Chalk Dinosaur Podcast

Details about the new Chalk Dinosaur x crypto WAVE radio song, "Clear In My Mind (feat. Katriella)"

Lots of random thoughts from March 2024 about time management, our recent 2 night run with Papadosio, set structure, & random thoughts.

Talking about my experiences playing the sold out Philly show opening for Pigeons Playing Ping Pong, and playing with Squeaky Feet in Illinois

Talking about how the recent shows in Denver and Indianapolis went.

Talking about this summers shows so far in NC, VT, MA, and PA

Sharing the experience of playing Domefest and Summer Camp 2023

Talking about the new album, Stuck in Between, and current stuff April 2023

Chatting with my friend David Didio, a fellow Pittsburgh musician, songwriter and producer who releases music and performs under the name Stone Throwers. I've mixed and mastered some of their releases which is how I met them. You can find them on Spotify or any major streaming outlet. 

This might only be relevant to other people who self schedule.   Here's the most recent schedule I've designed. I was trying to make a schedule that was going to flexible yet rigid enough to allow me to get to all the things that I'd like to work on. I haven't employed it yet so maybe it won't work well, but I'm thinking this might be the ticket for me. I'll   5:00 - Wake + breakfast 6:00 - Exerci...

Talking about the new music and things in the works for 2023.

Talking about yesterdays recording session at The Vault Recording Studio in Pittsburgh. https://thevaultrecording.com/

This episode features vocologist, band merch salesman, bubble extraordinaire, and friend Keith Harker.

Talking about my recent experience performing at Summerdance.

Talking about my current strategies for surviving as a musician.

Talking about the shows we've played so far this summer. Our Pittsburgh show at Thunderbird, Peach Fest, and The Werk Out.

Venting about a recent covid cancellation, my collaboration with our guitarist Jon Henderson, release strategy, and quitting nicotine.   Sky Ridge: https://soundcloud.com/jon-tom Instagram: @SkyRidgeMusic

Answering some listener submitted questions on mixing.   If you have any topics or questions you'd like me to discuss on the podcast about Chalk Dinosaur, mixing, composing, bean mush, etc, email them to ChalkDinosaurPodcast@gmail.com

The making of the album Sunset. https://open.spotify.com/album/52of4cTlUnYH7wdpI50sIY?si=c3F465Z7THC4iQv444Tdzw   https://linktr.ee/chalkdinosaur

The making of Song of an Eastern Wind. https://chalkdinosaur.com/album/1367115/song-of-an-eastern-wind

Reviewing the highlights and challenges of 2021 for Chalk Dinosaur and me personally.   https://linktr.ee/chalkdinosaur

The making of the album, Peace (feat. Ancient Frequencies) https://chalkdinosaur.com/album/1520128/peace-feat-ancient-frequencies

On this episode I chat with Pittsburgh music producer and vinyl dj - BusCrates. He's one of my personal hometown favorites, and his music combines elements of hip-hop, synthesizer funk, and disco. He is also an avid user of the live streaming platform, Twitch. He does live streams of his vinyl dj sets and also production streams where he's composing new material. Find his music on Spotify, Bandcam...

In this episode I address some of the responses I got on Instagram when I asked the question, "what is your greatest challenge as a musician or producer?"

Listen to the new album with me before it comes out! In this episode I go through the upcoming album and comment on the making of each song and the recording process as a whole. The album gets released on October 29th, 2021. Hear it first here on the Chalk Dinosaur Podcast! All relevant Chalk Dinosaur links: https://linktr.ee/chalkdinosaur

Recap of what's been going on with Chalk Dinosaur over summer 2021.   Listen on Spotify Check Out the Entire Discography