to have fun.
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We're going to collect our big check and we're going to go home and everyone's going to be happy.
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For us, it's really about the passion of the material. It really is.
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Yeah it has to be because you know what
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what we do it for the music or at least you we hope that people mostly do it
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for just the music you do and i mean we've had we've had venues that we've played
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in the past where the money wasn't there but it's always a great crowd and you
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love those shows yeah and then we've had places where.
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The money wasn't there and there was really not a great crowd.
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And it's like, yeah, it's a gig or the money is there and it's not a great crowd.
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And it's like, I don't really know if I want to, I'm not really doing this for
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the money. Like I'm doing this to have a connection with people.
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I want to have a connection with an audience.
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And if there's no audience there, it's very hard to, to go home feeling like
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you connected on a musical level with someone.
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I used to do acoustic shows for a while and I
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stopped doing them years ago because you're just
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background music me and the original drummer
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of the band we did an acoustic show one time
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and we did the whole show and no one applauded for not one song the whole show
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it was and it would they would and then the bar wanted us back oh he's like
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everyone loved you and I'm like everyone loved us they never applauded at all
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they didn't even look at us half the time he's like no everyone said you guys were great Right.
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And that was a hard thing to do, you know? Yeah. I can imagine. Definitely. Yeah.
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You need that, that physical, emotional feedback from the audience.
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Cause when the audience is energetic, that gets you energetic and then you're
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feeding off their energy.
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And if you don't have that energy coming back at you, it's very difficult. Exactly. Exactly.
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As, as I wrap this up, what is for you, the solution of work-life balance with this?
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That is the age-old question and
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yeah anyone who has a family that's that's that's
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the tough question yeah we play a lot in the summer so summer
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is our busy time but then fall is a little is a lot
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less i think i think for
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me understanding balance is understanding that balance doesn't mean it's always
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50 50 balance means that sometimes it's going to be 70 30 towards the band and
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And sometimes it's going to be 30 towards the band and 70 towards the family and other activities.
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But anyone who is a musician who really has a passion for playing live and anyone who loves music.
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The person who is a musician who loves playing live, they understand that there
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is a drive inside of you to do this that is very hard to quantify and it's very
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hard to explain to another person.
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And I think you just have to understand that the balance wheels are going to
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tip back and forth throughout your time doing it.
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And I think you just have to accept that. Okay. Yep. I agree.
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Yeah. I mean, and if that person that you're with doesn't understand that,
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I don't think they're They're going to be around very long because it just doesn't work.
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It doesn't. It's tough. It's very tough. And relationships are tough with any
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musician. It's just a lot of time.
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And you're, I mean, think about it. You're giving up your significant other
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to something that they love so deeply.
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And some people feel threatened by that. But it takes a strong person to be with someone like that.
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And there's a lot of strong people out there. But you have to have the right
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strong person, you know?
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Know yep exactly is there anything that we haven't
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talked on that you wanted to mention before i let you go oh yeah
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we just uh we just got a new lead vocalist in the band in
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december jeanette king and we decided we wanted to make a change after quite
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a long time with previous singer and we uh made a change and we were not looking
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to audition females at all we just put it out there for for auditions and we
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had a handful of females that came down and we had never had a female male lead vocalist in the band.
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So that was kind of exciting for us. And when she came down,
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she just absolutely nailed it. And it really opened up a lot of areas for us to go material wise.
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And I mean, we already have three other lead. I'm the lead vocalist.
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A drummer can sing lead vocals, Rudy and bass player.
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He can sing lead vocals. So we already have enough male voice voices in the band. So this just.
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Took what we're already doing and just added something, a level to it with having
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the female involved and just opened up an area of material for us that we can
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now cover and just, and just reach more people, which is what it's all about anyways.
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Right. Yeah. I mean, it's, it's like adding a completely different instrument.
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It kind of changes the vibe of the whole thing. And in most cases,
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hopefully it elevates the group that they're a part of.
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Yeah. Yeah. I mean, I think when you whenever and we've been through a few member
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changes over the years, whenever you have a member change, you it has to be a change forward.
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It can never be a change backwards, obviously. But you really don't want to go sideways either.
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And I had actually a fan that had come up to me and he said,
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you know, I've been seeing you for so many years and I've seen you through all the musical changes.
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And he said, I got to tell you, every time you guys made a change,
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you have made a change in a step forward direction.
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And he said, and that can't be said for a lot of bands. No, no,
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that's great. That's great.
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So where can people go and find out where you're playing? What's your website, social media?
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I'll put it all in the show details, but for them to hear it from you, where can they find you?
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Yeah, it's thenowband.com is the main website.
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And Facebook, just put in at The Now Band. and we have a YouTube page at The Now Band Milwaukee.
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And Instagram is the same thing, at The Now Band. Same as Facebook.
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Wonderful. Well, Michael, thank you so much for being on the Wisconsin Music Podcast. A pleasure.
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It was a great conversation, and I'm glad we had this today.
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Appreciate you having me on.
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Music.
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Merrill MillerWMP Linktree: https://linktr.ee/WI_Music_Podcast
🎸 Dive into the soul-stirring world of Merrill Miller on the latest episode of the Wisconsin Music Podcast! 🎙️ Merrill, the unstoppable force behind the strings, is on a mission to embrace life with every chord and lyric.
A maestro on the guitar, Merrill kicked off his journey into songwriting in 2021, and boy, did he make waves! His original compositions have grabbed the attention of music lovers regionally and nationally. What's the secret sauce? Genuine lyrics, a boot-stomping rhythm, and a voice that's as gritty as it gets.
In this episode, Merrill takes us behind the scenes of his musical universe, drawing inspiration from legends like Bruce Springsteen, Johnny Cash, and Chris Stapleton. Get ready for a heart-to-heart conversation about life, music, and the relentless pursuit of living it to the fullest.
Tune in and let Merrill Miller's passion for music and life ignite your soul! 🌟🎶 #MerrillMiller #MusicJourney #PodcastVibes
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Strategic
WMP Linktree: https://linktr.ee/WI_Music_Podcast
🎙️ New Episode Alert: Exploring Musical Diversification with Strategic
In this week's episode of the Wisconsin Music Podcast, join our host as they sit down with the talented Brandon Van Dalen, better known as Strategic. Hailing from Appleton, WI, Brandon has been on a musical journey, releasing projects that span genres from pop and rock to folk, jazz, reggae, and blues.
Over the past decade, Strategic has captivated audiences with his solo project, embracing the essence of being more than just a one-man band. Dive into the conversation as Brandon shares insights into his latest original project, discussing the risks, challenges, and rewarding experiences that come with diversifying your musical portfolio.
Explore the unique world of "live looping" with Strategic, where he intricately layers acoustic guitar, percussion, and vocals to recreate his songs in vibrant live performances. Discover the evolution of his sound, from the reimagined songs project to a full-length Christmas album and a children's album with 14 delightful tunes.
Brandon's message goes beyond the music, aiming to convey that we all have a purpose. As he gears up for his next original project, he challenges the conventional norms of being an indie musician and a one-man band.
Connect with Strategic:
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/strategicrock/
- Twitter: @strategicrock https://twitter.com/strategicrock
- Instagram: @strategicrockmusic https://www.instagram.com/strategicrockmusic/
- ReverbNation: https://www.reverbnation.com/Strategic
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/strategicrock
- Bandcamp: http://strategic.bandcamp.com/
Don't miss this engaging conversation with Brandon Van Dalen, where he shares his musical journey, challenges the norm, and invites you to be a part of the podcast experience. Tune in now for a dose of inspiration and musical exploration! 🎶 #WisconsinMusicPodcast #Strategic #MusicDiversification #LiveLooping
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Jeffery MillerWMP Linktree: https://linktr.ee/WI_Music_Podcast
Welcome, music enthusiasts, to another soul-stirring episode of the Wisconsin Music Podcast. Today, we embark on a musical odyssey with the one and only Jeffery Miller, a maestro of melodies and a living encyclopedia of musical tales.
Jeffery's journey began at the tender age of 5 when his grandmother bestowed upon him a cheap guitar, igniting a passion that would shape his life. From playing his first public performance at a 6th-grade show & tell to becoming the backbone of his grade school band, Jeffery's early years were a testament to his unyielding love for music. Join us as he recounts the days of playing for any audience, anywhere, at any price – a testament to the sheer joy of making music.
As adolescence beckoned, Jeffery's band "Justice" (a strict cover band) faced encounters with the authorities, including a memorable showdown with the police during a garage rehearsal that only cranked up the volume. The narrative takes an exciting turn as Jeffery and his bandmates decided to take their musical fate to Los Angeles, recording their first album "Just A Thought" in 1977. The journey unfolds as Jeffery delves into the next 25 years of his life, navigating the music industry as a promoter, producer, agent, and manager, working with everyone from Liberace to Metallica.
The tales continue with Jeffery's foray into managing local, national, and international artists, opening shows for legendary names like Johnny Cash and Jackson Browne. His personal musical endeavors shine through, with the release of two original albums featuring collaborations with renowned musicians and memorable moments like jamming with Bob Marley's guitar in Kingston, Jamaica.
Fast forward to 2021, Jeffery introduces us to his current band, sharing anecdotes about each unique member and the magic that happens when they come together. As we look ahead, Jeffery unveils exciting projects, including a compilation DVD and a Chuck Berry tribute album. His passion for music remains unwavering as he reflects on the bright moments of his career, including playing air guitar and dancing with Chuck Berry on stage.
Join us in celebrating the resilience, creativity, and boundless joy that Jeffery Miller brings to the Wisconsin music scene. This episode is not just a glimpse into Jeffery's journey; it's an immersive experience that encapsulates the essence of a lifelong love affair with music.
Social media and music links: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheJeffMillerBand2019/Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/jeffmillerbandYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT-izyhRIO0le4gm6vbbOXwTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thejeffmillerband Connect with Jeffery Miller:
- Cell: 561-346-6780
- Email: jeffery8325@att.net
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Wisconsin Music Podcast is honored to amplify the voices and stories of local musicians. If you enjoyed this extensive musical journey with Jeffery Miller, please subscribe, rate, and leave a review. Your continued support fuels our passion for bringing you the best of Wisconsin's musical tapestry!
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Arjuna ContrerasWMP Linktree: https://linktr.ee/WI_Music_Podcast
Graduated from UNT with a music degree and have a long history of teaching percussion in the DFW area public schools, including working at Colleyville Heritage HS, Marcus HS, The Colony HS, and Lebanon Trail HS. I’ve always enjoyed balancing my teaching and performing careers. I was fortunate to be the drummer for many DFW area bands during my time there, including Reverend Horton Heat, Brave Combo, and Eleven Hundred Springs. I’m based in Nashville now and have been working with several different bands/ artists, including American Idol- Finalist Josh Gracin and most recently, JD McPherson, who I spent two months on tour with this year opening for the legendary artists Robert Plant and Alison Krauss. A highlight in 2022 for me was spending a week as the house band guest drummer on NBC’s “Late Night with Seth Meyers”!
https://rjdrums.net/
If you are looking at this on Spotify, and looking for the Holiday episode number 128, Spotify has decided to take it down on their site. But you can go find it on Apple podcast, google podcast, on the Wisconsin Music Podcast website and other streaming services.
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4th Annual Holiday ShowcaseWMP Linktree: https://linktr.ee/WI_Music_Podcast
Here are the artists' in order of song performance on this episode:
- Penelope's Thrill "Christmas on the Moon" Penelope's Thrill released its debut album, Twilight on Tunnel Road, in 2021, which won the Alternative Album of the Year Award from Madison Area Music Association in 2022. The second Penelope's Thrill album, Message on the Moon, will be released in early 2024, featuring many Madison-area musicians. More info is on the Penelope's Thrill website:https://www.penelopesthrill.com/ Lyrics and other info for "Christmas on the Moon" can be found on BandCamp:https://penelopesthrill.bandcamp.com/track/christmas-on-the-moon
- Weekend Picnic "Wish List"Weekend Picnic, a hard rock band from Minneapolis MN. We just recently released our 6 track Christmas EP- A Christmas Weekend Picnic.
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Wyatt Thomson: "Christmas Time I'm So Lonesome"Wyatt Thomson's first release on Philville Records is this original melancholy-yet chipper holiday single, Christmas Time I'm so Lonesome. Featuring Thomson on lead vocals & guitars, he's joined by his pals the Driftless Revelers (Ben Nelson, Jerod Kaszynski, Matt Sayles), as well as Mark Johnson on Accordion, and Dawson Redenius (of Good Morning Bedlam) on trumpet.
- Here's a link to more info on Wyatt: https://www.philvillerecords.com/wyattthomson
- Cookies & Crème "Deck The Halls"With the twist on the classic “Deck the Halls” we threw as many Christmas references as possible in our verses while keeping the song clean and “kid friendly”
- The Periodicals: "Highwater or Hell" written and performed by The Periodicals. Recorded live at WORT FM
- The Rezzonators: It's Christmas Time"
A holiday original song that we wrote in a previous band called Albatross. The song title is "It's Christmas Time." I hope you enjoy it! - Weekend Picnic "Wish List"Weekend Picnic, a hard rock band from Minneapolis MN. We just recently released our 6 track Christmas EP- A Christmas Weekend Picnic.
- Chainsaw Curtis: "Just Not X-mas (Without You)"
Clueless protagonist's wife splits with the kid just before the holidays. He manages to get hammered on rum . He ponders the futility of putting up decorations and getting in the car to look for them during the snowstorm.My stage persona, Chainsaw Curtis, did his first nightclub gig in upstate NY in 1970. He was co-owner of the Silver Moon Blues Oasis in Darien from 1989 to 1993 and continues to play blues, R&B, R'n'R and original music all over Wisconsin and Northern Illinois with The Creeper - Dustin Warbear - GrinchThis is a Christmas song from the perspective of the Grinch, but more of an R rated Grinch than the normal movie one. Not your typical Christmas music
- Tyler Sjostrom
"How's the Weather Where You Are" for consideration for your holiday music showcase. A little background - I grew up with big family Christmasses in North Dakota, but as everyone's grown and moved away, we don't see each other at the holidays anymore. So that's what this song is about - missing those days (and seeing a familiar joy in my kids and nieces/nephews), but hoping we can all get together again if the stars align just right. Enjoy
11. Barbara Ann: "Country Christmas"
This energetic holiday jingle will have you feeling ready for a sleigh ride through the countryside this Christmas season
12. Xposed 4Heads: "Dance with the Krampus" & "Sleigh Ride"
From Milwaukee, is a legendary fun rock band that gets played on SiriusXM, Dr. Demento and has headlined DEVO's annual fan fest. Dance with the Krampus is a song about the Germanic folk legend of a half goat, half demon that punishes the bad children on the same night that St. Nick gives gifts to the good children.
13. The Jerks: "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" & "Winter WOnderland"A punk spin on a Christmas classic with a deceiving a capella introduction. Winter WonderlandA call-and-response twist on a traditional holiday song, featuring spouses on background vocals.Rumor has it The Jerks may work on some new original songs soon. :)
14. Michael Legut: "A Cowboy Christmas"
Michael is a Singer/Songwriter with a flair for unusual and mindful songs. This song is written for all the cowboys and cowgirls who may have to work at the job over the Christmas holiday.
15. Michael Massey: Do You Hear What I Hear" & "O Come, O Come, Emm anuel mikemasseymusic@gmail.comwww.mikemasseymusic.comwww.dracularockballet.comwww.facebook.com/michael.massey2
16. 7000apart: "White Noise" & "Runaway"
Social links:linktr.ee/7000apart Bio: Swedish-American alt-pop duo 7000apart, composed of singer Amelie Eiding and multi-instrumentalist Jon Kresin, craft a deeply emotive musical journey that blends powerful vocals, evocative songwriting, and moody melodies. Emerging from the crossroads of their personal struggles with mental health, their music resonates with authenticity and self-acceptance. Their story began when Amelie, a Swedish exchange student, met Jon in Wisconsin, sparking a creative bond that transcended the 7000 kilometers that separated them. Now married and united in their passion for music, 7000apart’s music delves into themes of self-discovery and mental health. With an unwavering commitment to spreading positivity and hope, they forge a unique path in the indie-pop landscape.
17. Daylight Riot: "Lament""Daylight Riot is a four-piece heavy metal band hailing from Green Bay, WI. The band officially formed in
the summer of 2021 and soon after, began to play shows around the Fox Valley. Daylight Riot’s music is a
blend of classic heavy metal and progressive metal. The band draws lyrical and thematic inspiration from
the works of Edgar Allen Poe and H.P. Lovecraft to create a gloomy and haunting atmosphere within their
music."
Daylight Riot Social Media:
https://www.facebook.com/DaylightRiot
https://instagram.com/daylightriot
https://tiktok.com/@daylightriot
https://daylightriot.bandcamp.com/
18. Drive-a-tron: "Glow In The Dark" & "Leather Coats"
An indie-rock/dance band mixing together heavy grooves, unexpected harmonies, pulsing keyboards, and poly-rhythmic lyrics as ingredients in a joyous musical burrito. Lightweight and easy to pack, Drive-a-tron is typically run by one person (Paul Vash - Madison, WI) who writes the songs, plays the instruments, makes the videos, and changes the oil.
19. Dick Elliot: "God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman" & "O Holy Night"
You could say that Dick Eliot had an Epiphany of sorts when it came to
selecting the songs and subject matter for his latest album: “O Holy
Night!”
“I wanted to record a Christmas album,” Dick said. He wanted to pay
homage to his deep and abiding faith. This is nothing new. There has been a
spiritual connection of some kind in all of Dick’s recordings.
“This one’s for Mom,” Dick said. “I titled it O Holy Night.” That was her
favorite Christmas Carol.
20. Fuzzysurf: "Cheer Up Snowflake"
21. Strangebad - “Been Bad”
Written by: William Jay Smith and Ava Grey Smith
Performed by:
William Jay Smith - Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Synth, Drums, etc
Ava Grey Smith - Vocals
Andy Holley - Guitar Solo (2:13 - 2:45) plus the background outro solo (3:00 - 3:17)
Instagram: www.instagram.com/_ill_mith/
Bandcamp: www.strangebad.bandcamp.com/
22. Kelly Dupuy: "So Far From Me:
23. Jesse Straton: "Through The Night"
24. The Front Porch Rockers: "Angles Everywhere", "I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas", & " Mistletoe King"
The Front Porch Rockers are a trio of friends from southeastern Wisconsin (Paula Treacy, Jesús Villa, and Jim Richards) who have been playing acoustic covers of your favorite songs for the last 12 years. Snowed In With The Front Porch Rockers is their first LP. frontporchrock.com
25. Strategic: "Christmas Joy and Hope", "Sing We Now of Cgristmas", and "Deck the Halls"
https://www.facebook.com/strategicrock/Twitter: @strategicrockInstagram: @strategicrockmusicwww.reverbnation.com/Strategicwww.youtube.com/strategicrock
http://strategic.bandcamp.com/
26. Young Bloom: "It's Time For Healing"
27. Carmen Nickerson and Kostia Efimov : "My Favorite Things"
It's their spin on the holiday classic "My Favorite Things" from the 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "The Sound of Music," which, of course, was made popular by Julie Andrews in the film adaptation.
https://carmennickerson.comhttps://carmennickerson.com/shophttps://www.facebook.com/carmen.nickerson.9
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Kay EmWMP Linktree: https://linktr.ee/WI_Music_Podcast
Embark on a sonic journey with us in this week's episode of the Wisconsin Music Podcast as we feature the exceptionally talented Karen Muehbauer, better known by her stage name, Kay Em. Host Zach Fell delves deep into the heart of indie folk as we explore Kay Em's latest album, 'Paradise.'
Hailing from the vibrant music scene of Milwaukee and currently based in the energy of New York City, Kay Em shares her musical odyssey—spanning from the Midwest to the metropolis. The tales she weaves through her indie folk melodies resonate with themes of love, guilt, and the triumphs of navigating a global pandemic.
Get ready to discover the inspirations behind the music, as Kay Em reflects on her journey, including her time performing with Milwaukee-based bands like The Violet Hour. Her unique perspective and restless creativity promise an engaging and enriching listening experience.
We're thrilled to announce that this episode featuring Kay Em is scheduled for release on Tuesday, December 5th! Join us in celebrating the talent and stories that make the Wisconsin music scene truly exceptional.
Check out Kay Em's music on Bandcamp and SoundCloud.Bandcamp: https://kayem.bandcamp.com/ Instagram (@kayem_music):https://www.instagram.com/kayem_music/ Linktree:https://linktr.ee/kayem_music Soundcloud (includes songs from current and former brands/projects):
https://soundcloud.com/dreamstate08
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Would You Kindly?WMP Linktree: https://linktr.ee/WI_Music_Podcast
Join me, Zach Fell, on this week's episode of the Wisconsin Music Podcast as we dive into the vibrant and powerful world of Would You Kindly? This female-fronted alternative rock band brings a unique blend of electric violin, modern rock, pop, and jazz to the stage. We'll explore their journey from the local open-mic scene to headlining events like Kenosha Pride and supporting community initiatives. Discover the stories behind their original hits like 'Blood in the Water' and their covers, including a rendition of Styx's 'Renegade.' Learn about their commitment to community support, including sponsoring Make Music Kenosha and playing for Captains + Canines.
In this episode, we'll also hear about their latest projects, including the release of the EP 'Queen of Hearts' and their experiences working with notable talents like Eric LaBrosse of Cherry Pit Studios. Dive into the inspiration behind their music, especially the powerful narrative of their album 'The Aftermath,' addressing the impact of domestic violence and abuse.
Don't miss the exciting news about their WAMI Awards nominations and their win for Rock Song of the Year with 'Blood in the Water.' We'll also explore their upcoming performances at Summerfest and the Lake County (IL) Fair in 2023.
Join me in this musical journey as we celebrate the talent and passion of Would You Kindly? on the Wisconsin Music Podcast.
https://linktr.ee/wouldyoukindlyband
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Daylight RiotWMP Linktree: https://linktr.ee/WI_Music_Podcast
Welcome to another electrifying episode of the Wisconsin Music Podcast, where we're diving deep into the sonic realms of the Badger State. I'm your host, Zach Fell, and today's spotlight is on the intense and haunting sounds of Daylight Riot, a four-piece heavy metal force hailing from Green Bay, WI.
In this episode, we explore the origins and influences that have shaped Daylight Riot's unique blend of classic heavy metal and progressive metal. Drawing inspiration from the macabre works of Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft, their music weaves a captivating narrative that immerses listeners in a gloomy and haunting atmosphere.
Join me as I chat with the members of Daylight Riot about their journey in the metal scene, their experiences sharing the stage with Wisconsin's finest, and the upcoming release of their debut full-length LP, "Tragedy of the Raven." We get an exclusive sneak peek into the creative process behind this highly anticipated album.
Throughout the episode, we'll be treating your ears to some of Daylight Riot's tracks, giving you a taste of the raw energy and passion that defines their sound. Whether you're a die-hard metalhead or a curious music enthusiast, this episode promises to be a thrilling ride through the heavy and progressive landscapes crafted by Daylight Riot.
For more Daylight Riot content and to stay connected with the band, check out the link in the episode notes or visit their www.linktr.ee/DaylightRiot
Get ready to amplify your musical experience as we dive into the world of Daylight Riot, right here on the Wisconsin Music Podcast. Let the metal madness begin!
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Candy Cigarette BandWMP Linktree: https://linktr.ee/WI_Music_Podcast
Welcome, music enthusiasts, to another exciting episode of the Wisconsin Music Podcast, your go-to source for discovering and celebrating the diverse sounds emerging from the Badger State. I'm your host and creator, Zach Fell, and today, we have a special treat for your ears.
In this episode, we dive into the bluesy and rock-infused world of Candy Cigarette Band, a trio that's been making waves since their inception in 2019. Picture this: identical twins, Isaac and Lucas Deitz, at the ripe age of 10, kicking off a musical journey that has taken them to some of Wisconsin's most iconic venues, from Turner Hall Ballroom to Summerfest. This trio, featuring Lucas on vocals and guitar, Isaac on vocals, bass, and guitar, and Evan on drums, is on a mission to usher in the next generation of powerful blues rock.
But that's not all. Candy Cigarette Band is set to represent the Paramount Music Association in the 2024 International Blues Challenge - Youth Showcase, and their upcoming gigs are not to be missed. From supporting Blackberry Smoke in Waukegan, IL, to sharing the stage with Jared James Nichols & Cage Willis in Madison, WI, and many more exciting performances, these young talents are making a mark on the music scene.
So, buckle up for a journey through their soulful melodies and electrifying performances. Stay tuned as we delve into their upcoming gigs, the stories behind the music, and what sets Candy Cigarette Band apart in the vibrant Wisconsin music landscape. Without further ado, let's get ready to experience the magic of Candy Cigarette Band on this episode of the Wisconsin Music Podcast.
Links:
Bandcamp: https://candycigaretteband.bandcamp.com/
Website: https://candycigaretteband.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/candycigaretteband
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/candycigaretteband/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdnSeFSD42YX3xyTl2iNKKg
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5maVQrBwrq5t6SoOiUsfVk
Apple: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/candy-cigarette/1549856474
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Nathaniel RolandWMP Linktree: https://linktr.ee/WI_Music_Podcast
Wisconsin Music Podcast - Episode XX: Nate Wycoff - Unwavering Passion for Music
🎵 About the Episode 🎵
In this soul-stirring episode of the Wisconsin Music Podcast, we invite you to immerse yourself in the extraordinary musical journey of Nate Wycoff. His story is a testament to the enduring power of creativity, resilience, and unwavering dedication to the art form. From his early days with the band Captain i to his captivating solo project, Nate's unique sound and fearless approach to music will leave you inspired and yearning for more.
🎶 Episode Highlights 🎶
- Discover Nate's musical evolution, from his tight and punchy rock sound with Captain i to the captivating solo project that defines his unique sound.
- Uncover the secrets to Nate's fearless approach to music and how it has inspired others in the industry.
- Immerse yourself in the melodies and stories that define Nate's remarkable artistry.
🔗 Links and Resources 🔗
- Nate Wycoff - Artist Name: Nathaniel Roland
- Biography: https://natermusic.com/biography/
- Website: https://natermusic.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/natermusic
- Links to music: https://hyperfollow.com/nathanielroland
- Link to blog post: https://natermusic.com/my-journey-with-muscular-dystrophy-and-making-music/
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Join us in celebrating the diverse sounds and talents that make Wisconsin's music scene truly special.
🌟 Stay Tuned for More Musical Magic! 🌟
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Essensual BeatZWMP Linktree: https://linktr.ee/WI_Music_Podcast
Welcome to the Wisconsin Music Podcast, where we dive deep into the diverse and vibrant music scene of the Badger State. In this episode, we are thrilled to feature the incredible talents of Virginia Rose and Mark Nelson, collectively known as Essensual BeatZ. Join us as we explore the multifaceted world of this dynamic duo, whose musical journey spans decades and genres. From blues to funk, R&B to rock, Essensual BeatZ creates a unique and eclectic sound that will captivate your ears.
Virginia Rose, a multimedia artist, singer, and guitarist, brings her original compositions to life with a touch of jazz and a flair for the unexpected. Mark Nelson, a guitar virtuoso with a rich musical history, collaborates with Virginia to create authentic and genre-spanning performances that bridge the past and future of music.
Prepare to be mesmerized by their music, and stay tuned to the end of the episode for details on where you can find more of Essensual BeatZ's work.
essensualbeatz.com
info@essensualbeatz.com
facebook.com/essensu.lbeatz
reverbnation.com/essensualbeatz
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Will KeizerWMP Linktree: https://linktr.ee/WI_Music_Podcast
🎵 Music and Movies Collide: Resurrecting 'Ed Gein: The Musical' with Will Keizer 🎥
In this episode of the Wisconsin Music Podcast, we delve into the captivating world of music and film with the multi-talented musician and soundtrack producer, Will Keizer. Join us as we explore the harmonious intersection of these two artistic realms and get a glimpse into Will's musical journey.
We begin with Will's acclaimed single, "Take What You Want," which has earned an impressive 4.5 stars from Recording Magazine. But that's just the tip of the musical iceberg. Will takes us on a journey through his world of soundtracks, compositions, and the magic of putting music to picture.
Discover the exciting revival tour of "Ed Gein: The Musical," a film made 12 years ago that has found new life through indie distributor SRS Cinema. Will serves as the music director, co-songwriter, and soundtrack producer for this unique project, and he shares the thrills of performing live for the audience before each show.
And as a special treat for Halloween, we discuss the remix of "Waltzing with the Dead"
Discover more about Will Keizer and his music journey on our podcast. 🎶
👉 Connect with Will:
Website: willkeizer.com
Facebook: facebook.com/willkeizermusic
Instagram: will.keizer
Twitter: @willkeizer
YouTube: youtube.com/@willkeizermusic
📣 We're thrilled to be rebroadcasted by Fox Cities Indie Radio every Thursday at 6 pm and Sundays at 3 pm, continuing our mission to Amplify Wisconsin Music. 📻🎶
Join us as we explore the art of music and movies, learn more about the creative genius of Will Keizer, and celebrate the vibrant Wisconsin music scene.
Don't miss this captivating episode of the Wisconsin Music Podcast. Tune in, subscribe, and let the music take you on a journey like no other!
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Chris MaraWMP Linktree: https://linktr.ee/WI_Music_Podcast
Join us on this exciting episode of the Wisconsin Music Podcast as we delve into the world of retro analog recording with a special guest, Chris Mara. Hailing from northern Wisconsin and now based in Nashville, Chris is the mastermind behind 1979, Nashville's Largest Retro, Analog Centric, and Digital Recording Studio. With a passion for restoring analog audio tape machines, particularly the Sony/MCI versions that handled everything from quarter-inch to two-inch analog tape, Chris has a wealth of knowledge to share.
In this episode, we explore the essential steps needed before entering a recording studio, gain insights into the intricacies of running a recording business, and get a glimpse into Chris's life as a musician. His roots in northern Wisconsin have undoubtedly influenced his journey in the music industry, making this conversation even more fascinating.
Tune in to learn about the magic of analog recording, the importance of preserving music history, and how Chris Mara is contributing to the world of sound in a truly unique way. Don't miss this captivating episode of the Wisconsin Music Podcast!
https://www.facebook.com/welcometo1979 instagram.com/welcometo1979 https://www.facebook.com/maramachines instagram.com/maramachines Chris MaraWelcome To 1979
Nashville, TN
844-679-1979 ext 101
www.welcometo1979.com
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Justin Perkins
Mystery Room MasteringWMP Linktree: https://linktr.ee/WI_Music_Podcast
Are you a music enthusiast looking to uncover the secrets behind the perfect sound? Or perhaps you're an aspiring musician, eager to learn from the best in the industry? Look no further than the Wisconsin Music Podcast, where we bring you closer to the heartbeat of music in the Badger State and beyond.
In this episode, we sit down with Justin Perkins, a master of the audio craft. With over two decades of experience, Justin has lent his magical touch to the remastering of iconic albums by artists like The Replacements, Shania Twain, and Busta Rhymes, to name just a few. He's also worked with a vast array of independent bands and artists worldwide, helping them achieve sonic perfection.
But Justin's story doesn't end there. From playing bass in bands in the Midwest to sharing the stage with music legends, his journey is a testament to the power of passion and dedication in the music world.
Join us as we delve into Justin's career, from his early days at Butch Vig's Smart Studios to the founding of Mystery Room Mastering, his thriving audio haven. Discover the art and science of mastering, gain insights into the world of music production, and learn what it takes to create the perfect sound.
Whether you're a music aficionado or a budding artist, you'll find inspiration and knowledge in this episode. So tune in, turn up the volume, and let's explore the world of music with Justin Perkins on the Wisconsin Music Podcast.
https://linktr.ee/mystery_room
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MIEWMP Linktree: https://linktr.ee/WI_Music_Podcast
Welcome to the Season 4 premiere of the Wisconsin Music Podcast! We're kicking things off with a musical journey you won't want to miss. In this first episode, we shine the spotlight on the incredible artist MIE, whose music resonates with echoes of musical luminaries like Billie Eilish and Jessie Ware.
MIE has a musical style that fuses blues and folk, creating a unique and captivating sound that's akin to the brilliance of Billie Eilish and the soulful richness of Jessie Ware. Her talent and creativity have led her to explore the realms of electro-pop, resulting in a musical journey that's as eclectic as it is enchanting.
As we dive into Season 4, we're thrilled to introduce you to MIE's musical world. Her debut EP, "Alchemie," released in August 2021, is a testament to her eclectic influences, drawing inspiration from Billie Eilish, Jessie Ware, and India.Arie Simpson. In this episode, we'll unravel the magic behind her music and explore the stories that have shaped her artistry.
But that's not all! MIE has some exciting news to share. She's gearing up to debut her upcoming acoustic collection, featuring unreleased originals like "Downer," "Strangers," and "Daddy Issues." These songs promise to be a treat for your ears, and you'll get an exclusive sneak peek on our podcast.
Join us as we celebrate MIE's artistry, her journey, and the start of an exciting Season 4. We invite you to connect with MIE on her social media platforms and explore her music further:
- Instagram: @itsmiemusic https://www.instagram.com/itsmiemusic
- Facebook: @itsmieagain https://www.facebook.com/itsmieagain
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TikTok: @itsmiemusic https://www.tiktok.com/@itsmiemusic
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Streaming Platforms:
Alchemie EP https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/mie4/alchemie-ep
- Website: therealmie.com
Our fourth season is filled with more incredible Wisconsin talent and captivating stories, and we can't wait to share them with you. So, stay tuned, subscribe, and get ready for an unforgettable musical journey in Season 4 of the Wisconsin Music Podcast.
