Episodes
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On today's show, we chat with Jamie Mittendorf, the driving force behind Blackout Fest, and the lead singer of 'Harbour' (also preforming on Blackout Fest).
Jamie walks us through the evolution of the festival and where it's headed. Please check out the links below, grab your tickets and support the punk rock scene!
https://www.blackoutfest.net/
https://www.facebook.com/blackoutfestbrantford/
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We talk producing and plug-ins with Will Putney on this weeks UPA Podcast!
This plug-in pack is absolutely outrageous. Anyone who records at home, or just likes to mess around with the heaviest tones around; Please do yourself a favour and pick up this pack from STL Tones!
https://www.stltones.com/products/stl-tonality-will-putney-guitar-plug-in?gclid=Cj0KCQjws7TqBRDgARIsAAHLHP5a5SfbmhUoW6HPBNzlFzaG5e91DIrW73CQpWM06VM82ym3tbN5YRQaApX1EALw_wcB
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Kicking off season 3 with a BOMB (terrible, I'm sorry). John from the Lovesick Bombs joins me to talk about all things art and music.
This is a truly beautiful project, please support by hitting the links below and picking up some amazing artwork!
https://www.lovesickbombs.com/
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From the Archives:
We caught up with Corey Beaulieu from Trivium and took a deep dive on guitars, studio and tour gear and got some great insight into how he sets up his tone for records.
Hit the links for more from Trivium:
https://twitter.com/coreytrivium?lang=en
https://www.facebook.com/Trivium/
http://www.trivium.org/unreleased?ref=https://www.google.com/
Music By: Meka Nism
https://www.meka-nism.com/
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From the Archives:
We had the pleasure of speaking with the boys from Get The Shot at last years Heavy Montreal. Not only are they both insanely talented players, I think we ended up speaking off-camera for almost an hour *after* the interview.
In this interview, we cover everything from tone, gear, recording set-ups and switching to Postive Grid Bias heads.
Hit the links below for more from Get The Shot:
https://gettheshot.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/gettheshothc
https://twitter.com/gettheshothc
https://www.instagram.com/gettheshothc/
https://www.youtube.com/user/GetTheShotHC
Music By: Meka Nism
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From the Archives:
We managed to nab J-Dog from Hollywood Undead for a couple of minutes to chat guitars, gear and their (Amazing) cover of 'Du Hast'.
J-Dog was super awesome, please go support Hollywood Undead:
https://www.hollywoodundead.com/
https://twitter.com/hollywoodundead
https://www.facebook.com/hollywoodundead/
https://www.instagram.com/hollywoodundead/
Music By: Meka Nism
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If you've watched TV in Canada in the last 20 years you have either heard or seen Orin Isaacs. In addition to being one, if not the biggest music directors in broadcast here, he is an incredibly talented musician who has been in the game for almost his entire life.
Orin has an absolutely incredible backstory and great insight into the music industry. Now running Swing Low Productions in Toronto, ON I was lucky enough to have him join me for not only a great interview, but great conversation.
https://www.swinglow.ca/
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Max Webster front man, and all around awesome guy (who happens to be Canadian!), Kim Mitchell joins me on this episode.
We go back and hear about how Kim went from Sarnia, Ontario to the Greek Islands with a guitar in-hand.
Gear talk does occur as well, but this episode is all about the love of music, guitar playing and crazy stories. Enjoy.
http://kimmitchell.ca/
https://twitter.com/TheKimMitchell
https://www.facebook.com/kimmitchellband/
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We were joined by John 5 on today's show! John took some time from his current tour with Rob Zombie to talk about his evolution as a guitar player, how he finds inspiration, his latest solo album 'It's Alive' (which is incredible) and of course we talk gear and how his special his relationship with Fender is.
http://john-5.com/main/
https://www.instagram.com/john5official/
https://www.facebook.com/John5official/
https://twitter.com/john5guitarist
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Blues guitar assassin, Sue Foley joins me to talk about coming up in Canada, her new (and awesome) record, 'Ice Queen' and how she came to pick up her signature pink paisley Fender Telecaster.
https://suefoley.com/
https://www.facebook.com/suefoleyofficial/
https://www.instagram.com/the_suefoley/
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Heavy Montreal Interview Series: Red Fang's Bryan Giles joins me on the show to chat about everything from his first tour, working on new material, guitars, amps - and we do a little deep dive on podcasts that we like!
https://www.facebook.com/redfangband/
https://redfang.net/
https://twitter.com/redfang
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2018 ACM Guitar Player of the Year, Rob McNelley joins me on today's show! Rob has played on just about every major release out of Nashville that you can name. To say his resume is impressive would be a gross understatement.
