Meet Me in the City

Dan, Will, and Shawn are joined by longtime friend and repeat guest Nate McCorkle (Episode #9), to goof around, talk about deep cuts, randomly break into song, and share their Top 10 songs of all time. Thank you Nate for joining us once again! Recorded in November 2025. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit meetmei...

Will, Dan, and Shawn are joined today by Dayton area singer-songwriter John Dubuc to talk about all things Dayton music. They get into learning Guitar just enough to know a few chords, the difference between the music scene in Chicago and Dayton, and being awful when you first start being in a band. Thank you John for coming on and talking with us! You can listen to John Dubuc’s Guilty Pleasure’s...

Will, Dan, and Shawn sit down with Dayton area emcee and hip-hop artist Tino, to discuss the hip-hop scene in Dayton. They get into Tino’s origin story about coming to Dayton, playing in backroom poker games, rap-battling Dave Chappelle, and “Rapp Camp”. We had a blast talking with Tino! You watch Tino’s most recent music video, “No Island (An Aruban Vacation Home Video)” here . Tino’s website wit...

Dan, Will, and Shawn are joined virtually by Washington D.C. post-punk rock icon J. Robbins. They talk about legendary filmmaker Orson Welles, trying out for Government Issue, and touring in Japan. Note from Producer Sprinkle: We had some technical difficulties during the virtual recording due to the thunderstorm going on. This podcast has been edited to reduce glitches and audio issues. I have si...

Dan, Will, and Shawn are joined by director of the Brainiac Documentary Transmissions After Zero and Executive Director of the Yellow Springs Film Festival, Eric Mahoney. The fellas talk about getting into documentary filmmaking, meeting Jim Jarmusch, and running the Yellow Springs Film Festival. You can watch Brainiac: Transmissions After Zero here. The Yellow Springs Film Festival 2026 will take...

Dan, Will, and Shawn are joined by Dayton punk rock veteran Gretta Smak, of The Strains and Summer Crush. They get into what it’s like to play in a band with your son, playing guitar in The Strains, and how shorter sets are better than long ones. You can listen to The Strains on Bandcamp here . You can listen to Summer Crush on Bandcamp here. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss...

Dan, Will, and Shawn are joined by Dayton Daily News Music and Arts writer Brandon Berry. They talk about Tiffin Ohio, how Brandon landed his position at the DDN, and of course the music scene in Dayton. Brandon recently wrote about our podcast in the DDN, article here . Thank you Brandon for taking the time to talk with us! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other su...

Dan, Will, and Shawn are joined this week by music journalist Morgan Enos, who writes about Guided by Voices on his Substack page (@excitedones) Morgan Enos , and has a weekly jazz column “Mondays with Morgan” that runs in UK Jazz News. He’s also had bylines in Rolling Stone, the Grammys, Billboard, Fortune and more. They get in deep talking about GBV, writing about music, Jazz, and more. You can...

Dan, Will, and Shawn sit down with Dayton area musician, ex-Dayton Music Fest organizer, and cool guy Nathan Peters. They chop it up talking about touring the West Coast at 21 years old, having a nontraditional music education, the Dayton Music Fest, and more! You can listen to Turboslacker on their bandcamp, https://turboslacker.bandcamp.com/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss...

Dan, Will, and Shawn travel down to Loveland Ohio and record an episode in the Colemine Records studio with Colemine Records founder, Terry Cole. They get into how both Colemine Records and Plaid Room Records came to be, what it’s like to hear your music playing while you’re at Chipotle, and having your song sampled by DJ Premier and Ghostface Killah. We had a great time talking with Terry, and we...

Dan, Will, and Shawn sit down with Ryan France of “Summer Crush” (and other bands) to discuss musical influences, building and collecting music gear, and post-rock. You can listen to or download their debut self-titled album on bandcamp here. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit meetmeinthecity.substack.com

Will, Dan, and Shawn sit down with Mark from “Resignation Records” of Troy Ohio to talk about music, the ups and downs of starting a record store, and the purchasing trends of the youth. You can visit Resignation Records in Troy Ohio @ 225 S. Market St. No online sales, in person only! It’s very cool there, check it out and say hello to Mark. Check out Mark’s Podcast: “They’re Just Records”, where...

Dan, Will, and Shawn are joined by Matt Davis of Rockathon Records, the record label for Dayton's own Guided By Voices. They talk about what it's like to be friends with and work with the elusive Bob Pollard, and what it's like to run a record label. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit meetmeinthecity.substack.co...

