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Performance AnxietyPerformance AnxietyDavid J. Haskins (Bauhaus, Love And Rockets) Today’s guest hates traffic as much as I do. Plus he helped invent an entire genre of music. Welcome David J. Haskins to the podcast. He has a new album out, but you may also recognize him from his previous bands, Bauhaus and Love And Rockets. His love of music began with reggae and sneaking into clubs when he was a kid. His biggest inspirations were Bowie, Marc Bolan, and Roxy Music. He started off playing guitar but switched to bass when music started getting serious. Daid talks about early bands and getting banned fr...2025-07-031h 03Performance AnxietyPerformance AnxietyJames Cook (Captain's Audio Project, Trashcan Joe)This guest makes me feel like I’m in a Mark Twain novel. Welcome James Cook of Trashcan Joe. He’s got a new project called Captain’s Audio Project and the two bands are like yin and yang. They both have that old-time jazz feel. But where Trashcan Joe is fun, upbeat, and occasionally raucous, Captain’s Audio Project is a little more melancholy. James grew up in a very musical family but he’s the only one of his siblings to find his way into the music business. As I’ve mentioned, he plays old-time jazz. But he...2025-02-111h 21Performance AnxietyPerformance AnxietyTex Mosely (Neverland Ranch Davidians)Today’s guest was bound to happen. Meet Tex Mosely from Neverland Ranch Davidians. Tex and his band were suggested to me a couple of years ago by my friend Ian. I reached out and we tried to get everything to mesh but just couldn’t make it work. A few years later, here we are. Tex talks about growing up in Philly and having music all around him. His uncle was a professional bass player. Tex started playing guitar and even took lessons from jazz legend, Pat Martino! He began his life in music in Philly, but h...2025-02-011h 21Performance AnxietyPerformance AnxietySide Projects: Sophomore AlbumsI've wanted to do this episode for a long time; not just the subject matter, but my guests as well. Today I’m talking about making sophomore albums with Vashti Bunyan and Lucy Kruger; two people who have vastly different experiences making their second albums. Lucy has done it twice with her bands Medicine Boy and Lucy Kruger & The Lost Boys. But they were both very different approaches from one another. Vashti took a different route. She waited 35 years to make her sophomore album. In fact, she said that, between the disappointing reception to her debut and the...2025-01-2450 minPerformance AnxietyPerformance AnxietyClinton Jacob (Mr. Phylzzz)Today’s guest has the best outlook. Welcome Clinton Jacob of Mr. Phylzzz to the podcast. He’s based out of Chicago but originally hails from Clarksville, OH. Apparently they have quite the gruesome claim to fame. Clinton began his musical career playing in bands that were a little more traditional in their sound and approach, which he hated. But there wasn’t much in Clarksville besides that and dead bodies. And that’s actually what made Clinton realize that music was what he wanted to do. Mr. Phylzzz was formed as a joke by driving a member of one of t...2025-01-151h 44Performance AnxietyPerformance AnxietyMaura Pond (Luna Honey)This guest harkens back to the original concept of this podcast. And she has possibly the most unusual band setup I have ever heard of. Welcome Maura Pond of Luna Honey. And this band has really captured my attention. They’ve got this new take on the no wave sound that spawned bands like Swans, Rhys Chatham, Theoretical Girls, and others. It’s experimental music that’s really accessible. Maura and I discover some similarities like being from the VA/DC area and procrastination. She talks about getting a bit of a late start in the whole “being in...2025-01-061h 17Performance AnxietyPerformance AnxietyKerry Jones (Death Doula)This guest had me pining for the 90’s. Welcome Kerry Jones from the band Death Doula. If you’re like me, you may be asking what a death doula is. Fortunately for us, Kerry talks about what it is and why she gave her band that name. She played a number of instruments growing up but never sang. She never thought that singing was a talent that she could possess. She learned how to play guitar during a high school independent study.Before she started working on her own music, she went through so many phases of musi...2024-12-281h 21Performance AnxietyPerformance AnxietyDjango Haskins (The Old Ceremony)Today’s guest is a busy guy. He never seems to stop working. It’s Django Haskins from The Old Ceremony. And with a name like Django, your future is basically pre-determined. Music was big part of his parents’ (and therefore, his) lives. His parents were a folk duo and had Django playing classical violin at age five. He’s been in rock bands since the age of thirteen. And that includes while he was studying literature at Yale and spending a year in China. DId I mention that he got life advice from Ike & Tina’s sax player? Well he di...2024-12-191h 12Performance AnxietyPerformance AnxietyJohn Mlynczak (NAMM)Today’s guest schooled me…about NAMM, the North American Music Merchants. Welcome NAMM President and CEO, John Mlynczak. Before we get into the meat of what NAMM is and does, John talks about his musical history. Music and music education have always been an important part of his life. He pursued that path from Virginia all the way to LSU; but I won’t hold that against him. He talks about creating the first music technology curricula in the state of Louisiana and how that led him to a job with PreSonus, who make music software, monitors, mixers, and mo...2024-12-071h 08Performance AnxietyPerformance AnxietyChris GreeneThis guest is not what I expected. Welcome jazz saxophonist Chris Greene to the podcast. I was worried that he’d be a jazz snob but he was the exact opposite. He was happy to teach me what he could in an hour podcast. And that included learning how he got into jazz. It all started to make sense to Chris in high school. He went on to study jazz at Indiana, which is where he started playing in bands outside of school for the first time.He formed Chris Greene & New Perspective. He had some definite ideas and pl...2024-11-301h 17Performance AnxietyPerformance AnxietyTartie (In These Trees)Today’s guest should be musically jetlagged. But she’s not. Welcome the mononymous Tartie to the podcast. She’s from Melbourne and has recently collaborated with Binnie Klein out of Connecticut for a project called In These Trees. It’s an emotional journey of an album. But before that happened, Tartie went through a whole lot of other phases. She taught herself piano at age six. She also started writing original music early on. She eventually studied music in college and played some unusual early gigs. Tartie discusses her early music, which is definitely more pop than more...2024-11-201h 07Performance AnxietyPerformance AnxietyBoone Froggett (Otis)This guest has reignited my love for the blues. Meet Boone Froggett from Otis. Boone is the guitarist, singer, and founding member of the band. We get disconnected a couple of times in the beginning, but we push through and have a wonderful conversation.He grew up in the same town as The Kentucky Headhunters. That band was hugely influential, not just musically, but attitudinally, if that’s a word. They showed Boone that you could be successful without moving to L.A. or Nashville. We talk about how he grew up performing, learning