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Chris Trapper: Twelve Albums, No Backup Plan
He wrote a song about loss. Months later, his brother died. The song already knew.
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Chris Trapper grew up the sixth of six kids in Buffalo, got his identity from a fifth-grade school musical, and has spent thirty years making a career out of what his father told him to chase. At the 30A Songwriters Festival in January, host Jason English sits down with the Boston-based singer-songwriter for a conversation that covers mailbox money, sync licensing, a duet with Pat Benatar, and the album opener he wrote months before his brother died. Watching Sparks Fly By is his twelfth record, and "Campfire Symphony," its first track, is the one that made him understand he had been grieving before the loss arrived. The question the conversation leaves open: what does it take to keep going when the thing that saved you is the same thing everyone told you not to count on?
🎵 Chris Trapper's latest: Watching Sparks Fly By (2025)
⏱️ CHAPTERS
0:00 Cold Open
1:02 Welcome to Curious Goldfish
3:32 First Time at 30A Songwriters Festival
8:00 Watching Sparks Fly By and Sync Licensing
14:30 The Call From His Father
17:00 No Backup Plan
19:48 Touring With Pat Benatar
21:57 Stuttering and the Stage
25:12 Losing a Brother to Addiction
29:02 Writing "Keg on My Coffin"
31:00 Twelve Albums and What's Next
34:23 60 Seconds of Curiosity
36:00 Live Performance: "Toast to Us" / "Campfire Symphony"
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📬 NEWSLETTER: Chords of Curiosity goes deeper on every episode. The moments that didn't make the clips, what I'm learning running this show, and one curiosity prompt every issue -> https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup
ABOUT CURIOUS GOLDFISH
A music podcast about more than music. Inspired by Ted Lasso. I talk with singer-songwriters and bands in Americana, folk, roots, and country about the lives behind the songs: resilience, faith, marriage, the business of music, and what keeps an artist going. Every episode ends with the same question about curiosity, and no two answers are alike.
New episodes every other week.
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By Jason EnglishHe wrote a song about loss. Months later, his brother died. The song already knew.
Get the stories behind the episodes -> https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup
Chris Trapper grew up the sixth of six kids in Buffalo, got his identity from a fifth-grade school musical, and has spent thirty years making a career out of what his father told him to chase. At the 30A Songwriters Festival in January, host Jason English sits down with the Boston-based singer-songwriter for a conversation that covers mailbox money, sync licensing, a duet with Pat Benatar, and the album opener he wrote months before his brother died. Watching Sparks Fly By is his twelfth record, and "Campfire Symphony," its first track, is the one that made him understand he had been grieving before the loss arrived. The question the conversation leaves open: what does it take to keep going when the thing that saved you is the same thing everyone told you not to count on?
🎵 Chris Trapper's latest: Watching Sparks Fly By (2025)
⏱️ CHAPTERS
0:00 Cold Open
1:02 Welcome to Curious Goldfish
3:32 First Time at 30A Songwriters Festival
8:00 Watching Sparks Fly By and Sync Licensing
14:30 The Call From His Father
17:00 No Backup Plan
19:48 Touring With Pat Benatar
21:57 Stuttering and the Stage
25:12 Losing a Brother to Addiction
29:02 Writing "Keg on My Coffin"
31:00 Twelve Albums and What's Next
34:23 60 Seconds of Curiosity
36:00 Live Performance: "Toast to Us" / "Campfire Symphony"
📊 FREE REPORT: What 573 fans and artists told us about streaming, AI, and where the money in music actually goes. Get the State of Music survey summary free -> https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/state-of-music-summary-signup
📬 NEWSLETTER: Chords of Curiosity goes deeper on every episode. The moments that didn't make the clips, what I'm learning running this show, and one curiosity prompt every issue -> https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup
ABOUT CURIOUS GOLDFISH
A music podcast about more than music. Inspired by Ted Lasso. I talk with singer-songwriters and bands in Americana, folk, roots, and country about the lives behind the songs: resilience, faith, marriage, the business of music, and what keeps an artist going. Every episode ends with the same question about curiosity, and no two answers are alike.
New episodes every other week.
🌐 curiousgoldfish.com 🎧 Spotify | Apple Podcasts 📸 @curiousgoldfishpodcast