DCxPC Live Presents: Scene Support

On this episode of DCxPC Live Presents: Scene Support , Scott talks with Brian Westbrook, co-founder and production manager of RPM Fest, about what it really takes to build and sustain a DIY heavy music festival. Brian traces his path from piano lessons and teen-center punk shows to touring with Lich King, working in live sound, and helping turn RPM Fest from a backyard party into a full three-day...

On this episode of DCxPC Live Presents: Scene Support , Scott sits down with Mike Damante , owner and operator of Hostile City Industries / HCI Distribution , a Philadelphia-based distributor and label services company helping independent labels and artists get their music into the world. Mike talks about what music distribution actually is, why it matters for DIY labels, and how records move from...

On this episode of DCxPC Live Presents: Scene Support , Scott sits down with Antonio Rodriguez, an interdisciplinary artist, programmer, community organizer, and longtime DIY punk participant whose work centers POC and LGBTQ+ voices in underground culture. Antonio talks about coming up through the San Antonio punk and metal scenes, booking early house shows, learning through mistakes, and the comm...

On this episode of Scene Support , Scott talks with writer, musician, and longtime New York downtown-scene insider Gabriel Rotello about his new novel, The CBGB Conspiracy . Set in the sweltering chaos of New York City in 1977, the book blends punk history, murder mystery, and real cultural flashpoints including CBGB, the blackout, Son of Sam, the Everard Bathhouse fire, and the downtown artists,...

In this episode of DCxPC Live Presents: Scene Support, Scott talks with Arlene Vivar-Beairsto, founder of Crystal Moon Public Relations and lead organizer of Punk Island. Arlene shares how she moved from booking all-ages DIY shows in New York through Taking Back Queens to helping punk, hardcore, ska, and underground artists build stronger PR campaigns without losing their identity. The conversatio...

This week on Scene Support, Scott sits down with Max Kozol, a Massachusetts-based promoter, sound tech, and junior talent buyer at The Middle East in Cambridge. Max talks about going from booking shows for her own band to helping build bills across Boston and Cambridge, including her work with Broken String, O’Brien’s Pub, Warehouse 11, and the wider DIY scene. The conversation digs into the reali...

On this episode of Scene Support , Scott sits down with New York promoter, musician, and community builder Nathan “Nate” Harris. From his early days booking shows at Gussie’s Bar to co-founding Leg Drop Productions, working with Punk Island’s Sister Rosetta stage, and building momentum through Nate’s Show Booking, Nate has become a vital force in creating intentional, inclusive spaces in punk and...

In this episode of DCxPC Live Presents: Scene Support, Scott talks with Max and Zoe of Denounce Normalcy, a DIY Carolina booking collective helping build punk, hardcore, and psychedelic scenes in places that touring bands often skip. They talk about how they went from going to local shows to booking them, building community, making flyers and merch, and creating spaces where people can be themselv...

On this episode of Scene Support, Scott Pasch sits down with Baltimore-based recording, mixing, and mastering engineer Jeremy Hayes to talk about the work that goes into making live and studio recordings hit with real energy. Jeremy shares how he went from recording bands in a basement to working on projects for Teenage Mortgage, producing and mixing live sessions for Ottobar TV, and helping captu...

On this episode of DCxPC Live Presents: Scene Support , Scott talks with Aaron Stoquert, the photographer behind Put. Over. Photo. Aaron started out shooting pro wrestling ringside, stepped away from photography for a while, and then made a deliberate return—kicking it off by shooting DCxPC Live’s Rally in the Valley Vol. 1. Since that weekend, he’s become a mainstay at almost every DCxPC Live sho...

In this episode of Scene Support , I sit down with Lara Hope — musician, community builder, and Director of Music Programming for the O+ Festival in Kingston, NY. We dig into the origin story of O+: how a brewery owner, a dentist, and an artist-activist turned a simple idea — trading art for healthcare — into a nationally recognized nonprofit that’s rethinking what it means to truly support artist...

On this episode of DCxPC Live presents Scene Support , Scott Pasch sits down with Peter Aaron , arts editor at Chronogram and frontman of the legendary New York punk-blues band Chrome Cranks . Peter has spent decades doing the work that keeps underground music alive—writing, booking shows, playing in bands, and documenting scenes that would otherwise be forgotten. His writing has appeared in The V...