drums, guitar, singing, and sitar. Whe...2024-11-141h 02Performance AnxietyPerformance AnxietyStella ColeToday’s guest makes me feel old fashioned. Or maybe I want to drink an Old Fashioned. Either way I am fortunate enough to have Stella Cole on the podcast! She blew up TikTok with her faithful renditions of the Great American Songbook. She tells me about how she became obsessed with old music and musicals from an early age. But she was always cautious about pursuing music as a career. Like when she was attending Northwestern University; she double majored in theater and international relations as a way of hedging her bets. She also minored in German (and ev...2024-11-011h 04Performance AnxietyPerformance AnxietyMiistToday’s guest makes me feel blessed. Her name is Miist. She’s a singer/songwriter with an incredible story. She grew up in China and had no ambitions of being a musician. She would sing songs with her father as a kid but that was really the extent of her musical experience. She moved to Canada where she was an accountant. But a startling cancer misdiagnosis completely changed her life. She bought a ukulele and began singing as a way of working through her cancer treatments. She would post them on Instagram, which is how she met her futu...2024-10-261h 00Performance AnxietyPerformance AnxietyDave Trumfio (Pulsars)Today’s guest is Dave Trumfio and he makes me feel empathetic…towards robots. Dave and his brother Harry have been in bands together since Dave was 8 years old. Their first band started then and lasted through high school! In fact, at their high school talent show, they managed to snag the final spot so they could play the entire first side of Rush’s 2112 album! Dave also performs an a capella version of the first song he ever wrote. This is when he started getting into production, as well. He started on cassettes and started working in studios, learni...2024-10-151h 15Performance AnxietyPerformance AnxietyChris Slade (AC/DC, The Firm)Today’s guest makes me happy. It’s legendary drummer, Chris Slade. From his humble beginnings, he became the go-to drummer for some of the biggest names in rock. He tells me about the entertainment gene that runs through his family, buying his way out of school so he could play drums, and how working in a show shop got him a gig with Tom Jones. And speaking of Tom Jones, Chris tells what really happened with the infamous Tom Jones panty story. Chris had the opportunity to record with Joe Meek, who fascinates me. After Tom Jones, Chris found...2024-10-041h 23Performance AnxietyPerformance AnxietySide Projects: Bernie Worrell (w/Evan Taylor)This episode of Side Projects honors the legacy of the late, great, legendary keyboardist Bernie Worrell. His friend and colleague Evan Taylor talks about the posthumous album he produced called Wave From The WOOniverse. It contains 12 previously unfinished Bernie Worrell compositions and 1 unreleased Funkadelic song. It’s been a two year labor of love for Evan and Bernie’s widow, Judie. And the amount of guests on this double album is staggering. There’s Will Calhoun from Living Colour, Mike Watt, Norwood Fisher from Fishbone, Marc Ribot, Fred Schneider, Sean Ono Lennon, Bootsy Collins, and a lot more. Evan...2024-09-271h 02Performance AnxietyPerformance AnxietyGeorge Tolias (A Monkey Shine)Today’s guest has done so many things that I would like to do. And he tells us all about it. Welcome bassist and founding member of A Monkey Shine, George Tolias. George joins us from Athens…Greece, not Georgia. He got a late start in music. He didn’t start playing until his wife bought him a bass about 20 years ago! But he’s a quick study. Once he got comfortable, he started playing in a cover band. But they had an unusual set list. George describes what it’s like to play non-Greek rock music in Athens a...2024-09-201h 13Performance AnxietyPerformance AnxietyPamela McNeillToday’s guest makes me feel a little bit country AND a little bit rock and roll. Welcome singer/songwriter Pamela McNeill to the podcast. She has accomplished so much in her career. But it all started in Winona, MN. She talks to me about the music scene there and what event set her mind on being a musician. She talks about some unusual things about her like being a massive fan of Rush, working as a clown at the Ground Round restaurant and how that led to her first real musical job. Soon enough she was playing cover ba...2024-09-121h 11Performance AnxietyPerformance AnxietyJohn Ford ColeyToday’s guest should probably do his own podcast. Welcome John Ford Coley to the show. He’s a great storyteller with a lifetime of stories to share. He grew up outside of Dallas where he was classically trained on piano as a kid. He grew up on opera, show tunes, and church music. But rock and roll wormed its way into his soul and he struck a deal with his piano teacher to show him how to play popular songs. While John is most well known for his band England Dan and John Ford Coley and what is now...2024-09-041h 24Performance AnxietyPerformance AnxietySide Projects: The Theremin (w/Nick Kizirnis & Pamelia Stickney)This is such a cool episode. We’re talking all things theremin with Nick Kizirnis and Pamelia Stickney. This episode has been a long time in the making and well worth the wait. There’s some theremin history and some rumors about the inventor. Nick and Pam discuss how the instrument works and what weird things affect the sound and performance. I learn how to tune a theremin, what a thereminist’s worst nightmare is and if anyone has ever done a theremin version of dueling banjos. Nick has a new album out called Every Moment. Grab it wher...2024-08-301h 15Performance AnxietyPerformance AnxietyCorey Schenck (Pangaea)Today’s guest is literally progressive. Let’s welcome Corey Schenck of the band Pangaea to the podcast. Corey was a late-bloomer, musically speaking. He didn’t pick up an instrument until late into high school. But it was such a deep connection that he went to college and received several degrees in it. He talks about how his love of music pushed him through the more challenging college courses. He now teaches music on the college level. He formed the band that would eventually become Pangaea during his studies but the original name was Artica. He explains how they c...2024-08-211h 02Performance AnxietyPerformance AnxietySheila Shukla (Magnolia Street String Band)Today’s guest really brings back some memories. Please welcome Sheila Shukla from Magnolia Street String Band. Sheila and I go way back. Like WAAAAAY back, all the way to elementary school. There’s a little bit of catching up in this episode, sprinkled throughout Sheila’s story. She talks about how she used to force her sister, Rita, to help her figure out harmonies she was hearing before they could go out and play. And eventually, growing up in 80’s and 90’s New Jersey, she got into metal and alternative music pretty heavily. But at one point, she...2024-08-141h 05Performance AnxietyPerformance AnxietyRobyn HitchcockToday’s guest exemplifies perseverance; and not just with his music but with this podcast. There were a few technical issues which have, hopefully, been overcome with clever editing. Welcome the one and only Robyn Hitchcock. He’s written a memoir about his life in 1967. In fact, it’s called 1967, How I Got There And Why I Never Left. It’s a very unique take on a memoir that works so well. But before we hit on the book, Robyn helps me set things up by going over his life BEFORE 