Badass Bands

This week we BS with the badasses known as Pom Poms (Marlene and Christian)! They play us a couple tunes, and we talk about the importance of being moved emotionally and physically by music, creative ways to promote, and what they have coming up in the next couple months!

This week Jordan and I BS with Eric Rennaker, the Studio Manager/Head Engineer at Bedrock LA! We chat about the history of Bedrock LA(Which involves diamonds…and maybe even a few ghosts!), pre-production ideas for bands, and discuss some of his favorite projects. Bedrock LA is all about fostering creativity and building community, so if you’ve never been, you should remedy that soon! Its unbelievable how many services they provide for musicians. Press play for the low down from Eric!

This week Jordan and I BS with the radical trio known as The Singles! We chat about the pros and cons of record labels versus doing it all on your own, differences between the Detroit and LA music scenes, and what they have coming up this year!

On this episode of BSing with Badasses, Jordan and I talk with the radical Andy Clockwise! Tune in to hear about his “Just Do It.” mentality when it comes to music (and all aspects of life), what bands sparked his fire for performing, and his love of Half & Half.

This week Jo and the Monkey (Jordan) sit down with highly intriguing Elle Belle to discuss rock and roll and the power of persona. (And much more!)

This week we chat with badass babe Vanessa Silberman who runs A Diamond Heart Productions and plays in her own band, Diamonds Under Fire. We bullshit about artist development, building a scene, venues, and owning your own destiny!

This week we bullshit with radical rocker gals No Girlfriends! I was lucky enough to stumble upon these ladies while judging a Battle of the Bands competition, and they easily blew every other band out of the water. Listen in, we talk about being treated differently as women in music, the chick band community, playing shows in Tijuana, the origin of the name, and much more!

This week Jordan and I bullshit with the lovely Sarah Ault. She just released an exquisite new album, Hold Fast Open Palm, built around the contrast of holding on and also knowing when to let go. We discuss the album, her songwriting process, living with canyon people and much, much more!

This week we BS with Swerve’s Greg Mahdesian about crying at live shows (who and what exactly made us cry), what they’ve been doing as a new band to get themselves out there and what he would change about the current music scene.

This week we bullshit with super badass in the music licensing world, Lauren Harman of Lip Sync Music! She tells us how bands should submit music for licensing, what they look for in a track, what a licensing company can do for you and a little about her grandfather who was one of the most recorded drummers in history!

This week we hang with the radical Zachary Kibbee! We discuss songwriting, his love of the Eagles, and a few ways to make a living making music!

This week we bullshit with Bruce Duff and Jessica Amezcua from Knitting Factory Management, whom just so happen to manage a couple of our badass bands! They spoke with us about what they look for in bands, what level bands should be at on their own before thinking about management, what a manager's job actually entails, and much, much more!

We were thrilled to have Dayle Gloria, Talent Buyer/Promoter Extraordinaire, in to discuss bands, the business, the Sunset Strip glory days and why you need to get off of your ass and do the legwork if you want to succeed! Dayle shares some excellent stories and invaluable advice.

Episode 3: We BS with Brian Rich from The Echo & The Sound about talking dirty in a professional setting (strip club), backhanded compliments, how much harder it can be to be a duo versus a 3/4/5 piece, and why their new EP is called Buffalo Mouth.

Episode 2: We BS with a BADASS rapper, Mr. Austin Antoine. We talk persona, pancakes, West Coast vs. East Coast rap and he does a sick freestyle for us!

We chat with LA band fakers about the word "moist", sustaining relationships, what they think makes a good live show, and Joey plays us "Whiskey is for my Brain".