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24 minutes | 4 days ago
BAYWUD & PATRICK CONSEIL
Instagram Twitter Youtube Link Spotify Soundcloud https://youtu.be/22wqHuWc2UQhttps://youtu.be/WlNml7MX3kA   FULL TRANSCRIPT (with timecode) 00:00:15:20 – 00:00:40:11 – ANNOUNCER From the banks of the Grand River, high above the Gorge, this is thebuzzr pod. New releases. Industry insiders. Out of the box conversations. Indie music. With guests from the True North. From the West Coast to the East Coast and Across the Pond, and Down Under. Now, here’s Shay. 00:00:44:13 – 00:02:28:09 – SHAY Shay here, thebuzzr pod, on the air.  Our second episode. Welcome and enjoy! What happened today in 1967? Well, the Rolling Stones appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show. At Sullivan’s request, the band changed the lyrics from “Let’s Spend the Night Together” to “Let’s spend some time together”. Well, things have changed, haven’t they? Well, today we have L.A. based artist, songwriter, BAYWUD and music publisher, talent manager Patrick Conseil. BAYWUD is a classically trained pianist born in Miami and Texas-raised. With a song writing career over a decade, his past and current releases are getting outstanding radio play. He just released “Altogether Now”. He met Patrick in 2019 and the two have been working together ever since. Patrick has secured over 200 cuts internationally with artists as diverse as Celine Dion, Desi Valentine, Deepend, Axelle Red and American Authors. His credits include signing Shawn Hook, Richard Walters and Cobie. Add to these credits, his releases have achieved certified platinum in 20 countries. He owns a publishing company, Pure Pop Music. We have an interesting chat today about BAYWUD’s current releases “(We Don’t Have To) Walk Alone” and “Where Was I Then”. Patrick, BAYWUD, thank you so much for joining the chat today from sunny Los Angeles, California. 00:02:29:02 – 00:02:31:08 BAYWUD Oh, thank you so much. I appreciate that. 00:02:31:25 – 00:02:45:27 SHAY BAYWUD, I could listen to your music on a constant stream. Incredibile vocal range. Your vocals are just outstanding. So, what inspired the acoustic versions of two of your releases the last year? 00:02:48:11 – 00:03:56:12 BAYWUD Well, yeah. So initially I had I put out a couple. I had those two songs that I previously released as singles and I put out some videos of some acoustic versions of those. And it got such great responses. And so, we thought it’d be great to put it on an EP. And so that was kind of what initially started the EP. And then we have a Nashville style mix that has a really great steel guitarist named Smith Curry. It’s kind of like a country vibe feel to it. And then the last song on there is called “Where Was I Then”. Which I wrote about a very close friend of mine who unfortunately committed suicide last year. So I really wanted to have that on the album as well. And it kind of sums up all of 2020, really the kind of feel of the EP. So that’s kind of how it came about. 00:03:57:12 – 00:04:16:11 SHAY Patrick, can you tell us how you came to know BAYWUD and started working with him, what you saw on him as an artist and the collaborations that you have created for him and for his music? I’d like to know a bit about that. 00:04:16:27 – 00:05:06:13 PATRICK Okay. So pretty much BAYWUD and I met a couple of years ago and I heard his music. I was really taken by his voice and some of his ideas. And, you know, we started working together. I was really looking for a couple of collaborators for him that I felt it was good to get along with personality wise. But I also was going to feel comfortable in the studio experience and the songs that I’ve been writing together was ruinous. They’ve just been amazing. So, you know, I signed him to a publishing deal. You know, I’m what they call a music industry veteran by this point. And I’ve been a publisher for many years. And so we decided to work together on a publishing format to start with. And then that evolved into me becoming a label as well. And, you know, it’s been great. It’s been a great experience so far. 00:05:08:04 – 00:05:17:16 SHAY Thank you, Patrick. BAYWUD, the new releases you recorded remote. Was this the biggest challenge for release? 00:05:17:25 – 00:05:31:08 BAYWUD And oh, yeah, that was probably definitely the biggest challenge because of the, you know, the pandemic that we’re all going through right now. We couldn’t meet at the studio. So we all did it remotely. 00:05:32:27 – 00:05:45:09 PATRICK So that was challenging the writing and the recording, Michael did record his vocal in his own studio, send it over to Rune (Westburg) who actually mixed it. And same with the counterparts, right? 00:05:45:09 BAYWUD Yeah. Yeah. 00:05:46:20 – 00:05:53:25 SHAY Well, regardless of the remote recordings, you put out great music during this time. And congratulations. 00:05:53:27 – 00:06:07:06 BAYWUD Yeah, I thought initially I thought I was going to be really difficult. And I, I still prefer to be in person, you know, when we’re writing. But it’s surprisingly actually has worked out pretty, pretty nicely. 00:06:08:08 – 00:06:19:22 SHAY So, working with Patrick has been a fabulous complement to your music. So how did your music change when you met Patrick and started working with him? 00:06:20:29 – 00:06:53:25 BAYWUD Definitely more focus with Patrick. I think I you know, I’ve been songwriting for a little over 10 years now, but I think with Patrick, it was great because he did introduce me to so many veterans that have been in the music industry for a long time and really talented, amazing songwriters and producers. So, yeah, really kind of really sparked a whole new kind of journey for me. So it’s been it’s been really great. 