Couch Riffs

Our guest for this episode is the perpetually cool Terry Date, producer and mixing engineer for bands such as Soundgarden, Pantera, Deftones, Slayer and the list goes on. Terry's track record is very impressive and when it came time for my band, Loaded, to make an album with him a few years back I was well nervous. But, what an easy guy to work with and a man with legendary stories! I was happy to have him share his career trajectory here and tell some fun stories along the way. I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did!

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Our guest for this episode is Doug Kauer of Kauer Guitars out of Sacramento CA. Doug's embrace of technology to help him create and build consistent and great guitars is something we admire greatly at Couch Riffs. Did we mention that they're beautiful, too? And, if that wasn't enough Doug has a heart of gold and has done a number of charity guitars this year during a time when it would be very easy to adopt a more selfish attitude. Thank you Doug! I hope you all enjoy this conversation as much as I enjoyed having it.

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Our guest on this episode is Jack Bates of Smashing Pumpkins and also Peter Hook & The Light. We talk a bit about sports for a while, which is a first on the podcast I'm pretty sure. Then, we get around to talking about music, playing bass, touring, and life in the time of Covid. I had a great time speaking with Jack and I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did!

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Our guest on this episode is the infinitely impressive and equally humble Paul Gilbert. Paul was in to the spotlight at a young age as a hyper-technical shred guitarist, GIT instructor, and leader of Racer X and later Mr Big. Over the years Paul's playing has evolved, matured, and continues to impress players and music fans all over the world. He continues to be a huge inspiration to me and it was a pleasure to host him on the podcast. He is an excellent story teller and I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did! Go check out his online guitar school HERE!

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Our guest for this episode is Kirk Douglas of The Roots. Kirk has probably found himself in more extraordinary musical situations than any of our guests before him. In addition to holding down the guitar position in The Roots and on Jimmy Fallon's Late Night Show he released an album last year by the name of Hundred Watt Heart. If you're a fan of nasty guitar riffs and tones, Gibson's through Marshalls, and vocals that meet eye to eye with outstanding guitar performances you should check this album out. We talked about the musicians that have influenced him throughout his career, how he landed in The Roots, his connection to Vernon Reid, and of course the infamous Prince incident. I couldn't help myself, we were already half way there in natural conversation! I hope you enjoy this conversation as much I did.

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Our guest this episode is Ben Weinman, founding member and leader of the incredible but defunct band The Dillinger Escape Plan. As of late he has been managing artists, raising a family, and managing a farm of rescue animals in rural New Jersey. A TON of energy goes in to maintaining this rescue and I would recommend checking out a little about that HERE. You can support the efforts of this rescue, as well. I love this conversation and we covered a lot of things parallel to lives in music. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!

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Our guest for this episode is the multi-instrumentalist member of The Decemberists, Chris Funk. Chris knows his way around a studio and has recorded and produced albums by Red Fang, The Builders and The Butchers, and Langhorne Slim and also puts his dobro talents to good use in Black Prairie, an eclectic and dreamy band with a blend of bluegrass, klezmer, and soundtrack-oriented vibes. I had a great time catching up with Chris and I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did.

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Our guest for this episode is the multi-instrumentalist member of The Decemberists, Chris Funk. Chris knows his way around a studio and has recorded and produced albums by Red Fang, The Builders and The Butchers, and Langhorne Slim and also puts his dobro talents to good use in Black Prairie, an eclectic and dreamy band with a blend of bluegrass, klezmer, and soundtrack-oriented vibes. I had a great time catching up with Chris and I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did. 

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