Ep37: BARONESS!!!!

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.