Episode 1 • A conversation with the band

This is the first episode of the upcoming series "What it takes to create a record" which was recorded in autumn 2020.

We’ll take you behind the scenes of the creation of a record and share and highlight the energies that are needed, their time, their capacity, their magic and spirit, the joys and the frustrations of creation.

This episode is a conversation with the band. We're talking about our recent lockdown experiences, our three-week rehearsal called "North American Tour" and what it's like to play a show - live on television - with our families and friends from all around the world watching us play.

So excited for you to listen, for your feedback and questions.

Please welcome:

Brodie Myles White (bass, vocals), Mark Eric Lewis (guitar, vocals) and Jeff Collier (drums, vocals)

This podcast is supported by the Cosmic Dreaming community on Patreon.

Let's connect on Instagram: @lauracarbone_

"What it takes to create a record" is a 4-episode podcast series hosted by Laura Carbone, highlighting the roles of some of the major participants involved in the process of bringing recorded music to the public. The series focuses on her 2020 album “Laura Carbone – Live at Rockpalast”, which developed from a major live TV appearance by Laura and her band in late 2019. Having originally planned to record her next studio album in 2020, Covid and lockdown forced Laura to react and rethink how to best reach out to her audience, from her own isolation, to theirs.

Over the four episodes recorded in mid-2020, Laura speaks with her band members, with mixer Scott Von Ryper, with mastering engineer Philipp Welsing, and finally with her visual partner-in-crime, graphic artist and video director Olya Dyer. She deep dives with all of them into their work and the processes, thoughts, feelings and challenges each person, including herself, faced in growing this unlikely seed of an idea into a reality, an actual thing that people all over the globe can now hold in their hands.

Originally recorded for her Patreon patrons whose support contributed to funding the podcast project, Laura is now bringing the series to the public in celebration of the imminent release of the limited-edition, individually colored recycled vinyl version of “Laura Carbone – Live at Rockpalast” on Atlantic Curve records. 

Special offering when ordering on her website: The inlaid poster in the vinyl package is hand-signed by Laura and each member of her Rockpalast band… just one way Laura is saying “Thank you” to her fans around the world and reconnecting with them in a healing-hands-on way.

Photo: Julia Beyer • Harmonie Bonn, 2019