Brad Cooney Podcast

When Bay Area electronic outfit Blast Havers sits down to make new music, they do so with the dance floor and the people on it in mind. 

But that’s not all––after all, the group is isolated and often seated at a desk when a new tune comes to life. And so Blast Havers aims to make music with more than just danceable beats in mind, and the group’s quirky sound design and witty lyricism are meant for a wider audience. 

“The audience has to be expanded to people who want to be on the dance floor at the moment but aren’t,” the group says. “We’re listening to it in the car, at a desk, and we’re imagining where we want to be at that moment, having fun. We’re bringing a different angle to it where it’s not just on the dance floor and losing your mind to the music, but maybe there’s something else that hooks you.”

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Rose Prince is an artist who thrives on the emotional authenticity of his music. And, through his own emotional authenticity, he hopes to find relatability with his listeners. His new single “Freak” is one that compiles a series of late night adventures he's had in his life. He hopes it reminds people of their own exciting nights out. 

“I’m picking up diamonds and curating certain experiences from my life. I want to say it's like a dark dream…somewhere between fantasy and reality. It’s not like my life is like this every day…but I wrote this song because I’ve been there.”

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On the surface, “Dreams,” the latest single by Burt Bankkz, is a righteous hip-hop ballad about going after dreams, in his case, music as a way out of the hardship of growing up on the streets of a hard section of Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

“I made the song based on the past struggles that I’ve been going through with life, growing up as a kid in a poor community and stuff.”

The guitar and the beat gently rock through his story of escape. Burt delivers the lyrics at speed but in waves set to the slower pace of the melody, telling a story of dreams, not just in life and livelihood, but also in music.

The song is based on his life, but it is also about what he wants to do with his music.

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Former Heavyweight contender and US Olympian Jason Estrada and his dad, boxing trainer and founder of "Bix Six Boxing Academy" talk about their journey up the ranks of boxing, from the early amateur days, to the Olympics, and ultimately the professional ranks.

Both men also chime in on the upcoming Mike Tyson, Vs. Jake Paul boxing match. They talk about the strategy that both men would put forth from the Tyson perspective, and the Jake Paul perspective. 

Have a listen! 

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With a message of brotherhood, sisterhood and faith — gospel delivered at high speed in a joyful fusion of pop, funk, R&B, Motown and dance — The Stewarts, brothers Del and Garry K., are back with “Stand.”

Joy is a hallmark of all their music.

“‘Stand’ is a good-message song for the world, for brothers and sisters to come together, to show love to one another,” said Garry. “No more hatred. Show love. Pick up your brothers and sisters when they fall down. Pick them up.”

“In my personal opinion,” said Del, “‘Stand’ will generate hopefully more conversation about coming together, about treating people fairly, standing up for each other — brothers and sisters coming together.”

“And stand up for your faith,” added Garry.

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“We just tried to write a good, old fashioned rock and roll song,” said Jimmy, “where the listeners would wonder what happened to their socks: well, they got rocked off by The Jimmy Dixon Group! So, we wrote a little rock and roll tune for our vintage electric guitars and plugged ’em into an amp.”

Mission accomplished.

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With a ditty-bopping, hand-clapping dance beat and playful lyrics, Australian artist James Atlas makes fun of and celebrates a kind of mall and shopping culture in his latest synth-pop release “Retail Therapy.”

“It’s about my own shopping addiction, and it’s about me kind of laughing at that while also reveling in it,” he said.

In fact, the inspiration came from one of the world’s most famous malls.

“When I listened to the arrangement for that one, I was walking around Dubai. I’d just been to the Dubai Mall, and the track took my mind straight to what I had just been doing at the mall. They were so closely related in style that I thought it would be funny to do a song about shopping addiction.”

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Indie-pop rock artist SUNSCREEN’s tag line is “SUNSCREEN is a feeling.” A good feeling. If his latest release, “MOVE WITH ME,” doesn’t make you feel good, or at least better, watch the video on his YouTube channel.

If that doesn’t do the trick, wait five minutes, play it again. If you’re still unmoved, see a doctor.

“At the end of the day,” he said, “my songs elicit feelings. ‘MOVE WITH ME’ is meant to be a wedding playlist, dance floor song.”

The song starts off fast and kicks into high gear after the intro, which is intended to get people excited and in position to dance “at a wedding or a party or any sort of social gathering.”

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Season 26 of NBC's "The Voice" has delivered some of the best singers in the country, and one of them is a young lady named Shye! She wow'd the judges with her rendition of "Superman" which netted her a 4 chair turn!

Shye had all of the judges making STRONG pitches trying to get her to select them to be her coach. Gwen Stefani seemed visibly touched by Shye's performance and pitched very hard to get her. Shye went with singing legend Michael Buble' 

In this Podcast Shye talks about her journey and working with Buble' , as well as life since the blind auditions. Have a listen!

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J PAUL, FROM SEASON 26 OF "THE VOICE" JOINED THE SHOW AND TALKED ABOUT HIS AMAZING BLIND AUDITION. HE GOT A 3 CHAIR TURN AND WENT ON TO PICK SINGING LEGEND MICHAEL BUBLE' TO BE HIS COACH.  HAVE A LISTEN TO WHAT HE SAID ABOUT HIS JOURNEY TO THE SHOW! 

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