The CLAIM THE THRONE Blodgecast - Musicians, bands, recording & marketing

This week Cabba and Ash discuss an impromptu live recording experience a few extras that fumed out of a recent Claim The Throne meeting. 

Tips Of The Week  
Cabba – Try out bandwerx.com  
Ash – buy flexible gear that is suited to the needs of your band  
Jim – Try a private Facebook group for your band members to keep track of band activities 

Album Of The Week  
Agalloch ‘Serpent And The Sphere’ 

Song  
Claim The Throne ‘Set Sail On Ale (Acoustic)‘

Skitzy is an absolute Australian metal veteran with a resume far too long and illustrious to list here! Some highlights include Damaged, Sadistik Exekution, Gravetemple – with Atilla from Mayhem and members of Sun O))) – Blood Duster, Destroyer 666, and currently with Melbourne band, King Parrot. Heaps of great stories and tips in this one guys! Enjoy. 

Song  
Insidious Torture ‘Orgia Vehemens‘

Jason chats with us this week about how he booked and promoted the upcoming New Dead V Metalfest, while also discussing the Adelaide metal scene, and Truth Corroded’s recent Asian tour. 

TruthCorroded.com  
 

Song  
Truth Corroded ‘They Are Horror‘

Our guest on the blodgecast this week is Rob Nassif – drummer from Aussie rock legends, Gyroscope, and owner of The Hen House rehearsal studio in Osborne Park, Perth. 

Rob draws on his years in Gyroscope and his experience as a business owner/operator to give you one our most insightful podcasts to date! Find Rob at: 

thehenhouse.com.au  
gyroscope.com.au  
facebook.com/thehenhouserehearsalstudios 

Song  
‘Triumph And Beyond‘

The 2nd part of our History Of Claim The Throne! 

Songs  
Plundersaga (Aletales – 2009)  
The Thousand Thunders (Triumph and Beyond – 2010)  
Blacklore (Only The Brave Return – 2008)  
The World Grows Dull (Forged In Flame – 2013)

Welcome to the 20th episode of the CTT Blodgecast! Pour a whiskey, cook a durrie, and listen as Cabba and Ash fumble through 9-odd years of Clam Throne. 

Song  
Claim The Throne ‘They Shall Live On‘

Yet another awesome interview for you guys. This week we had the best time interviewing Brad Wesson about the very successful Soundworks Touring! 

Brad dishes out some serious knowledge and vital advice for bands and wannabe music industry professionals alike. We had such an awesome time purely hanging out shooting the shit over beers and chicken and I think that shines through in the interview. Do try it! 

Song  
Choke ‘Chocaholic‘

Back to a normal Podge this week. Cabba and Ash discuss some typical band expenses to consider. The conversation then moves to a discussion on the increase in Buy-On and Pay-To-Play touring opportunities that are being offered to Australian Metal Bands, and the potential implications of such deals. 

SHOW NOTES 
  
Musician Topics  
-Common Band Expenses  
-What does it mean to ‘Buy-On’ a tour and what is ‘Pay-To-Play’? 

Listener Question Of The Week  
Bernard Shaw – ‘Would you rather be a Drummer with no arms or a Singer with no mouth?’ 

Album/Podcast of the week  
Cabba – Primal Frost ‘Prosperous Visions’  
Ash – Home Recording Show (Podcast) 

News & Gigs  
Hammersonic Metal Festival – Jakarta, Indonesia – 27th April  
Fleshgod Apocalypse and Septic Flesh support – Amplifier Bar, Perth – 18th May (Cheap Tickets!)  
New Dead Festival – Fowlers Live, Adelaide – 31st May 

Song  
Claim The Throne ‘In The Mist’

We were very lucky to catch up with a Perth recording legend in Al Smith from Bergerk! Studios. 

Al Has worked with a wide variety of musical acts from all over the place including Extortion, Miles Away, Abbe May, The Devil Rides Out and of course yours truly Claim The Throne. 

This was definitely an awesome interview for us; Al has really helped shape the Claim The Throne sound through his work on Aletales, Triumph And Beyond and our latest album Forged In Flame. He has a very unique and learned approach to recording, a passion that he has been able to turn into a full-time business for over a decade. He is a huge inspiration to us and we’re lucky to have him as both a friend and musical partner!

Our guest this week is Bernard Shaw, co-founder of video production company ‘Red Empire Media’, and member of Perth Melodic Death Metal bands ‘Red Descending’ and ‘Wrath Of Fenrir’. 

Bernard cut his teeth making music videos for Pscroptic and The Furor before stepping up his game with our own ‘Set Sale On Ale’ clip and more recently the ultra-epic ‘Burned To Death’ clip for Red Descending. Bernard has managed to convert his hobby into a full fledged business with Red Empire Media and our chat covers not only that transition but also a hefty bunch of tips and stories from his time making clips in the local music scene. 

We also have a 2nd part to this interview that will be uploaded later in the week. Our interview with Bernard ran massively into overtime when he decided to turn the questions around and managing to tell us how he thinks we should run our podcast. Subscribe at iTunes to find out when Part 2 comes online!