As The Story Grows

Amy Sciarretto takes some time to talk to us about being too busy, the music industry, the Phillies, her passion for dogs, writing for a fashion blog, being an Eagles fan during the Michael Vick era …

Welcome to the second half of the Bjorn Bauer story! If you haven't already please listen to the first half (chapter 62) of Bjorns' story before delving into this half. We get a bit heavier about dea…

Artist and new friend Bjorn Bauer joins us for two weeks of stories of what it's like to be a missionary kid in search of music. Bjorns' story is a reminder as to how priveledged we are and take our …

Hey ya'll. No new chapter this week. Instead of just doing nothing and leaving my listeners wondering what the heck is going on...lemme essplain. No. Take too long. Lemme sum up:

I was on a family va…

Ian Miller talks baseball, how Puig Destroyer came to be, early influences of Iron Maiden in Connecticut, joining Kowloon Walled City and the formation of the new band Less Art. Ian also cohorts a ba…

Katy Irizarry is the 60th chapter of this ever growing story. Katy has an incredible music industry resume including her current gig as the producer of the Eddie Trunk Podcast.
Katy is the former hos…

Ray Gurz sits down in the basement studio for my fourth face to face podcast. Ray Gurz the multi-lingual Japanese speaking Navy veteran talks boot camp and his band Carpenter Ant opening for Mastodon…

Scott Hatch of Burnt Toast Vinyl joins the story! Let's hop in the DeLorian and set the flux capasathngy to 1991. Here it is; the WHOLE story. It started in Indiana and led to Philly via Drexel Unive…

BONUS FRODUS!!! Jason gosh-darned Hamacher is so funny he doesn't fit into one podcast. So...here it is. The official "Team Bum-Out" story. Chris and Greg of Dillinger Escape Plan added to Jason's mi…

Oh my God. I thought I'd have to tape up my ribs. Jason Hamacher of Frodus is about as unique as they come. Drummer of Frodus, Regents, Zealot (and about a dozen other bands you've heard of) joins me…

Brandon Kellum, vocalist for the band American Standards joins the story with the 55th chapter. (Happy first birthday to ATSG!) Brandon and I discuss leaving Victory records and going DIY, socio-rele…

Shane Oschner of...or IS the band Everything In Slow Motion. This Facedown Records artist tells us everything there is to know about the history of his arrival as a one man show...from the formation …

Happy Easter, you!

Sam West, drummer of Stavesacre joins the story with his story. This guy is a drumming hero of mine. Scaterd Few "Sin Disease" and "JawboneOfAnAss". Are you kidding me? Sam tells u…

Chris Raines has played drums for Spitfire, Norma Jean and now Sunndrug. Chris was nice enough to lay out his timeline and resume for all to hear. We discuss having twins and coaching little league. …

Dan Weyandt, Jeff Gretz and Scott Mellinger of Zao continue laying out the entire upcoming album "The Well Intentioned Virus" track by track. This chapter will cover tracks six through ten, plus a ve…

Fifty is a nice big round number so let's do something big, shall we? How about Dan Weyandt's first podcast?

Dan, Jeff Gretz and Scott Mellinger of Zao are laying out the entire new album "The Well I…

Eyal Levi is a well known metal producer and toured the globe with his band Daath. Eyal has a very special Creative Live project starting March 7th called "Recording Metal: A Bootcamp" with the band …

We are joined by Bill Meis of eOne. Bill is the former guitarist of the Long Island Facedown band Alove For Enemies...so he's been there. Now, he works with the likes of Black Crown Initiate, Zakk Wy…

Nope. Not kidding. Adam Robinson of the hilarious Portlandia shares his chapter with us...phone issues and all. (Gotta love technology.) Adam was influenced by his musician father who is still in thr…