Ari Vais has lived and performed all over the world and is finally seeing the release of a record recorded decades ago. He talks to Will about living in the San Francisco Bay Area, growing up in Boston, living and opening for huge bands in NYC and London, his approach to songwriting, and being new to an artform as a new stand up comic and a veternan musician, and how his new album from his Project The Pelicans recently saw release after initially being recorded decades ago.
www.weareindierock.com
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https://open.spotify.com/album/5Esds3J93gBQ828M4EdkyS?si=erZgk0EvRAOs5jPJEc6Cdw
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Comedian Sunny Outlaw is new to New York but is already applying a rigorous DIY approach to his Comedy. He Talks to Will about the phrase Content Creator, growing up in Indiana, starting stand up comedy there before branching out into Improv/ Sketch and Storytelling. Working at The Pit NYC, his most recent solo show and his plans for his next one.
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It's the Holidays and that means it's time for Paul Cohen to return to the show and recap the year in pop punk. He and Will discuss their recent sketch shows with Backdoor BBQ at the Pit in NYC, New Found Glory's 20th anniversary tour for Sticks and Stones, Their upcoming Acoustic record, Tom Delonge Rejoining Blink-182 and the upcoming reunion tour, Sad Summer Fest, The Blame Canada Tour with Sum 41 and Simple Plan, State Champs, Their album or the year and an exclusive performance of Paul's original pop punk/ emo Hanukkah song 8 Reasons.
Paul on Instagram.
https://www.instagram.com/therealpaulcory/
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Kevin Frank of The Campbell Apartment sits down for the podcast at a time when one chapter of his professional career is ending. He talks to Will about his approach to playing Bass, how Craigslist let to him joining The Campbell Apartment, the sunnier side of 90s alternative rock, BB Kind, The Beatles, Colorado, the San Francisco music scene and The new album the band is in the process of recording.
Kev on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/kevkevsf/?hl=en
Listen to The Campbell Apartment:
https://thecampbellapartment.bandcamp.com/
https://www.weareindierock.com/
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The Everafter vocalist Cora Small's enthusiasm for performance and songwriting is undeniable. She talks to Will about growing up in a small town in Long Island where everybody knew everybody, How Taylor Swift influences her songwriting, how she places great importance on lyric writing, writing melodies, touring in a converted bus, what goes into fronting a rock band, recording The Everafter's two eps, and plans for new music.
Listen to The Everafter:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/1HacfJme5DwEnxNWXuaDBp?si=iT2Swo88Qla_4M7ahTo_cw
https://theeverafter.bigcartel.com/
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Tyler Skye pursues his duel passions as a recording engineer and footballer. He talks to Will about The ongoing World Cup, the recent MLS Cup final, growing up in New Jersey, attending the School of Rock afterschool program and finding his love of music, how this program exposed him to recording, attending recording school, The Nashville music scene, Training with the Philadelphia Union as a teenager, playing with the USL2 Philadelphia Lone Star FC, and some insights into recent recording sessions with FRND CRCL
Tyler on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/t__skye__t/
Tyler's Studio:
http://www.thehilsonstudio.com/
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Comedian Andy J Ritchie has lived and performed in a number of countries around the world. He talks to Will about Growing up in Edinburgh Scotland, The World Cup, The difference between stand up in the UK and the United States and how the two scenes are influencing each other, living and performing in France, England, Japan, Portugal, Spain, the evolution of the english language stand up scene in Barcelona, and his movie podcast.
Andy's Podcast:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/call-it-friendo/id1531561871
Andy on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/andyjayritchie/?hl=en
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Songwriter Jack Adamant's new solo record Obscure Place & Cupboards is a blast of hook laden guitar rock that evokes the heyday of 90's alternative rock. He talks to Will about the writing and recording process for the new record, growing up in Italy and discovering grunge, moving to Stockholm Sweden, the Swedish music scene, and plans for live shows in the future.
