Roger Joseph Manning Jr. is an amazingly talented keyboardist, singer and songwriter.  He has released music with Jellyfish, Imperial Drag, his own solo career and most recently with two of his Jellyfish bandmates as The Lickerish Quartet.  He has also recorded and/or toured with Beck, Morrissey, Ringo Starr, P!nk, Blink 182, Roger Waters and many more.  In this episode we discuss why Jellyfish wasn't more well known, how the music business has changed, musical inspiration and more!  

00:00 - Intro
01:06 - Top of the Pops 
02:15 - Lickerish Quartet 
06:05 - Popularity of Rock Pop Music 
08:15 - Working with Big Artists 
10:05 - Jellyfish Vs. Pink Floyd 
12:23 - Jellyfish & Radiohead 
15:30 - Jellyfish & Seattle Bands 
17:20 - End of Jellyfish 
18:17 - Music Business Now Vs. Then 
26:05 - Focus for Original Music & Session Work 
29:55 - Recording Music 
33:23 - Keytar 
34:45 - Moog Cookbook & Daft Punk 
37:10 - The Black Crowes & Tears for Fears 
38:40 - Music & Film School at USC 
42:38 - Indie Music & Films 
43:45 - Doing Live Shows as Lickerish Quartet 
48:01 - Pay Attention to Politics 
49:15 - Outro 

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