00:06:55:10 – 00:07:15:11 SHAY The track “We Don’t Have To Walk Alone” was written about the current state of our world, a world divided by race, religion and politics. It is a very unifying song, a unifying at any time. Is there any particular event which inspired this collaboration with Rune Westberg? 00:07:16:08 – 00:08:03:13 BAYWUD Yes. So again, it was when the pandemic happened, I really wanted to write a song that was you know, it was definitely inspired by the pandemic. And I was really reflecting on how we are so divided in our world, again, like with race, politics and religion and gender. And so I wanted to write kind of a coming together song that was positive. And then shortly after we had finished the writing, the song The Black Lives Matter movement happened. And so it was just all it all just kind of said and we wanted to just put it out pretty quickly after that because because of everything that was going on. 00:08:03:25 – 00:08:08:03 SHAY Well, I love the song. Up now, the track. “(We Don’t Have To) Walk Alone”. 00:08:22:06 – 00:11:40:13 “(We Don’t Have To) Walk Alone” 00:11:43:14 – 00:11:50:13 SHAY Amazing track. Is there a song that you have written and put out for people to listen that would be a favorite of yours? 00:11:50:20 – 00:12:03:27 BAYWUD Oh gosh, I don’t know. I don’t know if I have a favorite. I like them all. 00:12:04:07 – 00:12:12:15 SHAY Well, I love everything you put out, so we are in agreement with that. Patrick, BAYWUD’s releases – both of them – are getting a lot of attention. Can you give us a rundown of the successes that have happened and a bit of your reflection on all of that? 00:12:12:25 – 00:13:14:13 PATRICK Sure. It’s been amazing, really, being that we are very independent, that we don’t have the, you know, the finances or the marketing power that major labels have. We’ve been able to get a lot of early believers that radio not only in America, but also in Europe. And there’s a radio station in the U.K. that’s playing the record, you know, many times a day. And here in America, we have a number one song in the Great Lakes region on the station called Why WKOW? And it’s been number one for the last four weeks there. So, people keep requesting it and they keep playing it, which has been great. It’s also very big in Montana for some strange reasons, but you can also hear it on 88.5 in Los Angeles on a regular basis. And so it’s been great, you know, so we’ve plugging away and we’re trying to get more. And, you know, it’s on the radio in New Mexico as well. And we just found that radio in Scotland picked it up. So, it’s so good, you know. 00:13:15:08 – 00:13:29:12 SHAY Yes, that is awesome. So, Patrick, what qualities about BAYWUD’s songwriting and his vocals attracted you to want to work with him as his talent manager and publish his music? 00:13:31:29 – 00:14:21:16 PATRICK You know, it’s a whole it’s a whole package, really. I mean, obviously, I’m attracted to very unique vocals and I’m a little older and I really miss a lot of the vocals from the 70s. You know, I love people like Cat Stevens that that whole period of rock music. And I think it’s got a quality in his voice that is reminiscent of all that and also the emotions he conveys through his lyrics. I knew there was something really strong there. And it’s just a matter of, you know, sometimes structuring the songs. And I think that’s what he got by collaborating with people, you know, having people that challenge him more about his melodies and his lyrics and to get to his room to be in writing some amazing material. That’s why the two of them keep writing on a regular basis, you know. 00:14:21:18 – 00:14:24:24 SHAY So, BAYWUD, what was behind your decision to work with Patrick? 00:14:26:14 – 00:15:08:26 BAYWUD Well, I he’s been in the business for a very long time, and I’ve seen all the artists he’s worked with, which was very impressive. And also, he’s just a really great guy. And he’s very you know, I think you want to have someone who’s representing you that really believes in you. And unless you up whenever you’re feeling kind of like down and I think he does all that and really kind of pushes me to succeed. And I really, I really respect him and very many ways and, you know, say if I can add something, I think a lot of his music is also, I believe, great for TV and film. 00:15:09:05 – 00:15:25:01 PATRICK And we have a person within the company that really is passionate about his music and is trying their hardest to place some of his songs in a TV show. And I think that’s very appealing because that’s the way to grow the audience into which more people obviously, you know. 00:15:25:26 – 00:16:04:20 SHAY I agree with you. Great approach. You have been involved with getting artists, songs and music on television and commercials, and you have a dedicated person in your company for that, do you not? 00:15:38:12 – 00:15:39:12 PATRICK Yes, I did. But actually, there is a person within the company that just focuses on that, you know, so I let her run with it. She’s in touch with music supervisors, you know, on a daily basis, pretty much. And also, BAYWUD and I met through a mutual personal friend. So that’s how we first became, you know, friends, if you like, before we really decided to work together. You know what? 00:16:04:23 – 00:16:14:23 SHAY/PATRICK/BAYWUD When you’re creating music, having a friendship is very important. It adds to the creative process, I think. PATRICK Yeah, I agree. I agree. BAYWUD I agree. SHAY Love the song next up, “Where Was I Then”. It’s a tribute to a friend who committed suicide. Was it a difficult process to compose the song? 00:16:15:06 – 00:16:59:09 BAYWUD You know, it was it was a really hard it wasn’t it was a very therapeutic experience for me. So, I had again, I had a friend who had committed suicide late last year and I really hadn’t written anything about. About it, and so I was very inspired to finally put something down, but it was very difficult. I mean, I know I had a really hard time getting through the process and I cried a lot and but I was very, very excited that I was able to put it out on this EP while working to take the track for a spin. 00:16:59:27 – 00:17:06:03 SHAY So next up is “Where Was I Then”. 