The Getcha Some Productions Podcast

Getcha Some Productions Podcast Episode 60To support the podcast, shop on Reverb here: https://reverb.grsm.io/GetchaSomePlease subscribe on your favorite podcast app: http://www.getchasomeproductions.com/podcastPlease like and subscribe to our YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_nc0nleQ5Yk_eKuNpkDFvQBuy the Book Club Featured Book here: Unlocking Creativity by Michael Beinhorn https://amzn.to/3B9f458A podcast covering all things related to music production: from the first note to the last fan and everything in between.  We create music and inspire others to do the same.  Every episode is a live business meeting between me and Dan (me and Keith) as we build this media empire right before your very eyes/ears.In this episode we discuss:Special Guest: Justin WertzLinks to other projects by Justin. Dirty dude apothecary and blank baby.https://blankbaby.bandcamp.comhttps://www.dirtydudeapothecary.comhttp://www.wertznatural.comWe start off by talking about Squier Bullet Teles and Strats.  We talk about finishes.  I guess I don’t like sunburst??We also wondered aloud why guitarists don’t try to match their straps to their outfits.We mention Oliver’s Musical GeniusThis is a book club episode.  We are reading Unlocking Creativity by Michael Beinhorn https://amzn.to/3B9f458 (this is our affiliate link if you wish to support the channel)We read an excerpt of the book separately, then we come together and discuss to hopefully get additional insight into the text…and the process of music production.This episode only covers part of chapter 5, pages 59-72.The fact that Justin is a teacher (professionally) which brings a great deal of insight into this book.What is covered:-Nurturing the artist’s comfort level to inspire (and not squelch creativity).-Staying grounded and neutral in your relationship with other artists.-Maintaining calm in stressful situations.-The producer as teacher, coach, facilitator, etc.-Demonstrating 3 wins to earn the trust of the artist.  3 instances of demonstrating your production ability. (Possible wins: the tone you set, diffusing a conflict, suggesting a song element change).-“In writing, you must kill all your darlings.” - William Faulkner-Sincerity and genuine enthusiasm are true gifts that you can share with other artists.-The artists initial buy-in to work together is a large part of the job.-The creative process is its own living entity that functions on its own energy and controls the players rather then the other way around.-Keeping the creative process fresh.  Being sensitive to the feelings in the process and switching it up exactly at the right time to keep the interest going.-Cognitive dissonance is terrifying and liberating for the artist.  It is to be sought out rather than avoided.-Is any music created for the sole purpose of joyful expression or is ego always involved?-There’s always a grey area.  It’s not black and white.-Do...

Getcha Some Productions Podcast Episode 59To support the podcast, shop on Reverb here: https://reverb.grsm.io/GetchaSomePlease subscribe on your favorite podcast app: http://www.getchasomeproductions.com/podcastPlease like and subscribe to our YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_nc0nleQ5Yk_eKuNpkDFvQBuy the Book Club Featured Book here: Unlocking Creativity by Michael Beinhorn https://amzn.to/3B9f458A podcast covering all things related to music production: from the first note to the last fan and everything in between.  We create music and inspire others to do the same.  Every episode is a live business meeting between me and Dan (me and Keith) as we build this media empire right before your very eyes/ears.In this episode we discuss:Special Guest: Justin WertzLinks to other projects by Justin. Dirty dude apothecary and blank baby.https://blankbaby.bandcamp.comhttps://www.dirtydudeapothecary.comhttp://www.wertznatural.comWe start off by talking about Squier Bullet Teles and Strats.  We talk about finishes.  I guess I don’t like sunburst??We also wondered aloud why guitarists don’t try to match their straps to their outfits.We mention Oliver’s Musical GeniusThis is a book club episode.  We are reading Unlocking Creativity by Michael Beinhorn https://amzn.to/3B9f458 (this is our affiliate link if you wish to support the channel)We read an excerpt of the book separately, then we come together and discuss to hopefully get additional insight into the text…and the process of music production.This episode only covers part of chapter 5, pages 59-72.The fact that Justin is a teacher (professionally) which brings a great deal of insight into this book.What is covered:-Nurturing the artist’s comfort level to inspire (and not squelch creativity).-Staying grounded and neutral in your relationship with other artists.-Maintaining calm in stressful situations.-The producer as teacher, coach, facilitator, etc.-Demonstrating 3 wins to earn the trust of the artist.  3 instances of demonstrating your production ability. (Possible wins: the tone you set, diffusing a conflict, suggesting a song element change).-“In writing, you must kill all your darlings.” - William Faulkner-Sincerity and genuine enthusiasm are true gifts that you can share with other artists.-The artists initial buy-in to work together is a large part of the job.-The creative process is its own living entity that functions on its own energy and controls the players rather then the other way around.-Keeping the creative process fresh.  Being sensitive to the feelings in the process and switching it up exactly at the right time to keep the interest going.-Cognitive dissonance is terrifying and liberating for the artist.  It is to be...

Getcha Some Productions Podcast Episode 58To support the podcast, shop on Reverb here: https://reverb.grsm.io/GetchaSomePlease subscribe on your favorite podcast app: http://www.getchasomeproductions.com/podcastPlease like and subscribe to our YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_nc0nleQ5Yk_eKuNpkDFvQBuy the Book Club Featured Book here: Unlocking Creativity by Michael Beinhorn https://amzn.to/3B9f458A podcast covering all things related to music production: from the first note to the last fan and everything in between.  We create music and inspire others to do the same.  Every episode is a live business meeting between me and Dan (me and Keith) as we build this media empire right before your very eyes/ears.In this episode we discuss:In this episode we discuss our plans to revive and produce Oliver’s Musical Genius.Oliver’s Musical Genius was my high school band.  We throw around some story ideas. One story idea that we mentioned was the heroes journey. As a framework for the overall story.It is most basic sense, story of Oliver’s Musical Genius is the story of a band formed in Brooklyn, New York, in one universe then transported to another where they are part of the journey to earn the coveted spot of the resident musical entertainers of the court of a king named Oliver. And that’s why the band is called Oliver’s Musical Genius because every time they are called upon to perform for the court they are introduced as Oliver’s Musical Genius.It’s kind of like Freaks and Geeks meets Dungeons and DragonsAbsurd narratives and conceptual continuity. - Daniel KutcherMy character is going to be named Josh “Flaco” SeigelInformation for Olivers Masters office master documentThe main character is Josh “Flaco” Seigel.A band is being formedThe backstory of the main character Josh Flaco Seigel is that when he was (this is kind of like the superhero origin story of Josh). When Josh was a little kid they he went for an IQ test and the testers would not reveal his score because they felt that it would impact how he was raised either positively or negatively. So, the main plot point is that no one can really tell if this person is a genius or idiot and there are legitimate moments where is behaves in both fashions. There are times when he presents real intellect and sensitivity and there are also moments where he presents massive stupidity and lack of awareness.Dan’s character is the advisor. The chief advisor to the king.  The inside man.  He is a consultant to the king and the bands and he has his own agenda.A great idea for the show would be to have it be a serial like the old anime Voltron where there’s a different bad guy each time but it’s actually a band, a real band, and it’s sort of like a anime battle and battle of the bands simultaneously.#MusicProduction#DIYMusician#MusicRecording#MusicTechnique#TheArtistsLife#Creativity#Creative Music#Music#10,000Hours#GetchaSomeProductions#TheHandshake#GetchaSomeGuitar#OliversMusicalGenius#ErosPragma#Mitochondriac#PerryNice#SoulsofService

Getcha Some Productions Podcast Episode 57Check our the Radio Station: https://rarityrockradio.comBuy the Book Club Featured Book here: Unlocking Creativity by Michael Beinhorn https://amzn.to/3B9f458To support the podcast, shop on Reverb here: https://reverb.grsm.io/GetchaSomePlease subscribe on your favorite podcast app: http://www.getchasomeproductions.com/podcastPlease like and subscribe to our YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_nc0nleQ5Yk_eKuNpkDFvQA podcast covering all things related to music production: from the first note to the last fan and everything in between.  We create music and inspire others to do the same.  Every episode is a live business meeting between me and Dan (me and Keith) as we build this media empire right before your very eyes/ears.In this episode we discuss:Special Guests: Mike and Cassie Peel of Rarity Rock RadioRarity Rock Radio in Tuscon, AZMulti-Genre Virtual Residencyhttps://rarityrockradio.comTheir mission is to exposure their listeners to under the radar rock from the past and present.  The idea for the station was born after seeing an Ian Hunter show at The Stone Pony in Asbury Park, NJ.  Mike and Cassie said they were always inspired to find new music - doing lots of crate digging and getting to see many shows when living in LA for 10 years.  Casssie worked at a radio station in California and they both worked in a radio station in Tuscon.They will play our song Rejuvenate daily, 3 times per day.  From February 14 through February 20th.“We hope that people are inspired by our ineptitude.”-Getcha Some ProductionsRejuvenate - Band The HandshakeFast Rock: ~ 185 BPMVerse 1Acapella (G is implied) (7)I’m sure of it now, every love song that I write starts with I I know aC (6)Woman with a child inside her, and I hope she has room for a man like meG (4)(Instrumental)G (7)I’m sure of it now, I will treat you exactly the way, that I want to treat you.C (4)I’ll tell you what I want, I’ll tell you that I wantG (4)You to know what I’ve been, keeping from you for too longC (4)For far too long, for far too longG (4)And if I get shot down I simply fall asleep and dreamC (6)And when I awake I am newly strong, and that’s my bigges problemChorus 1G     Em    Bm    Bb7 AmRejuvenate, all my loveG     Em    Bm    Bb7 AmRejuvenate, all my loveVerse 2G (4)(Instrumental)G (6)I’m sure of it now all the riches in the world can’t be used to fix thisC (4)Hurting deep inside, I’ve come to think is sicknessG (4)(Instrumental)G (6)I’m sure of it now, it’s more than one man’s task to make forever lastC (4)But that’s what I aim to...

Getcha Some Productions Podcast Episode 56To support the podcast, shop on Reverb here: https://reverb.grsm.io/GetchaSomePlease subscribe on your favorite podcast app: http://www.getchasomeproductions.com/podcastPlease like and subscribe to our YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_nc0nleQ5Yk_eKuNpkDFvQBuy the Book Club Featured Book here: Unlocking Creativity by Michael Beinhorn https://amzn.to/3B9f458A podcast covering all things related to music production: from the first note to the last fan and everything in between.  We create music and inspire others to do the same.  Every episode is a live business meeting between me and Dan (me and Keith) as we build this media empire right before your very eyes/ears.In this episode we discuss:Special Guest: Justin WertzFirst, check out Justin’s businesses below:http://www.wertznatural.comhttps://www.dirtydudeapothecary.comhttps://blankbaby.bandcamp.comWe are talking while we’re eating so be warned.We discuss Oliver’s Musical Genius - the band, the myth, the legend.We talk about perhaps getting the whole band into it but I rather propose getting a professional drummer.Justin Wertz is a founding member of the band.I tell Justin all about how I came to the idea of resurrecting Oliver’s Musical Genius in order to work on story writing and e-mail marketing.  We should focus on story writing.  The heroes journey.  We are a list of things we need to do:Write the story(stories)E-mail MarketingMake a websiteRelease the old recordingsPress StrategiesMerchPlay a ShowDesign ElementsCompile and use old pictures.Justin talks a bit about how he sees little kids wearing Pink Floyd t-shirts and not knowing what it is.Justin mentions Stranger Things and the look of it.  I think this is a great reference.We then talk about digging up a bunch of old pictures.  This is also a great idea.  We’re using e-mail marketing for musicians class by Graham English.I started with the first class of Graham’s which assigns the task of drafting a bunch of e-mail titles.  We mention Ariana Grande and Taylor Swift.  We talk about Chili’s Restaurant.  Product placement.  Freaks and Geeks is mentioned.We want to film a commercial at Chili’s where we’re wearing our own merch.Garage Rock comes up.  Oliver’s Musical Genius is definitely a basement/garage type of band.“No one gets tired of the late-adolescent, hopeful, big-naive-ego.” - Justin WertzHere are the only characters and plot points we have so far:The band is from BrooklynKeith, Justin F, Justing W, Will, Jim, Mike, the Italian GirlsJustin has a cool idea where one of us is writing the mythical/mystical story as we’re living the story.“Just hire someone who can write some shit.”Justin proposes we start with Edward R. Murrow High School.  He tells the true story about how the band started.  Justin was playing Stairway to Heaven with some other people in High School.  Justin owned a Squier Stratocaster at the time.  He didn’t...

Getcha Some Productions Podcast Episode 55To support the podcast, shop on Reverb here: https://reverb.grsm.io/GetchaSomePlease subscribe on your favorite podcast app: http://www.getchasomeproductions.com/podcastPlease like and subscribe to our YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_nc0nleQ5Yk_eKuNpkDFvQBuy the Book Club Featured Book here: Unlocking Creativity by Michael Beinhorn https://amzn.to/3B9f458A podcast covering all things related to music production: from the first note to the last fan and everything in between.  We create music and inspire others to do the same.  Every episode is a live business meeting between me and Dan (me and Keith) as we build this media empire right before your very eyes/ears.In this episode we discuss:Special Guest: Justin WertzFirst, check out Justin’s businesses below:http://www.wertznatural.comhttps://www.dirtydudeapothecary.comhttps://blankbaby.bandcamp.comWe are talking while we’re eating so be warned.We discuss Oliver’s Musical Genius - the band, the myth, the legend.We talk about perhaps getting the whole band into it but I rather propose getting a professional drummer.Justin Wertz is a founding member of the band.I tell Justin all about how I came to the idea of resurrecting Oliver’s Musical Genius in order to work on story writing and e-mail marketing.  We should focus on story writing.  The heroes journey.  We are a list of things we need to do:Write the story(stories)E-mail MarketingMake a websiteRelease the old recordingsPress StrategiesMerchPlay a ShowDesign ElementsCompile and use old pictures.Justin talks a bit about how he sees little kids wearing Pink Floyd t-shirts and not knowing what it is.Justin mentions Stranger Things and the look of it.  I think this is a great reference.We then talk about digging up a bunch of old pictures.  This is also a great idea.  We’re using e-mail marketing for musicians class by Graham English.I started with the first class of Graham’s which assigns the task of drafting a bunch of e-mail titles.  We mention Ariana Grande and Taylor Swift.  We talk about Chili’s Restaurant.  Product placement.  Freaks and Geeks is mentioned.We want to film a commercial at Chili’s where we’re wearing our own merch.Garage Rock comes up.  Oliver’s Musical Genius is definitely a basement/garage type of band.“No one gets tired of the late-adolescent, hopeful, big-naive-ego.” - Justin WertzHere are the only characters and plot points we have so far:The band is from BrooklynKeith, Justin F, Justing W, Will, Jim, Mike, the Italian GirlsJustin has a cool idea where one of us is writing the mythical/mystical story as we’re living the story.“Just hire someone who can write some shit.”Justin proposes we start with Edward R. Murrow High School.  He tells the true...