1967. He also talks about things that happened AFTER 1967, like for...2024-08-071h 02Performance AnxietyPerformance AnxietyT BearToday’s guest has been through it. But he hasn’t let it stop him.Welcome T Bear to the show. Born Richard Gerstein, he grew up spending time in both New York City and the Caribbean. He was playing pretty early on. In fact, he was invited to his first studio session at the age of just 17…by Richie Havens! Soon after, he was discovered by the KISS camp and began writing with the band. That helped him secure his first record deal, which led to the name change and a disco smash hit called Sunshine Hotel. Yeah the 70...2024-07-311h 11Performance AnxietyPerformance AnxietySide Projects: Song Structure (w/Steve Dawson & Mark Mallman)This episode of Side Projects sees the return of Steve Dawson and Mark Mallman. They join me to discuss song structure. We go over some basic terms and structures that are typical and atypical. We talk about songs like The Wreck Of The Edmunds Fitzgerald by Gordon Lightfoot, Don’t Stop Believin’ by Journey, Stairway To Heaven by Led Zeppelin, and others.Is a successful song necessarily a GOOD song? Are streaming services, algorithms, & metrics changing pop song structures? Does the music delivery system (records, CD’s, streaming) play a part in the song structure that’s popular...2024-07-251h 15Performance AnxietyPerformance AnxietyThe Dream EatersToday’s guests made me laugh. A lot. I’d like to welcome Jake Zavracky and Elizabeth LeBaron to the show. Together they make up The Dream Eaters. And this entire episode could have gone off the rails at any moment. From the very beginning things were different than just about any other show. For example, doing the actual podcast took Elizabeth by surprise. And once we got everything going, Jake and Elizabeth had different views on things like how they met and how they came up with the band’s name. There are a ton of hilario...2024-07-231h 23Performance AnxietyPerformance AnxietyDavid Hakopyan (Antenna The End, The Apex Theory)Today’s guest makes me feel so excited and I just can’t hide it. It’s The Pointer Sisters. No. No it’s not. Please welcome David Hakopyan of Antenna The End. And I have to thank Jamie Park and Teen Cancer America for connecting us. David grew up in one of the biggest Armenian communities in the world outside of Armenia, itself. He was influenced equally by rock and Armenian folk music. But music wasn’t always his focus. For a while as a teen, he thought he might be an illustrator. He was the counterfeit...2024-07-181h 39Performance AnxietyPerformance AnxietySide Projects: Band Of Susans (w/Robert Poss & Karen Haglof)The Side Projects series of this podcast gives me a lot of latitude regarding subject matter. Occasionally, I like to go down a rabbit hole on a specific band. But I think this is the first time I’ve been able to do that with band members, themselves. Please welcome Robert Poss and Karen Haglof of Band Of Susans. They’ve both been on the podcast. In fact they were very early episodes and we were past due for a catch up session. Both Robert and Karen have new albums out so it seemed like the perfect time to do a...2024-07-131h 16Performance AnxietyPerformance AnxietyJackie Popovec (The Vindys)Today’s guest reminds me that there is some amazing talent out there that needs to be heard. Welcome Jackie Popovec from Youngstown, Ohio’s own The Vindys. She’s a powerhouse vocalist whose voice is a Venn Diagram of some heavy hitters like Amy Winehouse, Christina Aguilera, & Carrie Underwood. And the rest of the band ain’t so bad either. They rock with an early Chicago sound. Think Terry Kath meets Eddie Van Halen with killer horns. They’ve been around for over ten years now, but Jackie has been singing for a bit longer than that. She and the ba...2024-07-091h 04Performance AnxietyPerformance AnxietyTom Kanach (KANAK)Today’s guest proves that hard work and patience will pay off. Welcome Tom Kanach of KANAK to the podcast. Tom is from New Jersey, so naturally we start razzing each other almost from the start. Tom talks about manipulating his situation so his brother would get an unwanted plastic drum set in order to start his first band. But he would really get serious about being in a band after a chance meeting in a school bathroom. Relax…everyone is a kid in this story. He’s been writing music longer than he can remember. He even has record...2024-07-041h 07Performance AnxietyPerformance AnxietyLex Borrero (NEON16, AM16)Today’s guest makes me feel inspired. I welcome Lex Borrero to the program. He’s the very definition of rags-to-riches. Born in Bogota, Colombia, he emigrated with his mother to the US to start a new life from scratch. His first taste of success came after selling candy and burned CD’s to buy a pair of Jordans when he was a kid. But Lex wasn’t (and he’ll admit, still isn’t) a musician. Instead, he has an innate ability to know a good story and a talent for communication. He talks about his professional arc; how he start...2024-06-2842 minPerformance AnxietyPerformance AnxietyChelsea Nenni (Late Slip)Today’s guest embodies retro in the most fun ways possible. Welcome Chelsea Nenni of Late Slip to the show. She grew up with music all around. Her dad worked in rock radio since the 70’s. He even gave Carson Daly his first shot. In fact, Carson would often come over to Chelsea’s house for spaghetti. But her lifelong obsession with oldies, Elvis in particular, came from her mom. But Chelsea didn’t go the normal route into rock music. This is the point of the show where I learn about opera outreach programs.Chelsea began performi...2024-06-261h 15Performance AnxietyPerformance AnxietyDavid Nagler (As For The Future, Nova Social)Today’s guest makes me feel exotic. Welcome David Nagler to the show. David grew up in a very musical house. In fact, his first performance was at age 1 or 2 in a stage production of The King And I. But that was just the beginning. A very early beginning. He began taking piano lessons a few years later. He began his musical career with the band Stretch. That soon became Nova Social. Same guys, new name. The band was initially a guitar-based band with smart lyrics. But that was the first album. The second took a hard lef...2024-06-201h 09Performance AnxietyPerformance AnxietyJeff Fielder (Mark Lanegan, Amy Ray)My guest today is just fun to talk with. It’s Jeff Fielder. I first heard Jeff when researching for Mark Lanegan’s episode. He’s worked with so many people and made so much great music that it’s almost unbelievable. But he started off admiring rock before playing any. He grew up in Alaska with much older brothers. Long haired, Les Paul playing, Barracuda driving brothers. So Jeff got into music early. In fact, he started gigging before middle school in a 17 piece jazz band led by his future middle school music teacher and at one point, probably...2024-06-122h 05Performance AnxietyPerformance AnxietyMark MallmanToday’s guest makes me feel grateful in many different ways. One person I’m grateful to is Ryan Smith for introducing me to Mark Mallman. Mark’s story is incredible. But the recurring theme is victory. He’s overcome so much throughout his life and it all boils down to his mother’s message: It’s going to be OK. He grew up with music all around. It was there from his earliest memories. He began studying piano at age three with his mother. But his childhood wasn’t easy. He grew up in, as he calls it, “a house of depre...2024-06-051h 