Welcome to Episode 64 of Tapestry - today I am joined by Mike Campanile and Kyle Weaver, who together embody the genre-defying band known as Syberia. They describe Syberia’s sound as “trash metal,” but it’s safe to say this Delaware County PA band has a lot more in store than just garbage. Kyle and Mike spoke with me about their upcoming album Revive, experiences in musical theater and music education, their forward-thinking approach to writing, the old-school punk ethos, and many more fascinating looks into their writing process.

Intro and outro music: ‘Living Dead,’ performed by Syberia


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Welcome to Episode 63 of Tapestry - today I am joined by Mike Eubanks and Nate Gilcher, two friends who met while attending Ohio University and who now host their own music podcast (Nate & Mike Talk Music). Mike now arranges drum charts for various college marching bands, plays in Athens, Ohio-based rock band Amethystone, and Nate is a radio host in Huntington, West Virginia. Between the two of them, they spilled their thoughts on the changing face of the music industry, lessons they have learned from being in marching band, the challenges and rewards of working in the radio industry, and on how they approach their own music podcast.

Intro and outro music: ‘Hold On,’ performed by Amethystone


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Welcome to Episode 62 of Tapestry - Taylor Batory, a solo guitarist, composer, and audio producer, joined me on the show to talk about writing musical homages to existing media, his recent experience in becoming a Canadian citizen, changing technology and hands-on experience in college, and how a high school photo inspired an entire comedic pirate-themed album.

Intro and outro music: ‘Sway,’ written by Taylor Batory and performed with guest artists

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Welcome to Episode 61 of Tapestry. Today my friend Mark Jovanovich (Mark J) joined me today to change up my subject matter a bit - he is a guitarist who accompanies Pittsburgh-local Greek folk musicians, as well as performs in his own Balkan folk band, Četiri Jedan Dva. We discuss his background in music performance, his brief stint in Nashville playing with country musicians, how his Serbian heritage has informed his musical style, music theory and Western tonality, Eastern European culture, songs, Tamburitzan dances, and more.

Intro and outro music: ‘Temple of Passion,’ and ‘Macedonian Folk Guitar,’ performed by Mark J.

Other music included in the episode: ‘Psychopomp,’ performed by Thank You Scientist; ‘Μινορε,’ performed by Sotiri Tsourekis, Dimitri Spanos, and George Papazekos

Photo credit: Waynette Neason

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Welcome to Episode 60 of Tapestry. Today the Fort Collins, Colorado-based group Los Toms - a psychedelic rock band with mixed influences - joined me to chat about everything from having an important realization about music at a King Gizzard show, to using projected fractals as visual enhancement to their live performances, lessons learned from performing music together, and the various Colorado and Montana-based festivals they have explored and promoted at.

Intro and outro music: ‘Sciencefish,’ performed by Los Toms

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Welcome to Episode 59 of Tapestry. One man band Jón Þór Sigurleifsson of Kilpréz blends progressive metal, mathcore, and plenty of sass. He reflected with me on how living in four different countries impacted his creative trajectory, what inspired him to set a time limit on writing and finishing his first album, the concepts of his debut EP, reframing what you’re running from versus what you need to run toward, and the thematic concepts on that same EP, The Patron Saint of Lost Causes.

Intro and outro music: ‘Sophie’s Pro-Choice,’ performed by Kilpréz


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Welcome to Episode 58 of Tapestry, where things got changed up a little bit. Jacob Waller, of the podcast "Underrated/Overhated," joined me for a combination discussion/roast/listening party/interview. In response to me listening to Van Der Graf Generator on an episode of his podcast, I brought him on mine in order to expose him to some of my favorite songs of all time. The Bristol-based musician, guitar teacher, and podcast host really scratched my itch for deep discussion and analysis about all things music - in exactly the way I intended to delve into when I began this show, myself. So enjoy our discussion!

Jacob's projects:

Bandcamp - (Between the Breaks) www.betweenbreaks.bandcamp.com

Twitter - twitter.com/PraxisBig

https://www.bigyellowpraxis.com/

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Welcome to Episode 57 of Tapestry, where today I spoke with Arcane Existence's guitarist and composer Kiera Pietrangelo on empowering other women in the metal music world, working toward achieving her goal of being endorsed, how she and her band built their own set in a band member’s backyard for a music video, and more on the fantastical and expressive themes of Arcane Existence’s upcoming album, Colossus.

Intro and outro music: ‘The Altar,’ performed by Arcane Existence

arcaneexistence.bandcamp.com

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Welcome to Episode 56 of Tapestry, where today’s guests are Apogean, a progressive/technical death metal band hailing from Toronto. They discuss channeling pain and anger into their music, the expectation of modern musicians to be a jack of all trades, Gear Acquisition Syndrome, the dangers of overthinking, and what led to their Bloodborne-and-Cthulhu-inspired debut release, ‘Into Madness.’

📷: John Esposo

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Intro and outro music: ‘Chrono,’ performed by Apogean

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Scott and Will of the Southhampton, UK-based math rock/prog band Sketchshow discussing a huge array of influences and favorites (such as Louis Cole, Tom Misch, Arcane Roots, The Killers, Snarky Puppy, Green Day, and Genesis), coming from totally unrelated musical backgrounds, backlining drums for Thank You Scientist, their varied careers outside of music, the acoustics of hi-hats, getting creative with layering sounds on their new album Waves.

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