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Wils Bach's Song PodBuggy JiveMy guest today is a soul rock singer songwriter, from Schenectady County New York. He’s released six (?) albums since 2018 but to fully appreciate his artistry you’ll need to take a look at his YouTube channel where you’ll also see that he is not just a multi-instrumentalist and performer but a showman, an actor, a director a producer…truly a multiple-hyphenate artist. In 2023 he was featured and mentioned as part of NPR’s Tiny Desk concert with his very meta song about the same “Don’t Quit Your Day Job”. If there were any level of creative justice in the wo...2024-10-2343 min
Wils Bach's Song PodTamar BerkMy guest today has been playing in various bands in Chicago, Portland and San Diego since the mid-90s, while consistently writing, recording & producing hundreds of songs on her own and In February 2021, she released her debut full-length album, The Restless Dreams of Youth which earned a nomination for Best Pop Album & Album of the Year in the San Diego Music Awards.She’s been hard at work crafting classic power pop and indie rock songs since then releasing three other albums 2022’s Start at the End which was also nominated for Best Pop Album at the SDMA...2024-10-1742 min
Wils Bach's Song PodHopedaddyMy guest today wears many hats. He’s a lawyer and Law Professor at Indiana University, has been a DJ at Bloomington, Indiana’s community radio station WFHB where his HopeDaddy moniker was born.He and I crossed paths during my time in Indianapolis, where I knew him as a fellow live-music lover as we were often in the audience of the same clubs. Then in 2021 he took the stage himself as a songwriter and recording artist with the release of his debut album aptly titled Here I Come.In a bit of a diversion I’m...2024-10-0853 min
Wils Bach's Song PodHolly LongHolly Long is an actor turned singer songwriter from Los Angeles, CA by way of Evanston, IL who has released four albums since the early 2000s as a solo artist and three with her band “Bullyheart”. Her most recent release, 2023’s Land of the Living is a concept album filled with character studies around murder. Victims, detectives, mediums. That record came with a companion limited-series podcast of the same name and in this world of so many true crime podcasts I can’t believe it wasn’t huge. She writes and records cinematic, moody pop and rock music that...2024-09-1052 min
Wils Bach's Song PodDominykas Bytautas from Ugly Side UpDominykas Bytautas is the singer, guitar player and primary songwriter for Ugly Side Up a 90s rock band stuck in the 21st century, featuring fast, dancey songs about life's glory and lack thereof. He’s an LA transplant, originally from Galveston Texas. We two “reasonable geniuses” have a very fun conversation that covers among other things his dislike of eggs, spreadsheets, Richard Pryor in Superman 3, Weezer and River’s Cuomo’s notebooks and whether he would accept a call from Jack Antonoff to produce his next album, or to what degree he’d edit his art to sign with Co...2024-08-3057 min
Wils Bach's Song PodMike ScullyMike Scully is a singer-songwriter from Southern California although his sound evokes Music Row in Nashville more than Sunset Strip in LA. Mike doesn't hold back on the emotion he plants into his songs and before you even take note of the lyric you'll be taken in by his beautiful singing voice. We discuss inspiration and process for a handful of the songs on his most recent release Somewhere Through The Trees. We also discuss on earlier song he wrote for his late-uncle called Basketball in Heaven that was co-opted by some Kobe fans after his passing.You...2024-08-2338 min
Wils Bach's Song PodJOON GLOOM (AKA JACQUI GABALL)Jacqui Gaball, who releases music and performs as Joon Gloom, is a talented singer-songwriter born and raised in a small town just outside of Los Angeles. Renowned for her raw, honest, and emotionally charged songwriting style, Jacqui created the alias Joon Gloom to embody her unique musical persona.Since her debut as Joon Gloom in 2017, she has released five singles, captivating audiences with her heartfelt lyrics and evocative melodies. In 2023, she unveiled her latest work, the Wildfire EP, further solidifying her presence in the music scene.Beyond her recorded works, Joon Gloom is an active...2024-07-0244 min
Wils Bach's Song PodMary Beth AbellaMy guest today is an award winning songwriter and recipient of the Lionel Richie Songwriting Scholarship and finalist in the Song of the Year, she was also named top a 10 artist by the Denver Daily News. She sang and played keyboard in a backup band on the show "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia," performed for a live Old Spice campaign, and has songs featured in shows like "Real World/Road Rules," among others. As a session singer, her voice can be heard on national commercials, the movie, "Hot Tub Time Machine Too," and multiple episodes of "It's Always Sunny...2024-06-2655 min
Wils Bach's Song PodDavid BrookingsGrew up in Richmond Virginia and started playing guitar and writing music at 9 released his first album, ‘Sounds Off,’ in 2000. He moved to Memphis, TN. in the summer of 2001 and from 2003-2009 worked as a tour guide at the famous Sun Studio, where he gave a private tour of Sun to Steve Jobs in the spring of ’09. Jobs was so impressed with David that he hired him to come work for iTunes which took David to San Jose, CA., in the fall of 2009. After a move to LA in 2019 he’s still with Apple and still making his brand of playfu...2024-06-1844 min
Wils Bach's Song PodEpisode 3: Dylan GalvinMy guest today is a West Coast singer-songwriter an incredible guitar player and a graduate of Berklee College of Music. His recently released “How to Write a Pop Song” is a well crafted modern pop song that delivers some light-hearted, side-eyed shade about what hits with popular audiences these days. He followed that single up with a cover of a Beatles classic Norwegian Wood.We go down a songwriterly rabbit hole about lyrical depth (or lack thereof) in modern pop music, the lyrics of John Mayer, Japanese Lo-Fi and Will Ferrell’s performance in Zoolander.Join m...2024-06-1141 min
Wils Bach's Song PodEpisode 2: Will HawkinsOriginally from the East coast and following in the footsteps of rock and roll royalty like Bruce Springsteen or The Band. My guest today released his debut solo album Next Stop Bedford Avenue in 2003 and toured the US, Canada and Europe opening for acts like Norah Jones, Steve Earl, Ray LaMontagne and Cheap Trick.Early in his career he worked as an engineer’s assistant at the legendary Hit Factory and that eventually led him to a mentor/mentee relationship with Tommy LiPuma who would guide him to become the Director of College Marketing of a label. That ex...2024-06-0435 min
Wils Bach's Song PodGiovanny BlancoGiovanny Blanco is a performing artists and songwriter from Los Angeles. He's a force of nature connecting independent artists across Southern California and the world via his Truckstop Mixtape banner. He produces and hosts live events, runs an online radio station, fronts a popular cover band and somehow also finds time to write and record his original music as well.We have a great conversation about his inspiration and how he brings his songs to life.2024-05-2546 min
Art of the FrameEditors on Editing w/ “Welcome to Wrexham” Editors: Michael Anthony Brown, Tim Wilsbach, Matt Wafaie & Mike OliverOn this episode of Editors on Editing, Glenn is joined by Michael Anthony Brown, Tim Wilsbach, Matt Wafaie and Mike Oliver, four amazing editors that helped shape the success story known as Welcome to Wrexham. Michael recently won a primetime Emmy for Wrexham and has edited Eat, Race, Win, Giant Beast, and Losers. Tim has edited The Kardashians, Vanderpump Rules and Is It Cake. Matt has edited The Profit, The Millionaire Matchmaker, The Voice and American Idol while Mike has edited American Gangster: Trap Queens and Blood, Sweat & Tears: Countdown to Crawford VS Kavaliauskas.
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