DCxPC Live Presents: Scene Support spotlights the people who keep DIY and underground music alive—not just the bands on stage, but the artists, organizers, and builders behind the scenes. In this episode, Scott sits down with David Gregg , a Baltimore-area artist, guitarist, father, and longtime small business owner whose visual work has quietly shaped the look of the regional punk and hardcore sc...

In this episode of Scene Support , Scott sits down with Caroline Borolla, founder of Clarion Call Media, to unpack what music PR actually looks like in 2025—and why it’s harder, messier, and more human than most people realize. Caroline traces her path from college radio, journalism, and record stores to building a DIY-minded PR company that works with independent bands, labels, and festivals with...

In Episode 23 of Scene Support , Scott Pasch sits down with Lisa Root , founder and editor-in-chief of New Noise Magazine , one of the last remaining print publications dedicated to punk, hardcore, metal, and underground music. Lisa traces her path from early work with AMP and other 2000s-era music magazines to launching New Noise in 2013, driven by a belief in documentation, community, and the la...

Episode 22: Devil’s Advocate – Artist Management, DIY Metal, and Learning from the “No’s” with Sophia Morekis In this episode of Scene Support , Scott talks with Sophia Morekis, the force behind Devil’s Advocate, an artist management and consulting company rooted in Savannah’s metal and hardcore community. From ballet kid raised on old-school metal with her dad to media entrepreneurship major in A...

Scene Support Episode 21 dives into the world behind the board with producer/engineer Joshua “Danger” Dobbs of Danger Room Recording. We talk about how the legendary “Danger Room” went from a cramped storage space behind his job to a fully mobile studio he can take anywhere—and still make records sound massive. Josh breaks down his philosophy on recording punk bands, why knowing your gear matters...

In Episode 20 of DCxPC Live Presents: Scene Support , host Scott Pasch sits down with Dave “Face” Boccio , the eye behind Face Photo and one of the Hudson Valley’s most prolific punk photographers. From shooting street life and alligators in Florida to capturing raw moments at hardcore, ska, and metal shows across New York, Dave’s journey is as DIY as it gets. They talk about his start photographi...

In Episode 20 of DCxPC Live Presents: Scene Support , host Scott Pasch sits down with Dave “Face” Boccio , the eye behind Face Photo and one of the Hudson Valley’s most prolific punk photographers. From shooting street life and alligators in Florida to capturing raw moments at hardcore, ska, and metal shows across New York, Dave’s journey is as DIY as it gets. They talk about his start photographi...

In Episode 20 of DCxPC Live Presents: Scene Support , host Scott Pasch sits down with Dave “Face” Boccio , the eye behind Face Photo and one of the Hudson Valley’s most prolific punk photographers. From shooting street life and alligators in Florida to capturing raw moments at hardcore, ska, and metal shows across New York, Dave’s journey is as DIY as it gets. They talk about his start photographi...

This week on DCxPC Live Presents: Scene Support , host Scott Pasch sits down with Hudson Valley punk mainstay Bobby Edge —musician, sound engineer, and all-around DIY lifer. Known for his work with bands like Hell Beach, Soft Spot, General Grievance, People’s Club, Money Sneakers, and We’re in Our 30s, Bobby has been quietly shaping the sound of the regional scene from both sides of the mic. They...

In this episode of Scene Support , Mike from Lower Worlds Booking shares how booking shows went from a ninth-grade house show to a lifetime of keeping underground music alive. We talk about the early days of calling Elk’s Lodges and art spaces off a website directory, booking basements in Boston and warehouses in Oakland, and why he still does it decades later. Mike opens up about the realities of...

In this episode of Scene Support , I sit down with Pete Olen, founder of Endoxa Booking and co-owner of Conduit in Orlando. Pete has been a driving force in the Florida music scene for over a decade, booking everything from hardcore and metal to indie pop and hip hop, while building community across multiple cities. We talk about how he got his start booking shows, the challenges of promoting nati...

In this episode of Scene Support , I sit down with Jonathan Kent—DIY lifer, record label runner, and host of This Is Just a Phase Podcast . We dive into everything from the challenges of running an indie label to the importance of inclusivity in punk spaces. Along the way, we swap stories about Green Day bringing Pansy Division on tour, the politics of representation in music, and what it really m...

In this episode of DCxPC Live Presents: Scene Support , I talk with Brent Friedman of Exponential Booking—one of the most community-minded booking agents in the ska and punk scenes today. Brent shares how he went from being the organized drummer in DIY bands to booking tours and managing artists like Suicide Machines, Against All Authority, Big D and the Kids Table, Kill Lincoln, and more. We get...