Join us as we celebrate the rich musical tapestry of Wisconsin and explore the enchanting melodies of MIE in this exciting Season 4 premiere!
Listen now and let the music take you on a journey like never before.
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Podcast Title: "Wisconsin Music Podcast: The Journey of Dana Perry"
Welcome to the Wisconsin Music Podcast, where we uncover the fascinating stories and melodies that define Wisconsin's vibrant music culture. Join us as we embark on a musical journey with Dana Perry, a Madison-based evo-folk artist who's been passionately crafting music for over 30 years. Dana's thumping guitar style, poignant lyrics, and powerhouse vocals resonate with anyone who recognizes that we're all on our own unique journey. Discover the transformative power of her music, her dedication to personal growth, and her inspiring work as a guitar instructor and band coach for Girls Rock Camp Madison as we explore her remarkable story.
Connect with Dana Perry:
- Facebook: Dana Perry Music
- Instagram: @dana_makes_music
- Website: DanaPerryMusic.com
WISCONSIN MUSIC PODCAST AMPLFYING WISCONSIN MUSIC EPISODE 116 CW HIP-HOP WMP Linktree:
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The Home Of Wisconsin Hip-Hop! Putting Wisconsin Hip-Hop On The Map!
Welcome to another exciting episode of "Wisconsin Rhymes," where we dive deep into the heart of Wisconsin's hip-hop scene! In this episode, we're shining the spotlight on CW Hip-hop, a dynamic radio station and podcast dedicated to showcasing the vibrant talent of hip-hop artists hailing from the Badger State.
Join us as we chat with the voices behind CW Hip-hop to learn about their passion for promoting local talent and their journey in building a platform that's become a hub for Wisconsin-based hip-hop culture. We'll explore their engaging interviews with artists, electrifying hip-hop shows, and insightful album reviews that keep the beats bumping and the community buzzing.
Discover the stories, sounds, and rhythms that make up the unique Wisconsin hip-hop landscape. Whether you're a devoted hip-hop fan or simply curious about the pulse of local music scenes, "Wisconsin Rhymes" invites you to explore the world of CW Hip-hop and experience the beats that define a state's creative spirit.
Remember to subscribe, listen, and share the vibes of "Wisconsin Rhymes" wherever you get your podcasts. Let's support our local artists and keep the music alive!
cwhiphoprnb@gmail.com
Solo.to/CWHipHop
CWHipHop.com
WISCONSIN MUSIC PODCAST AMPLFYING WISCONSIN MUSIC EPISODE 115 Paul Mitch
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Embark on an enthralling musical journey with the latest episode of the Wisconsin Music Podcast! In this captivating installment, I sit down with Paul Mitch, a seasoned veteran of both the studio and the stage in southern Wisconsin. Paul is a multi-instrumentalist and recording engineer whose musical roots trace back to Chicago and the Midwest.
Paul's musical journey is a testament to his dedication and talent. He has cut his teeth as a freelance engineer and performer, leaving his mark on both the studio and live performances. As a multi-instrumentalist, he has honed his craft on various instruments, showcasing his versatility and passion for music.
One of Paul's standout achievements is his role as half of the midwest folk-americana group Lost Lakes, alongside fellow songwriter Corey Mathew Hart. His creative spirit and artistry shine through his latest album, "Echoes & Shadows," a well-worn, contemplative piece of Americana that delves into narratives tied to turbulence.
Join us as we dive deep into Paul's musical world. In an insightful interview with Tone Madison, Paul discusses his solo debut, his journey through a cancer diagnosis, and the profound importance of perception in his music. Discover the stories behind the album art, the creative process that led to "Echoes & Shadows," and how Paul's perspective on life and music has evolved through personal challenges.
Whether you're a music enthusiast, a fellow artist, or someone seeking inspiration, this episode promises to be a compelling exploration of music, resilience, and the human experience. Tune in to the Wisconsin Music Podcast and immerse yourself in the captivating narrative of Paul Mitch's musical journey.
Explore more about Paul Mitch and his music:
- Official Website: https://www.paulmitch.com/
- Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6JhBsN7D8ou93e8bptMMrv?si=YYVtOT7mTza9rXa4jLM2tw
- Connect on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/paulmitchsongs/
- Get the Album "Echoes & Shadows" on Bandcamp: https://paulmitch.bandcamp.com/album/echoes-shadows
- Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mydogzep/
- Explore More Links: https://linktr.ee/PAULMITCH
WISCONSIN MUSIC PODCAST AMPLFYING WISCONSIN MUSIC EPISODE 114 Bryant Switzky WMP Linktree:
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Bryant Switzky, a true maestro in his own right, and a Verona, Wis. native who has recently found his way back to the Madison area after two decades spent in the Twin Cities and Washington, D.C.
After this long journey, Switzky rediscovered his passion for writing and performing music. His latest release, "On the Edge of Something" (February 17, 2023), marks his triumphant return with a 14-track collection of soulful, acoustic-driven songs. These melodies delve into life, love, parenthood, and loss, with his clever lyrics, soaring melodies, and passionate vocals resonating with fans of Brandi Carlile, Jason Isbell, and the Lumineers. Switzky is a regular performer in the Madison area music scene.
Switzky's musical journey began in his childhood, releasing his debut solo album at the age of 18 in 1997. From touring as a guitarist in a Latin band to collaborating on an EP with the group in 1999, he released his second album of original music in 2001 before embarking on his journey to the Twin Cities.
Following several years of pursuing a career as a singer-songwriter, he transitioned into a nine-to-five writing job. This journey led him through roles as a newspaper reporter and a federal government analyst. In 2018, he reignited his songwriting spark, finding that a decade of writing professionally had honed his skills significantly.
His musical prowess has not gone unnoticed, as his songs have received over a dozen accolades from prestigious contests such as the John Lennon Songwriting Contest, the Great American Song Contest, and the Mid-Atlantic Song Contest. "On the Edge of Something" and its tracks have also earned him four finalist spots in the Madison Area Music Awards for 2023.
So, as we dive into the captivating world of Bryant Switzky, remember that your involvement in this journey amplifies the musical magic of Wisconsin. Join us on this melodic voyage, and together, let's celebrate the diverse talent flourishing in our beloved state! 🎶🎙️🎵
Social Media / Web Links
- Website: www.BryantSwitzky.com
- Facebook: Bryant Switzky Music https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100088595630236
- YouTube: @bswitzky https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCW8_VFp46hktw0XvBe5hCfQ
WISCONSIN MUSIC PODCAST AMPLFYING WISCONSIN MUSIC EPISODE 113 Jordan Blanchard Ladies and gentlemen, country music enthusiasts, and lovers of the Wisconsin music scene, welcome to the Wisconsin Music Podcast! I'm thrilled to kick off today's episode by diving into the latest sensation that's about to grace our ears and set our summer on fire.
Wisconsin, now Nashville, recording artist, Jordan Blanchard, is stepping into the spotlight once again with his upcoming single, "Cooler Than You," hitting the airwaves on June 2nd. This anthem captures the essence of a summer breakup, combining catchy melodies and heartfelt lyrics that delve into a tale of love gone awry. Picture a woman who seeks money and status, while Jordan finds solace in the simple joys of country living.
But don't be fooled by the heartbreak – "Cooler Than You" isn't just another sad song. It's a rollicking day drinking anthem, ready to become the soundtrack of your summer adventures. And speaking of adventures, this single marks the beginning of Jordan's summer tour, a whirlwind journey of almost 100 appearances in a mere 137 days. From festivals to intimate shows, he's set to grace stages alongside country music stars like HARDY, LOCASH, and Neal McCoy, just to name a few.
What sets Jordan Blanchard apart is his distinct sense of humor. With lines like "You always wanted somebody cooler than me, and I'd rather have an iced-down cooler than you," he masterfully weaves sarcasm and wit into his music. And his fans? Well, they're the backbone of his success – a fact he's never shy to acknowledge.
As we approach his fourth studio single, it's clear that Jordan's lyrical journey through love has been a rollercoaster. From flirty rendezvous to toxic relationships, breakups, and now the ultimate send-off, he's capturing emotions we all know too well, with a fresh twist. Drawing inspiration from the golden age of country love songs, he brings a nostalgic yet contemporary sound to the table.
In the words of music critics, Jordan Blanchard's star is on the rise. His genuine dedication to his craft, combined with his soulful passion, sets him apart as a true embodiment of today's country music spirit. As he gears up to share "Cooler Than You" with the world, we can't help but anticipate the next chapter of his musical journey.
So, grab your favorite cold beverage, settle in, and get ready to enjoy the warm melodies of Jordan Blanchard's "Cooler Than You" on June 2nd. As we celebrate his artistry, his commitment to authenticity, and the country soul that flows through his veins, let's raise a toast to the sound of a true country troubadour making his mark on the Wisconsin music scene and beyond.
Socials
https://linktr.ee/jordanblanchardofficial
Website
www.jordanblanchardmusic.com
jblanchardmedia@gmail.com
WISCONSIN MUSIC PODCAST AMPLFYING WISCONSIN MUSIC EPISODE 112 Jenna Kopitske
Jenna Kopitske is a drummer, pianist, and composer who has appeared at a wide range of venues throughout the state of Wisconsin for many years. She recently moved to Nashville, TN, and after a few months she picked up her first national tour drumming with country artist Waylon Nihipali to Washington, Nevada, and Hawaii. While in Nashville, she recently got endorsed by her favorite cymbal company, Paiste Cymbals. She operates her own business teaching piano and drum lessons as well as studying contemporary country, classic rock, blues, gospel, and pop music.
As a performer, Ms. Kopitske has gained experience in both live and studio settings. She is a freelance musician who has recorded many projects on drum-set, percussion, and piano in an array of styles. Additionally, Ms. Kopitske composes and licenses her own music. Commonly compared to the late piano composer George Winston, she similarly writes in the style of new age-contemporary with a wide, uplifting, and ambient nature. She began composing at a young age but released her debut EP in 2018 entitled Unheard Of. In 2021, she released her sophomore piano EP entitled Pride & Joy which sets the mood for easy listening and the blues. A year later, she released her first single entitled “Losing Light” with a sync intended focus. She plans to record her third studio album later in 2023. Ms. Kopitske recently received her BM studying music industry with an emphasis of music business at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh. She studied percussion at the university with Dr. Alison Shaw and Marisol Kuborn. Prior to graduation she completed a hybrid music publishing/sync internship at Primary Wave Music Publishing who are based in Los Angeles and New York City. Ms. Kopitske is now in the process of pitching her most well-known compositions “Cascade” and “Losing Light” to be used in film and television. Besides drumming on tour, Ms. Kopitske is also anticipating a career as a piano composer in the film scoring industry.
Performance Experience Waylon Nihipali, drummer of Nashville original and cover country band 2023-current • Performed in Washington, Hawaii, and Nevada at Walla Walla Music Fest, Grand Naniloa Crown Room, Grand Wailea Molokini Gardens, Waikiki Beachcomer Hotel, Makawao Stampede Rodeo, Barking Sands Navy Base, Stoney’s Rockin’ Country in Vegas Madison Wolfe, drummer of Nashville original country band 2023-current • Performed in Tennessee at the Ainsworth in Nashville Jonny T-Bird & the MP’s, drummer of blues band 2019-2022 • Performed in Wisconsin at Summerfest, Turner Hall Ballroom, Osthoff Resort, Gibson Music Hall, Harley-Davidson, blues festivals, awards shows, and opened for Halestorm, YUNG BLEU, American Idol winner Chayce Beckham, Lilith Czar, Blanco Brown, Frank Bang of Buddy Guy Appleton Alliance Church, drummer of worship band 2021-2022 • Performed in Wisconsin at Appleton Alliance Church University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, percussionist and pianist 2019-2022 • Performed in Wisconsin in Symphonic Band, Wind Ensemble, Titan Steel, Percussion Ensemble, Symphony Orchestra, Handbell Choir Jenna Kopitske, original new age-contemporary and blues pianist 2014-current • Performed in Wisconsin at Mile of Music, Osthoff Resort, Paper Valley Hotel, Suicide Awareness Walk, Houdini Plaza, Riverview Gardens, Grand Meridian, Appleton Farmers Market, Dogtoberfest, Whistler’s Knoll, weddings, nursing homes, and awards shows Appleton Rock School, drummer and keyboardist of various rock cover bands 2013-2019 • Performed in Wisconsin at Summerfest, Weidner Center, Appleton Performing Arts Center, Lambeau Field, Gibson Music Hall, Octoberfest, Electric City Experience, Cheesefest, WBAY-TV Cerebral Palsy Telethon, benefits, local coffee shops Recording Projects “Losing Light” original new age-contemporary single on piano 2022 • Composed, recorded, and mixed piano at home studio in Wisconsin, mastered at Rock Garden Studio with Marc Golde in Appleton, WI “Play Time” original blues album by Jonny T-Bird & the MP’s 2022 • Wrote and recorded drums, wurlitzer, organ, and auxiliary percussion at Hamtone Audio in Milwaukee, WI “Pride & Joy” sophomore original piano album 2021 • Solo piano album recorded at UW Oshkosh Recording Studio in Oshkosh, WI “Fighting Monsters” on Christian rapper Jon the Revalaytor’s single 2019 • Composed and tracked drums at Cherry Pit Studios “O Come All Ye Faithful” on Tim Dorsey’s Christmas album 2019 • Wrote and recorded drums at OpenwindO Studios in Greenville, WI “Unheard Of” debut original piano album 2018 • Solo piano album engineered at OpenwindO Studios Honors/Awards Nominee for Pianist of the Year, Wisconsin Area Music Industry 2023 Student Award for Excellence TV Episodic Entertainment Program, Titan TV 2023 Shepherd Express Best of Milwaukee Awards, Finalist for Best Blues Band 2023 Honors Recitalist Award and Scholarship, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh 2022 Oshkosh Fine Arts Association Scholarship 2022 Bill Tesch Music Scholarship, Boogie and the Yoyo’z 2019 Endowment of Music Excellence, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh Music Department 2019 Rising Star in Art Award, James Thaldorf 2019 Nell M. Menn Music Scholarship, Community Foundation For The Fox Valley Region 2019 Nominee for Rising Star of the Year, Wisconsin Area Music Industry 2018-2019 Education University of Wisconsin Oshkosh-Bachelor of Music September 2019-May 2023 Music Industry Major: Music Business Emphasis Percussion studies with Dr. Alison Shaw and Marisol Kuborn Graduation May 2023
WISCONSIN MUSIC PODCAST AMPLFYING WISCONSIN MUSIC EPISODE 111 Batteries Not Included
5-Piece Pop/Punk band from West Bend, WI. They cover an array of classic rock, 90s pop/punk, and modern rock. They also write some of their own music inspired by bands like Weezer, Green Day, and Nirvana in an attempt to bring life back to the 90s greatest punk rock! If you enjoy these episodes, please write a 5 star review at Apple Podcasts. LINK TREE
https://linktr.ee/BNI_Music?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=42d2a14a-1f37-4b78-8459-64b1f8b0d359
Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtN9o6sL6Yw3rwJ8OmiucfQ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/bnoti_band/ Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/7zDiCtGcXqZrnLjmi6Jb7R?si=2CN0KQc3TzO7bPRwk5Nypg&dl_branch=1 Apple Music https://music.apple.com/.../batteries-not.../1497328651
WISCONSIN MUSIC PODCAST AMPLFYING WISCONSIN MUSIC EPISODE 109 CDB and the Endtimes
Carson Bell, lead singer and songwriter of Carson D. Bell & The Endtimes, grew up in Madison and Milwaukee Wisconsin, and previously played in the Madison Wisconsin based Blues Punk band Meat Jelly and screamo band Posthuma with current and former members of another Madison based band Excuse Me Who Are You.
His new project CDB & The Endtimes is along the same lines as hisprevious bands that he has played in over their 12 years of experience with various Wisconsin punk bands, but in August of 2021, he moved to Nashville, Tennessee for work where he assembled his newest live band, featuring Alex Ralph, formerly of the Stevens Point bands Bear Down and Wisco Disco, and released their new EP "Redacting" on bandcamp. The EP is a blend of all the styles he enjoys, from 90's pop rock and shoegaze, to mid 2000's grindcore and post-hardcore. It was recorded partially in Milwaukee and features Wisconsin musicians Tyler Lebo and James Goodrich Ryan on bass and drums respectively.
Music can be found on bandcamp at cdbet.bandcamp.com
WISCONSIN MUSIC PODCAST AMPLFYING WISCONSIN MUSIC EPISODE 109 De La Luz
Through a combination of theatrics, filmmaking and music, De La Luz plans to tell a story that draws upon the ethnic backgrounds and experiences of the main artists of the group, Vincent Black and Mario Lanzo. Whilst weaving those elements into a sci-fi influenced tale. "Musically it's very genuine and personal," says guitarist Lanza. "There's a rawness to this and we're aiming high for studio quality Dark Pop/R&B music. It has a lot of energy and it's huge and is also melodic and somber." Links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXDtW8iOKcM https://open.spotify.com/artist/3J4jviQAOHas74P0eTlgJU?si=c963e9ee616a4c46
WISCONSIN MUSIC PODCAST AMPLFYING WISCONSIN MUSIC EPISODE 108 THE RAMBLE
Based in southern Wisconsin (and claiming Main St Music in Brooklyn, WI, as a home base), Matthew James & The Ramble formed in early 2022. The band plays traditional country music, with a strong gravitation towards 90’s and 00’s country. Live sets take the audience on a ramble through the greats of country music, from classics (Travis Tritt, Alan Jackson) to current stars (Luke Combs, Chris Stapleton) to up-and-comers (Drake White, Jesse Daniels). The Ramble is also available as a backing band for local and regional country artists, or for residencies at your venue. Catch Matthew James & The Ramble at one of the shows.
James Grenier / Guitars, Vocals
Frank Queram / Bass
Carl Rozas / Fiddle, Vocals
Eric Salisbury / Drums
Matthew James Willey / Vocals
Kevin Wokosin / Guitars, Keys, Vocals
Our website is
https://rambleband.com/
IG
https://instagram.com/the_ramble_wi?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
FB
https://www.facebook.com/TheRambleWI
TikTok
https://www.tiktok.com/@officialmatthewjames?_t=8W2BibhI18t&_r=1
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Michael Sander
KID's FROM WISCONSIN
55th Anniversary STARSTRUCK TourThe iconic Kids from Wisconsin are rolling out the red carpet for our 55th season of musical excellence!
With musical selections from award-winning artists, Broadway's Tony Awards, Hollywood's Oscars, and top Grammy Awards performers, you're sure to be Starstruck as we pay homage to our nation's famous awards shows that celebrate accomplishments from the stage, screen, and beyond.
The Kids from Wisconsin’s 55th Anniversary Tour will bring these sensations, and much more, to life in our high-powered two-hour Broadway-style production for families and audiences of all ages. This elite troupe, consisting of Wisconsin's most talented 15-to 20-year-olds, is the country's only pre-professional organization of its kind.
https://www.kidsfromwi.org/
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Sam Boettcher of
BLAME IT ON CAINIf you’ve found yourself poking around iTunes lately, you’ve probably bumped into a litany of highly-polished, over compressed, auto-tuned pop music. Boring. “What happened to Rock?”, you wonder. Happily, it’s right here ... in Beertown, USA.
Blame It On Cain.
Rock Done Right. The band released their debut album, ‘Rhythm Schism’ in 2008 and the album stretched beyond the usual boundaries of local radio and internet play. Their song, “Yesterday’s Happy” was released nationally on a compilation CD from Versailles Records. “Miami Beach” was the theme song for an animated web-series based on the east coast. And the band was invited on stage with Brian Vander Ark of the Verve Pipe, to sit in on a couple of acoustic numbers with the multi-platinum selling artist. A refreshed sound emerged and the band went back into the studio to record ‘Big Down Under’ in 2017. The album instantly received positive reviews from critics and fans, and the initial printing sold-out. With little down time, the band went back to writing and, in May 2019, released, ‘Amp Grease’. The album features eight newly recorded tunes and explores a number of different textures.
Their latest album - “Implied Maturity” - features 9 new, eclectic songs; from the
bluesy “Blush” to the reflective “Summerhill”, and from the gritty-drive of “Story Of Your Lies” to the delicate “Love, Not Change”. The album is a departure from previous releases, as this is the band’s first all-acoustic effort. It is available on iTunes, Amazon Music, Bandcamp, Pandora and other streaming services. The idea to do an all-acoustic album came after Cain played a set at an unplugged festival in Sturgeon Bay. The band then used the pandemic and lockdown to their advantage, by slowly writing and continually reworking the album until they were satisfied with the result.
Blame It On Cain is:
Sam Boettcher (vocals),
Steve Draganchuk (guitar)
Rich Seegert (drums)
Kevin Schwerdtfeger (bass).
CONTACT: samboettcher76@gmail.com
Links
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/442nLe7Bz0Da1Pu1Ebwomz?si=uGdHbp7rSYCRIUkKKAZO0g
Reverbnation: www.reverbnation.co/blameitoncain
Bandcamp: www.blameitonain.bandcamp.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/blameitoncain
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/rhythm-schism/279054600
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imvrVZB8ciA&ab_channel=realgenius76
WISCONSIN MUSIC PODCASTAMPLFYING WISCONSIN MUSICEPISODE 105
Parker Sweeney of
SHOOBIEStarting as a solo project in 2017, playing surf rock riffs and jamming on a drum kit stored in a closet in the bedroom of Parker’s first apartment, he would write songs between classes in college. After meeting at a birthday party Ethan and Parker would meet in Ethan’s basement writing and learning music together. After leaving his drum kit at Ethan’s, Parker decided to move in and they began the writing of their first EP “You Shoulda’ Been There” in 2018. At an art exhibition Shoobie was performing, Ethan and Parker met Leah who performed before them.
Leah approached Shoobie after the show and became the third addition to the group. Originally on bass Leah filled the gaps in the sound. After the release of the EP Parker met soon to be bass player Nick on campus. As Leah switched to lead guitar and Nick assumed his position at bass
the complete line up of Shoobie for the release of “A Strange Time To Be Alive” in 2019 and their first LP with the help of Isaac Lamers on a second drum kit “Gunk” in 2020 was complete. With the recent addition of synth/key player Nick M. Shoobie prepares for their next release coming in
2022.
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/shoobie_band/
Bandcamp:
https://shoobie-band.bandcamp.com/
Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/29klNHaapLvtgtlNXDtwbm
YouTube:
https://youtube.com/channel/UCr5e2dy1TTrQgcRLIJmRNZg
• Live At Jambalaya: https://youtu.be/4HmmWmhO_o0
WISCONSIN MUSIC PODCASTAMPLFYING WISCONSIN MUSICEPISODE 104Yung Bloom
Yung Bloom has been making music for almost 3 years now. I know I’m going to make it big with the art I create. I believe I will achieve anything I put my mind too! I will manifest my dreams and they will become my reality. It takes hard work and I always make sure to stay consistent. My YouTube channel is at nearly 3K subscribers and my channel as a whole has almost 300K views. I say this humbly and not in a narcissistic way. I’ve learned that consistency is key, and by doing that I’ve been improving not just in my art but in life as a whole. I have big plans for the future and I’m excited to answer anything you guys are interested in knowing.
Follow my social medias @ Instagram @yung_bloom Twitter @yungbloom414 TikTok @yungbloom414 Facebook @ Yung Bloom Find my music on YouTube @https://youtube.com/channel/UCcergKJeMOIckwYx6kJ_aYg
WISCONSIN MUSIC PODCASTAMPLFYING WISCONSIN MUSICEPISODE 103
Part 2The Silent Comedy
American Restless
Alley Eyes
Tickets: https://www.ticketweb.com/event/the-silent-comedy-with-american-shank-hall-tickets/12781795
THE SILENT COMEDY: Brothers Joshua and Jeremiah Zimmerman and their band The Silent Comedy know trouble. Facing that trouble head on permeates their work. Rough-hewn, expansive American rock & roll with dirt under its nails and whiskey on its breath, the music of The Silent Comedy channels the iron spine of the blues, Honky-Tonk sweat, and punk swagger into a euphoric declaration that when trouble rears its worrisome head it’s time to crack knuckles, lock arms, and lift our voices high.
The brothers spent their formative years traveling the world with missionary parents before settling in California. In search of catharsis, the teens found solace in songwriting and stage lights. The young band proved capable of raucous shows and word spread. Years of touring followed, performing with Dave Matthews Band, Queens of the Stone Age, Mumford and Sons, Arctic Monkeys, and Vampire Weekend, and festival plays at Bonnaroo, Wakarusa, Under The Big Sky, Summer Meltdown and more.
https://www.thesilentcomedy.com/home
AMERICAN RESTLESS:
Hard-scrabble, the music of American Restless channels the force of post-hardcore, the feral-energy of riff-heavy garage rock, and the swagger of rockabilly, earning the trio subgenre monikers like Spaghetti-Midwestern and Psych-A-Billy, but the group would simply describe their sounds as Rust Belt Rock and Roll.
Originally from Racine, WI, the band’s hometown is best known for its industrial legacy and stiff blue-collars. But it’s proximity to Milwaukee and Chicago made it rife with blues, metal, and DIY punk music, all of which shape the sonic DNA of the band. Though currently based in Michigan and Colorado, it is these very roots that endure to define the band.
With their debut album, Rust Belt Rock and Roll, guitarist Noah Lekas and bassist Ian Grant are joined by fellow Racine expat and former Reverend Horton Heat alumni, Arjuna “RJ” Contreras, marking the first time the three old friends converge on one LP. Due out May 2023, songs from the group’s forthcoming debut have already appeared on sports broadcasts like ESPN and UFC Fight Night, as well as in director Maxwell Frost’s latest adventure documentary, Lake Bike Hell.
https://www.americanrestless.com/
ALLEY EYES:
Alley Eyes is a Milwaukee based garage rock band, where last call love songs meet indifferent odes to modernity, where seedy guitar riffs meet haunting synth lines, where desert psychedelic rock meets John Carpenter themes...
Alley Eyes has played everywhere from the Uline Stage at Summerfest '22 to a sold out Back Room at Colectivo, & all throughout the Wisconsin.
https://alleyeyesmusic.com/
WISCONSIN MUSIC PODCASTAMPLFYING WISCONSIN MUSICEPISODE 102The Silent Comedy
American Restless
Alley Eyes
THE SILENT COMEDY: Brothers Joshua and Jeremiah Zimmerman and their band The Silent Comedy know trouble. Facing that trouble head on permeates their work. Rough-hewn, expansive American rock & roll with dirt under its nails and whiskey on its breath, the music of The Silent Comedy channels the iron spine of the blues, Honky-Tonk sweat, and punk swagger into a euphoric declaration that when trouble rears its worrisome head it’s time to crack knuckles, lock arms, and lift our voices high.
The brothers spent their formative years traveling the world with missionary parents before settling in California. In search of catharsis, the teens found solace in songwriting and stage lights. The young band proved capable of raucous shows and word spread. Years of touring followed, performing with Dave Matthews Band, Queens of the Stone Age, Mumford and Sons, Arctic Monkeys, and Vampire Weekend, and festival plays at Bonnaroo, Wakarusa, Under The Big Sky, Summer Meltdown and more.
https://www.thesilentcomedy.com/home
AMERICAN RESTLESS:
Hard-scrabble, the music of American Restless channels the force of post-hardcore, the feral-energy of riff-heavy garage rock, and the swagger of rockabilly, earning the trio subgenre monikers like Spaghetti-Midwestern and Psych-A-Billy, but the group would simply describe their sounds as Rust Belt Rock and Roll.
Originally from Racine, WI, the band’s hometown is best known for its industrial legacy and stiff blue-collars. But it’s proximity to Milwaukee and Chicago made it rife with blues, metal, and DIY punk music, all of which shape the sonic DNA of the band. Though currently based in Michigan and Colorado, it is these very roots that endure to define the band.
With their debut album, Rust Belt Rock and Roll, guitarist Noah Lekas and bassist Ian Grant are joined by fellow Racine expat and former Reverend Horton Heat alumni, Arjuna “RJ” Contreras, marking the first time the three old friends converge on one LP. Due out May 2023, songs from the group’s forthcoming debut have already appeared on sports broadcasts like ESPN and UFC Fight Night, as well as in director Maxwell Frost’s latest adventure documentary, Lake Bike Hell.
https://www.americanrestless.com/
ALLEY EYES:
Alley Eyes is a Milwaukee based garage rock band, where last call love songs meet indifferent odes to modernity, where seedy guitar riffs meet haunting synth lines, where desert psychedelic rock meets John Carpenter themes...
Alley Eyes has played everywhere from the Uline Stage at Summerfest '22 to a sold out Back Room at Colectivo, & all throughout the Wisconsin.
https://alleyeyesmusic.com/
WISCONSIN MUSIC PODCASTAMPLFYING WISCONSIN MUSICEPISODE 101Zach Pietrini
“Rock and Roll Is Dead sounds like a departure from his previous aesthetic, if not entirely a rebirth… (and) makes the argument that Pietrini is ready for larger stages. ”— - Shepherd Express
“Pietrini’s skill is crafting the kind of Americana that gets right into you with a beguiling friendliness”— 88Nine, Radio Milwaukee
One needs only drop the needle on Pietrini's
new release, Rock & Roll is Dead, to see why
he is so lauded in Milwaukee and beyond.
Best Live Act in Milwaukee (Milwaukee
Magazine) Artist of the Year (Wisconsin Area
Music Awards) Best Song in a Feature Film
(Mark Awards LA).
Having opened for the likes of Walker Hayes,
Huey Lewis, and Ray Wylie Hubbard, Pietrini
has proven his ability as someone who can
run with the best. He has also toured
extensively, carving out audiences as far
north as the twin cities and as far south as
Tampa. Be it his skillful writing and dynamic
production, his endearing and energetic
stage presence or his everyman's approach
to his music, it's clear that this new album
and this band, meets people where they are
and holds them for the entire 43 min and 31
sec.
www.zachpietrini.com
facebook.com/zachpietrini
instagram.com/zachpietrini
youtube.com/@zachpietrini
WISCONSIN MUSIC PODCASTAMPLFYING WISCONSIN MUSICEPISODE 100Betsy Ade and the Well Known Strangers
Betsy Ade & the Well-Known Strangers (BAWKS) have been entertaining Midwest audiences with their cello-infused alternative pop/rock sound since 2015. Members Betsy Ade (lead vocals, guitar), Joe Adamek (guitars), Cameron Fair (cello, keyboards), John Kulas (bass guitar) and Scott Fox (percussion), have released 5 CD’s. This includes a full-length album, several EPs, and an exciting range of fun and influential videos.
Ade’s rich lyrical gifts are essential and her vocal delivery is simply unmatched in contemporary pop/rock music. In addition to Ade’s talents, the band members have an amazing mix of musical knowledge and education that provides a unique sound that is reminiscent of familiar music from the ’90s while being expressively groundbreaking and melodically rich. They have been humbled by their success, performing with international acts that include Melissa Etheridge, Nancy Wilson, Blind Melon, Shawn Colvin, Blue October, KT Tunstall, Lindsay Ell, Candlebox, The Gufs, Skerryvore, Cathy Richardson, Sebastian Bach, and many more. 2019 was an exciting year for BAWKS! Ade was a Top 24 Contestant on NBC's "The Voice", where she had the rare opportunity to work with 3 different coaches, including; John Legend, Kelly Clarkson, and Adam Levine. Ade’s experience on “The Voice” has brought international attention to the band’s talents and charitable efforts.
BAWKS are now writing a new full-length album, "Dawn". This album's first single "Forever" was released on August 27, 2021. They've followed that single with the release of "Working Man" and "Standing By". In July 2022, BAWKS toured Scotland & England including several performances in the Tiree Music Festival. BAWKS followed up that tour with performances in the spectacular Mile of Music in Appleton, WI. In November 2021, BAWKS performed on The Melissa Etheridge Cruise with Melissa Etheridge, Nancy Wilson, KT Tunstall, Shawn Colvin, Lindsay Ell, and many other successful artists.
BAWKS have been recognized through numerous awards and nominations since inception. This includes, but not limited to; Winners of the 2019 Wisconsin Area Music Industry’s Best Rock/Pop Band, Finalist for 2023 Best of Milwaukee's "Best Rock Band" and an award for Best Song ("Aligned") on Songwriter’s Universe. Betsy Ade & the Well-Known Strangers music can be found on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon, Pandora, YouTube, Apple Music, and most music-related streaming platforms.
https://www.wellknownstrangers.com/
https://www.facebook.com/wkstrangers
https://www.instagram.com/wkstrangers
https://www.youtube.com/c/WellKnownStrangersVideos
SPOTIFY
WISCONSIN MUSIC PODCASTAMPLIFYING WISCONSIN MUSICEPISODE 99Post-Emo, Rap, HyperPop blending musician, SN3KSN3K (Read Snake) is a solo music project out of Milwaukee, WI.
