Chatting with my friend David Didio, a fellow Pittsburgh musician, songwriter and producer who releases music and performs under the name Stone Throwers. I've mixed and mastered some of their releases which is how I met them. You can find them on Spotify or any major streaming outlet. 

This might only be relevant to other people who self schedule.

Here's the most recent schedule I've designed. I was trying to make a schedule that was going to flexible yet rigid enough to allow me to get to all the things that I'd like to work on. I haven't employed it yet so maybe it won't work well, but I'm thinking this might be the ticket for me. I'll

5:00 - Wake + breakfast

6:00 - Exercise + post workout meal

7:30 - meditation + journaling

8:30 - 12:30 - Work Block 1

12:30-1:00 - Lunch

1:00-5:00 - Work Block 2

Talking about the new music and things in the works for 2023.

Talking about yesterdays recording session at The Vault Recording Studio in Pittsburgh. https://thevaultrecording.com/

This episode features vocologist, band merch salesman, bubble extraordinaire, and friend Keith Harker.

Talking about my recent experience performing at Summerdance.

Talking about my current strategies for surviving as a musician.

Talking about the shows we've played so far this summer. Our Pittsburgh show at Thunderbird, Peach Fest, and The Werk Out.

Venting about a recent covid cancellation, my collaboration with our guitarist Jon Henderson, release strategy, and quitting nicotine.

Sky Ridge:

https://soundcloud.com/jon-tom

Instagram: @SkyRidgeMusic

Answering some listener submitted questions on mixing.

If you have any topics or questions you'd like me to discuss on the podcast about Chalk Dinosaur, mixing, composing, bean mush, etc, email them to [email protected]