716: The Sound

On this episode, Rob Brennan of Pilot-Field, Robbery Club, and many other killer bands, stopped by the studio to talk about growing up on Long Island, playing drums in multiple bands, European crowds, playing music with his brother and cousin, living through the pandemic, and so much more.

This week, Ian McCuen joins Chris in studio to talk about their love of Buffalo, The Beatles, playing piano, hip hop, Dark Side of the Moon, writing music, their new album, and so much more.

On this episode, Chris sits down with Mark Henry of Queen City Knights to talk about growing up with his bandmates, the Beavis and Butthead Experience, making music as a teenager, growing as a songwriter, going on a ten year hiatus, resurrecting Queen City Knights, and so much more.

On this episode, Brandon Kapral of Skyway sits down with Chris to talk about living on a tour bus, playing drums, Rage Against the Machine, getting into jazz, the birth of Skyway, and more.

On this episode, Chris sits down with Austin Reese of Little Liar to talk about growing up in a small town, playing drums, 80s hair metal, learning guitar, discovering 90s grunge, Little Liar, and so much more.

This week, Jay Yeskoot of The Sneers joins Chris to talk about growing up with musical parents, playing in jazz band, discovering classic rock, playing guitar, Phish, the feeling you get when you hear something new for the first time, starting The Sneers, and so much more.

This week, Chris sits down with Valerie of Shepherd Moon Studios to talk about growing up on a farm, listening to country and 80s thrash metal, appreciating a wide range of music, having a deep love for Buffalo, music videos, videography, and so much more.

This week, TJ Cutajar of Daze Ago joins Chris in studio to talk about diverse influences, rap and hip-hop, learning to sing and play guitar, striving to be a storyteller, writing from a personal perspective, 90s grunge, Taylor Swift, and so much more.

This week, Chris sits down with Anthony Wachowiak of Mother Nature’s Son to talk about Distrokid, first becoming aware of music, writing for Mother Nature’s Son, rediscovering pop punk, and more.

On this episode, Chris sits down with Skye Carlin-Rodriguez of Faith to Fear to talk about growing up listening to Foo Fighters, learning to play drums, the excitement of discovering new music, getting into the recording process, the Free Art Collective, and so much more.

This week, Chris sits down with Jordan Smith of Stress Dolls and Urge Surfer to talk about library resources, being a gear nerd, the groove of Rage Against the Machine, modular synthesizers, and so much more.

This week, Chris sits down with Jay Fear of Faith to Fear to talk about ASL interpreting, moving from Long Island to Rochester, religious trauma, musical theater, emotional expression through music, rock operas, and more. *Note: This episode contains conversations around physical abuse and suicide that some may find triggering. Listener discretion is advised.

This week, Chris sits down with Travis Allen to talk about guitar covers, living in Nashville, moving from Pennsylvania to Buffalo, getting into the scene, putting on a killer Christmas show, working with charities, and more. Plus, Matt Levulis and Austin Reese of Little Liar stop by to talk about their upcoming new single Kill Joy.

This week, Chris sits down with Noah Logan of Pretty Good State University to talk about working at Guitar Center, living overseas, playing pubs, playing multiple instruments, Rock Band, producing music, and so much more.

This week, Chris sits down with Jake King to talk about juggling multiple projects, the Jekyl and Hyde effect of T.T.T.T., his favorite venues to play, The Beatles, guitars, and so much more.

This week, Chris sits down with Tobias Prey to talk about comfortable seating, not fitting in, his love for Buffalo, Pretty Good State University, entertaining crowds, the local music scene, songwriting, and so much more.

This week, Chris sits down with John Mikulski to talk about podcasts, Green Day and pop punk in the 90s, where his song ideas come from, Robby Takac and Music is Art, Skyway, and so much more.

This week, Chris sits down with Roger Bryan to talk about appreciating different genres of music, finding his voice, Harvest Sum Records, The Old Sweethearts, his songwriting process, and more.

This week, Chris sits down with James Froese to talk about his latest solo project Hello London, as well as early music influences, the Manchester sound, his songwriting process, the “flow state,” emo music, and so much more.

This week, Chris sits down with Thane McGarry of Shepherd Moon Studios to talk about stepping into the Buffalo music scene, snowboard videos, capturing magic at live shows, EDM, the art of editing, and so much more.

This week Chris sits down akloh. to talk about fostering dogs, Music is Art, country life vs. city life, growing up musical, Green Day, music theory, and so much more.

This week Chris sits down with Matt Levulis of Little Liar to talk about playing lead guitar, Sweet Child O’ Mine, Alice in Chains, fitting in on the right bill, managing social media, having people believe in your art, and more.

This week Chris sits down with Chelsea O’Donnell of Stress Dolls to talk about learning to play bass, her songwriting process, Avril Lavigne, finding her voice, and so much more.

This week Chris sits down with Nick Haungs of Gimme Gimme to talk about what it’s like playing bass in a tribute band to one of the world’s greatest cover bands. They also get into tech and gadgets, Metallica and Primus, motorbikes, and broken bones.

This week, Chris sits down with Wylie Something to talk about where the name Wylie came from, the vibe in Philly compared to Buffalo, collaborating with friends, his love of the recording process, exploring sounds, the perfection of nylon string guitars, and more.