Rock Paper Podcast

The other night I caught up with my friends Ethan Leinwand & Nick Pence, better known as The Bottlesnakes! We talk about how the group came to be, their debut album CANDY SHOPPE, stories behind these songs, upcoming shows & so much more.

On this episode you'll hear:

• Bottlesnake Blues
• Candy Shoppe
• East St.Louis

See them LIVE

1/11 at The Focal Point

1/30 at Champaign Urbana Winter Folk Festival

First Friday's at Schlafly Bottleworks

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Pick up a copy of CANDY SHOPPE at Euclid Records in St.Louis, MO, wherever you get digital music or CD's available at any upcoming shows.

My friend Thomas Isaac Walton of Seeing Seven & Blue Creek Productions joins me for today's episode! We dive into some of his early days of music, songwriting, play some live acoustic, talk about new music coming soon & his production work. 

On this episode you'll hear: 

• A Pulse And A Blindside (Acoustic)
• Not A Love Song (Acoustic)
• Something Better (Acoustic)

You can find "A Pulse And A Blindside" wherever you get digital music. "Not A Love Song" due out 1/11 on all platforms!

You can also find the Seeing Seven music digitally everywhere!

Back in August 2019, I invited my friends The Brothers Reed & Tim Lloyd of The Western States to join me at Naked Vine for my monthly Singer Songwriter Storytelling Showcase. This is the audio recorded that evening. Be sure to support these wonderful people! Buy an album, go see them live, follow them on Facebook & Instagram, it all helps.

Thanks again to Naked Vine for giving this showcase a home. We'll be back out there January 14th, 2020 with Ethan Jones, Lisa Houdei & Chris Curd. 7pm.

The other day I took drive out to Benton, IL to meet with Jonathon Walters. Jonathon is a professional photographer, podcast host, motivational speaker, teacher & more! He has some amazing stories of his journey to share. 

Please click Subscribe to his podcast The Mindset Matrix wherever you are listening to this show.

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The other night I took a drive to Washington, MO to meet up with my friend and returning guest Gabe Stroup. Gabe has a new project called 3.3.3 and a new EP he's been working on. On today's show you'll get an advanced sneak peek at the EP, we talk stories behind some of these songs, upcoming show & everything in between.

You'll hear:

• Miracle
• Digital Sunset ft ATG
• Magic ft Dub Flow
• The Good Fight

Pre-order the album TODAY at 333stl.bandcamp.com

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See 3.3.3 LIVE

1/17 at Blueberry Hill Duck Room with ATG, Die Criminal & Ryan Cheney

Ian & Collin of Little Cowboy stop by the show to talk about their debut EP, Matt F Basler, working with Jon Heisserer of Asthmatic Productions, their go to karaoke songs & much more.

You'll hear:

• Indifference 
• Something New

Find more on Facebook, Twitter & Instagram! LittleCowboyBand.com

See them LIVE

1/3 at Off Broadway for EP Release Party with Choir Vandals & Starwolf 

tickets at OffBroadwaySTL.com

Brother Francis & Jacob of Brother Francis and The Soultones return to the show!! We get into talking about their latest album WHAT IS ROMANCE?, their new music video, upcoming shows, new projects they are working on & even play a live acoustic tune.

See them LIVE

12/27 Phillip-A-Looza at Old Rock House with The Scandaleros, Sean Canan's Voodoo Players, Clusterpluck & The Service

1/3 at The Heavy Anchor with Dr. Slappenstein

Every 1st Saturday & 3rd Thursdays at Venice Cafe

Find more shows on their Facebook & Instagram pages!

You'll hear:

• On The Table
• Sad Eyes
• Stars (Live Acoustic)

Singer songwriter Hunter Hamilton joins me on the show! We recorded this episode live from the Livery Company in St.Louis, MO. I had a great time getting to hang with Hunter. I'd been seeing his name a lot and bumped into him a few times around town, so it was fun to get to know a little more about him.

We talk about moving to St.Louis, some influences, his biggest fear & jam 2 live acoustic songs!

On this episode you'll hear:

• I've Got Songs to Sing (Live Acoustic)
• No More Tears (Live Acoustic)

See Hunter LIVE

12/21 The Monocle with The Fighting Side & Caroline Steinkamp

12/23 Livery Company with YardEagle

12/26 South Broadway Athletic Club with Nick Gusman & Brother Francis and The Soultones

1/3 Venice Cafe with YardEagle

Follow Hunter Hamilton Group on Facebook & Instagram for dates & information.

The other day I stopped in to meet up with Daemon & Zech Biship to discuss some of their journey in music, working together, Daemon perfomring DJ Shadow, Netflix deal & tons more. 

On this episode you'll hear:

• DJ Shadow "Urgent Important Please Read ft Rockwell Knuckles, Daemon & Tef Poe
• Kill Em All "Banksy" ft Daemon
• Daemon "The Night Is Young" ft Zech Biship
• Daemon "Hard To Say" 

Find more Daemon music on Spotify or wherever you get digital music! Follow along on Facebook & Instagram.

See Daemon LIVE

Dec 28 at The Monocle with Kill Em All, Tigre Nolo, Capo, Rec Riddles & DJ Who.

Tom Slick of of Dr.Slappinstein stops by the show to talk about their new album MALPRACTICE & give us a sneak peek at some songs and share some stories behind them. 

You'll hear:

• Afraid To Fall In Love
• Whatchu Got
• Barfight Blues

Find MALPRACTICE wherever you get digital music! Follow online on Facebook & Instagram.

See them LIVE

1/3 at The Heavy Anchor with Brother Francis & The Soultones