Welcome to Off the Beaten Clef! This week, we were fortunate enough to sit down and talk with Nate Dickerson, lead singer of Motherfolk, who recently released his new side project’s first EP - MEOWBOYS In Space. We discuss the idea behind MEOWBOYS, the recording process, and so much more. Thanks Nate for joining us this week! We finish the episode with Songs of the Show and a preview of what is coming up next week.

Check out MEOWBOYS’s new EP, In Space on Spotify / Apple Music 

MEOWBOYS- Instagram

Motherfolk - Instagram

Songs of the Show:

Kev - Motherboard (Drumless Edition) by Daft Punk (Spotify / Apple Music) // Dil - YEAH! by Between You & Me (Spotify / Apple Music) // Mason - Every Step That I Take ft. Portugal. The Man and Whethan by Tom Morello (Spotify / Apple Music) // Ben - Bounce by Black Tiger Sex Machine, EDDIE, YMIR (Spotify / Apple Music)

OTBC Social Media: Merch - offthebeatenclef.com // Instagram - @offthebeatenclef // Twitter - @OffClef // Email - [email protected] // Discord - Link HERE

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Welcome to Off the Beaten Clef! This week, we are fortunate enough to sit down with Jesea Lee - A Cleveland native who has forged his way as a music news Tiktoker, SiriusXM radio host, and most recently a podcaster (called the Jesea Lee Show). We talk about how he has paved his way, his inspirations for his podcast, how the local music scene has changed, and we even shoot from the hip to pick our five favorite Ohio bands. Check out the playlists below if you are interested in hearing those bands - and thank you Jesea for joining us this week!

To check out Jesea’s Social Media - ⁠Tiktok⁠ / ⁠Podcast⁠ / ⁠YouTube⁠ 

Up and Coming Artists From Ohio: Playlist on Spotify / Apple Music

Jesea’s Picks -Dead Bundy, Heart Attack Man, Between Home and Serenity, Scene Queen, Rusted Hearts

Dillon’s Picks- Sign Language, SlutBomb, Mat Kerekes / Citizen, HARBOUR, MEOWBOYS / Motherfolk 

Songs of the Show:

Dil - Habits by Footballhead (Spotify / Apple Music) // Kev - Over Jostled by The Totemist, Rabea Massaad (Spotify / Apple Music) // Ben - Pantheon by Seven Lions, Ophelia Records (Spotify / Apple Music) // Cody Garrett - Everybody Have Fun Tonight by Wang Chung (Spotify / Apple Music) // Louie - Cellar Door by Spiritbox (Spotify / Apple Music) // Mason - Cut Her Son’s Hair With My Ball Trimmers by Chris Crack (Spotify / Apple Music) // Rita - ARMY OF ME by In This Moment (Spotify / Apple Music)

OTBC Social Media:

Merch - offthebeatenclef.com // Instagram - @offthebeatenclef // Twitter - @OffClef // Email - [email protected] // Discord - Link HERE

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Welcome to Off the Beaten Clef! This week, we are bringing back one of our favorite mood playlists - The Spooky Playlist! This is our third rendition of The Spooky Playlist, as we welcome back our friend and recurring guest Tommy Bakara. With the help of Tommy we picked five songs each that are completely different from years past. We also discuss our audience submissions, to which we have seven! So thank you to all that contributed to the playlist to make it a nice, diverse, 22 song playlist in time for all the halloween parties and spooky season. To enjoy the playlists on Spotify or Apple Music, check the links below! The Complete Spooky playlist featuring songs from all three years is included as well. Enjoy!

Songs of the Show:

OTBC Social Media:

Merch - offthebeatenclef.com

Instagram - @offthebeatenclef

Twitter - @OffClef

Email - [email protected]

Discord - Link HERE

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Welcome to Off the Beaten Clef! This week, we have a special guest with us to discuss our second installment of the Bonfire Playlist, Lauren! Lauren discusses her pick for the playlist, and Kev and Dil dig into other audience submissions and one another's picks for the playlist. What got left off the playlist? What is your go to Bonfire Playlist jam? Let us know on social media / discord! 

To listen to The Bonfire Playlist II on Spotify / Apple Music

To listen to last year’s OTBC Bonfire Playlist on Spotify 

Audience Submissions: Lauren - Stand By Me by Ben E. King, Mason - Dial Drunk by, Noah Kahan, Hannah - The Gold by Manchester Orchestra, Ben - Ain’t That Enough by Collective Soul, Louie - Plush (Acoustic) by Stone Temple Pilots

Dil’s Picks: All My Love by Noah Kahan, Would You Tell Picasso to Sell His Guitar? by Ben Quad, Stupid by I Love Your Lifestyle, Joy Ephemeral by Free Throw, Covet by Basement

Kev’s Picks: Is This Love by Bob Marley & The Wailers, A Sunday Kind of Love by Etta James, Nutshell by Alice In Chains, Timothy by Tallest Man On Earth, Why Can’t We Be Friends? by War

Songs of the Show:

OTBC Social Media: Merch - offthebeatenclef.com, Instagram - @offthebeatenclef, Twitter - @OffClef, Email - [email protected], Discord - Link HERE

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Welcome to Off the Beaten Clef! This week, we reflect on our three year anniversary of the show. We recap the last 48 episodes we have done this year, we have some audio clips from our friends of the show (as well as some emails), and then we draft our favorite songs of the show from the last year. Thanks for listening, years to another year of talking music! 

