Archive for the 'interviews' Category

New Studio Down “South”

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009

I had a chance to sit down with Ian Schwartz to talk about his new StudioZeroSeven in Lakeville. No known as a “hotbed” for the music business, Ian pointed out the positives of making the trip south of the Twin Cities.

Ian is also encouraging the artists that pass though his studio to upload some music [...]

Localtone Radio and the IP Head Check

Thursday, November 6th, 2008

Localtone Radio (Justin and I) had the opportunity to join IP attorney Ernest Grumbles from BPG Radio along with Keefe Russell of the Capital Sons and Ted Lowell, co-owner of the Acadia Cafe over beers and microphones for the Rock n’ Roll IP Head Check podcast.
The discussion of intellectual property (IP) ranged from band and [...]

 
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A Perfect Porridge Interview: Terramara

Friday, October 10th, 2008

A guest post from our friend Greg Swan at Perfect Porridge
Local Minneapolis powerpop group Terramara release their new LP, Dust & Fiction, with a big CD Release Show at Trocaderos this Saturday, Oct. 11 at 8 pm.
Hear a sample of “Solar Meltdown” from Terramara on Localtone Radio
This week we had the opportunity to sit down [...]

Punk Meets O-Billy

Thursday, March 6th, 2008

This week I had the opportunity to talk with Dean from The Bloody Turncoats. These guys are one of the freshman bands on Localtone Radio and have both some high energy and very unique sound. If their live performances are anything like their recorded material, people are in for a big jolt of energy when [...]

 
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Kicking It Local With Luke

Thursday, February 28th, 2008

This weeks podcast needs very little introduction - we talked with Luke Harper from Audio Altimeter on what he sees going on with local Twin Cities musicians while running his full service recording studio in downtown. Luke was nice enough to allow us to record this podcast right at his facility and is a genius [...]

 
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Capital Sons - Part 2

Thursday, February 7th, 2008

The interviews just keep getting better here at Localtone Radio! Only 2 days after we talked with Karl from Capital Sons, we decided to do a follow up interview with Gary, the lead guitarist.
One thing I can say is that we all are blessed to have such exciting and talented musicians here in the Twin [...]

 
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Capital Sons - Part 1

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008

This week we have the first in a two part series with the band Capital Sons. For this first part, I had the opportunity to talk with Karl Obermeyer, the lead singer and principal song writer of the group. These guys are extremely talented and I continue to see a few of their songs [...]

 
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The Great Loonan Speaks

Monday, January 28th, 2008

The Localtone Radio podcasts are continuing to heat up!
This week I had the opportunity to interview Michael Loonan. Michael is what one might call a “jack of many trades” in the local entertainment scene. From his solo work, to being a composer, producer, voice talent and jingle writer, Michael is one talented musician.
I throughly enjoyed [...]

 
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The Get Rites - Got it Right.

Monday, January 21st, 2008

This week I spoke with Tom Feldmann from The Get Rites, a local Twin Cities band that has been together for a little more than 3 years. During the interview Tom stated, “The band is very loose and everyone just kind of shows up and plays.” And play these guys most certainly do! By their [...]

 
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A Metal Band With Energy… and Style

Tuesday, January 8th, 2008

This week I had the chance to talk with Mike Brant, the bass player from the local metal band Dante’s Lounge. These guys have been together for more than 9 years and have gone through some changes in their genre and style, but I think they are just beginning to bring all of the pieces [...]

 
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