Will, Dan, and Shawn record a short episode with one of their favorite bands, “The Ocean Blue” in the green room before a show! Thank you everyone at The Ocean Blue for helping us get this made! Check out “The Ocean Blue” wherever you listen to music This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit meetmeinthecity.substack.co...

Will, Dan, and Shawn are joined by producer Sprinkle as they talk about the last year of recording a podcast: what went well, what surprised us. They also talk about the upcoming year and what the fellas have planned. (A portion of the conversation was lost to an audio mishap). We would like to again thank everyone who has listened to our podcast or engaged with it somewhere on the internet! We ho...

Dan, Will, and Shawn were privileged to sit down with Dayton rocker Tim Krug (Brainiac, Oh Condor, Halicon) and have a conversation. They talk about how he came to join Brainiac, what it was like to tour with the band, and making music. You can listen to Tim’s bands at the below places, check it out! https://brainiac.bandcamp.com/ https://www.ohcondor.com/ https://halicon.bandcamp.com/ This is a p...

Dan, Will, and Shawn meet up with Kyle Melton of Ohio’s “Smug Brothers” to talk about playing music and being in a band. We previously spoke with Don Thrasher of the Smug Brothers in Episodes 1 and 2 of our show, please check those out if you haven’t. Can you believe we’ve been doing this for almost a whole year now? You can listen to Smug Brothers most recent album “Stuck on Beta” on bandcamp her...

Dan, Will, and Shawn are joined this episode by veteran Audio Engineer Scott Cannon. Scott dives into the world of audio engineering for a band on tour, giving us a perspective of what goes into making a live music event sound good. Scott has been the audio engineer during the tours of bands such as, Relient K, MUTEMATH, Jars of Clay, Echosmith, and Morella’s Forest. We’d like to thank Scott again...

Will, Shawn, and Dan sit down with Dayton area radio multi-hyphenate Andy Valeri. You might know him from DJ’ing on 91.3 WYSO, his radio show “It’s All Happening”, his media company/record label “Big Beef Productions” or one of the other various things he’s contributed to and helped shape in the Dayton area music landscape. You can listen to more of Andy at Big Beef or at one of the many local rad...

Will, Dan, and Shawn are joined by longtime Dayton area musician Joe Anderl of “The 1984 Draft”. They talk about the search engine optimization of the name “1984 Draft”, and share some delightful stories. You can listen to The 1984 Draft on their bandcamp . You can also listen to or purchase their music through (Dayton area and friend of the show) their music label Poptek Records This is a public...

Will, Dan, and Shawn are joined by musician Wes Tirey, a guitarist currently living in North Carolina that grew up around the Dayton area. You can listen to Wes’s music on his bandcamp page at https://westirey.bandcamp.com/music This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit meetmeinthecity.substack.com

Dan, Will, and Shawn sit down with long time WYSO Radio DJ Rev Cool, host of “Around the Fringe”. to talk about working in radio, surrounding yourself with a variety of music, and memories of the Dayton music scene. You can listen to Rev Cool’s show, Around the Fringe, Friday nights at 8pm on 91.3 WYSO, where you’ll always hear a curated set of new sounds and exciting tracks. This is a public epis...

Will, Dan, Shawn, and Producer Sprinkle join Art Jipson on his weekly WUDR Flyer Radio show “Your Tuesday Afternoon Alternative”. We had a great time and we hope you appreciate a bit of a behind the scenes look at what it’s like to make this show happen. Tune in to Your Tuesday Afternoon Alternative from 3-6 p.m. Tuesdays on WUDR Flyer Radio 99.5/98.1 FM and online at https://listen.streamon.fm/wu...

Dan, Shawn, and Will are joined by Paige Beller and Brandon Hawk, who are the organizers of this year’s Dayton Music fest. They talk about DMF, past and present and what it’s like to run a music festival. This year’s Dayton Music Fest is on September 5th and 6th, across many venues in downtown Dayton. You can find the schedule, ticket information, and the lineup at https://www.daytonmusicfest.com...

Dan, Will, and Shawn talk with long time friend Seth Graham, Dayton resident and operator of the independent record label “Orange Milk Records”. They talk about Seth growing up in Japan, performing your in front of an audience, and having artists on your record label get popular. You can find Orange Milk Records on bandcamp here. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with oth...