I Quit My Job: A Podcast About Songwriting

I Quit My Job: A Podcast About Songwriting episodes:

• 08.11.2016

  Episode 028: Patrick Krief

  There’s no doubt that Patrick Krief has “made it.” Guitar player in Canadian indie-rock legends The Dears, Patrick also has a prominent solo career under the name ‘Krief.’ Derek and Patrick sit down to have a chat about his upcoming...

  
• 06.22.2016

  Episode 027: Jay Pollock

  Toronto songwriter Jay Pollock is a man of balance. He loves playing and performing music, but it is far from the only important thing in his life. In a refreshing turn from a lot of our conversations, Jay took issue...

  
• 06.07.2016

  Episode 026: Erika Werry

  Toronto singer-songwriter Erika Werry can pump you up with an anthemic rock hit or induce goosebumps with a heartfelt folk song. She has made a name for herself by consistently writing great songs and putting on an honest and energetic...

  
• 05.10.2016

  Episode 025: Kira May

  Stage fright nearly grounded Kira May’s music career before it even got underway. Now her stage presence is a big part of her appeal. Kira sat down with Derek and Travis to talk about overcoming her fears, discovering how to...

  
• 04.25.2016

  Episode 024: Kelly "Mr. Chill" Hoppe

  For a man who finds himself a member of one of the most established and successful rock bands in Canada, Big Sugar’s Kelly “Mr. Chill” Hoppe is eminently humble. Not only is he one of the country’s best harmonica players,...

  
• 04.04.2016

  Episode 023: Charles Tilden

  With Delta Will’s new record Weathering, hot off the press, Derek and Travis sat down with its front man Charles Tilden in the living room of the Toronto home he shares with future guest Kira May. In one of the...

  
• 03.21.2016

  Episode 022: Corinna Rose

  Corinna Rose started in folk music as part of a unique ensemble band in an all-girls private school, but didn’t start making a true go of it until she was in her early twenties. She has since quit her job...

  
• 03.07.2016

  Episode 021: Brendt Thomas Diabo

  Brendt Thomas Diabo is both an established actor and an established singer-songwriter steeped in the country and blues tradition. By way of the Kahnawake Reservation on Montréal’s south shore, Diabo now resides in Toronto where Derek and Travis caught with...

  
• 02.24.2016

  Episode 020: Max Marshall

  Max Marshall has undergone no small transition over the last few years. From trying to make a go of songwriting in Toronto, to studying folklore at Memorial University in Newfoundland, to becoming a father and moving back to the Windsor...

  
• 02.15.2016

  Episode 019: Ron Leary

  The first time we sat down with Ron to record an interview over a year ago, we caught him between construction shifts, exhausted, and frustrated with balancing those things and a music career all at once. The interview never aired...

  
• 02.08.2016

  Episode 018: Kevin Head

  Chances are, you’ve never heard of Kevin Head, but there are few songwriters in Canada who’ve accomplished what “The Original Salt Cod Cowboy” has. The Nova Scotia native been writing and recording music for nearly forty years and has performed...

  
• 02.01.2016

  Episode 017: Graydon James

  Award-winning songwriter Graydon James finally made it to the IQMJ studio after a long courtship. The front-man and songwriter for The Young Novelists talked to Travis and Derek about the unlikely circumstance of being a full-time musician who owns his...

  
• 02.01.2016

  Episode 016: Remembering David Bowie

  David Bowie’s impact on songwriting and performance is nearly unparalleled. His death, although tragic, has allowed us to review his life’s work and soak in his legacy. Derek and Travis sit down with Will Whitwham, Skye Wallace, and Shawn William...

  
• 01.18.2016

  Episode 015: Travis Reitsma & Derek Harrison

  Welcome to Season Two! Derek and Travis return from their break and start 2016 off with a guestless episode. Just as they did for the very first episode, our hosts sit down with one another and get meta by discussing...

  
• 11.06.2015

  Episode 014: Megan Hamilton

  The first time Derek and Travis ever toured together they were opening up for Megan Hamilton. Now based in Kingston with her young family and supporting a new record with parent-friendly matinee shows across Ontario, our hosts caught up with...

