On this episode, Hannah Copeland -- general manager of college-run radio station 90.5 FM KCSU -- encourages us to take a chance on the unknown, embrace serendipity, and expand our genre horizons ... because you never know where you'll find the next song you love. It might be in a box just outside the front door.

In this episode of the Music District Podcast, our Artist Development Coordinator Alysia Kraft sits down with Jon Snodgrass to discuss a wide range of topics including the 2 new albums he released in 2020, taking audience requests, writing jingles, and so much more! 

Jon Snodgrass was born and raised in St. Joseph, Missouri, and later settled in Fort Collins, Colorado, before forming Armchair Martian in the early 1990s. In 1996, he started recording songs with ALL singer Chad Price under the name Drag the River. Since then, he has continued putting out music with both bands, as a solo artist, and as a member of Scorpios.

Snodgrass has toured North America and Europe endlessly and has provided support for everyone from Frank Turner to Flogging Molly to Descendents to Chuck Ragan to Cory Branan. He has collaborated with Chad Rex, Hagfish, Descendents, Stephen Egerton, Joey Cape, Lagwagon, Bad Astronaut, Cory Branan, Frank Turner, Chuck Ragan (Revival Tour and Hot Water Music), Tim McIlirath (Rise Against), Chris Wollard (Hot Water Music and Ship Thieves), Vinnie Fiorello (Less Than Jake), Scott Reynolds (ALL), Mike Herrera (MxPx), Arliss Nancy, and Jimmy Islip.

In the final episode of our 7-part podcast on The Blasting Room, the entire staff discusses the changes they have experienced in the recording industry over the last 25 years. They also share their views on the future of recording and how the recording studio will always be a place for artists to improve their musical creations.

In episode 6 of our 7-part podcast on The Blasting Room, the entire staff contributes their thoughts about the family of musicians that the studio has fostered over the last 25 years and the overall principles that guide the studio’s culture. They also discuss how the studio has grown up with the bands it has worked with and how the idea for hosting a 25-year anniversary celebration came to be.

In the 5th episode of our 7-part podcast on the Blasting Room, Jonathan Luginbill recounts his journey from Ohio to Fort Collins, CO, and how he went about becoming an intern and eventually a staff member at the studio. He also discusses how he realized the unique set of skills he could bring to the studio and illustrates how they went about carving out space in their existing building to create two new production suites.

In part 4 of our 7-part podcast on The Blasting Room, Chris Beeble shares how he transitioned from an audio engineering student to an intern and then eventually a staff member of the studio. He also discusses his deep respect for the recording studio and the work ethic he exhibited that gave him some unique contributions that the studio was in need of

In part 3 of our 7-part podcast about The Blasting Room, Andrew Berlin tells us how he found out about the studio and the work ethic he exhibited to become an intern and eventual staff member at the studio. He also discusses creating the first expansion of the studio, recording local artists, and the types of production roles that he fills at the studio.

In part 2 of our 7-part Blasting Room podcast, Jason Livermore shares how he learned that the Blasting Room existed, and talks about his decision to take a leap of faith from Washington to Fort Collins, Colorado. He also discusses some of the people he learned from who shaped his production techniques, and the reasons for the studio’s initial success in the earlier years.

In the first episode of our 7-part Blasting Room podcast we hear from Bill Stevenson about why he decided to relocate his bands from Los Angeles and start up a recording studio in Fort Collins, CO. He also discusses the early days of life in the studio, the engineers that influenced their initial production techniques, and some of the first projects recorded at the Blasting Room.

In this special cornucopia-style extended edition of I Love This Song, we ask three families to find common ground by coming together in conversation and selecting songs they love. Listen to this three-part episode as sisters (musicians Sophia and Jo Babb of The Annie Oakley), brothers (bandmates/roommates Jakob and Oliver Mueller of Slow Caves) and spouses (husband-and-wife Scott and Jane Makarchuk, owners of Bizarre Bazaar books and music) settle on the songs that they find mutually meaningful and memorable and talk about the ways that music can create harmony in a family dynamic.