Point North Touring Guitarist Niles Gregory Gibbs's 15 year old self would not believe the places his career has taken him. He talks to Will about Point North's Tour with A Day To Remember and Asking Alexandria (starting 9/29/2021), his live rig for the tour, growing up in upstate NY, moving to Richmond to join the band Broadside, Touring with Andy Black, how Photography helped him reconnect with his creativity when he was burned out on playing music, 7 string guitars, and how he started playing with Point North and how gear endorsements work.
Listen to Point North:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/5Vp7LqcfAtx2U1RfIX8i7r?si=iFDlh4BlTUuxNQTSLaKB-A&dl_branch=1
Nile's Linktree:
https://linktr.ee/nilesgregory
Will's Website: www.awesomedisaster.com
Podcast Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/between-awesome-and-disaster
Did an overhaul of the Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/awesomedisaster
Desperate Acts recorded their new full length State Secrets remotely when the pandemic cancelled their original recording plans. Will talks to Guitarist/Vocalist Matthew Keil about growing up in a small town in Wisconsin, moving to the Twin Cities, what makes midwest punk rock unique from other regions of punk, his roots in the Minnesota Hardcore Scene, Touring as Comeback Kid's Bassist, and his approach to songwriting and guitar tones to fit his style of guitar playing and songwriting for Desperate Acts.
Listen to Desperate Acts:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/1dGTwPhRh3qiC9IViSfV8D?si=ZNG72qy9QHu_wioVvRCIyg&dl_branch=1
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/desperateacts/
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/desperateactsmn
Will's Website: www.awesomedisaster.com
Will's Band: https://brightugly.bandcamp.com/releases
Podcast Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/between-awesome-and-disaster
Did an overhaul of the Patreon:
MANifesto's debut full length Pinky Swear marks the return of brainchild Kelly Clipperton's return to music. Will talks to Kelly and new member Brayo Bryans about how the concept to cover classic girl group songs came to be, writing vocal harmonies and arragements for the album, song selection, Kelly's experience in the Canadian entertainment industry, and Brayo discusses how he joined the group during the Covid-19 lockdown, and immigrated to Canada just before the pandemic after being forced to leave his home in Uganda.
Get MANifesto's new album:
https://manifesto2.bandcamp.com/album/pinky-swear
Rainbow Railroad:
https://www.rainbowrailroad.org/
MANifesto on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/manifestotimes5/
The Late Great Charlie Borski Vocalists Will Huse and Blair Lynn Strong met as aspiring actors and reconnected at the exact right time to form a Theatrical Folk rock band. Will and Will Discuss Gospel music, moving to Los Angeles as a teenager to study to be an Actor, and meeting Blair, the life of struggling theater actors in Los Angeles, Sobriety, writing music in rehab, the creation of the band, songwriting, favorite music, and bassist Nick joins at the end to discuss the production of the band's new album Watch Out for Spiders, and his favorite Epiphone Violin Bass.
Listen to The Late Great Charlie Borski:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/4Wl4oe2w4wSnqz3uKSzOSQ?si=RqN-ggkzRVyUAptN7z1o6A&dl_branch=1
The band on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/thelategreatcharlieborski/
See Will's Band live in Brooklyn Sept 4th
https://www.ticketfalcon.com/e/aghf2021/
Will's Website: www.awesomedisaster.com
Podcast Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/between-awesome-and-disaster
Did an overhaul of the Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/awesomedisaster