00:17:23:00 – 00:20:28:21 “Where Was I Then” 00:20:35:19 – 00:20:38:02 SHAY Wow, beautiful. Did you find collaborating difficult? 00:20:39:23 – 00:21:49:27 BAYWUD Not really, because I did with this one Rune helped write it with me, but I do know that I had a hard time really getting through the session because it was very emotional for me, so. SHAY – And a January release? BAYWUD – yeah, I have a new song called “Altogether Now”. And it’s really I wanted to do something for the new year that was really uplifting and up-tempo and inspiring, and so that’s what that song is going to be. And then we also have another single coming out in February, I believe, March, I think by March, March. And then after that, I have a full album that’s slated to come out in the spring. So, a lot of stuff coming. And I’m very excited about. SHAY – Were all the songs done remotely? BAYWUD –  I mean, a lot some of the some of the songs that are on the album were weren’t done remotely. They are songs that I’ve already had, but anything new is all definitely being remote altogether was written remotely with two writers out of the D.C. area. 00:21:50:17 – 00:21:55:14 SHAY And of course, listeners can follow baby on all the social platforms. 00:21:56:14 – 00:22:02:07 PATRICK Just follow BAYWUD on Instagram or any social platform. Listen to the music. 00:22:03:24 – 00:22:13:25 SHAY Well, thank you so much, Patrick and BAYWUD, for coming on thebuzzr pod today. I really enjoyed our chat. Thank you. 00:22:14:29 – 00:22:25:11 BAYWUD Oh, thank you to you. Yeah, thank you for having us and also thank you to anyone who’s listening. I really appreciate any support and I hope everybody likes the music. So, thank you. Yeah. 00:22:25:21 – 00:22:33:29 PATRICK Shay, thank you for your time and also thank you so for what you do for indie artists and indie music. Yeah. You know, it’s very important. Yeah. 00:22:34:28 – 00:23:14:10 SHAY Thank you for saying that. I put a lot of passion into indie. Thank you. 00:22:41:00 – 00:22:57:13 Thank you to those out there for tuning in, and catching our chat. Next episode on January 19th, we have singer songwriter and master keyboardist Jack Spann out of New York City. He has worked with some big names in the music business. One of them was David Bowie. Jack worked with David Bowie, on what ultimately became Bowie’s Blackstar release. So, see you next episode. Catch you at the pod. Cheers!  
44 minutes | 6 days ago
One In The Chamber (OITC)
Facebook Twitter Youtube Spotify Apple Instagram Bandcamp https://youtu.be/Hz-iTpQwgSEhttps://youtu.be/2ClUM9aKYp4 DIRTY ROCK & ROLL  BEST CRANKED TO 11 FULL TRANSCRIPT (with timecode) 00:00:12:05 – 00:00:34:29 – introducer From the banks of the Grand River, high above the Gorge, this is thebuzzr pod. New releases. Industry insiders. Out of the box conversations. Indie music. With guests from the True North, to the West Coast, to the East Coast. And Across the Pond, and Down under. And now, here’s Shay. 00:00:39:01 – 00:01:11:19 – Shay Hey, Shay, here. And … so it begins. Thebuzzr pod, on air indie. Our first episode. Welcome and enjoy! What happened today in 1969? January 12, 1969, the rock gods, Led Zeppelin released their self-entitled debut studio album in the United States. They produced the album prior to signing to a label. Indie. Cool, eh? The band on today are Toronto-based rock band One In The Chamber. 00:01:12:11 – 00:01:32:07 The band’s sound is their own. Yet like Zeppelin, they push the limits, challenge standards and pull out all the stops of making music. What they put out is fantastic. Mike Biase, lead singer and guitar, and drummer Gerrod Harris are here today. Welcome, guys. 00:01:34:07 – 00:01:35:11 – Gerrod & Mike Hi, how are you? 00:01:36:29 – 00:02:02:12 I’m glad to have you on and welcome. And I’m doing great, guys. Whenever I hear your music, I see a ton of different influences and not traditional music is being created from somewhere. And I like to have you discuss that and talk about that and sort of give us an idea of where you draw your inspiration from. 00:02:03:02 – 00:02:42:16 – Gerrod Oh, I mean, that’s a that’s a tough question, I think. And I think the four of us would answer that very differently. We all come from very different backgrounds. Speaking for myself, I grew up listening to a ton of classic rock groups like Led Zeppelin, Van Halen, Aerosmith, The Rolling Stones. But as I actually started playing the drums, it was a large amount of like 90s rock band Soundgarden, Red Hot Chili Peppers, you know, bands like that that really got me diving deeper into my instrument. 00:02:45:06 – 00:03:16:02 – Mike Yeah, for myself, Led Zeppelin, one hundred percent is one of my biggest influences, Robert Plant is probably one of my favorite singers, if not my favorite Jimmy Page, amazing guitar player. 00:02:56:29 – 00:03:10:01 And yeah, them and really old blues. I’ve loved Eric Clapton, Blues, Jimi Hendrix, Anything by Muddy Waters and the Three Kings, especially for guitar playing. The Three Kings were a huge influence on me learning guitar. 