Getcha Some Productions Podcast Episode 54Buy the Book Club Featured Book here: Unlocking Creativity by Michael Beinhorn https://amzn.to/3B9f458To support the podcast, shop on Reverb here: https://reverb.grsm.io/GetchaSomePlease subscribe on your favorite podcast app: http://www.getchasomeproductions.com/podcastPlease like and subscribe to our YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_nc0nleQ5Yk_eKuNpkDFvQA podcast covering all things related to music production: from the first note to the last fan and everything in between.  We create music and inspire others to do the same.  Every episode is a live business meeting between me and Dan (me and Keith) as we build this media empire right before your very eyes/ears.In this episode we discuss:Book Club Episode with Justin Wertz.We are discussing Unlocking Creativity by Michael Beinhorn.  Chapter 5, the first 10 pages.  It’s a long chapter.  Pages 51 through 59.First, check out Justin’s businesses below:http://www.wertznatural.comhttps://www.dirtydudeapothecary.comJusting starts off with a bit of an introduction to the book.  We discuss how the book is really meant as a guide for producers in dealing with artists.  Even though that is the primary focus, it can also be used to deal with your fellow artists in addition to giving you tools for self-reflection.It has so many tools to help you relate to others on an artistic level.  It’s a book about humans.Being an artist is not a job, it’s a calling.  This is something we have discussed on many occasions.Bruce Lee came up.The artists function is not just to create but to be a model of creativity.This is what keeps cultures alive.Michael Jordan came up.The artist can be a martyr…should be prepared to be a martyr.The artist is the beacon.  The artist does not know what is ahead because art is exploratory.  There’s no light until the artist goes in.  The artist is the beacon.  The artist brings the light.What is talent?  We discuss this.  Talent could just be a will or fire or vision.  Luck, talent, drive, motivation, spark of inspiration, right place/right time.How many non-self-aware, drug-addicted, emotional wrecks have created masterpieces?We then talk about flipping between logical/cerebral and intuitive in the creative process.Episode ends with my song Quarantine.#MusicProduction#DIYMusician#MusicRecording#MusicTechnique#TheArtistsLife#Creativity#Creative Music#Music#10,000Hours#GetchaSomeProductions#TheHandshake#GetchaSomeGuitar#OliversMusicalGenius#ErosPragma#Mitochondriac#PerryNice#SoulsofService

Getcha Some Productions Podcast Episode 53To support the podcast, shop on Reverb here: https://reverb.grsm.io/GetchaSomePlease subscribe on your favorite podcast app: http://www.getchasomeproductions.com/podcastPlease like and subscribe to our YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_nc0nleQ5Yk_eKuNpkDFvQBuy the Book Club Featured Book here: Unlocking Creativity by Michael Beinhorn https://amzn.to/3B9f458A podcast covering all things related to music production: from the first note to the last fan and everything in between.  We create music and inspire others to do the same.  Every episode is a live business meeting between me and Dan (me and Keith) as we build this media empire right before your very eyes/ears.In this episode we discuss:This podcast is a technology test.  We figure out out to share our screens on Zoom and we play a little bit of the Handshake’s album to test.The idea is to try to figure out how to bring additional media to the party.“Listen people, we know this is crazy.  There’s a method to the madness.”We’re just screaming into the void!The Handshake Self Titled AlbumStreaming LinksFull Album:YouTube https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5n4xoKs6aAuBifgXaFzCscMvO72GvAZASpotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/4SJ8fGm8x5ajeYxwwPDLwG?si=-pe2PSpiTuyo-cf4YK_a_AApple Music https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-handshake/552979025Amazon Music https://www.amazon.com/Handshake-Explicit-handshake/dp/B008XGFVCK/ref=nodl_deezer https://deezer.page.link/9q9RNhK4f36MSh8Z9YouTube https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5n4xoKs6aAuBifgXaFzCscMvO72GvAZA#MusicProduction#DIYMusician#MusicRecording#MusicTechnique#TheArtistsLife#Creativity#Creative Music#Music#10,000Hours#GetchaSomeProductions#TheHandshake#GetchaSomeGuitar#OliversMusicalGenius#ErosPragma#Mitochondriac#PerryNice#SoulsofService

Getcha Some Productions Podcast Episode 52To support the podcast, shop on Reverb here: https://reverb.grsm.io/GetchaSomePlease subscribe on your favorite podcast app: http://www.getchasomeproductions.com/podcastPlease like and subscribe to our YouTube Channel:&nbsp; https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_nc0nleQ5Yk_eKuNpkDFvQBuy the Book Club Featured Book here: Unlocking Creativity by Michael Beinhorn https://amzn.to/3B9f458A podcast covering all things related to music production: from the first note to the last fan and everything in between.&nbsp; We create music and inspire others to do the same.&nbsp; Every episode is a live business meeting between me and Dan (me and Keith) as we build this media empire right before your very eyes/ears.In this episode we discuss:This podcast is going swimmingly!&nbsp; This is the 2022 kickoff show!Dan talks about his new Bass Pedal.&nbsp; MXR Dunlop Bass Octave Deluxe M288.I like how Dan moves his camera to where the neck of the bass would be to demonstrate playing in 3rd position on the neck but is not actually holding a bass.&nbsp; He’s demonstrating air bass accurately.We talk about octave pedals in general.&nbsp; We used to do an Audioslave cover song.&nbsp; I faked the guitar sound on that song using the Boss Octave pedal.&nbsp; Boss OC-2, Boss OC-3.I’m super psyched about 2022.&nbsp; This podcast was recorded on 1/2/2022.&nbsp; Did you know the movie, Soylent Green, was set in the year 2022.I wanted to express some enthusiasm for where we can take the show this year.&nbsp; Kind of like a New Year’s Resolution.&nbsp; I felt inspired by something I read about Twitter marketing that you can set up through a service which runs automatically.&nbsp; Before we pay for a new service, we should start using the Drip subscription that we already pay for and have been.I also bought Graham English’s E-mail Marketing class.&nbsp; E-mail marketing for musicians.&nbsp; Like a 101 course.It would be fun to use Oliver’s Musical Genius to test out this class and our ideas.&nbsp; We should just brainstorm funky weird ideas.The idea I had for Oliver’s Musical Genius would be more fantastical.&nbsp; Sort of like Phish’s Gamehenge saga or like Jollyship the Whiz-Bang.&nbsp; Just find the craziest thing we can think of as narrative for this e-mail marketing program.Then we try to set up screen sharing.&nbsp; But fail.The Handshake Self Titled AlbumStreaming LinksFull Album:YouTube https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5n4xoKs6aAuBifgXaFzCscMvO72GvAZASpotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/4SJ8fGm8x5ajeYxwwPDLwG?si=-pe2PSpiTuyo-cf4YK_a_AApple Music https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-handshake/552979025Amazon Music <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Handshake-Explicit-handshake/dp/B008XGFVCK/ref=nodl_" rel="noopener noreferrer"...

Getcha Some Productions Podcast Episode 51To support the podcast, shop on Reverb here: https://reverb.grsm.io/GetchaSomePlease subscribe on your favorite podcast app: http://www.getchasomeproductions.com/podcastPlease like and subscribe to our YouTube Channel:&nbsp; https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_nc0nleQ5Yk_eKuNpkDFvQBuy the Book Club Featured Book here: Unlocking Creativity by Michael Beinhorn https://amzn.to/3B9f458A podcast covering all things related to music production: from the first note to the last fan and everything in between.&nbsp; We create music and inspire others to do the same.&nbsp; Every episode is a live business meeting between me and Dan (me and Keith) as we build this media empire right before your very eyes/ears.In this episode we discuss:We started using a new app to record the podcast called Anchor. I believe it’s an app developed by Spotify. We’ve also attempted to level up our podcasting process by adding intro music and Outro music along with a quick transition sound effect.We talked a bit about what kind of music we would use as intro and Outro music for our podcast. We discussed using some little things that I’ve composed over the years in a digital composer. Dan also suggested using some of the Handshake’s music which is a good idea as well. I thought of that as well. My name is Keith.I mentioned Tim Mirth’s podcast Wood Air Metal. One of my favorite podcasts to listen to.We go on a bunch of tangents. We talk about whether you should return some thing that was accidentally delivered to you. Then we talk about charity for a bit.Do you return the shopping cart to the shopping cart parking area or do you just leave it in between the cars or by another car?About halfway through the show we actually start to get onto the subject the show is supposed to be about in the first place. We start talking about ideas for a future shows.We decided that, as Co-CEOs, the most important thing that we can do is dream about what this show/business can be.&nbsp; Dan wants to do more videos.&nbsp; Dan wants to work in person.We agree that we need more video content.&nbsp; We discuss doing reaction videos at length.&nbsp; We discuss the logistics of doing a reaction video and how to do one.&nbsp; We need to do more research on how to make these.&nbsp; Is there an app ready made for this?We talk about how to edit the show and how to edit the intro and outro music.Then, I recall that Margaret was saying how great our Album Was.&nbsp; Streaming Links.The Handshake Self Titled AlbumStreaming LinksFull Album:YouTube https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5n4xoKs6aAuBifgXaFzCscMvO72GvAZASpotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/4SJ8fGm8x5ajeYxwwPDLwG?si=-pe2PSpiTuyo-cf4YK_a_AApple Music https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-handshake/552979025Amazon Music <a...

Getcha Some Productions Podcast Episode 50To support the podcast, shop on Reverb here: https://reverb.grsm.io/GetchaSomePlease subscribe on your favorite podcast app: http://www.getchasomeproductions.com/podcastPlease like and subscribe to our YouTube Channel:&nbsp; https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_nc0nleQ5Yk_eKuNpkDFvQBuy the Book Club Featured Book here: Unlocking Creativity by Michael Beinhorn https://amzn.to/3B9f458A podcast covering all things related to music production: from the first note to the last fan and everything in between.&nbsp; We create music and inspire others to do the same.&nbsp; Every episode is a live business meeting between me and Dan (me and Keith) as we build this media empire right before your very eyes/ears.In this episode we discuss:This is our 50th anniversary episode.Our early episodes were actually just about how you make a podcast in the first place. And all the logistics that go into making a podcast.We’ve done a few episodes that were interviews. Oh, that is good.We’ve started to do something called book club where we read a book together and talk about it.And, we have regular episodes that we call our mission gut check episodes. Basically revisiting the intention of the podcast and the business in general.Vision Statement: Tapping the unlimited creative potential of the human mind!Mission Statement: To create constantly, to entertain, to connect and inspire.Business Philosophy: Deliver Value…Dan makes a hilarious comment that I want to be the Elon musk of music. He admits that he just wanted to say because he thought it sounded funny but maybe there’s a ring of truth to it I don’t know.I talk about having a dream for the podcast where the podcast and the business in general pays our bills. I go over in detail, a Twitter marketing program that we could use to sell the Michael Beinhorn book. Essentially, the idea is that we would select A bunch of quotes and then put the affiliate link below it and we would plug all those quotes into a social media manager that automatically post them on a regular schedule.I see a day where this is a business that generate revenues. And maybe even pays our bills.All moneymaking endeavors need to be an exchange of value for either service or product. The core part of it is not the moneymaking part. The core part is delivering value as the essential part of the exchange.I’m not really sure if a podcast like this exists. Outside of our own. Our podcast is often an actual business meeting between me and Dan. We are figuring it out in full view of the public. Hopefully we are at least delivering something unique on this front.&nbsp; Something of value.My initial inspiration for doing this podcast was actually to give dan and I and the extra layer to our personal relationship especially in light of the fact that Dan moved far away from me where before we used to live in relative close proximity and so we could see each other regularly. So, part of the inspiration for doing the project at all was to give us an excuse to remain connected.This sort of brings up an idea that exploring the intersection of personal and business relationships could be a very powerful and unique topic for us to cover...

Getcha Some Productions Podcast Episode 49To support the podcast, shop on Reverb here: https://reverb.grsm.io/GetchaSomePlease subscribe on your favorite podcast app: http://www.getchasomeproductions.com/podcastPlease like and subscribe to our YouTube Channel:&nbsp; https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_nc0nleQ5Yk_eKuNpkDFvQBuy the Book Club Featured Book here: Unlocking Creativity by Michael Beinhorn https://amzn.to/3B9f458A podcast covering all things related to music production: from the first note to the last fan and everything in between.&nbsp; We create music and inspire others to do the same.&nbsp; Every episode is a live business meeting between me and Dan (me and Keith) as we build this media empire right before your very eyes/ears.In this episode we discuss:Today we just chat and catch up on what we’ve been doing musically.&nbsp; Personal musical updates.&nbsp; Just a throw-away episode.This is a goofy-ass episode.&nbsp; Episode 7 X 7 = 49.&nbsp; Dan had some ideas.&nbsp; Like Sesame Street he wants to do the note of the week or the interval of the week.&nbsp; This episode is brought to by the not G#.&nbsp; This episode was brought to you by the Minor Sixth Interval.I wanted to talk about Pat Martino a bit.&nbsp; I just gush a bit about Pat and how great he is.&nbsp; We discuss how Pat is in the top 5 of all Jazz guitarists along with Wes Montgomery, Django Reinhardt, Joe Pass, Pat Martino…George Benson?Dan mentions that we should do something in person.&nbsp; He mentions that he may be coming to NY at some point near Thanksgiving.&nbsp; We’ll do an in-person show around then if he does.We talk again about Mike’s amps - Menditto Amplificationhttps://www.mendittoamps.comWe chat about Mitochondriachttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6VfYk9qgqbmECn8wUN7SYwWe’re looking for synergies between our businesses.I’m a guitar sinner.&nbsp; I don’t own a solid body electric with single coil pickups.&nbsp; If Dan comes to visit, he will not be playing my guitars.&nbsp; We will need to borrow Mike’s Strat.#MusicProduction#DIYMusician#MusicRecording#MusicTechnique#TheArtistsLife#Creativity#Creative Music#Music#10,000Hours#GetchaSomeProductions#TheHandshake#GetchaSomeGuitar#OliversMusicalGenius#ErosPragma#Mitochondriac#PerryNice#SoulsofService

Getcha Some Productions Podcast Episode 48To support the podcast, shop on Reverb here: https://reverb.grsm.io/GetchaSomePlease subscribe on your favorite podcast app: http://www.getchasomeproductions.com/podcastPlease like and subscribe to our YouTube Channel:&nbsp; https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_nc0nleQ5Yk_eKuNpkDFvQBuy the Book Club Featured Book here: Unlocking Creativity by Michael Beinhorn https://amzn.to/3B9f458A podcast covering all things related to music production: from the first note to the last fan and everything in between.&nbsp; We create music and inspire others to do the same.&nbsp; Every episode is a live business meeting between me and Dan (me and Keith) as we build this media empire right before your very eyes/ears.In this episode we discuss:Today we just chat and catch up on what we’ve been doing musically.&nbsp; Personal musical updates.We talk about the fact that we’ve been doing a podcast for more than a year now.We talk about the hunger games for a while. Mostly because we have referred to our Anniversary episodes The Quarter Quell every 25 episodesDan sold his Maxon OD 808. For $70! I should’ve bought that from him.He bought the MXR Bass Octave Deluxe. He’s selling his guitar pedals in buying bass pedalI bring up the Pigtronics Class A Boost.Then Dan talks about how he starting to use the Novation MiniNova in his new band.We talked for a while about MIDI and setting the MIDI clock for coordinated arpeggiators and other timed effects.I talk about my new Menditto Amplification Uncle Chico amplifier. Handmade boutique tube amplifier.https://www.mendittoamps.comWe talk a bunch about the amazing functionality and flexibility of the Uncle Chico Amp. Then we talk about boutique amplifiers in general.Julian Lage comes up and we mention that he plays a vintage tweed fender champ.#MusicProduction#DIYMusician#MusicRecording#MusicTechnique#TheArtistsLife#Creativity#Creative Music#Music#10,000Hours#GetchaSomeProductions#TheHandshake#GetchaSomeGuitar#OliversMusicalGenius#ErosPragma#Mitochondriac#Perry Nice#SoulsofService

Getcha Some Productions Podcast Episode 47Buy the Book here: Unlocking Creativity by Michael Beinhorn https://amzn.to/3B9f458To support the podcast, shop on Reverb here: https://reverb.grsm.io/GetchaSomePlease subscribe on your favorite podcast app: http://www.getchasomeproductions.com/podcastPlease like and subscribe to our YouTube Channel:&nbsp; https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_nc0nleQ5Yk_eKuNpkDFvQA podcast covering all things related to music production: from the first note to the last fan and everything in between.&nbsp; We create music and inspire others to do the same.&nbsp; Every episode is a live business meeting between me and Dan (me and Keith) as we build this media empire right before your very eyes/ears.In this episode we discuss:Justin Wertz is, Once again, the special guest on this episode.Getcha Some Productions Book ClubWe are in the business of cool!Buy the Book here: Unlocking Creativity by Michael Beinhorn https://amzn.to/3B9f458We discuss Chapter 4 - PreproductionPer our usual process, we read some selected excerpts and discuss.Chapter 2 was called prep work. Prep work is the relationship building step of the process between the producer and the primary songwriters. Chapter 3 is preliminary preproduction. Preliminary preproduction is the step where the producer works with the primary songwriters on fundamental aspects of the material which could be songwriting or coming up with arrangement and orchestration ideas. Chapter 3 involves the band rehearsing on their own while the core foundational parts of the songs are honed and maximized. Chapter 4 is preproduction. Preproduction is the stage where the producer gets together with the entire band to work on what the songs will actually be like and sound like in the final recording. There’s a lot more rehearsal built into this part of the process.&nbsp; Other band-members and instrumentalists/musicians are brought in to process at this point.The first thing we talk about is this concept of consistencies and inconsistencies in the way that bands function. I state of my perspective that the consistency and inconsistencies that Michael Beinhorn was referring to has to do with practical ways that the band functions. Like each band member has a consistent role and that you should be mindful when, in a particular song, a band member is not feeling their usual role in the band and then you have to ask yourself the question, Is this inconsistency adding to or detracting from the song and is it adding or detracting from the overall presentation of the album?Justin had, and I appreciate this, very different perspective on this.The really cool thing about these conversations is that they often trigger deeper interpretation of the text.Justin had a different perspective on the terms consistency and inconsistency in band roles.&nbsp; He thought that the prime inconsistencies that he sees in bands is when band members take ego an based role and do not serve the song.We read a few more excerpts and discuss.Justin tells a cool story/anecdote that relates to one of the quotes we mentioned regarding orchestration and instrumentation within bands...