11Performance AnxietyPerformance AnxietyEerie Von (Danzig, Samhain)Today’s guest is truly multi-talented. Welcome modern renaissance man Eerie Von to the podcast. Eerie talks about his varied creative talents. Whether it’s drums, bass, singing, photography, painting, or whatever he sets his mind to, Eerie is a force to be reckoned with. He’s also one of the most down-to-earth people I’ve ever had on the show. He’s an open book about his time in Samhain and Danzig. He talks about how those bands formed and why he ended up leaving Danzig after the fourth album.He talks about Rick Rubin and the influence he had on...2024-05-291h 32Performance AnxietyPerformance AnxietyAntler FamilyToday’s guests make me rethink the saying “Don’t meet your idols”. I’m joined by Tom Flynn and Mia Dean of Antler Family. Tom’s extensive musical career features bands like Fang and Cornelius Asperger and the Bi-Curious Unicorns. Mia is operatically trained and spent time studying opera in Austria and Italy. She was a huge fan of Tom’s music and jumped at the opportunity to play with one of her idols. But before all that, Tom reveals an early love of hard rock and prog before starting Fang, his roles with The Melvins, and selling his leftover s...2024-05-2245 minPerformance AnxietyPerformance AnxietyHarry OstremToday’s guest reminds me that sometimes, I need to shift my focus. Welcome the multitalented Harry Ostrem to the podcast. I met Harry through a project I started two years ago. But I’ll explain that in a minute. Harry is a bassist, actor, singer, songwriter, comedian, writer, and more. The guy is crazy talented. He grew up about as far away from showbusiness as possible, in a small town of 20 in rural Montana. Yes, I know, that’s redundant. But it’s true. In 5th grade, he was the person in the 5th grade.But he escap...2024-05-161h 27Performance AnxietyPerformance AnxietyLance WhalenToday’s guest reminds me why I do this podcast. It’s Lance Whalen and we met because all he did was make a nice comment about one of my episodes. That’s it. I thought “Hey, let me check out this guy’s music” and I suggested we record an episode. Lance’s story gets very difficult at times. And he hits me with some straight up sorrow out of the blue. But everything he’s had to endure has gone into some tremendous music. It’s also gone into some music that he’s trying to erase from the internet. 2024-05-101h 15Performance AnxietyPerformance AnxietyStephen BluhmToday’s guest reminds me that not everyone is born at the right time. My guest is singer/songwriter Stephen Bluhm. To say he is an old soul is an understatement of the highest degree. I mean, the man put a heckelphone on his latest album. Don’t know what that is? Stephen does! And he explains it on the podcast. His latest release, Out Of The Nowhere. Into The Here, throws it WAAAAAY back. It’s a brave album in so many ways and once you give it a shot, you’ll know exactly what I mean. But this alb...2024-05-0153 minPerformance AnxietyPerformance AnxietyLynn DruryToday’s guest reminds me to take my time. Please give a Performance Anxiety welcome to singer/songwriter, Lynn Drury. She has made New Orleans her home but she grew up in what sounds like every little girl’s dream, raising and training quarter horses for the rodeo circuit in Mississippi. And she always loved music but never actually considered pursuing it professionally. That is until she was walking around New Orleans and decided she didn’t want to sell computers anymore; she wanted to play guitar and sing! So that’s what she did!She took lessons...2024-04-261h 17Performance AnxietyPerformance AnxietyMichael Bland (Soul Asylum, Prince)Today’s guest makes me feel like royalty. It’s drummer Michael Bland and he has worked with some of the best in the business. But before that, he played in school and found out he had perfect pitch! Finding that out helped solidify his decision to be a musician. But his parents weren’t exactly thrilled about the idea and pushed him to have a backup plan. That is, until Prince called the house looking for Michael. This started a trend of Michael being offered jobs on stage in the middle of jams. Michael was the drummer for The Ne...2024-04-182h 22Performance AnxietyPerformance AnxietyBex MarshallToday’s guest makes me appreciate life a bit more. Welcome a woman who has lived the blues, Bex Marshall. She talks about how she always had this absolute need to learn how to play guitar and the huge impact karaoke had on starting her career. She was singing in a band called Blue Murder before she had to press pause on her music career and get a “real” job. But it wasn’t all that bad. She traveled the globe and it was on a flight home from Jakarta when it hit her that music was her calling.She...2024-04-101h 05Performance AnxietyPerformance AnxietyLance Hoppen (Orleans)Today’s guest reminds me that not everything is always as it seems. Please welcome Lance Hoppen from the band Orleans. Prior to speaking with Lance, I hadn’t dug very deep into Orleans’ catalog. But when I did I realized that there is a whole lot going on there! The band tends to get lumped into the yacht rock genre but there is so much more to their sound.Lance gives a history lesson on the band that became the family business. And in true familial style, his big brother, Larry, made him audition to get in the...2024-04-031h 47Set Lusting Bruce: The Bruce Springsteen Fan PodcastSet Lusting Bruce: The Bruce Springsteen Fan PodcastMarc Shea - Springsteen Fan and Podcast HostMarc Shea @sheacrew is a fellow Pantheon Podcast network host. His podcast is called Performance Anxiety and has talked to dozens of artists about what goes on behind the scenes during recordings and live performances. Today, he shares his Springsteen fandom story! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2024-04-0134 minPerformance AnxietyPerformance AnxietyMichael Wiener (The Children...)Today’s guest really makes me want to be more experimental…somehow. It’s Michael Wiener of The Children…(with the ellipses). They have just released what is technically their second album. But good luck finding the first. Michael’s household growing up was not typical. His mother was a pioneering photojournalist and his father was a child Holocaust survivor. And they encouraged his pursuit of the arts and culture, which led him to violin and piano lessons. But his initial professional foray into music was not via a band, but as a critic. This is how he met his future...2024-03-2859 minPerformance AnxietyPerformance AnxietyJason AchillesToday’s guest makes me wish I had studied more in school. Meet Jason Achilles. This guy’s breadth of talent and interests just blows my mind! He’s not just a talented musician but he’s also an engineer who has recorded the sounds of Mars from a microphone system he was in charge of on the Mars rover. And apparently this kind of professional diversity runs in the family. By the way, he uses one of the microphones that didn’t make it to Mars on the podcast!But the podcast starts off with an admission...2024-03-221h 40Performance AnxietyPerformance AnxietyTexas ScratchToday’s guests exemplify the virtue of patience. Please welcome Jim Suhler and Buddy Whittington of the band Texas Scratch. Their debut album was released recently…14 years AFTER it was recorded. And if you’re asking why, I’m not even sure the band can answer that. Texas Scratch is a Texas blues album that was recorded in New Jersey. Maybe that’s why it took so long…the