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Download Full Episode #34 (72 min)This week's theme seems to be multiple guests on the line, which is a nice change of pace because I'm so used to just talking one-on-one on the phone. Usually with multiple cell phones involved, the audio�is terrible - but thankfully through the magic of "noise removal" and normalization the audio on these recording sessions actually sounded really good. The audio for Darkroom was especially AMAZING, due to their professional microphones (the same ones they use for recording music on their studio) and fast internet connection. Download Segment (18 mins)
gladshot.com ♥ myspace.com/gladshot
Gladshot is from New York.� We spoke to Mike Blaxill and Debbie Andrews regarding their album Burn Up & Shine. You can buy the album in various methods on their website via iTunes, etc.
After hearing the recorded interview on edit, I didn't realize that Mike was sick!
They will be appearing live at Fontana’s in New York on 12/03/2008.
We talked about:
- How Mike met Debbie (stalking apparently works)
- Gladshot's non-history name
- Burn Up & Shine compared to their previous two albums
- Cover art, based on Simplicity Patterns
- Guest musicians pitching in to help play on the album
- Practicing and playing around in New York
- My misunderstanding of "1961"
- "Fabulous Friends" video and single. The story behind the song--it's in reference some famous fashion designer and her entourage.
- They wanted to say "hi" to Minnesota's The Wars of 1812 (unfortunately it didn't fit anywhere on the interview, so I threw it as a bonus outtake at the end).
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darkroomtheband.net ♥ myspace.com/darkroomtheband
We previously mentioned Darkroom and I was more than happy to have them back on to talk about Some of These Numbers Mean Something.
I actually didn't think this interview was actually going to happen because an hour prior to our scheduled session, I noticed I didn't have any contact information for the band (e.g. their skype ID or telephone numbers). I was a little unprepared for the whole thing, but I quickly realized I actually didn't even need to ask anything as Michael Bearpark and Os carried on like professional interviewees and volunteered some great answers.
The interview actually ran a little too long, but is well worth a listen:
- "Darkroom" is a common name, is this a concern
- Their influences from the early days (electronica); apparently they had a standard singer/guitarist, but their singer left the band after the second album.
- The current project is Darkroom, a collaboration between Mike and Os - a mostly ambient, atmospheric sound.
- Modern recording technology
- bringing back the gated snare
- The Concorde airplane on the cover art
- "The Valley Of Ten Thousand Smokes"
- The name and its significance for the album title Some of These Numbers Mean Something
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goodnightstates.com ♥ myspace.com/goodnightstates
This was a great experience: five cell phones, one call! I think that this was a first on W♥M Radio (to have that many people on conference).
I thought I would get confused about who was who but�it was easy to identify who was doing the talking. Thank you to Megan for making this happen, Steve, Joe, Trevor and Dan.
At one point, I thought one of the band members got pulled over by the police! Although I'm glad that didn't happen, part of me thinks that would make exciting radio, don't you think?
- Last night's show at The Fire in Philadelphia
- Joe and his Lap Steel
- Recording two songs per month's experiment and pricing structure.
- "The Odd and the Even"
- the two "Not Come Around" songs
- Being on Spin.com
- "The Family Dark"
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