Getcha Some Productions Podcast Episode 46To support the podcast, shop on Reverb here: https://reverb.grsm.io/GetchaSomePlease subscribe on your favorite podcast app: http://www.getchasomeproductions.com/podcastPlease like and subscribe to our YouTube Channel:&nbsp; https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_nc0nleQ5Yk_eKuNpkDFvQBuy the Book here: Unlocking Creativity by Michael Beinhorn https://amzn.to/3B9f458A podcast covering all things related to music production: from the first note to the last fan and everything in between.&nbsp; We create music and inspire others to do the same.&nbsp; Every episode is a live business meeting between me and Dan (me and Keith) as we build this media empire right before your very eyes/ears.In this episode we discuss:Today we just chat and catch up on what we’ve been doing musically.&nbsp; Personal musical updates.Dan owns an Eric Johnson signature fuzz face pedal.&nbsp; He is trying to sell it.We’re not going to talk about shoelaces this time.My (Keith’s) personal musical update is centered around my dream of being able to play Jazz.&nbsp; I have always sucked at Jazz.&nbsp; I’ve been doing this on our R&amp;D Channel Oliver’s Musical Genius.&nbsp; I currently take lessons with Jordan Klemons.&nbsp; I go over how Jordan helped me arrange my song Margaret for solo Jazz guitar.&nbsp; The last part of this project was to arrange the song in a bebop style.&nbsp; The song was originally a pop-punk song.&nbsp; We didn’t know what was going to happen when we tried to superimpose bebop harmony onto this song but we were surprised to find out that the song is strangely similar to the first 8 bars of a Bird Blues.Philosophically, we decided that music exists on a continuum where bebop could be a more complex (like a fractal geometry) version of simpler musical form.Dan’s personal musical update was more on a gear tip.&nbsp; He talks about how he built a pedal board around the time when we were in Jollyship.&nbsp; Then he sort of abandoned pedals for bass but started getting into pedals for guitar and built a nice pedal board for guitar.&nbsp; Now that he is playing an electronica fusion style thing, he needs to get back to cultivating a cool bass pedal board.&nbsp; He wants to get an octave pedal.&nbsp; He’s looking at a brand called EBS.&nbsp; He says he used an octave pedal when we were in Whiz-Bang.We talk a lot about using affect pedals for guitar and bass, philosophically.&nbsp; We talk about distortion and tube amps.The name of Dan’s new band is Element 115.&nbsp; He is talking about the difference in improvising within more traditional music genres (rock, jazz) versus his new band which is striving for a more electronic feel.&nbsp; They are experimenting with feeling much longer forms and adding/subtracting textures.Oliver's Musical GeniusWe are not just searching for the perfect jam.This is not just the channel where I practice for at least 10 minutes on every YouTube video as I progress towards 10,000 hours of public practice.We are the R&amp;D department of Getcha Some Productions!&nbsp; Please check out the podcast On your favorite app and subscribe on...

Getcha Some Productions Podcast Episode 45Buy the Book here: Unlocking Creativity by Michael Beinhorn https://amzn.to/3B9f458To support the podcast, shop on Reverb here: https://reverb.grsm.io/GetchaSomePlease subscribe on your favorite podcast app: http://www.getchasomeproductions.com/podcastPlease like and subscribe:&nbsp; https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_nc0nleQ5Yk_eKuNpkDFvQA podcast covering all things related to music production: from the first note to the last fan and everything in between.&nbsp; We create music and inspire others to do the same.&nbsp; Every episode is a live business meeting between me and Dan (me and Keith) as we build this media empire right before your very eyes/ears.In this episode we discuss:Justin Wertz is, Once again, the special guest on this episode.Getcha Some Productions Book ClubBuy the Book here: Unlocking Creativity by Michael Beinhorn https://amzn.to/3B9f458We discuss Chapter 3 - Preliminary PreproductionPer our usual process, we read some selected excerpts and discuss.The gist of this chapter is that Michael Beinhorn has a very lengthy and in-depth process for working with and grooming artists prior to the production of their albums.To recap, the prep work that is outlined in this book and in the prior chapter of the same name is essentially a list of questions that you would ask an artist at the outset of the production relationship. These are just questions that you would ask the artist or ask yourself when you formally enter the production process of making the record.&nbsp; Prep work is a relationship building phase.Preliminary pre-production is the stage of the process before recording and before rehearsal of the songs where the actual raw material is honed. It could include actual song writing functions like changing the lyrics, changing the Melody, changing the chords, changing the arrangements.&nbsp; It can also include orchestration ideas and arrangement ideas like which instruments are we thinking of using, which musicians are we thinking of using?Justin points out that a lot of the work in this chapter is done between the song writer and producer but not the additional band members at this time.An interesting point came up when we discussed playing the songs for other people. We decided that there is a balance between keeping a song to yourself and letting your creative vision blossom fully and showing it to other people and allowing their presence to affect your critical mind. If you keep it to yourself for too long you may run the risk of creating some thing that really is insane and should only exist in your head. If you play something for someone else to soon, though, their alien presence in the creative process may squash some of the more daring creative choices you’ve made too early and potentially hinder some thing that is truly uniquely beautiful and new to the world.&nbsp; You don’t want to introduce a self-conscious element too early in the song writing process.This preproduction preliminary pre-production process should end essentially with your preproduction checklist being all checked off.This book is so easy to read, you could

Getcha Some Productions Podcast Episode 44Buy the Book here: Unlocking Creativity by Michael Beinhorn https://amzn.to/3B9f458To support the podcast, shop on Reverb here: https://reverb.grsm.io/GetchaSomePlease subscribe on your favorite podcast app: http://www.getchasomeproductions.com/podcastPlease like and subscribe:&nbsp; https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_nc0nleQ5Yk_eKuNpkDFvQA podcast covering all things related to music production: from the first note to the last fan and everything in between.&nbsp; We create music and inspire others to do the same.&nbsp; Every episode is a live business meeting between me and Dan (me and Keith) as we build this media empire right before your very eyes/ears.In this episode we discuss:Getcha Some Productions Book ClubBuy the Book here: Unlocking Creativity by Michael Beinhorn https://amzn.to/3B9f458Per our usual process, we read some selected excerpts and discuss.Dan and I go through chapters 2 &amp; 3.&nbsp; We do an overview.Chapter 2 is called Prep Work.&nbsp; We read some selections and discuss.Michael Beinhorn gets so deep into the process that he becomes part of the project. He almost becomes a band member. He develops a highly proprietary attitude toward the artist’s music.We mention Prince and 4 Non Blondes.We mention that Chapter 2 has an extensive list of questions to use as a resource when interviewing an artist.&nbsp; It’s an excellent list of questions and a great thing to go over within the process of producing an artist and for an artist to consider even when self-producing a project.&nbsp; These are conversation starters and they model a therapeutic relationship.&nbsp; Each question could be an entire podcast.We move on to Chapter 3.&nbsp; Chapter 3 is called Preliminary Preproduction.Dan loves chapter 3. He points out that the chapter consists of mostly lists of items and or lists of questions to be used when embarking on a creative journey. He says he wants to use chapter 3 as a guide every time he starts any kind of create a project.It’s exhaustive.Do you want to not mess up your next music project?&nbsp; This book.Dan and I both thought it was very revealing that he says that he can’t rely on the artist to be objective about their own work.Chapters 2 &amp; 3 (the whole book really) are about dialog and therefore, by extension, relationships.Here are the topics that he covers in Chapter 3 with respect to Preliminary Preproduction:-Goals to be achieved (list of 12 things)-Song analysis (list of questions)-Song Structure (list of questions)-Song Orchestration (list of questions)-Vocals (list of questions)This book is a masterclass.&nbsp; This book is a masterclass in collaboration.I don’t know what motivates me but it would be nice to know!Chapter 3 is Dan’s favorite so far.&nbsp; Mine too because I like lists.#MusicProduction#DIYMusician#MusicRecording#MusicTechnique#TheArtistsLife#Creativity#Creative...

Getcha Some Productions Podcast Episode 43Buy the Book here: Unlocking Creativity by Michael Beinhorn https://amzn.to/3B9f458To support the podcast, shop on Reverb here: https://reverb.grsm.io/GetchaSomePlease subscribe on your favorite podcast app: http://www.getchasomeproductions.com/podcastPlease like and subscribe:&nbsp; https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_nc0nleQ5Yk_eKuNpkDFvQA podcast covering all things related to music production: from the first note to the last fan and everything in between.&nbsp; We create music and inspire others to do the same.&nbsp; Every episode is a live business meeting between me and Dan (me and Keith) as we build this media empire right before your very eyes/ears.In this episode we discuss:Getcha Some Productions Book ClubBuy the Book here: Unlocking Creativity by Michael Beinhorn https://amzn.to/3B9f458Per our usual process, we read some selected excerpts and discuss.&nbsp; Actually, this time, we ask each other the extensive list of questions at the end of the chapter.The title of this chapter is Prep Work. So this is the preparatory work you have to do before pre-preliminary I can’t even remember what he calls it now pre preliminary something. Anyway, this is the prep work chapter.The point of this chapter is to outline the process and the considerations you take when first engaging an artist. This is before you even start to talk about the real tangible aspects of making a record. This is just the initial engagement with the artist.&nbsp; This process sets the tone for the whole project.In the last episode, Justin and I discussed the first part of chapter 2. In this podcast Justin asked me, or we ask each other all the questions that Michael Beinhorn lists at the end of the chapter.This is a list of questions that Michael asks an artist at the outset of the production relationship. This is how he gets to know the artist.We ask each other questions.&nbsp; Here are some of the highlights of some of our answers:Question: Why do art anyway? Answer: art has a way of communicating the human experience that transcends using only the English language and written word. Also, (alternative answer) because we just have to and we don’t know why.We want to do art because we want to achieve that higher, transcendent level that really can only be achieved through art. And perhaps, it only becomes art when the higher level is achieved. So, in a sense, art is itself a higher level.Question: Will you be satisfied working in a big corporation or just serving drinks for the rest of your life? i.e. not doing art? Answer: first of all, I already do work in a big corporation. However, when I’m most satisfied, it is when I am bringing a level of artistry to my work. Maybe artistry is ultimately representative of that higher level of performance that transcends the basic.&nbsp; When it rises above the essential and becomes abstract and ideal in some sense.You’re really only satisfied when you get a win so to speak. We only really get a win when you insert some level of artistry into what you’re doing.Question: Do you seek success? Answer: yes. What the hell do you mean?...

Getcha Some Productions Podcast Episode 42Buy the Book here: Unlocking Creativity by Michael Beinhorn https://amzn.to/3B9f458To support the podcast, shop on Reverb here: https://reverb.grsm.io/GetchaSomePlease subscribe on your favorite podcast app: http://www.getchasomeproductions.com/podcastPlease like and subscribe:&nbsp; https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_nc0nleQ5Yk_eKuNpkDFvQA podcast covering all things related to music production: from the first note to the last fan and everything in between.&nbsp; We create music and inspire others to do the same.&nbsp; Every episode is a live business meeting between me and Dan (me and Keith) as we build this media empire right before your very eyes/ears.In this episode we discuss:Getcha Some Productions Book ClubBuy the Book here: Unlocking Creativity by Michael Beinhorn https://amzn.to/3B9f458Per our usual process, we read some selected excerpts and discuss.We discuss chapter 2.The title of this chapter is Prep Work. So this is the preparatory work you have to do before pre-preliminary I can’t even remember what he calls it now pre preliminary something. Anyway, this is the prep work chapter.The point of this chapter is to outline the process and the considerations you take when first engaging an artist. This is before you even start to talk about the real tangible aspects of making a record. This is just the initial engagement with the artist.&nbsp; This process sets the tone for the whole project.He starts off the chapter describing some of the pitfalls that music producers fall into and where they fall short. He goes over this many times in the book so far and it is illustrative to note where are some producers may be coming up short to keep in mind for yourself as you’re producing a record of the traps/pitfalls you would not want to fall into.Here are some of the things that are discussed in this chapter.Listening to and getting to know the songs very deeply.Talking with and getting to know the artist intimately.&nbsp; There’s an extensive interview process with questions listed.Taking ownership of the project.Link to the systematic creativity course.https://getchasomeguitar.com/p/systematic-creativityI’ve been making music since I was a teenager, and I’m now 43. But reading this particular quote from the book made me realize that I have been going along unconsciously about this music production process the entire time.Michael Beinhorn also talks about, and we reflect upon, The fact that you take a producer takes a lot of time to determine what the best and worst material the artist has produced us far. And, there’s an aspect of realism in that when you determine what the best the artist is capable of.&nbsp; It may not be all that great but ultimately you want to help them elevate that or at least elevate the rest of their material to the same level.We talked a bit about how insane and unrealistic it is to say that you can...

Getcha Some Productions Podcast Episode 41To support the podcast, shop on Reverb here: https://reverb.grsm.io/GetchaSomePlease subscribe on your favorite podcast app: http://www.getchasomeproductions.com/podcastPlease like and subscribe:&nbsp; https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_nc0nleQ5Yk_eKuNpkDFvQBook Club - Buy the Book here: Unlocking Creativity by Michael Beinhorn https://amzn.to/3B9f458A podcast covering all things related to music production: from the first note to the last fan and everything in between.&nbsp; We create music and inspire others to do the same.&nbsp; Every episode is a live business meeting between me and Dan (me and Keith) as we build this media empire right before your very eyes/ears.In this episode we discuss:In this episode we discuss an opportunity that one of our bands was invited to participate in.&nbsp; One of our roster rock ‘n’ roll bands, The Handshake www.thehandshake.band, was invited to something called a multi genre virtual residency.Multi-Genre Virtual Residency: the opportunity is presented by Rarity Rock Radio.Congratulations! Your submission to&nbsp;Rarity Rock Radio's Multigenre Virtual Residency&nbsp;has been selected! Here are the details of what to expect for your rarity song to be played in early 2022. Details are below:Your song will be played on air, as a feature of our RRR Top of the Month airing at 9am, noon and 6pm Arizona time daily during the second week of February 2022.&nbsp;We'd like to create a social media campaign to generate excitement&nbsp;about your song.&nbsp;Please send us the preferred song as an mp3 and 5-10 images that we can use for promotion on social media, along with your preferred bio and overview of the song for us to use to provide to our listeners. All information must be sent at least one week prior to the start of your virtual residency week.&nbsp;Let us know if you have any questions. If you have additional ideas, we're open to discuss. Looking forward to this collaboration!&nbsp;Rarity Rock Radio StationRarity Rock Radio WebsiteRarity Rock Radio FacebookCheck out our self titled record from 2012.Full Album:YouTube https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5n4xoKs6aAuBifgXaFzCscMvO72GvAZASpotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/4SJ8fGm8x5ajeYxwwPDLwG?si=-pe2PSpiTuyo-cf4YK_a_AApple Music https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-handshake/552979025To participate in the residency, we have to provide one song (so, we have to choose a song), pictures up...