Heavily influenced by the Post-Emo scene of the late 00's, the soundcloud rap scence of the 10's, and the modern hyperpop scene, SN3K aims to marry the genres into something fresh and new. Having been performing percussion and concert band for the better part of 25 years, SN3K brings a lot of classical training into the element. Bouncing from there, to screaming,to rapping, and now mixing, SN3K releaseD their debut album, "HYPERWHAT?!" on 2/4/22! https://linktr.ee/sn3k_official Website/EPK: https://sn3kofficial.com/ Latest Single: https://open.spotify.com/track/5OZ8YbFdjr0s0P0L5cU1t7?si=Mmyk0n5YSRq-I2xfNRsrvw&utm_source=copy-link
WISCONSIN MUSIC PODCASTAMPLIFYING WISCONSIN MUSICEPISODE 98R&B Soul Musician and Poet, Bryon Cherry
Bryan Cherry is a rock and soul musician from Milwaukee, WI. In 2021 Cherry was named best R&B/Soul artist in Wisconsin at the Wisconsin Area Music Industry awards. Cherry’s songs cross the expanse between soul, americana and rock music with ease. Cherry’s music has been played on 88.9 Radio Milwaukee, FM 102.1 and WXRT in Chicago. Cherry has blazed trails all around the Midwest with his brand of passionate and unique songwriting.
Wisconsin Band Name: Bryan Cherry
Social Media Links:Instagram: @bryancherryband Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bryancherryband/
Website:www.bryancherry.com
WISCONSIN MUSIC PODCASTAMPLIFYING WISCONSIN MUSICEPISODE 097 Describes themselves as a young Christian 17 year old solo artist with the passion of making and creating music. I'm from Madison Wisconsin moved from place to place Stoughton Wisconsin back to Madison. I started making music back in middle school and took it serious in high school I'm very creative with my art and quick to grab the listeners attention with my art my music genre is pop mixed with modern hip-hop . i look forward to spreading positivity with my music and helping others with my artmy artist name is XXKVNGJAYXX "kingjay" for shortmyinstagram is @xxkvngjayxx youtube is @xxkvngjayxxtiktok is @xxkvngjayxxsoundcloud is @xxkvngjayxx
WISCONSIN MUSIC PODCASTAMPLIFYING WISCONSIN MUSICEpisode 96Tim O'Grady Jr.Tim is an independent, singer-songwriter from rural Southern Wisconsin. He is described by Marc Gratz of Midwest Music and Musings podcast as being “as genuine and humble as the songs he writes. His music speaks to the realities of Midwestern life, because that is the life he lives, the life he knows. He just so happens to be a talented singer-songwriter who can bring those stories to life.”
He has opened for several national and international touring artists and performed at venues like Summerfest (Milwaukee, WI), Bratfest (Madison, WI) The Room (Clinton, WI), Backroom Lounge (Riverton, IL), Roadside Bar & Grill (Nashville, TN) and hundreds more along the way.
Tim’s live shows are a blend of well-written originals, traditional country from just about every decade and a dash of classic rock. Examples of artists covered are Merle Haggard, Johnny Cash, George Jones, George Strait, Alan Jackson, Randy Travis, Dwight Yoakam, Cody Jinks, Tyler Childers, Colter Wall, Pink Floyd, The Eagles and many more. All of which are performed with Tim’s smooth, classic vocals and skillful guitar picking.
His singles “Have a Beer”, “Christmas at the Tavern” and “All the Things You Do” have received airplay and recognition in several countries including the United States, Canada, France, United Kingdom and Australia. All three of these songs are on his debut album, The Dollar Man, along with eight more tracks. You can find Tim’s music on all digital platforms and at www.timogradyjr.com.
Website: http://www.timogradyjr.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/timogradyjrmusic Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/timogradyjrofficial/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOHMzt6ySaXIWsM6vDhXs-Q Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5SKA8rELzZ4qGRma1dJ11e?si=9rm_CzeVRSeYy61CQwWpYA ReverbNation: https://www.reverbnation.com/timogradyjr
WISCONSIN MUSIC PODCASTAmplifying WI MusicEpisode 95Inverted Vision
Wisconsin based Crunchy Death Groove band. https://www.invertedvisionmetal.com/Instagram: @invertedvisionmetalFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/InvertedVisionMetalhttps://linktr.ee/invertedvisionmetal
WISCONSIN MUSIC PODCASTAMPLIFYING WISCONSIN MUSICEpisode 94Americana music with Noah Lekas of American Restless.This week I talk with Noah Lekas, who is originally from Racine, WI. He's coming back to Milwaukee for a hometown show with his group, American Restless and Silent Comedy. Milwaukee's own band Alley Eyes will be opening up the show at Shank Hall on May 12th. Tickets will be going sale soon on Shank Hall's website. Tickets on sale starting December 22nd. 3 great bands for $12.oo No Ticket Master fees, just a great price that goes to the bands directly.
Silent Comedy:Brothers Joshua and Jeremiah Zimmerman and their band The Silent Comedy know trouble. Facing that trouble head on permeates their work. Rough-hewn, expansive American rock & roll with dirt under its nails and whiskey on its breath, the music of The Silent Comedy channels the iron spine of the blues, Honky-Tonk sweat, and punk swagger into a euphoric declaration that when trouble rears its worrisome head it's time to crack knuckles, lock arms, and lift our voices high.The brothers spent their formative years traveling the world with missionary parents before settling in California. In search of catharsis, the teens found solace in songwriting and stage lights. The young band proved capable of raucous shows and word spread. Years of touring followed, performing with Dave Matthews Band, Queens of the Stone Age, Mumford and Sons, Arctic Monkeys, and Vampire Weekend, and festival plays at Bonnaroo, Wakarusa, Under The Big Sky, Summer Meltdown and more.
Alley Eyes:
Alley Eyes is a Milwaukee based garage rock band, where last call love songs meet indifferent odes to modernity, where seedy guitar riffs meet haunting synth lines, where desert psychedelic rock meets John Carpenter themes...
Alley Eyes has played everywhere from the Uline Stage at Summerfest '22 to a sold out Back Room at Colectivo, & all throughout the Wisconsin. We're always looking to expand our presence!
Tickets:
https://www.ticketweb.com/event/the-silent-comedy-with-american-shank-hall-tickets/12781795
americanrestless.com
alleyeyesmusic.com
thesilentcomedy.com
WISCONSIN MUSIC PODCASTAMPLIFYING WISCONSIN MUSICHOLIDAY MUSIC SHOWCASE #3Happy Holidays, Wisconsin! Welcome to the 3rd annual Wisconsin Music Podcast Holiday Music Showcase! This year, we have a fantastic lineup of 16 Wisconsin-based musicians who will be performing a total of 31 holiday songs for your listening pleasure. Sit back, relax, and enjoy over an hour and a half of festive music.
Zach Fell
00:00 - 01:56 Introduction
Stuart White:
00:01:56 - 00:05:25 Xmas
Fuzzysurf
00:05:27 - 00:09:44 Cheer Up Snowflake
Strangebed
00:09:44 - 00:13:20 Been Bad
AJ Williams (Kathy Ratzburg)
00:13:21 - 00:16:51 Christmas Joy
00:16:51 - 00:21:08 Christmas Sings
Kelly Dupuy
00:21:10 - 00:24:58 So Far From Me
Jesse Stratton
00:24:59 - 00:28:12 Through The Night
Brad Dassey
00:28:13 - 00:33:10 Merry Christmas
00:33:11 - 00:37:51 New York Christmas Tree
00:37:52 - 00:41:29 Christmas Miracles
Dick Elliot
00:41:30 - 00:43:17 Carol Of The Bells
00:43:18 - 00:45:38 What Child Is This
00:45:39 - 00:47:28 The First Noel
Jesus Villa
00:47:29 - 00:51:43 Sticky Buns
Xposed 4heads
00:51:44 - 00:55:41 Dance With The Krampus
00:55:42 - 00:58:10 Sleigh Ride
00:58:11 - 00:59:17 8bit Ride
Cassie Lokker
00:59:18 - 01:04:49 In The Bleak Midwinter
01:49:50 - 01:08:21 Mary Did You Know
01:08:22 - 01:10:29 What Child Is This
Passion
01:10:30 - 01:14:57 I’ll Be Home From Christmas
01:14:58 - 01:17:52 Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
01:17:53 - 01:22:56 O Holy Night
Strategic
01:22:57 - 01:24:59 Deck The Halls
01:25:00 - 01:28:46 Sing We Now
01:28:47 - 01:32:59 Christmas Joy and Hope
Nathaniel Roland
01:33:00 - 01:34:59 Sugar Plum Faries
01:35:00 - 01:37:35 Little Drummer Boy
01:37:36 - 01:38:39 Ald Lang Synth
MD McNally
01:38:40 - 01:41:13 Christmas Eve
Zach Fell
01:41:13 - 01:41:31 Outroduction
WISCONSIN MUSIC PODCASTAmplifying Wisconsin MusicEpisode 092Joey's Song raises the funds needed to support cutting-edge research and vital patient services in support of pediatric epilepsy and children with special needs.
HOW JOEY'S SONG RAISES FUNDS
Because of Joey's love for music, our foundation uses music as our primary fundraising vehicle. Each year, we host a benefit concert that features multi-platinum recording artist and 3-time Grammy winner Butch Vig and his band, The Know-It-All Boyfriends (aka KIAB), who serve as a house band to a steady stream of musical stars.
Our Joey's Song family of artists include: Brian Aubert (Silversun Pickups); Charlie Berens (The Manitowoc Minute); Peter Buck and Mike Mills (R.E.M.); Neko Case; Rosanne Cash; Miguel Cervantes (Hamilton); Cory Chisel; Chris Collingwood (Fountains Of Wayne); Ralph Covert (The Bad Examples); Cowboy Junkies; Crash Test Dummies; Marshall Crenshaw; Justin Currie (Del Amitri); Tanya Donelly and Gail Greenwood (Belly); Butch Vig and Duke Erikson (Garbage); Steve Forbert; Robbie Fulks; Laura Jane Grace (Against Me!); Jon Dee Graham (True Believers); Kay Hanley (Letters To Cleo); Joel Hodgson (Mystery Science Theater 3000); Kelly Hogan; Wally Ingram (Sheryl Crow); Jewel; Freedy Johnston; Sam Llanas (BoDeans); Gary Louris and Mark Olson (The Jayhawks); Jesse Malin; Patterson Hood (Drive-By Truckers); Scott McCaughey (Minus 5); Michael Mcdermott; Rhett Miller (Old 97s); Montgomery Gentry; Dan Navarro (Lowen & Navarro); Miles Nielsen; Rick Nielsen and Daxx Nielsen (Cheap Trick); Glen Phillips (Toad The Wet Sprocket); Dave Pirner (Soul Asylum); Linda Pitmon (Zuzu’s Petals); Brian Ray (Paul Mccartney); Matthew Ryan; Trapper Schoepp; Jody Stephens (Big Star); Ken Stringfellow (The Posies); Aaron Tippin; Zach Williams (The Lone Bellow); and Steve Wynn (Dream Syndicate).
Since Joey's death in 2010, we have produced 5 charity compilation CDs featuring rare and previously unreleased music from nationally known, award-winning musicians.
Our CDs are all available as digital downloads. Radio stations from Australia to the UK to South America to Japan to Sweden and everywhere in between have played our songs. CDs have been downloaded in over 25 countries worldwide.
Joey's Song was started in 2010 following the death of four-year-old Joey Gomoll, who passed one week shy of his fifth birthday. Joey suffered from a rare and debilitating form of epilepsy known as Dravet Syndrome.
Dravet's caused persistent seizures which were never able to be controlled through medications leading to severe learning disabilities. While Dravet's robbed Joey of the ability to speak, Joey remained a happy and fun-loving child. He was happiest when music was playing, allowing him to hum, drum, and sing in his own way. To be present when music was playing meant only one thing, that Joey would soon have you dancing and enjoying the music with him.
WISCONSIN MUSIC PODCAST AMPLIFYING WISCONSIN MUSIC Episode 91 Paul Vash DRIVE-A-TRON
Drive-a-tron is an electronic/rock/dance outfit that is hellbent on having a good time. You are already here, which means that you are now part of Drive-a-tron!
The song 'Take Care of What You're Given' started in early 2020, before a global pandemic. Now it feels even more correct. Any and all money that you donate for this track will be given to the Meadowood Neighborhood Center in Madison, Wisconsin. They do good for so many, especially now. Let's do the same.
https://hyperfollow.com/Driveatron
https://drive-a-tron.bandcamp.com/
https://www.instagram.com/drive_a_tron/
https://open.spotify.com/artist/0ZiNAc5NtG8Q6lZSWxAI7b
https://www.youtube.com/@drive-a-tron
WISCONSIN MUSIC PODCAST
AMPLIFYING WISCONSIN MUSIC WMP EPISODE 90
"Now go make some music!" - Tyler Campbell
In 1956 Fender chose to begin making electric guitar bodies out of a new wood, Red Alder. Leo was a pragmatist and Alder was a sustainable, not overly heavy hardwood that was easy to finish, easy to glue, and perhaps most importantly, was local to Fender's operations. Today Alder remains one of the most popular choices for Fender guitar bodies - an economical and sustainable choice that still delivers high quality.
With that same pragmatism, Alder Audio is a startup microphone company out of Ann Arbor, Michigan, and we are out to prove that it is possible to make a world class microphone in the U.S. at a small company and at a reasonable price if you are willing to break some convention and adopt a practical approach. We are a company bent on offering a fantastic and affordable product and we invest little in marketing and polish. Our innovative H44 ribbon mic comes out of an uncompromising attitude toward high quality audio combined with a streamlined approach to design. We've put this together in a package that we sell direct to the user in order to offer the best possible price.
From the Founder
When I started Alder I wanted to be able to offer microphones that were top tier quality, innovative, and completely made in the U.S. while keeping costs low enough to be accessible to working musicians and engineers. The reason I would ever hope to be able to meet such a difficult set of goals is my unique combination of experience. I am a former product development engineer and chemist with experience in multiple industries, I am a long-time home recording enthusiast, I hold an MBA, and I grew up working for the family business, a small U.S. manufacturing company that is still thriving today.
One of things my experiences have taught me is that if you can manage to offer a truly well designed product, support it well, and offer it at a fair price, the business pulls itself along naturally instead of needing to be constantly pushed forward by marketing. At the end of the day, my biggest goal for Alder is to offer users a mic that works very well for them at a price they can afford. So if you have questions, please, feel free to say hello. Send us a note over on the contact form. We'd be happy to help.
Thanks for stopping by. Now go make some music!
-Tyler
www.alderaudio.com
WISCONSIN MUSIC PODCAST AMPLIFYING WISCOSNIN MUSICIANS EPISODE 89 Hip Hop and Voice Over Artist, and Photographer Brad Dassey
"There comes a time in your life when you have to realize enough is enough. You may never end up reaching the "top of the mountain" working for the phat cats. Instead, search deep within your soul and tap into your greatest skills, strengths and talents. Take every so often to re-evaluate your life and NEVER stop reaching for your dreams." - Brad Dassey
B.D.M. or "Brad Dassey Music" is a recording artist from Wisconsin.
Brad has been composing, recording & beat making original music since 1997.
Born in Two Rivers, Wisconsin Brad has currently recorded well over 330 songs including rap, hip hop, piano instrumental, spa / meditation music and more.
Brad's biggest hip hop, rap & music producer influences are Eminem,
Dr. Dre, Timbaland, Jay-Z, 2Pac, Outkast,
Justin Timberlake, Twenty One Pilots and others.
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WISCONSIN MUSIC PODCAST AMPLIFYING WISCONSIN MUSICIANS EPISODE 88: Michael Tierney of Reilly and Beatallica
Reilly: Winners of the folk rock/Celtic band of the year award by Wisconsin Area Music Industry for 2019 and 2015, Reilly have garnered a reputation for being an interactive, get-off-your-chair act. The band’s circuit continues to grow along with their reputation for being a highly respected professional group. National programs such as Good Morning Ireland, Blarney on the Air, and Paddyrock internet radio have featured Reilly. Celtic Radio Music Network rates them as five out of five stars. Their ability to adapt Celtic music to an American rock audience, and include unexpected rock favorites into their set, makes them the perfect eclectic choice in today’s watered down and predictable Celtic scene.
Beatallica:
Forged from the influences of two of history’s greatest bands, Beatallica are the world’s first live mash-up or “bash-up” band. Their wit, creativity, subversiveness, and flair are as sharp as the point they make.
Beatallica destroy the boundaries of creativity and reveal how original compositions of music can be crafted for those who identify with humor and biting commentary. All the while, they show appreciation and reverence to The Beatles and Metallica, grandfathers of their respective genres.
Beatallica continue to change the face of music on the internet, in live settings, and over radio waves around the globe. They flourish with music lovers from all areas of the world at their side.
Throw your fist high into the air, become a Beatallibanger, and open your mind to a one-of-a-kind brand of musical mayhem.
http://www.reillyrocks.com http://www.beatallica.org Wisconsin Music Podcast Link tree : linktr.ee/WI_Music_Podcast
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WISCONSIN MUSIC PODCAST AMPLIFYING WISCONSIN MUSICIANS EPISODE 87 KIRSTIE KRAUS
https://www.kirstiekraus.com/
Kirstie Kraus carries her thirst in her songwriting, in her live shows, and in her everyday connection with other kindred spirits. Nowhere is her appetite more quenched than on a stage in front of her fans, appropriately named “Thirsties”. Her confidence naturally shines under the bright lights, taking concert goers on a well-defined path of self-discovery and bliss. Her writing infuses her own transparent journey with others’ experiences to create sustainable lyrics and catchy melodies. The result is a perfect blend of country, funk, blues, and rock because with Kirstie, there are no boundaries. There’s only the process of “letting go” and letting the song tell you what it wants to be.
It will also tell you WHERE it wants to be and for an intuitive deep thinker like Kirstie, that place is Nashville. Three years ago, the Wisconsin native made the move to Music City and having heavily toured the summer before with her Midwest band, Thirsty Jones, Kirstie made the decision to really focus on honing her craft in town. She immediately began demoing out songs for her upcoming full length record and playing established Nashville venues, like the Listening Room Café and the Bluebird. She also leaned into the production side of her album, gaining great insight from her then producer about arrangements, vocal styling, and mixing. Her first Nashville based single, “Delusional” (2018) fancies a sassy 80s funk groove while 2019’s “Gotta Do” pulls in early 2000s Shania vibes. “Silver”, her July 2020 release, possesses the licks of Joan Jett and attitude of Avril Lavigne, proving that she’s not a one lane roadmap.
In fact, the roadmap has always been paved with perseverance and unwavering support of her close knit family back home. Her strong Catholic upbringing relayed the importance of a greater plan from early on. Growing up in an industrial, blue collar area instilled hard work, community involvement, and social interaction. The popular powerhouse vocals of Mariah, Celine, Gloria Estefan, and Amy Grant nudged the precocious six year old to declare that she too wanted to be a singer, in the form of a homework drawing. Her mother then enrolled her ambitious daughter into every opportunity and outlet she could find. By 12, she was writing songs and by the age of 15, she had picked up a guitar and joined NSAI, which meant frequent trips to Nashville for the next several years to be mentored by the best in the business. Kirstie did what most successful artists of longevity will tell you to do: she built her fan base and relationships back home AND in Nashville before making the big leap.
https://www.kirstiekraus.com/
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WISCONSIN MUSIC PODCAST AMPLIFYING WISCONSIN MUSIC Episode 86 MotherWind Hidden deep along the river bends of Eau Claire, Wisconsin, you’ll find Motherwind. Forming in August of 2020, the quartet—Anthony Frey (vocals, guitar), Nate Rogers (lead guitar), Michael Hargens (bass), Jackson Kleingartner (drums)—has already taken lengthy strides in revealing their primal artistry to the masses, despite their formation amid the coronavirus pandemic. The group originally began writing songs under the name “The Color Scene” at a horse sanctuary owned by a mutual friend. Since then, the band has branded themselves under the new name with an electrifying live show in their arsenal. The young group’s 70s-bred roots and alt-groove sound has left the floors of rock clubs and bars tremoring, and the concoction of psychedelic riffs and hair-raising chord progressions leaves their audiences stirred. Motherwind has shared the stage with the likes of Crobot, The Black Moods, Royal Bliss and P.O.D., and the band is consistently invited back to venues. With a heavy tour schedule during the summer of 2021, the young group has already shown efficacy in creating a blazing reputation within the up-and-coming rock scene. Current focuses of the band include constructing their own recording studio above a weight training facility, releasing their breakthrough EP, maintaining a consistent touring schedule and of course finding new and exciting ways to bring people together with their tasty brand of alt-rock.
Links: https://linktr.ee/motherwind
WISCONSIN MUSIC PODCAST AMPLIFYING WISCONSIN MUSIC Episode 85 Pop Punk Rock band - The Fall Sound
We're The Fall Sound. We are a Pop Punk(-ish) band from the Milwaukee area. We're reaching out since our new album "Keep In Touch" is came out this past March 11th 2022, and we want to share it with local music platforms. The current track off the album that we're promoting is called "Pop Punk Kids" and is an homage to all the bands we grew up listening to as kids, musically calling back to 90's pop punk and alternative music. We appreciate any and all support, and just want to share our music with people who may enjoy it! Please give the song and album a listen, linked below. http://linktr.ee/thefallsound
WISCONSIN MUSIC PODCAST "Amplifying Wisconsin Musicians" Season 3
Episode 84
Danny Langton (Songwriter/Vocals/Rhythm Guitar)
Danny was born and raised in London, England. His father was a solo artist and guitar teacher and introduced him to bands like The Beatles and The Kinks at a very young age. In his late teens and early twenties he became a massive Oasis fan and that love for Brit rock is what inspires his songwriting. He has said one of the highlights of his life was meeting Paul Weller from The Jam and The Style Council at a gig in Washington DC. To Danny, rock 'n' roll is about way more than music – it is fashion, mindset and a way of life.
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Episode 83
The Rogue Electrics
The Rogue Electrics are an independent original rock band and recording artist from Milwaukee Wisconsin that sound like a mix of classic rock, alternative rock, and blues.
The Rogue Electrics name came from the fact that I am the last in line of a family of electricians. My Grandpa, dad, and uncles have a family business called Rogahn Electric. I was never exposed to learning the trade. The band name is a tribute to my dad and family who were the ones that turned me onto all of the classic rock music I now love. I felt that naming this band The Rogue Electrics was a way for me to carry on my family’s legacy while serving to be a symbol of the blue collar type workmanship required to make a good independent band. The logo design is based on the font style from the Rogahn Electric work jackets that my family used to wear on the job.
Booking/Contact Email therogueelectrics@gmail.com
Bandcamp (get our merch/records) Bandcamp - The Rogue Electrics
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/therogueelectrics/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/therogueelectrics/
Youtube (videos and recorded music) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8RMrgMLWzFbx8S7d2u0ATw
Find us on Spotify, Apple, Amazon as well.
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Episode 82: Irish Guitar Virtuoso Shane Hennessy and Milwaukee Irish Festival
Irish virtuoso guitarist Shane Hennessy has established himself as one of the leading guitarists on the world stage, known widely for his fingerstyle, flatpicking, and percussive guitar-playing approaches. His energetic live performances and his cinematically-vivid compositions tie in influences from Bach to Beyoncé – and everything in between! With a unique style of solo guitar playing that encompasses the range of a whole band – covering drums, bass, rhythm and lead lines – Shane builds a complete sonic world entirely on his own.
A musician from a young age, Shane credits his background in Irish traditional music as the base on which he has built his genre-defying musical explorations. Initially a concertina player under the tuition of the renowned Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh, he achieved successes in the Fleadh Cheoil competitions in Ireland. He then turned to the guitar aged twelve inspired by the music of James Taylor. Becoming more interested in songwriting and in music in general, it was when he discovered the styles of Tommy Emmanuel and Chet Atkins that his interest in solo performance blossomed. Since that time, he has toured the world with thousands of shows under his belt, four albums of music, and a proven track record as a performer, songwriter, arranger, accompanist, and session musician.
Billed as “one of the most exciting live performers of his generation, with an ability to move between styles and genres with ease” by Irish Music Magazine, audiences can never be too sure what will come next during the exciting mix of jazz, blues, country, soul, traditional Irish music, and world music he offers. With the addition of some smooth vocals, genre-hopping improvisations, and well-arranged covers, it makes sense why music legend super-producer Nile Rodgers (CHIC) thinks that “his style is killer, it’s really cool stuff”, and why guitar legend Tommy Emmanuel says that Shane “transcends the guitar the same way Muhammed Ali transcended boxing”.
All information for Shane is on his website:
https://www.shanehennessy.ie/
WISCONSIN MUSIC PODCAST Episode 81 ZEROED HERO Hometown: Madison, WI
Genre: Rock
Sounds Like: Foo Fighters, Rival Sons, Royal Blood
Try on some Black and Blue-Collar Rock & Roll! Zeroed Hero pours a classic blend of '70s rock and '90s alternative that’s more Muhammad Ali than Mike Tyson, featuring tight, riffy guitars and smart, thoughtful lyrics presented with sweet, memorable harmonies. Their high-energy live shows built on visceral rhythms, immersive grooves, rich melodies, and powerful harmonies showcase the strength of their songwriting and have earned them the title of the Madison Area Music Association's 2020 Breakthrough Artist of the Year.
- Chris Franczek - bass, vocals
- Dean Kesler - vocals
- Katrina Harms - keys, vocals
- Stefan Truesdell - guitar, vocals
- Tony Kille - drums
Infused with an array of badass talent packing more flavor than an artisanal ice cream shop, the band connects with audiences during compelling live shows that are energetic, passionate affairs. Chris seasoned his bass chops through cover bands and blues. Dean extracted his vocal style from powerhouse classic rock and musical theater. Katrina came up on classic rock radio playing piano and writing and performing as an electronica solo artist. Stefan forged his guitar skills in alt-metal and tempered them touring nationally with reggae and funk groups. Providing the tock to our tics, americana & rock veteran Tony anchors the rhythm section on drums.
Like your favorite pair of worn jeans, slide in and wrap yourself in the black and blue-collar rock & roll comfort of Zeroed Hero.
Links:
https://www.zeroedhero.com/
https://zeroedhero.bandcamp.com/
WISCONSIN MUSIC PODCAST Episode 080 Animal Crackers Music Festival at the Racine Zoo Invite your friends, grab your folding chairs, and enjoy the scenic view of Lake Michigan while listening to some truly amazing artists from across the U.S. and atop the charts for our 35th annual Animal Crackers Concert Series.
2022 Artist Lineup:
- Wednesday, July 13, 2022 - Roman Street
- Wednesday, July 27, 2022 - Marion Meadows
- Wednesday, August 10, 2022 - Steely Dane
- Wednesday, August 24, 2022 - Down To The Bone
Season Tickets $90 per person online only
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Individual Tickets $30 per person online
$35 per person at the gate
- Wednesday, July 13, 2022 - Roman Street
- Wednesday, July 27, 2022 - Marion Meadows
- Wednesday, August 10, 2022 - Steely Dane
- Wednesday, August 24, 2022 - Down to the Bone
Ticket Pickup Tickets will be available for pickup at the Zoo Administration Office (200 Goold Street, Racine WI, 53402) before the concert until 12PM. After 12PM the day of the concert, tickets will be held at "Will Call" at Zoo entrance (2131 N. Main Street, Racine, WI 53402). Please bring your ID.
Concert Times Doors open: 5:30PM
Shows begin: 7PM
Please Note * Concerts held rain or shine. * Online ticket sales will conclude at 12PM the day of the concert. * There is no discount on individual tickets. * Only purchase tickets through the Racine Zoo website or in person at the Zoo. All other places tickets may be sold are a scam. * ALL PURCHASES ARE NON-REFUNDABLE * Proceeds benefit the animals and programs of the Racine Zoo.
Nestled on the sandy shores of beautiful Lake Michigan, the Racine Zoo is home to some of the world's most remarkable and endangered wildlife. The walk is easy for kids and seniors, making the Racine Zoo a great way to enjoy the outdoors with the family.
Voted #1 "Best Place to Take Kids" in Racine County 2021
Voted #1 "Best Place for Summer Jobs" in Racine County 2021
Voted Hometown Favorite for "Best Place to Work" in Racine County 2021
Voted Hometown Favorite for "Best Family Fun" in Racine County 2021
Voted #1 "Top Place to Take Kids In and Around Milwaukee" 2021
Voted #1 "Most Loved Place to Go" 2022
WISCONSIN MUSIC PODCAST Episode 79 Kenosha Opera Festival
The mission of the Kenosha Opera Festival is to create high quality art and provide accessible, excellent classical and operatic music experiences to the greater Kenosha community. he Kenosha Opera Festival is a new opera company in beautiful Kenosha, Wisconsin. We bring professional operatic performances to Kenosha, and we strive to complement and uplift the various ethnic and cultural communities here. Joining with our strong local partners, we are excited to bring some of the best stage repertoire there is to Kenosha’s own shores.
The Kenosha Opera Festival is dedicated to a summer opera but facilitates or hosts a variety of both free and ticketed musical events, such as recitals or concerts, during our festival. Please check out our upcoming events, or events of our partners, today!
The Kenosha Opera Festival is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.
https://www.kenoshaoperafestival.com
Info@KenoshaOperaFestival.com
(262) 288-0707
Registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization
Wisconsin Music Podcast Episode 078 Gold Steps
Alternative Press has named them in their “10 unsigned bands to keep an eye on in 2021" and aptly called their music a fusion of pop-punk and post-hardcore, with "cathartic emo vocals and lyrics" that make for an eclectic blend all their own. For a band that says they've never felt like part of the in crowd, this is just one of many accolades ringing throughout the industry. The band has been featured in Rock Sound, had several features in Alternative Press, a spot on San Antonio's Warped Tour, So What?!, Summerfest, and SXSW official showcases. They’ve even shared the stage with acts like Belmont, As It Is, Forever Came Calling, The Ataris, Aaron Gillespie (Underoath, The Almost), and more through regional and national tours. Self-proclaimed Warped Tour Kids who found refuge in bands of the 90s and early 2000s pop-punk scene, Milwaukee’s Gold Steps brings a playful, energetic mood to all that they create, with a sound that teeters between influences like The Wonder Years, State Champs, and Neck Deep to create impassioned lyrics and hard-hitting, emotive songs. ”In creativity, there are no rules,” says the band. “We’ve written songs in many different ways. Sometimes we jam something out and it just blossoms into an actual song. Sometimes it starts with a vocal melody. We’ve even written a song by trying to emulate a specific feeling. Anything goes; All creation starts with just... starting! Somewhere, however, wherever or whatever inspires it..” “Made up of married duo Liz Mauritz (vocals) and Zach Duarte (guitar), with Ryan Rivas (bass) and Mike Britz (drums), the foursome have a slew of releases lined up for 2022. Up first is “Stay The Same” a collaboration with Nick Thompson (Thief Club, Hit The Lights), who not only shares vocals on the track, but appears in the music video as well. “We shot at Four Seasons, this legendary warehouse skatepark in Milwaukee that's peppered with murals by local artists, and asked the CIB Milwaukee chapter crew to skate and show off their mad skills,” explains Liz. “We goofed around on this old toy tractor that's been in my family for generations. And that was it! There were some mishaps pre-shoot, and the shoot was almost derailed an hour before we were scheduled to start...but that's a whole other story." The video achieves what all of Gold Steps’ music hopes to achieve—a feeling of belonging. Of being part of the family, even if you’ve felt like an outcast. For these four friends, it’s all about making music they believe in, and hoping that reaches a community of peers who, like Gold Steps, have never been one of the cool kids; but who couldn’t possibly care less—so long as they’re surrounded by the people and music they love.
For Fans Of: The Wonder Years, State Champs, Neck Deep
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WISCONSIN MUSIC PODCAST Episode 77 Andrew and Nick Tempte
As the author of Balancing Act: Teach Coach Mentor Inspire, Senior Advisor at Kaplan North America and a classic rock musician, Andrew Temte continues to hone his work/life balance. Together with his son Nick, and his band, The Remainders, Andy and team are proud to announce the release of a new music video for their song “Hitchin’ a Ride.” This is the first music video for the #1 classic rock band in Western Wisconsin.
Available on YouTube and Facebook, the music video features clips from recent live performances of “Hitchin a Ride” and captures the lively and positive spirit of The Remainders. With the video, produced in collaboration with Dylan Overhouse Productions in La Crosse, Wisconsin, the band looks to inspire their fans to follow their dreams, no matter their age.
The production of “Hitchin’ a Ride” was a family affair; Andy, based in La Crosse, and his son Nick, now living in Milwaukee, collaborated in their home studio to write and produce the tune. “It was awesome how organically it all happened. It’s been better than I could have expected,” Nick says of producing the song with his father. With their music, they hope to encourage other families to make music together.
An experienced musician, Andy found the inspiration for “Hitchin’ a Ride” while riding his bicycle down scenic Highway 33 in the bluffs of Western Wisconsin. He discovered a giant bug on his leg that, in Andy’s words, was “just hitchin’ a ride.” He immediately began humming the hook and singing the lyrics for what would become a love song about his 37-year relationship with his wife Linda. “The song ‘Hitchin’ a Ride’ is all about how I’m hitching a ride with my dear wife Linda in the wonderful journey that we’ve had,” says Andy.
