Songs From a Room

Evan Tanenbaum of Simple Son joined us on the podcast and shared how his background as a cellist and influences like Nick Drake and Joanie Mitchell influence his open tuned finger styled guitar playing. 

 

For more from Simple Son: 

https://www.instagram.com/the_simple_son

https://thesimpleson.bandcamp.com/album/the-other-side

https://open.qobuz.com/simpleson

 

 

Jack Adams invites us into his home in Park Slope to share his music and tell us about the many projects he's been working on. From working on starting his own label, scoring music for live theater, to learning to record his own music on reel-to-reel, Jack stays busy yet finds time to be a prolific songwriter. 

 

For more about Jack Adams: 

https://www.jackfrancisadams.com/

https://www.instagram.com/jackfrancisadams/

Azure Brandi moved to New York from California during the peak of COVID, experiencing the city at its quietest. The long walks inspired songs that she has just begun putting to music and she's hit the ground running. 

 

For more from Azure Brandi: 

https://www.instagram.com/azurebrandi/

Adam Wedd joined the podcast while visiting from London. There, he is a jack of all trades, working in a recording studio while being his own songwriter, all while hosting a weekly radio show. He played songs that he's currently recording for his upcoming album. 

 

For more information on Adam Wedd: 

https://adamweddofficial.com/

https://www.instagram.com/adamwedd/

 

Alex of Lovervoid joins the podcast to talk about the album he's been self-producing, along with learning to animate their own music videos. The inspirations for the album of love and war paranoia that fueled Marvin Gay's "In Our Lifetime" parallel today's political climate and the songs on Lovervoid's upcoming album. 

For more information on Lovervoid: 

https://lovervoid.com/

https://www.instagram.com/lovervoid888

https://www.youtube.com/ozymandusandcoranth

Jesse Torres has a long academic career in music as a former student and teacher. On the podcast, he discusses the meticulous choices in cord structures and time changes in his heartfelt and thoughtfully written music. 

For more from Jesse Torres: 

https://linktr.ee/JesseTorresMusic

https://www.instagram.com/jessetorresmusic/

In this smaller episode Val of Small Talk was gracious enough to let me record his set at Pete's Candy Store on March 1st. He performed a heartfelt piece he's decided to name R.i.P. inspired by overdose. We learned about his life in El Paso Texas and Portland Maine that led him to New York City where he continues to write and record music. 

 

For more from on Small Talk:

https://soundcloud.com/smlltlk915

 

https://www.youtube.com/@smalltalk9994

https://www.instagram.com/rizzzzoart

 

Cole Michael Coyer shares his experiences moving to Nashville for sound engineering and working as a gig musician while working on his own material. His individual experiences as a drummer, guitarist, and lyricist come together to when songwriting. 

 

More info on Cole Michael Coyter: https://colemichaelcoyer.carrd.co/

Nihal Singh is a talented artist who found their way into music through their background in film, first scoring the music on a computer keyboard before learning to play the guitar. Originally born in Thailand, Singh came to Chicago for school and is currently living in New York, where he's been writing and recording his reflective and meditative music. 

To find out more about Nihal Singh: https://nihalisalive.com

Zoe Firn discusses growing up in Brooklyn from a family of violinists. We listen to the touching story that inspired the words to "Memorial Day" and she shares one of her newest creations a call-to-action song "What's My Plan?" 

 

For more on Zoe Firn: 

Bandcamp: https://zoefirn.bandcamp.com/

New single "Memorial Day": https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/zoefirn/memorial-day

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zoefirn 

Sub Stack:

https://zoefirn.substack.com