00:03:10:03 – 00:03:28:18 – Shay You definitely have strong vocals. Reminds me a lot of the young Robert Plant. Ahh, your sound is unique. There’s something about it that sets it apart from a lot of other rock bands. Can you give me some insight into that? 00:03:30:11 – 00:04:20:24 – Mike I mean, it’s tough, I think, honestly, I think Cecil is so unique in the way he approaches song writing. Cecil, our lead guitar player and one of our vocalists, and he even writes a lot of lyrics for a lot of our songs. And I find that because he comes from such a jazzy background, he brings this influence in our music that is so outside of just conventional rock and roll that especially ”To The Gallows”. When he played that opening riff and it just sounded so often so creepy, it inspired the lyrics that you hear. And it just takes me on a different journey than when I hear the way that I write music. I’m very I find very traditional riff rock. Yeah, what do you think? 00:04:20:27 – 00:04:31:27 I what I have to say, Mike said it best about Cecil. I mean, earlier I said the four of us would probably answer influences very differently. And Mike and I are probably most on the same page 00:04:33:12 – 00:05:29:15 – Gerrod When it comes to what we’re listening to and stuff. There’s a good chance if Mike’s listening to it, I’m listening to it. But I mean, Cecil is all over the place. He likes things that you would never expect a rock guitarist to like. And he didn’t like. You would not expect a rock guitar player to like. And, you know, Cecil and I met in jazz school at York University of all places to start a rock band. And he had already met Mike by that point. And yeah, I think I think Cecil brings like, this quirky this unorthodox sort of color or tone. I don’t even know how to phrase it, but he brings this interesting vibe that you don’t hear and a lot of rock music, I would say, and I mean to that you go in the complete opposite direction. Our base is Christian Dotto is a huge metalhead. 00:05:34:00 – 00:05:58:00 – Shay The band closed its 2019 summer tour in front of a sold-out indie festival where you opened for The Wild Abouts. It was the awesome end of the summer. What band, if you had to dream, would be your ultimate band to open a show for? 00:06:02:23 – 00:06:22:03 – Mike Oh, wow. You know what, we have got to open we have got to open for some pretty cool bands. Opening for Scott Weiland in the Wild Votes is definitely one of the highlights of our one hundred musical careers. (Gerrod: 100%) But if we could open for any current band. 00:06:23:25 – 00:06:57:27 – Gerrod That’s tough. Are we talking like legacy bands that are still at it? Are we talking? (Mike: You know what I think is one of them?) Yeah, you know, I would take one. Yeah. Crown lands opening. Mike: I mean, for something like the Foo Fighters would be really cool. But you know what? I saw the Rolling Stones last summer, and it was one of the best days of my life. I, I will not lie. That was one of the best moments of my life. So, I would definitely say the Rolling Stones. 00:06:57:29 – 00:07:09:08 – Mike And you know what? I saw Alice Cooper and Motley crew down there. (Gerrod: Yeah. That was a great show.) We ever got to open for Alice Cooper or Motley Crue. I think I think we’d be right at home there. Yeah. Oh yeah. 00:07:13:02 – 00:07:21:24. – Shay That’s awesome. And what would be your dream project like if your band could do anything you wanted to? What would be the dream project for you? 00:07:23:08 – 00:07:46:29 – Mike If we could get our music to. I guess finance a trip around the world to show off our music, that would be cool. I mean, you know, around the world might be a little far out there, but if we could take our music and make money to finance a trip around the states or to go to a small place in Europe and do a couple of shows, I think that would be really cool. 00:07:47:01 – 00:07:55:10 – Gerrod I I have to agree with Mike. I think doing something like that and being able to successfully do it would be fantastic. 00:07:55:12 – 00:08:09:28 – Mike And I love I mean, obviously we can’t travel right now, but I love traveling. So, if our music could help us travel and share our music, I guess, and perform, which is my favorite part about being in a band, then that would be a great project. 00:08:10:12 – 00:08:18:21- Shay Well, you are getting attention. Look at your Spotify. You have listeners in 60 countries, so it might not be far off. 00:08:19:14 – 00:08:26:03 – Gerrod Yeah, that number, that number always it sounds me to great with Spotify numbers then it’s like. 00:08:26:05 – 00:08:38:00 – Mike Oh yeah. And hearing from different people in our social media accounts who reach out to us from all over the world to do interviews and talk, it’s very humbling and it’s really cool. It’s a really cool feeling 00:08:40:20 – 00:08:47:05 – Shay The lyrics in your song, do they come from personal experiences? Like, where you draw your inspirations from? 00:08:48:07 – 00:09:29:04 – Mike I mean, for me, I tried to other than some of our songs where I write from a very fantastical point of view, a lot of our songs come from direct experiences I’ve had in my life. 00:09:03:11 – 00:09:05:04 So “Bills To Pay”, for example, was, I guess, our first song we did a music video for. So maybe I get our first single. And I wrote that some years before we were in a band. You know, the whole second verse is basically a true story about crashing my car and about trying to come up with different weird ways to make money is where those lyrics come from. 00:09:29:06 – 00:09:36:16 So, you know, and then