Mike and AJ chat about how dumb you look when you are hating on Games of Thrones and popular music, the brand new "Mike’s Unpopular Opinion" segment, future of music venues and musicians, and we review and critique local music submissions.

Nick Booth, formerly of Avoid. and currently in Ghost Key, joins the podcast to chat about ending a successful band and joining a new one out of his comfort zone, using music as a social platform, how to put value into your music/product and so much more.

On this episode, I get to chat with Steve Witschel, who is the founder of Cover Band Central and a full-time gigging musician on Bourbon Street in New Orleans. We chat about the evolution of his Facebook page, the importance of cover bands, advantages to gigging out of town and whether or not you should take liberties with your cover versions.

Sean Prior of Friendly Fire: On, A Casual Affair and Janey Rocket joins the podcast to discuss many topics including the importance of videos when it comes to music and experiencing music as both a fan and a musician when it comes to covers vs originals.

Dick Prall and Billy Barton of Iowa-based band Dickie, join the podcast to discuss their career as musicians, crowd-funding projects and whether or not new music venues can make it around here.

Mike and AJ are back in the studio and dive deep into social Media usage, cover charge debates, local musician entitlement, battle of the bands and more. Some would call a few of the statements controversial.

Mike Schulte and AJ Vens record the podcast episode live from Tailgators during the CRMS 1 year anniversary meet up. We look back on the last year and are joined by Maxx Mitchell, Terry McDowell, Ian Draves, Jeff Roggendorf, Shane Lunsford and Cale Henderson.

Elizabeth Moen, Iowa-based singer/songwriter joins the podcast to discuss her life as a full-time musician.

Matt Rissi, a techno DJ from Cedar Rapids, IA, joins us on the podcast to talk about the dance music world and how it compares to live music and how special events can be the next step for an artist.

Jeff Roalson of Iowa original band, Halfloves, joins the podcast and we discuss the challenges of the local original band scene and how Halfloves have found their way.