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Audible Brutality PodcastAudible Brutality Episode 18: Rob Swift is the BestAdam and Tim wax deep about our dear friend Rob Swift - an exceptional and gifted guitar player who loves the six string so much he started Galt Guitar Shop in Cambridge Ontario just to be surrounded by them all the time!
A pillar of the Toronto music scene in the early 2000s, both Adam and Tim have had the honour of sharing both stage and studio with Rob in the band North Star Jack. As regulars of venues like The Horseshoe, and dabblers in the early days of digital home recording, Rob's talent shows that no ma...
2021-08-091h 28
Audible Brutality PodcastAudible Brutality Episode 17: Drum Sounds and Meat GrindersHey you magnificent beasts!
We apologise for the somewhat lengthy delay - we've been working hard to get a month's worth of stellar chatter into one, ridiculously long (but fun and informative) episode.
Consider this our "Double-Live" album - our "Brutality Remains The Same", our "AB Alive!", our "Adam Comes Alive", our "Welcome Back My Friends, to the Tim that Never Ends" .... you get the picture.
We had loads of catching up and tonnes of tricks/tips/dad jokes to share with you fantastic humans, so we ran longer than usual, but hey; yo...
2021-06-231h 28
Audible Brutality PodcastAudible Brutality Episode 16: Best Foot ForwardOn this episode, Tim and Adam get into how artists and bands should always work to put their best foot forward, banter a little about stage banter, discuss how to get ready for the manager / publicist / label olympics, and talk the toys that really should be on your next recording.
Artists we talk about in this episode:
Beg to Differ
Econoline crush
Eye Eye
Sex with strangers
Johnny Coull
Links of note:
Casio DG10
Mattel Synson...
2021-05-0445 min
Audible Brutality PodcastAudible Brutality Episode 15: The Brilliance of BrigaThis episode is completely dedicated to the well-known, well-respected, and well-travelled violinist, producer, writer, and composer Briga (AKA Brigitte Dajczer).
For a change, we shut our word-holes and let Briga tell us what's-what. We cover topics such as production, recording, music in the gaming industry, and what it's like to be talented woman working in a field so over-represented by men.
We even nerd-out on gear, plug-ins, and microphones; Briga gives us tips and tricks of the trade.
You should have your favourite libation (vodka, whisky, or otherwise) nearby as there is a bit o...
2021-03-231h 27
Audible Brutality PodcastAudible Brutality Episode 14: Interview with Colin Kelday aka Quick KickIn this interview we talk to Colin Kelday, better known as Quick Kick, an electronic artist and composer from Toronto, Canada. Colin was born into the cataclysmic collision of punk, and grew up sliding along the shores of psychedelia. After emerging from the slumber of suburbia, he embarked on a career that has lead from playing hostile house parties to opening for major influences like Pop Will It Itself, co-producing the final album of Canadian alt-rock royalty The Watchmen, and scoring the cult hit film How to Be Deadly.
All things Quick Kick can be purchased and downlo...
2021-03-161h 01
Audible Brutality PodcastAudible Brutality Episode 13: High School Voice OverEXTRA! EXTRA! READ ALL ABOUT IT!
Adam goes full-Hollywood!
Well, maybe not full Hollywood, but he does share some of his experiences with his recent voice-over recording work involving a major celebrity, a major studio, and major internet bandwidth problems.
Adam and Tim talk about voice-over work from both sides of the mic, where they have been the recordists and sometimes, the recorded.
Tips and trickery abound!
PLUS
Bonus Gord Clement chit-chattery!
A salvaged outtake from our first-ever Gratuitous Interview, originally snipped due to time constrain...
2021-02-0844 min
Audible Brutality PodcastAudible Brutality Episode 12: Stars on 45It's a brand-spanking New Year so it's time to take down your Xmas lights and get spanking!
We regale you, the listener, with our episode dedicated to the magnificent splendour that that is the 45 RPM record: "Stars on 45". We talk of the love of the "lost B-side", the joys of the 12 inch EP, how artists hid musical treats for their fans pre-digital, and how AM radio frequently flipped the 45 over to create monstrous hits.
And, in an Audible Brutality first, we draw the winner of our Xmas Song contest. Xmas might be over, but...
2021-02-0134 min
Audible Brutality PodcastAudible Brutality Episode 11: The Brutal Best of 2020Well, well cats and kittens; we've made it through 2020!
To celebrate, we've cobbled together what we believe to be our "Brutal Best" from the year that was 2020. We've got studio tips and tricks, stellar interviews, and advice for the lovelorn musician. Well, maybe not exactly love advice, but I think that you get the point.
Scattered throughout this retrospective are songs that you may never have heard before; or maybe you have; let us know what you think!
Support the AMAZING artists from our 2020 Gratuitous Interviews! Give them ALL of your filthy lucre!
n...
2021-01-1146 min
Audible Brutality PodcastAudible Brutality Episode 10: The Festive SpecialGet your musical grouch-face on this holiday season! Tim and Adam talk Christmas carols, from the traditional to the obscure, wax nostalgia about wax and how it's always great to get vinyl as a gift.