Getcha Some Productions Podcast Episode 40Buy the Book here: Unlocking Creativity by Michael Beinhorn https://amzn.to/3B9f458To support the podcast, shop on Reverb here: https://reverb.grsm.io/GetchaSomePlease subscribe on your favorite podcast app: http://www.getchasomeproductions.com/podcastPlease like and subscribe:&nbsp; https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_nc0nleQ5Yk_eKuNpkDFvQA podcast covering all things related to music production: from the first note to the last fan and everything in between.&nbsp; We create music and inspire others to do the same.&nbsp; Every episode is a live business meeting between me and Dan (me and Keith) as we build this media empire right before your very eyes/ears.In this episode we discuss:Getcha Some Productions Book ClubBuy the Book here: Unlocking Creativity by Michael Beinhorn https://amzn.to/3B9f458Per our usual process, we read some selected excerpts and discuss.This is episode 40 so we are, as a podcast, entering our midlife crisis now.Justin is a real go-getter and he’s read far ahead in the book. He’s already up to chapter 5 and we’re only discussed in chapter 1 on this episode.Justin talks a little bit about his impression of the book and in doing so he also mentions that he went to college for Music. He was a studio composition major.&nbsp; Justin is describing the fact that when he was in school he selected a lot of classes from a lot of different disciplines within music composition, studio and record production. When he was sitting down with his college advisor, his advisor looked at his course-load and said that he thought he would become a music producer because of the courses that he selected. I think the point was that, even though they were all within music composition/production/engineering obviously They were across a wide range of disciplines within music production.&nbsp; Justin was and is into song writing and creative engineering.We reminisce a bit about the demo we made in high school for our band Oliver‘s musical genius and about how one of the engineers that was on the session had a lot of creative ideas about how to make the songs come alive by suggesting different sounds, different auxiliary instruments&nbsp; and making sure we had good performances.&nbsp; And, in a sense, producing the record (more or less) for us. And we knew Very little back then so I think we were going to just waltz in and play our parts and that’s it.One of the things that comes up as we address the first excerpt is the fact that producers are required to wear many hats and have many skills in the studio. Everything from managing the talent to the more technical aspects of engineering and elements of composition and arrangement. It’s a tough job. It’s probably something that you would arrive at at the end of a career in music. This is a job for the wise elders of music.Justin highlights the next excerpt regarding a producers role and influence on the artist.&nbsp; He compares the experience of working with a producer almost like a Boot Camp for the artist. He describes the fact that Beinhorn says that the artist should come away from the experience having grown (perhaps...

Getcha Some Productions Podcast Episode 39Buy the Book here: Unlocking Creativity by Michael Beinhorn https://amzn.to/3B9f458To support the podcast, shop on Reverb here: https://reverb.grsm.io/GetchaSomePlease subscribe on your favorite podcast app: http://www.getchasomeproductions.com/podcastPlease like and subscribe:&nbsp; https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_nc0nleQ5Yk_eKuNpkDFvQA podcast covering all things related to music production: from the first note to the last fan and everything in between.&nbsp; We create music and inspire others to do the same.&nbsp; Every episode is a live business meeting between me and Dan (me and Keith) as we build this media empire right before your very eyes/ears.In this episode we discuss:Getcha Some Productions Book ClubBuy the Book here: Unlocking Creativity by Michael Beinhorn https://amzn.to/3B9f458Per our usual process, we read some excerpts and discuss.The first excerpt we discuss deals with the fact that record producers, in an ideal sense, are really responsible for a very long list and wide range of skills and services throughout the process of music production.&nbsp; It seems a bit improbable and daunting to consider all the different things a record producer is supposed to be an expert in according to this book.Dan highlights the fact that in all of our experiences producing records, we didn’t have anything close to what Michael Beinhorn suggests a producer would be. We really didn’t have anyone in that role providing any of those services or any of that oversight.Based on this book, and the role a producer is supposed to have. Or take, The Handshake record wasn’t even a fully produced record. It was really just a demo in a sense. Links below.The Handshake Self Titled AlbumStreaming LinksFull Album:YouTube https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5n4xoKs6aAuBifgXaFzCscMvO72GvAZASpotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/4SJ8fGm8x5ajeYxwwPDLwG?si=-pe2PSpiTuyo-cf4YK_a_AApple Music https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-handshake/552979025Creating a safe space is the most important thing.What’s really fun about this episode is Dan’s facial expressions while I spout nonsense.Praise for Joe Hertenstein.&nbsp; The old drummer of the Handshake and a consummate professional.One of the themes that keeps popping up is the dichotomy of roles of a producer between taking an active artistic role and shaping the final product versus stepping out of the way and simply facilitating and enabling the artists vision.I talk a little bit about the album Original Pirate Material by The Streets. And how at first I thought it was terrible but after I got used to it I started to believe it was one of the most genius albums ever made. How...

Getcha Some Productions Podcast Episode 38Buy the Book here: Unlocking Creativity by Michael Beinhorn https://amzn.to/3B9f458To support the podcast, shop on Reverb here: https://reverb.grsm.io/GetchaSomePlease like and subscribe:&nbsp; https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_nc0nleQ5Yk_eKuNpkDFvQA podcast covering all things related to music production: from the first note to the last fan and everything in between.&nbsp; We create music and inspire others to do the same.&nbsp; Every episode is a live business meeting between me and Dan (me and Keith) as we build this media empire right before your very eyes/ears.In this episode we discuss:Getcha Some Productions Book ClubBuy the Book here: Unlocking Creativity by Michael Beinhorn https://amzn.to/3B9f458My special guest today is Justin Wertz. Apparently we changed each others lives.Justin was quite “hot-to-trot” for a long time. He and I were both in a band called Oliver’s Musical Genius (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6iRajenI2SUKsiRtxMzlHQ). Then he was in a phenomenal band called Trademark. After that he was in Cheryl’s Magnetic Aura (http://www.pukekos.org/2009/04/sheryls-magnetic-aura.html) and then after that he was in Maneguar (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meneguar). All fantastic bands and they got better over time so the worst of them was probably Oliver’s Musical Genius.The quarantine, for Justin, gave him just enough time to breathe and slow down in his life to start writing music. Again. To start writing music again. Even though he hasn’t released a lot of this material, it’s really quite good. He and I have been sharing songs back-and-forth and Justin’s songwriting has really improved substantially. I’m actually envious of this point because he’s become such a great songwriter.Ever since his last band, Justin hasn’t put a lot of music out. The last thing he really put out there was Blank Baby (https://blankbaby.bandcamp.com). Which we will link to. But it’s actually a lot of instrumental type stuff and not really the full songwriting experience that he’s really getting into right now.We start to discuss the book and what we hope to get out of it. I hope that reading it together causes us to become more mindful about how we work together and makes us more productive and better at working with each other so that we can create more music together.Justin starts talking about how we already have been collaborating and sharing ideas back-and-forth and we do have our own method. However this guy Michael Beinhorn has a more expansive method perhaps than we have. His method is very systematic and scientific (or so it seems).&nbsp; Justin says we should put some of his stuff into practice right away. I agree with that.Episode 36 was the first episode where we reviewed this particular book. Dan and I went over the intro of the book and went over some quotes we thought were important to discuss.So, part of...

Getcha Some Productions Podcast Episode 37To support the podcast, shop on Reverb here: https://reverb.grsm.io/GetchaSomeBook Club: Unlocking Creativity by Michael Beinhorn https://amzn.to/3B9f458Please like and subscribe:&nbsp;https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_nc0nleQ5Yk_eKuNpkDFvQA podcast covering all things related to music production: from the first note to the last fan and everything in between.&nbsp;We create music and inspire others to do the same.&nbsp;Every episode is a live business meeting between me and Dan (me and Keith) as we build this media empire right before your very eyes/ears.In this episode we discuss:This episode features: https://www.mendittoamps.comMike and I met in 1989 in Dyker Heights junior high school otherwise known as I.S. 201 or Intermediate school number 201.Mike talks about how he got started on guitar. It was during grammar school where they had optional classes you could take and one of them was guitar. The school had a collection of mostly unused three-quarter size classical guitars for the students to use.The rest of the school was falling apart. They had asbestos and lead paint but they did have brand new guitars.Mike recalls the story where he played Dracula in a grammar school play which was also musical and where he got into singing. The snippet of the play was featured on eyewitness news seven with Ernie Anastos. The video is floating around somewhere and Mike says he thinks it’s on his Facebook page.At the time his teachers wanted to send him for vocal lessons but he didn’t want to be just a singer.&nbsp;HE WANTED MORE!!Mike throws some shade on singers.&nbsp;Then he goes on to describe how, when singing, he didn’t know what to do with his hands so he figured that the needed to be holding something.&nbsp;Hence, the guitar.Mike shows his new American standard fender Stratocaster in Lake Placid blue.Mike remember specifically that it was 1990, one year after we met, that we played music together or at least I picked up one of his guitars and started learning or got interested.We talked about my old Cort guitar. It was a wine red transparent finish Les Paul Junior style guitar. With zebra pickups.We talked about the olden days where he and I would play Led Zeppelin tunes and we crank our amps up all the way to the max but we put them in separate rooms and sometimes even closed the doors when it was too loud and we would stand in the hallway with our cables underneath closed doors jamming. We forgot to mention that we used to make recordings and we would hang microphones over the showerhead in the shower and put amplifiers in the shower. And I believe Mike used to sing in the shower with the microphone hanging down off the showerhead sometimes.We start talking about amplifiers. This was almost a professional level segue. Mike starts talking about the unique quality of power tube distortion and tube amplifiers.Mike shows his Bugera power soak.Mike gushes a bit about the sound of an old Stratocaster into a tube amp and how great that is.The thing that we’ve been getting to the whole time is that Mike builds amplifiers now.&nbsp;https://www.mendittoamps.comMike built amplifiers now.https://www.mendittoamps.comWe talk about midlife crises and the types of guitars we each got for our midlife crises. I...

Getcha Some Productions Podcast Episode 36Buy the Book here: Unlocking Creativity by Michael Beinhorn https://amzn.to/3B9f458To support the podcast, shop on Reverb here: https://reverb.grsm.io/GetchaSomePlease like and subscribe:&nbsp; https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_nc0nleQ5Yk_eKuNpkDFvQA podcast covering all things related to music production: from the first note to the last fan and everything in between.&nbsp; We create music and inspire others to do the same.&nbsp; Every episode is a live business meeting between me and Dan (me and Keith) as we build this media empire right before your very eyes/ears.In this episode we discuss:We discuss the introduction to the book Unlocking Creativity by Michael Beinhorn https://amzn.to/3B9f458Our plan and intention is to discuss the book chapter by chapter.&nbsp; We are covering the introduction in the episode.We discuss several very interesting quotes from the introduction which help us to understand what this book is about.&nbsp; We do a bit of riffing on the topics.Michael Beinhorn has worked with Herbie Hancock, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Soul Asylum, Hole, Soundgarden, Ozzy Osbourne, Courtney Love, Marilyn Manson, Social Distortion, Korn and Mew.This book is not about the technical aspects of record production.&nbsp; It’s not about the microphones and preamps and technology.&nbsp; It’s also not about where to place the microphones.&nbsp; It’s about the artistry of record production.In this respect, it is more foundational because this aspect of the artistry of production and creativity will remain the same regardless of the technology and techniques which change over time.What is the point of making music anyway?&nbsp; It is about communicating human emotion through music.&nbsp; This book is foundational in that respect in that it deals with the primary motivation to to make music.&nbsp; This book is about nurturing the emotional/human aspect of music.Music is the Kinetic manifestation of the potential energy of human emotions.&nbsp; A book and a painting, for instance, are a manifestation of the potential energy of human emotion but they are not kinetic.&nbsp; They are subject to entropy so they are representative of stored energy but they are not kinetic.&nbsp; Music doesn’t exist at all unless there is an input of energy.The highest calling of a record production company, management company and/or record label is to support and facilitate artistry but not get in the way.So, what the hell is this book about:His perspective on making records.His credo and/or intent that drives his creative process.Interesting way to effect change in creative situations and the creative processes of others.The creative process in general and what it feels like to be in the midst of the process.Dan reflects on the experience of recording one of The Handshake songs.&nbsp; He thinks it was the song Electricity.&nbsp; Links below:The Handshake Streaming LinksFull Album:YouTube https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5n4xoKs6aAuBifgXaFzCscMvO72GvAZASpotify <a...

Getcha Some Productions Podcast Episode 35To support the podcast, shop here: https://reverb.grsm.io/GetchaSomePlease like and subscriber:&nbsp; https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_nc0nleQ5Yk_eKuNpkDFvQA podcast covering all things related to music production: from the first note to the last fan and everything in between.&nbsp; Our mission is to create music and to inspire others to do the same.Not your typical podcast, each episode is a live business meeting. We are in the process of building a media empire (a music production company) and listeners/viewers come along for the ride.&nbsp; This is a chronicle and archive of our progress.&nbsp; This podcast is always candid and unrehearsed.In this episode we discuss:In this episode we discussed the fact that we should try to level up one item.I pulled out our business plan which we share in a Google doc.&nbsp; I’m looking at the first page which discusses the podcast intro.I suggest adding some verbiage to the intro so that we could get a little bit more professional. I also suggest that maybe we could level up the quality of our production every 25 episodes or every 10 episodes are every 35 episodes something like that.&nbsp; Not every episode because that would be too much but once in a while, we should level up.We decide to try to make our intro a bit better:A podcast covering all things related to music production: from the first note to the last fan and everything in between.&nbsp; We create music and inspire others to do the same.Every episode is a live business meeting between me and Dan (me and Keith) as we build this media empire right before your very eyes/ears.Dan also suggests that the intro and the standard repeated verbiage should be streamlined and made more efficient.The next item to be discussed was the interview we recently did with Tim Mirth. I had some feedback about the process of doing the interview and some ways we could make it better. First, I thought that it would be good to have Dan be more involved. I also thought we could tighten up our process a little bit better. Second, I thought that we should always have wired microphones so that our sound quality is at least sufficient rather than dealing with the microphones that are native to Our devices.My next suggestion was that we need to have more of a back-and-forth between Dan and me and Tim in this case. And going forward, we would have more of a back-and-forth between me and Dan and the interviewee. So we have to strategize how we can get Dan more involved in the process generally.Dan actually didn’t enjoy the interview very much at all. He felt that he didn’t learn anything during the interview.&nbsp; We spent a long time on Tim’s bio during the show. So, we didn’t have enough time or we didn’t have the opportunity to get into the art of making the album as much as we could have.Actually, we start formulating a better interview plan right in the moment as we feedback to each other about what the last interviews process was like.&nbsp; Here are some of the items we discussed.Usually the interviews are about an hour long.Ask for the musician’s bio or superhero origin story but keep that portion to 15 minutes.Is there one particular recording or album or piece that you want a deep dive into? Send that to us A few weeks before the show.Here are the elements of the creative process that we tend to focus on. Songwriting, musicianship, the philosophy of artistry in general, working with other musicians, the experience in...

Getcha Some Productions Podcast Episode 34https://reverb.grsm.io/GetchaSomehttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_nc0nleQ5Yk_eKuNpkDFvQA podcast covering all things related to music production: from the first note to the last fan and everything in between.&nbsp; Our mission is to create music and to inspire others to do the same.Not your typical podcast, each episode is a live business meeting. We are in the process of building a media empire (a music production company) and listeners/viewers come along for the ride.&nbsp; This is a chronicle and archive of our progress.This podcast is always candid and unrehearsed.In this episode we discuss:Special guest is Tim Mirth.http://www.timmirth.com/index.htmlhttps://m.facebook.com/woodairmetal/https://youtube.com/channel/UCw-wxJ9TZ2GDR9FoHY_BRHANew Album: l.phpTim starts off by saying that he just turned 40 this year in 2021 and he’s been playing guitar since he was 10 years old.&nbsp; Tim lived in West Virginia when he was younger and lived in a very competitive household. He remembers being exposed to music in church as a young child.&nbsp; He moved to Pennsylvania when he was 10 years old.&nbsp; He remembers that he used to sneak up into his attic and play his dad’s 1968(?) Gretsch Corvette. Which he still has to this day. He shows it on the video.&nbsp; He knew enough basic music from taking piano lessons as a child to figure out some basic melodies on the guitar. He was able to figure out the basic mechanics of guitar which is that you have to press the string against the fret to create the pitch you want and then pluck the strings.Interestingly, he mentions that he didn’t have any friends because he had just moved. So the discovery of the guitar and the concurrent lack of social interaction afforded him the opportunity to mess around on the guitar a lot more.Tim was afraid that his dad would tell him not to play the guitar but that wasn’t the case at all. His dad was supportive of him playing by giving him a book and showing him how to tune the guitar. But his dad also recognized Tim’s personality in that you couldn’t tell him what to do or else he might rebel against that. So, his dad was wise to just show him the way a little bit but then leave him alone to forge his own path. Tim was an independent child from the beginning.Funnily enough, Tim actually thought he was going to be a rapper when he was a kid. He wasn’t really interested in guitar music. It was just that the guitar was right there in front of him and he had an interest in music generally.&nbsp; He talks about Ice-T and Kool Moe Dee.&nbsp; He references turning 10 in 1991 and Nirvana coming out that year.&nbsp; Within a year or...