Special thanks to contributions on this episode from Ben Carter, Tommy Bakara, Louie Curren, Cody Garrett, and Mason Miller.

To listen to the Song of the Show Playlist (Year 2 to Year 3) on Spotify

To listen to the Song of the Show Draft Picks on Spotify / Apple Music 

Dil’s Picks:

Kev’s Picks:

OTBC Social Media: Merch - offthebeatenclef.com, Instagram - @offthebeatenclef, Twitter - @OffClef, Email - [email protected], Discord - Link HERE

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Welcome to Off the Beaten Clef! This week, we have created a playlist and an episode dedicated to artists we lost too soon. Instead of wallowing, we try to spin it into enjoying the wonderful art we gained from these artists in the short time they were creating. Enjoy the playlist and let us know what we missed!

Next week, we will be doing a special episode to commemorate our three years of Off the Beaten Clef. If you would like to send us an email, audio clip, or even just a short sentence on discord - the links are below! We love you guys.

To listen to the Artists Gone Too Soon Playlist on Spotify

Audience Submissions: Louie - Everything Dies by Type O Negative (Peter Steele), Rita - I Am the Highway by Audioslave // No More Sorrow by Linkin Park, Mason - Self Care by Mac Miller, Ben - Pure Grinding by Avicii

Dil’s Picks: You Only Live Once by Suicide Silence (Mitch Lucker), Burnout by Misser (Tim Landers), Mr. Crowley by Ozzie Osbourne (Randy Rhoades), Come & Go ft. Marshmello by Juice WRLD, Miss Misery by Elliot Smith

Kev’s Picks: Bold as Love by Jimi Hendrix, I Have Nothing by Whitney Houston, When Doves Cry by Prince, Tammy, the Swine Queen by Gwar (Dave Brockie), Regulate by Warren G & Nate Dogg (Nate Dogg)

Songs of the Show: Dil - Rory ft. Prince Daddy and the Hyena by Foxing (Spotify / Apple Music) // Kev - Within (Drumless Edition) by Daft Punk (Spotify / Apple Music) 

OTBC Social Media: Merch - offthebeatenclef.com, Instagram - @offthebeatenclef, Twitter - @OffClef, Email - [email protected], Discord - Link HERE

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Welcome to Off the Beaten Clef! This week, we discuss a topic near and dear to our hearts - TV Theme songs! It feels like it is from a bygone era, and we discuss the nostalgia connected to our picks as we draft our favorites. We get 10 picks deep PER person which is way more than we normally do, so we hope the passion is contagious. What got left off the list? Let us know on social media or discord! 

To listen to a playlist of our TV Theme Song picks on Spotify 

Songs of the Show:

Dil - chipotle by bbno$ (Spotify / Apple Music)

Kev - Thomas the Dank Engine (Spotify / YouTube) 

Louie - 12 Black Rainbows by Type O Negative (Spotify / Apple Music) 

Mason - What’s New Scooby Doo? by Simple Plan (Spotify / Apple Music) 

Ben - Days Before Grace by ZHU (Spotify / Apple Music)

OTBC Social Media:

Merch - offthebeatenclef.com

Instagram - @offthebeatenclef

Twitter - @OffClef

Email - [email protected]

Discord - Link HERE

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Welcome to Off the Beaten Clef! This week, we are discussing the end of an era: Dethalbum IV by Metalocalypse: Dethklok. We discuss the background of the album and the TV show (Metalocalypse), the albums that run concurrent with the shows / movies, and the excitement we have after a ten year break in between Dethalbum III and IV. We also get to give an inside look into the brains behind the show / Dethklok, Brendan Small, via interview snippets.

To listen to Dethalbum IV by Metalocalypse: Dethklok on Spotify / Apple Music / YouTube

Songs of the Show:

OTBC Social Media:

Merch - offthebeatenclef.com

Instagram - @offthebeatenclef

Twitter - @OffClef

Email - [email protected]

Discord - Link HERE

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Welcome to Off the Beaten Clef! As a bonus episode this week, we are including audio from the Vinyl Countdown Podcast that was aired 9/5 featuring Dillon - discussing the post hardcore / emo classic from 2006. Thank you to Jeremie for having Dillon on to discuss this fun album, as well as allowing us to use the audio for our feed (even though he did the hard work of editing it).

To check out the Vinyl Countdown Podcast:

Spotify / Apple Podcast / Instagram

To listen to Don't You Fake It by Red Jumpsuit Apparatus:
Spotify / Apple Music  / Youtube

OTBC Social Media:

Merch - offthebeatenclef.com

Instagram - @offthebeatenclef

Twitter - @OffClef

Email - [email protected]

Discord - Link HERE

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Welcome to Off the Beaten Clef! We are going off script this week to discuss an issue that is near and dear to our heart - the summer heat. We are doing a draft on our favorite things about summer finally being over - and we will need your help on social media / discord discerning the winner. Thanks for listening and make sure to tune in to our other episode airing today discussing Don't You Fake It by Red Jumpsuit Apparatus!

Songs of the Show:

Kev - YO HO (PEG THE POOPDECK) by TheDooo / video of how it was made on YouTube 

Dil - The Ghost of Billy Royalton by Dance Gavin Dance

OTBC Social Media:

Merch - offthebeatenclef.com

Instagram - @offthebeatenclef

Twitter - @OffClef

Email - [email protected]

Discord - Link HERE

Thanks for listening!