Its A Music Thing

This is a great conversation with one of the owners of Rad GF Records Josh Goldman. I kind of just stumbled on Rad GF Records and went down the rat hole and loved what I heard. They have released some well known veteran punk rock bands like The Queers, Masked Intruder and many others. As well as the veterans they keep releasing kick ass music from other really great bands as well. It was great to...

In this episode I get into a conversation with my bud Flo. He has been all around the world (born and grew up in Germany) and is currently residing in Australia and working as an artist manager for (Unified Music Group). We get into growing up in Germany and the music scene he was exposed to there and what eventually brought him here in Winnipeg. This is a long one so buckle up and lets go friends...

Well this is the forth and final episode with Johnny, Yotam and Baz. This time all together and we talk about how and why the LA Brats got together and what it is they do. It was really great learning about all three guys separate journeys and how they have arrived together as the LA Brats. Check out the LA Brats LA BRATS Facebook LA BRATS Website As always a huge thank you to our pals The Sorels...

In this episode I talk to Baz. If you haven't heard of BAZ thats cool. Thats why we are all here right? Baz is a french composer, arranger and drummer. Not sure why he is french has to do with anything but it might explain the accent right? Well Baz's accomplishments include arranging a FULL ORCHESTRA for the NOFX live at the red rocks record. Thats no small feat. We get into that and so much more...

This conversation has been awhile in the making. I have been friends with Johnny for years and we always try to make a point to head down to LA to catch up with him and Annie whenever we can. I mean I have know a little bit of Johnnys musical adventure BUT this was great to really get into his past and hear some stories I didn't know. Big thank you to The Sorels for giving me the intro to the show...

In this conversation we talk to Yotam Ben Horin. Yotam is the bass player/vocalist of Useless ID, singer in Tommy and June, part of the D composers as well as a solo artist. Yotam is a busy busy fella. On top of all of the other things he is doing he is also producing music for some incredible bands. Yotam has been around for awhile and it was awesome to sit down and talk to him about his musical...

In this conversation I talk to the very talented Lila. She is performing at the Phoque Off festival in Quebec city. I won't lie I had never heard about Lila before this interview and she was so open and honest it was so great. She released an EP entitle "Quiet as Fire" in 2018. Like always we explore her musical adventures and talk about what fuels her passion for music and art.

In this episode I talk to Patrick the festival programmer of Quebec cities own Le Phoque Off festival. Now this festival is a lot like our own BIG FUN festival was. A very diverse music selection everything from some punk rock to hip hop and kind of everything in-between. I also learned about Patricks music adventure and how he came to form Sexy Sloth Records and DOZE Management. I am not really s...

This conversation was a long time in coming. Kayla not only the lead singer for Vagina Witchcraft but also an activist as well as a poet. We get into everything and just about anything in these two episodes. Its been incredible to watch Kayla blossom as a person and as a front person of a band.

This conversation was a long time in coming. Kayla not only the lead singer for Vagina Witchcraft but also an activist as well as a poet. We get into everything and just about anything in these two episodes. Its been incredible to watch Kayla blossom as a person and as a front person of a band. It was so good we had to split it in two. Make sure you tune in next week for the rest of the story.

On this episode I had the chance to talk to Randy Moore one of the siblings of The Moore Family Band. We get into how the band started and how quarantine played a huge part in how they got started. The Moore Family Band just released their debut LP on Asian Man Records entitled 'Missy'. Enjoy!

I had a chance to talk to Matt about what it is he does. Matt runs a recording studio here in Winnipeg called Atomic 29 Productions. We get into what a studio engineer does as well as what goes into recording a band. We also get into how he approaches recording bands and how he works with them.

It was a great conversation with Chris. Learning about his early years in California and discovering punk rock and ska music. Then onto how he got into directing and creating videos for some of my personal favourite punk rock bands.

It was great sitting down to talk to the folks in EFFLO. We get into working with producers in LA, their writing process, why they chose to change their name from SC MIRA to EFFLO.

We get into it with our pal Maddie about how she started on the way to being a audio technician. We talk about schooling, touring and her worst day on the job.

A LONG awaited conversation with my pal Joanne about the ups, downs and everything in-between about the scene she grew up in here in Winnipeg. Joanne has seen a lot in the music scene and contributed just as much. From playing coast to coast in bands and even playing in the much storied CBGB's. We get into everything

It was so great having a conversation with my friend Ivanka Watkins. Learning about her musical journey and how she got started playing fiddle and where that has taken her.

In this episode I get a chance to have a conversation with Anthony of People of Punk Rock Records. We talk about his upbringing in Quebec, putting on shows and how people of punk rock records came to be.

I had the chance to talk to an old friend on this episode. Aaron was the drummer in a band called Means OR Means 2 an End. We talk about his musical journey and what happened to Means.

This episode I had the chance to talk to musician / writer Eamon McGrath. We talk about his early years growing up in Edmonton and how that helped shape his music tastes. We also talk about his newest book (Here Goes Nothing) that was just released and how writing the first one helped shape the second.

I had the chance to talk to my bud Spencer from Scoped Exposure which is a DIY hardcore/metal podcast, video production, youtube channel show casing western and prairie hardcore bands. He also plays in a band called End Game.

I love getting the chance to talk to buds. This one is even MORE special because I got the chance to talk to Steve IN PERSON. He came over to my make shift front room studio and we talked about his music journey and what he is working on currently.

In this conversation I talk to Russ about how he got into music and the formation of Good Riddance and his solo work. We also touch on his life as a hockey scout and how he got into that world.

In this conversation we get into the nuts and bolts of owning a record label AND a record press plant.

We got the chance to talk to Dennis from Ten Foot Pole. We get into his musical history and growing up in Simi Valley California. We also get into the formation of Ten Foot Pole as well as how he got into doing audio technician work.