Kingflower (a.k.a. Garrett Langebartels) is the person responsible for connecting me with a few guests on this show including: Descolada, Arselia Kent, Kayla Phillips, Andrew Pelletier, and Devin Hopwood. We talk about how recording engineering requires education and time, and the importance of feeling something rather than over explaining it.

Kingflower is a 5-piece American Indie Rock/Americana band from Indianapolis, IN. The band formed in 2020 when producer and principle songwriter Garrett Langebartels assembled the likes of Justin Langebartels, Steve Bradley, Tommy Travis, and Shea Farmer. Their collective love for atmospheric Indie Rock/Americana (bands like Wilco, Ben Howard, the National, the War on Drugs and Radiohead) created a perfect universe for the reflective and melancholic midwestern songwriting Garrett offers.

Listen to the latest album "Caverns" here:

https://open.spotify.com/album/2dADkBaRr7CQi4QOgLve7j?si=9qNA10A5QGqTNi5QCVTl-Q

Follow on Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/kingflowermusic/

Learn more:

https://www.naptimerecordings.com/kingflower

Over the past months of putting out songs from my new album (LAKE), Layne encouraged me to be more vulnerable and share more of myself on the internet.

Realizing that I needed help in this area, she offered to help me open up by co-hosting a podcast episode in hopes that I'd drop my coy facade and share my real self.

Sometimes it's very hard for me to talk about my songs, because they come from a place inside of me that often lacks articulation. I'm so so grateful that Layne took the time to listen to my music for its own sake, and as a means to know me more. I hope you do the same, and enjoy the podcast :)

Album Release Party in Los Angeles 11/10/23

Ticket Link:

https://store.connercherland.com/product/11-10-lake-album-release-party/61?cs=true&cst=custom

John Moran is a music producer, songwriter, guitarist, photographer, sound engineer, community leader, and a friend of many. John and I met a few months back at a show in my neighborhood and we've kept in touch ever since. John is as kind as he is talented. In this episode we talk about Swimclub, an artist collective of dozens of artists putting out a new song each month. John Came out with a new song called Over U which is out everywhere now!

IG: https://www.instagram.com/jawnmo/

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/74K0JvWRoWQJEt2xtB9rQS

Website: https://www.jawnmo.com/

Kayla Phillips is a singer songwriter splitting her time between Indianapolis and Boston for school. She's currently in the process of releasing her debut record (which I got to hear and it's great) which comes out on May 19th. You can hear her latest single "Peace" on April 21st!

In this interview Kayla and I talk through the role of grief through songwriting, and why someone would make a full album in a world telling you to release a slow drip of singles.

You can find more of Kayla on her Instagram and Spotify page:

https://www.instagram.com/kaylaphillipsmusic

https://open.spotify.com/artist/3jr7C84UECf0QuwY0pbk2s?si=xar3PcPIQ5eeIb2GQNaL0A

Andrew Pelletier is a songwriter, teacher, and composer who lives right down the street from me in LA and I didn't even know it!

Andrew has been making music of his own since high school and continues to make a daily practice of writing music, teaching others, and playing in other people's projects. 

In this episode Andrew and I circle the topic of doing something everyday to get a little bit better. I think he's done a great job at this, and if you like his vibe I suggest you check out his new EP in April under his band name "Fur Trader" (which is Pelletier in French)

https://www.instagram.com/andrewpelletier_furtrader/

https://open.spotify.com/album/1HlRVXmgcs5pVJrK26Zf7D?si=DXhsirOrT7GMrzmu_nSb6Q

Danny McGaw is a singer-songwriter, producer, and sound-engineer based in Ojai, California, currently touring with legendary Vocal Hall of Fame inductees, Three Dog Night (he's also been touring with them for three years before Covid...so they're a pretty close crew)  

Arselia Kent is a singer songwriter based in Indianapolis who is in the process of recording her debut album at Naptime Recordings, produced by her brother, Garrett Langebartels. Garrett helped produce the records for Colton Nelson and Devin Hopwood who are both alumni of this podcast.   Arselia's album is set to release early 2023.

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arselia.kent/

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1utrbH2VWsGNdRv6kkoD96

Cimo Fränkel is a very special singer, songwriter, & producer I met at a recent SoFar Sounds event. With a decade of experience in the music business, he’s already written a ton of hits, like the multi-Platinum:  ‘Sex’ by Cheat Codes & Kris Kross  Yellow Claw’s iconic smash single ‘Shotgun’  

Kyle and I met around 2019 at a house concert in Santa Barbara. Kyle is a top 10 Billboard songwriter and performer, led the band Beware of Darkness, appeared on Conan, and at the Reading and Leeds Festival.  When I saw Kyle's instagram post saying he was publishing his book "Thank God For Depression", I immediately reached out to him to see if he'd be willing to talk about his evolution as a creative, and his relationship with depression. I/m really proud of this episode: I think we take about really important things like presence, and overcoming resistance so that ultimately you might be able to dodge some of the challenges we've pushed through.   

BoD Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4DGNqGOtNY9niSpCKwINyU 

Kyle Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6rXPvIRGCRBuq1trwa6S4x 

Kyle IG: https://www.instagram.com/kylenicolai

Shio is a songwriter, composer, and performer from Santa Barbara currently based in New York. We have a ton of mutual friends including Mendeleyev who was on an earlier episode of the podcast, and the three of us played a show together in Santa Barbara back in August and I was blown away by Shio's musicality and ability to improvise.   

Shio earned a degree in Santa Barbara for Ethnomusicology, and just recently completed her masters at the Berkeley School of Music in NYC. Stay tuned to the end of the episode to hear one of her newest songs which should be coming out soon!  

Website: sioteppermusic.com 

Instagram: @siobear