The Road The Stage

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The Road The Stage episodes

  • Liam Killeen (Coalition Music - Artist Management)

    Our first interview of 2022 is officially here - The Road The Stage welcomes Liam Killeen as our guest for Episode 40! Liam is also our first guest who primarily works in music and entertainment management, offering us an in-depth look at his trajectory from his start in music, both as a musician and a sponge for industry experience and education, to teaching the future of management in his roles as an educator at Durham College and Ryerson University's The Creative School. Oh, and he’s still managing with Coalition Music. Join Patrick Bateman and Peter Michaels and learn A LOT this week. A LOT.

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    1 hr 29 min
  • Some of Our Favourite Moments of '21 PART TWO

    The last time you and I talked – it was 2021. Now, it’s 2022. Everything is so totally different and new since then, right? No. No it isn’t. And that kind of includes this weeks episode of The Road The Stage! This is Part Two of our favourite moments of TRTS in 2021. Never forget where you come from.

    This week we hear from The Elwins, Brandon Wolfe Scott, Zach Gray from The Zolas AND LOTS MORE. That isn’t even HALF of it. But this episode IS half of our Best Of 2021. Dinner is served!

    As always, The Road The Stage is recorded and produced at Communal Creative Studios in Red Deer, Alberta.

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    46 min
  • Some of Our Favourite Moments of '21

    Yeah you're right. Patrick Bateman and Peter Michaels DID already go through their top picks of 2021 a few weeks ago... But that list didn't include some of their favourite moments from The Road The Stage since it launched WAY BACK in April. Listen in as we go back to some great memories with a number of guests throughout the last 37 episodes. It's a great time to catch up on any you may have missed too.  


    As always, The Road The Stage is recorded and produced at Communal Creative Studios in Red Deer, Alberta.  


    Subscribe to the CCS YouTube channel. I'm close to not being very nice about it...

    41 min
  • The Command Sisters

    The Command Sisters are on this latest episode of The Road The Stage! Charlotte and Sarah Command dialed in to chat with Patrick Bateman and Peter Michaels about their pretty wild history and trajectory in the music biz. They share some pretty amazing achievements writing, recording and performing from their start in Alberta to their current situation in Toronto. We also hear about some of the music preferences they didn't agree on, maintaining a brand on social media, and lots more. DIG IN. 

    Check out the Command Sisters latest record Rouge.

    Recorded and produced at Communal Creative Studios in Red Deer, Alberta.

    Santa called and said if you don't subscribe to the Communal Creative Studios YouTube channel, you're getting fuck all for the holidays. SUBSCRIBE. 

    1 hr 5 min
  • Graham Wright (Tokyo Police Club, Girlfriend Material)
    Good day to you! The Road The Stage is here with a new episode, this week featuring Graham Wright, fresh off the release of his new solo album The Cost Of Doing Business. Patrick Bateman and Peter Michaels are pretty hyped on this new record and you should be too. So go listen to it! And tune in as Graham takes us through some of the process, his recent weeks on tour with Tokyo Police Club, the magic of Hans Zimmer and Dune, directing a movie, writing books - I mean, Graham does just about everything but play Crokinole. OH WAIT, he does that too. 
    Watch the episode at the Communal Creative Studios YouTube channel. And SUBSCRIBE, YOU CAN DO IT!
    1 hr 11 min
  • Time To Review Our Top Of The Top 2021 Stuffs

    Well if everyone else is doing it... Patrick Bateman and Peter Michaels sat down to catch up and go over some of their most listened to songs and bands of 2021. Peter brought his Spotify WRAPPED and Patrick made a list, but didn't check it twice. 

    We talk the benefits of these stats, comparing your numbers with friends, the soundtrack to Dumb and Dumberer, and lots more.

    Produced and Recorded at Communal Creative Studios in Red Deer, Alberta. LIKE AND SUBSCRIBE HERE.

    51 min
  • Brandon Wolfe Scott (Yukon Blonde)

    It's Brandon Wolfe Scott week on The Road The Stage. He's got a killer new song "Fade Out" which you can stream RIGHT NOW. It's a dandy. A treat. Patrick Bateman and Peter Michaels got to chew BWS' ear about some new Beatles doc everyone is talking about, his explanation of 'hologramming', a truly horrifying story of one of his bandmates, taking an award guitar into the ocean, and LOTS MORE. 

    Check out his solo work, or forever miss out on some great tunes. 

    Recorded and Produced at Communal Creative Studios in Red Deer, Alberta. Do me a huge favour: Pour yourself a cold glass of water, take out your phone - hit THIS LINK - Like and Subscribe. Then take a swig. You'll live an extra 2.5 days. 

    1 hr
  • Cory Marks
    Cory Marks was in Red Deer for a show at the Rodeo a couple weeks back and we had the chance to chat with him in Communal Creative Studios for this week's episode of The Road The Stage. Patrick Bateman and Peter Michaels get Cory to talk all about his obsession with flying and some wild chance connections between his time hanging with the Snowbirds as a young kid, to entertaining them as a musician. We hear about his love of Rush, a pretty rad Merle Haggard experience and lots more. 
    Check out the episode on the Communal Creative Studios YouTube channel. LIKE AND SUBSCRIBE BABY. 
    Produced and recorded at Communal Creative Studios in Red Deer, Alberta.
    50 min
  • Cadence Weapon
    This week on The Road The Stage we're extremely excited to welcome Rollie Pemberton AKA Cadence Weapon. Cadence Weapon's 2021 record Parallel World snagged him his first Polaris Music Prize on his third nomination! It's an incredible album and this interview felt like a long time coming. Cadence has been busy lately with a US tour, getting ready to join July Talk for their upcoming Alberta dates, planning for upcoming elections across Canada and lots more. Thanks to him and his music we learn a bit about Africville and Amber Valley, one of his favourite concerts growing up in Edmonton, some food stuffs and LOTS MORE. 
    Go listen to Parallel World or Patrick Bateman will show up outside your house at 3:30AM with BIG speakers. The BIGGEST. He stole them from Peter Michaels’ garage. 
    Recorded and Produced at Communal Creative Studios in Red Deer, Alberta - in partnership with Bo's Bar and Stage. 
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    57 min
  • Mitch DeRosier (Born Ruffians)

    The Road The Stage is here with your Wednesday entertainment, this week in the form of a truly delightful chat with Mitch DeRosier of Born Ruffians. Mitch joins us to chat about the recent tour announcement which will hit Bo's on June 21st. Patrick Bateman and Peter Michaels learn about the last time the band was at Bo's, the interview goes sideways at one point, there's some wrestling and Leafs talk and all sorts more.

    Recorded and produced at Communal Creative Studios in Red Deer, Alberta. 

    Subscribe to our YouTube channel and like what ya like, especially News Music Monday. 

    1 hr 5 min

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