The Richard Wooten Podcast

Ep39 Baroness pt2! Blue, Yellow, and Green

“My breakthrough was understanding that each album is very different, down to their essence. And that there were no two that I was going to enjoy in the same way”    More digging into Baroness. We talk about my trouble getting into Blue and we gush about how Yellow/Green is maybe the best album ever made.    00:00 Intro 00:56 Animals as Leaders and Killswitch Engage 24:51 Lamb of God always destroys, Chris Adler doesn’t get enough credit cuz he no use blastbeats, and vaccine politics 38:08 How are metal concerts going to change going forward and the we were young festival ===================================================================== 54:00 Baroness Blue,  where we are coming from, Rob’s first impressions, differences in dynamics/production, and the addition of Peter 1:06:50 Richard’s did not like it at first, key realization about Baroness,  1:26:55 Less into the mixing/production,  food lyrics, vocal harmonies, “progressive” music that prioritizes emotion 1:47:15 Yellow is perfect 1:49:20 Top shelf lyrics, addiction themes, acknowledgement without despair, and more food references 2:05:57 This album makes other music seem shitty 2:12:28 All in on Cocainium, back where I belong, Eula, and the subtle effects work on the album 2:30:37 Green, differing lyrics themes, comparisons to classic rock, and the wonderful weirdness of psalms alive 2:52:00 Summary

Ep. 38: metal soundtracks, evacuations, backing tracks, and sh*tting on guitar heroes

No planned listening this week, decided to just go for it with a Rando Show 00:00 Start, nothingface, the role of compilations/soundtracks in the 90s and early 00s 21:45 music licensing, temp tracks in film composing, the nature of sessions work 35:29 Synthwave and Rise of the Synths revisit 42:03 Hurricane Rita evacuation 1:01:01 Falling in Reverse laptop drama, evolution of playing in churches with backing tracks,  1:18:30 Lots of different ways to use backing tracks, automation, Rammstein, Nile, back your shit up, renaming the pod 1:43:35 Suffocation and Baroness concerts…. The “imperfect” is always going to sound right to us 1:53:01 Steve Vai, Eddie Van Halen, Stevie Ray Vaughn, and assorted guitar hero talk 2:06:27 Blues rock drumming is HARD, Steve Ferrone is a god among men, and a weird story about working with a guitarist that worships clapton.  Interview with Prince’s producer https://urm.academy/ep-227-susan-rogers/ [https://urm.academy/ep-227-susan-rogers/]

Ep37: BARONESS!!!!

“They have so many ideas; they complete them all, it’s never boring, and it all goes down easy. I have no idea how they do it.”    We begin our series on Rob’s all time favorite band… Baroness.    00:00 intro 00:42 voices are weird, figuring out how to do metal vocals back in the day 20:22 Learning technique from music videos is a bad idea, the standard of precision is so much higher today, and the rising popularity of extreme precise music 40:10 Old man shit and some leftist antiracist stuff ======================================================================== 47:46  How each of us got into Baroness 1:01:27 Allen Bickle’s drumming is top shelf incredible, there’s always interesting things happening, John uses lyrics like colors in an abstract palette.  1:10:54 Clutch wordsmithery compared to Baroness, and doom metal 1:19:34 The EPS 1:42:54 Black Sabbath digression and ripping on Queens of the Stone Age 1:53:01 Red first impressions 1:55:57 Andy Sneap, Judas Priest harmony digression 2:02:12 shoutout to the shaker in Rays on Pinion, and a percussion/cowbell digression 2:11:57 THE VOICE and they’re mastery of completing ideas while always being interesting 2:20:38 Comparing Baroness to Zeppelin, Punk, and Metal.  2:29:53 Wailing Wintry Wind and Teeth of a Cogwheel 2:39:30 Teeth of a cogwheel  2:45:21 Summary… This music feels woven, not built.

Ep36: More metals with Harrison Jacob of As Eden Burns and Cavernous

Ep36: More metals with Harrison Jacob of As Eden Burns and Cavernous   Harrison Returns!  00:00 Intro 00:16 pirating music  09:07 AI generated art etc... 25:56 fb as new tech  38:12 missing the real interaction the fb approximates ================================================================  43:02 playlist start  58:02 Decapitated 1:03:34 as eden burns  1:19:28 Trey Gammon is a BEAST 1:22:40 Cavernous and how Harrison's dad influenced him  1:38:51 Dimmu, iceland santas, Death, malevolent creation  1:55:36 Black dahlia, Nile 2:14:05 Obscura, Archspire,  2:26:08 Ryan Adams and separating art from the artists 2:38:28 non metal influences   Playlist https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1PJK0fboijR9T4Qcn9VJX5?si=37a2b2fb99904182

Ep35: The introvert parade revisits Mudvayne’s LD50

Old friends catch up about being introverts, parenting, teaching, and then dissect Mudvayne’s LD50   Justin is a high school journalism/media teacher, has a BS in History, and is a prolific visual artist. Check out some of his work here: https://www.inkmethod.com/portfolio   00:00 intro Preamble 00:49 Justin always comes prepared, our class ruined alot of things, and justin intro 10:33 Synthwave revisit: future gazing and individuality 31:51 weekly pantera digression 36:52 Introvert Parade, turning social time into work, and being scared to call people 1:02:26 Socializing when you have kids and stay at home parent stuff 1:15:48 Some high school stories, teaching in general vs during the pando, and how we had it easier than kids today 1:47 Shows, games, and random phone notes =================================================== 2:04:00 intro, anticipated record, seeing em live etc...  2:31:00 production, performances, vibe, and the direction change on other albums 3:05 Monolith through Cradle 3:21 Nothing to Gein through (k)now F(orever) 3:41 wrap up and why we are enjoying doing these podcasts.