different life experiences help influence the different lyrics that I come up with. 00:09:38:21 – 00:10:15:22 – Gerrod Yeah, I don’t know to add to that, I just I just play the drums and I mean my life experiences for that just I just love making music. And I think I’m very fortunate to have the chance to make music with such a great group of musicians. And for myself, I always try to bring, like a sense of groove to it, (Mike: a sense of groove) … a sense of groove. I’ll think I’ll take Modern Drummer 00:10:22:21 – 00:10:35:00 – Shay The band has lots of radio play and international coverage actually, and is on Loud Wire’s weekly via Spotify playlists. How do you feel about that? 00:10:37:19 – 00:11:35:02 – Gerrod That one was all right, now we’re working with a fantastic PR agent, Alison, from The Label Group. She is she’s got a fantastic ear and I’ve known her for years because I review bands and stuff like that. And for years she’s been sending me bands to review. And, you know, so I’ve known her for a bit now. And when we started putting out music, she started listening and talking to us about that stuff. And the Loud Wire thing goes out to her because she did such a fantastic job of getting that. But yeah, we were all incredibly excited about it. I think I think Livewire is probably one of one of, if not the biggest, like Hard Rock Metal magazine, something that all of us follow. It’s kind of like a badge of honor, a big checkmark on the resume or whatever you want. But it is right. 00:11:36:07 – 00:11:38:19 – Shay Oh, it definitely is. That’s why I mentioned that. So how do you interact and respond to fans? Like what? Do you connect with them and engage on social media? Do send out newsletters, updates from your site. Like, how do you guys go about it? 00:11:56:16 – 00:12:15:05 – Gerrod I mean, we’re pretty active on social media, mostly Facebook and Instagram. We’ve got a mailing list that’s on our website as well. And we’re not too active on that maybe once or twice a month at most, like even once a month at most. Or something new coming for sure. 00:12:16:02 – 00:12:49:00 – Mike Yeah, we’re very good about like Jared is fantastic and keeping up with anybody who contacts us, he always gets back to very quickly and we always try at least I hope people feel this about us, but we try to be available when we’re at live shows to talk to whoever wants to come up to us. And we did an event in Mississauga last year where we got to meet fans and talk to people about our music and different projects we’re doing. And yeah, we try to keep ourselves as available as possible. 00:12:49:02 – 00:13:10:05 – Gerrod Yeah, I think we’ll going off of that like the Toronto music community is. There are so many great musicians involved that, you know, we’ve made a lot of great friends through doing this and through playing live and we’ve gone on to play shows with them and and kind of do that, which has always been very exciting for us. 00:13:11:21 – 00:13:14:18 – Shay Do you hang out with the fans after the concerts? 00:13:16:03 – 00:13:37:27 – Gerrod Yes, unofficial. I guess so, yeah. We like to hang around and we watch the other bands play and we’re always happy to talk to people. And it’s always I think it’s at least I think Mike agrees with me on this one. But like, when people bring stuff like or they buy a CD and they’re like, hey, can you sign it? We’re always like, do you want we want our signature. You’re like, that’s like we’ll definitely do it. But it’s like, do you want. 00:13:43:22 – 00:13:49:14.- Shay Nobody’s perfect. Do you make mistakes when you perform? And if you do, how do you handle it? 00:13:51:20 – 00:14:16:19 – Mike I mean, I make mistakes constantly when we perform. I kind of like move around so much and I’m like jumping around. I pretty much I just keep going. You know, if I stumble over a word or I stumble over Cecil’s patch cord. I just try and keep it going and just. 00:14:16:21 – 00:14:33:23 – Gerrod Yeah, I think that’s, you know, for all of us. And, you know, half the time I don’t even care when any of us or myself are making a mistake. It’s just so loud and, you know, afterwards. So, it’ll be like, oh yeah, you know, I did this in this song and I’m like, what are you talking about? 00:14:34:19 – 00:14:40:210 Shay Well, sometimes mistakes become iconic, you know, like the smashing of guitars. 00:14:42:15 – 00:14:44:04 – Group agreement That became a thing. 00:14:46:18 – 00:15:05:07– Shay Of course, the band has had to cancel their tour to the pandemic. How did you guys, just like how did you rethink things like that? Because I’ve seen a lot of action, a lot of positive things happening. So, I know that Gerrod, and that you rethought to what you do. 00:15:10:08 – 00:17:19:03 – Gerrod You know, it was it’s tough to manage a band in a regular year, and it’s an entirely different monster in in a pandemic year. So, for us, we were in the studio recording in January, February before all this happened. And “Blow” was scheduled to release in at the end of March, early April, just like how it did. But we were going to have a single release party at Snakeheads in Toronto and that was obviously canceled. But the release came out on as planned. And we had a couple of days that were more or less booked for the spring to follow up with. And then obviously those were canceled. And we for us, we’ve been planning 20, 20 for so long that it was in twenty nineteen that we found out we got a factor, Grant, and that’s when we were like, OK, we’re going to go back in the studio, and this is how we’re going to roll out the new music. And we just released our second single To the Gallows like two, three