Ep 28: Whitney Monge Whitney tells BD about playing in the church band as her first forum for a life in music. How she moved to Seattle from Spokane, WA to become a recording engineer. Whitney also speaks candidly about her background in busking and what’d most important to her performing live today. Buy Whitney Monge’s Music: https://whitneymongemusic.bandcamp.com Sponsored today by: http://www.blumensteinaudio.com & http://www.future-vapor.com

Ep 27: Kevin Murphy - The Moondoggies Kevin tells BD about his distaste for “Rock band culture”. How he and the band have learned that every night of tour isn’t a party. The effect “the Band” had on him the first time hearing them and how it changed his direction musically. His surprising enjoyment of one dedicated critic of his music and the experience he had with Steven Stills that left a bad taste. Buy the Moondoggies Music: http://www.moondoggiesmusic.com Sponsored today by: http://www.blumensteinaudio.com & http://www.future-vapor.com

Ep 26: Hope Simpson & Drew Murray - Ever So Android The extraordinarily candid and talented Hope and Drew talk with BD about gaining wisdom about what shows to play, the electricity of a large audience, “Perceived Hype” and it’s effects on musicians and their audience. Hope talks about how she’s quiet and nerdy when not performing. How Drew and Hope met at a time when Hope chose a musical direction and Drew had stopped playing music. https://eversoandroid.bandcamp.com/ Sponsored today by: http://www.blumensteinaudio.com & http://www.future-vapor.com

Ep 25: Nills Peterson - Hotel Vignette Nills tells BD about learning to play less during his days with the band Rose Windows. How he thinks of songs as snapshots. The bigger story he intends to tell with his new work as Hotel Vignette. Not knowing that the classic rock his father played in the car wasn’t the modern music of his childhood and what made him seek performing a live show with a string quartet. https://blindblindtiger.bandcamp.com/music

Ep 24: Kyle Bradford - Blood Drugs Kyle tells BD about his past music career as a Folk artist in Portland. His love for alternate tunings and Elliott Smith. How the band is surprisingly inspired by Reggae/dub. What inspires his lyrics and his frustration with people who stand and watch a live show with their arms crossed. Buy Blood Drugs’ Music here: http://BLOODDRUGS.com

Ep 23: Maria Jaurez & Christopher Garland - Acapulco LIps Maria and Chris tells BD the times when you forget how to write music, what brought Maria from Austin to Seattle, scrapping material for new songs and how their drummer currently resides in France. They also pontificate together about “Rock Genres” and the frustrations of playing Live radio stations.

Bradford tells BD about being a Musician and a Father. How he ended up recording with his vocal partner Beth Whitney in The Banner Days. BD tells Bradford about the unique way he discovered his music and they postulate about the influence of father’s influence on music and what effect birth order might have on an artist.

Ep 21: EJ Tolentino - Charms / Raven - Dreamcatchr EJ tells BD about practicing in the dark, evolving his guitar style, how Charms can only write collectively and how the band continues to grow even though they only have one song released. Then Raven from Dreamcatchr tells BD about writing dark music without significant trauma, being from Portland and loving Elliott Smith. They talk Music Biographies and even about people who forget they used be in a band with you.

Ep 20: Producer Tom Biller - EFG Tom tells BD about sitting back and listening to what the band is not communicating to each other. About the responsibility of a Producer. How he tries to forget his habits in order to spawn new discovery. How he got his break as a recording Engineer. Recording to Analogue tape and without and the concept of a "Don't be a dick" clause to all creative endeavors. Buy EFG's Music: http://efgmusic.tumblr.com Sponsored today by: http://www.blumensteinaudio.com & http://www.future-vapor.com

A very unique and interested episode with Award Winning Artist Composer Ali Helnwein. Ali tells BD about the differences between Arranging String sections for Pop Records and Composing for TV and Movies, about the unique abilities of string session musicians and BD even geeks out about his work with David Campbell and his son Beck! They talk in Ali’s music studio in Los Angeles.