Under The Radar with Travis McLeod

Welcome back to the show! It's been over a year since the last episode, I'm sorry! However, I realized it's the 25th anniversary of one of my favorite albums ever - Green Day's Nimrod! Come hang out with me as I discuss some of the making of the album and my personal experiences with it. If you haven't listened to this album before, you definitely have been missing out. 

On this episode we have a very special guest. You may know Reagan Pasternak from her roles in Movies and TV shows (Wynona Earp, Sharp Objects, and Being Erica to name a few). Now she is taking on a new role, the role of Author. Reagan has written a book about mourning the loss of a pet. After a personal journey that she went through after losing her cat Griffin, Reagan was compelled to write about her experience in order to tell her story and to help people who are in the same situation. I found her book to be informative and a good read. Although I personally was not mourning the loss of a pet, I feel the concepts and strategies that she discusses in her book pertain to all types of grief. I hope you enjoy the episode. If you'd like to check out the book, it is available at Amazon here

Welcome to the 2nd part of my interview with my old friends South Florida band Visionary! The second half of their story, plus just a little bit of us catching up. We recorded this just after 4th of July 2020, I released Part 1 Black Friday 2020, and now the conclusion is here on Valentine's Day 2021. I really know how to build suspense. Anyway, I hope you enjoy!

On this episode I reunite some good friends of mine, members of the South Florida band VISIONARY! I had the pleasure of reuniting and speaking with 3/5 of Visionary, my friends and the band that gave me my start playing live. We cover the band's formation, successes, and some candid stories from their time playing the clubs of South Florida. Check it out!

It's a new record for me, 2 episodes in one year! Ok I've definitely done more than 2 in a year before, but not recently. This is the final episode in my "making of series". In this episode, My wife Stefanie and I play "Broken Hearted and the Angel's Wings" in its entirety and discuss the origins of the songs, reactions to them, and the way they were recorded. If you've been following along, now you know the whole story. If not, go back and listen to the other episodes, they're all there! Thanks again for listening, please stay tuned for new episodes. 

If you want to check out Stefanie's podcast, go here ! https://anchor.fm/thispoplifepodcast 

Finally back with another episode. It's been literally YEARS! Sorry  about that, life gets in the way. Finishing what I started with my  "making of" series. This is album 4 of 5 so we're almost done with this  series. The last and final episode of this "making of" series will  hopefully be coming soon. Thanks for listening!

This is the second guitar practice that I broadcasted on Facebook live.  It has some mistakes, and I didn't have a drink so my voice probably  could be better. However, it is a practice, which is where these  mistakes belong. I hope these mini "concerts" help to fill in the gaps  between "proper episodes". I hope you enjoy it, I'll  be doing more of  these in the future. Thanks!

I just realized that I didn't post any new episodes at all in 2016. I  haven't done any this year either, but I did start recording the making  of The wonderful world of multitrack recording. I have started to  broadcast my guitar practices live on facebook. For those of you who  can't access it there, or who just never have, I'm posting them here  too. I hope you'll enjoy it. Because of the nature of this podcast, it  doesn't have any introduction or anything. I'll make the future ones a  little more "official". Thanks for listening and stay tuned for the  completion of my "Making Of" series.

Happy Thanksgiving! This is the latest in my "making of" series. This  time, I'm discussing the making of my 3rd album NEVER SAY DIE. I give  you a glimpse into some of the stories behind the songs and also the way  that I wrote and recorded them. There are also some anecdotes about  some of my musician friends. How does Mike Caldarera fit in to one of  the live performances of one of these songs? Were AJ and Karl from  Groovenics and Suicide City slated to be guests on this album? How was  it received upon release? Listen to find out!

Welcome to the 1st episode of 2015! In this episode I play my second  album "Tales from Tourmaline" in its entirety and discuss the stories  and experiences behind each song. Unfortunately I could not access the  original recordings so I had to go with the 2nd version of this album,  which in my opinion is sub par to the original. However, some of you may  not have heard both versions or may have never heard either one. In  this case, you will get an opportunity to hear some different recordings  from my catalog. I hope you enjoy the show. If you have any requests or  suggestions for future shows, I'd love to hear them! Send them to  [email protected] or tweet them @undertheradarpc. Thanks!