universe couldn’t believe such a great blues album could have been made in the Northeast. Jim and Buddy have played with some incredible musicians like John Mayall, George Thorogoo...2024-03-1454 minPerformance AnxietyPerformance AnxietySide Projects: Building A Foundation with Modern GuiltOn this episode of Side Projects, I am joined, once again, by London’s Modern Guilt. Or at least most of them. Scott, Jaz, and Andreas are joined by their producer Mikey Buckley of Desert Ships. Missing during this recording are Dan and Glyn. And Glyn is especially missing, as he has left the band; but they tell me it was on good terms. We’ll see about that. But that situation actually factors into the topic of this episode: the importance of building solid foundations. The band talks about having three foundational, core members who do the w...2024-03-051h 10Performance AnxietyPerformance AnxietyBlake LewisToday’s guest makes me want to push through the rough times. Please welcome Blake Lewis. You might remember him from Season 6 of American Idol. But there is so much more to Blake than being one of the most unique contestants on one of the hottest properties on television. He grew up with his mom playing bluegrass banjo, which is why he rebelled into electronic music. He was the first contestant on Idol to beatbox. So, naturally, Blake talks about where that began and how that helped get him into his first professional band, Kickshaw. Soon after he was in...2024-02-281h 32Performance AnxietyPerformance AnxietySide Projects: Joel Selvin On Jim GordonToday’s guest is revelatory. I’m extremely happy to welcome author Joel Selvin to the podcast. He’s written a book called Drums & Demons: The Tragic Journey Of Jim Gordon. The title tells it all. It’s the story of one of the (if not THE) greatest drummers of all time and his mental health battle that ultimately ended in tragedy. Joel masterfully tells the story from Jim’s beginnings, how he started playing drums,to touring with The Everly Brothers immediately after graduating high school, and how he broke into the world of session musicians.He was...2024-02-221h 13Performance AnxietyPerformance AnxietyLocrianToday’s guests make me appreciate the patience of others. Please welcome, for the third attempt, Andre and Terence from Locrian. What you’re listening to is our third attempt at this episode. The first was scrapped due to a computer malfunction. The second had an iphone issue. So take three was the final attempt! And it was worth it. Locrian has a new album set to release so the timing couldn’t have been better. Terence and Andre tell me about their early bands and sounds and how they met at a “metal night” party. They tell me abo...2024-02-141h 18Performance AnxietyPerformance AnxietyJeremy WilmsToday’s guest makes me want more names. It’s Jeremy Wilms and we’ll go through all his different names throughout this episode. But each one has a reason. Jeremy is his family’s musical version of “3rd time’s a charm”. He’s managed to study and play guitar with some amazing people. After college, he moved from Duluth, GA to NYC and kept studying in the form of open jam sessions with his neighbors and some naked people. Jeremy is a guitar player but started getting actual work after he picked up the bass. That led him to p...2024-02-071h 31Performance AnxietyPerformance AnxietyElisa Di Napoli (Elyssa Vulpes)Today’s guest makes this episode kind of literal. Meet Elisa Di Napoli, AKA Elyssa Vulpes. She does so many things, it’s really tough to pin it down. However, one of the areas she specializes in is hypnotherapy. She has an entire program to help artists over come…wait for it…PERFORMANCE ANXIETY! But you don’t just start out in life as a hypnotherapist. Actually, Elisa’s first career choice was a cartoon singer. Elisa talks about her global childhood and the roundabout way she got into guitar. And her way of rebelling was moving from Italy to...2024-01-311h 03Performance AnxietyPerformance AnxietyNatalie Ribbons (Tele Novella)Today’s guest brings me back to a simpler time. Welcome Natalie Ribbons of Tele Novella. I learned about her family connection to radio and her parents’ decision that she should be a concert pianist after they inherited a piano. While Natalie may have disagreed, it IS what got her singing and steered her to a performing arts high school (after getting kicked out of her previous school). That’s where she took secret guitar lessons.She formed the band Agent Ribbons where everything was first time DIY. So they may have overdone a few things, maybe took a...2024-01-241h 05The Fraud Boxer PodcastThe Fraud Boxer PodcastAUDIO VERSION: The Man Who Recruited Jordan into Fraud; Marc Shea!This is a special one for me personally everyone!  Today I have Marc Shea from Bridgeview Solutions on the show!  He is the one who recruited me into fraud full time. Join us as we catch up and tell that story as well as his who journey in recruiting!   We explore intricacies such as transparent communication and the importance of having a deep understanding of a company's culture. We dive into the evolving landscape of remote and hybrid work models, with Shea providing observations on the challenges and opportunities for employers and employees alike. The conv...2024-01-2255 minThe Fraud Boxer PodcastThe Fraud Boxer PodcastThe Man Who Recruited Jordan into Fraud; Marc Shea!This is a special one for me personally everyone!  Today I have Marc Shea from Bridgeview Solutions on the show!  He is the one who recruited me into fraud full time. Join us as we catch up and tell that story as well as his who journey in recruiting!   We explore intricacies such as transparent communication and the importance of having a deep understanding of a company's culture. We dive into the evolving landscape of remote and hybrid work models, with Shea providing observations on the challenges and opportunities for employers and employees alike. The conv...2024-01-2255 minThe Fraud Boxer PodcastThe Fraud Boxer PodcastThe Man Who Recruited Jordan into Fraud; Marc Shea!This is a special one for me personally everyone!  Today I have Marc Shea from Bridgeview Solutions on the show!  He is the one who recruited me into fraud full time. Join us as we catch up and tell that story as well as his who journey in recruiting!   We explore intricacies such as transparent communication and the importance of having a deep understanding of a company's culture. We dive into the evolving landscape of remote and hybrid work models, with Shea providing observations on the challenges and opportunities for employers and employees alike. The conv...2024-01-2255 minPerformance AnxietyPerformance AnxietyMalcolm BruceToday’s guest makes me feel free. I can’t help that one and you’ll see why in a second. My guest is Malcolm Bruce. In addition to being the son of legendary bassist Jack Bruce, he is, himself, quite a gifted and accomplished musician. In this episode we figure out where we’re going wrong, discuss growing up as Jack Bruce’s kid, and when he began writing, music and other things. This was so much fun because it was the epitome of a casual chat. We talk about the generational Bruce/Baker energy, get a brief history of...2024-01-171h 44Performance AnxietyPerformance AnxietyStan Demeski (The Feelies, Luna)Today’s guest makes me feel velvety. And that works on a lot of levels here. Welcome Stan Demeski, drummer for The Feelies. They’ve released their first ever live album. But there isn’t a Feelies song