Iowa Music Podcast

Dan Ray and Adam Johnson of Cover Band Confidential join the podcast today. These guys started a facebook group and podcast dedicated strictly to cover bands and conveying information and knowledge about this world. On the episode today, we talk about a lot of great topics including how they got started playing in cover bands, why they started the cover band confidential group, differences between...

Mike and AJ sit down and chat with Josh Ross of The Want. We discuss alcohol consumption as a musician, Josh's musical journey and background, making connections with fans, covers vs originals, CRMS forum issues, original music in local venues, the importance of having a good product and Josh and Mike's Unpopular Opinions.

Episode #31- The Boys Are "Killing It" On This Episode by Iowa Music Podcast

Kevin BF Burt talks about almost playing in the NFL, how he got his start in music and learned the guitar, gaining momentum as an artist, being a musician in today's political climate, cover bands vs original bands and what venues are doing wrong today.

A great interview with Amy Friedl Stoner. She talks about how she got involved in cabaret, the amazing talent and venues we have in Iowa, being prepared for every performance, playing Carnegie Hall, musician jealousy and insecurities, being a woman and having a family while in the music business and much more.

Mike and AJ chat about how alcohol tastes better in Europe, are there too many venues in our town, horrible band biographies, promoting your show in the wrong places, Facebook tips and tricks, tribute band territory wars and much more.

Mike and AJ chat about how dumb you look when you are hating on Games of Thrones and popular music, the brand new "Mike’s Unpopular Opinion" segment, future of music venues and musicians, and we review and critique local music submissions.

Nick Booth, formerly of Avoid. and currently in Ghost Key, joins the podcast to chat about ending a successful band and joining a new one out of his comfort zone, using music as a social platform, how to put value into your music/product and so much more.

On this episode, I get to chat with Steve Witschel, who is the founder of Cover Band Central and a full-time gigging musician on Bourbon Street in New Orleans. We chat about the evolution of his Facebook page, the importance of cover bands, advantages to gigging out of town and whether or not you should take liberties with your cover versions.

Sean Prior of Friendly Fire: On, A Casual Affair and Janey Rocket joins the podcast to discuss many topics including the importance of videos when it comes to music and experiencing music as both a fan and a musician when it comes to covers vs originals.

Dick Prall and Billy Barton of Iowa-based band Dickie, join the podcast to discuss their career as musicians, crowd-funding projects and whether or not new music venues can make it around here.

Mike and AJ are back in the studio and dive deep into social Media usage, cover charge debates, local musician entitlement, battle of the bands and more. Some would call a few of the statements controversial.

Mike Schulte and AJ Vens record the podcast episode live from Tailgators during the CRMS 1 year anniversary meet up. We look back on the last year and are joined by Maxx Mitchell, Terry McDowell, Ian Draves, Jeff Roggendorf, Shane Lunsford and Cale Henderson.

Elizabeth Moen, Iowa-based singer/songwriter joins the podcast to discuss her life as a full-time musician.

Matt Rissi, a techno DJ from Cedar Rapids, IA, joins us on the podcast to talk about the dance music world and how it compares to live music and how special events can be the next step for an artist.

Jeff Roalson of Iowa original band, Halfloves, joins the podcast and we discuss the challenges of the local original band scene and how Halfloves have found their way.

Brook Hoover of Surf Zombies, Flaming Camaros and Meerkats joins us on the podcast to discuss different ways to earn money in the music business. W

Producer AJ Vens turns the tables on host Mike Schulte and we discuss Mike's experience with being in an original band, the importance of those experiences and how it shaped who he is today. We also discuss Mike's trip to Europe and what he learned about music scenes overseas.

Alisabeth Von Presley is an iconic mainstay in the Cedar Rapids music scene. In this episode, we discuss her story and how she developed into the musician she is today. We dive into playing originals vs covers, her time on American Idol, dealing with internet hate, booking a tour and much more.

Curt Burgess of Slap n Tickle joins the podcast and we talk about some recent bad music experiences and go down a very diverse road of lots of different topics, thoughts and tools on today's music scene.

Caleb Ryder, a solo original artist and singer for Rockinfreakapotamus, joins the podcast to chat about a ton of things. From his upbringing in music and recording his own albums to now being an adult and seeing things from a different perspective, we have a great conversation on this artist spotlight.

Episode #12- State of the Scene Address & Newbo Evolve by Iowa Music Podcast

William Elliott Whitmore is a folk musician from SE-Iowa who is one of the most successful and hardest-working musicians from our state. He has released 9 full length albums since 2003 and continues to tour the world as a full-time musician. Joel Anderson was the guitar player for The Vidablue/Ten Grand from 1998-2003. As a hardcore band from Iowa City, they toured not only the United States but m...

Cory Talbot, of The Pork Tornadoes and Towncrier, joins the podcast and we dive deep into the scary world of negotiation, booking and contracts.

Dustin, Jacob and Ethan from Faces Turned Ashen join the podcast to discuss the state of original bands in our area and why they love writing music.