Adam and Cory discuss the 61st Grammys and competitions in music

Mike Jackson & Adam Watts sit down with Dartmouth,  Cadets and Carolina Crown Drum Corps alumni and Yamaha Drums Product Specialist Paul Winterhalter. Paul came up under the tutelage of well known Marching Arts Instructor Tom Aungst. Paul also helps out with Broken City Percussion.

Adam and Cory talk about distractions to the artist and how it can affect your work, laryngitis, and The Beatles.

Mike Jackson & Adam Watts answer listener questions while drinking chamomile tea in the foggy mountains of Julian CA. They discuss their musical influences, their favorite musical surprise moments in songs, the best way to upgrade your home studio to a pro-level, Adam's approach to songwriting and recording (Lyrics first? Music first?), and more.

In episode 7 we sit down with Marching Arts luminary, badass and cool dude, John Mapes. John is the co-creative director and battery writer of the renowned marching arts group Pulse Percussion and co-founder of Box-6. Lots of juicy stuff in this one. We discuss, compare, contrast, and find interesting alignment in John and Mike's creative processes and hear about Mapes' rich musical background, his approach to show-design and his great long time creative partnership with Ian From and how it all began.

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Mike and Adam answer listener questions at Broken City Studios, in Julian CA.: digging into how to get over the fear of putting your work out into the world and a whole lot more.

Adam talks about working with Chris Lord-Alge and Jack Joseph Puig and what he learned through it. Purposely tricking yourself when mixing, drumming on a bag of Trader Joe's snap peas, and Taylor Swift

Adam and Cory discuss sharing mixes in cars, big concerts, front men/women charisma, audio wave forms, and the relationship between melancholy/depression and creativity.

Adam Watts & Mike Jackson answer listener questions (from Twitter: @BrokenCityPerc) about art versus entertainment, the challenges of writing a Broken City Percussion show design and a lot more... Recorded at Broken City Studios in Brea, CA 11/12/18

Adam and Cory answer some Listener questions