What happens when two friends challenge each other to write and record a song every week? Honest Jams.
We share patterned songs and talk about gamifying, reality testing and secret dreams
We share three unreleased PJWA songs and talk about conflict-based writing, bananaphalactyc shakes and do a few rounds of Band Lingo
We share bubbly songs and talk about jazz, reggae and the biggest bubble in the world
We share pastel inspired songs and talk about touring 250 days a year, 90s coffee shop folky rock and the ugliest color in the world
We share songs inspired by triple prompt “stadium, strategic, survivor” and talk about songs as films, popcorn can drums and learning that bass exists
We share songs inspired by Martha’s book, Sorry I Was Gone and talk about replacing burned records, karaoke, dyscalculia and high profile post judges
We share covers of songs not written in English and talk about musical line reading, alchemy and foreign words that have no English equivalent
We share mutated songs and talk about post rock, bandmate trust and glow in the dark cats
We share spooky songs and talk about buttrock, haunted teeth, soft synths and scary movies
We share reality inspired songs and talk about weird tapes, ultimate truths and the nature of reality
We share “interrupt” inspired songs and talk about motocross youth pastors, jamming, Ashtar Command and destroying negative thought
We share “fix” inspired songs and talk about the transmutation of emotion into electrical impulses that move through the air and jolt you in your body
We share nonsensical songs and talk about DIY ethics, honoring imperfections and peanut butter and hot sauce tacos
We share imaginary songs and talk about touring, imaginary friends and 15,000 obtuse parts shoved together
We swap lyrics and talk about spicy prompts and Diogenes
We share ghostwriter inspired songs and talk about battle of the bands, music as therapy and beating back the wilds of infinite possibilities
We pick five notes out of a hat and talk about drinking lithia water, lies our parents told us and grizzled neighborhood cats
We share cover songs using only mouth sounds and talk about fun places to sing, slutty sopranos and singing on DMT
We share notable songs and moments from 2020 and play an Honest Jams quiz
We share our songs and talk about lawyer foreshadowing, not being in merch mood, making songs less special and whether revenge is possible