weeks ago, two weeks ago. And for us, the original plan was to have a second single, an entirely different song into the gallows, which was supposed to come out in May or June. So, you know, everything has been kind of delayed and pushed back. And the amount of times that the plan has changed, even within like a couple of weeks is crazy. And I think we’ve done a really good job of staying on top of it. We managed to put out two singles, two music videos, and we did a couple of live stream shows. And the Spotify numbers were incredible this year, a significant improvement from last year to growth. So, yeah, we’ve we’ve bounced around and kind of roll with it and turned around. I mean, I think we were ultimately just very lucky that we were sitting on new music that was already recorded. Before that, you feel like we were in a good position, but even those shows were canceled. We weren’t scrambling to figure out how we can move forward. 00:17:20:23 – 00:17:27:15 – Shat So, talk about some of the ideas, things that you have done to keep moving forward with your music. 00:17:28:23 – 00:19:49:15 – Gerrod I recently read Ari Hurston’s book, How to Make It in the New Music Industry. So, I we are trying out the new transparent sort of attitude that he talks about. And I read it and he was saying that people where social media is so ever present, gone are the days of the mysterious image of like Bowie and Prince, where you can just be this figure that was weird, and no one knew what you were up to. 00:17:57:08 – 00:18:23:09 And, you know, it’s really hard to have something like that in today’s day and age where you’re your digital all the time. And, you know, the book talked a lot about this idea that. If artists are more transparent and just kind of open and honest with their audience, it works for a really sort of successful model of business, I guess. And I had recently started talking to Phil from Phil Freeman from Small Town Titans, and they’re a fantastic band out of Pennsylvania. And they put out an amazing album this year. 00:18:36:15 – 00:18:37:00 And they have a very similar sort of stance. So, I think especially with the pandemic, the way the whole industry has shut down a level of authenticity. And just being open with your audience is beneficial for musicians. 00:18:55:18 – 00:19:02:19 – Shay So, what changes do you see as an artist? What changes do you see that need to be made in the industry? 00:19:04:03 – 00:19:49:15 – Gerrod Oh, I don’t know. I think I think with the way the pandemic’s gone; I think we’re all just kind of figuring it out day by day. And, you know, I’m starting to map out, what 2021 looks for us. And then the news comes out that a vaccine is on the way and suddenly the potential for more opportunities opens. But at the same time, it might not. And I think I think the most I think the best advice anyone can do is just to pay attention to what’s going on in their community, in the province, in the country, and use that to kind of gauge what is socially responsible and how they can use that to move forward. I think I think artists should be better compensated for streaming, things like that. 00:19:56:13 – 00:20:22:12 – Mike Spotify is fantastic for reach ability, but to fund the artistry through streaming and getting paid what they get paid. I mean, Jimmy Page came out this past week in our world that he said that artists are not getting compensated enough on Spotify. And it’s true. I mean, it’s really, really tough to make a living through music nowadays. 00:20:22:16 – 00:20:25:22 – Gerrod And I mean, everything that we do ends up costing so much. 00:20:26:09 – 00:20:54:03 – Mike And when you get your Spotify wrap up at the end of the year and you see how many hours of music you’ve streamed for 10 bucks a month, you know, it’s it it’s kind of being in a band makes you look at that and be like, is this truly OK? I mean, I used to continue to buy CDs when HMV and Sunrise Records were all around everywhere. But now it’s hard to do that. Yeah. 00:20:55:21 – 00:20:58:14 – Shay So, what are the goals for the band going forward? 00:20:58:29 – 00:22:00:04- Mike I, I still think that for me, music has always been for the love of playing on stage as the band has grown. I guess my sort of expectations and realistic dreams have grown along with it. But two years ago, I guess maybe even last year when we heard our song on “Ninety-Four Nine”, like our first major radio station, come on right after Panama for hearing myself, hearing my music on a major radio station was my top goal. And then we hit that, and it was like, OK, what’s next, what can we get through now? So, for me right now, my sort of realistic long-term goal is definitely having the band be able to just through the music and through what we make, through our merch sales and music, be able to finance a trip to Europe. Yeah, that would be my long-term band goal. 00:22:00:10 – 00:22:14:02 – Gerrod Yeah, I, I mean, I have to agree with my Mike. It’s definitely for the love of playing the love of music and performing to a room of people that are there to see you. 00:22:14:04 – 00:22:37:16 Mike: nothing like it. Gerrod: I’m at the back-end stage like Mike. It’s the full effect. But when people are there the you and they’re singing along and you can see that love, they’re just having a good time. Like it’s a feeling that’s unlike any other. And again, I’m just at the back of the stage, so I get I get like a sample of it when I can kind of see out between the three of them, 00:22:39:06 – 00:23:20:27 – Gerrod I think, yeah, I like being able to fund like a successful tour of Canada, dipping into the states and heading over to Europe and being able to travel and see different places and maybe even perform in like historic society, like, you know, like places that the Stones in the Beatles were playing at and in the UK and heading out to L.A. and hitting up like the Rainbow Room and Whiskey and just these venues that are. Yeah, the Troubadour, just these venues that have so much history and carries so much weight to them that, you know, that’s that would be. 00:23:20:29 – 00:23:27:06 – Mike Yeah. There’s there’s nothing like feeding off a crowd and playing our music for people. It’s amazing. 