Together since 2004, The Remainders have earned themselves a reputation as the top classic rock band in Western Wisconsin. With a love for Wisconsin, The Remainders have helped raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for charities in the La Crosse community over the past 17 years. As their motto states: “Rock’n Out and Doin’ Good,” The Remainders are a perfect example of a community-oriented band with passion for making music.
https://www.theremainders.com/
WISCONSIN MUSIC PODCAST Episode 76 Sulestial
Sulestial is an artist without boundaries, he has connected his personal influences and emotions across the different genres he releases under. Based out of Milwaukee and originally from a small town out of Milwaukee, Sulestial started playing guitar for a jazz band as well as lead singer/rhythm guitar for his own band “Buffalo River”, before that he played violin, saxophone and banjo. Sulestial has always believed that music is worth being made and listened to as long as it is done well. With that policy while beginning to produce music, artists such as Exmag and Griz acted as an inspiration for combining the synths of electronic music with the dance inducing grooves of funk with live instruments to create a happy marriage of live and digital music. Sulestial found his niche in creating music that pulls from all his different skill sets and the result is a little something for every music listener. After his first electronic funk EP “NOVA” released in 2018, Sulestial began to branch out with his releases. The song “Nights Of Love” started to pull from his other influences, incorporating soul and vinyl scratching. In 2021 he gave us his most energetic music yet, such as the heavier synth sounds that came with the release of "Hark" and the funky bass house vibes from "RadioMan". Now he is gearing up for the release of his funkiest, most bangin' song yet coming in February 2022 so be sure to stay tuned!
I am also a part of music team called "Bass Chasers Music Collective" that I will occasionally play shows with and release music with including a different new single on a compilation album coming later in the year.
Socials: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sulestialmusic/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/sulestialmusic Website: https://sulestialmusic.com/home TikTok: @sulestialmusic
WISCONSIN MUSIC PODCAST Episode 75 Next Paperback Hero
Original music by songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Nathan Honoré from Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
The music of Next Paperback Hero walks the line between hope and heartbreak, encouraging reflection for those who feel like outsiders... lost souls searching for a path, looking to begin again.
Simple acoustic guitars and melodic baritone vocals serve as the musical foundation, leaving space for electronic flavors, splashes of saxophone and trumpet, and sparse percussion to create a menagerie of indie folk/rock influences. With confessional, wistful lyrics full of wanderlust and hunger, Next Paperback Hero navigates uncertain waters in uncertain times by looking forward without dismissing the past.
Next Paperback Hero's first full length record 'Morning Skies & Heavy Eyes' is available now on all digital platforms.
For fans of Field Report, Elliott Smith, Lucy Dacus, The National, Phoebe Bridgers
Praise for 'Morning Skies & Heavy Eyes':
“Like a good paperback, "Morning Skies & Heavy Eyes" is hard to put down, thanks to the vivid lyrics and arrangements from the songwriter behind Hero, Nathan Honoré.” - Piet Levy, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
“It is so well done and it’s hard music to do that well. There’s so much singer-songwriter music out there, especially after the quarantine where everybody was holed up recording, recording, recording. You can tell what goes that extra mile and this one really does. - TAP’d IN
http://nextpaperbackhero.com/ https://www.facebook.com/nextpaperbackhero/ https://www.instagram.com/nextpaperbackhero/ https://twitter.com/NPHMKE https://nextpaperbackhero.bandcamp.com/
WISCONSIN MUSIC PODCAST Episode 74 JAY STULO BLUES AND THEN SOME!
Jay Stulo has been playing, fronting, and leading blues bands since the late 1980’s. He has toured the nation several times and released 5 CD’s. Jay first picked up guitar at the age of 14, learning some basic chords from his father, a early rock-a-billy guitarist. He joined his first working bar band Gypsy Rose at the age of 17.
Jay hit the road early with blues legend Luther Allison, then later with James Solberg. Jay co-founded The Mighty Aces in 1996 and toured full-time for a decade leading the The Jay Stulo Band. After taking some time away from music in 2006, Jay picked up his guitar returned to the stage in 2016. It did not take long to get back on top of his game, first as part of the West Coast style Jay Edward Band and now leading an all new Jay Stulo Band.
Influenced by multiple genres, Jay is not a traditional blues artist by any means, and this is not your grandfather’s blues - versatile, high energy guitar pyrotechnics, rock-tinged hooks, and gut-bucket vocals make for a show to remember.
Website: https://jaystulo.com/bio YouTube channel is here: https://www.youtube.com/c/JayStulo Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JayStuloMusic Music link: https://jaystulo.com/music
WISCONSIN MUSIC PODCAST Episode 73 Ben Mulwana
Ben Mulwana is a Ugandan-born and raised artist residing in Wisconsin. Ben released his debut EP, "Wano Naawe", in June 2019. Ben's most recently released work is his Single, "Lies of the Devil" available on all streaming platforms, and he is set to release his next project in Spring 2022. With soulful lyrics and a diverse range of musical inspiration, Ben's music has a storytelling quality that is both unique and familiar. Playing various shows from New York to Minnesota, and everywhere in between, he strives to share his heart through his music with everyone he meets.
Social Media link: benmulwana.com, www.facebook.com/benmulwana, www.youtube.com/benmulwana, www.instagram.com/benmulwana
WISCONSIN MUSIC PODCAST Episode 72 Peggy James
With The Parade, Peggy James Revisits Favorite Songs and Adds to Her Catalog Due Out Digitally Nov.19, 2021 Peggy James’ The Parade is an album of quiet strength, fervent hope and unshakeable faith. The Parade, her sixth album, stands on the strong shoulders of previous releases. It’s a “best-of” and a “what’s new?” featuring five new recordings of favorite songs from her earlier albums and six new songs written in 2021.
Like her previous albums, many influences can be heard yet The Parade refuses to be easily categorized. And yet, The Parade is rooted above all in the ballad and storytelling traditions of American country music.
At the heart of The Parade is Peggy James’ voice, pure as a morning in spring, unafraid yet sensitive to the nuances of the words she sings. She has written her own material since her recording career began.
“Most of my inspiration for writing comes from observing people, places, events and my own life experiences,” Peggy says. “When something strikes me as interesting, I try to weave a story around it and become a character in the story that makes the idea come alive—like an actor would if given a part,” she continues. “Then I know I’m ready to write it into a song. Usually, the words and the music pretty much appear simultaneously as a rough draft. Then I carve the song until I'm satisfied that the emotion, melody and words express what I intended it to. The first song on the album, ‘I Go With Me’ is a perfect example of this process.”
Peggy accompanies herself throughout The Parade on acoustic guitar. Most of the other instrumental tracks were performed by her producer and longtime musical partner, Jim Eannelli, who endows the music with its genre-spanning scope. “Willow” is old school country, not more than a few miles down the road from the Carter Family and other seminal country artists.
“Thousand Reasons,” however, has the cadence of one of those great ‘60s hits that hovered somewhere between Nashville and the Top-40. The title track, closing the album, is an anthemic rock song, the collection’s hardest, most electric track.
Common themes recur throughout The Parade. There is the devotion that comes with caring deeply about another person, but also the search for direction and guidance in a time of confusion.
One of Peggy’s earlier songs rerecorded for The Parade, “Joan of Arc,” sounds timelier today than when first released in 2010. It’s the account of a woman of conviction, standing straight and moving forward against all obstacles. The Parade will be released digitally on November 19, 2021 with a CD release to follow in 2022.
For information on Peggy James please visit:
www.facebook.com/PeggyJamesMusician
Public Relations contact: Gary Tanin • Daystorm Music • (414) 321-9956 • daystormusic@garytanin.com
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Episode 071
Raine Stern part 2
New Glarus native, Raine Stern is a Band Leader, Composer, Guitarist, Singer...and more. This is part 1 of an almost 2 hour interview I had with Raine.
https://linktr.ee/RaineStern
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Episode 070, part 1
Raine Stern
New Glarus native, Raine Stern is a Band Leader, Composer, Guitarist, Singer...and more. This is part 1 of an almost 2 hour interview I had with Raine.
https://linktr.ee/RaineStern
WISCONSIN MUSIC PODCAST Episode 068 BEN HANS
Ben Hans is a percussionist, author, clinician and music instructor based in Nashville, Tennessee. As an educator, Ben has nearly three decades of experience teaching private lessons as well as many years spent as a collegiate music educator.
Ben cut his teeth performing as a freelance artist under the tutelage of Jazz Guitarist Jack Grassel and the late Swing Clarinetist Chuck Hedges. Ben currently performs nationwide with Kip Winger Acoustic (Winger) and Eric Martin Acoustic (Mr. Big) and has shared the stage performing with a diverse list of artists including: Walter Egan, PJ Farley, Rock Guitarists Reb Beach, John Roth and Jorge Salan, Rock Vocalist Fiona, Jazz Pianist Barry Harris, Jazz Saxophonists Eric Morones, Johnny Padilla, Berkely Fudge and Jesse Lee Montijo, Jazz Guitarists Steve Peplin and Michael Arnold, Percussionists John S. Pratt, Mitch Markovich, Dominick Cuccia and Jeff Salisbury, Blues Acts Altered Five and Jonny T-Bird & the MPs many more artists in a variety of genres.
Ben is an author, proofreader, freelance editor and session performer for Hal Leonard Publishing, with published works including: “Workin’ Drums – 50 Solos for Drum Set,” “40 Intermediate Snare Drum Solos,” “Rudimental Solos for the Marching Snare Drummer,” “Modern School for Mallet Keyboard Instruments,” “Hal Leonard School for Snare Drum,” and transcriptions of Ray Luzier’s “Double Bass Drum Techniques,” as well as performing on, writing, editing and music directing the Hal Leonard DVD “Traditional Rudimental Drumming,” by John S. Pratt.
Ben is a Yamaha Performing Artist who also currently endorses Aquarian Drumheads, Vic Firth Drumsticks, Mike Balter Mallets, Impression Cymbals and Tycoon Percussion. Ben is a member of ASCAP and John S. Pratt’s ‘International Association of Traditional Drummers’. For more information check the website at www.benhans.com
WISCONSIN MUSIC PODCAST Episode 067 Thoughts For Food https://www.thoughtsforfood.org/
In the late fall of 1992, Mark Paffrath (then Executive Director of Racine County Project Emergency), Steve Klinkhammer, Bill May, and Ron Schultz (Vets 21 of Racine), and Dave Popoff (George's Tavern) developed Thoughts For Food™ as a benefit to support Project Emergency. Racine County Project Emergency, now the Racine County Food Bank, is a non-profit, United Way supported organization that supplies food to residents in need in Racine County. Vets 21 of Racine had previously sponsored several food and fund raising benefits for the Racine County Food Bank and wanted to continue its efforts while allowing for greater input and support from the community. What developed was the concept of local musicians donating their "thoughts for food." This would give Racine area musicians an opportunity to showcase their talents and the community a chance to respond with food and cash donations for the Food Bank. Thoughts For Food™ 1, held on February 27, 1993, featured twelve acts on one stage. The event was held at George's and the tavern was filled beyond capacity before the first act had finished. Admission to Thoughts For Food™ 1 was $3 and a non-perishable food item. The event raised $1,200 and 435 pounds of food. Since then, the annual event has grown in size as has the amount of food and funds contributed. This year's event will feature venues in the "River North" and Downtown areas of Racine.
The success of Thoughts For Food™ has always depended on the support of its volunteers. Over the past 24 years, hundreds of dedicated people and families from VVA 767, the Racine County Food Bank, and the general Racine community helped by staffing the event, distributing and collecting food contribution boxes during the month of February, photographing the event and doing the myriad other tasks that make the event successful. In addition, several hundred band members, sound and lighting techs, and other contributors to the event gave unselfishly of their time and talent.
Over its 29 years, Thoughts For Food™ has raised over $525,000 and more than 120,000 pounds of food for the Racine County Food Bank! It is truly a peaceful demonstration of caring and concern by Racine area residents!
Mission
Thoughts For Food™ benefits . . . THE RACINE COUNTY FOOD BANK
THE PURPOSE OF THIS ORGANIZATION
To efficiently and effectively obtain resources and facilitate the distribution of food, and other necessities through a network of direct service providers to individuals and families of Racine County who are in need. In doing so, we will equalize the distribution of resources throughout the community and advocate on behalf of the community to reduce hunger.
OVERVIEW
For over 35 years the Racine County Food Bank has operated an efficient and successful food program. Funding and support of it's operation has come from all areas of the community as well as from the FEMA, which is managed by RCFB. Because of community involvement and a great staff, Racine County Food Bank is able to help supply the emergency food network in Racine County.
FURTHER INFORMATION
For further information on Racine County Food Bank visit the web site at:
www.racinecountyfoodbank.org
or contact:
Racine County Food Bank 2000 DeKoven Avenue, Racine, WI 53403-2481 (262) 632-2307 fax (262) 632-2643
2021 Thoughts for Food TM
WISCONSIN MUSIC PODCAST Episode 66 Emily Zimmer
Wisconsin rock musician Emily Zimmer is a soulful singer/songwriter, guitarist, bassist, and producer. She has played on hundreds of singles and albums as a session musician, made 9 albums with her own groups, and taught hundreds of music students. Ms. Zimmer, a regular performer at Summerfest and Milwaukee Pride, is a proud Wisconsin Music Ventures artist.
Emily's unshakable passion for the musical artform has kept her touring, recording, and performing internationally since 2002. She is a graduate of Milwaukee Area Technical College and Carroll University.
Here is my official website: https://www.emzimmermusic.com/
...and I encourage folks to sign up for my email newsletter: https://www.emzimmermusic.com/join-mailing-list
Here's the BandCamp page, the easiest and most direct way to get a full album download: https://emilyzimmer.bandcamp.com/releases
and once my new gig roster is posted, it will be visible here: https://www.emzimmermusic.com/#livedates-section
Here are the two platforms through which I do remote session work on guitar and bass, as well as full-song production and custom songwriting/production. Folks can hire me directly through these profiles:
Emily Zimmer on AirGigs: https://www.airgigs.com/user/emzimmermusic
Emily Zimmer on SoundBetter: https://soundbetter.com/profiles/121085-emily-zimmer SOCIAL PROFILES:
Instagram: facebook.com/emilyzimmermusic
Since you asked for artists I've been listening to who should get a shout-out, here are a handful:
Tae/Tae & the Neighborly: https://www.facebook.com/thisistaemusic
RAF and Company: https://rafandcompany.com/
Hallowtribe: https://www.hallowtribe.com/
Jorge Vallentine: https://www.facebook.com/jorgevallentine/
Ben Harold & the Rising: https://benharoldmusic.com/
Eliza Hanson: https://www.facebook.com/elizahanson/
Kat & the Hurricane: https://katandthehurricane.com/
Soul Doctors: https://www.souldoctorsband.com/
The Rogue Electrics: https://www.facebook.com/therogueelectrics/
Sam Ness: https://samness.us/
WISCONSIN MUSIC PODCAST Rebroadcast of Episode 004 Wisconsin Music Ventures Allison Emm
Here is the rebroadcast of Episode 004 with Allison Emm of Wisconsin Music Podcast.
Wisconsin Music Podcast interviews Allison Emm of Wisconsin Music Ventures this week. Allison is a great resource for WIsconsin musicians, take a listen to this weeks interview and hear how her organization can benefit you. From her website, www.WisconsinMusicVentures.com Motivating musicians and audiences to experience inspiring performance environments by partnering with unlikely local destinations. Wisconsin Music Ventures is a program that was founded in the summer of 2019 by Milwaukee area musician and private instructor Allison Schweitzer (Allison Emm is her business name). Her idea was to plan events that might be different, engaging and exciting for her private students and others to attend, being held at interesting – when possible outdoor – locations.
In planning these experiences for her private studio, she thought a) wouldn’t it be great to open some up to other students, and b) many of these “venues” would be amazing, scenic spots at which other local musicians could perform small-scale concerts.
Website www.WisconsinMusicPodcast.com
Sponsored by: ZTF Studio at www.ZTFstudio.com
Podcast Song written by Nate Wycoff and has a recording studio at https://www.frequencyfarmrecordingstudio.com/
Voice Over Intro by Dean Bundy
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www.WisconsinMusicPodcast.com Episode 65 Jared Judge Dream City Music, BookLive, Gigging Musician Podcast, Gigging Secrets * Jared Judge has had a diverse career in Music and Technology. Having two degrees in music, he served as an elementary and high school band director and ran a non-profit opera house. As a self-proclaimed tech geek, he has built many websites and apps. When he launched his wedding string quartet, Dream City Strings, it immediately became the top-gigging string quartet in Milwaukee. As the administrative work piled high, he launched BookLive as a tool to automate much of that work and to help other musicians run profitable live music businesses. He now coaches hundreds of performing groups on making a living off of music. * www.facebook.com/JaredJudge * www.linkedin.com/in/jared-judge * twitter.com/jaredjudge * www.instagram.com/jaredjudge/
BookLive #MusicApp #DreamCityStrings #WisconsinMusic #MusicPodcast #MusicCoach #LiveMusic #Music #LakefrontBrewery #ZTFStudio
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Episode 64
Harmonious Wail
Americana flavored Gypsy Jazz on full tilt! Harmonious Wail combines the searing wit, humor and mandolin virtuosity of vintage Jethro Burns performances, the Continental panache of Django and charm of Edith Piath inspired vocals to create a unique musical journey.
https://linktr.ee/harmoniouswail
https://www.facebook.com/harmoniouswail/
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Episode 63
Area 7-1-5
Synthwave Industrial Metal Jo Slotevig
38 years old, grew up in the Chippewa Valley in Wisconsin. Currently living in Cadott, Wisconsin.
Independent Musician. Iraq War Veteran. Outdoorsman, Nature lover. Artist.
Name of Wisconsin Group: Area-715
Social Media Links: My music music can be heard on all the popular streaming apps such as Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music, Pandora, Deezer, iTunes.
Currently no social media pages or websites.
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Episode 062
7000APART
7000apart is the husband-and-wife duo of Amelie Eiding and Jon Kresin. Their story began when Amelie left her hometown of Stockholm, Sweden to attend high school as an exchange student in Green Bay, Wisconsin. It was there where she met Jon and they fell in love. When she returned to Sweden, the couple started 7000apart as their creative project together named after the 7,000 kilometer distance between them. They spent three years like this before reuniting and getting married, and 7000apart became a serious artistic endeavor. They released their debut record “We Are More” in 2019, which now has over 100,000 streams and features on over 1,300 playlists on Spotify alone.
7000apart’s music transcends the relationship between Jon & Amelie. One of the cornerstones of their writing is mental health awareness, and their lyrics often touch on personal struggles and finding strength through dark times. They want to create music that resonates with others & helps them to feel a little less alone. The couple worked with Grammy-winning Nashville producer FEMKE on their latest single “Nothing to Worry About.” The song is their reminder to us all that no matter how hopeless the world seems right now, we can still find joy in whatever moment we’re in.
Kickstarter:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/7000apart/feel-your-feelings-a-self-care-album-in-two-parts
Social Links:
linktr.ee/7000apart www.7000apart.com info@7000apart.com
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Episode 061
DIET LITE
MILWAUKEE ROCK N ROLL COMPANY
We're Diet Lite. We're alright.
A powerful trio showcasing catchy riffs, creative songwriting, and a brand of energy that could be canned and sold at grungy, filth-caked 7/11’s worldwide. Diet Lite is a refreshing, low calorie way to get your face melted.
Starting as a collection of various recording projects between drummer Evan Marsalli and guitarist Kelson Kuzdas, the band later brought guitarist Max Niemann into the fold.
Diet Lite paradoxically consists of two guitarists and zero bassists. With neither of them able to concede as the lesser guitarist, and a refusal to submit to the way of the axe, Max and Kelson instead trade the bass when playing live. In other words, Diet Lite is two bands for the cost of one!
This indie-alternative-punk group showcases spicy hooks, pungent absurdity, and the spirit of drunken collaboration. The group takes pride in active bass lines, melodically forward verses, and familiar yet fresh material inspired by the acts the likes of Parquet Courts, Twin Peaks, Pavement, The White Stripes, Tame Impala, Nirvana, Velvet Underground, Courtney Barnett, Led Zeppelin, Oasis, Blink-182, Carseat Headrest, Wilco, Built to Spill, Rage Against the Machine, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Weezer, Arctic Monkeys, AC/DC, Beastie Boys, The Strokes, Sublime, Cymbals Eat Guitars, The Clash, Cage the Elephant, Vampire Weekend, and Bob Dylan.
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Diet Lite
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https://linktr.ee/dietlitemusic
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Episode 60
Red Deacon
Veteran multi-instrumentalist “Red Deacon” spent the last 50 years plying his craft, and making a living as a working musician. With career highlights playing alongside Country Stars like Charlie Pride to pitching his own songs to Nashville publishers, there has never been a dull moment.
Red has also had long stints as a solo artist in the nightclub world which provided him with an active entertainment career and food on the table. His latest project include a original Christmas song “MARY CAN I HOLD THE BABY?” which Deacon hopes to make into a full length play.
Check red’s Facebook page for details:
https://www.facebook.com/red.deacon
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Episode #58
Michael Legut (AKA Casual Intent Band)
Bio: I was born and lived on the south side of Chicago for most of my young adult life. Started playing guitar and writing songs when I was 16. I've been in several garage and bar bands (Starliner Band in the 70's). Then I moved out to the San Francisco bay area and join a band called the HiTops. We played R&B and Motown covers. Lot's of fun and crazy stuff then. Our claims to fame were include playing for a presidential candidate party - Gary Hart event - LOL - and opening for the Violent Femmes at a dive bar called the Golden Grommet. I sort of put music aside for a few years to raise a family and get a PhD, and work in the corporate world (Gap Inc, Humana, Northwestern Mutual). Eventually I moved back to the midwest - Louisville and then to the Milwaukee area. I met Jesus Villa at Northwestern Mutual and that got me back into playing and writing again.
It's hard to describe my songs. I try to write mindful songs. People say that my songs are more like Bob Dylan or Tom Waits but I'm still looking for my voice so who know where that will be. ...and I like Captain Beefheart’s 10 Commandments of Guitar Playing 1. Listen to the birds That’s where all the music comes from. Birds know everything about how it should sound and where that sound should come from. And watch hummingbirds. They fly really fast, but a lot of times they aren’t going anywhere.
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Your guitar is not really a guitar Your guitar is a divining rod. Use it to find spirits in the other world and bring them over. A guitar is also a fishing rod. If you’re good, you’ll land a big one.
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Practice in front of a bush Wait until the moon is out, then go outside, eat a multi-grained bread and play your guitar to a bush. If the bush doesn’t shake, eat another piece of bread.
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Walk with the devil Old Delta blues players referred to guitar amplifiers as the “devil box.” And they were right. You have to be an equal opportunity employer in terms of who you’re brining over from the other side. Electricity attracts devils and demons. Other instruments attract other spirits. An acoustic guitar attracts Casper. A mandolin attracts Wendy. But an electric guitar attracts Beelzebub.
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If you’re guilty of thinking, you’re out If your brain is part of the process, you’re missing it. You should play like a drowning man, struggling to reach shore. If you can trap that feeling, then you have something that is fur bearing.
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Never point your guitar at anyone Your instrument has more clout than lightning. Just hit a big chord then run outside to hear it. But make sure you are not standing in an open field.
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Always carry a church key That’s your key-man clause. Like One String Sam. He’s one. He was a Detroit street musician who played in the fifties on a homemade instrument. His song “I Need a Hundred Dollars” is warm pie. Another key to the church is Hubert Sumlin, Howlin’ Wolf’s guitar player. He just stands there like the Statue of Liberty — making you want to look up her dress the whole time to see how he’s doing it.
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Don’t wipe the sweat off your instrument You need that stink on there. Then you have to get that stink onto your music.
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Keep your guitar in a dark place When you’re not playing your guitar, cover it and keep it in a dark place. If you don’t play your guitar for more than a day, be sure you put a saucer of water in with it.
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You gotta have a hood for your engine Keep that hat on. A hat is a pressure cooker. If you have a roof on your house, the hot air can’t escape. Even a lima bean has to have a piece of wet paper around it to make it grow.
Finally....I now live in Waukesha, Wisconsin - the birthplace of Les Paul - a very musical little town. I've since retired from my business career. Now I often play at the open mics and farmers markets in the area. During the Covid shutdown I wrote a lot of songs. Some of those are on band camp. I also started a Motown, Blues Reggae band called the Casual Intent Band that is just starting to schedule gigs in the area.
Here are the links to some of that:
Casual Intent Band -
https://www.facebook.com/casualintent/
Band Camp -
Michaellegut.bandcamp.com
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Episode 57
Joeys Song
Joey's Song was started in 2010 following the death of four-year-old Joey Gomoll, who passed one week shy of his fifth birthday. Joey suffered from a rare and debilitating form of epilepsy known as Dravet Syndrome. Dravet's caused persistent seizures which were never able to be controlled through medications leading to severe learning disabilities. While Dravet's robbed Joey of the ability to speak, Joey remained a happy and fun loving child. He was happiest when music was playing, allowing him to hum, drum and sing in his own way. To be present when music was playing meant only one thing, that Joey would soon have you dancing and enjoying the music with him.
https://www.joeyssong.org/
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Episode 056
Josiah Tha Prince
Biography:
“Josiah Tha Prince” is an Award Winning Producer, Artist, Engineer, Member Of "Death Rose" Records & Co-founder Of "The Elite" based in Wisconsin. Josiah Tha Prince recently released his new album "Secrets."
He has also produced songs such as “3:30” AM By Smokey B, “Sound Of Music” By ILY Truly , "Make It Happen", “Money Man", “Yo Btch”, “Lifestyle”, “You Already Know” And “And One”By C3 the Prince , “Off-White” And “Royalty” By Chalant, “Nggativity” By Great The Man, “Roddy Piper” By Dre Marro , “Party Pack” By Goonie Van Exel & Tone Cold, “Sweat” by Ms. Only One from On One Ent.
After taking time to perfect his craft, He has began working towards changing the world through the music he creates, the talented artists he works with and the time he devotes to his passions. Josiah Tha Prince began making music at the age of 15 when he was first introduced to FL Studio being inspired by producers and artist such as Zaytoven, Rodney “DarkChild” Jenkins, Timbaland, Shawty Redd, Bryan-Michael Cox, Musiq Soulchild, Ludacris, Usher, Chris Brown, Gucci Mane and many more.
His music is distinct from others and will not only move your feet, but will also move your heart and your mind. He strives to get better with each day that passes by and hopes to one day own his own visual and recording company to continue to help bring more artist visions to life.
What Is “Secrets” About?
Josiah Tha Prince’s Album Secrets Is About Love, Sex, Fun, Heartbreak & Vulnerability.
Secrets Helps You To Understand That There Is Still Beauty In Your Imperfections, That You Are Not Your Past & To Live Your Truth.
Secrets Takes You On A Journey Visiting Past Heartbreak & Mistakes With The First Songs On The Album, Titled “Secrets” & “Strangers.”
Shortly After We Learn How To Love Ourselves Again With Josiah’s First Single “Spread Your Wings” Helping Us To Be Able Be Vulnerable, Have Fun Again, And Explore Our Sensuality With His New Singles “Next” Remix & “Something I Need.”
You Want To Know Josiah’s Secrets?
Get This Album To Find Out
Album Link: https://solo.to/secretsthealbum
Josiah Tha Prince Social Media Links: https://solo.to/JosiahThaPrince
WISCONSIN MUSIC PODCAST Episode 55 Kennita Hickman Kennita Hickman is an urban cultural micro-influencer, writer, content producer, and executive producer. She is the Chief Culture Curator for Catera (formerly KIS Communications LLC), a culture development and media company where she supports musicians, creatives, and politicians. Her 22-year career includes freelance journalist, artist manager, and public relations specialist. She currently works at Catera as a brand strategist, project manager, and event producer for creatives. She also currently produces and hosts Artist Eats culture series for independent musicians and local food. She serves as a board member for #IVoted and Milwaukee Theatre Alliance. Prior to her work at Catera, she wrote for various music publications including Urbanology, Relevant, and The Source, and served as Director of Artist Support and Outreach for an arts non-profit. Previous board work includes Above the Clouds, Repairers of the Breach, WAMI (Vice President) LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/kennita-hickman Instagram https://www.instagram.com/artisteats/?hl=en Facebook https://www.facebook.com/CateraCulture/ Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfzLfaIpOwyH6CKunQeeQ4Q youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoeGwV0dqrPeY6aJocgiUVA
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Kennita C. Hickman Catera Chief Culture Curator https://www.linkedin.com/in/kennita-hickman/
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Episode #54
SIT KITTY SIT
During the pandemic, hard rock duo Sit Kitty Sit relocated from San Francisco to the Fox Valley, built their own recording studio and promptly started recording new music. It was the first time they recorded everything outside of a full-production studio, something they’d dreamed of doing for years.
The result is Good Riddance, their first new single to be released in three years.
For more than ten years fans have loved witnessing the real-life mashup Sit Kitty Sit choreographs during its live performances and digital recordings — the dramatic, expressive stylings of Beethoven and Rachmaninoff with the lyrical vulnerability of Led Zeppelin and RUSH.
Good Riddance is the next evolution in the band’s sound.
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Episode 53
Original Progressive Rock Guitarist, Rob Wessel
Robs' Bio:
"I began teaching myself guitar at age 13 or 14. I began learning guitar parts off of rock records at about age 15. In my 20s and into my 30s I took lessons and classes at the WI Conservatory of Music in jazz guitar and theory. I had classes with John Foshager and David Hazeltine, lessons with Michael Sullivan, and an ensemble class with Don Linke. I attended guitar seminars at the National Guitar Workship with Mike Keneally, Jack Grassel, Matt Smith and Terry Syrek. I played in local groups Beacon and Jonah's Vacation and in my church's worship group through the 1990s. I played in classic rock cover group Thick Aza Brick from 2001 to about 2010. I played in local progressive rock group Lyndenthal from 2014 to 2019.
I taught guitar lessons at Academy of Music in Menomonee Falls from 2001 to 2012, at Wondersound Music in Menomonee Falls from 2012 to 2020, and at North Shore Academy of the Arts from 2009-2015.
I formed Concept of Innocence in 1998 to play my original progressive rock songs. The band ended up being a duo of myself and drummer Jim Kube and recorded one album, Songs From the Heart. The group ran its course after this album. Jim contributed to writing songs and performed drums. I wrote songs, and performed vocals, guitar, bass and programmed the synth parts.
Since 2010 I have been spending most of the time I have to devote to music working in my home studio recording progressive rock, blues, and ambient/electronic pieces, which I've posted on soundcloud and have released on Spotify, itunes, etc. Since 2019 I've worked exclusively on another progressive rock release, which will feature new original songs similar to Concept of Innocence but also incorporating some of the ambient electronic and maybe even the blues sounds I've recorded.
The name of the group whose album I released a year ago is Concept of Innocence. I am writing and recording more original progressive rock but don't yet know if I will release it under my name or a new band name."
Links:
https://www.deezer.com/us/album/165643352 https://www.facebook.com/ConceptofInnocenceprog https://open.spotify.com/album/3XVzmX6IUEI3WUGFGPavvX?fbclid=IwAR1MnAdruEQTjiV6f9_z4GTFf_-_BSSxXfegebaYS3p7Cc_JmLx5c8U9Zxs https://music.apple.com/us/album/songs-from-the-heart/1526767597?uo=4&app=itunes&fbclid=IwAR0286WHVy4nTRe4tJLkIJZjYpwWY04dDY46bifFO_be08CQW6YACeTHpok
Wisconsin Music Podcast is:
Created, hosted, mixed, mastered, and edited by:
Zach T Fell of ZTF Studio (www.ztfStudio.com)
Sponsored by:
ZTF Studio
Podcast Theme Music created by:
Nate Wycoff of Frequency Farm Recording Studio
Podcast Voice Over performed by:
Dean Bundy
Syndicated on:
cwHipHop.com – Wisconsin's online Hip Hop radio station
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Friday Music Showcase
23
Orphics Alley
This week we hear 4 songs from a Wisconsin band from the 1970's that drew from the fusion music of the time. It was recorded in a garage with analog gear and probably Shure SM57 and 58's. It was converted to digital in the early 2000's and recently, I did some audio restoration to it.
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Episode 52
DONOMA
Donoma is an eclectic Rock 'n' Roll band out of Kenosha, Wi., refusing to fall under one genre
When modern rock band Donoma decided to head back in to the studio to record their third full length album, they decided it wasn’t enough to match the success of 2017’s “Falling Forward”. That would be fine for many bands as that record gained them airplay on more than 120 terrestrial radio stations and helped them secure direct concert support for the likes of Soul Asylum, Meat Puppets, Candlebox, Tantric, and Rusted Root along with many top billing shows. For this album the band put three simple rules in place. First, to lyrically examine the world around them and to not shy away from stating where they stood. Second, to keep production to a minimum. And finally, to make a cohesive album that re-imagined rock and roll’s glory days. On “American Rust”, Donoma burst through expectations. With eight songs blazing through at thirty-four minutes, listeners are taken on a journey through today’s America with all of its hopes and dreams and flaws. The album opens with “Rustbelt Tragedy”, a no holds barred tribute to the American worker and ends with “Road Song”, which tells the story of one man’s realization that he must fight for what he believes in. Between those staggering bookends, Donoma tackles millennial angst with the punky “Nobody Wants Us”, race relations on “Hands Are Up”, the young dreamer coming to America on the lilting “Maria”, the tour-deforce rallying cry of “Common Man”, climate change on “Home”, and finally an assault on gun violence and the N.R.A. in the chilling “Ballad of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.” Paddy Fineran of Music Matters says that “American Rust” is “delivered with a steely focus on melody, moxie, and mettle with a fair amount of magic thrown in”, and “This is what music lovers have been waiting twenty years for, the return of great rock n’ roll.” The Wisconsin Gazette called Donoma, “a group known for its diverse music, eccentric attitude, and outspoken activism.” The Wisconsin State Journal pitched Donoma as, “one of the most eclectic bands in the state.” Wisconsin’s top music paper, Shepherd Express added, “The band has an attacking sound, the raw energy of artists in rebellion … Donoma merges influences ranging from punk to Pearl Jam in to a Frankenstew of menace and compassion.”
