Bottom Shelf Recording Talk

In this "not so early morning" episode, our heroes are fortunate to be joined by the incredibly busy and hardworking student/singer/songwriter/podcast host/consultant/student, Maria Phillipos as they wade through the dark waters of artificial intelligence, music school, recording follies, the importance of networking, and James' bad relationship advice to Joey the homewrecker!

Check out Maria's music online;

iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/artist/maria-phillipos/id905860298

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/mariaphillipos/

Bandcamp https://mariaphillipos.bandcamp.com

In this button filled episode, local music and record label manager, Sacha Hubert, joins our heroes to talk about what band management and record labels are, why they are different, and what they do for artists.  Joey and James squeeze every last note out of our guest to try to make sense of this confusing subject, but we're not sure it's any clearer than before. Stay tuned for James' inevitable confusion.

River City Rocks Records (and all their artists)

www.rcrrecords.com

In this magnetic episode, the legendary "Mr Tape" Mike Brazeau joins our heroes to talk about his collection of old analogue decks, his reel to reel collection, and the awkward phone call he'll receive from his mother over the inappropriate comments from James.  Joey sits quietly in his illness, coffee-less but with a snoring puppy warmer on his lap.

Check out Mike's services on

www.reelaudio.ca

www.facebook.com/iammikebrazeau

In this maddening episode, Joey talks Tim Horton's lineup issues, James brings up anger management in driving and studio work, and the two meander through the idea that some musicians don't actually pay attention to the musicians they're playing with.  Joey then confuses James with a discussion about how convolution reverbs are created and implemented.  They also have a quick conversation about the band Between The Buried and Me.  

Alos, check out the new twitter account for the podcast @BottomShelfRT to follow along in-between episodes.

This train wreck of an episode is brought to you by a scattered, ranting, James, while Joey and our guest, Roland Rodas, stare in wonderment at the uncoffee'd version of our struggling host.  Joey tells the story of a tragic P.A. rental and Roland tells the many stories of his recent cross border tour of 19 shows in 22ish days.  

Check out Roland's band on Bandcamp

https://direomen.bandcamp.com

In this slowly accelerating episode, Colin Wilson (of Edmonton band, Something Mechanical) joins our sleepy heroes as they wade through tangent filled waters covering lazy musicians, Studio Bidding wars, the advantages of preparing for the studio, and more puppy love.  James gets really angry over s#!t Dave Grohl says, and Colin tells the whole world off.  Prepare to be offended or amused…

Colin Wilson

Something Mechanical

@somethingmechhttp://www.somethingmechanical.com

The first of many, our relatable heroes are joined by Pepper Corny, the 10 week old Boston Terrier puppy that is now a regular fixture at the studio.  Thankfully she wasn't in a speaking mood.  Without a guest, Joey and James converse through a minefield of production screwups, mixing and music online communities, live music and the praising of Greg Wright (local live tech), and purging gear and software.  No "real" coffee was consumed in the making of this episode.

In this, the first ever anniversary, our heroes acknowledge and abandon the celebration of this rapper inspired podcast.  More importantly, The Sing/Songwriter/Actor/Producer/Screenwriter/etc… Alan Holmes joins us for a wonderful "tip of the iceberg" exploration of the LGBTQ community and the arts community.  Alan is wonderfully entertaining and bring well thought insight about life as an artist.  

Find Alan in the following ways.

https://www.youtube.com/user/ChimeraPopArtist

In this remaking of a timeless classic, our heroes discuss a concert Joey was clearly excited to see that James is quite angry about. A conversation about bad service at music stores bores Joey to the point of a demanding request to change subjects, and express mild concern over a common but confusing love for the "dark age of media" and budgets of yesteryear.  Our hosts, unaccompanied, are at their finest.

Joey has returned! But he's leaving again…  though just for the day, apparently.  Meanwhile, on this episode, Chris Tarvudd joins us to talk about his music/community project called Yeg Music.  (That's "y-egg" instead of Y-E-G).  Chris talks about his community minded approach, his model for always making sure everyone gets paid for playing, and how he indirectly develops good habits in his artists.  Even Joey is excited throughout the episode.  Strangely enough, the tangents are kept to a minimum.  Take THAT, Keri!

Yeg Music

Website: http://www.yegmusicofficial.com

Twitter: @YegLocalLive

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theyegmusic