00:23:29:01 – 00:23:34:19 – Shay What is the best advice you have been given from somebody in the music industry? 00:23:35:13 – 00:23:37:28 – Gerrod Best advice that worked out? I don’t. 00:23:39:01 – 00:24:48:14 – Mike OK, you know what? We recorded a demo album with Scott LaFlamme in Boston, and he always told us to never compromise on the artist. You can work with people on different things. But if you feel like advice for your music is not what your music needs, then don’t take it. He was always about taking advice when it’s given to you, but he was very firm in This is your music. This is how you see your music. You’re making it because this is who you are, and you should never compromise on the expression of yourself. And I think that’s something, you know, we’ve grown as songwriters, the four of us, since we’ve started a band. And it’s great that we’ve never changed our lineup at all. So, the four of us have gotten very good at feeding off each other, but we been very good and true to not compromising on how we think our music needs to be presented. And I would say that that is probably the best advice that I’ve been given that I would pass on to somebody else. 00:24:48:18 – 00:25:37:26 – Gerrod I’m going to go with that, too. Shay: So, tell us about the newest release “To The Gallows” We’re going to hear it next up 00:24:59:03 – 00:2 – Gerrod “To the Gallows” is our latest single, it was recorded earlier this year, I guess early 2020 January at Phase one studios with Marie Daigle. 00:25:11:18 – 00:25:37:26 For us, it’s this sort of experimental track that funny enough, when we wrote it and none of us thought it would ever be a single despite loving it. And here it is. And I think it’s interesting and probably the most, most unique way to end off a crazy year like 2020 with a darker departure from our expected style. 00:26:12:23 – 00:29:16:20 “To The Gallows” 00:30:14:18 – 00:30:33:21 – Shay That was outstanding, Gerrod. You’re a writer for SPILL Magazine, and I must say write excellent reviews. You’re also a teacher. How have those roles influenced or impacted your music and the path that you’re on right now? 00:30:37:24 – 00:31:43:23- Gerrod You know, I …being a teacher has you know, when I used to teach classes at like the different community center and things like that, for me, that’s when it really motivated me to take on more of a managing role in the band and kind of push us and push, I guess, our collective expectations of what was possible. Because I was working these hours and I was like and like, wouldn’t it be great to do more with the band than we’re currently doing? Yeah, that’s kind of that as a writer, you know, it’s definitely influenced. Again, more on the business side, just being able to look at professional PR, look at professional press kids. What draws writers like myself into wanting to listen to a band they’ve never heard of? And on the musical side, like I get to listen to a lot of bands and artists that I never would have heard of otherwise, and that’s always very exciting. 00:31:47:13 – 00:31:59:22 – Shay What did you have to develop, try to learn to create this release, is there something different I can’t put my finger on? This song was basically a product of. 00:32:01:01 – 00:33:13:24 – Mike Cecil getting a brand-new delay pedal and with wacky effects on it, he started to play that opening riff and in the beginning of the song, you can hear it kind of build-up in the expression. And that sort of, for me, created this soundscape of eeriness and just almost terror. And it made me want to scream. And that is why at the beginning of the song, I have this explosive scream as if I’m trying to break out of something because the song put me or the riff, he played put me on such edge and the lyrics kept going in the same vein of creepiness and fantasy. And I think that it is all down to Cecil trying something weird with his delay pedal. And you know what? It worked and it worked really well. And we’ve created this awesome soundscape to start the song off. And I think that was a big part of creating the different tune that “To The Gallows” is. 00:33:15:11 – 00:33:26:26 – Shay And what was the most challenging aspect of this release, or actually, what’s the most challenging aspect of making music during this current time? 00:33:28:18 – 00:33:30:17 – Gerrod Finding a good time to release it. 00:33:33:00 – 00:33:39:15 – Mike Like trying to find a time to record a music video in between all these lockdowns and different rule changes. 