As a special bonus, we've made our Brutal Xmas 2020 playlist on Spotify!!! Click here and start to get festive ya bastards!!!
2020-12-2257 min
Audible Brutality PodcastAudible Brutality Episode 9: Jeff Heisholt of Current Fantasy InterviewWhat can we say about our friend Jeff Heisholt? He's a skilled and creative Canadian musician and keyboardist, who can definitely be considered a true ‘working’ player in the Toronto music scene. He’s spent the last 20 years on the road, throwing down mad ivory playing skills with bands and artists such as The Trews, Peter Elkas, Terra Lightfoot, Skydiggers, and Burt Neilson Band.
We were really excited to sit down with Jeff and discuss his new synthesizer project ‘Current Fantasy’, a project he streams regularly to his Facebook channel, that while all 'Jeff', definitely channels many of his own m...
2020-11-121h 06
Audible Brutality PodcastAudible Brutality Episode 8: Caroline Brooks InterviewAdam and Tim have a top notch chat with talented Canadian singer and songwriter Caroline Brooks, one third of the Juno award winning group The Good Lovelies. We discuss songwriting techniques, being a parent who tours, women in production and more! What can we say, she's awesome, and we're glad she was able to really class up our podcast with her experience and insights.
http://carolinebrooks.ca
https://goodlovelies.com
https://www.youtube.com/user/TheGoodLovelies
2020-10-221h 10
Audible Brutality PodcastAudible Brutality Episode 7: Listen to the RadioBack from summer good times, Adam and Tim are back at it in episode 7, shooting the shit about music and radio, getting music on radio, and the generally poor state of broadcast advertising. Oh, and pizza!
Music discussed in this episode
Johnny Coull - Daisy Rides the Firestorm
Spoons - Nova Heart
Some Stylin' Pizza jingles
...And everything about our friend Rob Swift, who owns a really great guitar store in Cambridge, Ontario called Galt Guitar Shop:
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2020-10-0845 min
Audible Brutality PodcastAudible Brutality Episode 6: Armchair AssholesTired of not having enough constructive comments in your musical life? Then listen up! Straight from their own armchairs, Adam and Tim serve notice on the phenomenon of armchair commentary within music and production communities online. We talk a few tips and tricks too, like how building your own wall traps is an easy and inexpensive way to improve your room for tracking and mix.
Albums discussed in this episode
John Mellencamp - No Better than This
Gear Discussed in this episode
Traverse Analogue 652 Tube PreampApex 205 Ribbon Microphone...
2020-09-0848 min
Audible Brutality PodcastAudible Brutality Episode 5: Gord Clement of nTTx InterviewTim and Adam interview Canadian electronic / EBM musician and producer Gord Clement aka nTTx. We talk gear, live shows, influences, the light side of music promotion, and the dangers of being pigeonholed within a genre - It's a banger! Oh, and for good measure we cover the topic of why it's not a good idea to listen with your eyes (just listen to the episode, it'll make sense, we promise).
Music by nTTx
Of course, check out nTTx at these other fine online spaces:
https://www.nttxmusic.com/
h...
2020-08-101h 17
Audible Brutality PodcastAudible Brutality Episode 4: Dancing About ArchitectureIn this episode Adam and Tim discuss the great mystery of music royalties, licensing, co-writes, and get deep on genre snobbery and insecurities, all while trying not to break any copyright laws.
SOME OF THE ARTISTS MENTIONED IN THIS PODCAST:
Lipstick Killers 'Hindu Gods of Love': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htzWnABqZBo
The Sonics 'The Witch': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGBsxpnRhMk
Big Country 'The Crossing': https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nF3I5yYVL06fMYmGTdPpfj-pCskxnd-qg
Beastie Boys 'The In Sound From Way Out!: https://musi...
2020-07-2150 min
Audible Brutality PodcastAudible Brutality Episode 3: Social Media, It's a Trap!Tim and Adam discuss the role of social media in promoting music, and the pitfalls artists often fall into, why shitty is so pretty, dealing with band dynamics, and why Radio Shack mics rule.
2020-07-0346 min
Audible Brutality PodcastAudible Brutality Episode 2: Dollar Stores & Duct TapeAdam and Tim dig into their own song dirt, talk cheap ass studio trickery involving sponges and pencils, why buying your own mic for gigs is probably something you want to do, dream up soundtracks to movie sequels that never happened for inspiration, and why it's so damn important to back up your shit.
A few artists we talk about:
Johnny CoullOld Savannah!
2020-06-1636 min
Audible Brutality PodcastAudible Brutality Episode 1: Look to ArtOur first episode! In these times of Covid 19 Tim and Adam run the gamut and ask tough questions, like 'who is this Art guy we should be looking at?' We also discuss the evolution of electronic music, why disco is awesome, Neil Peart ≠ folk music, and declare there's nothing superfluous about death metal. Not a bad start for a pair of disgruntled old musician producer types...
2020-05-1536 min
Audible Brutality PodcastAudible Brutality - Official TrailerHey, we're Adam and Tim - two grouchy musicians and producers who humorously complain about the state of music today. You could say we're the Statler and Waldorf of musical podcasts!
2020-05-0100 min