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John Baizley Talks Baroness and Visual Art
Summary In this episode, host Blake Wyland interviews John Dyer Baizley from the band Baroness. They discuss the band’s touring rig and guitar setup, the importance of band chemistry, and the role of the song and audience in live performances. John also shares insights into the band’s intuitive approach to songwriting and the exploration of…
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“I Don’t Wanna Play Acoustic Guitar Dad…” w/ Spilly Cave
Blake
Spilly Cave is a fantastic guitarist, composer, video creator, and as it turns out… an EXCELLENT conversationalist. I met Spilly (Billy) through him becoming a Stringjoy artist, and just loving the music he makes after I discovered it. This dude spent multiple years posting videos EVERYDAY before he actually gained traction publicly, and we discuss…
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Out Of The Comfort Zone w/ Daniel G Harmann
This is a pretty special episode of the podcast! Today I’m talking to my friend Daniel G. Harmann, who I actually collaborated on a song with! Daniel is a singer-songwriter out of Seattle, WA who came up in the punk scene and has honed his skills over the years in a wide variety of projects.…
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Video Games Started It All w/ Ayla Tesler-Mabe
Blake
Lots of people have theorized that the video game “Rock Band” may have kick started a whole generation of guitarists. Ayla proves that that might just be true. We had a great conversation about bringing just what the song needs to the table, technical ability vs songwriting, asking about the death of “genre” saying “YES”…
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Chris Turpin of Ida Mae
Blake
This might be the Tone Mob episode that is the most overdue! I explain in more detail on the episode, but Chris and I have been in touch for YEARS. He is an amazing guitarist and a fantastic dude. We got into some heavy music industry stuff, his love of old guitar amplifiers, songwriting, navigating…
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