In an all new episode, Nate gives a rundown of some upcoming announcements, including the next Your Next Favorite Band/25 O'Clock/Yo! That's My Jawn crossover event, the return of the Oops! All Bards RPG actual play podcast, and shares his submission to WXPN's 24-Hour Song Challenge, the Drive By Truckers inspired, "Some of Her Time." Then Nate sits down for a chat with Alex Wash of the band Granddogs. They talk about the Working Philly Musicians Discord, growing up, the journey from learning the piano to teaching piano, signing and playing, playing drums in early bands, Hang the DJ, going to college at Millersville and having access to the studio, revisiting the Perkasie record, the move to Texas, tour managing We Live at Midnight, interning with Gordon Raphael, finding comfort in the studio, moving to Philly and working at Howl At the Moon, the process of adapting to performing at a piano bar, the challenge of song selection, the birth of Granddogs, his songwriting process, Peaches and Susan, the new album Peaches and the two singles from it, "When You Call" and "Goddess of Love." Then Alex maneuvers The Jawntlet!
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In an all new episode, Nate briefly chats about the 2Old / 2 New Podcast before recapping his week at the NON-COMMvention. Then, Nate sits for a chat with singer/songwriter Autumn Luz & her cowriting/coproducing partner Samwe. They talk about early music memories, going to art school to study dance, the pivot from dance to music, early influences, writing, how Autumn and Sam came to collaborate together, creating music remotely, whittling down the 5 songs on the EP from the 30-40 demos they had worked on, her song "Pang," music videos, creating for social media, the release cycle of the EP, the plans for recording the next album, and recreating the music for live shows. Then, Autumn and Sam team up on The Jawntlet!
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An All New Episode! Nate kicks things off by premiering the new theme song in full before sitting down with singer/songwriter Ciara Grace. The talk about living in the same suburbs and graduating from the same high school, growing up in a musical household, how writing songs about a break up birthed her new album, Write It Down, coproducing the album with her father, 2x GRAMMY® Award-winning producer/engineer Glenn Barratt (Melody Gardot, Shirley Ceasar), having the performance bug at an early age, finding her voice as a musician and deciding to create an album, playing these songs live, her songs "Play Pretend" and "Don't Love Me Now," the album release plan, her early influences, horses, Facebook Marketplace, her next EP, how working on the album has influenced her songwriting, and juggling a music career while going to college. Then, Ciara tries on the Jawntlet!
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