to be found on it. It’s all Velvet Underground, all the time. But before we get there, Stan talks about his early days; being a product of New Jersey school bands, his early recording history, and how he started playing with The Feelies. He also talks about how the band was dropped by A&M records…in a fax! But af...2024-01-1147 minPerformance AnxietyPerformance AnxietyOnyx Record Press (Moe Espinosa, Surachai)Today’s guests make me feel informed. I’m joined by electronic artists Moe Espinosa (AKA Drumcell) and Surachai. But we didn’t get together to talk about electronic music, DJ’ing, or producing. We are discussing their business venture, Onyx Record Press. Of course we start off talking about their earliest musical experiences and how they started their careers. Moe and Surachai tell how they met the other two main players in Onyx, Gil & Cyrus (it’s quite a romantic story) and how an email response from another vinyl press really put everything in motion.Surachai & Moe go int...2024-01-091h 08Performance AnxietyPerformance AnxietySide Projects: Music And PsychologyIn this episode, we discuss something I have no idea about. How is that different from any other episode, you ask? Well in this one, I’m joined by Benjamin Wright of Benjamin Jayne and Jeremy Toback of Renee and Jeremy and Brad. We all got together to talk about music and psychology. That’s a pretty broad brush but since Benjamin is a psychologist during the day, I felt we were in good hands. We begin by asking the question, are there common psychological traits among creative people? But then we move to other topics like music’s role i...2024-01-021h 10Performance AnxietyPerformance AnxietyJad Fair (Half Japanese)Today’s guest makes me feel honored. It’s Jad Fair and he doesn’t do many interviews. So when we were able to make this happen, I was thrilled. Jad is one half of Half Japanese (¼ Japanese?). And he’s not even actually Japanese! I learned that and a lot more in this episode. OK, I knew he wasn't any Japanese before doing this podcast. But what I DID learn was how Jad creates his unique music. It began when he and his brother David began creating music back in Michigan in the early 70’s. That music came to the atte...2023-12-2952 minPerformance AnxietyPerformance AnxietySide Projects: Artificial Intelligence In MusicToday’s guest makes me feel artificially intelligent. Welcome back Fredrik Sareoa of Datarock. And with his band’s new release and their use of AI in different aspects of the album, I thought he’d be the perfect person to have on for a discussion about artificial intelligence in music. But that’s not all we talk about. Fredrik gives new bands some wardrobe advice, how he’s always worried about being sued, Superman’s sex life, what he REALLY wants people to know about Datarock’s music.Fredrik tries to describe a crayon, DOES describe what Gorby’s a...2023-12-201h 22Performance AnxietyPerformance AnxietyPaul Chastain (The Small Square, Velvet Crush)Today’s guest makes me want to be more international. I’m joined by Paul Chastain. You may know him from his band The Small Square. Or you may remember him from Velvet Crush. Either way, he drops in while traveling to Wisconsin to talk about his early fascination with harmony, when and why he started singing, and meeting Ric Menck to form Velvet Crush. He reveals why the band moved from the midwest to Rhode Island, how they decided on the name Velvet Crush, and their long-term relationship with Matthew Sweet. Paul tells me why Japan is so...2023-12-151h 33Performance AnxietyPerformance AnxietySide Projects: Music And SportsThis episode makes me want to relive the glory days. This episode of Side Projects focuses on the connection between music and sports. And I’m joined by four friends who are athletes, musicians, or both. Welcome my friends Chris Stringfellow, Chris Heim, Tony Cuchetti, and fashionably late, Robert Henson. They’ve played sports at different levels and have different connections to music. Whether it’s getting hyped, calming down, bonding with teammates, getting you into or maybe even taking you out of the moment, music plays a big part in sports. Follow the podcast at @PerformanceAnx on social media...2023-12-091h 11Performance AnxietyPerformance AnxietyStephen Hodges (mssv, Mavis Staples)This guest makes me want to go back and revisit some old favorites. Welcome drummer Stephen Hodges to the podcast. And man, we hit on a whole lot in this episode, like the importance of hanging out, how once upon a time, musicians could make a living playing a club 5 to 6 nights a week, the importance of playing with more than just sticks, and the difficulties of playing without cymbals. THAT started after meeting and playing with Tom Waits and learning his unusual percussive desires. But his career began way before that as an accompanist in college for the...2023-12-051h 51Performance AnxietyPerformance AnxietyGujiToday’s guests make me thankful. I welcome Klaire and Chachy from Guji. And what a wild story this is. Guji is based in Shanghai, but Chachy is from the US. He tells me about growing up in Chicago and Florida and how he got into music stateside. And Klaire talks about growing up in China and learning to play the traditional Chinese violin. But at points, each of them stopped playing music to pursue other interests. Chachy took the advice of a friend and moved to China. But he didn’t get back into music immediately. He taught Engl...2023-11-2445 minPerformance AnxietyPerformance AnxietyBarkToday’s guests make me want to do this podcast outdoors. That’s because I’m join by Tim Lee and Susan Bauer-Lee from the band Bark. When we recorded this, they were just hanging outside on a beautiful Mississippi evening. And the way this band came together is really wild. Actually, the way the previous band, The Tim Lee 3, came together is wild. Bark was just the natural progression of that. Tim grew up with church music all over the place as his dad was a minister. And Susan’s first concert was The Monkees with The Who opening...2023-11-161h 05Performance AnxietyPerformance AnxietySide Projects: The Steely Dan ApproachThis episode made me think. A lot. I like Steely Dan. But the band and their music has always been a bit mysterious to me. Apparently it has also intrigued my guests. I’m joined by Jason Thomson of Vast Robot Armies, Jordan Zadorozny of Blinker The Star, and Paul Malinowski and Jason Gerken from Shiner. If you’re not familiar with the Steely Dan approach to music, it’s different than your typical way of making music. Each of my guests has experienced this in the studio, as part of of a live band, or both. Not only do the...2023-11-101h 05Performance AnxietyPerformance AnxietyEmily Whitehurst (Survival Guide, Tsunami Bomb)Today’s guest makes me not want to dream. So maybe it’s fitting that this is released on Halloween. Welcome Emily Whitehurst of Survival Guide to the podcast. And throughout this episode, it’s clear that her band is aptly named. From her start with the bands Plinky and Tsunami Bomb, she’s always had a part in writing lyrics and melodies. And it served her well as Tsunami Bomb played on Warped Tours and had some pretty great opening slots. But with her next band, The Action Design, Emily expanded her musical palette and the music just got bett...2023-10-3158 minPerformance AnxietyPerformance AnxietySide Projects: Music And FoodToday’s guests make me happy and hungry. Marc Broussard and Jay Reifel join me to talk about the connection