Justin and Adrienne's Music Life Weekly

Justin and Adrienne run into the biggest concert production they've ever seen in their lives, in Panama, right by their hotel - and it was free! Ten thousand drummers, and chorizo on a stick. Panamanian morning show hype. An all-female Panamanian band. High-tech busking. Pedro Mandiga Panamanian rum is the best rum.

Justin and Adrienne are actually writing the book they said they were going to write. Adrienne gets ripped to shreds by another vocal coach. Justin practiced looking cool playing guitar… before he could even play a single note on the guitar. Justin doesn't like being in crowds, but he's always been fascinated by them. What is "It"? Can you learn "It"? Justin writes a formula for song introductions...

Adrienne enjoys a really different concert. Adrienne and Justin check out a show with friends. Justin talks recording tricks and has a great first day with an aspiring producer. Adrienne's still racking up cool stuff at PH. Justin and Adrienne revisit some of the top tacos in the country. Sponsored by Performance High Voice and Music Studio and Fever Tree. 

It's super cold outside and now the temp is dropping indoors. Adrienne talks picks and playing heads up. Adrienne and Justin have a studio day. Adrienne sings and Justin tells old jokes. The engineer's name is Chris Wright, he's great. Adrienne talks nervous systems. Sponsored by Performance High Voice and Music Studio and Roots Music Project in Boulder. 

Justin jams with his old band and they wrtie a bunch of songs. Adrienne kills it at a gig. Justin gets a scary phone call. Justin doesn't bring the energy. Adrienne and Justin talk "song people". Adrienne gets a round of applause. Justin has a takeaway. Adrienne has a manic week. Sponsored by Performance High Voice and Music Studio. 

Adrienne wears the same shirt all week. Justin makes his guitar talk. Two out of four holiday flights on American Airlines have to turn around and return to the departure city.   The Goal/Growth Cycle. Sometimes, voice lessons are just talking lessons. Perfection is boring.  

Justin and Adrienne are in a new location! It's nice. Adrienne had a slow week while Justin covers Tiffany. There is crying on a plane. Someone forgets to shut the door, again. Adrienne is getting back to something she used to do before waterskiing. Sponsored by Performance High Voice and Music Studio. 

Our last Christmas show! Adrienne has some mental breakthroughs. Justin talks fish recipes with strangers. There is nothing to be learned from having a good day. Adrienne goes to some shows. Nate can do anything. Justin is going to jam with some guy he hasn't seen in 25 years. More Denver scene stuff, at least for Adrienne. Adrienne has even more shows on bass, Justin does even more sitting in a c...

Justin explains why it's not easy to look as good as he does. Adrienne talks some "yikes" moments this week. Adrienne has a great way of describing preproduction. Justin takes a weird Lyft ride. Adrienne talks her new motivation for bass practice. Howard Leese is who Justin was thinking of. Justin and Adrienne love their scene. Sponsored by Performance High Voice and Music Studio. 

Justin's brain is so efficient that he can't remember anything he doesn't currently need to remember. 11pm is the turning point for JL and AO, for different reasons. Adrienne has to hold her tongue. Cody sets an attendance record for himself in a new market. Adrienne gets an emergency gig. How saving your voice is like saving gas in a car. Welcome to the dusty American Southwest! Adrienne has a bi...

RIP Shanti the Cat, who lives on as the vocalist on our podcast bumper. We're putting the AO duo back together, at the worst possible time. Justin is under the gun to finish three albums with three different artists… while also taking on a project with a red-dirt-country artist from Wyoming. Why Adrienne is trying to put miles on the car. Justin falls in love with a meat thermometer. Justin and Co...

Pamela Machala sells out her show at Swallow Hill. Is Swallow Hill 100 years old, or just 50? How bass playing is like waterskiing. Justin decides he hates something about audio engineering. Justin uses psychological manipulation in the recording studio. Adrienne sees the high school goth people all grown up at a Depeche Mode concert. Why Justin mentally checks out when playing complicated music.

The big bucks of being a working musician. How to negotiate musician pay. Ryan "Unflappable" Elwood plays a frustrating gig. You're only as good as your last performance. Ryan knows what he's going to be doing on December 1, 2023. Ryan can no longer function in his day-to-day life without commands from the click-track lady. Why we make empty charts. Jackie Kashian , comedian: https://jackiekashian...

