Matt Pryor of The Get Up Kids and more talks with Jim about the state of lockdown musician life, writing on commission and battling the negative inner voice.

Jim and producer Justin Meldal-Johnsen try to break down why we like what we like to a simple place. And, how the core of creative puzzle-solving is basically the core of everything else.

Courtney and Jim rap about writing whilst abroad, launching an album during a pandemic and holding out for an inspired work.

Jim and the Floss get to the root of why we choose to create art, challenging your self perceptions and breakdancing.

David and Jim talk about the places you go in your own head when performing, the hesitance to let things suck and letting the creative magnet draw in whatever might come.

Jim and Tegan chat about quarantine projects, reinventing your musical identity and defiantly flying into proverbial hurricane wall of the “rules”, without any.

Jim and Ben chat from the early days of COVID lockdown about letting go of the pressure to create, remote collab work and assembling a rock-voltron of people you have worked with to channel into an imaginary guide.

Jim and Chris chop it up about studio environments, tweaking out on Axe-Fx and summoning the willingness to trash that one cool thing you absolutely think you need … that you really don’t.

Nate Ruess (Fun, The Format) raps out with Jim (Adkins) about the cringe factor in co-write sessions, writing to avoid writing and Static Prevails-times.

Jim and Steve talk about crawling out of the primordial punk rock ooze, playing (then later sleeping) in Steve’s kitchen and the differences between how EDM and rock world approach song structure.