Getcha Some Productions Podcast Episode 33https://reverb.grsm.io/GetchaSomehttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_nc0nleQ5Yk_eKuNpkDFvQA podcast covering all things related to music production: from the first note to the last fan and everything in between.&nbsp; Our mission is to create music and to inspire others to do the same.Not your typical podcast, each episode is a live business meeting. We are in the process of building a media empire (a music production company) and listeners/viewers come along for the ride.&nbsp; This is a chronicle and archive of our progress.This podcast is always candid and unrehearsed.In this episode we discuss:We’re continuing on from last episode where we talked about Jollyship the whiz-BangJollyship the Whiz-Bang was a pirate puppet rock opera musical performance and also a electro indie rock band.For this episode (episode two of the series) Dan and I decided to talk about our experiences recording the various albums that we made over the many years that we were in the band.https://www.thewhizbang.org/about.htmlWe started talking about our first record that we made in 2005 called songs to drown by. Dan reminds me that even though this record was mostly recorded and mixed in a studio in upstate New York, it actually had humble beginnings on Raja’s laptop this is a detail that I actually forgot.https://music.apple.com/us/artist/jollyship-the-whiz-bang/206483963https://open.spotify.com/artist/2T0h5YpMsRDS1SOVh1ll7C?si=mB7VnVrgSAiTp79Cyl0u4A&amp;dl_branch=1When we realized that the record wasn’t going to get made or it wasn’t going to be as good as it possibly could be in Raja‘s makeshift space, we decided to move the project to a real studio.&nbsp; The studio we chose was that of our friends who lives upstate near Bard College where we all went to school. And, the studio was built into a large farmhouse and possibly legit farm at one time with lots of good equipment and lots of space and a place for the band to sleep etc. Or, we can’t remember, was it a large house in the woods near Ray train track?I think the people involved were Kale Kaposhilin, Jason Martin RIP.&nbsp; Peter Craft?We’re not sure but I think we decided that the studio was in Germantown, New York.&nbsp; North of Bard College where we all went to school and where we still had a lot of connections. Apparently, we had connections to people who had a recording studio.This was our first album. We talked a bit about some of the individual songs we like and some memories of the recording process. Dan talked about how many of our best songs are actually on that album. We did write some really good ones back then. I go on to say that I think our songwriting actually got better, or maybe not necessarily better but in someways more sophisticated. We almost became a little bit more progressive in our approach to songwriting so the songs got more intricate and dynamic.The second recording we made was an EP which we made and Peter Kohl’s place in Long Island City, NY.I believe the distributor of all this music to see the baby so these albums and other recordings should be available on all streaming platforms.&nbsp; Links above to...

Getcha Some Productions Podcast Episode 32https://reverb.grsm.io/GetchaSomehttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_nc0nleQ5Yk_eKuNpkDFvQA podcast covering all things related to music production: from the first note to the last fan and everything in between.&nbsp; Our mission is to create music and to inspire others to do the same.Not your typical podcast, each episode is a live business meeting. We are in the process of building a media empire (a music production company) and listeners/viewers come along for the ride.&nbsp; This is a chronicle and archive of our progress.This podcast is always candid and unrehearsed.In this episode we discuss:Dan’s personal musical update: he has a music project going in Richmond Virginia called element 115.&nbsp; Dan is the Bass Player.&nbsp; The drummer of the band also plays a little bass. The drummer brought in his own bass for one rehearsal.&nbsp; Dan thinks it’s an early 2000’s Warwick five string with active pickups.Being a long time fender player, Dan is used to a more old-fashioned passive sound from his basses. So, this modern bass with active pick ups is a big change for him but he’s really enjoying it actually. He plans to spend the next few months seeing what he can do with that new bass.The biggest difference he sees so far with the active bass is that the amount of kinetic energy he has to put into the strings is so much less. You can just brush the strings and it will make a sound. I know Dan is used to playing very hard on his basses. He really digs in while he plays. So that sensitivity is a big change for him.I was talking about, in response to Dan’s talking about the bass, a recent podcast I heard about some guys producing a song that sounded like 1980s pick Pink Floyd.&nbsp; That era of Pink Floyd is basically more electronic sounding overall. So it sounds like Pink Floyd with a drum machine behind it (something like that).&nbsp; And the bass player used a jazz bass to record the bassline at first and then realized as the song was taking shape and sounding more electronic overall that he needed to re-record the bassline with a P Bass. The lead the tone he was getting from his jazz bass was more of a lead tone and the P Bass delivers more of a supportive tone it doesn’t stick out in the mix as much.Then Dan starts talking about the fact that he doesn’t believe the tweeter in his bass amp is working properly. Using the new active bass, he was starting to tweak some of the tone controls on the bass. The the tone controls have a little notch when their centered which I guess is sort of like a neutral sound. When he turns the bass controls up he notices a huge difference. Turn the bass up, tons of bass, turn the bass down, so little bass. But when he turns the treble control up on the base there’s no difference. When he turns it all the way up he’s expecting to hear a lot of high tones and get a lot of “clickety-clack” high-end stuff and he wasn’t getting any of that so he surmised that the tweeter is not working.Of course, he goes on to say that he’s planning on getting the tweeter fixed but he’s not totally worried about it because the bass actually sounds pretty good anyway. Sounds totally fine with or without the tweeter. Then I’m joking around with him about the fact that it’s possible that tweeter was never working at all. And then Dan jokes back to me “yeah actually I think it probably was never working at all.” He remembers a day where, after he first got her, so sometime in the mid-1990s. He was about to listen to a Rage Against the Machine song and his friend was like...

Getcha Some Productions Podcast Episode 31https://reverb.grsm.io/GetchaSomehttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_nc0nleQ5Yk_eKuNpkDFvQA podcast covering all things related to music production: from the first note to the last fan and everything in between.&nbsp;Our mission is to create music and to inspire others to do the same.Not your typical podcast, each episode is a live business meeting. We are in the process of building a media empire (a music production company) and listeners/viewers come along for the ride.&nbsp;This is a chronicle and archive of our progress.This podcast is always candid and unrehearsed.In this episode we discuss:This is another podcast with Raja.Raja “No Honorific” Azar is our esteemed guest.&nbsp;A distinguished guest with a fancy room.&nbsp;Raja was also a guest on episode 29.&nbsp;That was the episode where we discussed possibly doing some Jazz stuff.&nbsp;We finished that episode with an assignment for me to find some repertoire for ourselves.Also with Daniel “The Meat” KutcherI started off the assignment (to select songs to learn) by putting some questions out feelers out on Facebook. There was a lot of feedback that beginners should start with certain songs like All the Things You Are or Autumn Leaves. But, there were a ton of other songs suggested. I was overwhelmed by the sheer volume and variety of the suggestions so I realized I had to narrow it down somehow.The first thing I noticed was that, because jazz is a repertoire of songs, there is a lot of variety in song form. So songs can be AB, AABA, ABC, etc.So I broke it down by saying that the few songs we select have to cover most of the basic tonalities and what I would estimate to be the most basic forms.&nbsp;Here are some of the basic and most common recommendations that I culled from my research.&nbsp;Here are the most common recommendations from actual jazz musicians.BluesA Song in a minor keyA balladRhythm ChangesAll the other most common suggestions were actually just specific songs. Very common evergreen standards.When I was done with my research I discovered that the most obvious choices were a Blues, the song Body and Soul as a ballad, a Rhythm Changes song and some kind of minor song. That would cover the major tonality, the dominant tonality, A ballad and a minor tonality song. I just was having difficulty selecting a minor tonality song.Then I found this book in my own library:Barry Galbraith, Jazz guitar study series #3, Guitar CompingPlease use the affiliate link here to buy the book:https://amzn.to/3eclPbPThis book actually has a blues in F and a blues and all 12 keys. It has a minor Blues. It also has the song Body and Soul. And finally it has several versions of rhythm changes. So, this book by itself covers all the bases for a beginner outlined above.So, after I explain all the above, I the guys ask for some feedback.Raja says that it’s cool the chords sound good. And important bit of feedback was that he said that he would’ve been comfortable just doing a simple I IV V blues.Raja also says that it’s good in that the chords sound pretty cool so after we get them under our fingers we can mess with them a lot. I guess that’s kind of the idea. Start with something that’s written but gradually build on it and alter it until it becomes our own.Start with something that’s written and gradually build on it and alter it till

Getcha Some Productions Podcast Episode 30https://reverb.grsm.io/GetchaSomehttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_nc0nleQ5Yk_eKuNpkDFvQA podcast covering all things related to music production: from the first note to the last fan and everything in between.&nbsp;Our mission is to create music and to inspire others to do the same.Not your typical podcast, each episode is a live business meeting. We are in the process of building a media empire (a music production company) and listeners/viewers come along for the ride.&nbsp;This is a chronicle and archive of our progress.This podcast is always candid and unrehearsed.In this episode we discuss:Can you hear me? Is anyone out there? Am I all alone?Dan’s personal musical update involves his new musical project. It’s a band but they are working on playing electronica as he describes it. It’s a little bit out of his comfort zone.He’s been listening to a bunch of new music to get into the vibe of this new project. He likes some of it and he doesn’t like some of it. One particular group inspired him to revisit some old music we used to make together in a band called Jollyship the Whiz-Bang. The bass player of this group was taking an approach of using a pick and playing in more of a rock ‘n’ roll or new wave style.&nbsp;The band that Dan has been listening to to get new ideas is called The New Deal.The band that Dan is in (what is the name?) is really going for a very traditional techno (four on the floor) type of sound. When he initially mentioned it I thought maybe he was going in a more Squarepusher or Amon Tobin sort of direction. But no, they’re definitely firmly in a techno vibe.&nbsp;I was thinking of jungle, acid jazz or chill Hop.We need to get into the meat of the episode right now.Dan brought up the issue that there is a saying that money and blood don’t mix or you shouldn’t start a business with your best friend - things like that. Dan and I have been friends for a really long time so we’re more like family at this point then anything so it would be very bad if starting this business impaired our friendship in some way. So, Dan raised this as a possible issue and something he was concerned with.Dan was very wise in bringing this up as an issue. It doesn’t even matter if we are friends or not in some respects. This is an aspect of having a relationship that needs to be addressed from the beginning. In fact, this is something that all people should be doing in all relationships from the very beginning.Here are some of the ideas that I had:We have to make a commitment to always talk about our relationship with respect to this business.We have to have a commitment to honesty and open lines of communication. And what comes along with that is openly communicating what our expectations are of each other.It’s so important will have to say it again, we really need to know and communicate out loud what is expected of each other.Dan’s main concern was that since I am super invested in this project and Dan is less so, there would be growing resentments about who’s doing more in the project which would damage our friendship.I suggest to Dan that I actually have the answer to this problem. The answer to the problem is twofold:We need to be very clear about what is expected of each other in the project. Clear and very specific and precise.We need to be very explicit about what percentage of the business we each own.Specifically what is Dan’s commitment?First thing is just...

Getcha Some Productions Podcast Episode 29https://reverb.grsm.io/GetchaSomehttp://www.getchasomeproductions.com/podcasthttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_nc0nleQ5Yk_eKuNpkDFvQA podcast covering all things related to music production: from the first note to the last fan and everything in between.&nbsp;Our mission is to create music and to inspire others to do the same.Not your typical podcast, each episode is a live business meeting. We are figuring out how to build a media empire (a music production company at least) as we go and listeners come along for the ride.&nbsp;This is an archive of our progress and/or lack thereof.This podcast is always candid and unrehearsed.In this episode we discuss:We always try to be as awkward as possible.We have a special guest in this episode: Raja Azar, Evil Wizard of SynthesizersRaja is our good friend and collaborator of many years.We all like Chinese food.Raja is a pianist and synth player.&nbsp;Studied mostly modern classical stuff.&nbsp;Got into electronics.&nbsp;Is now obsessed with synthesizers and has been since the 1990s when he got is first Roland JP-8000.&nbsp;He used the exact synth on our stint with the Jollyship the Whiz-Bang.Even with all the crazy fancy equipment he’s bought over the years, the Roland JP-8000 is his favorite.&nbsp;Perhaps because he knows it so well.Raja’s current project is called Downtown.&nbsp;Links:https://thisisdowntown.bandcamp.com/album/headhunterhttps://m.youtube.com/channel/UCRCpU0dp8C9erLLyD7fJ8mAhttps://instagram.com/downtown_the_band?igshid=16660q56sniitThere was actually a period of 7-8 years where he didn’t really play music.&nbsp;Not in the greatest head-space and had a new baby, moved from NY to Pacific Northwest.“I guess I’m not a musician anymore.&nbsp;I’m a barista for life”Then Dane Hudson called him up and sent Raja a link to a Downtown demo.&nbsp;Reminded him of Ladytron.&nbsp;Sounded like evil Ladytron.&nbsp;That resonated with him.&nbsp;That was 3 years ago.&nbsp;It’s evolved now.&nbsp;Nicholas Markel writes all the songs (lyrical content).&nbsp;At first it was just Nick with a revolving cast or even an iPod backing track.Compares to Devo, Trans Am, Suicide.&nbsp;They get compared to Atari Teenage Riot.&nbsp;Noisy, slightly arty, subversive, satirical, high energy, low fi, electronic punk rock.“Weirdo electronics are cool and interesting again.”“People in Seattle hate us.”2019 EP is called Headhunter.&nbsp;Downtown.Raja is still keeping it real.We wanted to get to the reason we were having the call/video-chat in the first place which is to discuss a long distance Jazz collaboration.Raja and I (Keith) were texting about Flamenco Sketches and saying how we should do a version of that which sounds like traditional Jazz but Raja is playing bonkers synth sounds instead of traditional Jazz sounds.Oh yeah, it was because he was raving about the sounds he was getting from his new synth.“I don’t know shit about Jazz.”We need to back up a bit.&nbsp;This podcast is like a...

