Part-Time Rockstar Podcast
Aspiring local musicians discuss balancing work, gigging, and creativity. Hosted by The Hollow Truths in Baltimore, MD.
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Monday Nov 30, 2020
Monday Nov 30, 2020
Episode 37 features James and Ed from Teen Mortgage. They are a local band from Baltimore. They have a skate punk/stoner rock sound. They remind me a lot of my favorite Californian punk band Fidlar. They will be featured on the soundtrack of the new season of Shameless when that comes out. Their song Falling Down is featured at the end of this episode and you can find it wherever you listen to music. This interview went a little longer than normal since Ed and James were gracious enough to come over and chat in person. I did my best to smooth it out editing wise. James and Ed and I got to talking about all things music and how they met. We learned some english slang, talked about skateboarding, and even got into their dubious and brief connection with the pizza gate conspiracy on reddit. They are in fact on king pizza records incidentally. I should say there is spoiler alert when I mentioned the movie midsummer. Thanks for listening and thanks for supporting local music. Below are some of the links to the band. And movie/book links that we mentioned.
Teen Mortage
https://www.facebook.com/TeenMortgage
https://teenmortgage.bandcamp.com/album/life-death
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Movie: Midsommar
https://amzn.to/2KBvHR9
Book: Samuel Shem - House of God
https://amzn.to/3nYOrsn
Wednesday Nov 25, 2020
Wednesday Nov 25, 2020
Episode 36 features Allen Neal. He’s a local rapper from the DC area. He’s got a new EP out and a new music video as well for his song Hope For Rain. I know him through my friend and studio engineer Felix Nieto. Allen's song Hope for Rain is featured at the end of the episode. You can find it on Spotify or iTunes. In the interview we talked about all things music, life, work, romantic struggles, creativity, recording with Felix, and the like. We also discussed some books, for which I'll add the links below if you're interested. Allen's music links are below as well. Thanks for listening.
“In Due Time Documentary”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdLOpJNnoOc
“Hope For Rain”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVZ45Kjq3C4
Book links:
Mount Misery
https://amzn.to/39dqWYf
The Fifth Agreement
https://amzn.to/33dyS7Z
The Alchemist
https://amzn.to/2JgdvMb
Book of Symbols
https://amzn.to/3m7USIT
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Thursday Nov 19, 2020
Thursday Nov 19, 2020
My guests today are Jenna and Corey from Babe Club from South Carolina. They were formally members in one of my favorite bands ever called Susto. Babe Club is their new project and they just released a new EP called Remember this Feeling. I really dig it. It's extremely polished, which we talk about in the episode. But these guys have been touring and making a music for a while now. The music itself sounds kinda 90s-meets modern in the best ways. It's kinda ambient and chill at times but never lacks direction. And Jenna has a great voice to tie it all together. Coreys guitar isn’t overpowering but his slightly western bluesy touch compliments the sound of the songs tremendously well. They also recently released a video for "Automatic Love." Their song "Need a girl" is feature on the episode. Find them on Spotify or wherever you listen to music. Link below.
https://www.babeclubmusic.com
Thursday Nov 12, 2020
Thursday Nov 12, 2020
Today’s interview is with the Cody and Steven from the band Toobs. They are a local psychedelic/alternative rock band from Annapolis, Maryland. Cody and Steven have also been touring in their other band Robot Jurassic for quite some time now. Toobs has a new song coming out on November 27th. The song is called Worms and it’s featured at the end of the episode if you wanna check it out or presave it.
Presave link:
https://show.co/aAgbV2t?fbclid=IwAR0bA8S7fwr0cqIycHtnyPvC-3KHf0cuJNjEfg4w7IsBaQZYy4vMFLlFo8M
https://www.facebook.com/toobsmusic
"A Bigger Splash" Movie - Amazon link
https://amzn.to/2KPqu8J
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Friday Oct 30, 2020
Friday Oct 30, 2020
Episode 32 features Chris Granville of the band Stone Brew from Southern, MD. They are a sludge, power, rockn'roll, type of metal band that has been together a little while now. Their last release "Soundtrack Of The Working Class" came out in 2019. So we talked about that and their single off of the album called "Weed Ride". Which is featured at the end of the episode. You can find all their stuff online. Feel free to subscribe/follow the band or this podcast. Thanks for listening.
