The Printer Pod w/ Basic Printer

We all know what's going on - it's quarantine season. Aptly, I have no guest today and am just talkin' about whatever's on the mind. Top of mind is obviously COVID-19, which I talk about at length here. However, I end up getting into how this sense of isolation might affect our music listening happens and why we even like the music we like in the first place. It gets nice and cozy, I promise. Enjoy my monologue!

What a freakin episode.

First off, everyone's feeling the Corona vibe right now, and it's wild and it sucks. I hope you're doing great. Stay positive, don't panic, put on some music and just keep it going. Love.

Attila Mosley, better known as Attxla, has been a fan of mine for months now. I surveyed my email list looking for ONE fan to hear my record MONTHS before it came out so we could talk first impressions on the podcast. Attila responded and I sent him the demo version of my upcoming record. As a musician himself and generally positive and humorous man, this conversation went swimmingly and there were plenty of a-ha moments and laughs. A treasure I could only hope for in this weird weird time. I hope you enjoy it as much!

Edd and I have been pretty tight ever since meeting kind of passively in 2011. What a kind dude! He has dabbled in about a million different little hobbies and has never ceased to amaze me with his genuine kindness and insistent passion on being a good friend. We dig into our pasts and the variety of pursuits he's gotten into over the years - and also - we talk a lot about my old, terrible records (they're not so bad) that he was around for the writing and releasing of. He still loves one of them DEARLY. Listen to hear all about it!

Michael Kessler of Kytoon is a sensitive and thoughtful producer and songwriter. His project Kytoon is quite quite good - it's sleek and light but not without some bite and moroseness. Michael and I became fast friends through various musical endeavors, and we actually first played together doing an acoustic show at the Bowery Vault. What a time! Since then he has been my go-to videographer for all my wacky videos and an oft available heart-to-heart...er. We have some enormo announcements coming soon also. We've been workin' on something...anyway! Enjoy this convo.

Local music publication Music Mecca asked to interview me, and dang if I wasn't honored af to oblige! We talked about how I got into music, the way I write, my ideal show, and I even shared some snippets from the upcoming record...WOAH...enjoy!

First off, check the latest from Certain Self!

SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6Amun2yqaO1d72msCG0fe1?si=8nt39pbmQuq69DcYOAbKfw

INSTA: https://www.instagram.com/certainselfie/

NEW MUSIC VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ef7WK0vXXUM&feature=youtu.be

FEB. 20TH SHOW AT BOWERY ELECTRIC MAP ROOM: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/casper-jones-with-certain-self-tickets-86968795007

Zeno (aka Certain Self) has been in my life for a long while now, and we've done all sorts of musical things since meeting! He in fact put my first ever record on his label called Newlywed Records back in the day - you know the one, the Basic Printer EP! With all the colorful marquee lights on the cover? Anyway, we revisit our long and illustrious past together and muse on being creative and making music along the way. Enjoy :)

The beloved Aaron Walters and I sat down for another pod to have a big ol' BP check-in. In case you have NO friggin' idea what ANYTHING is, Aaron has been a super longtime collaborator of BP - he's played in almost every show since 2015, had a say in every recording that's come out, and recently has been co-producing this next record with me. I called him in to sort of reflect on this crazy record we've been making and get his thoughts on how he thinks it's turning out.

Bea and I met at a sandwich shop she worked at long ago, and it only took me attending one show of hers to be totally sold on how amazing of a musician she is! Since then we have remained in contact despite our ebbs and flows of actually being in the same place (clumps of run-ins as she puts it!), but our mutual respect and friendship has remained constant. Which is so BEA!

Anyhow, enjoy this great convo digging into all sorts of things from mind-mapping, to a man named Charlie Stanhope, and the LGBTQ+ experience.

Aaron Zvi Felder is a visual artist, comedian, and general pontificator. I've seen him do improv comedy many times, and even more times than that, I have listened to his podcast 'Audio Based Content', which is a podcast featuring long-form improv comedy scenes. Sometimes, I've even listened to episodes twice they were so funny. I'm honored to say that in light of this very podcast featuring him, he featured ME on Audio Based Content trying my hand at some improv comedy! It was very difficult and I believe I was not that funny, but Aaron was GD hysterical. Get a taste for the man here, then hop over to his channel and hear that nutso episode!

Dang! Cassidy and I have been orbiting each other for a bit now. We'd see each other perform in a number of contexts, been in the same crowd many times, hold a lot of the same friends, and even collaborate with a lot of the same people. I had heard that Cassidy was a friggin badass forever now, and I finally got the courage to ask her to play a BP show. Her virtuosic skills and appreciation for left field stuff made it a perfect match. So excited to play with her on 3/20! Enjoy this awesome convo where we talk about her upbrining, songwriting, classical piano, familial relationships, and self-revelations.