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Richard joins the podcast to discuss songwriting, imposter syndrome, online content, identifying as a musician, what he prioritises in life and much more! Richard's Artist Pick - The Parallax Method - https://www.instagram.com/theparallaxmethod CHAPTERS 0:00 When did you last change your mind? 1:18 Prioritising Life 7:00 Waiting for Lightning to Strike 19:45 Spinning Plates 28:17 Dealing with...

Alex joins the podcast to discuss how we define value in art, architecture, tools for engendering creativity, difficult conversations, his musical journey and much more! Alex's Artist Pick - Flyte - https://www.instagram.com/__flyte__/ CHAPTERS 0:00 Making the world a better place 8:25 Attributing Malice 12:21 Original Thinking 23:04 Alex's Musical Endeavours 28:41 Changing Musical Taste...

Ol joins the podcast to discuss his love for songwriting, touring as you get older, beard tips, old school metal and much more! Ol's Artist Pick - Tortured Demon - https://www.instagram.com/tortureddemon TIME STAMPS 0:00 Why not give up? 2:29 What's New? 3:24 Touring as you get Older 7:56 Knowing When Ideas Work 10:35 Old School Metal / Albums 22:04 Content Creation 27:11 Staying Motivat...

Dave joins the podcast to discuss Turning 30, Technical Metal Drumming, The difficulty of simple drum parts, expressing gratitude, happy mistakes and much more! Dave's Artist Pick - Chamber - https://www.instagram.com/chambernashville CHAPTERS 0:00 Happy Mistakes 13:30 Gratitude 20:20 Turning 30 28:00 Difficulty in Simplicity 32:15 Playing Technical Parts Live 40:50 Moving To a New Place / Me...

Simon joins the podcast to discuss Finding your voice, writing string parts, funny spider stories, expanding his musical horizons, playing the Albert Hall and much more! Simon's Artist Pick - Lyr - https://www.instagram.com/lyrband CHAPTERS 0:00 How are you annoying? / Spiders 8:35 What's New With You? 12:50 Finding Your Voice / Career 22:10 Appreciating Other Music 27:10 Content Content...

Josh joins the podcast to discuss writing music for you, the challenges of being a frontman, his lyrical inspiration for the latest album, advice for young musicians and much more! Josh's Artist Picks: Urne - https://www.instagram.com/urneband Heriot - https://www.instagram.com/heriotmetal TIME STAMPS 0:00 Lessons You've Learnt 2:40 Sylosis' Development 4:49 Frontmen in Metal 8:32 D...

Jay joins the podcast to discuss achieving his goals, learning about others through education, goats in his BMW, the reality of band life, making the leap as a pro musician and much more! Jay's Artist Picks: Alluvial - https://www.instagram.com/alluvial Intervals - https://www.instagram.com/aaronintervals Unprocessed - https://www.instagram.com/unprocessedband Callous Daoboys - https://www.in...

Justin joins the podcast to discuss his passion for film scoring, the change from music ownership to music access, technical riffs, songwriting, elitism in metal and much more! Justin's Artist Pick - Ole Børud - https://www.instagram.com/oleborudofficial New Episodes Mondays and Thursdays - Subscribe for more! Find us on Socials: https://www.instagram.com/ttsdpod https://www.instagram.com/joe...

Ariel joins the podcast to discuss observing others' behaviour, his creative process, the new album, relationships in today's world, seeing Ed Sheeran play to only 50 people and much more! Ariel's Artist Pick - Niall McCabe - https://www.instagram.com/islandniall TIME STAMPS 0:00 Big Band Small Venue 4:35 Relationships in Today's World 11:37 What is Songwriting to You? 16:40 Wh...

Fluff joins the podcast to discuss Funyuns, touring life, giving it 151%, Today's Music Industry, being a jack of all trades Fluff's Artist Pick - The Home Team - https://www.instagram.com/thehometeam CHAPTERS 0:00 Debating Food 8:44 Moving on from Dragged Under 12:20 Defining Value 18:45 Burnout 22:20 Musical Personalities 24:53 Trade Offs 28:44 Today's Industry 33:22 Finding Your...

Goonzi joins the podcast to discuss touring the USA, Bagpipes in metal, Technical Riffs, Band Dynamics on Tour, Songwriting, Pantera, being Scottish on tour and much more! Goonzi's Artist Pick - Bilmuri - https://www.instagram.com/bilmuriband CHAPTERS 0:00 Who's Changed your Life? 1:50 Pantera Reunion 6:40 Technicality in Songwriting 8:20 Sessioning 10:02 Live Shows 14:30 USA Touring 20:...

Bernth joins the podcast to discuss staying creative, being an early riser, life in Vienna, AI Grammys, navigating the challenges of content creation and much more! CHAPTERS 0:00 Cloning Troubles 3:50 Working with Restriction 7:21 Staying Creative 21:08 Standing Out 24:32 Bernth's Business Advice 33:58 Prioritising What's Important 42:03 Life in Vienna 47:30 Enjoying the Process 52:29 Th...

Finn joins the podcast to discuss hard work, finding purpose, british culture, putting a donk on it, understanding yourself, life advice and much more! Finn's Artist Pick - Marcel Duchamp CHAPTERS 0:00 Arms vs Legs 1:50 Balance and Taking Action 14:57 Pitfalls in Moving Forward 20:20 Finding Purpose 27:45 How are you going to change? 33:19 British Culture 42:25 Learning from Others / Self Dev...