Getcha Some Productions Podcast Episode 28https://reverb.grsm.io/GetchaSomeA podcast covering all things related to music production: from the first note to the last fan and everything in between.&nbsp; Our mission is to create music and to inspire others to do the same.Not your typical podcast, each episode is a live business meeting. We are figuring out how to build a media empire (a music production company at least) as we go and listeners come along for the ride.&nbsp; This is an archive of our progress and/or lack thereof.This podcast is always candid and unrehearsed.In this episode we discuss:How can I get back into song writing? With Justin Wertz.This is a song writing special episode with Justin Wertz.Justin is my long time friend and a fantastic songwriter. He has a bunch of songs that I wish I had written at this point.I believe Justin is going to be a famous songwriter.Justin is a prolific songwriter.I pitch Justin on the idea of doing an interview podcast with him where I just interview him.Justin is talking about how he feels reborn. And he acknowledges that he has been working a lot on songwriting lately.Justin says that he would love to just sit around and write songs all day if he could. Sounds like he’s really getting back into the groove of it. He also loves to just go for a walk and sing ideas into his voice memo app.We talk about songwriting for a while and about process and challenges.We talk about about the songwriter Max Martin and about how he’s written a bunch of songs but are those songs really good? I guess the question remains.I tell Justin that I’m trying to bamboozle him.I talk about how Oliver’s musical genius is the R&amp;D (which is research and development) arm of Getcha Some Productions.&nbsp; Justin and I were in the band Olver’s Musical Genius in the late 90s when we were in High School.&nbsp; We were a Jam Band pretty much.Justin mentions that he is a Leo and so he likes it when I propose that he become the songwriting consultant for Getcha Some Productions because he likes to have his ego pumped up with important titles.Justin says that he has a knack for arranging songs. I know that this is true because he always sends me arrangements of songs that he’s written and cover songs as well.&nbsp; Additionally, pre-pandemic, Justin and I used to have songwriting and arranging sessions where we would help each other with our songs.&nbsp; Justin has helped me a great deal over the years.So, it’s decided, Justin will be the songwriting consultant for Getcha Some Productions. However, I’m wondering if we should even bother to get into a song tonight on this podcast. Justin says Hell yes. We have to. Get into it.Then I play my song Ruby or Fine for him live on the podcast.Fine or Ruby (Can’t decide on a title at this moment) by Keith FredricksonA soldier swims through crimson tides unarmed unpreparedWhat brings us new into this world in need of repair?This battlefield is filled with souls sincere and nakedA cell is destined to be everything you make itI knew exactly who I was but I wasn't muchNow I'm much more but worse and worn I lean on my crutch&nbsp;When you run through life you can't see that face behind youThe future takes, make no mistakes, the race reminds youHome may be far behind me, fine, I finally found her.Won't play the fool I know the rules I'm l&nbsp; not the founder.Let myself go until I know you cannot trace me.The beautiful soul has arrived who will replace me.<a href="https://youtu.be/-7DiMl_SljI" rel="noopener noreferrer"

Getcha Some Productions Podcast Episode 27https://reverb.grsm.io/GetchaSomeA podcast covering all things related to music production: from the first note to the last fan and everything in between.&nbsp;Our mission is to create music and to inspire others to do the same.Not your typical podcast, each episode is a live business meeting. We are figuring out how to build a music production company (a media empire) as we go and listeners come along for the ride.&nbsp;This is an archive of our progress or lack thereof.This podcast is always candid and unrehearsed.In this episode we discuss:You deserve a toy. Everyone deserves a toy once in a while.Dan’s personal Musical update is The Beastie Boys.&nbsp;He’s been getting back into The Beastie Boys lately. He can remember walking around the suburbs of Boston as a youth singing the words to Paul Revere line by line.My personal update is that I have a guitar teacher now. I took my first guitar lesson in probably over 20 years very recently. His name is Jordan Klemons.http://jordanklemons.comhttps://www.nycjazzguitarmasterclasses.comhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/MelodicTriadsStudyGroupI posted a question in a bunch of guitar related Facebook groups asking about whether anyone uses the Ionian mode within a modal song framework or context. The short answer is no, the Ionian mode generally defines tonal harmony and embodies the sound of it so it does not lend itself easily to a modal approach.&nbsp;That was the answer I received.I went to the hive mind and I received informational anaphylaxis.But, Jordan came back with an answer that actually didn’t answer my question but was somewhat mine blowing. He sent me a video of himself talking about how people don’t hear major seventh chords correctly. I’ll try to post a link to the video But essentially he says that the tonic note of a major seventh chord is actually retention note from melodic perspective. And then he demonstrates this. And it blew my mind so I had to take a lesson with it. Now we’re doing ongoing license.https://www.facebook.com/NYCJazzGuitarMasterclasses/videos/697478904229889/I discussed with Dan the fact that I had done the interview with Max Christopher without him due to some concerns about getting the technology figured out but also due to scheduling and also just due to the expediency of it all. But, I’m hoping that we can do a lot more interviews now that we have broken the seal so to speak.We discussed Jollyship the Whiz-Bang. We weren’t sure if we were actually going to discuss it on this podcast or not but it was super epic. I think that’s what we’re up to in the musical history and superhero origin story of Dan.We talked about how we covered the song Come Sail Away by Stix on a booze cruise party boat in the Hudson river.Then we talked about how we covered Surrender by Cheap Trick.Memoirs of reformed musical pirates.Support group for those who have been been traumatized by puppets.The real reason I wanted to get down on the phone for a podcast was just to tell him that both Kevin Raczka and Jesse Wallace wanted to make beats for our project. Some undetermined musical project. I pitched them initially on making beats for jam tracks and they were down but...

Getcha Some Productions Podcast Episode 26https://reverb.grsm.io/GetchaSomeA podcast covering all things related to music production: from the first note to the last fan and everything in between.&nbsp;Our mission is to create music and to inspire others to do the same.Not your typical podcast, each episode is a live business meeting. We are figuring out how to build a music production company (a media empire) as we go and listeners come along for the ride.&nbsp;This is an archive of our progress or lack thereof.This podcast is always candid and unrehearsed.In this episode we discuss:Special guest Max Christopher.This is our first interview and out second guest ever.Max is a fixture of the Music scene in the southern area of Brooklyn, NY.This is a close knit community. If you live here and don’t know someone directly you usually have heard of them or know someone who knows them.I praise Max for establishing the original Thursdays showcase and open mic which helped me get back into performing when I had fallen out of practice for many years. Max worked very hard to keep the original music showcase and open mic going for about five years which provided a wonderful environment for performers of all skill levels and styles to work on their craft. It was truly a labor of love and much appreciated.Max begins to tell his story about how he got into music way way back in the olden days as he described it. Back when people used to listen to vinyl records. And, back when people used to listen to the radio and wait to hear their favorite song to record it on tape decks.In those days you either had to like disco or rock. You had to pick a side, you couldn’t like both. Max’s brother Harry was in a rock ‘n’ roll band.&nbsp;Max was actually into disco at the time.&nbsp;He didn’t want to do what his brother was doing. He wanted to do his own thing.That all changed in approximately 1979 or 1980 when Max went to see his brother perform at the Sheepshead Bay high school battle of the bands.&nbsp;His brother’s band won and of course Max was very proud.&nbsp;The name of the band at the time was The Illusions. A few weeks or months later they won the Madison high school battle of the bands as well. They were a very good band.Max remembers that when the lead singer of that band came out on stage at that particular concert all the girls rushed to the front of the stage and threw roses at him. And it was that moment that Max stated that he wanted to be in that position. He wants people throwing roses at him.Interesting fact, Max never took a formal lesson in his entire life.Max and Harry have a middle brother who took piano lessons in the house. Amazingly, he actually saved up from working a job to buy a piano. Max learned some basic piano and theory from him.&nbsp;Max learned guitar from his brother Harry and from his best friend at the time.It was at this time that Max started listening to progressive rock, and heavy-metal.&nbsp;ACDC was considered heavy-metal at the time though.&nbsp;His best friend was introducing him to bands like Judas Priest and Iron Maiden.I asked him what the first song was that he learned on guitar. He actually says that he started on bass because he thought it would be easier because it only had four strings and you only play one string of a time.&nbsp;He initially wanted to play drums but his mother wouldn’t buy him a drum set. Harry had basses around the house so he picked up one of those.His favorite band at the time we’re probably Yes and/or Rush. And he really wanted to play bass like that.&nbsp;He was a bass player through the 80s. But he did pick up acoustic guitar along the way.When...

Getcha Some Productions Podcast Episode 25https://reverb.grsm.io/GetchaSomeA podcast covering all things related to music production: from the first note to the last fan and everything in between.&nbsp;Our mission is to create music and to inspire others to do the same.Not your typical podcast, each episode is a live business meeting. We are figuring out how to build a music production company (a media empire) as we go and listeners come along for the ride.&nbsp;This is an archive of our progress or lack thereof.This podcast is always candid and unrehearsed.In this episode we discuss:Just like in the hunger games, this is our quarter quell.Dan is asking now whether the hunger games is a Gordon Ramsay type of television show.We talk a lot about gear, as usual. Talking about the ability to find custom instruments on reverb.com. We talk about my 1972/1973 Fender Vibro Champ. Talk about Dan’s 1970s telecaster. And of course his new bass.We talk a little bit about my Martin guitar (GPCPA4) as well and we talk about Taylor guitars and their new bracing. My understanding is that this new type of bracing effects the sound so profoundly that it actually affects how in tune it sounds. So, there’s something about the bracing that makes the guitar sound more in tune all else equal. Which is crazy.Settle down Yngwie MalmsteenOK. This is the quarter quell so we have to get back on track none of this screwing around.We’re talking about Dan. We’re back talking about Dan and we’re talking about his life story in music and we’re picking up where we left off when Dan went to college and joined his first band in college which was called quartet temple blues. In that quartet they played lots of crazy music: Frank Zappa Indian classical fusion frogs which stands for progressive and musicThis is the period of time where Dan was obsessed with Frank Zappa. He was constantly listening to Frank ZappaWe talked about first time we met at Bard College at the Blum music building.&nbsp;I was sitting in the “sitting area” which was basically just a corner of the room at the top of the stairs with a couch. Dan describes me as sitting there and bugging out with our friend Barbara. Of course I probably was bugging out about something I don’t know why it makes sense but it does.We have to shout out to Ted Hudson who is one of the nicest guys in the universe who was the resident bass player at Bard College until he graduated then Dan moved in on the turf for a year or two.I said I would shout out Ted’s music licensing business so I have to remember to put a link in the show notes.&nbsp;Called ColorWheel Music.http://www.colorwheelmusic.comThat’s when Dan and I started working together. This is when our paths collide. We were in a jazz band that played a weekly gig at a café called Café Pongo in Tivoli, NY. The band lineup was Barbara Smith on alto saxophone, Daniel Kutcher on bass Cody [Something] on piano and Ben Gurley on drums but first it was Julius Masri on drums and then Ben took over when Julius left the band.Dan has a much better memory of what happened to that band. Apparently there was some kind of vacation and pretty much half the band didn’t return to school. Cody moved on to other things and a different school and Ben Gurley was not interested in being at Bard at all, he wanted to go to Berkeley school of music so he left and that band fell apart.Dan is hilarious. He says that when he’s listening back to really old recordings he’s thinking that he doesn’t recognize anything he played he doesn’t recognize even the person that he was back then. So he’s just like, OK. That’s the music OK. I guess I played that.Yes...

Getcha Some Productions Podcast Episode 24https://reverb.grsm.io/GetchaSomeA podcast covering all things related to music production: from the first note to the last fan and everything in between.&nbsp;Our mission is to create music and to inspire others to do the same.Not your typical podcast, each episode is a live business meeting. We are figuring out how to build a music production company (a media empire) as we go and listeners come along for the ride.&nbsp;This is an archive of our progress or lack thereof.This podcast is always candid and unrehearsed.In this episode we discuss:Episode two of the life story of Dan in music.This is episode two of the musical life story of Dan.Dad had a very short musical update this week. He was surprised to have played through a bass amp that wasn’t his butt that he also liked.This is a big deal because Dan has played through the same rig (so to speak) for 25 years.Dan, during a band practice, played through an Ampeg 1X15 kick back amp which he liked very much.&nbsp;Wedge shaped amplifier.We talk about bass amplifiers and amplifiers in general for a while.For my musical update we talk about how I bought a Boss ME80 multi affects processor.I bought it because I wanted a new guitar toy and also because I lost my Wah Wah pedal and I just wanted to have a Wah Wah pedal to play with. And now that I have a Wah Wah pedal I’ve decided to learn a bunch of/riffs and learned a bunch of the licks and grooves from appetite for destruction.That is a good segue back into the interview with Dan because when we left off last time, Dan was about 11 years old and talking about how he loved Guns N Roses and appetite for destruction and that’s how he got into bass.Back to Dan’s Musical superhero origin story.Dan was in middle school in Newton, MA. when he got his first bass guitar.Dan says that it’s all true, when he started learning music he started hanging out with the wrong types of people and that was his downfall. Jokingly.&nbsp;Maybe half jokingly.Dan dropped out of high school to join and play with a death metal band.His lifestyle is incompatible with high school. It didn’t work for him to be going to high school and then have to travel two towns over to play music with a bunch of 20-year-olds.&nbsp;Who were not in school themselves.Let’s talk about that death metal band.&nbsp;Despondency.https://music.apple.com/us/artist/despondency-94/1444767485Shout outs to Aaron Bellamy, Dan McAdam, Ken Burns.The name of the band was despondency.They were somewhat successful. They opened for the band Seath. I famous death metal band.Cookie monster on vocals.Dan was in that death metal band for a bit and then he started getting into little bit of a different stuff since he started listening to things like Allman Brothers, Fishbone, Phish more of a jam band type of thing.Dan was in a few projects with Aaron, he thinks one of the bands was called Bellamy Brothers band. More of a fusion funk jam sort of thing.Dan was a spark student SPARC. Superior potential admissions risk candidate.&nbsp;A very Bard college type of thing if you ask me.Dan was fascinated with live bands at the life surrounding that. We’re moving into the Bard College phase of Dan’s musical journey.Dan was always fascinated with live music. When he was a kid he made a project out of a whole detergent bottle and some toilet paper tubes turned on their side. Glued together to look like a truck where he painted the iron maiden symbol...

Getcha Some Productions Podcast Episode 23https://reverb.grsm.io/GetchaSomeA podcast covering all things related to music production: from the first note to the last fan and everything in between.&nbsp;Our mission is to create music and to inspire others to do the same.Not your typical podcast, each episode is a live business meeting. We are figuring out how to build a music production company (a media empire) as we go and listeners come along for the ride.&nbsp;This is an archive of our progress or lack thereof.This podcast is always candid and unrehearsed.In this episode we discuss:Merry Christmas!&nbsp;Yes, we’re that far behind in releasing these episodes.We start off talking about the fact that I did not get what I wanted for Christmas because the prices have gone up too much on Reverb.com. But I am going to spend the next couple of weeks and months waiting for the prices to come back down to where they were before Christmas. I believe the gear that I was talking about at the time was either a boss ME80 multi affect processing unit for guitar or the Fulltone Clyde Wah that I’ve been looking at both had gone up substantially in price during Christmas.&nbsp;I did eventually get a better price on the ME80 multi affect processor and did buy it.&nbsp;But that happened in the future which is now the past.Dan got a new case for his new bass guitar which he very much needed. As we’ve been talking about on this podcast for many months now, Dan did get a brand new fender jazz bass but I guess he had no case for it and so now he does.&nbsp;A fancy nice case with white piping around the side.&nbsp;Something that will look nice in his living room.I profess my love for my Roland micro cube again.&nbsp;What else is new?This is the start of a series of podcasts where we focus on Dan. I am referencing concepts by Gary Vaynerchuk that says that CEOs work for their employees actually. It’s not the other way around. CEOs and business owners actually need to take the perspective that they work for their employees.So I give Dan the intro to the concept which is that, since this is my project initially, I need to take the perspective that I work for Dan. Even though Dan is considered a C suite executives of the company, and even though Dan is a part owner of the company I still have to take the perspective that if I want this project to succeed then I need to want Dan to succeed. And if I want Dan to succeed, then I need to have the perspective that I work for Dan and my job is to help Dan succeed in anyway that I can.Dan says probably the most important thing of the whole episode when he starts the dialogue off by saying that he was concerned about even getting into the project with me because we are longtime friends. We are even more like family than anything at this point. But everyone knows the saying that business and family don’t mix or money and blood don’t mix or don’t go into business with your family, yadda yadda yadda. So Dan had and has concerns about the whole project based on that. His main thing is that he wants our friendship to be the main thing and would never want to jeopardize our friendship and so that’s his main concern. So of course, if through the business, I’m upset with him for some reason or he’s upset with me for some reason and then we would be jeopardizing our friendship and that would factor into cost benefit analysis of even doing the show.Dan has many more interesting things to say. He talks about how the things that he’s been successful with in the past are things where he’s partnered with someone who has the executive decision making skills and who are the action takers. He feels like his role in this business would be as...