between music and food. Each guy has dipped a toe into the other’s wheelhouse, which makes this a very interesting conversation. We talk about the worst jobs in ancient kitchens, Marc’s best meal ever, and I get excited about aspic. We discuss doing musical and gastronomical covers. Jay explains what a cockenthrice is, what kind of bear meat is best in stew, and which recipe is like sewing an old boot. We also learn some odd ancient ways o...2023-10-291h 16Performance AnxietyPerformance AnxietyShemaiah GonzalezToday’s guest makes me joyful. That’s because it’s Shemaiah Gonzalez, author of the Substack and soon to be book, Undaunted Joy. And true to the Substack, it really was a joy speaking with her. I first learned of her work through past guest Joseph Massey and I couldn’t be more grateful. And like all good podcasts, we start with alcohol. Shemaiah has known for a long time that she wanted to be a writer but her early ideas of what that meant were very different from what she has found herself doing. She started off hoping t...2023-10-251h 19Performance AnxietyPerformance AnxietyTony Cuchetti Today’s guest made me question my preconceived notions. It’s singer/songwriter Tony Cuchetti. And even though it sounds like he’s from New Jersey, he’s not. He’s actually from a Partridge Family type of performing group. As a kid, his family moved from Detroit to Florida and began performing as a musical act. And there were a LOT of family members. Tony talks about literally growing up on the road, performing all over the country. But when the family band stopped, Tony had a tough time adjusting. He excelled in sports, even playing minor league baseball. B...2023-10-191h 03Performance AnxietyPerformance AnxietyConan NeutronToday’s guest made me protonic. I don’t even know what that means, but welcome Conan Neutron to the podcast. I get some great insight into the Neutron house, growing up. For example, Conan started playing guitar because a friend of his came to the front door with a bass and told Conan he needed to get a guitar so they could start a band. Well it worked out alright, because he’s been in some pretty awesome bands with some pretty awesome people, like Dale Crover. But according to Conan, the important part is planning the band’s breaku...2023-10-132h 03Performance AnxietyPerformance AnxietySide Projects: Symbolism With Raven Chacon & hackedepicciotoToday’s guests teach me things; specifically symbolism in music. It’s one of those things that I always feel everyone else gets more than I do. So I was beyond happy to have Alexander Hacke, Danielle DePicciotto, and Raven Chacon guide me through their experiences creating work heavy in symbolism. And we go beyond music into visual arts, as well. Hackedepicciotto have released a new album that is full of symbolic music. But the symbolism in Keepsakes is much more personal, this time. Raven discusses his connection to John Cage, growing up listening to Navajo songs and heavy meta...2023-10-061h 03Performance AnxietyPerformance AnxietyMarc BroussardThis guest definitely spells his name correctly. Welcome singer Marc Broussard to the podcast family; and man does he have soul! His voice reminds you of the greats like Otis Redding, Al Green, and Sam Cooke. Marc talks about the movie that started his career, at the ripe old age of five and a half; the influence of his dad, Louisiana Music Hall of Fame inductee Ted Broussard, and he tells me about how he got his first record deal and why he asked to be released from it. That started the story of how Marc went independent and...2023-09-281h 14Performance AnxietyPerformance AnxietyJulee CruiseThis guest made me float. It’s an unusual episode. Today’s guest is Julee Cruise and was recorded in April of 2019. For reasons I have forgotten, the episode was delayed and ended up slipping through the cracks in an old Work In Progress file. Unfortunately we lost Julee in June of 2022. In this episode, Julee is very candid about her work. You’ll find out why, early on in the discussion. She talks about how she got into singing, acting, and playing the french horn. And although she didn’t want to spend too much time discussing her work wit...2023-09-201h 14Performance AnxietyPerformance AnxietySide Projects: Improvisational MusicThis is such a cool episode of Side Projects. It’s the art of improv! And I have to say, I felt a little bit guilty prepping for this one. Ev & Paul from Cinema Cinema have both been on the podcast before, but never together. And we are all joined by the enigmatic Thor Harris. THere’s a lot of juice in this one. To say all three guests are well versed in improvisational music is possibly the biggest understatement I’ve ever made. It’s almost like saying McDonald’s is well versed at making fast food. We begin...2023-09-141h 17Performance AnxietyPerformance AnxietyLance LopezToday’s guest gives me the blues. But it’s OK; that’s his job. I welcome Lance Lopez to the podcast. While music wasn’t exactly in his DNA, it was a huge part of his family. His dad was in the Army with Elvis Presley and they stayed friends after their time in the service. When he wanted to learn guitar, his dad gave him and acoustic and a Chuck Berry record and said, “Learn this”; no mean feat for a kid not even in double digits.But his world changed when he saw Stevie Ray Vaughan...2023-09-081h 18Performance AnxietyPerformance AnxietyBelinda Kordic (Johnny The Boy, Crippled Black Phoenix)Today’s guest makes me look under the bed before I go to sleep. Welcome Belinda Kordic of Crippled Black Phoenix and the new project, Johnny The Boy. Belinda didn’t come from a musical family or start playing music at a crazy young age. But without any real experience, she joined her first band in her early 20’s and just ripped into doing necro vocals. She admits to doing them completely wrong, but it works for her and hasn’t damaged anything. After leaving her first band, STABB (which is actually an unusual acronym) she started a solo project...2023-08-311h 17Performance AnxietyPerformance AnxietyBonjo Iyabinghi Noah (African Head Charge)Today’s guest just makes me smile. It’s percussionist Bonjo Iyabinghi Noah from African Head Charge. He grew up in Jamaica and began playing drums in the Rasta camps and Poco churches. He was running away a lot and sleeping in graveyards. Music helped him get out of those bad situations. He really connected with it and started helping out bands as a young kid, even becoming an unofficial roadie. He got a gig with The Foundations of Build Me Up Buttercup fame. All of this helped him start African Head Charge. Bonjo tells me how the band star...2023-08-251h 23Performance AnxietyPerformance AnxietyPelicanToday’s guests make me reminisce. Trevor and Laurent from Pelican join me to talk about a lot of stuff. There’s so much history between them and they talk about what music was the most impactful growing up, how they met, and the coolness of riding shotgun and playing cassettes. Their pre-Pelican bands were just as unique as Pelican, but with vocals and more damage. And while Pelican is an instrumental band, that wasn’t planned out. But it worked and the music scene of Chicago supported it, so they leaned into it. Trevor gives us the stupid story...2023-08-161h 16Performance AnxietyPerformance AnxietySide Projects: Cult MusicThis is an episode about cults music. Music by and for cults, music of The Cult, and so on. But there is one thing I need to make clear. THIS IS NOT A SERIOUS LOOK AT