Web www.donomatribe.com Twitter twitter.com/donomatribe/ Instagram instagram.com/donomatribe Facebook facebook.com/donomatribe Music Links: Spotify https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://open.spotify.com/artist/6cXKWDi6xa3TJ0kB3Fdzjw?si=FgsSx8UXSpmQwGwDvvVH4g__;!!Lf_9VycLqA!1CXXR-FmypBPwdWQWQ1u2vJUVeee9QqU-V0klKY8aT8iW1JDOk-chf05NvRqPp3sIqo$ Apple https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://music.apple.com/us/artist/donoma/428096148__;!!Lf_9VycLqA!wAdS-2J1q9nSVNTcfHz8QLpaLQoSGHrxTH6pC-KzgjmhYL5x3ICyHo5Mlmxn9bLKcHQ$ Tidal Donoma YouTube https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://youtube.com/user/donomatribe__;!!Lf_9VycLqA!2y9OdfXDOqN8Br9Ol5fgKCLme1nu0SRWvh0DAfWJJhwriXesp61zdrJIf4B6-amv5E4$ .www.donomatribe.com
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Friday Music Showcase
Heavy Metal Lap Steel Guitarist of Velocihamster
SEAN WILLIAMSON
Lap steel guitarist Sean Williamson is set to release a new single, “Thunderstruck,” under the moniker Velocihamster, following the vinyl LP release of his sophomore album, Balls to the Wall, along with singles “Sleepwalk” and “Mist” in June.
Reinterpreting the iconic rock anthem “Thunderstruck” by AC/DC, Williamson continues to foster his own niche within the metal / hard rock genre showcasing the lap steel guitar. The composition also marks Velocihamster’s first release with vocals, featuring singers Vincent Black (Sacred, De La Luz) & Dustin Moon (Reflections of Flesh, Atrocity Addiction).
“Playing ‘Thunderstruck’ is a legendary rite of passage exercise for guitarists, especially in music stores,” Williamson laughs, “and adapting it for lap steel was yet another pleasant surprise. It’s rewarding to keep finding ways to bring slide guitar to new audiences & inspire using the unexpected. Who said steel guitar players can’t be rockstars...LOL?”
Velocihamster’s trademark shred-style approach to lap steel is modeled after acrobatic electric guitar leads typically heard in heavy metal and hard rock genres. The project’s 2018 debut LP Wheel Of Steel garnered attention in Guitar World & Guitar Player magazines, earning it recognition as “the world’s first lap steel metal band,” and new album Balls to the Wall was recently spotlighted by MetalSucks.net in February.
Velocihamster’s “Thunderstruck” will be available on digital formats Friday, October 29th via Born Free, Then Caged Music. Full length vinyl LP Balls to the Wall & singles “Sleepwalk” and “Mist” are available now via Born Free, Then Caged Music at https://velocihamster.net & select vinyl retailers. For more information on Sean Williamson’s signature lap steel guitar visit http://morrelllapsteel.com/sw-custom.
Media/Interview Requests:
Standing Noise Music LLC • 414.737.9316
standingnoisemusic@gmail.com • info@velocihamster.net
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Episode 51
Penn (Drop Poet)
A solo indie-pop act out of Milwaukee, WI. A non-binary musician that have put out 4 full length albums, 2 for worldwide distribution, all written, performed, and produced by themselves. They have been writing music for over a decade now under the Pendrop Poet name branching between the genres they grew up around: southern rock, hip hop, punk, pop, and folk.
https://facebook.com/pendroppoet https://twitter.com/njsimmons456 https://instagram.com/pendroppoet
Music:
https://linktr.ee/PendropPoet
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Friday Music Showcase #21 - Album Review
These Day
by: Ben Harold and the Rising
Today I do my first of hopefully many albums. This week is Ben Harold and the Rising and their newest LP, These Days.
Ben Harold & The Rising is an Americana, Roots-Rock band from Milwaukee, WI. Their newest album “THESE DAYS” explores the complexities of being human in extraordinary times.
Ben Harold & The Rising is a 2020 WAMI nominee
https://benharoldmusic.com/
@benharoldmusic
Past interview: https://www.wisconsinmusicpodcast.com/podcast/episode/3a8ef8c6/episode-007-ben-harold
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Episode #50
Musician and Entrepreneur, and ACA Entertainment
Matt Antoniewicz
As a trumpeter, Matt Antoniewicz, has been performing for over 20 years. Originally from and currently living in Milwaukee, he studied trumpet performance with an emphasis on jazz studies at UWSP. He has performed with such national acts as Kenny Rogers, The Woody Herman Orchestra, Frank Sinatra Jr., Aretha Franklin, Johnny Mathis, The Four Tops, The Temptations, Manhattan Transfer, Frankie Valli, Natalie Cole, Doc Severinsen, Dennis DeYoung, Mannheim Steamroller, Bobby Vinton, Kurt Elling, Don Rickles, Monica Mancini, Frank Stallone, Bob Newhart, Lena Prima, Slide Hampton, Bob Mintzer, James Moody, Melissa Manchester, Peter Cetera, Chester French, and several others. He also performs with local and regional groups, such as, Platinum, The North Coast Orchestra, The North Coast Brass Quintet, Velocity, La Chazz, The East Town Jazz Orchestra, and many more. He has performed in the orchestra for the touring Broadway productions of Little Shop Of Horrors, The Color Purple, A Chorus Line, My Fair Lady, Peter Pan, All Shook Up, Legally Blonde, Dreamgirls, Young Frankenstein, White Christmas, Evita, and Hair. As owner of the artist management company, North Coast Management, he owns and manages the bands The North Coast Orchestra, Velocity, The North Coast Brass Quintet, Platinum, Livin The Dream, The Barbara Stephan Band, Paradise Jazz Band, Cajun Cats, Samuel McClain Jr., and event lighting company- TransFormation Lighting. North Coast Management handles acquiring and executing bookings, working with agencies and buyers, contracting, production, event planning, scheduling, travel logistics, and payroll services for the acts represented.
ACA Music & Entertainment (booking agency)
North Coast Management (artist management)
Social media and music links
https://www.facebook.com/AcaMusicEntertainment https://www.facebook.com/northcoastcenter https://www.facebook.com/platinumtheband
Wisconsin Music Podcast is:
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Created, hosted, mixed, mastered, and edited by:
- Zach T Fell of ZTF Studio (www.ztfStudio.com)
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Sponsored by:
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Diamond Dave Photography
- ZTF Studio
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Podcast Theme Music created by:
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Nate Wycoff of Frequency Farm Recording Studio
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Podcast Voice Over performed by:
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Dean Bundy
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Syndicated on:
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cwHipHop.com – Wisconsin's online Hip Hop radio station
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Friday Music Showcase #20
Lost Songs of the Fell Boyzs.
This week we have songs from the EP the Fell Boyzs did back in the mid 2000's. These were songs that didn't make it on the full length album debut ConcreteDogBicycle.
If you're interested in having your music on the Friday Music Showcase, send me an email with 2-3 songs and I'll get in on the show.
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Episode 49
Alternative Radio - Where the 80's Punk Rock Left Off
I talk with Payton about his beginnings, Alternative Radio, and his campaign: I Can Start A Band Too.
BIO:
In 2019 The band met at art school and began by playing campus shows at pop-up art galleries. This Milwaukee punk rock "n" roll band takes off where the local scene left in the '80s. Taking a cue from bands like Oil Tasters, Couch Flambeau, Violent Femmes, Plasticland, Yipes! and The Haskels, they continue Milwaukee's great history of local music. Stark's dad was a part of the Milwaukee, Wisconsin scene as well playing in the 80's new wave band Among Thorns. Alternative Radio looks back at the past to look to the future and returns to the primitive rock and roll of the '70s and early '80s. The band has started to go somewhere, as we got our first radio airplay, and have had record companies reach out to us now.
Personal: After 4 years at an art school in Chicago, I moved back to Milwaukee full-time and was determined to get my band off the ground now that I had more time. My dad was in a few bands and had friends that played in iconic local bands, and he constantly told me about the Milwaukee scene in the '80s. I was disheartened when I came back to Milwaukee and saw that the scene was nowhere near the stories I heard from my dad. The general public wasn't really interested in local music, and bands didn't have the backing of local radio and publications to the degree they need. Being dissatisfied with the local scene, and knowing its history and how Iggy Pop and Jimmy Hendrix used to frequent Milwaukee's local clubs and scene I wanted to change that. I knew my band would never thrive if it didn't have an environment to thrive in. I started "I CAN START A BAND TOO", and decided I would bring back the local scene even if I had to do it single handily. I set up a website and did interviews with local musicians from the 80's such as Pat McCurdy of The Yipes!, and John Boler, of Bon Ton Society who actually is a great friend of my fathers' and frequently, is over at the house. I wanted to tap into their knowledge and hear from their mouths what they did to create success in the past in our city. I also started an online zine for the local scene that updates people weekly on what is going on locally. One cool thing that was started was digital compilations on Spotify of local bands. I hope to do different volumes of both of these as time passes and bring awareness to some things I personally find interesting in the scene. Right now the campaign focuses on rock "n" roll because the genre lends itself to D.I.Y. better than some others. I also don't want to throw hip hop, metal, and punk all on a compilation because then songs will get skipped, and that doesn't do a band's algorithm any use. Although I'm choosing to focus on the genre I know and feel I can lend myself the best to, I hope others rise to the occasion and do the same for the other music types. I love music and hope that I can pave a way for other groups who want to create something for themselves. Although I run the campaign by myself several others have been behind it and are excited to help grow the scene as a group.
Alternative Radio's Spotify link:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/6fmqiMSKisecrnNhgNO5Y0?si=m3mT8aQmRwO6Um6a6FaIag
"I CAN START A BAND TOO"
https://www.icanstartabandtoo.com/
Wisconsin Music Podcast is:
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Created, hosted, mixed, mastered, and edited by:
- Zach T Fell of ZTF Studio (www.ztfStudio.com)
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Sponsored by:
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Diamond Dave Photography
- ZTF Studio
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Podcast Theme Music created by:
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Nate Wycoff of Frequency Farm Recording Studio
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Podcast Voice Over performed by:
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Dean Bundy
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Syndicated on:
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cwHipHop.com – Wisconsin's online Hip Hop radio station
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Friday Music Showcase #19
WAMI (Wisconsin Area Music Industry) with Zoy Benos
The Wisconsin Area Music Industry provides artists and supporters with an opportunity to recognize the many great accomplishments happening in our state. Members are able to vote on recipients in our annual awards program. The organization also provides scholarships and sponsors workshops and events to benefit Wisconsin musicians. As a volunteer organization, all membership proceeds go directly into our programming
www.WAMImusicWI.com
https://www.facebook.com/WAMI.Music
Wisconsin Music Podcast is:
Created, hosted, mixed, mastered, and edited by:
Zach T Fell of ZTF Studio (www.ztfStudio.com)
Sponsored by:
Diamond Dave Photography
ZTF Studio
Podcast Theme Music created by:
Nate Wycoff of Frequency Farm Recording Studio
Podcast Voice Over performed by:
Dean Bundy
Syndicated on:
cwHipHop.com – Wisconsin's online Hip Hop radio station
WISCONSIN MUSIC PODCAST
Episode 48
Piano Gal - Marta Hansen
Marta has been making music for decades, but has really branched out into regular songwriting and performing within the last 10 years. She has a bachelor's degree in Music Education from University of Wisconsin-Madison, then taught choir and general music as a public school teacher for 6 years. After that, she started her own business and opened a brick and mortar music store that offers music lessons, piano tuning and repair, custom art, used pianos and other instruments. She is a regular performer all over the Madison, Wisconsin area. She is also part of a duo. Two Birds, that performs at local events and festivals doing dueling pianos and sing alongs.
- Social media and music links:
- Solo music links: https://www.martahansenmusic.com/
- https://www.facebook.com/martahansenmusic,
- https://www.instagram.com/martahansenmusic/
- Small Business links:
- https://thepianogalshop.com/,
- https://www.facebook.com/ThePianoGalShop
- https://www.instagram.com/shopthepianogal/
Wisconsin Music Podcast is:
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Created, hosted, mixed, mastered, and edited by:
- Zach T Fell of ZTF Studio (www.ztfStudio.com)
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Sponsored by:
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Diamond Dave Photography
- ZTF Studio
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Podcast Theme Music created by:
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Nate Wycoff of Frequency Farm Recording Studio
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Podcast Voice Over performed by:
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Dean Bundy
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Syndicated on:
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cwHipHop.com – Wisconsin's online Hip Hop radio station
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Friday Music Showcase #18
7000apart
7000apart is the husband-and-wife duo of Amelie Eiding and Jon Kresin. Their story began when Amelie left her hometown of Stockholm, Sweden to attend high school as an exchange student in Green Bay, Wisconsin. It was there where she met Jon and they fell in love. When she returned to Sweden, the couple started 7000apart as their creative project together named after the 7,000 kilometer distance between them. They spent three years like this before reuniting and getting married, and 7000apart became a serious artistic endeavor. They released their debut record “We Are More” in 2019, which now has over 100,000 streams and features on over 1,300 playlists on Spotify alone.
7000apart’s music transcends the relationship between Jon & Amelie. One of the cornerstones of their writing is mental health awareness, and their lyrics often touch on personal struggles and finding strength through dark times. They want to create music that resonates with others & helps them to feel a little less alone. The couple worked with Grammy-winning Nashville producer FEMKE on their latest single “Nothing to Worry About.” The song is their reminder to us all that no matter how hopeless the world seems right now, we can still find joy in whatever moment we’re in.
linktr.ee/7000apart www.7000apart.com info@7000apart.com
WISCONSI MUSIC PODCAST Episode 47 The Periodicals
Described by The Isthmus as “Your favorite new local band”, Madison favorites The Periodicals inventive, soulful, snappy, and sometimes searching sound doesn’t easily fit in to any one category, reflecting the musical times and places this (male and female, black and white) six-piece has been along the way – London, Los Angeles, Milwaukee, Philadelphia, and Bangor [WI].
Merging elements of northern soul, classic R&B, and alternative rock, the Periodicals blow the dust off and thumb through a rich catalog of brightly-crafted songs that will have you tapping your feet, but can catch you off-guard just as easily as they catch you singing along.
The Periodicals features Heather Vandermeer on vocals and Alida LaCosse on keyboards, along with Eric Wermedal on drums, Steve Rosenblum on bass, Geoff Blake-Horst on lead guitar, and John Wedge on vocals and rhythm guitar. Upcoming live shows will see the band showcase the additional talents of the Library of Congress horn section.
Their latest EP “Journal of Love” released in August 2020, presents three original songs: ”I Can't Stop”, “The Hits Keep Coming”, and “Looks and Lies”, and will have you snapping your fingers and searching your soul.
Facebook.com/thePeriodicals
https://theperiodicals.bandcamp.com/
Wisconsin Music Podcast is:
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Created, hosted, mixed, mastered, and edited by:
- Zach T Fell of ZTF Studio (www.ztfStudio.com)
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Sponsored by:
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Diamond Dave Photography
- ZTF Studio
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Podcast Theme Music created by:
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Nate Wycoff of Frequency Farm Recording Studio
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Podcast Voice Over performed by:
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Dean Bundy
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Syndicated on:
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cwHipHop.com – Wisconsin's online Hip Hop radio station
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Friday Music Showcase #017
ZACH PIETRINI
Americana that gets right into you with a beguiling friendliness
opened for: HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS RAY WYLIE HUBBARD MILES NEILSEN & THE RUSTED HEARTS SHOOK TWINS
festivals: SUMMERFEST BASTILLE DAYS TOSA TONIGHT GATHERING ON THE GREEN WAUKESHA BLUES FEST
venues: ANODYNE SHANK HALL THE RAVE HIGH NOON SALOON OLD TOWN SCHOOL OF FOLK THE HIDEOUT MARTYR’S
*BEST LIVE ACT IN MILWAUKEE 2017 (Milwaukee Magazine, 2017)
*BEST BAND IN MILWAUKEE (Nominated, 2014 & 2015. 88Nine Radio Milwaukee)
*WIS. SINGER/SONGWRITER SERIES (Winner, 2014)
https://zachpietrini.com/
https://www.facebook.com/zachpietrini/
http://twitter.com/zachpietrini
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGuzLm1xlPVfTt91O_ti3hg
http://instagram.com/zachpietrini
http://zachpietrini.bandcamp.com/
Wisconsin Music Podcast is:
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Created, hosted, mixed, mastered, and edited by:
- Zach T Fell of ZTF Studio (www.ztfStudio.com)
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Sponsored by:
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Diamond Dave Photography
- ZTF Studio
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Podcast Theme Music created by:
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Nate Wycoff of Frequency Farm Recording Studio
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Podcast Voice Over performed by:
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Dean Bundy
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Syndicated on:
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cwHipHop.com – Wisconsin's online Hip Hop radio station
- Spotify playlist (Season 1): https://tinyurl.com/WMPseason1
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Season 2, Episode 46
Emily White
Author and Podcast host of:
How to Build a Sustainable Music Career and Collect All Revenue Streams
This week we have the author of the book and podcast under the same name titled:
How to Build a Sustainable Music Career and Collect All Revenue Streams
Emily White is a Partner at Collective Entertainment and the Founder of #iVoted Festival. She is the author of the #1 Amazon best-selling How to Build a Sustainable Music Career and Collect All Revenue Streams and the Host of the book’s accompanying podcast of the same name. The podcast is the #1 Music Business podcast in America and has charted on six continents with listeners in 115+ countries.
After witnessing slim margins in the 2016 U.S. Election, White was inspired to get out the vote. The result was a new initiative called #iVoted in which over 150 venues in 37 states let fans in on election night 2018, who showed a selfie from outside of their polling place. The movement pivoted in 2020 due to the pandemic and created the largest digital concert in history, which took place on election night 2020. Over 450 artists participated in #iVoted Festival 2020, all booked per the data of the top streaming artists in key swing states whose margins are often decided by the size of a concert venue. Artists including Billie Eilish, Trey Anastasio of Phish, Playboi Carti, Jim James of My Morning Jacket, Maggie Rogers, Colin Meloy of The Decemberists, Living Colour, Young the Giant and countless more have participated in #iVoted Festival. The #iVoted team quickly followed up by creating #iVoted Festival Georgia for the 2021 special elections that determined control of the U.S. Senate. #iVoted is currently building #iVoted Festival 2022 for The United States’ next national Election Day - November 8th, 2022.
White is an in-demand speaker and consultant due to her expertise within the modern music and sports industries, artist development, social media, and beyond. In the media, White has been on the cover of Pollstar Magazine with her name additionally gracing the cover of Billboard magazine. Her work has been additionally profiled in Variety, Fast Company, Forbes, Bloomberg, Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, Alternative Press, Brooklyn Vegan, The Fader, Stereogum, Relix, CNN, Vox, The Huffington Post, ESPN, and more. She is a frequent guest blogger for Hypebot as well as Midem in Cannes, France where she is a regular speaker. In addition, White has proudly served on the boards of Well-Dunn, Future of Music, CASH Music, SXSW, The David Lynch Foundation Live while additionally serving on The Grammys’ Education Committee and Pandora’s Artist Advisory Council. She was named to Billboard’s 2020 Women in Music Executives of the Year list.
White’s career spans the entertainment industry, carving out a unique path that defines a modern maven. White began her journey at Northeastern University in Boston, with experiences at Powderfinger Promotions, WBCN-FM, Q Division and Skope Magazine. Upon seeing The Dresden Dolls play on campus, White introduced herself to front-woman Amanda Palmer, quickly integrating into a core member of the band’s team. White and The Dresden Dolls grew up professionally together beginning at SXSW and continuing through White’s graduation day, in which she did graduate, but didn’t walk due to the band kicking off a three continent tour with Nine Inch Nails at Coachella.
Prior to graduating, White completed work with Boston’s legendary promoter, Don Law Company, while working deep within the local music scene before becoming a world-class tour manager. An internship at MTV / VH1 UK solidified White’s early love for international business and view of a modern, global economy. Retiring from tour managing at age 23, including runs with Imogen Heap and festivals ranging from Glastonbury to Fuji Rock, White accepted a position at Madison House Inc. in New York working with artists such as The Fiery Furnaces, Dinosaur Jr., The Secret Machines, Angelique Kidjo, and Taj Mahal, as well as members of The String Cheese Incident and Drive-By Truckers.
White wrote a pre-Radiohead In Rainbows “name your own price” distribution model that was passed along to iconic producer Bob Ezrin in 2007. A job offer at Michael Cohl’s Live Nation Artists followed with White project managing Zac Brown Band’s debut release when he was signed along with Madonna, U2 and Jay-Z.
In 2008, White launched Whitesmith Entertainment with Keri Smith to oversee the careers of musicians and comedians such as Brendan Benson of The Raconteurs, Margaret Cho, The Hush Sound, Amanda Palmer, Eric Burdon, Family of the Year, Hockey, The Autumn Defense, Fox Stevenson and W. Kamau Bell. Whitesmith additionally successfully consulted on Jay Mohr’s goal of being nominated for Comedy Album of the Year at the 2016 Grammys.
White is a former Division I scholarship swimmer, who is the daughter and granddaughter of award winning swim coaches. Following the 2012 Olympic games White launched a sports management division with inaugural client Anthony Ervin, an Olympic gold medalist known as the “rock star” of Olympic swimming. In 2016, White signed head U.S. Olympic Women’s Swim Coach David Marsh and Olympic gold medalist Kaitlin Sandeno, expanding the sports’ division further. White additionally works with the world’s leading expert in sports and politics, Dave Zirin. And began working with Japanese-American triplet and two-time Olympian Jay Litherland following his silver medal performance at the Tokyo 202(1) Olympics.
In 2017 White released her debut book, Interning 101; a how-to guide for interns in modern business. The book is based on the “intern manifesto” handbook created by White and is published by 9GiantStepsBooks. How to Build a Sustainable Music Career & Collect All Revenue Streams is White’s second book. It is a #1 Amazon best-seller and a course book at countless universities. In 2019, White became an adjunct instructor at New York University’s Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music within NYU’s Tisch School of The Arts. In 2021, How to Build a Sustainable Music Career and Collect All Revenue Streams launched as a podcast. White brings her best-selling book to life by interviewing hand-picked guests whom she considers experts on each chapter or even the entire book. Guests include Justin Vernon of Bon Iver, Imogen Heap, Kam Franklin of The Suffers, Warped Tour Founder Kevin Lyman, Songtrust President Molly Neuman, CAA’s Akin Aliu, Zoë Keating, Ariel Hyatt, Artivist Steff Reed, Patrick Sansone of Wilco and The Autumn Defense, Donald S. Passman, Bandcamp Founder Ethan Diamond, Terrorbird’s Lauren Ross, Symphonic GM Nick Gordon, #iVoted CMO and Co-Founding Collecting Entertainment Partner Melissa Garcia, Mandolin CEO Mary Kay Huse, Artist Nikki Hill, ASCAP’s Loretta Muñoz, and more.
White is thrilled to have Co-Founded Collective Entertainment with longtime colleague Melissa Garcia. Collective Entertainment houses all of White’s entrepreneurial work and beyond.
Website: https://www.collectiveentinc.com/emily-white
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Collective-Entertainment-532081957157605
Twitter: http://twitter.com/CollectiveEnt_
iVote: http://ivotedfestival.com/news
Podcast: https://anchor.fm/sustainablemusiccareer
Wisconsin Music Podcast is:
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Created, hosted, mixed, mastered, and edited by:
- Zach T Fell of ZTF Studio (www.ztfStudio.com)
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Sponsored by:
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Diamond Dave Photography
- ZTF Studio
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Podcast Theme Music created by:
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Nate Wycoff of Frequency Farm Recording Studio
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Podcast Voice Over performed by:
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Dean Bundy
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Syndicated on:
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cwHipHop.com – Wisconsin's online Hip Hop radio station
WISCONSIN MUSIC PODCAST
Friday Music Showcase #016
Sit Kitty Sit
During the pandemic, hard rock duo Sit Kitty Sit relocated from San Francisco to the Fox Valley, built their own recording studio and promptly started recording new music. It was the first time they recorded everything outside of a full-production studio, something they’d dreamed of doing for years.
The result is Good Riddance, their first new single to be released in three years.
For more than ten years fans have loved witnessing the real-life mashup Sit Kitty Sit choreographs during its live performances and digital recordings — the dramatic, expressive stylings of Beethoven and Rachmaninoff with the lyrical vulnerability of Led Zeppelin and RUSH.
Wisconsin Music Podcast is:
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Created, hosted, mixed, mastered, and edited by:
- Zach T Fell of ZTF Studio (www.ztfStudio.com)
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Sponsored by:
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Diamond Dave Photography
- ZTF Studio
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Podcast Theme Music created by:
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Nate Wycoff of Frequency Farm Recording Studio
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Podcast Voice Over performed by:
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Dean Bundy
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Syndicated on:
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cwHipHop.com – Wisconsin's online Hip Hop radio station
- Spotify playlist (Season 1): https://tinyurl.com/WMPseason1
WISCONSIN MUSIC PODCAST www.WisconsinMusicPodcast.com Spotify playlist (Season 1): https://tinyurl.com/WMPseason1 Season 2, Episode 45 Zori Dori Radio Milwaukee 88.9's Program Director
I’m one of the lucky ones….my love of community powered radio began in the 80’s with my discovery of 91.7fm WMSE. My friend Scott was a student at MSOE in the early 90’s, had an overnight dj slot and needed help while he was studying for exams. I came down to help out and basically never left. Before 88Nine, I rocked Thursday afternoons on WMSE for close to 2 decades. Without the passionate staff, volunteers and listeners of that station, I wouldn’t be lucky enough to make a living here at 88Nine, Radio Milwaukee. I have my dream job and there isn’t a day that goes by that I’m not thankful to be here and appreciate the station that gave me my start
Dori's work email: dori@radiomilwaukee.org
Wisconsin Music Podcast is:
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Created, hosted,mixed, mastered, and edited by:
- Zach T Fell of ZTF Studio (www.ztfStudio.com)
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Sponsored by:
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Diamond Dave Photography
- ZTF Studio
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Podcast Theme Music created by:
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Nate Wycoff of Frequency Farm Recording Studio
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Podcast Voice Over performed by:
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Dean Bundy
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Syndicated on:
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cwHipHop.com – Wisconsin's online Hip Hop radio station
- Spotify playlist (Season 1): https://tinyurl.com/WMPseason1
WISCONSIN MUSIC PODCAST Episode 44 Appleton Music Academy
At the Appleton Music Academy we know you are the kind of parent that wants to help build your child’s confidence and create a lifetime of musical enjoyment for them. In order to do that, you need high quality lessons in a fun, flexible environment. The problem is finding an outstanding teacher, which can be frustrating. We believe you shouldn’t have to hope or guess if a teacher is good, qualified, or even nice! We understand the dilemma. That’s why we’ve done it for you.
https://appletonmusicacademy.com/
Wisconsin Music Ventures
Website:
https://wisconsinmusicventures.com/
Podcast:
https://wisconsinmusicventures.com/the-musicians-venture/
WMV Industry Talks:
https://calendar.time.ly/fscplxuy/event/67326375/20210804120000
Host: Zach T Fell
Podcast Engineer: Zach T Fell
Sponsored by: Diamond Dave Photography www.facebook.com/DiamondDavePhotography
ZTF Studio www.ZTFstudio.com
Podcast intro song written by Nate Wycoff and has a recording studio https://www.frequencyfarmrecordingstudio.com/
Voice Over Intro by Dean Bundy
Syndicated on www.cwHipHop.com
WISCONSIN MUSIC PODCAST FRIDAY MUSIC SHOWCASE 15
Barbara Stephan
Barbara has been a favorite regular singer with many local bands but has also performed with national recording artists Susan Tedeschi and Jon Paris. She’s recorded her own original music as well as being staff songwriter for Full Moon Productions composing film/TV music. Currently she sings for Chicago’s blues/soul band Tabasko Sound Kitchen, North Coast Management’s, Livin The Dream.
The Barbara Stephan Band formed when like-minded musicians kept running into each other on the best Milwaukee stages such as The Milwaukee Ale House, Summerfest, The Jazz Estate and BLU at the Pfister. Recognizing the same penchant for funky, spunky modern day Motown tunes, they joined forces to make Stephan’s catchy and memorable songs come to life ala Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings. “Stephan harks to the contemporaneous run of influential soul music at Memphis’ Stax label, with its lesser concern for pop crossover and looser-limbed rhythmic intuition than much of what was laid down in Detroit back when.” – Shepherd Express
Fans appreciate what they call “state of the art, sophisticated song-writing” and when they opened the show in August of 2018 the venue had this to say…“I have followed Barbara Stephan’s growth as a singer/song writer for years but was blown away by the show she brought to this year’s Concerts in the Gardens at Boerner Botanical Gardens.” – Mark Wimmer
Stephan’s EP The River was released in April to high praise. The full album will be released in 2019 with some of Milwaukee’s most talented musicians:
Joe Hite – Keyboard/Producer/Horn Arrangements
Dave Wall – Drums
Chris Kringel – Bass
Mike Standal – Guitar
Matt Antoniewicz – Trumpet/Horn Section Leader
Jason Goldsmith – Tenor/Alto Saxophone
Andy Spadafora – Bari Saxophone
Joy Bach- Vocals
Barbara Stephan – Vocals
Ever evolving and always imbued with the best grooves and ear catching musicality this band is seriously danceable, incredibly impressive and definitely one to watch!
https://acaentertainment.com/artist/barbara-stephan/
Host: Zach T Fell
Podcast Engineer: Zach T Fell
Sponsored by: Diamond Dave Photography www.facebook.com/DiamondDavePhotography
ZTF Studio www.ZTFstudio.com
Podcast intro song written by Nate Wycoff and has a recording studio https://www.frequencyfarmrecordingstudio.com/
Voice Over Intro by Dean Bundy
Syndicated on www.cwHipHop.com
WISCONSIN MUSIC PODCAST Episode 042 Suzanne Grzanna
Suzanne Grzanna is a Multi-Award Songwriter, Saxophonist, Vocalist, Arranger, Producer, Music Publisher who composes (Music & Lyrics), and Grammy Member. She has eight Jazz albums released on her label Diva Records and has recorded over ninety songs in total of her own compositions and other musicians releases. Her music has been featured in many films and played across the globe on radio. She has also performed for many music festivals and private events. Suzanne loves to connect with the audience and share her love for music with them. She is very passionate in creating and loves being a part of the amazing musical community. Suzanne focuses on Jazz, EDM, and Downtempo Jazz.
Recently, Suzanne has been nominated for the 2020 Hollywood Music and Media Awards (Jazz - By The Fireside), Four nominations for the 2020 Indie Music Channel Awards ( By the Fireside and My Valentine), and recently won the 2020 Akademia Award for Best Visionary for Jazz. She has won over seventy awards in the last few years.
In film, Suzanne has collaborated with Two-time Billboard Top 20 Artist, Kim Cameron who just directed a feature film titled “Seaper Powers.” Suzanne co-wrote a song with John DePatie for this film titled “Sunrise” which has just been released in 2020. The movie soundtrack has already won numerous awards. Suzanne’s original composition Simply Sunday has been featured in the film “Wild Honey” that was released in 2019 (Director - Francis Stokes) and in the film short “A Different Direction” (Director - Colleen Ann Brah). Suzanne will also be working on “Western Conviction” (Director - Colleen Ann Brah).
Suzanne Grzanna was born and grew up in a small suburb of Milwaukee. Her parents Don and Maureen Grzanna are professional musicians and she started piano lessons with her mother when she was five. While Suzanne continued playing piano during her teenage years, performing at many competitions, she began doubling on the clarinet when she was nine so she could play in her school bands. Suzanne switched her main focus to alto-sax in seventh grade. In addition to jazz and hearing her father perform, she enjoyed classical and the pop music of the era. A performer from a very young age, Suzanne sang and played piano in her family band, playing jazz, rock and dance music. She gained further experience playing in her high school band and singing in her high school choir. While in college she not only performed with the jazz band but the school’s symphonic orchestra and a Christian rock group. She also sang with the Milwaukee Symphony Chorus for many years, starting at the age of 18. After attending Wisconsin Lutheran College and earning a music degree from Carroll University, she formed her jazz quartet. Suzanne immediately started a busy performance schedule, and she has not slowed down since. Suzanne has an upcoming role in the new film "Western Conviction" that will film in 2021. Her new jazz album will also be released in 2021.