Getcha Some Productions Podcast Episode 22https://reverb.grsm.io/GetchaSomeA podcast covering all things related to music production: from the first note to the last fan and everything in between.&nbsp;Our mission is to create music and to inspire others to do the same.Not your typical podcast, each episode is a live business meeting. We are figuring out how to build a music production company (a media empire) as we go and listeners come along for the ride.&nbsp;This is an archive of our progress or lack thereof.This podcast is always candid and unrehearsed.In this episode we discuss:This is episode 22. The double deuce. We’re rolling on 22s yo!&nbsp;Yo MTV Raps.Dan is bringing the heat! Dan is bringing fire! Dan is coming in hot!Dan is having a spicy hot love affair with his Fender professional jazz bass. He leaves it on the bed and he takes pictures of it and posts them on social media and people love it.Dan decided that if his bass was a human she would be the redheaded girl from that 70s show (Donna Pinciotti played by Laura Helene Prepon). Because she’s not the easiest to get along with but totally worth it.I talk a bit about how I learned a solo arrangement of a Christmas song (you can see were a bit behind on a podcast because I’m still talking about Christmas and it’s long gone). I also talk about about my old friend Jack Reilly (https://www.jackreillyjazz.com) who unfortunately has passed but I recount the musical moments of him coming over the house and playing tunes on the piano in particular playing Christmas tunes around Christmas time and the family sing-along but it was a pleasure having a very Skilled and knowledgeable musician in the house so it was not your average sing-along. Jack as an aside also happen to be a great scholar of Bill Evans who is one of my favorite musicians of all time and I happen to be re-reading a book right now that Jack wrote about Bill and it’s very interesting and inspiring if not intimidating.Link to arrangement of Christmas Tune: https://barrygreenevideolessons.vhx.tv/videos/the-christmas-songIn 12 years I’ll probably have a whole set of Christmas music if I’m not dead.I’ve listened back to all of our old podcasts. I’ve listen to all the promises we’ve made and broken.We discussed the fact that, since we are such a young company, we need to do a “mission gut-check” pretty frequently. Maybe even as frequently as every 10 episodes. That way, we can always be revisiting and staying on target with what we’re trying to accomplish in this business.We spend a a few minutes remembering our old project Jollyship the Whiz-Bang (https://www.thewhizbang.org/about.html) and how that was a long running and relatively successful project. It was a band.&nbsp;A real band. We were in a band. We went on tour a few times. Recorded a bunch of albums.&nbsp;Now, the project is over and we do have some recordings to remember it but we don’t really have a lot of good video content or blog/documentary content for posterity and archival purposes. It’s like, with the exception of the albums, it just disappeared into the ether to be forgotten in the river of sweeping and discarding nature of time. The inexorable march forward. And we even did an “off off” Broadway play at a nice theater and we don’t have any video of that. That was a very elaborate in-depth production of our play and music and it’s a little bit...

Getcha Some Productions Podcast Episode 21A podcast covering all things related to music production: from the first note to the last fan and everything in between.Not your typical “how-to” podcast:&nbsp;For a new listeners, each episode is a live business meeting. We are figuring out how to build a music production company (a media empire) as we go and listeners come along for the ride.Every podcast is a business meeting, every business meeting is a podcast.&nbsp;This podcast is (always) candid and unrehearsed.In this episode we discuss:Would we be considered nascent or inchoate? We’re not really sure between the two or either?Anyway, the point is that we are a new podcast and we should celebrate every 10 episodes as a little anniversary.Or not. Whatever!We start out by talking about some gear that we need to purchase. Dan needs a new iRig interface for his phone because he lost his old one. Then we talk about our own personal experiences using the phone as a facilitator of practicing and recording because of all the different software that’s available nowadays. Dan even talks about the olden days when he used to have to drag around a little drum machine to use to practice. He recounts the time when we were on tour and he brought the drum machine in his luggage and he would plug directly into it And plug in headphones and just rock out quietly by himself.&nbsp;He got all his practice in that way.&nbsp;Indeed, I have done this as well.&nbsp;I’ve brought my iRig and practiced through headphones on many trips.You got to get it in wherever you can nowadays.Dan is, unbelievably, still using his David Eden WT-500 Valve Tech through a 4X12 cabinet. Not the best rig for practicing but an amazing rig for gigging. And that was the rig he used the whole time we were gigging together for many years playing several nights a week.&nbsp;We played both Jazz and Rock through that rig for more than 10 years (beginning over 20 years ago).We play a little tribute to Dan because I had been listening to the guitar nerds podcast for a while and they had mentioned David Eden amplifiers and how they are very transparent amplifiers and I always thought of Dan’s sound as being like a super soulful/nuanced sound. And I didn’t realize that he was getting that sound through his fingers and through his instrument so much and that The amplifier was just reproducing his sound faithfully rather than adding a lot to it like some amplifiers Ken. Or at least that was the commentary on David Eden amplifiers by the guitar nerds folks.&nbsp;There are a lot of theories about why this might be. Perhaps Dan is just a great player (yep). Dan says that it just happened to be a great amp for the way he plays. You just have to know your gear folks.&nbsp;Amazingly, he’s never even taken it in to get serviced or repaired.&nbsp;Ever!!&nbsp;In over 20 years he’s never had to do any work on it or replace any parts or anything. And the thing got a lot of use.Business stuff:This is the podcast where we decide to start promoting our affiliation to reverb. It was inspired by the promotional nature of the holiday season and was recorded around then but it was meant to establish the process by which we will be continually promote our reverb affiliation.&nbsp;We discuss how we should word the actual ads and how often we should advertise.&nbsp;How much Is too much?#MusicProduction#DIYMusician#MusicRecording#MusicTechnique#TheArtistsLife#Creativity#Creative Music#Music#TheHandshake#GetchaSomeGuitar#OliversMusicalGenius#ErosPragma#Mitochondriac

Getcha Some Productions Podcast Special Episode: RIP Chick Corea w/ special guest Tim MirthCheck out Tim’s website:http://www.timmirth.com/index.htmlAnd Tim’s podcast:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/woodairmetal/id1550037013A podcast covering all things related to music production: from the first note to the last fan and everything in between.Not your typical “how-to” podcast:&nbsp;For a new listeners, each episode is a live business meeting. We are figuring out how to build a music production company (a media empire) as we go and listeners come along for the ride.Every podcast is a business meeting, every business meeting is a podcast.&nbsp;This podcast is (always) candid and unrehearsed.In this episode we discuss:This episode is in honor of the passing of the great Chick Corea.We have a special guest Tim Mirth.&nbsp;Guitarist extraordinaire and all-around good guy.Check out www.timmirth.comTim expresses a sentiment that we have often expressed on this podcast that it’s very important to share our experiences as we try to make the best art that we can.&nbsp;This is how we connect to each other, learn from each other and ispire each other.Tim tells a great story about how he used to visit his grandparents house and they had an eight track player. One of the eight track cassettes that they had was the Chick Corea electric band album with the Smurfs on the cover.&nbsp;That album is called Friends.&nbsp;I don’t think either of us remembered the name so we didn’t mention that on the podcast.&nbsp;Tim was about five years old at the time and he would go to his grandparents house and listen to that album on headphones. He knows it very well and it wasa formative part of his childhood and musical development.We didn’t go into it very deeply so hopefully will have Tim back on the podcast in the future to talk more about it, but he talks about how he sort of fell into playing guitar. When he got into guitar he was actually into Rap.&nbsp;It was only later that he really got into more guitar oriented music.We talk a lot about the album Akoustic Band which we both had a particular connection to.&nbsp;Tim discovered the album because his dad owned the CD.&nbsp;Tim just started listening to it and was blown away.&nbsp;He became obsessed with it.I discovered the album because I had an assignment as part of one of my college courses. I was studying with Sir Roland Hanna at Queens College and he assigned the song So in Love.&nbsp;He told us to go and find a record and learn the way an actual jazz musician approached the song. I didn’t have own records with that song on it so I had to go to the CD store and just flip through the racks looking at the backs of all the CDs in the Jazz section until I found one. I found that particular Chick Corea album and bought it.&nbsp;Akoustic Band.&nbsp;That album because the soundtrack to my life for several years.This spurred on the conversation because we discussed how many liberties they actually take with the songs and with the melodies.&nbsp;We conclude that the band’s ability on that album to both improvise and play such tight synchronized arrangements came from the many years that they played together.&nbsp;To this day, I don’t think I’ve heard an improvising band with that level of synchronicity.Then we talk about how the record is like a fractal, in that it’s a cohesive statement and yet there’s a seemingly never ending level of detail. It’s just so dense!Tim says that it’s one of the records you could study for the rest of your life.&nbsp;And perhaps never really...

Getcha Some Productions Podcast Episode 20https://reverb.grsm.io/GetchaSomeA podcast covering all things related to music production: from the first note to the last fan and everything in between.Not your typical “how-to” podcast:&nbsp;For a new listeners, each episode is a live business meeting. We are figuring out how to build a music production company (a media empire) as we go and listeners come along for the ride.Every podcast is a business meeting, every business meeting is a podcast.&nbsp;This podcast is (always) candid and unrehearsed.In this episode we discuss:Use the Whole Buffalo negotiations continue!&nbsp;This episode is about compromise.What is our compromise?&nbsp;Do everything!If anyone can help us with the mechanics of sharing tracks in iTunes, that would be amazing. Even though the software has the functionality, our experience is that it does not work as advertised. What are you do?It’s pissing rain so Dan is stuck inside. Does anybody care?Yeah, whatever.Dan’s personal musical update this week is that he bought some classical guitar books and he’s learning some pieces.&nbsp;He’s working on some old Bach pieces. It’s very fancy of him to be doing that.Like every damn week and month for the past forever, I have been jamming to my jam tracks. However, I actually have been practicing to them (lately), trying to create actual real good sounding melodies and improvisations rather than just playing scales. This was a project that I started working on from direct feedback from Dan.I’ve been playing a cheap replica of Trey Anastasio’s Languedoc guitar which is made by someone named Robert Olsen in Arkansas (Ollandoc). It’s kind of the quality of an Epiphany but it looks like one of those fancy Languedoc Guitars.And I’m still playing through the Roland Micro Cube which is a silly little amplifier that I absolutely love and it’s basically the only amp I use most of the time now because it’s so friggin easy to just plug in and dial in a sound or two and you get a variety of sounds to select (pretty simply) and it’s quiet so you don’t have to worry about annoying the neighbors.Oh no! Are we getting back into the “Use the Whole Buffalo” nonsense again?&nbsp;So, yes, we are going to revisit the “Use the Whole Buffalo Concept.”I’m going back to this concept because I’m quite devoted to it. So now I’m telling Dan something about the 10,000 hours concept and how we can practice these methods and concepts that I’m espousing and we can also catalog it so that we have progress toward and proof of our spending 10,000 hours on playing music.All my tracks are 10 minutes long and my initial tracks are at a very slow tempo of 55 bpm. Dan had some feedback about this. Dan would like to play at a faster tempo and for a shorter amount of time (typical man).&nbsp;Dan’s other feedback is that he wants to release tracks that he’s proud of. In other words, he doesn’t wanna suck (typical man). Or, he doesn’t want to release something that sucks.This is exactly why we’re partners in this. Where at two separate ends of the barbell so to speak. We balance each other out in this way.Said a different way, I’m going to force him out of his comfort zone and he’s going to force me out of my comfort zone. Or at least that’s the way it should be.I am always long-gaming everything. But the key to our success is that we have to compromise.This episode is about compromise.So, my suggestion is that I want to keep the tracks at 10 minutes. My job is to raise up my game and only send the magic tracks to Dan. In other words, I have to always send the absolute highest quality performance so that we’re starting...

Getcha Some Productions Podcast Episode 19https://reverb.grsm.io/GetchaSomeA podcast covering all things related to music production: from the first note to the last fan and everything in between.Not your typical “how-to” podcast:&nbsp; For a new listeners, each episode is a live business meeting. We are figuring out how to build a music production company (a media empire) as we go and listeners come along for the ride.Every podcast is a business meeting, every business meeting is a podcast.&nbsp; This podcast is (always) candid and unrehearsed.In this episode we discuss:Please support the podcast so that we can pay for our lavish lifestyles including our super PAC and our brand new hundred foot yachts.Come on now. I got a put gas in my Maserati.Dan has a weekly musical updates: he has discovered a new artist that he really likes. Snow the product.Now, I’m going through my personal music is update which is to bring on the insanity.I am introducing Dan to the idea of maximizing our content. I’ve had this idea for a long time and I used to call it “depth of concept.” Which just meant that every idea that I had had to have many many layers below it and above it of additional ideas that gave the core concepts a level of depth dad increased and enhanced the interest in the whole thing.There is a concept in marketing that you have to touch a consumer seven times before they will buy from you. We could incorporate that into our mission where each product or song has many different facets. For instance, we could have a song and there could be a studio version and a live version, there could be an official video and a live video.&nbsp; We could also produce the making of the song video. We could also produce gear reviews for all the gear that we used in this song. Think of 10 more ideas and you’re getting there.I used to call this “depth of concept” because there was supposed to be many many layers to everything we do. Now I’m calling it “maximizing our content.” I like the term “Use the whole Buffalo” because it’s pretty easy to visualize the Native American concept of when you kill the Buffalo you have to use all the parts. There’s a there’s an easy to understand level of efficiency that is described there.&nbsp; Could also be called Idea Recycling.The idea is that we have to think about and come up with ideas for additional ways where we can explore the content. We have to think of many ways to exploit the content that we’re creating.As an example, I start to describe this process starting with the jam tracks that I’ve produced for Getcha Some Guitar (www.getchasomeguitar.com).The first product is the jam track. Those are already out there and they’re connected with the brand Getcha Some Guitar (www.getchasomeguitar.com).The next idea is to produce final recordings of the instrumentalists jamming to the jam tracks.&nbsp; In fact, each band has a particular guitar or series of guitars that are featured for each band so you could produce a separate album of each guitarist jamming to the jam tracks in their style which introduces people to each brand and demonstrates the lesson framework.Third, since each band and brand has a guitar or series of guitars that are associated with it, each one of those recordings is actually a feature of the gear as well. Because an isolated set of gear is used for each recording.Each final recording of jams is a catalog of licks which we can pull from to create additional courses in Getcha...

Getcha Some Productions Podcast Episode 18https://reverb.grsm.io/GetchaSomeA podcast covering all things related to music production: from the first note to the last fan and everything in between.Not your typical “how-to” podcast:&nbsp;For a new listeners, each episode is a live business meeting. We are figuring out how to build a music production company (a media empire) as we go and listeners come along for the ride.Every podcast is a business meeting, every business meeting is a podcast.&nbsp;This podcast is (always) candid and unrehearsed.In this episode we discuss:We spend a lot of time talking about my practice routine. We also spend a lot of time talking about pick up preferences on guitars.If I had to give a grade on our collaboration this week it would be a failWe are live and ready to strive! That is exactly why I am not a good rapper.I want to bring Perry nice back to life but his last on my list.&nbsp;And my list is very long.I’ve decided not to have alter egos any more mostly because it’s embarrassing.I was going to call my band perry nice and soul control but another band took the name soul control. Then I was going to name it Perry nice and love junk. Unfortunately, love junk makes me think of stuff.Dan bought a fender American professional jazz bass recently.&nbsp;Dan plugged in his base to garage band was playing through headphones and he loves the tone of it.&nbsp;In the old style bases, you used to have to turn your neck pick off all the way off to get the bridge pick up sound but in this new circuitry you can just dial the neck pick up down a little bit and you get that nice jazz bass bridge pick up sound.That was Dan’s weekly musical update.I don’t really have a particular new update this week except that I continue to practice scales to keep my chops up along with my tailor-made jam tracks. I have built these jam tracks to go with a practice routine that I do on a regular basis. It is my musical maintenance.I’m kind of using music therapeutically right now. I have been so busy at work lately and also working all hours due to the quarantine and the lack of separation between work and home life. So are use 10 minute breaks to play skills as a meditative and therapeutic break to recharge myself so that I can go back to work.I talk a little bit about my new Harley Benton guitar which is not really even knew at this point. But I bring it up because I had been using the humbucking pick ups for so long because I hate the buzz of single coil’s. However, I think I have finally come to my senses and that I have started using the single coil’s because they just sound better than the humbucking pick ups are reserved for when I really just want to kick up the game in a little bit if I’m really into a shredding mood otherwise I’m used to single coil’s all the time.Now we move on to talk about our experience with garage band.&nbsp;We were trying to share files within garage band using the share file functionality within the app but it wasn’t working. For some reason we’re having trouble sharing our fall project file and we’re only able to share the balanced down wav files. Which is really not the end of the world anyway. But that’s our experience so far. Dan gives us a grade of failure this week in our attempt to Collaborate at a distance.Dan has some feedback which is very important and good information as usual. He really thrives on collaborating with songwriters. So, he likes to be involved in the arrangement of a song and putting his bass line to a song or writing a baseline around a song specifically. Not just jamming to Jam tracks and improvising and such.I start talking about my concept...