CULTS! This is the exact opposite. And to prove it, I’m joined by Blinker The Star’s Jordon Zadorozny and multimedia artist extraordinaire, Vic Malang. There’s a ton of cult music out there. We talk about L. Ron Hubbard, Father Yod, Aum Shinrikyo, Charles Manson, Brotherhood Of The Spirit, and several others. Vic reveals his Manson obsession and Jordon has a weird...2023-08-111h 22Performance AnxietyPerformance AnxietyShane Harrington (Cinemartyr)Today’s guest makes me appreciate the evolution of sound. I’m joined by Shane Harrington, the founder, guitarist, and self described dictator of the band Cinemartyr. And this is actually take two of this podcast. Shane and I were deep into a great conversation before I realized I was having a technical issue. So we started overShane hails from New York City via Limerick, Ireland, AKA Stab City. There really wasn’t a whole lot going on, musically, in Limerick, outside of Shane’s father’s traditional Irish band, Irish Rambling House. So when Fugazi came to tow...2023-08-081h 22Performance AnxietyPerformance AnxietyBritt Lightning (Vixen)Today’s guest is a reminder to always do your best. It’s Britt Lightning, guitarist for Vixen. Her journey to playing guitar really began after hearing Eruption in a shop and buying Van Halen albums that same day. She started playing guitar in a high school with no music program. But it DID have a guitar club. But she was the only girl and wasn’t exactly welcomed with open arms. But she was dedicated and eventually became club president. She learned a lot of Metallica riffs and playing them in a guitar shop led to joining her first...2023-08-031h 06Performance AnxietyPerformance AnxietyLincoln Barr (Red Jacket Mine)Today’s guest makes me appreciate my childhood. Lincoln Barr joins me to talk about a lot of stuff! He knew early on that music was his calling. He identified with the musicians he saw on TV before he could even play music. But he went to college for English, not music. He also met his wife at that time. Those two things were foundational for his musical style. He moved to Seattle and started the band Red Jacket Mine. Turns out, the families of the Red Jacket Miners weren’t exactly thrilled about the band. But fans of the...2023-07-271h 36Performance AnxietyPerformance AnxietyMario Quintero (Spotlights)Today’s guest makes me believe in inevitability. Mario Quintero is the singer and guitarist for the band Spotlights. He started the band with his now wife, Sarah. They met at the studio Mario owned. But before all of that, Mario was a kid from Colombia who grew up on his sister’s albums and traditional hispanic music (like Mario Quintero Lara). He went to college for recording but veered off into the jazz program, playing guitar. After college he opened a studio, where he met Sarah and that’s where our coincidences begin. It turns out that we all no...2023-07-201h 15The Public Works NerdsThe Public Works NerdsSt Paul Regional Water Service's Water Treatment Plant Overhaul Project Using Progressive Design Build - A Conversation with Pat SheaPat Shea, General Manager of the St Paul Regional Water Service spends time with us nerds to talk about their mammoth Water Treatment Plant project including the use of Progressive Design Build to deliver the project. Pat also touches on the issue of lead service line replacement and how SPRWS's surface water source is unique in the nation. FURTHER RESOURCESProject Presentationhttps://drive.google.com/file/d/16udJIAX4DyptRJVqQD3Ntp0LC9bIa76n/view?usp=sharingDesign Build Institute of America - Primer on Progressive Design...2023-07-111h 00Performance AnxietyPerformance AnxietyScott SheaThis episode is very personal to me. My guest for this show is my brother, Scott Shea. He’s written an in-depth biography of The Mamas and The Papas. But don’t think he’s on just because he’s my brother. There’s no nepotism on this podcast! It’s really a fascinating read. And Scott road to getting it published is a true DIY story.The book gives the backstory for all four members of The Mamas and The Papas and how they met. There is so much detail and stories that I’ve never heard; like ho...2023-05-301h 12WTF with Marc Maron PodcastWTF with Marc Maron PodcastEpisode 1417 - O'Shea Jackson Jr.O’Shea Jackson Jr. grew up around music with Ice Cube as a father. But it was a school teacher who set his mind toward making movies. O’Shea and Marc talk about the idea of Ice Cube versus the reality of Ice Cube as a dad and now as a grandfather. They also talk about the two-year process he went through to win the part in Straight Outta Compton, the Twitter coincidence with Aubrey Plaza that opened acting doors for him, and what it felt like to tell Obi-Wan Kenobi that his next job was Cocaine Bear. Sign up h...2023-03-131h 14The Agent of WealthThe Agent of WealthHow to Prepare For Post-Retirement Aging With Allison O'SheaDid you know that 70% of Americans over the age of 75 are going to need some sort of assistance in their daily life? That’s why having a post-retirement aging plan is important for everyone to consider. In this episode of The Agent of Wealth Podcast, host Marc Bautis is joined by Allison O'Shea, owner of Openly Aging LLC. Allison is a leader in the aging industry with over 17 years of hands-on experience working with seniors and their families in the role of Executive Director for various senior living companies. Together, they talk about aging options, tips and tricks for th...2022-11-0926 minPerformance AnxietyPerformance AnxietyThe TrypesIf anything good came out of the pandemic, it was projects like the release by The Trypes. I’m joined by founding members John Baumgartner and Marc Francia. The guys talk about how the band formed with the goal of recording one 45 for a local jukebox. But they DO have connections to the influential band The Feelies. They also discuss some of the more unusual aspects of the band, like using a wind-driven keyboard and an experimental 360 degree surround sound effect. The band was only active for about three years. This new release celebrates the band’s 40th anniversary and...2022-06-1445 minStory and Craft with Marc PrestonStory and Craft with Marc PrestonShea Whigham | It’s About The WorkOn this episode of The Story & Craft Podcast, we sit down with Shea Whigham.  He’s been acting in film and TV for years and always delivers a memorable performance.  He’s shown up in a variety of projects, such as Perry Mason, Joker, Vice, Sicario: The Day of The Soldado, American Hustle, Silver Linings Playbook, The Wolf of Wall Street and a recurring role in the Mission Impossible franchise.  You can now see him in the Starz miniseries, Gaslit, where he plays G. Gordon Liddy.  He co-stars with Julia Roberts and Sean Penn in this drama about the Nixon Wa...2022-05-2443 minThe Modern Leadership Coaching PodcastThe Modern Leadership Coaching PodcastA Healthy Version Of Hustle With Shea BrockerSend us a textShae Brocker is a Certified Life & Success Coach who teaches passion-driven people mindset tools to activate their confidence, regulate their emotions, and show up consistently in life and business.  Learn some of her most impactful tools in today's episode!  You can find Shea @herhealthyhustle on IG & FB! And if you still haven't grabbed a free copy of my book, Mastering Your Life Through Self-Coaching, grab a free copy at https://www.mindsetwithmarc.com/book Want a personalized strategy session for free? Book a free call with Marc or Teresa: htt...2022-04-1125 min