S2 Ep2150: Soundscapes with Domenico Pontoriero and David Eichenberger

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In this episode of Soundscapes, host Domenico Pontoriero sits down with ambient guitarist and composer Dave Eichenberger for a conversation that explores the art of creating atmosphere through sound. Dave shares his musical journey, the artists and ideas that shaped his creative voice, and his fascination with ambient music as a genre that invites reflection rather than demands attention. The discussion also dives into his work with the Dali Museum, his innovative approach to sound design using looping, effects, and guitar synthesis, and the importance of supporting local musicians and live music communities. Together, they explore how music can create space for imagination, contemplation, and connection. About Dave Eichenberger Dave Eichenberger is a guitarist, composer, educator, and sonic explorer who has spent more than four decades pushing the boundaries of what a guitar can sound like. Initially inspired by artists such as The Beatles and later influenced by ambient pioneer Brian Eno, Dave developed a unique musical voice built around looping, guitar synthesis, effects processing, and immersive soundscapes. His work blends technical mastery with the slow-building textures of ambient composition, creating music that is both meditative and emotionally evocative. Dave is also known for ambitious projects such as Collectives, a series of 50 one-of-a-kind recordings, and UBU: 32 Days of Balance, a collection of evolving ambient pieces designed to promote focus, reflection, and calm. In addition to his solo work, Dave has performed and recorded extensively with singer-songwriter Julie Black since 2006 and has spent more than 20 years teaching guitar, helping students develop both creativity and technical skill. Whether performing live, composing immersive soundscapes, or collaborating with cultural institutions like the Dali Museum, Dave continues to champion music as a vehicle for curiosity, creativity, and personal discovery. https://daveeichenberger.com/ [https://daveeichenberger.com/] About Domenico Pontoriero Domenico Pontoriero is a St. Petersburg–based artist, composer, and radio host working across instrumental music, film, and community arts. He releases music under the moniker Boy in the Rain [http://boyintherain.com/], an instrumental project with two studio albums available on all major streaming platforms and at BoyintheRain.com [http://BoyintheRain.com]. An award-winning filmmaker, Domenico’s short art film has screened at more than 15 film festivals worldwide, including the SunScreen Film Festival in St. Petersburg. His creative work is rooted in atmosphere, storytelling, and place—whether through sound, image, or live broadcast. Domenico brings years of experience behind the microphone, including his time at WMNF in Tampa, where he co-hosted Made in the Dark. He currently hosts Soundscapes, airing Monday nights at 10 PM, a weekly program dedicated to immersive, locally made instrumental music. Soundscapes highlights regional composers, nurtures creative community, and supports the performing arts scene throughout the St. Petersburg area. The show is accompanied by the Soundscapes podcast, where Domenico interviews guest co-hosts featured on the program, offering listeners a deeper look into their creative processes, influences, and artistic journeys. #Soundscapes #AmbientGuitar #StPeteArts #IndependentMusician #radiostpete #localmusic #instrumentalmusic #domenicopontoriero #boyintherain