We've got the pods and the casts. Justin and Adrienne go to hear some bowls sing. Adrienne becomes a Swifty. Justin has some static, Adrienne plays defense. It looks like Adrienne and Justin are writing a book? Justin sees a long running project come to life. The backstage hang is always great. Sponsored by New Leaf Basses, Performance High, and new stuff. Stop mailing us cash, we're running out o...

Guest Chris Cardone spite-names a band after getting kicked out of another band. Why Chris decided to switch his major from music to engineering. Chris studies audio engineering with Bill Porter (engineer for   Chet Atkins, Louis Armstrong, the Everly Brothers, Elvis Presley, Gladys Knight, Barbra Streisand, Diana Ross, Skeeter Davis, Ike & Tina Turner, Sammy Davis Jr., and Roy Orbison), Roy Prinz...

The Ultimate Frisbee Association kicks Adrienne out of her first studio.   Adrienne gets a rare chance to watch Justin perform.   Adrienne sets a personal bass-gig record. Adrienne is inspired by Sipapalooza.   Adrienne has four gear issues at her first church gig. Cody Qualls cracks his code and sets Nissi's on fire. The many reasons Justin hates lighting blackouts.   Justin has to wear Bryan's c...

Adrienne is still skiing, twenty years later - it's brisk. Adrienne has a report on her first bass gig for Diamond Empire. A flavor and an astronomical term. That Fletcher Munson curve will throw you. Justin almost ruins the moment at the PH Acoustic Showcase. Adrienne and Justin move into a new studio. Justin talks spaces and voices. Adrienne enjoys a radler.  

Adrienne tells Justin to "slunch". Why teaching voice is different from teaching instruments. Adrienne loves a cheap plastic bass pedal but isn't sure if she can actually use it. Adrienne is happy to have a gig where she couldn't hear herself at all. People keep thinking Justin works at the stores he's in. Justin is moved to tears by rock and roll… again. This podcast is sponsored by Performance H...

Justin had some trouble with editing. Like losing a 3 hour edit kind of trouble. Anyway…decades later, A&J are proud to present: Ep. 85 The Do Over 2: Last Time it was Personnel. Shants forever! Steven and Andrea perform all the time. Justin is always obsessed with how people got into making music. You need audibles for different crowds. Adrienne knows you can't fake miles on the car. What's the o...

Shanti joins the podcast. Adrienne meets the piano man. It's always something. Justin tries to do less bespoke tailoring. Adrienne and Justin check out some vintage shops, find fried chicken and enjoy some sweet, sweet branding. Justin has some deja vu "writing in the room."   Justin and Adrienne talk democracy, art and lowest common denominators. Adrienne's hair tries to escape. Sponsored by Perf...

Adrienne falls for a scam. Becoming a billionaire gives you terrible judgement. Justin doesn't need to be the center of attention any more. Adrienne gets a rare photo of her brother. Justin finds a welcome old-school engineering challenge in recording Stovetop Gemini, a three-piece band, playing live in a single room. Justin sings lead.   Stovetop Gemini: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4RuYpxDqzs...

Justin's drink is fine. Adrienne is excited about new music. Adrienne finds out why Justin wanted to study composition. Ancient Greeks didn't have a word for blue. Justin has a few breakthroughs. Adrienne has a human moment at yet another double header gig. Justin and Adrienne see a live dinosaur. Sponsored by Joyride Brewery, Lakeside Pho and the concept of just getting out of the house and hangi...

After a show at Fraco's (the old Toad Tavern), Justin recommends Open Stage Denver and Shootin' Dice Studios for any band who needs live show video. Justin worries he might have performed too much. Justin remembers getting a talking-to from a label guy about his live performance. Adrienne gets a last-minute call for a wedding in Durango. Adrienne recommends a unicorn singer. Justin fails at going...

Adrienne and Justin aren't feeling it. That happens. But the edits are so, so smooth. A PH client walks from Mexico to Canada. Adrienne almost learns some new music theory. Adrienne becomes one of the gang on the road, hanging with real rockstars again. Justin talks ego: the reason for, and nightmare of, the music business. Adrienne fails at eating. Justin loves talking the tiny details of music w...

Adrienne's living the life and sleeps like it. Justin and Adrienne have a gig at a mall with a view. Adrienne doesn't sound like Charlie Brown's teacher on bass. Justin says we're all our own worst judges. Adrienne sings at the biggest venue she's ever played. Abby! Per instructions, Adrienne reconnects with music that's just pure fun, yes ma'am and sir. Pamela Machela has a new song. We're sponso...