This episode features an interview and music from the talented and charismatic Brendan Abernathy.  Brendan discusses his music and the inspiration behind songwriting.  We even discus other major artist such as Taylor Swift, Run DMC, and Jimmy Buffett. 

Highlights from this episode.

2:15 - Run DMC

11:20 - The Rat Race

14:15 - Fruit Loops

17:20 Taylor Swift

Please check out the latest from Brendan!  

Brendan Abernathy - Independent Singer-Songwriter Performing Artist

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This weeks podcast features Lauren Gehle. This is a live recording from the DIY Music Conference in Austin, Texas.  #diymusician #cdbaby  

Lauren is a singer songwriter from Fort Worth, Texas. Her music is a "sticky melodic evolving pop style." She has a pop core but ventures freely into other styles.    

Times are approximate 

2:30 - Who is Lauren Gehle? 

6:00 - The North Pole Express PHOTOS HERE 

10:00 - Guitar Center 

11:15 - Through With You - original song clip by Lauren Gehle 

14:50 - Made for Two - original song clip by Lauren Gehle 

18:30 - Isn't it Funny - original song clip by Lauren Gehle 

23:35 - Will Hunt - spacewayproductions.com 

24:50 Last Tear - original song clip by Lauren Gehle 

28:00 Lauren's FIRST SONG!

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Lauren Gehle Website  https://laurengehle.com/ 

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This episode features Singer Songwriter and musician Kurt Froberg as we discuss the moody rock ballad Mayday.  We will also take a look at Kurt's career and how he got started.  You will hear early performances (including She's Got a Way" - Billy Joel) from Kurt and deep discussions about the writing process.      

Mayday was written by Kurt and Ron in 1993-94.  This was a project called Letter Box with Mary Croom on Vocals, Ricky Jewer on Guitar, Jimmy Knoud on Bass and produced by Frank Starchak. We also had the associate producer Miles Croom.

Mayday on Apple Music 

Mayday on Spotify 

Mayday on Youtube

6:00 Minutes Ramsey Lewis

8:28 Billy Joel "She's Got A Way" sung by Kurt in 1990.

11:25 The Great Train Robbery and stories.

22:45 Mayday

27:00 Mary Croom & David Dixon

28:45 Ricky Jewer

31:30 Behind the keyboard with Kurt

42:10 Darling Niki - Prince (Parady)

42:20 Hold On To Her Tights (Parady) of Hold On To The Nights - Richard Marx

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This episode is just a short snippet about what is Back of the Trax and what the future episodes will be about. Please leave a rating or feedback so we can improve our podcast. 

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BACK OF THE TRAX (music podcast) Of Breakable Things - Breaking 12.  

The BACK OF THE TRAX music podcast is an inside look into the creative process of songwriting and recording. We will cover such topics such as (Inspiration, lyric meaning, writing process, stories in the studio, and more) Each episode will feature a new song and we will have many independent artists share their stories and secrets as we did behind the tracks to find out about the mysterious lives of musicians and this music!

Here are the full song links (OF BREAKABLE THINGS)

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In this episode, Ron Valenzia digs in deep to his own song Until We Get It Right by discussing the story behind the song.  Who is the girl that needs to "get it right?" Ron will also talk about the writing style and even some technical info about the recording process.

Here are the full song links