Name of Group: Suzanne Grzanna
Social Media Links:
Pandora: https://www.pandora.com/artist/suzanne-grzanna/ARzJXwtjdf6mV3K
https://www.facebook.com/suzannegrzannaband/
https://www.instagram.com/suzannegrzanna/
https://www.twitter.com/suzannegrzanna
https://www.linkedin.com/in/suzannegrzanna/
YouTube Videos : https://www.youtube.com/user/Suzannegrzanna
YouTube Music : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOIanmDV7p3RaLFJAoNSteg
Apple Music : https://music.apple.com/us/artist/suzanne-grzanna/3954326
Amazon Music: https://www.amazon.com/Suzanne-Grzanna/e/B000APNSFO
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2Ouq43fONLxjK4T5RKHes9
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/suzannegrzanna
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7024752/
https://www.saxdiva.com
Host: Zach T Fell
Podcast Engineer: Zach T Fell
Sponsored by: Diamond Dave Photography www.facebook.com/DiamondDavePhotography
ZTF Studio www.ZTFstudio.com
Podcast intro song written by Nate Wycoff and has a recording studio https://www.frequencyfarmrecordingstudio.com/
Voice Over Intro by Dean Bundy
Syndicated on www.cwHipHop.com
WISCONSIN MUSIC PODCAST Friday Music Showcase #14 Noble Truth
Noble Truth, an alternative rock group based out of Shorewood Wisconsin. We formed in high school after meeting through a mutual friend who thought we'd get along because we both love alternative rock music. I happened to be a big Nirvana fan at the time, but I slowly transitioned into more of a Beatles-esque songwriter. We get many Elliott Smith comparisons, however.
Guess This is Goodbye is a song about not knowing if you have the means to truly be a providing boyfriend. When you're young, you often question the validity of your adulthood because you have so little to offer yet in spite of the many responsibilities of being older
Mr. Man speaks of a man who continually meets lovely women in his life who throw off his dreams. Having gotten caught up in so many girls' affairs, he hardly knows who he is anymore having sacrificed his ideals for them.
Forget Who I Am refers to a couple who met once long ago and were separated by unfortunate circumstances. The chorus goes "I'll Wait Every Day", and I think that about sums up the song. Melancholy, though still a love song.
Instagram @nobletruthband Spotify and Apple Music pages are accessible at NobleTruth (no spaces) YouTube is at the following link: https://youtube.com/user/leftrightdowwn
Host: Zach T Fell
Podcast Engineer: Zach T Fell
Sponsored by: Diamond Dave Photography www.facebook.com/DiamondDavePhotography
ZTF Studio www.ZTFstudio.com
Podcast intro song written by Nate Wycoff and has a recording studio https://www.frequencyfarmrecordingstudio.com/
Voice Over Intro by Dean Bundy
Syndicated on www.cwHipHop.com
WISCONSIN MUSIC PODCAST Midwest Youth Music Collective Inc. From the founder: My name is Jack Koshkin, and I am writing to you on behalf of the non-profit I recently co-founded, the Midwest Youth Music Collective Inc. I'm reaching out to let you know about our inaugural "Collective Music Festival": Saturday, July 24th (Rain Date of Saturday, July 31st) Music from 5:00-10:00pm Commons Park Gazebo, Lake Mills, WI Attendance is free, but the Midwest Youth Music Collective Inc will be taking donations that will all go towards a scholarship we plan to award this fall to support local music education, and we are working with the city of Lake Mills to have local business discounts for attendees. We are a 501(c)(3) organization, so all donations are tax deductible! More complete information about our mission, our executive board members, and all the acts playing can be found at our website. I know it's quite late notice, but we got caught up in some last minute detail changes so I didn't have the chance to reach out earlier. I've included our social media and contact information below, as well as attached our poster and press release. Thank you for your time and consideration! info@thecollectivefest.com www.thecollectivefest.com Instagram: @collectivefestmadison Sincerely, Jack Koshkin
WISCONSIN MUSIC PODCAST Episode 42 Acoustic cover band, Front Porch Rockers with Jesús Villa
After immigrating from Mexico at age five, Jesús grew up in a small town in southeastern Wisconsin, across from a corn field. His house was always filled with eclectic music, and he began playing guitar at age 10. By high school he was writing music and performing professionally. Jesús currently performs around the Milwaukee area with the acoustic trio The Front Porch Rockers. He has also written and composed several musical theater productions, and in 2017 co-founded the Kangaroo Lake Songwriters Collective. In August 2020 he released The Lone Pine Sessions, his first solo EP. His folk rock sound has been described as relevant but with a retro feel. His website is jesusvillasongs.com, and his music is available on jesusvillasongs.bandcamp.com or wherever you stream or download music.
Host: Zach T Fell
Podcast Engineer: Zach T Fell
Sponsored by: Diamond Dave Photography www.facebook.com/DiamondDavePhotography
ZTF Studio www.ZTFstudio.com
Podcast intro song written by Nate Wycoff and has a recording studio https://www.frequencyfarmrecordingstudio.com/
Voice Over Intro by Dean Bundy
Syndicated on www.cwHipHop.com
WISCONSIN MUSIC PODCAST FRIDAY MUSIC SHOWCASE #13
Artist: Robert Wessel Group: Concept of Innocence
From the album Songs From the Heart by Concept of Innocence.
"As in Art": Taken from a saying that I'm not sure I'm quoting correctly. Someone I know once said "You have to live in the real world!". I thought "What's the real world? It's what we make it. It doesn't have to be an ugly place. We can make it something beautiful, the way an artist makes a thing of beauty out of something ordinary".
"From the Heart": There is something special and spiritual about music that comes from the heart. As a musician for many years, it has often been a battle between making music to appeal to some audience and making music that's true to myself.
"Without Limits": A song in which I tried to capture the joy and exhilaration of a life lived in search of one's own destiny rather than others determining one's destiny, and of reaching one's fullest potential, not letting limitations hold you back.
BIO:
I began teaching myself guitar at age 13 or 14. I began learning guitar parts off of rock records at about age 15. In my 20s and into my 30s I took lessons and classes at the WI Conservatory of Music in jazz guitar and theory. I had classes with John Foshager and David Hazeltine, lessons with Michael Sullivan, and an ensemble class with Don Linke.
I attended guitar seminars at the National Guitar Workshop with Mike Keneally, Jack Grassel, Matt Smith and Terry Syrek. I played in local groups Beacon and Jonah's Vacation and in my church's worship group through the 1990s.
I played in classic rock cover group Thick Aza Brick from 2001 to about 2010. I played in local progressive rock group Lyndenthal from 2014 to 2019.
I taught guitar lessons at Academy of Music in Menomonee Falls from 2001 to 2012, at Wondersound Music in Menomonee Falls from 2012 to 2020, and at North Shore Academy of the Arts from 2009-2015.
I formed Concept of Innocence in 1998 to play my original progressive rock songs. The band ended up being a duo of myself and drummer Jim Kube and recorded one album, Songs From the Heart. The group ran its course after this album. Jim contributed to writing songs and performed drums. I wrote songs, and performed vocals, guitar, bass and programmed the synth parts.
Since 2010 I have been spending most of the time I have to devote to music working in my home studio recording progressive rock, blues, and ambient/electronic pieces, which I've posted on soundcloud and have released on Spotify, itunes, etc. Since 2019 I've worked exclusively on another progressive rock release, which will feature new original songs similar to Concept of Innocence but also incorporating some of the ambient electronic and maybe even the blues sounds I've recorded.
Links: https://open.spotify.com/album/3XVzmX6IUEI3WUGFGPavvX?fbclid=IwAR1MnAdruEQTjiV6f9_z4GTFf_-_BSSxXfegebaYS3p7Cc_JmLx5c8U9Zxs https://music.apple.com/us/album/songs-from-the-heart/1526767597?uo=4&app=itunes&fbclid=IwAR0286WHVy4nTRe4tJLkIJZjYpwWY04dDY46bifFO_be08CQW6YACeTHpok
Host: Zach T Fell
Podcast Engineer: Zach T Fell
Sponsored by: Diamond Dave Photography www.facebook.com/DiamondDavePhotography
ZTF Studio www.ZTFstudio.com
Podcast intro song written by Nate Wycoff and has a recording studio https://www.frequencyfarmrecordingstudio.com/
Voice Over Intro by Dean Bundy
Syndicated on
www.cwHipHop.com
WISCONSIN MUSIC PODCAST Episode 41 Piano Fondue with Josh Dupont
Piano Fondue is a special kind of high-energy entertainment! We turn the dueling pianos concept on its head with our Digital Setlist, a one-of-a-kind crowdsourced setlist, where YOU the audience controls not only WHAT we play, but WHEN we play it! Based in Madison, WI and Nashville, TN and featuring the talents of entertainers with decades of professional touring experience, Piano Fondue has delighted audiences of all types all across the country. From performing arts centers and corporate functions to wedding receptions and nightclub/bar shows, Piano Fondue does it all with class, style, and a whole lot more! We are not your typical dueling pianos show. We have taken the dueling pianos concept to the next level with a full stage production complete with custom light show, incredible performances, and experienced staff to ensure that this an entertainment experience like no other. Do not settle for less. Our all request rock and roll show gives you the versatility of a DJ, the quick wit of a stand-up comedy act, and the entertainment value of a show band in one high-energy performance that engages an audience like no other. With our unique blend of musical styles and extensive repertoire, the crowd gets a little bit of everything. Country and current pop, oldies and Broadway classics, the Piano Fondue show is molded on the fly to entertain every audience member. www.pianofondue.com
Host: Zach T Fell
Podcast Engineer: Zach T Fell
Sponsored by: Diamond Dave Photography www.facebook.com/DiamondDavePhotography
ZTF Studio www.ZTFstudio.com
Podcast intro song written by Nate Wycoff and has a recording studio https://www.frequencyfarmrecordingstudio.com/
Voice Over Intro by Dean Bundy
Syndicated on
www.cwHipHop.com
WISCONSIN MUSIC PODCAST Friday Music Showcase Episode 12: Racine Zoo music series: Animal Crackers Jazz series and more
The Racine Zoo has been around for almost 100 years and they have been having music there at least half those years with the Racine Concert band and now entering it's 34th year for the Animal Crackers Jazz (and more) music series.
There is great music concerts for the kids as well.
For more information and tickets to the Zoo and their music series, check out www.racinezoo.org
WISCONSIN MUSIC PODCAST
Episode 40
Professor Pinkerton’s Irrelevant Orchestra
Professor Pinkerton’s Irrelevant Orchestra maintains an impressive balancing act between being authentic to tradition and being fiercely in the moment. Their interpretation of early jazz, blues and American roots music has a startling air of timelessness that is as refreshing as it is compelling.
Every act you can imagine.... and some you can't!
https://www.facebook.com/Prof-Pinkertons-Irrelevant-Orchestra-623503441070236/ https://prof-pinkerton.bandcamp.com/album/antiquated-at-best
Pokey LaFarge - Something in the water title track https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPVbEEotY9s
C.W. Stoneking - gon' boogaloo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPmn5vMThbc&list=PLGBchsSvx2rwoj68EepU4TG2fwHGLuGaS
JD McPherson - socks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opktLUqP2Ek&list=PLldkMJsfrlGjBplVx9fu6EdH0iQsNskmi
www.WisconsinMusicPodcast.com/podcast
Sponsored by:
Diamond Dave Photography www.facebook.com/DiamondDavePhotography
ZTF Studio at www.ZTFstudio.com
Podcast Song written by Nate Wycoff and has a recording studio at https://www.frequencyfarmrecordingstudio.com/
Voice Over Intro by Dean Bundy
Syndicated on www.cwHipHop.com with Jacob Haimer
WISCONSIN MUSIC PODCAST FRIDAY MUSIC SHOWCASE Episode 11
ZTF STUDIO with Voice OF Nature
ZTF Studio is run by Wisconsin Music Podcast creator and host, Zach T Fell.
Zach has be a professional recording and mixing engineer since the early 2000's and has been producing music just as long. He ran a live recording room in Kenosha, WI until the location was sold in 2019 and has been freelancing since. He is able to bring the best out of each song and you can hear samples of his work on the ZTF Studio website. When you're ready to get your recording project produced, recorded, and or mixed, contact Zach to talk about what you're looking for and see if Zach is the right fit for you.
www.ZTFStudio.com
(262) 757-8120 (text/talk)
Voice Of Nature
I met these talented guys on Bandcamp.com and had a fantastic time mixing these 2 songs you heard on the podcast. They are a Peruvian band influenced by Math and Prog Rock.
https://youtu.be/BrPsERSj5yU
https://www.facebook.com/VONPeru/
https://voiceofnature23.bandcamp.com/music
WISCONSIN MUSIC PODCAST
Episode 039
The Soggy Prairie Band with Kodey Feiner
Since their humble beginnings in the Spring of 2002, the Soggy Prairie Bluegrass band has delivered quality, ear-pleasing Bluegrass music, presented with a familiarity that makes you feel like you're listening to live music in your own living room.
- https://www.soggyprairie.com
- https://www.facebook.com/SoggyPrairie/
- https://www.youtube.com/soggyprairie
Wisconsin Music Podcast
Friday Music Showcase
Episode 10: Danoma and Scarlet Morning
Danoma
When modern rock band Donoma decided to head back in to the studio to record their third full length album, they decided it wasn’t enough to match the success of 2017’s “Falling Forward”. That would be fine for many bands as that record gained them airplay on more than 120 terrestrial radio stations and helped them secure direct concert support for the likes of Soul Asylum, Meat Puppets, Candlebox, Tantric, and Rusted Root along with many top billing shows. For this album the band put three simple rules in place. First, to lyrically examine the world around them and to not shy away from stating where they stood. Second, to keep production to a minimum. And finally, to make a cohesive album that re-imagined rock and roll’s glory days.
Scarlet Morning Is a band bound by fate. Drawn together by a love of music and a chance at redemption through our music. Everything we have gone through and overcome has brought us to these moments, this band and this sound. We offer you a taste of hard rock, alternative and metal overtones headlined by our fearless leader Kegan Sessions. Through life’s usual trials and a loss of limb, Kegan has risen from the ashes to relearn his instrument and his craft and overcome his amputation. We create songs that breathe life into the hearts of all who listen. Forever searching for the next ear to absorb and believe in the messages we project. Accompanied by a decade old pairing (from previous projects apart from Kegan) of Mikel Palm on bass guitar and Adam James on drums, this trio seeks to take over the world of rock music....
Wisconsin Music Podcast
Episode #38
Make Music Day with Julian Singh of Cosmic Endeavors
Cosmic Endeavors was started by a bunch of guys during the pandemic who love to jam. Beginning with backyard performances, Cosmic Endeavors has now played at a variety of different venues in the styles of straight ahead swing, Samba, Bossa Nova, Mambo, R&B, funk, and many more. Our goal is to create a vibrant and enjoyable musical experience for the audience while also paying our respects to the various different traditions. Our members are Liam Philips on Bass, Will Heide on Bass, Flynn Baker on Guitar, Casimir Reiley on Saxophones, Cameron Spann on Piano/Drums, And Julian Singh on Drums. Cosmic Endeavor Facebook Page
https://www.facebook.com/cemkeband
Make Music Day , Milwaukee chapter
www.MakeMusicDay.org/milwaukee
WISCONSIN MUSIC PODCAST
FRIDAY MUSIC SHOWCASE
Line Of Sight
Line of Sight was a collaboration of my cousin Krystle on vocals, my Uncle, Billy, a family friend, Fred Christiansen, and myself.
In this group I got to be experimental, not only on the drums (Carter Beauford, of Dave Matthews Band fame, was very influential in that time of my life - not saying I was anywhere near his level, but he was very influential to me), but also in the recording and producing chair.
Krystle Fell: Vocals
Billy Fell: Guitars
Kyle Fell: Bass (1st Song)
Fred Christiansen: Bass
Zach Fell: Drums/Percussion/Saxophones/Recording and Mixing Engineer
https://line-of-sight.bandcamp.com/album/line-of-sight
Wisconsin Music podcast
Episode 037
Make Music Milwaukee with Lizzy Cichowski
Indie Rockers Howards Grove
- Lizzy Cichowski is the city administrator for Make Music Milwaukee and the outreach and events coordinator with Brass Bell Music Store. This year she is working with both groups to plan Make Music Milwaukee, the free, citywide, celebration of music on June 21st. Make Music Milwaukee is a chapter of Make Music Day, which is an international day of music celebrated in over 1,000 cities across the world. Make Music Day started in 1982 in France and takes place at parks, sidewalks, museums, businesses, porches...wherever you can find to make music!
- The name of your Wisconsin group, business, or organization: Make Music Milwaukee
- Social media and music links :
- Website: https://www.makemusicday.org/milwaukee/
- Register to host or perform: https://milwaukee.makemusicday.org/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/makemusicMKE
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/makemusicmilwaukee/
Howard Grove. Stylistic influences span multiple genres - Indie Pop, Folk, Experimental, Rock, and R&B. A relatively new band, just formed and recorded their Debut EP "Opal" in the span of just a couple months. With influences like Wilco, Fleet Foxes, Alex G, Homeshake and a plethora of others, Howard Grove incorporate vocal harmonies, layered rhythms, and glistening guitars and synths to capture nostalgia for a time we weren't around for. https://howardgrove.bandcamp.com/ https://soundcloud.com/howardgrove
Wisconsin Music Podcast
Friday Music Showcase
Episode 008
Rock Artist Kelly Martin
Hip Hop Artist Michael Greene
Wisconsin Music Podcast
Episode 036
Heavy Metal group "Lords of the Trident" with Fang VonWrathenstein
Since the band’s formation in late 2008, Lords of the Trident has played 300+ shows has toured throughout the US and Europe. Lords has opened for major bands including heavy metal giants HELLOWEEN, STEEL PANTHER, BATTLE BEAST, THEOCRACY, CAGE, UNLEASH THE ARCHERS, 3 INCHES OF BLOOD, SKELETONWITCH, STRYPER, CRIMSON SHADOWS, PSYCHOSTICK, SLEEPYTIME GORILLA MUSEUM, PUDDLE OF MUDD, MUSHROOMHEAD, SALIVA, FUEL, and indie megaband OF MONTREAL.
The Lords have played (and headlined) numerous festivals including the 2014 Summerfest Festival, 2010, 2011, and 2014 Warriors of Metal Festival, the 2015 & 2016 Powerfest Festival, the 2015 Midwest Metal Anthem Festival, the 2014 and 2016 Mead and Metal Festival, and the 2013 Ragnarokkr Festival. In 2017 the Lords started their own festival, Mad With Power Fest, with each year bringing greater success than the last!
To see a Lords of the Trident concert is to experience a true “show” – medieval costumes, pyrotechnics, confetti cannons, guitars set ablaze, and of course, excellent technical musicianship.
The Lords have released six full albums, three EPs, and two live DVDs, along with numerous compilation singles. On August 25th, 2018, the Lords released our latest full-length album entitled Shadows from the Past. For this release, the Lords have teamed up with producers Doug Olson (Engineer for Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, Cheap Trick, etc.) and Dan Harjung (Engineer/Mastering Agent for Robert Plant, Live, Queensrÿche, Crash test Dummies, etc.) to create one of the best-sounding metal albums you’re likely to hear. The Lords have also worked with producer Martin Atkins (Drummer for Nine Inch Nails, Pigface, Ministry, Killing Joke) for their previous EP, Plan of Attack.
In late 2014, Lords was signed to Killer Metal Records out of Germany. In 2019, Lords was signed to Rafchild Records out of Germany, and released a special European edition of Shadows from the Past. We have photos, video, etc. under the “media” section above. A full biography of the band is also available under the “about” section.
Let me know if you have any questions. You can contact me directly at LordsOfTheTrident@gmail.com, or 608-616-5197.
www.LordsOfTheTrident.com www.YouTube.com/LordsOfTheTrident www.facebook.com/LordsOfTheTrident
Friday Music Showcase #007: The Rogue Electrics
The Rogue Electrics are an independent original rock band from Milwaukee Wisconsin that sound like a mix of classic rock, alternative rock, and blues. The current band lineup consists of Kyle Rogahn on guitar, vocals, and keyboards, Kyle Stair on lead guitar, Nick Vanderlinde on bass, and Mike LaPlant on drums.
Booking/Contact Email therogueelectrics@gmail.com Facebook https://www.facebook.com/therogueelectrics/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/therogueelectrics/ Youtube (videos and recorded music) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8RMrgMLWz Fbx8S7d2u0ATw Bandcamp (buy merch/records) Bandcamp - The Rogue Electrics Our music is also on all major streaming services (Spotify, Apple, Amazon, Soundcloud...etc)
WISCONSIN MUSIC PODCAST
Episode: 035
JAZZ SINGER-SONGWRITER PROJECT
OLD OAKS
Old Oaks manifests the chill yet funky acoustic music of Singer Songwriter, Frank Laufenberg. Their first full band release, The Day Before Yesterday, came out in March of 2021 and already has over 60,000 listens on Spotify and been spotlighted on multiple local radio shows. Old Oaks’ music ranges from 12-string renditions of classic tunes like Heart of Gold to melodious indie-jazz originals. Frank is frequently joined by saxophonist/flutist Daniel Haschke and upright bassist/vocalist Claire Kannapell, who complete the Old Oaks Trio.
FB: fb.com/oldoaksmusic IG: instagram.com/oldoaksmusic YT: youtube.com/channel/UCRAcvPS0oYclbFSk1FIvqJg
WISCONSIN MUSIC PODCAST
FRIDAY MUSIC SHOWCASE
Episode 006
Drummer Jc Croyle and Rapper Kidd Chiefy
Jc Croyle is a solo musician in the Madison WI area. He is currently the drummer for the craig mason combo. He has played drums all over the world, touring internationally and regionally for a better part of 25 years. Former Wisconsin based bands - Amorphous Mold, SirNoSir!, The Leftovers & Eccentrifuge. The current EP is out on bandcamp called "Abstractions". A full -length will be out near Winter of this year.
JC Croyle (bandcamp.com)
Kidd Chiefy
Formally known as “Yxng Chris,” Kidd Chiefy has widely gained popularity throughout the area of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Kidd Chiefy is primarily known for the singles “Baby Roll Wit Me,” “Just Hold On ft. Yung B,” “These Bit***s,” “Crime Stopper,” and You’d Like ft, 608 Dawson.” Originally growing up listening to musical prodigy’s such as Tupac, Biggie, 50 cent, Eminem, and Akon, Chiefy’s reach has expanded to the likings of artists; XXXTENTACION, Lil Skies, Youngboy Never Broke Again, The Kid Laroi, Nuk, Babytron, Juice WRLD, and Polo G.
https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/uD4nBKGTJpDWf7vR7 https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/HAZRWHgwj2iMhaMY7 https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/2N352RU4XPZS3Jc98 https://www.instagram.com/kiddchiefy/ - Instagram
https://mobile.twitter.com/kiddchiefy - twitter
https://m.soundcloud.com/kiddchiefy - SoundCloud
https://open.spotify.com/artist/52FSO6Ut8zvgdrb2o00Z5Y?si=vg_xbjn8T8Cb_pytgXsr5g - Spotify
https://music.apple.com/us/artist/kidd-chiefy/1563919218 - Apple Music
WISCONSIN MUSIC PODCAST
Episode 34
20 Minute Mission
20 Minute Mission is a trio that calls Madison, WI home. With diverse influences and playing styles, the group has brought a unique and refreshing aspect to punk rock/post-punk/alt-rock music by meshing styles and abandoning stylistic dogma. Not confined by established roles, the members of the band actively switch instruments from song-to-song and this shows in the diversity of sound that is 20 Minute Mission. Drawing from their previous work: Mike (Band 3 of 10- from Minneapolis), Steve (Billingsgate-from Chicago) and Joel (Rhinelander-from Milwaukee) have now all landed in Madison, WI and are looking to combine their tastes and abilities into something that is their own, that you can tap your toes to. Not letting COVID detour them, 20MM has recorded two EPs while in their bubble; the first was a self-titled, 8-song CD released in the summer of 2020 and they just finished recording at Audio of the Arts (located in Madison, WI) and will be releasing a 7-song EP this Winter (2021). The song 29 Palms, off the self-titled first EP, came in at #7 in Maximum Ink’s, New Year’s Eve poll of the top 41 songs for 2020 in southern Wisconsin. Enjoy! WHO WE ARE: Mike - Drums, Originally from Buffalo, NY, Mike has been a drummer for over 25 years, he has played in a variety of musical groups performing everything from rock, punk, jazz, big band and orchestral arrangements. He credits Prince, Guns N' Roses, Blink-182, Rush, and Glenn Miller Orchestra as some of his major musical influences. A recent import to Madison, Mike has lived across the US as well as Europe while serving in the US Army. Joel - Vocals/Guitar/Bass, originally from Madison,WI playing in bands across southern Wisconsin since he was 16 and performing in legendary venues such as O'Cayz Corral, 7th Street Entry, the Czar Bar and the Unicorn. His main influences include Husker Du, Billy Bragg, Johnny Thunders, The Minutemen and Redd Kross. Steve - Vocals/Guitar/Bass Born and raised in Chicago, IL, Steve has been playing guitar for the majority of his life. He was a member of the Chicago-based hardcore band Billingsgate which released music on both the Victory Records and Nemesis Records labels. He is influenced by countless musicians but, acknowledges Husker Du, G.B.H, Billy Bragg, Black Sabbath, Bad Religion and 311 among his top influences for 20MM music.
Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/20minutemission https://www.instagram.com/20minutemission/ Twitter: @20minutemission https://www.reverbnation.com/20minutemission?profile_view_source=header_icon_nav https://soundcloud.com/user-109925896
WISCONSIN MUSIC PODCAST
Friday Music Showcase 005
Hip Hop/Rap Alan Ward and Rapper/Heavy Rock Performer Reconsiderate
Alan Ward
My name is Alan Ward and I am an up-and-coming hip-hop artist from Milwaukee, WI. My first mixtape 'Dgaf' dropped April 7 '20 and features first two singles along with five tracks. My single 'Fashionable' was dropped a few months after my first tape and was featured on my second mixtape 'Dolo' (Nov '20) along with 9 other tracks.
I just dropped my first release/single of 2021 Picasso in March
I am reaching out to you because I saw that you all have a music request/submission option online and wanted to see if you would give me a listen and hopefully dig what I got going on.
Hope to hear from you soon
Peace,
Alan Ward itsjusdez.com @itsjusdez
https://open.spotify.com/track/1AdS0T2aKmPmlE4rPkYuhy?si=532916fa9cfc4cf6 https://open.spotify.com/track/4hGw1h85jKpggIyi2HzneJ
Reconsiderate Reconsiderate raps, but his style is closer to hard rock than hip hop. His songs are about trailblazing effective life strategies in a world of dysfunction... the kind of stuff few people admit publicly, but you need to address in private if you want a good life. Positive feedback from listeners centers on his smooth flow, and the strong focus in his content. When performing live Reconsiderate improvises beats with beatbox and live looping, giving a one-night-only experience of remixes every time.
http://www.reconsiderate.com
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Episode 033
Alley Eyes
Alley Eyes is a 4 piece alternative indie-rock group from the Milwaukee area. They were a part of the Interstate Music (Cascio) battle of the bands, have played at multiple venues throughout the area, and each member draws from different genres to create their own sound.
Links:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alleyeyesmusic
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alley_eyes/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJZD3wJ4QQB38oKtob9__yg
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FRIDAY MUSIC SHOWCASE #4
JEFF BENJAMIN
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100040432470038
REVERBNATION https://www.reverbnation.com/jeffbenjamin INDIE GOGO
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/producing-an-album-while-filming-the-making-of-doc LUM https://lum.fm/profile/16089
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Episode 032: OutPost Music Store with Craig Baumann
Born 1982 and raised in Oconomowoc, WI. Craig learned to play guitar and drums at age 8 and started gigging at age 12. A good journey thus far with plenty of challenges, in music and life.
Craig’s early music career involved getting to know the blues genre.
“You will hear it in everything I do. My grandfather is a vintage country player. You’ll hear it in everything I do. I love the sweet soul grooves of Stax and Motown etc. You’ll hear it in everything I do.”
“I believe there are two kinds of music, good and bad. Genres are made to be broken.”
“Every note is a word, every phrase a sentence, every song a chapter. Let me tell you a story.”
CB now owns and operates a full-service family-owned music store in downtown Waukesha, WI outpostmusicwi.com and manages the non-profit jamforjam.org
CB is currently doing performances with The People Brothers Band, Craig Baumann and The Story, The Smokin’ Bandits, solo/duo, and the occasional Fat Maw Rooney sighting. Expect a new FMR album in the next few year. Yes, really.
https://craigbaumannmusic.com/
https://www.outpostmusicwi.com/
Wisconsin Music Podcast Friday Music Showcase Episode 003
Jesús Villa
After immigrating from Mexico at age five, Jesús grew up in a small town in southeastern Wisconsin, across from a corn field. His house was always filled with eclectic music, and he began playing guitar at age 10. By high school he was writing music and performing professionally. Jesús currently performs around the Milwaukee area with the acoustic trio The Front Porch Rockers. He has also written and composed several musical theater productions, and in 2017 co-founded the Kangaroo Lake Songwriters Collective. In August 2020 he released The Lone Pine Sessions, his first solo EP. His folk rock sound has been described as relevant but with a retro feel. His website is jesusvillasongs.com, and his music is available on jesusvillasongs.bandcamp.com or wherever you stream or download music.
Disconapse
Disconapse is a new musical experience, formed in the Fox Cities of Wisconsin. The band’s members have been working hard together and crafting their diverse sound, to bring it to live audiences in 2021. Their new EP, ‘progress,’ showcases the band’s unique style, blending elements of melodic indie rock, R&B, and psychedelic soul. The members of the band all have different musical tastes, that jive together organically and exceptionally well.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/disconapse/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/disconapse
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/disconapse/
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0LnOasytwcqR76ya1Mfkvy?fo=1&utm_medium=share&utm_source=desktop&post_id=1614863138548652&_php=1
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/disconapse/1553235107
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Episode 031: Red Head Trauma
Red Head Trauma (RHT) recently formed in July 2018, is an original hard rock trio infused with multiple genres creating a unique blend of power chord riffs and eclectic melodic leads. RHT is led by their talented guitar player / frontman John Witschel and backed by a powerhouse of bass and drums, including Green Bay Preble classmate and close friend of John Witschel, bassist Alex Staab, and their recently acquired drummer Brian Dovorany, who found the two musicians by responding to an ad placed at Kavarna, a popular coffee shop in downtown Green Bay.
All Three members have had stage experience and have already managed to write over a dozen original songs together as well as playing a handful of covers adding some familiarity and depth to their live show experience.
Although the band is recently formed they have already hit the open jam scene locally in Green Bay gaining support from local artist. The Band’s goals are to develop a local fan base through playing as many live shows as possible while producing a studio recording of their original material for fans to eventually take with them and share.
Wisconsin Music Podcast Friday Music Showcase Episode 002 Fell Boyzs part 2
Happy Friday, everyone. Welcome to episode 002 of the new segment, Friday Music Showcase, where I play a few songs from Wisconsin bands without an interview, just for you to hear some tunes as you go about your day. I pick up from last week with the 2nd album that the Fell Boyzs released, Live Sound, Live Music, Live Life. You can find this album at https://line-of-sight.bandcamp.com/album/live-sound-live-music-live-life
If you want to have a song or two featured on our Friday Music Showcase, send it to wisconsinmusicpodcast@gmail.com with the Subject Friday Music Showcase. Send the files of the song(s) and a little story behind the song(s).
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Episode 030: Alex Ramos
Began playing music around the age of 8. comes from a very musical family. Great grandfather Robert Matheson was a founding member of the Wisconsin musician’s union. (And sheriff of Racine!) He plays a handful of instruments, some better than others, but preferred weapon is bass!
kewlzoo.bandcamp.com/
https://youtu.be/YeKpQEEB4uE https://youtu.be/e4cHswGNGc4 https://youtu.be/HYPw79xrCWQ https://www.reverbnation.com/avedisrocks
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Friday Music Showcase Episode 001
Fell Boyzs
This week I start the Friday Music Showcase. This week, I bring you the Fell Boyzs. This was a band I was in from the mid 1990's to about 2012. We recorded 2 full length albums, ConcreteDogBicycle and Live Sound, Live Music, Live Life. You can find Concrete on most streaming platforms and Live Sound, Music, Life on Bandcamp at https://line-of-sight.bandcamp.com/album/live-sound-live-music-live-life
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Aaron Smith, Elvis Presley Impersonator
Elvis tribute artist from Appleton advocates for performers with autism and LGBTQ+ community
By: Jake Prinsen Appleton Post-Crescent A local Elvis Presley tribute artist with autism wants to inspire others to chase their dreams with his performances.
Aaron Smith, 26, of Grand Chute can regularly be seen at Déjà Vu Martini Lounge in downtown Appleton during its live band karaoke night, donning full Elvis regalia and belting out his favorite tune, “Suspicious Minds.” While the pandemic has halted performances, Smith said he’s strived for years to be an advocate for people of all abilities and the LGBTQ+ community.
“I remember growing up at a young age and being on the autism spectrum, and dealing with that in the early 2000s when there wasn’t really any advocacy for it,” he said. “I want to make something to make people more aware that you can push boundaries and do anything you want to do.”
Elvis tribute artist from Appleton advocates for performers with autism and LGBTQ+ community By: Jake Prinsen Appleton Post-Crescent A local Elvis Presley tribute artist with autism wants to inspire others to chase their dreams with his performances.