James joins the podcast to discuss creativity, guitar clichés, modern metal, navigating social media, his passion for cars and much more! James' Artist Pick - Caskets - https://www.instagram.com/caskets_band CHAPTERS 0:00 Cash or Pizza? 4:31 Why so serious? 6:35 What You Put Online 8:34 Endorsements 17:40 How to grow online  22:10 Pressure and Creativity 30:22 How Your Playing has Changed 35:...

Mark joins the podcast to discuss band communication, dealing with ego, imposter syndrome, his childhood, emotion in complex music and much more! Mark's Artist Pick - Loathe - https://www.instagram.com/loatheasone CHAPTERS 0:00 Your Childhood to Now 3:00 Charisma 7:17 Sounding Original 13:45 Emotion in Complex Music 19:29 Communication in the band 23:16 Ego 27:28 Imposter Syndrome 31:15 Figur...

Ed joins the podcast to discuss touring the USA, staying inspired, finding time for multiple pursuits in life, School of Rock, Guitar Hero, Jack Black, other forms of art and much more! Ed's Artist Pick - Northlane - https://www.instagram.com/northlane CHAPTERS 0:00 Jack Black 3:55 Guitar Hero vs School of Rock  7:09 Where is Metal Going? 12:28 Are you Artistic? 16:50 One Track Mindedness 19:...

Mikey joins the podcast to discuss Being with the right people, AI, Self-Checkouts, Self-Belief, Life Goals, YouTube Guitarists, the new Skindred Album and much more! Mikey's Artist Pick - North Atlas - https://www.instagram.com/north_atlas CHAPTERS 0:00 AI Grammys + The Future 15:04 Live Performance 18:20 YouTube Guitarists 22:20 Staying Motivated 26:42 Surrounding Yourself with Good People...

Tristan joins the podcast to discuss seeking discomfort, vinyl vs digital, music industry advice, song clichés, sincerity in journalism and much more! Tristan's Artist Picks: Hellripper - https://www.instagram.com/hellrippermetal Urne - https://www.instagram.com/urneband CHAPTERS 0:00 Social Media Outlook 7:25 Sincerity in Music Journalism 10:55 Bands that don’t work for you 14:48 Sleep Token...

Anup joins the podcast to discuss session drumming, his passion for cars, the importance of rest and recovery, surrounding yourself with music and much more! Anup's Artist Pick - Brody Simpson - https://www.instagram.com/brodysimpsondrums CHAPTERS 0:00 Wild Pets 3:30 Switching To Music 7:50 Social Media as a Tool 10:15 Trusting in the Process 13:24 Learning from Drummers 19:59 Drumming Pet Pe...

Zach joins the podcast to discuss his last year in music, mix tips, developing as a vocalist, cold exposure and mental health, modern music production and much more! Zach's Artist Pick - Holding Absence - https://www.instagram.com/holdingabsence CHAPTERS 0:00 Who do you cut? / Merch 3:23 Minimalism 5:32 Visuals / Control 8:44 Periphery / Mindset  13:40 Your Tone 15:59 Mix Tips 20:58 Where is...

Kev joins the podcast to discuss Metal Stereotypes, Side Hustles, Video Games, Balance in life, working through self-doubt, his contributions to Alluvial and much more! Kev's Artist Pick - Orthodox - https://www.instagram.com/orthodoxtn CHAPTERS 0:00 Your First 5 Years of Music 4:39 Musical Development 6:47 Starting a Band Now 8:30 Alluvial / Songwriting 17:35 Keeping Self-Belief 23:30 Making...

Clint joins the podcast to discuss his songwriting process, sobriety, finding balance and value in life, health and fitness. film scoring, dealing with failure and much more! Clint's Artist Pick - Landon Siebens - https://www.instagram.com/landonsiebensmusic CHAPTERS 0:00 Music For Yourself or Others? 3:35 Stepping Right In 6:20 Overthinking and Songwriting 9:17 Fear of Failure 12:14 Rethinki...

Jordan joins the podcast to discuss who he writes for, being a forever student, AI, creativity and much more! Jordan's Artist Pick - Matteo Mancuso - https://www.instagram.com/matteomancuso.guitar TIME STAMPS 0:00 Your favourite musician 0:49 Being a Student 3:05 Technicality / Musicality 6:02 Emotional Reactions to Music 8:12 Having Multiple Pursuits 13:43 Working with Restriction 17:20 Hear...

Peredur joins the podcast to discuss his passion for cycling, Guitar Gear, Learning from other Musicians, finding his role in Pendulum, the album of his teenage years, Genre-Bending Modern Music and much more! Peredur's Artist Pick - The 1975 CHAPTERS 0:00 Your teenage album 2:40 Lemmy / Starstruck moments 5:13 Meeting your Heroes 8:25 Cycling 14:36 Guitar Nerdery 22:30 Guitar in Pendulum / E...

KDH joins the podcast to discuss audio audits, the number one mistake in the gear industry, his content creation process, online comments and much more!  KDH's Artist Pick - Denman CHAPTERS 0:00 Your last lightbulb moment / YouTube 9:05 Assessing Your Audience 12:49 Lawsuits 15:32 Pros and Cons of Internet Culture 18:05 Drunk Comments 22:26 About You Personally 25:42 Your Content Creation Pro...