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Playing Guitar UPSIDE DOWN? w/ Gina Gleason of Baroness
Blake
You are in for a real treat with this episode folks! Today I’m talking with Gina Gleason from the legendary band, Baroness! We dive straight into her career and how she ended up playing in one of the most iconic bands to ever come out of Philly. But not before we dissect what life was…
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Before You Start A Guitar Store, Listen To This! w/ Jeremie & Geoff of Five Star Guitars
“We can’t be everything to all people, or we’ll end up being not anything to anybody.” – Jeremie Murfin If you EVER thought about starting a guitar or musical instrument store, you really need to listen to this episode. Geoff and Jeremie are two of the partners in an epic independent guitar store called Five…
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Digitech Whammy… on Acoustic Guitar? w/ Trey Hensley
Blake
On today’s episode I sit down with flatpicking phenom Trey Hensley to discuss his story. The dude started out extremely young and almost immediately started performing live. All of these years later, he’s not only one of the most sought after pickers in the bluegrass scene, but a wide ranging music enthusiast and super rad…
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What Makes A Real Song? w/ Ariel Posen
Blake
The man, the myth, the guitar legend Ariel Posen has returned to the podcast for the third time! On this episode we dissect the idea of what makes up a “real song”. Is one method of creation more valid than another? Does improvisation count as songwriting? Does more time spent on a project mean that…
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Digital Amp Pranks w/ Andy Marsh of Thy Art Is Murder
Sometimes you have to prank your bandmates into making the right choices! Andy Marsh from Thy Art Is Murder is on the podcast this week and we are talking about AMPS. Specifically Andy & co’s journey through the world of high gain amplifiers and how they landed in the digital world for live use. We…
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The “Difficult Road Ahead” w/ Dan and Derek of Revv Amps
“I think the road ahead is going to be a lot more difficult…” Those were the words that Derek Eastveld said to his family after Revv’s very first NAMM show. On this episode Dan and Derek sat down with me to discuss the history of Revv as a company, and to dissect the challenges associated…
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From 0 to World Tour in 3 Months w/ Nicole Papastavrou of Kallias
Blake
Nicole Papastavrou has been a part of the hardcore/death metal/progressive metal/heavy music community since she was a teenager. She is currently playing guitar and fronting the band Kallias. She has had a pretty wild musical journey that has taken her all across the globe, found her learning how to perform harsh vocals, and writing original…
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British Bass Amps w/ Mark & Dan of Ashdown Engineering
Blake
This one has been over a year in the making! I had the opportunity to sit down with Mark and Dan Gooday of Ashdown Engineering to chat at GearFest and we had an absolutely incredible chat! Ashdown is a UK based amplifier company that is most widely known for their innovations in the bass amplification…
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Does Country of Origin Matter? w/ Kyle Bull
Blake
Kyle Bull, the High-Gain Chugmeister of YouTube fame, is on the podcast this week! We dive headfirst into his backstory, and he explains how he got into the content creation game in the first place. We also explore what he has planned for the future, how creators often find themselves in a content “crisis”, the…
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“Failure Was NOT An Option.” w/ Scott Rivera of Scottie’s Pizza Parlor
On this episode I sit down in person in The Shred Shed with local legend Scott Rivera of Scotties Pizza Parlor. Scott is not only a Portland pizza mainstay, but a dude straight out of the music scene that I came up in during the early 2000s. We discuss dangerously modified home ovens, how your…
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