Aaron Smith, 26, of Grand Chute can regularly be seen at Déjà Vu Martini Lounge in downtown Appleton during its live band karaoke night, donning full Elvis regalia and belting out his favorite tune, “Suspicious Minds.” While the pandemic has halted performances, Smith said he’s strived for years to be an advocate for people of all abilities and the LGBTQ+ community.
“I remember growing up at a young age and being on the autism spectrum, and dealing with that in the early 2000s when there wasn’t really any advocacy for it,” he said. “I want to make something to make people more aware that you can push boundaries and do anything you want to do.”
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Episode 028: Radio DJ and Hip Hop Artist Jacob Haimerl of CWHipHop.com
Jacob is an amateur artist who makes alternative HipHop. He started cwHipHop.com to organize the Hip Hop scene of Wausau and expanded to Wisconsin as a whole.
Facebook and Instagram: CWHipHop.com Twitter: CWHipHopRNB Spotify: CWHipHop [Playlist] Soundcloud: CWHipHop [LiveShow Replays]
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Sponsored by: ZTF Studio at www.ZTFstudio.com
Podcast Song written by Nate Wycoff and has a recording studio at https://www.frequencyfarmrecordingstudio.com/
Voice Over Intro by Dean Bundy
Syndicated on www.cwHipHop.com with Jacob Haimer
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Ep 027 - Queen Quail is the dream-pop project of Kirstin Edwards.
Queen Quail is the dream-pop project of Kirstin Edwards. QQ began after Kirstin came across a “Zwergwachtel”, or dwarf quail, at the botanical gardens in Berlin, Germany. The tiny bird’s quiet focus struck Kirstin – and seemed to reflect her own shy, though energetic, nature. The Wisconsin native has since used the pseudonym Queen Quail to foster her artistry and carefully unveil her inner world.
Reverbant guitar riffs and chilling vocals fill the open spaces of her songs with a haunting beauty – one grown out of deep introspection, a desire to understand, and the search for inner truth. Kirstin grew up only a few hundred meters from Lake Michigan (unsurprisingly, one may find images of water throughout her music). A cellist by training, she now finds inspiration from the vibrance & intensity of Berlin, Germany, and the quieter calm of Milwaukee, Wisconsin - her two chosen homes since 2017.
Social media and music links: Spotify - https://sptfy.com/queenquail Bandcamp - queenquail.bandcamp.com Instagram - @thequeenquail Website - queenquail.com
www.WisconsinMusicPodcast.com/podcast
Sponsored by:
Diamond Dave Photography
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ZTF Studio
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Podcast Song written by Nate Wycoff and has a recording studio at https://www.frequencyfarmrecordingstudio.com/
Voice Over Intro by Dean Bundy
Syndicated on www.cwHipHop.com with Jacob Haimer
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Ep 27 - Queen Quail is the dream-pop project of Kirstin Edwards.
TEASER EPISODE
Queen Quail is the dream-pop project of Kirstin Edwards. QQ began after Kirstin came across a “Zwergwachtel”, or dwarf quail, at the botanical gardens in Berlin, Germany. The tiny bird’s quiet focus struck Kirstin – and seemed to reflect her own shy, though energetic, nature. The Wisconsin native has since used the pseudonym Queen Quail to foster her artistry and carefully unveil her inner world.
Reverbant guitar riffs and chilling vocals fill the open spaces of her songs with a haunting beauty – one grown out of deep introspection, a desire to understand, and the search for inner truth. Kirstin grew up only a few hundred meters from Lake Michigan (unsurprisingly, one may find images of water throughout her music). A cellist by training, she now finds inspiration from the vibrance & intensity of Berlin, Germany, and the quieter calm of Milwaukee, Wisconsin - her two chosen homes since 2017.
Social media and music links: Spotify - https://sptfy.com/queenquail Bandcamp - queenquail.bandcamp.com Instagram - @thequeenquail Website - queenquail.com
www.WisconsinMusicPodcast.com/podcast
Sponsored by:
Diamond Dave Photography
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ZTF Studio
www.ZTFstudio.com
Podcast Song written by Nate Wycoff and has a recording studio at https://www.frequencyfarmrecordingstudio.com/
Voice Over Intro by Dean Bundy
Syndicated on www.cwHipHop.com with Jacob Haimer
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Episode 026
The Stephan Hull Experience
Experience the Blues through the heart and soul of Stephen Hull, self taught blues artist since age 14. Dubbed a young B.B. and Albert King
22-year-old Stephen Hull of Racine picked up the guitar eight years ago and taught himself how to play the blues.
He started the Stephen Hull Experience in 2018 and has been playing gigs in southeastern Wisconsin and the Chicago-area.
His band was a finalist in the 2021 Interstate Music Competition — one of seven out of a couple hundred. The band submitted three songs in a video audition and walked away with silver just this past month.
Watch Stephen Hull Experience perform "Killing Floor":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffckWPibt4s&feature=youtu.be
Hull says when he is playing the blues, he can feel himself flow through his guitar and the music takes over his entire body.
“I've had several moments on stage where it's just like, I'm not playing that guitar, I don't know who is but it sure sounds good,” he says. “It has to come from your soul and has to be a 100% vibe.”
When it comes to influences, Hull cites Albert King as his main influence along with B.B. King, Elmore James and modern blues artist Jontavious Willis.
Blues was started by rural Black communities in the deep south beginning in the late 1800s. That cultural influence over the past century, Hull says: “It is, in fact, a story. Whether most people realize it or not, you can't separate the Black from the blues."
"It's 100% a cultural story that is, just, in a more, I want to say, digestible form," he says, "We're able to listen to it, get something out of it, and move on about our day ... a pleasant sounding song, we all kind of digest on some level.”
With the blues being contemporaneous with slavery ending in the United States, Hull says part of the beauty in blues comes from the fact that this music was created by people looking to turn painful experiences into positive ones.
“One thing I find to be beautiful about the Black experience is that no matter what, there's always going to be that silver lining that someone can make out of it. Resilience is just one of the most astonishing things that I've come to recognize about the Black community,” he says.
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Sponsored by:
Diamond Dave Photography
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ZTF Studio
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Podcast Song written by Nate Wycoff and has a recording studio at https://www.frequencyfarmrecordingstudio.com/
Voice Over Intro by Dean Bundy
Syndicated on www.cwHipHop.com with Jacob Haimer
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffckWPibt4s
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Sponsored by:
Diamond Dave Photography
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ZTF Studio
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Podcast Song written by Nate Wycoff and has a recording studio at https://www.frequencyfarmrecordingstudio.com/
Voice Over Intro by Dean Bundy
Syndicated on www.cwHipHop.com with Jacob Haimer
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Teaser Clip
The Stephan Hull Experience
Experience the Blues through the heart and soul of Stephen Hull, self taught blues artist since age 14. Dubbed a young B.B. and Albert King.
https://www.facebook.com/StephenHullExperience/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffckWPibt4s
www.WisconsinMusicPodcast.com/podcast
Sponsored by:
Diamond Dave Photography
www.facebook.com/DiamondDavePhotography
ZTF Studio
www.ZTFstudio.com
Podcast Song written by Nate Wycoff and has a recording studio at https://www.frequencyfarmrecordingstudio.com/
Voice Over Intro by Dean Bundy
Syndicated on www.cwHipHop.com with Jacob Haimer
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WISCONSIN MUSIC PODCAST Episode 25 The MilBillies
When The MilBillies set out to record their debut album, their goal was to capture the energy and drive of the stage performances that have made them a mainstay of the music scene in and around Milwaukee.
The plan was simple.
The string band’s five members worked with sound engineers at Milwaukee’s Silver City Studios to record the tracks “live,” setting microphones up in a circle to capture the natural sound of the bass, guitar, mandolin, fiddle, banjo and dobro. The vocals were saved until the end. Otherwise, overdubs and re-takes were kept to a minimum.
Rather than a slick studio artifact, the band sought to produce the sort of experience that can be had only when musicians are responding to each other in the moment, picking up on small cues and allowing their music to flow naturally.
The results, evident on every track of this recording, more than justify the approach. The band members went so far toward capturing their essence that they decided to go with the simplest title possible: The MilBillies. With this stripped-down recording, fans who might not have seen the band live can now have essentially the same experience anywhere they want.
But The MilBillies’ ambitions did not stop there. Besides reproducing the feel of a live show, the band wanted to draw further attention to its original songwriting, which has already led to a Wisconsin Area Music Industry (WAMI) nomination in 2020 for New Artist of the Year. Influenced as much by pop and classic rock as bluegrass, The MilBillies’ tunes feature hooks with universal appeal.
The album’s 12 original tracks range from driving breakdowns to bluesy groovers to simple love songs. Their lyrics often pay homage to the city The MilBillies are proud to call home. Snippets of Milwaukee history receive a nod in the tracks “Ol’ Fred” and “Goodland,” while “Hoods” alludes to three local neighborhoods – and the difficulties of finding romance in each. Others, such as “Wild Turkey” and “High Class Low Life,” revel in the good times and raucous atmosphere that are a hallmark of the band’s shows.
Equally noteworthy is the album’s artwork. For this, The MilBillies worked with the contemporary installation artist Jennifer Angus, a professor at UW-Madison, to find an ideal setting for the cover photo. The search took The MilBillies all the way to the Mattress Factory Museum in Pittsburgh, where they found the perfect complement to their music: An exhibit meant to be experienced in-person to accompany a record offering so much of the essence of live performance.
With COVID-19 having shut down most musical venues, The MilBillies’ debut album could hardly come at a better time. Listeners will not only be able to hit play on a recording reproducing the intensity of on-stage shows; they’ll also have a chance to delve into well-written songs that reward repeat listens with clever lyrics, solid musicianship and tuneful hooks that – once heard – will remain with them well into the future.
For more information about The MilBillies and their debut album, please write to milbillies1@gmail.com or call Joe Wais at (630) 967-8996.
www.WisconsinMusicPodcast.com/podcast
Sponsored by:
Diamond Dave Photography
www.facebook.com/DiamondDavePhotography
ZTF Studio
www.ZTFstudio.com
Podcast Song written by Nate Wycoff and has a recording studio at https://www.frequencyfarmrecordingstudio.com/
Voice Over Intro by Dean Bundy
Syndicated on www.cwHipHop.com with Jacob Haimer
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WISCONSIN MUSIC PODCAST Teaser Episode 24.5 The MilBillies
When The MilBillies set out to record their debut album, their goal was to capture the energy and drive of the stage performances that have made them a mainstay of the music scene in and around Milwaukee.
The plan was simple.
The string band’s five members worked with sound engineers at Milwaukee’s Silver City Studios to record the tracks “live,” setting microphones up in a circle to capture the natural sound of the bass, guitar, mandolin, fiddle, banjo and dobro. The vocals were saved until the end. Otherwise, overdubs and re-takes were kept to a minimum.
Rather than a slick studio artifact, the band sought to produce the sort of experience that can be had only when musicians are responding to each other in the moment, picking up on small cues and allowing their music to flow naturally.
The results, evident on every track of this recording, more than justify the approach. The band members went so far toward capturing their essence that they decided to go with the simplest title possible: The MilBillies. With this stripped-down recording, fans who might not have seen the band live can now have essentially the same experience anywhere they want.
But The MilBillies’ ambitions did not stop there. Besides reproducing the feel of a live show, the band wanted to draw further attention to its original songwriting, which has already led to a Wisconsin Area Music Industry (WAMI) nomination in 2020 for New Artist of the Year. Influenced as much by pop and classic rock as bluegrass, The MilBillies’ tunes feature hooks with universal appeal.
The album’s 12 original tracks range from driving breakdowns to bluesy groovers to simple love songs. Their lyrics often pay homage to the city The MilBillies are proud to call home. Snippets of Milwaukee history receive a nod in the tracks “Ol’ Fred” and “Goodland,” while “Hoods” alludes to three local neighborhoods – and the difficulties of finding romance in each. Others, such as “Wild Turkey” and “High Class Low Life,” revel in the good times and raucous atmosphere that are a hallmark of the band’s shows.
Equally noteworthy is the album’s artwork. For this, The MilBillies worked with the contemporary installation artist Jennifer Angus, a professor at UW-Madison, to find an ideal setting for the cover photo. The search took The MilBillies all the way to the Mattress Factory Museum in Pittsburgh, where they found the perfect complement to their music: An exhibit meant to be experienced in-person to accompany a record offering so much of the essence of live performance.
With COVID-19 having shut down most musical venues, The MilBillies’ debut album could hardly come at a better time. Listeners will not only be able to hit play on a recording reproducing the intensity of on-stage shows; they’ll also have a chance to delve into well-written songs that reward repeat listens with clever lyrics, solid musicianship and tuneful hooks that – once heard – will remain with them well into the future.
For more information about The MilBillies and their debut album, please write to milbillies1@gmail.com or call Joe Wais at (630) 967-8996.
www.WisconsinMusicPodcast.com/podcast
Sponsored by:
Diamond Dave Photography
www.facebook.com/DiamondDavePhotography
ZTF Studio
www.ZTFstudio.com
Podcast Song written by Nate Wycoff and has a recording studio at https://www.frequencyfarmrecordingstudio.com/
Voice Over Intro by Dean Bundy
Syndicated on www.cwHipHop.com with Jacob Haimer
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Episode 024
Gary Tanin / Daystorm Music
Audio Engineer, Music Producer, and Publicist
Gary Tanin (born Gary Stefan Tanin, 19 September 1952, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is a veteran Milwaukee musician/producer/engineer with a career spanning decades and reflecting two central themes: music and technology.
Biography
At age 16, Tanin had already laid the foundation for his calling when landed a record deal with Odessa Records, recording his original material. While attending the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee during the early 70's, Tanin apprenticed as an audio engineer at ARCO Recording Studios where he studied the Art and Science of audio recording and production. In the mid 70s he released the critically acclaimed, self-produced concept album Otto & The Elevators. In the early 80's he foresaw the unique possibility of combining newly emerging computer technology with music. He produced dozens of artists during the 70s and 80s. He has had numerous articles published in industry publications, including the CMC Source Book and AfterTouch(tm). These special interests led to Tanin's work with garageband.com co-founder Jerry Harrison (of the rock band Talking Heads). Harrison contributed to Sublime Nation, Tanin's 1995 solo CD released by MultiMusicaUSA. In addition to Sublime Nation, Gary has released several national critically acclaimed CDs of his own and produced local, national, and international artists. Tanin's Japanese/US release, XPensive Dogs, is an intercontinental fusion of east and west. A follow-up to XPensive Dogs, entitled DOG EAT DOG, was released in 2004. Japanese label Hard Disc International released XPensive Dogs, and Sublime Nation was released in Japan on the Mouse Records imprint. Tanin's entire catalog is being distributed in the US by RockIt Records (USA).[3] Gary Tanin has produced for bands like the BoDeans, Monovox, and Sam Llanas, and mastering for the likes of ex-Violent Femmes drummer Victor DeLorenzo and Daryl Stuermer (of Phil Collins and Genesis fame). Tanin has won the Wisconsin Area Music Industry (WAMI) Producer Of The Year Awards for 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2010.[4] He was an active past member of the Audion.
www.WisconsinMusicPodcast.com/podcast
Sponsored by:
Diamond Dave Photography
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ZTF Studio
www.ZTFstudio.com
Podcast Song written by Nate Wycoff and has a recording studio at https://www.frequencyfarmrecordingstudio.com/
Voice Over Intro by Dean Bundy
Syndicated on www.cwHipHop.com with Jacob Haimer------------------------------------------------------------
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Ep; 23.5
GARY TANIN
Gary Tanin (born Gary Stefan Tanin, 19 September 1952, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is a veteran Milwaukee musician/producer/engineer with a career spanning decades and reflecting two central themes: music and technology.
Biography
At age 16, Tanin had already laid the foundation for his calling when landed a record deal with Odessa Records, recording his original material. While attending the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee during the early 70's, Tanin apprenticed as an audio engineer at ARCO Recording Studios where he studied the Art and Science of audio recording and production. In the mid 70s he released the critically acclaimed, self-produced concept album Otto & The Elevators. In the early 80's he foresaw the unique possibility of combining newly emerging computer technology with music. He produced dozens of artists during the 70s and 80s. He has had numerous articles published in industry publications, including the CMC Source Book and AfterTouch(tm). These special interests led to Tanin's work with garageband.com co-founder Jerry Harrison (of the rock band Talking Heads). Harrison contributed to Sublime Nation, Tanin's 1995 solo CD released by MultiMusicaUSA. In addition to Sublime Nation, Gary has released several national critically acclaimed CDs of his own and produced local, national, and international artists. Tanin's Japanese/US release, XPensive Dogs, is an intercontinental fusion of east and west. A follow-up to XPensive Dogs, entitled DOG EAT DOG, was released in 2004. Japanese label Hard Disc International released XPensive Dogs, and Sublime Nation was released in Japan on the Mouse Records imprint. Tanin's entire catalog is being distributed in the US by RockIt Records (USA).[3] Gary Tanin has produced for bands like the BoDeans, Monovox, and Sam Llanas, and mastering for the likes of ex-Violent Femmes drummer Victor DeLorenzo and Daryl Stuermer (of Phil Collins and Genesis fame). Tanin has won the Wisconsin Area Music Industry (WAMI) Producer Of The Year Awards for 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2010.[4] He was an active past member of the Audion.
www.WisconsinMusicPodcast.com/podcast
Sponsored by:
Diamond Dave Photography
www.facebook.com/DiamondDavePhotography
ZTF Studio
www.ZTFstudio.com
Podcast Song written by Nate Wycoff and has a recording studio at https://www.frequencyfarmrecordingstudio.com/
Voice Over Intro by Dean Bundy
Syndicated on www.cwHipHop.com with Jacob Haimer------------------------------------------------------------
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Ep 23: Racine Thoughts For Food
Full Episode
Thoughts for Food is an annual musical benefit held in Racine, WI, to benefit the Racine County Food Bank. The event is in its 29th year and will be held virtually this year due to virus concerns. Videos will be available on YouTube beginning March 6.
www.ThoughtsForFood.org
www.WisconsinMusicPodcast.com/podcast
Sponsored by:
Diamond Dave Photography
www.facebook.com/DiamondDavePhotography
ZTF Studio
www.ZTFstudio.com
Podcast Song written by Nate Wycoff and has a recording studio at https://www.frequencyfarmrecordingstudio.com/
Voice Over Intro by Dean Bundy
Syndicated on www.cwHipHop.com with Jacob Haimer
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Ep 22.5: Racine Thoughts For Food
Teaser Clip
Thoughts for Food is an annual musical benefit held in Racine, WI, to benefit the Racine County Food Bank. The event is in its 29th year and will be held virtually this year due to virus concerns. Videos will be available on YouTube beginning March 6.
www.ThoughtsForFood.org
www.WisconsinMusicPodcast.com/podcast
Sponsored by:
Diamond Dave Photography
www.facebook.com/DiamondDavePhotography
ZTF Studio
www.ZTFstudio.com
Podcast Song written by Nate Wycoff and has a recording studio at https://www.frequencyfarmrecordingstudio.com/
Voice Over Intro by Dean Bundy
Syndicated on www.cwHipHop.com with Jacob Haimer
WisconsinMusicPodcast #WisconsinMusic #WisconsinMusician #ZTFStudio #podcasting #podcastlife #podcasters #bhfyp #PodernFamily #Supportlocalmusic #Supportlocalmusicians #Milwaukee
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Episode 022
Jamie Fontaine and the Level
From the opening thumping beats of one of the band’s early originals, on their self titled debut album, the blues infused “Home”, you could tell there was something special about this band. The band that has hosted to many to count underground shows, to traveling both coasts of North America, just finished writing 3 songs in NASHVILLE with Malcolm Springer & Jason Schrick, with guidance from Holly Hutchinson and signed under Indie Label STRYKER RECORDS, INC. with Chris Dobry as Manager.
We are currently working with Scott Wilson at Sunshine Studios in Colorado Springs!
The band is growing with these additions and experiences with singer/songwriter Jamie Fontaine. His inspiring vocals are limitless and dynamic, and his lyrics leave you thinking long after the song has ended. The rhythmic duo of Colby Peters and Joseph Weise drive the pulse of this band with the fury of a tornado to the subtlety of a teardrop...and back again, seemingly effortlessly. In late 2019 they met and later added Lead Guitarist Tim Kempen. He added guitar leads on new songs and created parts for others. They mesh seamlessly with Kempen's electrifying guitar work, as if the band has but one heartbeat.
Stay Along for the ride and we truly appreciate your support!
JAMIE FONTAINE AND THE LEVEL
Twitter: @FONTAINE_ROCKS
Facebook: @jamiefontaineandthelevel
Instagram: @jamiefontaineandthelevel
https://jamiefontaineandthelevel.com/
www.WisconsinMusicPodcast.com/podcast
Sponsored by:
Diamond Dave Photography www.facebook.com/DiamondDavePhotography
ZTF Studio at www.ZTFstudio.com
Podcast Song written by Nate Wycoff and has a recording studio at https://www.frequencyfarmrecordingstudio.com/
Voice Over Intro by Dean Bundy
Syndicated on www.cwHipHop.com with Jacob Haimer
WisconsinMusicPodcast #WisconsinMusic #WisconsinMusician #ZTFStudio #podcasting #podcastlife #podcasters #bhfyp #PodernFamily #Supportlocalmusic #Supportlocalmusicians #Milwaukee
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Ep 21.5
Jamie Fontaine and the Level - Teaser Clip
From the opening thumping beats of one of the band’s early originals, on their self titled debut album, the blues infused “Home”, you could tell there was something special about this band. The band that has hosted to many to count underground shows, to traveling both coasts of North America, just finished writing 3 songs in NASHVILLE with Malcolm Springer & Jason Schrick, with guidance from Holly Hutchinson and signed under Indie Label STRYKER RECORDS, INC. with Chris Dobry as Manager.
We are currently working with Scott Wilson at Sunshine Studios in Colorado Springs!
The band is growing with these additions and experiences with singer/songwriter Jamie Fontaine. His inspiring vocals are limitless and dynamic, and his lyrics leave you thinking long after the song has ended. The rhythmic duo of Colby Peters and Joseph Weise drive the pulse of this band with the fury of a tornado to the subtlety of a teardrop...and back again, seemingly effortlessly. In late 2019 they met and later added Lead Guitarist Tim Kempen. He added guitar leads on new songs and created parts for others. They mesh seamlessly with Kempen's electrifying guitar work, as if the band has but one heartbeat.
Stay Along for the ride and we truly appreciate your support!
JAMIE FONTAINE AND THE LEVEL
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Episode 21: Kat and the Hurricane
Kat and the Hurricane is a genre- and gender-bending project from Madison, Wisconsin. Lead singer/guitarist Kat Farnsworth (she/her/hers), keyboardist Benjamin Coakley (they/them/theirs), and drummer Alex Nelson (they/them/theirs) deliver a unique blend of pop and haunting indie rock - which they dub as "Sad Lesbian Music." Their second album Libra was released on February 7, 2020. Their newest single, synth rock anthem "Sorry That I'm Like This", will be released on November 13.
Social links:
Website: https://katandthehurricane.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/katandthehurricane/
Bandcamp: https://katandthehurricane.bandcamp.com/
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2RcykWJMzjOxrEqyzwXOU3?si=vn3rZlifQvuVmOqROsUG7A Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/katthurricane Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/katandthehurricane
www.WisconsinMusicPodcast.com/podcast
Sponsored by:
Diamond Dave Photography www.facebook.com/DiamondDavePhotography
ZTF Studio at www.ZTFstudio.com
Podcast Song written by Nate Wycoff and has a recording studio at https://www.frequencyfarmrecordingstudio.com/
Voice Over Intro by Dean Bundy
Syndicated on www.cwHipHop.com with Jacob Haimer
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Ep 20.5: Kat and the Hurricane
Kat and the Hurricane is a genre- and gender-bending project from Madison, Wisconsin. Lead singer/guitarist Kat Farnsworth (she/her/hers), keyboardist Benjamin Coakley (they/them/theirs), and drummer Alex Nelson (they/them/theirs) deliver a unique blend of pop and haunting indie rock - which they dub as "Sad Lesbian Music." Their second album Libra was released on February 7, 2020. Their newest single, synth rock anthem "Sorry That I'm Like This", will be released on November 13.
Social links:
Website: https://katandthehurricane.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/katandthehurricane/
Bandcamp: https://katandthehurricane.bandcamp.com/
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2RcykWJMzjOxrEqyzwXOU3?si=vn3rZlifQvuVmOqROsUG7A Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/katthurricane Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/katandthehurricane
www.WisconsinMusicPodcast.com/podcast
Sponsored by:
Diamond Dave Photography www.facebook.com/DiamondDavePhotography
ZTF Studio at www.ZTFstudio.com
Podcast Song written by Nate Wycoff and has a recording studio at https://www.frequencyfarmrecordingstudio.com/
Voice Over Intro by Dean Bundy
Syndicated on www.cwHipHop.com with Jacob Haimer
WisconsinMusicPodcast #WisconsinMusic #WisconsinMusician #ZTFStudio #podcasting #podcastlife #podcasters #bhfyp #PodernFamily #Supportlocalmusic #Supportlocalmusicians #Milwaukee
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Episode 20!
Chris Crain
Chris Crain is a Singer, Songwriter and multifaceted Musician. His passion for using his music to make a change is prevalent in every lyric; every rhythm; every note. Change – in the way people listen to music, the way it makes them feel and how it affects community.
Born in Chicago, raised in Lumberton Mississippi, and now residing in Milwaukee Wisconsin – Chris’s musical birthright was just the foundation of a greater platform. Although he was brought up in a family of musicians and has played an instrument since the age of 7, Chris never “planned” to be a musician. With over 20 years of experience in making music behind him and the rest of his life ahead of him to leave his mark on an industry where only the strong survive - Chris Crain has dedicated his greatest passion to making everything and everyone around him better, including himself.
Born with a special birth defect called Brachial Plexus Palsy, he’s determined to show the world that even when your journey is an expected hard and long road, the only thing that will keep you from your dreams is you.
Chris Crain chriscrainbooking@gmail.com www.chriscrain1music.com Spotify: Chris Crain Soundcloud: Chris Crain Youtube: Madame Queen Chris Crain Instagram
www.WisconsinMusicPodcast.com/podcast
Sponsored by:
Diamond Dave Photography www.facebook.com/DiamondDavePhotography
ZTF Studio at www.ZTFstudio.com
Podcast Song written by Nate Wycoff and has a recording studio at https://www.frequencyfarmrecordingstudio.com/
Voice Over Intro by Dean Bundy
Syndicated on www.cwHipHop.com with Jacob Haimer
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Ep 19.5 Chris Crain
TEASER CLIP
Chris Crain is a Singer, Songwriter and multifaceted Musician. His passion for using his music to make a change is prevalent in every lyric; every rhythm; every note. Change – in the way people listen to music, the way it makes them feel and how it affects community.
Born in Chicago, raised in Lumberton Mississippi, and now residing in Milwaukee Wisconsin – Chris’s musical birthright was just the foundation of a greater platform. Although he was brought up in a family of musicians and has played an instrument since the age of 7, Chris never “planned” to be a musician. With over 20 years of experience in making music behind him and the rest of his life ahead of him to leave his mark on an industry where only the strong survive - Chris Crain has dedicated his greatest passion to making everything and everyone around him better, including himself.
Born with a special birth defect called Brachial Plexus Palsy, he’s determined to show the world that even when your journey is an expected hard and long road, the only thing that will keep you from your dreams is you.
www.WisconsinMusicPodcast.com/podcast
Sponsored by:
Diamond Dave Photography www.facebook.com/DiamondDavePhotography
ZTF Studio at www.ZTFstudio.com
Podcast Song written by Nate Wycoff and has a recording studio at https://www.frequencyfarmrecordingstudio.com/
Voice Over Intro by Dean Bundy
Syndicated on www.cwHipHop.com with Jacob Haimer
WisconsinMusicPodcast #WisconsinMusic #WisconsinMusician #ZTFStudio #podcasting #podcastlife #podcasters #bhfyp #PodernFamily #Supportlocalmusic #Supportlocalmusicians #Milwaukee
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Episode 19: Kenosha Opera Festival
The Kenosha Opera Festival is a new opera company in beautiful Kenosha, Wisconsin. We bring professional operatic performances to Kenosha, complimenting the vibrant German, Italian, Hispanic, and other cultural traditions here. Joining with our strong local partners, we are excited to bring some of the best stage repertoire there is to Kenosha’s own shores.
The Kenosha Opera Festival is dedicated to a summer opera but facilitates or hosts a variety of both free and ticketed musical events, such as recitals or concerts, during our festival. Please check out our upcoming events, or events of our partners, today!
www.WisconsinMusicPodcast.com/podcast
Sponsored by:
Diamond Dave Photography www.facebook.com/DiamondDavePhotography
ZTF Studio at www.ZTFstudio.com
Podcast Song written by Nate Wycoff and has a recording studio at https://www.frequencyfarmrecordingstudio.com/
Voice Over Intro by Dean Bundy
Syndicated on www.cwHipHop.com with Jacob Haimer
WisconsinMusicPodcast #WisconsinMusic #WisconsinMusician #ZTFStudio #podcasting #podcastlife #podcasters #bhfyp #PodernFamily #Supportlocalmusic #Supportlocalmusicians #Milwaukee #Opera
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Ep 18.5: Kenosha Opera Festival - Teaser Clip
The Kenosha Opera Festival is a new opera company in beautiful Kenosha, Wisconsin. We bring professional operatic performances to Kenosha, complimenting the vibrant German, Italian, Hispanic, and other cultural traditions here. Joining with our strong local partners, we are excited to bring some of the best stage repertoire there is to Kenosha’s own shores.
The Kenosha Opera Festival is dedicated to a summer opera but facilitates or hosts a variety of both free and ticketed musical events, such as recitals or concerts, during our festival. Please check out our upcoming events, or events of our partners, today!
www.WisconsinMusicPodcast.com/podcast
Sponsored by: ZTF Studio at www.ZTFstudio.com
Podcast Song written by Nate Wycoff and has a recording studio at https://www.frequencyfarmrecordingstudio.com/
Voice Over Intro by Dean Bundy
Syndicated on www.cwHipHop.com with Jacob Haimer
WisconsinMusicPodcast #WisconsinMusic #WisconsinMusician #ZTFStudio #podcasting #podcastlife #podcasters #bhfyp #PodernFamily #Supportlocalmusic #Supportlocalmusicians #Milwaukee #Opera
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Episode 018: Sterling
Sterling- new noise from Milwaukee. "Not that different. Not that new. But, damn, I kinda like it."These are words Sterling is happy settling on. This new three-piece from Brew City is bringing back sounds reminiscent of 90's emo and gang vocals of punk classics- Writing music intended to engage the listener enough to stop staring at their cell phone and "feel" something. "With very diverse lifestyles and backgrounds, the members of Milwaukee's Sterling, show their similarities through music. Exposing original "emo" roots tangled amongst hauntingly melodic vocals with flourishes of math and post-rock, this three piece outfit has developed a unique style in just a few short months.Capitalizing on the fact that, in a trio, each instrument takes center stage at all times; Sterling play to each other's skillsets cultivating an openness for each others creativity.Vocal duties are shared and often harmonized, placed strategically and only when deemed most fitting. Waiting for the world to reopen, Sterling have partnered with Shane Hochstetler (Decibully, Direct Hit!) and Carl Saff (Bonnie Prince Billy, Russian Circles) to record their debut, releasing October.
www.WisconsinMusicPodcast.com/podcast
Sponsored by: ZTF Studio at www.ZTFstudio.com
Podcast Song written by Nate Wycoff and has a recording studio at https://www.frequencyfarmrecordingstudio.com/
Voice Over Intro by Dean Bundy
Syndicated on www.cwHipHop.com with Jacob Haimer
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WISCONSIN MUSIC PODCAST Ep 17.5: Sterling Teaser Clip Sterling- new noise from Milwaukee. "Not that different. Not that new. But, damn, I kinda like it." These are words Sterling is happy settling on. This new three-piece from Brew City is bringing back sounds reminiscent of 90's emo and gang vocals of punk classics- Writing music intended to engage the listener enough to stop staring at their cell phone and "feel" something. "With very diverse lifestyles and backgrounds, the members of Milwaukee's Sterling, show their similarities through music. Exposing original "emo" roots tangled amongst hauntingly melodic vocals with flourishes of math and post-rock, this three piece outfit has developed a unique style in just a few short months.
Capitalizing on the fact that, in a trio, each instrument takes center stage at all times; Sterling play to each other's skillsets cultivating an openness for each others creativity. Vocal duties are shared and often harmonized, placed strategically and only when deemed most fitting. Waiting for the world to reopen, Sterling have partnered with Shane Hochstetler (Decibully, Direct Hit!) and Carl Saff (Bonnie Prince Billy, Russian Circles) to record their debut, releasing October.
www.WisconsinMusicPodcast.com/podcast
Sponsored by: ZTF Studio at www.ZTFstudio.com
Podcast Song written by Nate Wycoff and has a recording studio at https://www.frequencyfarmrecordingstudio.com/
Voice Over Intro by Dean Bundy
Syndicated on www.cwHipHop.com with Jacob Haimer
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Episode 17
Blaine Schultz
Blaine Schultz writes about music and people for the Shepherd Express. He plays with The Aimless Blades and The Riverwest Aces. The Aimless Blades began as a recording project by guitarist Blaine Schultz. After leaving the locally popular Mona Lisa Overdrive in the mid-’90s, Schultz released a string of cassette albums with a floating lineup of musicians under the Blades’ banner.