https://stonebrew.bandcamp.com
https://www.facebook.com/stonebrewbandmd
Tuesday Oct 27, 2020
Tuesday Oct 27, 2020
Episode 31 features Georgio from Pregame Rituals. They are an alternative, kinda post hardcore, indie rock band from Massachusetts. Georgio is all around musician teacher, song writer, and performer. We had a fun chat about all things music and life in general. I added his song Two Homes to end of the episode. I picked it up off iTunes but you can find it wherever you listen to music.
That being said if you go to bandcamp, Georgio says all proceeds toward the new EP are donated to The Haven Project in Lynn, MA which helps young adults that are in need of housing and resources. Other than that and if you like either Pregame rituals or the podcast feel free to hit the little subscribe button. And as always if you’re in a band and you wanna talk about your music feel free to hit me up. Anyway I hope everyones staying safe and sane and all that. Thanks again for tuning in. Below is the link for all things Pregame Rituals.
https://www.facebook.com/pregamerituals
https://linktr.ee/Pregamerituals
Friday Oct 23, 2020
Friday Oct 23, 2020
Episode 30 features Anthony Berdecio from Soltribe. Soltribe is a roots reggae rock band hailing from the state of Texas. Specifically the Houston and San Antonio areas. They’ve been a band since 2013 and been on the road a ton during that time. They’ve opened for Bon Jovi before, as well as some of my favorite Maryland area bands like Ballyhoo and the Bumpin’ Uglies. Anthony and I had a good chat about things music, Ocean City, and the bands latest songs. One of which called Good Time just came out. It comes from their latest release called 20/20. The video for the song just came out a couple days ago. So definitely check it out. You can find their stuff wherever you listen to music. Below is their website.
https://www.soltribe.net
Friday Oct 02, 2020
Friday Oct 02, 2020
Episode 29 features Brian Walker of A Day Without Love. He is a singer/songwriter from Philadelphia, PA. His latest album was released this year (2020) called "Comfort In The Bedroom." He has many other projects as well including his podcast called "Dreams Not Memes" as well as a new documentary called "Safe + Sound." Below are some of the places you can find his stuff.
Link to Music:
https://adaywithoutlove.bandcamp.com/?fbclid=IwAR2Gi0n5q8qCkEcW5ageEnSn9x0uaoMdEDhePqUd9Z6eI6WPAUONg_wIk2k
“Dreams Not Memes Podcast”
https://open.spotify.com/show/79SbZetyKgRboZ8dOKPPSB?si=XEhBJ2yWQ-Se1Tmsk2r7cw
Documentary
https://www.bsproductions.co/safe-sound-film/
“I Voted Live Stream” Nov 2nd
https://www.ivotedconcerts.com
October 22nd and 29th for WTF 1 and WTF 2
Wednesday Sep 23, 2020
Wednesday Sep 23, 2020
Episode 28 features Dan Kelley of Never Say Die. They are a local punk rock band from the Maryland/DC area and have been at it over 10 years with 3 albums under their belt so far. The latest of which, Punk Rock Pirates, was released this year. I talked with Dan about his background in music, his taste in movies, and life in general. Below are the links to his band. Thanks for listening.
https://soundcloud.com/neversaydiemusic
https://www.instagram.com/never_say_die_music/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCY5J-Wazq8OYB9aOY0ZJykg
Friday Sep 18, 2020
Friday Sep 18, 2020
Ian Robinson AKA "Black Guy Fawkes" is a 27 year old singer/songwriter and guitarist from Baltimore Maryland. His song 23% is featured at the end of the episode. And a link for his new T-shirts is listed. We had a well rounded chat about all things music, Black Lives Matter, and his time living in Cumberland, MD. Ian says he's inspired by the catchy punk hooks from Green Day, the theatrics of My Chemical Romance and the straight forward heartfelt lyrics of Frank Turner, Black Guy Fawkes makes music that is intimate yet theatrical.
https://blackguyfawkesmusic.bandcamp.com/merch/pre-order-black-trans-lives-matter-baseball-t