On today's show, we chat with Jamie Mittendorf, the driving force behind Blackout Fest, and the lead singer of 'Harbour' (also preforming on Blackout Fest). 

Jamie walks us through the evolution of the festival and where it's headed. Please check out the links below, grab your tickets and support the punk rock scene!

https://www.blackoutfest.net/

https://www.facebook.com/blackoutfestbrantford/

We talk producing and plug-ins with Will Putney on this weeks UPA Podcast!

This plug-in pack is absolutely outrageous. Anyone who records at home, or just likes to mess around with the heaviest tones around; Please do yourself a favour and pick up this pack from STL Tones!

https://www.stltones.com/products/stl-tonality-will-putney-guitar-plug-in?gclid=Cj0KCQjws7TqBRDgARIsAAHLHP5a5SfbmhUoW6HPBNzlFzaG5e91DIrW73CQpWM06VM82ym3tbN5YRQaApX1EALw_wcB

Kicking off season 3 with a BOMB (terrible, I'm sorry). John from the Lovesick Bombs joins me to talk about all things art and music. 

This is a truly beautiful project, please support by hitting the links below and picking up some amazing artwork!

https://www.lovesickbombs.com/

From the Archives:

We caught up with Corey Beaulieu from Trivium and took a deep dive on guitars, studio and tour gear and got some great insight into how he sets up his tone for records. 

Hit the links for more from Trivium:

https://twitter.com/coreytrivium?lang=en

https://www.facebook.com/Trivium/

http://www.trivium.org/unreleased?ref=https://www.google.com/

Music By: Meka Nism

https://www.meka-nism.com/

From the Archives:

We had the pleasure of speaking with the boys from Get The Shot at last years Heavy Montreal. Not only are they both insanely talented players, I think we ended up speaking off-camera for almost an hour *after* the interview. 

In this interview, we cover everything from tone, gear, recording set-ups and switching to Postive Grid Bias heads. 

Hit the links below for more from Get The Shot:

https://gettheshot.bandcamp.com/

https://www.facebook.com/gettheshothc

https://twitter.com/gettheshothc

https://www.instagram.com/gettheshothc/

https://www.youtube.com/user/GetTheShotHC

Music By: Meka Nism

From the Archives: 

We managed to nab J-Dog from Hollywood Undead for a couple of minutes to chat guitars, gear and their (Amazing) cover of 'Du Hast'.

J-Dog was super awesome, please go support Hollywood Undead:

https://www.hollywoodundead.com/

https://twitter.com/hollywoodundead 

https://www.facebook.com/hollywoodundead/

https://www.instagram.com/hollywoodundead/

Music By: Meka Nism

If you've watched TV in Canada in the last 20 years you have either heard or seen Orin Isaacs. In addition to being one, if not the biggest music directors in broadcast here, he is an incredibly talented musician who has been in the game for almost his entire life. 

Orin has an absolutely incredible backstory and great insight into the music industry. Now running Swing Low Productions in Toronto, ON I was lucky enough to have him join me for not only a great interview, but great conversation. 

https://www.swinglow.ca/

Max Webster front man, and all around awesome guy (who happens to be Canadian!), Kim Mitchell joins me on this episode. 

We go back and hear about how Kim went from Sarnia, Ontario to the Greek Islands with a guitar in-hand. 

Gear talk does occur as well, but this episode is all about the love of music, guitar playing and crazy stories. Enjoy. 

http://kimmitchell.ca/

https://twitter.com/TheKimMitchell

https://www.facebook.com/kimmitchellband/

We were joined by John 5 on today's show! John took some time from his current tour with Rob Zombie to talk about his evolution as a guitar player, how he finds inspiration, his latest solo album 'It's Alive' (which is incredible) and of course we talk gear and how his special his relationship with Fender is. 

http://john-5.com/main/

https://www.instagram.com/john5official/

https://www.facebook.com/John5official/

https://twitter.com/john5guitarist

Blues guitar assassin, Sue Foley joins me to talk about coming up in Canada, her new (and awesome) record, 'Ice Queen' and how she came to pick up her signature pink paisley Fender Telecaster. 

https://suefoley.com/

https://www.facebook.com/suefoleyofficial/

https://www.instagram.com/the_suefoley/