About 20 years ago, a steady gigging band coalesced around Schultz. The lineup has been consistent since Richardson joined six years ago. “Everyone in the band is a huge music fan,” Schultz says. “But for me, Bob Dylan, the Velvet Underground and Hank Williams were the people who developed this music the best. They’re way ahead of me on the road, but I’m on that same road.”
www.WisconsinMusicPodcast.com/podcast
Sponsored by: ZTF Studio at www.ZTFstudio.com
Podcast Song written by Nate Wycoff and has a recording studio at https://www.frequencyfarmrecordingstudio.com/
Voice Over Intro by Dean Bundy
Syndicated on www.cwHipHop.com with Jacob Haimer
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Ep 16.5
Blaine Schultz
Blaine Schultz writes about music and people for the Shepherd Express. He plays with The Aimless Blades and The Riverwest Aces. The Aimless Blades began as a recording project by guitarist Blaine Schultz. After leaving the locally popular Mona Lisa Overdrive in the mid-’90s, Schultz released a string of cassette albums with a floating lineup of musicians under the Blades’ banner.
About 20 years ago, a steady gigging band coalesced around Schultz. The lineup has been consistent since Richardson joined six years ago. “Everyone in the band is a huge music fan,” Schultz says. “But for me, Bob Dylan, the Velvet Underground and Hank Williams were the people who developed this music the best. They’re way ahead of me on the road, but I’m on that same road.”
www.WisconsinMusicPodcast.com/podcast
Sponsored by: ZTF Studio at www.ZTFstudio.com
Podcast Song written by Nate Wycoff and has a recording studio at https://www.frequencyfarmrecordingstudio.com/
Voice Over Intro by Dean Bundy
Syndicated on www.cwHipHop.com with Jacob Haimer
WisconsinMusicPodcast #WisconsinMusic #WisconsinMusician #ZTFStudio #podcasting #podcastlife #podcasters #bhfyp #PodernFamily #Supportlocalmusic #Supportlocalmusicians
WISCONSIN MUSIC PODCAST Ep 16 Smart Mouth Party like it's post-1999! Smart Mouth is the region’s premier 2000’s band playing the soundtrack of 2000-Today. With a 100% Billboard top-charting playlist, Smart Mouth plays the greatest hits from the last 20 years, igniting that fun little alter-ego inside each and every audience member. The ladies can dance. The guys can pull out their air guitars. Everybody can sing-along. This six-piece outfit features three vocalists in their 20’s who not only deliver vocal talent but come out packin’ energy. Dress lightly because Smart Mouth serves up around 50 songs over a typical 3-hour-plus show, and they’re gonna make you sweat.
https://www.facebook.com/smartmouthmke
www.WisconsinMusicPodcast.com/podcast
Sponsored by: ZTF Studio at www.ZTFstudio.com
Podcast Song written by Nate Wycoff and has a recording studio at https://www.frequencyfarmrecordingstudio.com/
Voice Over Intro by Dean Bundy
Syndicated on www.cwHipHop.com with Jacob Haimer
WisconsinMusicPodcast #WisconsinMusic #WisconsinMusician #ZTFStudio #podcasting #podcastlife #podcasters #bhfyp #PodernFamily #Supportlocalmusic #Supportlocalmusicians
WISCONSIN MUSIC PODCAST Ep 15.5 Teaser Clip Smart Mouth Party like it's post-1999! Smart Mouth is the region’s premier 2000’s band playing the soundtrack of 2000-Today. With a 100% Billboard top-charting playlist, Smart Mouth plays the greatest hits from the last 20 years, igniting that fun little alter-ego inside each and every audience member. The ladies can dance. The guys can pull out their air guitars. Everybody can sing-along. This six-piece outfit features three vocalists in their 20’s who not only deliver vocal talent but come out packin’ energy. Dress lightly because Smart Mouth serves up around 50 songs over a typical 3-hour-plus show, and they’re gonna make you sweat.
https://www.facebook.com/smartmouthmke
www.WisconsinMusicPodcast.com/podcast
Sponsored by: ZTF Studio at www.ZTFstudio.com
Podcast Song written by Nate Wycoff and has a recording studio at https://www.frequencyfarmrecordingstudio.com/
Voice Over Intro by Dean Bundy
Syndicated on www.cwHipHop.com with Jacob Haimer
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WISCONSIN MUSIC PODCAST Ep 15 Salmon Run Salmon Run is an indie folk acoustic duo based out of the Appleton area, having recently releasing their first album Maes Avenue. Isiah Driessen and Ryan Mendolla started playing music together as college roommates at UW-Madison, slowly evolving into a more focused act with original songwriting. They have been playing shows around Northeast Wisconsin for a little over a year now and hope to get back in the studio soon to start working on a second album. Musical influences include Wilco, Joni Mitchell, M. Ward, and Neil Young to name a few. Facebook: www.Facebook.com/TheSalmonRunBand/ Website: www.thesalmonrunband.com Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/4oIxPEyhLuuPO87yt4qCvd?si=l8jaa42NQIG2EsS3svCLhA YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjOwammMBTk-CQTDRYorykA And for a general link to our album release: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/salmonrun/maes-avenue
www.WisconsinMusicPodcast.com/podcast
Sponsored by: ZTF Studio at www.ZTFstudio.com
Podcast Song written by Nate Wycoff and has a recording studio at https://www.frequencyfarmrecordingstudio.com/
Voice Over Intro by Dean Bundy
Syndicated on www.cwHipHop.com with Jacob Haimer
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Episode 014
Suzanne Jamieson
Suzanne grew up as a child of the 80’s. Cassettes of Tiffany, Janet, The Cure, and the Bangles were blasted from her pink boombox while she made up dances on her bed. Those tapes were eventually replaced by CDs of Broadway soundtracks in the 90’s. She eventually earned a BFA in Musical Theatre from Syracuse University and earned many credits on the stage and screen in New York and Los Angeles. Suzanne released her first album, A Sun-Up Sky, in 2009, a collection of old standards and showtunes.
Suzanne became a mother in 2012 and couldn’t find a lullaby album she loved…so she made one. Shine: Lullabies for Everyone was released in 2014, just before the birth of her son, and won many awards including NAPPA, Parents Choice, Kids Choice, and Creative Child CD of the Year.
Nowadays, her kids know every word to Katy Perry’s “Roar.” Suzanne realized that if she wanted to teach them tools for happiness and success, she needed to become her own pop star. Bounce, co-written and produced by triple Grammy nominated childrens’ band The Pop Ups, blends her light, playful instrument with heavy 80’s influences to create a unique sound unlike anything else on the childrens music scene.
Suzanne does parents’ work for them. No more lectures met with rolling eyes. The lessons are serious; the music is not.
https://www.suzannejamiesonsings.com/
https://www.facebook.com/suzannejamiesonsings/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCV_gvo4IHPixHu24HzcAdDw
https://open.spotify.com/user/124852288
https://www.instagram.com/suzannejamiesonsings/
www.WisconsinMusicPodcast.com/podcast
Sponsored by: ZTF Studio at www.ZTFstudio.com
Podcast Song written by Nate Wycoff and has a recording studio at https://www.frequencyfarmrecordingstudio.com/
Voice Over Intro by Dean Bundy
Syndicated on www.cwHipHop.com with Jacob Haimer
WisconsinMusicPodcast #WisconsinMusic #WisconsinMusician #ZTFStudio #podcasting #podcastlife #podcasters #bhfyp #PodernFamily #Supportlocalmusic #Supportlocalmusicians
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Ep 13.5: Suzanne Jamieson
TEASER CLIP Suzanne grew up as a child of the 80’s. Cassettes of Tiffany, Janet, The Cure, and the Bangles were blasted from her pink boombox while she made up dances on her bed. Those tapes were eventually replaced by CDs of Broadway soundtracks in the 90’s. She eventually earned a BFA in Musical Theatre from Syracuse University and earned many credits on the stage and screen in New York and Los Angeles. Suzanne released her first album, A Sun-Up Sky, in 2009, a collection of old standards and showtunes.
Suzanne became a mother in 2012 and couldn’t find a lullaby album she loved…so she made one. Shine: Lullabies for Everyone was released in 2014, just before the birth of her son, and won many awards including NAPPA, Parents Choice, Kids Choice, and Creative Child CD of the Year.
Nowadays, her kids know every word to Katy Perry’s “Roar.” Suzanne realized that if she wanted to teach them tools for happiness and success, she needed to become her own pop star. Bounce, co-written and produced by triple Grammy nominated childrens’ band The Pop Ups, blends her light, playful instrument with heavy 80’s influences to create a unique sound unlike anything else on the childrens music scene.
Suzanne does parents’ work for them. No more lectures met with rolling eyes. The lessons are serious; the music is not.
www.WisconsinMusicPodcast.com/podcast
Sponsored by: ZTF Studio at www.ZTFstudio.com
Podcast Song written by Nate Wycoff and has a recording studio at https://www.frequencyfarmrecordingstudio.com/
Voice Over Intro by Dean Bundy
Syndicated on www.cwHipHop.com with Jacob Haimer
WisconsinMusicPodcast #WisconsinMusic #WisconsinMusician #ZTFStudio #podcasting #podcastlife #podcasters #bhfyp #PodernFamily #Supportlocalmusic #Supportlocalmusicians
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Ep 013: Holiday Songs performed by Wisconsin musicians.
Our 1st holiday episode and we have some great songs for your Holiday Season.
Our first musician is also our guest next week, Suzanne Jamieson. She has 2 songs for our Holiday episode
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Christmas Lullaby by Jason Robert Brown Album: A Sun up Sky
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Happy Feels by Suzanne Jamieson
Album: Bounce
www.suzannejamiesonsings.com Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/1WgjeOBm1w4fIczsUOctBo IG: SuzanneJamiesonSings
Next is The Jerks
- Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
----Composer: Hugh Martin ----Lyrics by: Ralph Blane
- Winter Wonderland
album: The Jerks Save Christmas
- 'Cantique de Noël' by Adolphe Adam
Performed by:
Keely Futterer - soprano
Tim Smith - piano
Next up is Courtney Collins. She has 3 songs
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I believe In Father Christmas by Greg Lake (of Emerson, Lake, and Palmer)
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Winterlong by Neil Young
Album: Welcome to Christmas Town
- I'd Like You For Christmas by Arena Venus
Album: Yuletide Swank
Now time for some Metal Christmas Tunes from Lords of The Trident
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Angels We Have Heard on High by James Chadwick
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Oh Come Oh Come Emmanuel (Christian hymn)
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What Child Is This by William Chatterton Dix
www.LordsOfTheTrident.com www.YouTube.com/LordsOfTheTrident www.facebook.com/LordsOfTheTrident LordsOfTheTrident@gmail.com
Our final artist is Ron Ricchio with some excellent solo guitar playing. These are off his Don Ricchio YouTube Channel
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I'll Be Home For Christmas by lyricist Kim Gannon and composer Walter Kent
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White Christmas by Irving Berlin
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The Christmas Song by Robert Wells and Mel Tormé
arranged by: Steve Lukather
You Tube: Don Ricchio
Facebook: Don Riccio
Silent Night by Franz Xaver Gruber lyrics by Joseph Mohr
perform by: Zach T Fell alto Sax
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Ep 12.5: Holiday Music Episode
The upcoming podcast will be holiday music from Wisconsin Musicians.
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Sponsored by: ZTF Studio at www.ZTFstudio.com
Podcast Song written by Nate Wycoff and has a recording studio at https://www.frequencyfarmrecordingstudio.com/
Voice Over Intro by Dean Bundy
Syndicated on www.cwHipHop.com with Jacob Haimer
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Ep 012: Jacob Hameril
Jacob is an amateur artist who makes alternative HipHop. He started cwHipHop.com to organize the Hip Hop scene of Wausau and expanded to Wisconsin as a whole.
Facebook and Instagram: CWHipHop.com Twitter: CWHipHopRNB Spotify: CWHipHop [Playlist] Soundcloud: CWHipHop [LiveShow Replays]
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Sponsored by: ZTF Studio at www.ZTFstudio.com
Podcast Song written by Nate Wycoff and has a recording studio at https://www.frequencyfarmrecordingstudio.com/
Voice Over Intro by Dean Bundy
Syndicated on www.cwHipHop.com with Jacob Haimer
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Ep 11.5
Teaser Clip
Jacob is an amateur artist who makes alternative HipHop. He started cwHipHop.com to organize the Hip Hop scene of Wausau and expanded to Wisconsin as a whole.
Facebook and Instagram: CWHipHop.com Twitter: CWHipHopRNB Spotify: CWHipHop [Playlist] Soundcloud: CWHipHop [LiveShow Replays]
www.WisconsinMusicPodcast.com/podcast
Sponsored by: ZTF Studio at www.ZTFstudio.com
Podcast Song written by Nate Wycoff and has a recording studio at https://www.frequencyfarmrecordingstudio.com/
Voice Over Intro by Dean Bundy
Syndicated on www.cwHipHop.com with Jacob Haimer
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Wednesday Mix Showcase
Every Wednesday I will be showcasing a before and after mix that I did and talk about what I listen for and how I approached that mix.
If you'd like to have me mix and showcase a song for you, contact me at ztfstudio@gmail.com
The song you hear in this introduction showcase is Maneki-Neko by Voice of Nature
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Episode 011: Professor Russ Johnson
Trumpeter Russ Johnson, born in Racine, WI, is a recent Midwest [re]transplant after spending 23 years as an important member of New York City’s jazz community. He has 7 recordings as a leader or co-leader and performed on more than 75 recordings as a sideman. Russ has worked alongside many of the legendary figures in jazz including Lee Konitz, Steve Swallow, Bill Frisell, and Joe Lovano. In addition, he has recorded and/or performed with a long list of the most prominent musicians currently on the international jazz scene, including Myra Melford, Ken Vandermark, and Tony Malaby. Russ has performed in more than 40 countries across the globe. His groups have recently performed at the Chicago, Winter Jazz Fest (NYC) Hyde Park, (Chicago) and Bergamo, (Italy) jazz festivals.
His most recent recordings, Meeting Point (Relay Recordings) and Still Out To Lunch! (Enja Records) received 4 1/2 & 4 stars respectively from Down Beat Magazine and appeared on many “Best Recordings of 2014/5” lists including Down Beat, the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Reader, NYC Jazz Record and Magnet magazine. Russ will be releasing a new recording by his “Headlands” Quartet in 2017.
Russ is also active as an educator/clinician, having taught at colleges and universities across the U.S. and Europe. He currently serves as Director of Jazz Studies at the University of Wisconsin Parkside where he won the university wide “Stella Gray” Teaching Excellence award in 2016.
https://www.russjohnsonmusic.net/
https://www.facebook.com/russ.johnson1
www.WisconsinMusicPodcast.com/podcast
Sponsored by: ZTF Studio at www.ZTFstudio.com
Podcast Song written by Nate Wycoff and has a recording studio at https://www.frequencyfarmrecordingstudio.com/
Voice Over Intro by Dean Bundy
Syndicated on www.cwHipHop.com with Jacob Haimer
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Ep 10.5 Russ Johnson
TEASER CLIP
Trumpeter Russ Johnson is a recent Midwest transplant after spending 23 years as an important member of New York City’s jazz community. He has 7 recordings as a leader or co-leader and performed on more than 75 recordings as a sideman. Russ has worked alongside many of the legendary figures in jazz including Lee Konitz, Steve Swallow, Bill Frisell, and Joe Lovano. In addition, he has recorded and/or performed with a long list of the most prominent musicians currently on the international jazz scene, including Myra Melford, Ken Vandermark, and Tony Malaby. Russ has performed in more than 40 countries across the globe. His groups have recently performed at the Chicago, Winter Jazz Fest (NYC) Hyde Park, (Chicago) and Bergamo, (Italy) jazz festivals.
His most recent recordings, Meeting Point (Relay Recordings) and Still Out To Lunch! (Enja Records) received 4 1/2 & 4 stars respectively from Down Beat Magazine and appeared on many “Best Recordings of 2014/5” lists including Down Beat, the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Reader, NYC Jazz Record and Magnet magazine. Russ will be releasing a new recording by his “Headlands” Quartet in 2017.
Russ is also active as an educator/clinician, having taught at colleges and universities across the U.S. and Europe. He currently serves as Director of Jazz Studies at the University of Wisconsin Parkside where he won the university wide “Stella Gray” Teaching Excellence award in 2016.
https://www.russjohnsonmusic.net/
https://www.facebook.com/russ.johnson1
www.WisconsinMusicPodcast.com/podcast
Sponsored by: ZTF Studio at www.ZTFstudio.com
Podcast Song written by Nate Wycoff and has a recording studio at https://www.frequencyfarmrecordingstudio.com/
Voice Over Intro by Dean Bundy
Syndicated on www.cwHipHop.com with Jacob Haimer
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Episode 010
JIM HOEHN
Jim Hoehn is a career journalist/author/songwriter who has carved out a surprisingly successful niche as a performing songwriter since first stumbling out of the pressbox with a guitar.
His latest release is the aptly titled “Collection Notice,” a selection of 15 original songs from his four previous recordings, “Silhouette of a Fool,” “Royalty Check Hotel,” “Deadline Penitentiary,” and “Playa del Pressbox.”
Cuts off each of the records received considerable airplay on Americana, folk and alt-country shows in the U.S., Europe and Australia. “Silhouette of a Fool” earned a spot on the Freeform Americana chart.
Since winning a songwriting contest and making his first public appearance at Milwaukee’s Summerfest – the world’s largest music festival – Hoehn has maintained a time-available selection of club dates, house concerts, theater shows and festivals across the country.
Website: https://jimhoehn.com/
Bio: https://jimhoehn.com/bio
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jim.hoehn.9
Soundcloud samples: https://soundcloud.com/user-29061628/sets/collection-notice
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Sponsored by: ZTF Studio at www.ZTFstudio.com
Podcast Song written by Nate Wycoff and has a recording studio at https://www.frequencyfarmrecordingstudio.com/
Voice Over Intro by Dean Bundy
Syndicated on www.cwHipHop.com with Jacob Haimer
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Episode 9.9 JIM HOEHN
Jim Hoehn is a career journalist/author/songwriter who has carved out a surprisingly successful niche as a performing songwriter since first stumbling out of the pressbox with a guitar.
His latest release is the aptly titled “Collection Notice,” a selection of 15 original songs from his four previous recordings, “Silhouette of a Fool,” “Royalty Check Hotel,” “Deadline Penitentiary,” and “Playa del Pressbox.”
Cuts off each of the records received considerable airplay on Americana, folk and alt-country shows in the U.S., Europe and Australia. “Silhouette of a Fool” earned a spot on the Freeform Americana chart.
Since winning a songwriting contest and making his first public appearance at Milwaukee’s Summerfest – the world’s largest music festival – Hoehn has maintained a time-available selection of club dates, house concerts, theater shows and festivals across the country.
Website: https://jimhoehn.com/
Bio: https://jimhoehn.com/bio
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jim.hoehn.9
Soundcloud samples: https://soundcloud.com/user-29061628/sets/collection-notice
www.WisconsinMusicPodcast.com/podcast
Sponsored by: ZTF Studio at www.ZTFstudio.com
Podcast Song written by Nate Wycoff and has a recording studio at https://www.frequencyfarmrecordingstudio.com/
Voice Over Intro by Dean Bundy
Syndicated on cwHipHop.com with Jacob Haimer
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Episode 009
Tom Draughon
Tom is a musician and recording artist in Northern Wisconsin and owner of the Label Heartistry Music. www.heartistry.com
Currently tour as a solo, with TrueGrass Trio, www.truegrassband.com and with Molly and the Danger Band.
Also a cast member in musical shows at Lake Superior Big Top Chautauqua. www.bigtop.org
www.WisconsinMusicPodcast.com/podcast
Sponsored by: ZTF Studio at www.ZTFstudio.com
Podcast Song written by Nate Wycoff and has a recording studio at https://www.frequencyfarmrecordingstudio.com/
Voice Over Intro by Dean Bundy
Syndicated on cwHipHop.com with Jacob Haimer
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Episode 8.5
Tom Draughon
Tom is a musician and recording artist in Northern Wisconsin and owner of the Label Heartistry Music. www.heartistry.com
Currently tour as a solo, with TrueGrass Trio, www.truegrassband.com and with Molly and the Danger Band.
Also a cast member in musical shows at Lake Superior Big Top Chautauqua. www.bigtop.org
www.WisconsinMusicPodcast.com/podcast
Sponsored by: ZTF Studio at www.ZTFstudio.com
Podcast Song written by Nate Wycoff and has a recording studio at https://www.frequencyfarmrecordingstudio.com/
Voice Over Intro by Dean Bundy
Syndicated on cwHipHop.com with Jacob Haimer
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Episode 008: R-mc/Rworld262 - Positive Hip Hop
This weeks episode welcomes Ruben (aka Rmc {R mac}) to the Wisconsin Music Podcast. Rueben talks with us about his positive rap style which comes across as old school hip hop with a present day vibe and being a balance in the Hip Hop world by being a positive lyricists, role model, and community leader. We talk about his start, his influences, and music production in the rap/ hip hop genre. We talk about the stories behind 4 of his songs and listen to them.
R-mc states: "Well I do music because it's pretty much therapeutic to me and for the passion. I love to be creative I don't curse in my songs or verses. I like to write, what I feel from the heart."
https://soundcloud.com/believethehype262
https://twitter.com/rworld262
www.WisconsinMusicPodcast.com/podcast
Sponsored by: ZTF Studio at www.ZTFstudio.com
Podcast Song written by Nate Wycoff and has a recording studio at https://www.frequencyfarmrecordingstudio.com/
Voice Over Intro by Dean Bundy
Syndicated on cwHipHop.com with Jacob Haimer
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Episode 7.7 Rworld
Hip Hop artist Rworld talks about his positive rap style which comes across as old school hip hop with a present day vibe.
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Sponsored by: ZTF Studio at www.ZTFstudio.com
Podcast Song written by Nate Wycoff and has a recording studio at https://www.frequencyfarmrecordingstudio.com/
Voice Over Intro by Dean Bundy
Syndicated on cwHipHop.com with Jacob Haimer
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Episode 007 Ben Harold
Ben Harold is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and multi-instrumentalist who combines rock, folk, and soul elements to create a unique yet familiar sound that draws people into his soulfully sung and well-crafted music. Solo or with his extremely talented band, "The Rising," he is known for putting on shows that are filled with energy, passion and connection with the audience. Ben Harold & The Rising is a 2020 WAMI nominee for New Artist of the Year.
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Sponsored by: ZTF Studio at www.ZTFstudio.com
Podcast Song written by Nate Wycoff and has a recording studio at https://www.frequencyfarmrecordingstudio.com/
Voice Over Intro by Dean Bundy
Syndicated on cwHipHop.com with Jacob Haimer
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Teaser Clip
Ep 6.5 Ben Harold
Ben Harold is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and multi-instrumentalist who combines rock, folk, and soul elements to create a unique yet familiar sound that draws people into his soulfully sung and well-crafted music. Solo or with his extremely talented band, "The Rising," he is known for putting on shows that are filled with energy, passion and connection with the audience. Ben Harold & The Rising is a 2020 WAMI nominee for New Artist of the Year.
www.WisconsinMusicPodcast.com
Sponsored by: ZTF Studio at www.ZTFstudio.com
Podcast Song written by Nate Wycoff and has a recording studio at https://www.frequencyfarmrecordingstudio.com/
Voice Over Intro by Dean Bundy
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SNAKE EY3Z - Hip Hop/ Wrestler / Event Promoter
Started music in 2007 as a hype-man behind Handz Onn. Eventually did his own solo stuff, headlined and been featured on Urban Grind TV (episodes are on YouTube if you look up Urban Grind TV Wisconsin) was on 2 separate music tours across the midwest, have played at Summerfest and with many headlining names in underground rap scene.
Ig: @Eliteordelete
www.youtube.com/snakeey3zhiphop
www.reverbnation.com/snakeey3z
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Sponsored by: ZTF Studio at www.ZTFstudio.com
Podcast Song written by Nate Wycoff and has a recording studio at https://www.frequencyfarmrecordingstudio.com/
Voice Over Intro by Dean Bundy
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Call To Action
Pick an live stream to view: www.facebook.com/JazzGalleryCenterfortheArts, https://www.twitch.tv/jazzgallery, jazzgallerycenterforarts.org/youtube
Jazz Gallery Center for the Arts, a home for emerging artists and musicians as well as those who’ve been around the block a few times. Here we celebrate experimental efforts along with more traditional takes, and everything in between.
We invite you to be part of our growing community. We’re actively working to expand our reach, increase diversity, and promote inclusivity, and there are many ways to get involved. Become a member, participate as an artist or musician, take in an exhibit or performance, or volunteer your time.
However you choose to take part, we welcome you!
Pick an live stream to view: www.facebook.com/JazzGalleryCenterfortheArts, https://www.twitch.tv/jazzgallery, jazzgallerycenterforarts.org/youtube
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Podcast Song written by Nate Wycoff and has a recording studio at https://www.frequencyfarmrecordingstudio.com/
Voice Over Intro by Dean Bundy
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Ep 5.5 SNAKE-EY3Z
Started music in 2007 as a hype-man behind Handz Onn. Eventually did his own solo stuff, headlined and been featured on Urban Grind TV (episodes are on YouTube if you look up Urban Grind TV Wisconsin) was on 2 separate music tours across the midwest, have played at Summerfest and with many headlining names in underground rap scene. Ig: @Eliteordelete www.youtube.com/snakeey3zhiphop www.reverbnation.com/snakeey3z
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Sponsored by: ZTF Studio at www.ZTFstudio.com
Podcast Song written by Nate Wycoff and has a recording studio at https://www.frequencyfarmrecordingstudio.com/
Voice Over Intro by Dean Bundy
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Allen Halas of Breaking & Entering
Allen Halas is a music writer and founder of Breaking And Entering. A former music producer in high school, Halas made beats for Milwaukee artists before transitioning to focus on Breaking And Entering full-time in college. In addition to the website, he is also a staff writer for Shepherd Express in Milwaukee and an entrepreneur.
Breaking And Entering was founded in 2009 as a podcast, which would later become a college radio show at Marquette University, then ultimately a daily music website in 2014. Since then, the site has grown to become your guide to Milwaukee's music scene and beyond, covering everything from local shows to festivals like Lollapalooza and South By Southwest. The website now also encompasses a podcast, Twitch stream, and weekly radio show, as part of the next phase of the company. Links:
Breaking And Entering BreakingAndEntering.net
Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Twitch | Spotify www.WisconsinMusicPodcast.com
Sponsored by: ZTF Studio at www.ZTFstudio.com
Podcast Song written by Nate Wycoff and has a recording studio at https://www.frequencyfarmrecordingstudio.com/
Voice Over Intro by Dean Bundy
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Ep 4.5 Allen Halas of Breaking & Entering
Allen Halas is a music writer and founder of Breaking And Entering. A former music producer in high school, Halas made beats for Milwaukee artists before transitioning to focus on Breaking And Entering full-time in college. In addition to the website, he is also a staff writer for Shepherd Express in Milwaukee and an entrepreneur.
Breaking And Entering was founded in 2009 as a podcast, which would later become a college radio show at Marquette University, then ultimately a daily music website in 2014. Since then, the site has grown to become your guide to Milwaukee's music scene and beyond, covering everything from local shows to festivals like Lollapalooza and South By Southwest. The website now also encompasses a podcast, Twitch stream, and weekly radio show, as part of the next phase of the company. Links:
Breaking And Entering BreakingAndEntering.net Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Twitch | Spotify
www.WisconsinMusicPodcast.com
Sponsored by: ZTF Studio at www.ZTFstudio.com
Podcast Song written by Nate Wycoff and has a recording studio at https://www.frequencyfarmrecordingstudio.com/
Voice Over Intro by Dean Bundy
Wisconsin Music Podcast interviews Allison Emm of Wisconsin Music Ventures this week. Allison is a great resource for WIsconsin musicians, take a listen to this weeks interview and hear how her organization can benefit you. From her website, www.WisconsinMusicVentures.com Motivating musicians and audiences to experience inspiring performance environments by partnering with unlikely local destinations. Wisconsin Music Ventures is a program that was founded in the summer of 2019 by Milwaukee area musician and private instructor Allison Schweitzer (Allison Emm is her business name). Her idea was to plan events that might be different, engaging and exciting for her private students and others to attend, being held at interesting – when possible outdoor – locations.
In planning these experiences for her private studio, she thought a) wouldn’t it be great to open some up to other students, and b) many of these “venues” would be amazing, scenic spots at which other local musicians could perform small-scale concerts.
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Sponsored by: ZTF Studio at www.ZTFstudio.com
Podcast Song written by Nate Wycoff and has a recording studio at https://www.frequencyfarmrecordingstudio.com/
Voice Over Intro by Dean Bundy
Motivating musicians and audiences to experience inspiring performance environments by partnering with unlikely local destinations. Wisconsin Music Ventures is a program that was founded in the summer of 2019 by Milwaukee area musician and private instructor Allison Emm. Her idea was to plan events that might be different, engaging and exciting for her private students and others to attend, being held at interesting – when possible outdoor – locations.
In planning these experiences for her private studio, she thought a) wouldn’t it be great to open some up to other students, and b) many of these “venues” would be amazing, scenic spots at which other local musicians could perform small-scale concerts.
Sponsored by: ZTF Studio at www.ZTFstudio.com
Podcast Song written by Nate Wycoff and has a recording studio at https://www.frequencyfarmrecordingstudio.com/
Voice Over Intro by Dean Bundy
Singer songwriter and master keyboardist/pianist Jack Spann has worked with some big names in the music business most notably David Bowie whom Spann spent time with working on what ultimately became Bowie’s Blackstar release. Aside from a sought-after musician in the studio and on stage, Spann has also logged time performing on Broadway including Hank Williams’ Lost Highway and War Horse, and performed at SXSW and Milwaukee’s Summerfest. Spann’s original songs are soaked in blues, country and rock that are simultaneously thought provoking yet wildly entertaining. His new release “Propaganda Man” is now on most major platforms and physical release is July 26th, 2019. His 2017 release “Beautiful Man from Mars” is a tribute to his time spent with Bowie and was met with critical acclaim earning him a headlining spot at Summer Fest, the world’s largest music festival. Known for his impossibly fast hands on the keyboard, Spann is a storytelling songsmith with a warm vocal tone that perfectly balances out the ferocious piano playing reminiscent of Fats Waller, Ray Charles and Jerry Lee Lewis. National Suicide Prevention Lifeline We can all help prevent suicide. The Lifeline provides 24/7, free and confidential support for people in distress, prevention and crisis resources for you or your loved ones, and best practices for professionals
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Podcast Song written by Nate Wycoff and has a recording studio at https://www.frequencyfarmrecordingstudio.com/
Voice Over Intro by Dean Bundy
Episode 2.5 Singer songwriter and master keyboardist/pianist Jack Spann has worked with some big names in the music business most notably David Bowie whom Spann spent time with working on what ultimately became Bowie’s Blackstar release. Aside from a sought-after musician in the studio and on stage, Spann has also logged time performing on Broadway including Hank Williams’ Lost Highway and War Horse, and preformed at SXSW and Milwaukee’s Summer Fest.
Spann’s original songs are soaked in blues, country and rock that are simultaneously thought provoking yet wildly entertaining. His new release “Propaganda Man” is now on most major platforms and physical release is July 26th, 2019. His 2017 release “Beautiful Man from Mars” is a tribute to his time spent with Bowie and was met with critical acclaim earning him a headlining spot at Summer Fest, the world’s largest music festival. Known for his impossibly fast hands on the keyboard, Spann is a storytelling songsmith with a warm vocal tone that perfectly balances out the ferocious piano playing reminiscent of Fats Waller, Ray Charles and Jerry Lee Lewis.
Phat Phunktion, a group of University of Wisconsin-Madison music students formed in 1996, have built a loyal following of listeners throughout the United States and around the world. A nine-piece tour de force that combines the polish of top 40 with the smooth feeling of 60’s soul and the raw groove of 70’s funk, Phat Phunktion is today one of the most talked about bands in the Midwest. Their self-produced CDs have sold in the thousands, and their live shows sell-out virtually everywhere they perform. In their hometown of Madison, WI, they have been known to attract crowds of upwards of 5,000 people.
Al and Phat Phunktion have a charity called Funk Out Cancer. You can find out more information and donate at:
www.funkoutcancer.com
Sponsored by: ZTF Studio at www.ZTFstudio.com
Podcast Song written by Nate Wycoff and has a recording studio at https://www.frequencyfarmrecordingstudio.com/
Voice Over Intro by Dean Bundy
Peggy James is our first guest on the Wisconsin Music Podcast. Peggy was born in Wisconsin, moved to Arizona when she was a young pre-teen, and now she is back living in Wisconsin. She is joined with her producer, Jim Eannelli, as we talk about writing songs, the eye opening experiences in the recording studio, what inspires Peggy's songwriting and more.
You can stream her music on most streaming sites and her facebook page is https://www.facebook.com/PeggyJamesMusician
Sponsored by: ZTF Studio at www.ZTFstudio.com
Podcast Song written by Nate Wycoff and has a recording studio at https://www.frequencyfarmrecordingstudio.com/
This is the introductory episode 000. This is the pre episode to the official Episode 001