Listen to Jack's new record:
https://jackadamant.bandcamp.com/album/obscure-places-cupboards
Jack on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/jackadamant/
Jack on Facebook:
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Finn Mckenty's approach to marketing, creativity, and personal growth is uniquely practical within the realm of metal and alternative music and it's working. He talks to Will about how his mindset differs from the majority of creators, joining the debate team in High School, studying graphic design before switching to marketing in college, his experience working at Abercrombie & Fitch, how The Punk Rock MBA youtube channel came to be, how creative people can reframe there mental approach to marketing and social media, favorite reality tv, and what it will take for a pop punk, pop country crossover.
Punk Rock MBA on Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/c/ThePunkRockMBA
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Actor Vince Eustace and Will met as Theater students at Towson University. He talks to Will about things you notice in movies set in LA and New York after spending some time living there, Growing up in the Baltimore area, his initial plans to play in the NBA, the moment he realized he wanted to pursue a career as an actor in high school, the physically brutal Runaways monologues a generation of Towson University students went through, discovering a love of comedic acting, Advice on audition technique for actors, moving to Los Angeles, appearing on Inside Amy Schumer, and what he would like to create next.
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Will's Friend and member of the Sketch group Backdoor BBQ Chris Migliaccio returns to the show to discuss the groups recent run of shows at The Pit in NYC, the idea of Gurus in comedy, music fandom, their favorite concerts they've added this year and more!
Get Tickets to Backdoor BBQ's December shows in NYC
https://thepit-nyc.com/events/backdoor-bbq/
Chris on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chrismigs/?hl=en
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Goalkeeper Bassist/ Vocalist Ryan Beebe drew inspiration from classic doo wop music and country singers for the bands debut full length I Wish I'd Met You Sooner. He talks to Will about wanting to create classic lonely romantic music, writing songs in the very beginning of the Covid-19 Pandemic, working with Bruzzese of Man Overboard and Casey Cavalier of The Wonder Years, Plans for the band's upcoming tour, and things that a band that want's to tour should know before hitting the road.
https://www.goalkeeperband.com/
Listen to their newest single Lost Reality:
https://youtu.be/IBGos_SRZtg
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Michael C Maronna still sees many of the same crew he met working on The Adventures Pete and Pete today working as an electrician on TV and Movie in New York City. He talks to Will about growing up in Brooklyn, doing commercials and Broadway plays as a child actor in Manhattan, filming Home Alone, The enduring appeal of The Adventures of Pete and Pete, Slackers, studying documentary filmmaking, how Pete and Pete led to his career as an electrician on TV and Movies, and his podcast with his Pete and Pete Costar Danny Tamberelli.
Michael's Podcast:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-adventures-of-danny-and-mike/id701676914
Mike on Twitter: https://twitter.com/michaelcmaronna
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Cody Ritchie returns to Between Awesome and Disaster after the release of his band Goalkeeper's newest single Car Wreck. He talks to Will about the writing and recording of the band's upcoming first full length album I Wish I Met You Sooner, the importance of having someone push you out of your comfort zone in songwriting, the importance of lyrics, connecting to an audience, playing drums to service the song, and upcoming plans to hit the road.
https://www.goalkeeperband.com/
Listen to their newest single Car Wreck:
https://open.spotify.com/track/3nDO4w05MQ6rvn1tknCnQg?si=9bc0ac4290aa42d6
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Will has just returned from performing in Paris, France. He shares the audio from his performances on Unstable Comedy, and the Improvised I Forgot My Notes show from Blast Off Comedy in Paris, and then has a quick chat with comic Rebecca Anne about Comedy in Paris, living in France and performing live after having to start over zoom in the Pandemic.