00:33:39:17 – 00:35:32:25 – Gerrod Yeah, and I mean, we’re making sure that everything we do is with accordance of not only the laws, but health recommendations for our own sake, for the sake of everyone that we work with, for the sake of anyone that would otherwise kind of come out to see us. And, you know, like I said earlier, we’re supposed to release the second single back in May, June, July, that sort of area. We’re supposed to release flow and then film a new music video right after and just go into it. And that never happened. And all throughout the summer, it was kind of we were talking with Diego del Rio, who has directed all of our music videos, and we were talking with him about possible ideas for music video and how we can do this when we can do this, where we can do this and how we can be safe. And, you know, we kind of carved out a window in the fall to film another video. And sure enough, like two weeks before the video shoot, a new set of restrictions came up. And the video we had planned for a completely different song was suddenly illegal. We could not do it. And it was a very, you know, shout out to Mike on this one because this was like this video was his baby. And we’re looking forward to bringing this video to life in the new year when we can. We did not. Again, going back to not compromising. We didn’t want to compromise and do a similar video or a watered-down video for that song. So, we completely shifted gears with To the Gallows. We did a new song, entirely different video concept, and we found a window of time that worked with the restrictions and things like that and safely recorded the video. 00:35:35:09 – 00:35:42:17 – Shay That’s amazing, and what is it like working with this genius? 00:35:43:11 – 00:37:03:11 – Mike Genius is a great way to express that. When we did our first video bills to pay, we had a good idea that we wanted it to be an expression of what our live show is. And he captured it so well. And then he took it into a studio and was able to keep that live vibe around. And after doing that first one for the other ones, we were basically like, Diego, this is the vibe we want our song to look like. And then he created the whole script and the whole lighting features and I mean, the people that he works with and that he handpicks to collaborate with us on our videos are also just mind boggling. When we did our music video for “Blow”, one of his associates, Kathleen, built us an L.A. logo of our chamber. And if you watch the blow music video, you’ll see it in almost every shot. And it just was so amazing, and it created such a really cool effect for the video, and I think that every video we do with him is something different, but he always is able to capture exactly what we’re going for and I’m really excited to work on this next project with him when we can. 00:37:03:11 – 00:37:23:25 – Shay Yeah, he definitely does put out videos that are different from each other. Actually, what I was looking at the video and saw that he had done, and I thought, you know, I think this genius does all of their videos, but then I thought, no, they’re so different. Let me check. Well, next up is the track of that amazing video below. Up next. 00:38:06:08 – 00:38:09:10 “Blow” 00:41:01:29 – 00:41:13:11 – Shay Awesome track! So, what’s next for you? We’ve talked a lot about the uncertainty in 2021 and there could be the video released when you get it moving? Are you just sort of staying pattern until all this blows over? 00:41:19:19 – 00:41:54:08 – Gerrod Well, we definitely we have music we need to put out there in 2021 that’s already recorded. And having this opportunity during the pandemic to unfortunately not play a lot of shows has given us the ability to write quite a bit as well. So, at some point, we’re going to need to get our new written material recorded. I don’t know if that’s going to be able to happen in 2021, but we’re definitely sitting on some stuff and there’s lots in the chamber that we’re working on. 00:41:58:02 – 00:42:18:12 -Shay I love that. I love that. Actually, I do. And I love your name. It’s amazing. So, I’m going I’m going to wrap this up. Jared and Mike, thank you so much for coming out, guys. Where’s the best place to follow the band, buy, download, stream your music? 00:42:20:18 – 00:42:56:26 -Gerrod Everything is up on the website, the website is www.OITCBAND.com. So, it’s just our initials and then .dot com band, You know, everything up there in terms of links to our social media, is there a streaming service, downloads, merch? Everything’s up there. We’re very active on our Facebook and our Instagram pages. And again, you could actually just search up at a band and you’ll find us. 00:42:58:10 – 00:43:16:14 – Shay Well, thank you again for joining us and thank you for listening, those out there. If the studio energy is any sign of the experiencing this band live, One In The Chamber is a top one to see on a list when things open up. 00:43:20:09 – 00:43:43:23 – Shay All right, next up, so Friday, January the 15th, we have musician, songwriter and indie artist Baywud, and talent manager and music publisher Patrick Conseil, they both are based out of L.A. and putting out great music. Next up, cheers. Guests: singer/guitarist Mike Biase, drummer Gerrod Harris Music: Pyramids on Mars™, Kevin Estrella “Nacht Waffen” Edge of The Black
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00:11> On the banks of the Grand River, high above the Gorge, this is thebuzzr podcast. New releases. Industry insiders. Out of the box conversations. Interviews with guests from the True North to the West Coast to the East Coast. 00:32> And now, here is Shay. 00:37> Hey, hello, this is Shay, host of thebuzzr pod. On-air indie. I am a writer and blogger. I cover independent music worldwide. Yes. thebuzzer indie blog, on the air. 00:51> thebuzzr pod starts on January 12, 2021. It broadcasts Tuesdays and Fridays. You can find us on Apple, Google, Spotify, and others. Whichever is your go-to.  Subscribe feeds are at thebuzzrpod.com. From my pad to yours, over the airwaves. Join me on January 12. Catch the p0d. Music credit: Kevin Estrella | PYRAMIDS ON MARS | “NACHT WAFFEN” from EDGE OF THE BLACK.
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