You Could Be My Aramis Podcast

Hiba Loukssi just graduated from Xenia High School, and is headed to Cornell. She's an enthusiastic, eloquent, intelligent individual who you are surely going to love. This episode is for all the 2023 graduates: I hope that you all groove to my new song "Good Times" as your song of the summer, and that you look back fondly upon this time someday in the future. "Good Times"...

Linsey Rogers is a vivacious multi-instrumentalist and pinball enthusiast. There's more here, of course, but that's the hook. We had an enjoyable conversation, and I think you'll also find it quite entertaining. Show Notes

It was truly a pleasure for me to speak to Ohio musician John Scalzi , who happens to also be my favorite author. We spend most of this conversation talking about music. What was the first instrument he learned? You'll find the answer to that and other things about this very interesting individual in this episode. Show Notes

Lisa Wagner is Executive Director at Levitt Pavilion. They're a non-profit organization with the mission of building community through the power of music, and they bring 50 free concerts to Dayton every year. How in the world do they pull that off? Find out in this conversation. Show Notes

Kyleen Downes is a professional musician, and one of my favorite people here in our Dayton music community. In this conversation, you'll learn how she decided to study music in college and what her songwriting process looks like, among other things. Show Notes

I was on Tatiana's podcast a short time ago, and she returns the favor for this episode. Tatiana speaks four languages, has four children, and has a whole lot of interesting life experiences. You'll get to know her personally and professionally in this episode. Show Notes

Tracy Bunn is my first Australian guest. She is an experienced musician and songwriter with lots of stories to tell. I think you'll be able to tell how much she cares about the music she makes from our conversation. Pretty please pre-save my upcoming single "Latent" Show Notes

Taylor Ruckle is back on the podcast! As music enthusiasts tend to do, we gush about our favorite albums of 2023 so far. I've linked to all of them in the Show Notes so that they'll be easy for you to find. Pre-Save my new single "Latent", pretty please ? Show Notes

OriSoaring is a multi-instrumentalist and painter who I've known for a few years now. She's an intriguing individual with lots of stories. You'll get to hear some of them in this conversation. Show Notes

LeeAnn Tooker is a comedian based in Los Angeles. I saw her do a set the last time in Los Angeles, and she made me laugh. You'll get to know LeeAnn in this episode, and get a picture of how much work it is to do stand up comedy. Show Notes

Left-handed rock & roller Dirty Doc joins me today. You know her out in the streets as Dirty Metal Lefty. We'll get into how she learned to play music, what her songwriting process looks like, and all of the various musical projects she's participating in. Show Notes

No show notes for this episode. Mike Thome is back on the podcast, talking about the brand new baseball season with me. We talk about the new rules, our favorite teams, our predictions, and then a little about barbecue.

Tim Minneci is a musician, podcaster, and author based in Columbus, Ohio. Our lengthy conversations answers some important questions, such as: How does Tim decide which characters to kill off in a book? What authors, films, and music give him inspiration to write? What does he hope readers take away from his books? You'll the answers to these questions and more in this episode. Dig Me Out podc...

Briget Boyle is here to tell us about "Mandolin", the second single from her upcoming album Heartbreak Residue . Show Notes

Jed Craddock & Joey Berrios cover a whole lot of ground in this conversation with me.  Our chat goes from light-hearted to serious and heavy, from artistic reflection to ridiculous conjecture, and from remembering the past to looking forward to the future.  It's all sincere.  Please enjoy getting to know these gentlemen. Show Notes

The Wag are a band from New Jersey who have been doing the music thing for 25 years.  All four of the band members join me for this conversation.  What's their story?  What is their sound like?  Who are these people?  Listen to this episode to find out about these lovely people, and check out their new album Blue Bottles and Copper Coins on March 25th. Show Notes

Nora Rahimian is an anti-capitalist business coach.  What in the world does that mean?  Listen to our conversation to find out! Show Notes

Maxime Cholley est batteur professionel savoyard que habite maintenant en New York.  On a parlé en anglais sur l'episode 84.  Notre conversation en français et un petit peu différent.  Maxime a des observation très intéressants au sujet de quelques différence culturels entre la France et les Etats-Unis.  Vous allez aussi découvrir comment il a pris la décision d'étudier la musi...

Today's guest is French drummer Maxime Cholley, who is based in New York these days.  This conversation is in English.  (Come back Friday for our conversation in French.)  How did he end up choosing to come to the United States to pursue his career as a professional musician?  You'll find out in this episode.  Show Notes

Meet Marcelo Maccagnan, Brazilian born bassist!  He's currently based in New York.  You'll be able to hear his passion for music in our conversation.  Why did he choose bass?  Tune into this episode and find out! Show Notes

Simona Smirnova is my first Lithuanian guest.  She is known for playing the kanklés, a traditional Lithuanian instrument.  She's on tour right now promoting a book she just released called Kanklés in New York .  A fascinating fact: her band consists of someone from Brazil, someone from France, and someone from Italy... that's four nationalities in one band!  You'll find out mor...

Yue Deng-Wu is a former lawyer.  She's a classically trained pianist based in San Francisco, and is co-founder of a startup called Spacenotes . She has taken a fascinating path to get to where she is today.  I am glad to call her my piano teacher right now, and am sure you will enjoy getting to know her via our conversation.  What does she think is missing from music education? What...

Josh Roush grew up in Middletown, Ohio.  Liv Roush grew up in Australia.  They live in Los Angeles now.  Josh wrote and directed independent punk rock feature film Wrong Reasons.   Liv produced the film.  Kevin Smith is the executive producer.  Josh and Live are on the road right now, taking the film on tour to audiences across the country.  How did they manage t...

You'll really enjoy getting to know Jovi Espina, a talented songwriter from Virginia who is currently based in Los Angeles. Among other things, we talk about her EP Act Accordingly , which I strongly recommend you listen to. Show Notes

Nina Nepa is a songwriter and musician from Pittsburgh who is currently based in Los Angeles. We get into her songwriting process, and I ask her specifically about three songs so that she can break them down for us. (I link to those in the show notes.) You're going to find one of her stories especially touching. Show Notes