  
• 10.13.2015

  Episode 013: Andrew MacLeod

  The youngest of six, Andrew MacLeod is one of only two among his siblings born in his late father Alistair’s homeland of Cape Breton. Inviting Travis and Derek to the West Windsor family home still inhabited by his mother, Andrew...

  
• 09.11.2015

  Episode 012: David Newberry

  All of David Newberry’s friends are folk musicians, but he can’t stand folk music. Still, fans and music critics have aligned him with the Canadian folk scene, perhaps because of his voice and lyric-driven, often political songs. David visited Travis...

  
• 08.20.2015

  Episode 011: Bryce Jardine

  Bryce Jardine has been pursuing a career in music since playing in a high school rock band in London Ontario. Now living in Toronto and fresh from quitting his job, Bryce visited Travis and Derek at their Bloor St. studio...

  
• 07.24.2015

  Episode 010: James OL

  James Oltean-Lepp grew up in Harrow, the same diminutive town as Derek. His band, James OL & The Villains have been at the centre of a revitalized music scene in Windsor and are the purveyors of what Derek calls “Colch-wave,”...

  
• 07.10.2015

  Episode 009: Sarah Jane Scouten

  Bowen Island native Sarah Jane Scouten proves that Canadian folk music isn't lame. Via Vancouver and Wales, Sarah ended up meeting Derek and Travis while living in Montreal and joined our hosts in Toronto before embarking on her second tour...

  
• 06.25.2015

  Episode 008: Will Whitwham

  Since forming in Toronto in July 2009, The Wilderness of Manitoba has worn many hats, with the only throughline being the presence of principal songwriter Will Whitwham. Fresh from playing a show together at the Harrow Legion, Will joined Travis...

  
• 06.09.2015

  Episode 007: Tara Watts

  Windsor-born-and-bred, Tara Watts has always had a restless soul, from travelling the world at a young age, which brought her life to a turning point in a Buddhist temple in Nepal, to her aspirations to take her music on the...

  
• 05.21.2015

  Episode 006: Dave Dubois

  Dave Dubois is known for many things, from being the frontman of The Locusts Have No King and a stalwart of the Windsor music scene to being a lifetime staffer of Taloola Café and an all-around sweet dude. As our...

  
• 05.05.2015

  Episode 005: Barzin

  Born in London Ontario, Barzin spent his childhood in Iran and has since lived in Guelph and Ann Arbor, but since moving to downtown Toronto over a decade ago he hasn’t been able to fully escape the city’s gravitational pull....

  
• 04.21.2015

  Episode 004: Rachael Cardiello

  Montana-native Rachael Cardiello honed her songwriting chops in the "velvet rut" of Victoria BC, surrounded by some of Canada's finest songwriters. She sat down with Derek & Travis for what turned out to be a very emotional interview, opening up...

  
• 04.15.2015

  Episode 003: Taylor Ashton, Part 2

  Taylor Ashton comes from the idyllic community of Mayne Island, BC, where he met the other four-fifths of his band Fish & Bird. Just before taking their fourth album to England, Taylor made time to sit down with Travis and...

  
• 04.08.2015

  Episode 003: Taylor Ashton, Part 1

  Taylor Ashton comes from the idyllic community of Mayne Island, BC, where he met the other four-fifths of his band Fish & Bird. Just before taking their fourth album to England, Taylor made time to sit down with Travis and...

  
• 03.24.2015

  Episode 002: Luke Michielsen

  Derek and Travis welcome Kitchener-based singer-songwriter Luke Michielsen into the studio (in this case Travis' kitchen in Windsor, ON) to talk about guilt, testicular cancer, Keswick Ontario, making a record, and songwriter is used to process negative experiences into good...

  
• 03.08.2015

  Episode 001: Introduction

  In this introductory episode of the podcast, Derek and Travis talk about what they want to accomplish with I Quit My Job and about how they perceive the craft of songwriting in their own work and in the work of...

  
• 03.07.2015

  Episode 001: Introduction

  In this introductory episode of the podcast, Derek and Travis talk about what they want to accomplish with I Quit My Job and about how they perceive the craft of songwriting in their own work and in the work of...