S2 Ep2161: MUSIC SCENE Chase Porter Tour of Pinellas County Music History

In this episode of MUSIC SCENE, Lunchtime Conversation host Nanette Wiser talks to Chase Porter, music historian who does a deep dive into the history of music and music studios in Pinellas County, including Waring Music Company, celebrating 100 years on July 16. (Book + Bottle is in the spot where Waring used to be.) Stay tuned for his show on RadioStPete Sunshine 96.7 FM with music and talk in July! Enjoy his show here: https://youtube.com/@cporter?si=sicRKRbXyJJWnMuW [https://youtube.com/@cporter?si=sicRKRbXyJJWnMuW] Waring Music Company (1926-1927) * Fred Waring was one of the top bandleaders of the era with his family run band 'Waring's Pennsylvanians" from Penn State. Popular over radio & stage internationally playing jazz, recorded for Victor. * Victor had top of the line records, artist roster, phonographs, and technology by 1926. * St. Petersburg's music scene was growing in the 20s, many firsts were being made here. * Waring and Victor decided on making a store in St. Pete. Waring Music Company, also called the "Victor Building". * Became a community hub for music. Presentations/lectures, singers & musicians doing shows inside, stars doing autographs, etc. * Petroushka (peh-TROOSH-kuh) Restaurant in Victor Building too, with its own quartet entertaining. * New records played over the airwaves weekly by local station WJBB. * plenty of famous musicians visited all the time. * Waring Music Co. went bankrupt in the fall of 1927, and closed in December. Bankrupted Fred Waring too. * Plenty of Victor Records and phonographs from the store are potentially still out there. Especially in Tampa Bay. (Bananas Records is a great spot to look) * Plenty of pictures of the inside and outside of the Waring Music Company during this time. Beautiful newspaper ads too. Pinellas County Music History (~1900-1950) * I got into this music as a teen in the mid 2010s. Started a YouTube channel dedicated to archiving & talking about all this old music "C Porter". * 78RPM records are the best way to listen to and learn to appreciate the older genres and ways of the old world societally (in my opinion). * No one ever talks about Florida's musical history outside of country, Rock & Roll, and later jazz artists of the 50s, 60s, etc. ditto Tampa Bay. * Some stuff happened here and there in Tampa Bay in the 1890s-1910s, but everything really took off in the 1920s with the land & tourism booms. * The Coliseum, Playhouse Theatre, movie theaters, The Gankplank, Lake Butler Estates, Maritime Service Training Station, etc. where everyone played. * Radio stations and networks helped let the world hear Tampa Bay's music scene. Bay also a favorite spot for musicians to stop on their way to Miami. * Bandleaders, singers, individual musicians, songwriters, record label producers, and all other types of people came from here in the St Pete area too. Here's Chase Porter's story: "I'm Chase Porter, and I'm a born & raised 2nd generation St. Petersburg citizen, with a 5 generations of Florida history on my mother's side. I've grown up with a progressively increasing love and fascination with history, older genres of music, radio, and old technology since a young age. Growing up with the internet exposed me to plenty of history, older tech, but most effectively with music. At the end of Middle School in 2014, I fell in love with Jazz, Blues, Swing, and early Rock & Roll of the 1930s - 1950s from exposure to it all via a video game known as Fallout 3. Becoming enraptured with it all, it wasn't long before I fell in love with some artists such as The Ink Spots, Fletcher Henderson, The Mills Brothers, etc. By 2017 I had learned and listened to hundreds of artists and was mostly in love with the 50s. That year being introduced to vinyl and shellac records. Sending me deeper into a rabbithole of collecting and learning about music, the record industry, etc of the period. By the end of high school, after focusing on the 50s for forever, (and the 20s being just around the corner) I started sticking to the 20s-40s, which is where I've been at ever since. With YouTube, started making documentaries focusing on the music of that time period since then, and deeply researching it all with plenty of top of the line resources that professional discographers and musicologists use on the daily, to learn more about it. Through this, I've been able to bring several completely forgotten musicians of the era back into public light again such as bandleader Will Osborne, and a handful of forgotten local St. Pete area bands and singers such as the Royal Scotch Highlanders, Frank Wilson, Bobbie Brollier, Earl Gresh, etc. This is how Sunshine 96.7 found me eventually, back in 2025 when the 100th anniversary of St. Pete's first record label, Sunshine Records, was founded in 1925 came about. They asked me if I could play a documentary I did on the subject over the air, and I asked them if I could remake it over again, but for Radio audiences. Since then I've been doing radio specials every few months. My new radio show Danceband Days I started for Sunshine 96.7 has been described as being "like Ken Burns of radio" by professors and former radio DJs who have listened. One specific anniversary program I did for them back in the spring, President & CFE Joe Bourdow said of it personally to me, that it was "one of the coolest things we have ever had on the air." All of this leads me to now. Danceband Days episode 3 is in the works, and so is Episode 4, and right now so is the Waring Music Company special too. " #chaseporter #pinellascountymusichistory #dancebanddays #sunshinerecords #waringrecords #music scene #nanettewiser

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