Getcha Some Productions Podcast Episode 17https://reverb.grsm.io/GetchaSomeA podcast covering all things related to music production: from the first note to the last fan and everything in between.Not your typical “how-to” podcast:&nbsp;For a new listeners, each episode is a live business meeting. We are figuring out how to build a music production company (a media empire) as we go and listeners come along for the ride.Every podcast is a business meeting, every business meeting is a podcast.&nbsp;This podcast is (always) candid and unrehearsed.In this episode we discuss:Dans personal musical update of the week is that he’s been bugging out to Gojira. Dan is a metalhead.&nbsp;Dan describes Gojira as “straightahead” metal so I guess that would be like “straightahead” jazz?&nbsp;Dan has some interesting comments about the way they make music. He’s saying that they have interestingly chosen from a limited palette and they create a lot of variations within than that limited palette.&nbsp;They use riffs as their main vehicle and a lot of the variation comes from the drums.My personal musical update for the week is pretty much the same as every week in that I am practicing scales to the jam tracks that I’ve created for this express purpose. The jam tracks are part of the brand Getcha Some Guitar and they are specially made with only one note in the background so you can play any scale you want to them. I’ve been doing this for a long time. Working on playing the scales evenly working on my time fuel working on subdivisions.We need to start making music because this is a production company. So, we need to start making some kind of music either separately or together. But we definitely need to start.We can’t make excuses for the quality of our equipment or for the challenge of collaborating at a distance. We have to make music no matter what.Oliver’s Musical Genius can be our research and development arm. That’s the brand where we create whatever we want with no restrictions and we just put it all out there.Oliver’s Musical Genius will embody a culture of risk-taking. We probably should strive for a culture of risk-taking no matter what but the Olivers Musical Genius brand will be hyper risk taking or hyper risk attractive. What is the term? What is the opposite of risk-averse?Oliver’s Musical Genius, musical risk takers.We have no expectation of quality at all when it comes to Olivers Musical Genius. We just try anything and put it all out there. If something starts to sound really good we can always pull it out and bring it into one of the other brands.Dan likes this.Dan is talking about it from the perspective of the 17-year-old in the garage with his or her first guitar where pretty much anything goes.This reminds me of Tyler Larsons three pillars of a successful YouTube channel. Or a successful online media venture.&nbsp;His three most important things are consistency, quality and authenticity.&nbsp;Authenticity is the foundation and consistency is the action. The combination of those two is the father or mother of quality. This is the recipe.This is the recipe.&nbsp;This is the way.Dan has some stuff to say now. Of course he starts by saying that there is a good reason that we’re working together.&nbsp;It is that we have very different ways of approaching these types of things and they are different but probably complementary.Dan really likes garage band and all the drum loops that they have which really helps facilitate his creativity as a bass player. He’s been working with it a lot and he’s gotten down the recording aspect of it but is having some trouble with transferring the files.By the end of

Getcha Some Productions Podcast Episode 16https://reverb.grsm.io/GetchaSomeA podcast covering all things related to music production: from the first note to the last fan and everything in between.Not your typical “how-to” podcast:&nbsp;For a new listeners, each episode is a live business meeting. We are figuring out how to build a music production company (a media empire) as we go and listeners come along for the ride.Every podcast is a business meeting, every business meeting is a podcast.&nbsp;This podcast is (always) candid and unrehearsed.In this episode we discuss:Can you hear me? Yes, can you hear me?This is our 16th episode which is our Sweet 16.&nbsp;Sweet 16, Baby!!Dan, you look beautiful in that dress!Shut up baby I know it.Dan has a weekly musical update that he is feeling isolated musically due to the quarantine. As we all are.&nbsp;Dan is a bass player so he especially is wanting to hook up with other musicians and find a venue to play at. This makes sense I guess because bass is a theoretically a more supportive (supporting role) instrument in music so you want to play with people.&nbsp;You have to jam to something.We must be on some kind of cosmic connection because my (Keith) Weekly update is congruent with what Dan is saying as well. I’m also frustrated by not being able to create music with people.&nbsp;We have finally gotten up to episode 16 and got the show off the ground but now it feels like “now what do we do?” We have a show but we’re supposed to be creating some content besides the show. So what do we do?Elizabeth, my daughter, decided that she likes the song imagine by John Lennon.&nbsp;At first my reaction was that it was very cute and quaint that she decided she likes that song because it’s a song that I’ve heard so many times it’s not really very impressive to me anymore. I guess it’s because it’s so played out now that I’ve become numb to it in a sense.But, if you think back to when you first heard the song, you can sort of remember what he groundbreaking song it is and what a quintessential moment in time it is for a person to hear that song for the first time because it is so perfect in some ways it’s so quintessential.Dan is a bit hilarious when he says or rather when he asks the question you mean somebody wrote that song? I guess I just thought it always existed.Imagine is not a song, it’s the definition of a song.&nbsp;Revisiting the song touched me in a way.You can’t overstate how important John Lennon is (and the Beatles generally) to music. But you also almost can’t overstate how important they have been to culture in general to human culture in general.&nbsp;This made me start thinking about what the value of art is in general.Our vision for this company is to tap the unlimited creative potential of the human mind. This is very broad and abstract of course.We have the power as individuals and as a team to create some kind of artistic expression. Our artistic expression of course is music. So we have the power to do that but through this podcast we have the power to empower others. We have the power to inspire others and that is really important.John Lennon and the role of the artist in the world.This may be our most important podcast so far because this is the podcast where we’re saying OK now that we’ve gotten this podcast off the ground we are now officially starting to do what we said we were going to do the whole time. Which is, create music and inspires inspire others to do the same.We need to live to our mission statement to create constantly whether it’s individually or together.Artists are the heroes of culture.&nbsp;What we are doing...

Getcha Some Productions Podcast Episode 15https://reverb.grsm.io/GetchaSomeA podcast covering all things related to music production: from the first note to the last fan and everything in between.Not your typical “how-to” podcast:&nbsp;For a new listeners, each episode is a live business meeting. We are figuring out how to build a music production company (a media empire) as we go and listeners come along for the ride.Every podcast is a business meeting, every business meeting is a podcast.&nbsp;This podcast is (always) candid and unrehearsed.In this episode we discuss:Dan is in upstate New York enjoying the fresh air for the time being. It’s been a while since we’ve done a podcast.At the time of recording episode 14 the podcast was live because it was posted on our website. Now, at the time of recording episode 15 it’s even more live because it is now been pushed to all the Podcast distribution platforms like apple podcasts etc.We are a base 10 society but the aliens are base 12. This is a very important episode because we are base 10 and this is episode 15 and five is half of 10 so obviously this is an important episode for us. Because we’re not aliens.&nbsp;Or are we?!?!We start off by talking about how we are going to advertise the podcast now that it’s live. First idea is to post it on Facebook. Easy! Stupid! Stupid easy!I’m not just going to post it on my personal Facebook but I’m also going to post it to the Bay Ridge Musician’s page.We’ve been talking a lot about interviewing people on this podcast we have not interviewed anyone yet. We need to get on that.We have not started the mailing list yes but we do have the ability to collect emails now since the drip account is set up and there is a form on the website that will collect emails now.I actually test the email collection form on the website live on the podcast which is really great podcasting.The newsletter Opt in email says get ready for the boom BAP which is a bit ridiculous. This is reminding us that we actually have to work on it and have some thing a little more substantial than some silly placeholder. Or maybe not. Maybe we’ll just keep that as it is.YouTube should be a good platform for us to utilize and we should pay a lot more attention to it. Dan actually uses YouTube personally more than the other platforms.Something that I forgot to do was check with her captivate has a tool to automatically upload the podcast to YouTube.We need to have some kind of YouTube strategy that we develop for our channel. For the business.Another reminder is that we want to draft a formal business plan for Getcha Some Productions and even put the final plan on Amazon for sale as a finished product or as a template for people who want to create their own businesses.It was in this episode that we invented the personal musical update portion of the show. This is going to occur at the beginning of the show and it’ll just be a small thing that either Dan or I or both of us wanna highlight about what we’ve been up to this week at Music.Right now, this podcast sucks but we’re always trying to innovate what we do on the show each week to get a little bit better.Dan did have an update this week. He is upstate in the mountains right now and he brought his acoustic guitar.&nbsp;Dan was playing with shapes. He is very intuitive with his musicality, as he says. So he was just playing with shapes and moving shapes around. On the guitar, that is.&nbsp;He was playing with the pattern, a picking pattern, that involved a four note pattern with the rest so it was basically in a 5 meter - Dan loves odd meters.&nbsp;Dan mentioned that he thought that...

Getcha Some Productions Podcast Episode 14https://reverb.grsm.io/GetchaSomeA podcast covering all things related to music production: from the first note to the last fan and everything in between.Not your typical “how-to” podcast:&nbsp;For a new listeners, each episode is a live business meeting. We are figuring out how to build a music production company (a media empire) as we go and listeners come along for the ride.Every podcast is a business meeting, every business meeting is a podcast.&nbsp;This podcast is (always) candid and unrehearsed.In this episode we discuss:As usual, we don’t speak to each other before recording our podcast, this episode is no exception. We have no idea what we’re going to talk about. Except the fact that we’re so fucking tired.Even though we are adults with lives outside of this podcast (and outside of building this business), we knew that we had to do this episode to keep things moving forward.By the time you listen to this podcast the website is already pretty much completely built and running smoothly but at the time of recording it wasn’t.The motto of our business and our podcast has been to “just do one thing.” If you can just do one thing per day or one thing per week you will move forward. So if you’re having trouble making progress with your business (or with your songwriting or whatever project you’re working on) just do one thing. This is such a hard thing to remember but it’s probably the most important thing to stay focused on and probably the most powerful thing you can do to move your project forward.I (Keith) have been doing the process of doing just one thing per day for a while now to get the website up and it took a few weeks (or as long as a month) to get the website up and running with about a half an hour per day of work.&nbsp;The website has a cover page and few additional pages including a picture gallery which is just a feed from our Instagram.What is hilarious is that our Instagram reel, at this point in the website development, is just pictures of my sticker collection which exists on a particular guitar case that I decorate with stickers (my Languedoc Guitars Copy - Ollandoc Trey Anastasio style Guitar). That is our entire Instagram feed at this moment. So, kind of hilarious but it gets the job done and that it gets some interesting images online and at least get started with having a gallery.Once again, we need to reiterate the fact that this is not a podcast about making a podcast. Even though that is what we have largely been focusing on so far, this is really a podcast about music production (about creating and running a music production company). It is simply the fact that the format of the podcast is that every facet of our business gets done in full view of the public on the podcast.This podcast is highlighting a milestone, or the milestone, of when we finally got the podcast online. It was at the point of recording this episode that we finally got the website up and running and the podcast loaded onto the website so that a person other than me and Dan could actually listen to it. That’s a big deal for us.&nbsp;It’s a major milestone and a major accomplishment for us.Interestingly and importantly, I (Keith) was feeling a little scared and worried at this point. By contrast, Dan was actually feeling reassured by this.Never bet against someone who is willing to start and unwilling to quit. – Ed LatimoreI think that it’s going to be one of the mottos of our podcast. And our business in general.Success is today. Failure is tomorrow. And there’s only today.&nbsp;Tomorrow doesn’t exist.My Zoom H4 crapped out so I had to go buy myself an Izotope...

Getcha Some Productions Podcast Episode 13https://reverb.grsm.io/GetchaSomeA podcast covering all things related to music production: from the first note to the last fan and everything in between.Not your typical “how-to” podcast:&nbsp;For a new listeners, each episode is a live business meeting. We are figuring out how to build a music production company (a media empire) as we go and listeners come along for the ride.Every podcast is a business meeting, every business meeting is a podcast.&nbsp;This podcast is (always) candid and unrehearsed.In this episode we discuss:Lucky 13!Word to the mutha!!How the hell are we gonna come up with something to talk about every week on this podcast?What is the format of this podcast?This is just a huge list of things that we can talk about each week so we don’t run out of ideas!First we restate what the purpose of the podcast is again! This is our audience’s opportunity to tune in and listen while we build a media empire from the ground up. This is episode 13 so we are just getting started and really don’t know what we’re doing yet.We spend a little bit of time talking about how I (Keith) want to write a song called Cannonball Adderall.&nbsp;My idea was to have a song or maybe an entire band where I’m playing a fusion style guitar but with that fluid melodicism that Cannonball Adderley has.&nbsp;I compare Cannonball Adderley to a robotic hummingbird or a laser beam hummingbird or something. Because he’s very dodgy. He’s in and out.While I was thinking about this song a few weeks ago, Dan and I had a conversation and Dan brought up Adderall. And that reminded me about wanting to write that song called Cannonball Adderall. So then of course we agreed that we had to write this song. This is pretty much the point of the podcast. Its purpose is to bring us together and make us be more creative.Then we talked a little bit about the process of composing a song with Cannonball Adderley in mind. So I was saying that, since he’s more in the R&amp;B jazz (Post Bop or Hard Bop) sort of thing (which is very steeped in the blues) I decided that it was gonna be based on mixolydian.Don’t forget, the second part of it is Adderall so we have to add The Adderall component in. So I was saying that it should be up-tempo and perhaps slightly frenetic in its energy.This is just the beginning. But the wheels are turning. And, to restate it, again, this is what this podcast is about it’s about creating content. It’s about writing music.Episode Ideas/Themes:Structured Brainstorming - The whole point of the podcast is to make public our creative endeavors.&nbsp;So, brainstorming ideas (structured brainstorming) is a valid episode format.Brand Building&nbsp;Brand Deep Dives - Brand Development.Getcha Some ProductionsGetcha Some GuitarGetcha Some Gear5432 Fun!Masters of the Universe ClubThe HandshakeOliver’s Musical GeniusMitochondriacEros PragmaPerry NiceLocal Musician InterviewsDraft Business PlanSongwriting techniquesYouTube StrategyGear DiscussionsIn Depth Book Reviews - Read ThroughsBusiness Basics - LLC or Sole Prop EtcCorporate Mission Gut Check or Restatement (stay on target)!!Interview each other - Tell our storiesLearn online marketing and teach everyone else and implement what we’ve learned! We...

Getcha Some Productions Podcast Episode 12https://reverb.grsm.io/GetchaSomehttp://www.getchasomeproductions.com/podcastA podcast covering all things related to music production: from the first note to the last fan and everything in between.Not your typical “how-to” podcast:&nbsp;For a new listeners, each episode is a live business meeting. We are figuring out how to build a music production company (a media empire) as we go and listeners come along for the ride.Every podcast is a business meeting, every business meeting is a podcast.&nbsp;This podcast is (always) candid and unrehearsed.In this episode we discuss:We start off by talking about YouTubers who give bass lessons and we were joking about the slap bass guy (do you want to challenge me to a slap base battle?).&nbsp;He’s hysterical.&nbsp;Look him up.Dan is actually recommending Scott’s bass lessons.https://www.youtube.com/user/devinebasshttps://scottsbasslessons.comDan was also saying that he was going to learn a bassline every day. So we should probably check in with him and see how he’s doing.This episode is about what a pain in the ass it is to set up a website.Dan used to work, around the new millennium in his words, In Web design. So you can tell, that’s a long time ago because no one says that anymore laugh laugh ha ha Ha LOL.So, to recap we decided to use Bluehost to host the website. And, naïvely, we thought that we would be able to just log on and go through their little tutorial and have a website set up in short order. Of course we were very stupid to think that because it is complicated to build a website.It is very time consuming to put up a website so you should be prepared when you get into it that.&nbsp;It’s going to take a lot of time. However most of that time is spent upfront and once you have the site set up you can just let it roll with occasional updates so that’s kind a good part of it.I (Keith) actually took on the task of setting up the website. Meaning, I was the person on the team who volunteered to set up the website because I thought it was going to be relatively simple. When I got into the Bluehost builder and saw that there were like 600 different templates I was overwhelmed and had to shove it off on Dan.That was when my mind shut down in my eyes glossed over.The Motto of our podcast in general (in our entire business) is that these things don’t get done all at once. If you do just one task per day or even one task per week you’ll make great progress and you’ll probably be doing better than 99% of everyone else just by virtue of the fact that you’re moving forward at all. And you have to really hold onto the fact and just keep moving forward even if it’s at a slow pace.For this podcast alone and for our “one step” we decided just to choose the template, to put a very small amount of verbiage in there for a SEO and to put the logo on the site and that’s it. That’s enough.Just keep moving forward. No matter what. Relentlessly.Dan did his assignment of getting the website set up or at least taking the first step to get the website set up. I however was a jerk and I didn’t do my assignment. My assignment was to plug Nikki Payne on Facebook and I did not do that this week so I had to go on the site while we’re on the actual podcast in the moment and make sure I got my one task for the week done.Now,...