Unstable Comedy
https://www.instagram.com/unstablecomedy/?hl=en
Comedy in Paris
https://www.instagram.com/englishcomedyinparis/
Blast Off Comedy
https://www.instagram.com/blastoffcomedy/
Rebecca on Twitter:
https://www.instagram.com/rebecca_anne_comedy/
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Rerelease of my conversation with Goalkeeper Drummer Cody Ritchie from 2020
Comedian Justin Willliams and Will cut there teeth on comedy at the same early shows at the comic strip, and late shows at the Creek and The Cave. He talks to Will about Growing up in Missouri, how he got to New York City, starting stand up comedy, his History studies, and the advantages of producing a show in New Jersey just outside of New York City.
https://justinwilliamscomedy.com/
https://www.facebook.com/ComedianJustinWilliams
https://www.youtube.com/user/JustinCWilliams
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Kris Roe of The Ataris survived two serious cases of Covid-19, and a serious car accident, and continues to be inspired and create music. He talks to Will about musical influences outside of Punk Rock, Growing up in the midwest admist the decline of industry, his early years living in his Van in Santa Barbara while putting together the Ataris, Kung Fu Records, Book Your Own Fucking Life, how their cover of Boys of Summer became a radio hit despite it not being planned as a single, the writing of Takeoffs and Landings, plans for music in the future, and going on his first tour since the begging of the Pandemic The Tried and True Tour with Alien Ant Farm, Lit, and Hoobastank.
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All Things The Ataris:
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Comedian Ethan Stanislawski's move to Los Angeles revitalized not just his life but his comedy as well. He talks to Will about being born and raised in New York City, being the son of a professor, going to school for journalism, music journalism, starting stand up comedy, when he realized he needed to leave New York, comedy in Los Angeles, Sketch comedy, and his plans for upcoming animation work.
https://www.ethanstanislawski.com/
https://www.instagram.com/ethanstancomedy/
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Since Marc's last appearance on the podcast his band Goalkeeper have released an EP, opened for Bowling For Soup, released an acoustic version of their song Black and Blue, and just put out the new single Sooner from their upcoming debut full length. He talks to Will about the response to Life in Slow Motion, Working with
Nik Bruzzese from Man Overboard and Casey Cavaliere of The Wonder Years and their different approaches to songwriting, going outside of their comfort zones when writing for the new record, and plans for extensive touring after the release of the album.
Listen to Goalkeeper:
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Marc on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/MarcAJuliano
https://www.goalkeeperband.com/
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Ahead of his upcoming return to the show and my return from the west coast. Here is my conversation with Marc Juliano of Goalkeeper from 2020. New episodes resume next week
Dave Gomez grew up right outside of the thriving Chicago punk scene.
He talks to Will about growing up outside of Chicago, playing shows at Age 14, what drew him to bass guitar, his love of Mest and Blink 182, writing songs for his project Summer Curse, and how he remains productive when he is the only core member of the band, and plans for future singles later in the year.
https://twitter.com/davegomez22
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Fireworks Bassist Kyle O'Neil is a performer at his core. He talks to Will About Fireworks' return from Hiatus, Their upcoming Fall tour with The Wonder Years, The status of Their new album Higher Lower Power, growing up going to punk shows in Detroit, Touring, recording with Chad Gilbert of New Found Glory as their producer, a great story touring in South America with his Hardcore band, and branching out into Improv, and Sketch Comedy.
Listen to Fireworks:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/2FcxTTXQKgTdJzTeACMlVU?si=GELYEBNBTsmu_2sm5EKrSg
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https://linktr.ee/wearefireworks
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Matt and Devin became friends early in life before forming a band. They talk to Will about the benefits of recording with a producer, guitars, The Warped Tour era of the early 2000s, and plans for the future.
Listen to All Systems Go:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/3vUgiedsWyaAljWZL0MMCo?si=_Auwhv3RRfCH1cd1uZ8eeA
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Westly Bunjunas' band Sunday Morning combines both melodic and heavier elements. He talks to Will about being influenced by Slipknot when he was younger, Sunday Morning's New Split EP with friends of the show What Makes Sense, The Connecticut alternative music scene, 3 hour cover gigs, and constructing left handed guitars for wider variety.
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