He also happens to be a super nice guy, and a pleasure to talk to about everything from music, guitars, gear to life in general. This was a fantastic conversation, and I can't wait to cross paths with him again.
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Bobby Keller from Florida metal band, Meka Nism joins me on this episode to talk all things gear, guitars, relationships with ESP, EMG and coordinating your shoes with your guitar. Technical issues aside, this was the most fun I've had recording an episode. Period.
instagram.com/bobbyvonripper
https://www.bfkbeardoil.com/
https://www.facebook.com/MekaNismBand/
https://www.meka-nism.com/
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Brad Thomas (@JBradford_official) of The Silence and Light joins me on this episode to go deep on gear, guitars and his band's upcoming album. Brad is a retired Special Forces operator who has been all over the globe, and music has always been there with him. Hear about where it all started and what lead him to his sweet set-up he's using with his new band and the gear that got him here.
Important Note! We talk about the charities that Brad's band is supporting; Here are the links where you can get involved to help the cause, or if you are in need of support, gain more information.
https://marineraiderfoundation.org/
https://www.warriorsheart.com
Our sponsor for this episode is Tactical Beaver Co.
Go to their website www.tacticalbeaver.co and use the promo code TBuberpro to receive 15% off your first order.
Tactical Beaver - apparel you can feel dam fine in. -
Hot off his new release, 'Bittern Lake', Les Stroud (Survivorman) took some time out of his crazy schedule to talk to us about his other love besides nature, music.
Les is a lifelong musician. In addition to being multi-instrumentally talented and very talented vocally, he is an incredibly gifted songwriter. Drawing on many of the images he has encountered travelling the world, Les paints beautiful images with his words.
http://www.lesstroud.ca/musician/
His new album is available here:
https://shop.kt8merch.com/products/pre-order-survivorman-les-stroud-bittern-lake-
Our sponsor for this episode is Tactical Beaver Co.
Go to their website www.tacticalbeaver.co and use the promo code TBuberpro to receive 15% off your first order.
Tactical Beaver - apparel you can feel dam fine in. -
We go hard in the paint with Breaking Benjamin front man, Benjamin Burnley about his new LTD signature guitar as well as a deep dive into his Fractal Audio rig that he currently has on the road with him.
This was a quick one, but a great one! Ben was incredibly nice with his time, and I hope to catch up with him again down the road.
Go pick up his new album 'Ember', it's soul-crushingly heavy in the guitar parts!
https://www.facebook.com/BreakingBenjamin
http://www.instagram.com/breakingbenjamin
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This week we speak to The Dirty Nil's lead vocalist and guitar player, Luke Bentham. Luke is a huge gear nerd, an awesome guy and plays in - what I feel - is the best rock band around today.
Click the links below to check out their new single, 'Bathed in Light' off the upcoming album 'Master Volume' due out later in 2018 on Dine Alone Records.
New Single: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIgmgqFnanA&start_radio=1&list=RDMMDIgmgqFnanA
Website: https://thedirtynil.com/
Bandcamp: https://thedirtynil.bandcamp.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thedirtynil/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDirtyNil
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Welcome to season 2 of the UPA Podcast! We kicked things off speaking with Dan Webster of Greenland Productions, and founder of '77 Montreal. Dan has lead a career that most promoters would dream of and it was a pleasure speaking with him not only about the upcoming '77 Montreal, but his upbringing in the Montreal music scene.
Enjoy!
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New Jersey's own, the nicest guy in the room; Sammy Kay. Sammy took a bunch of time to speak with me this past summer at Pouzzafest in Montreal and we covered everything from guitars to action figures...for real. Oh, and Taco Bell.
Check out Sammy's Music and social below:
https://twitter.com/sammykaynj
https://www.facebook.com/sammykaynj
https://twitter.com/stomprecords
http://www.black35guitars.com/
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A blues assassin, armed with a Gibson Les Paul. JW is a Canadian blues guitarist who has traveled the world, played with the likes of BB King, Buddy Guy and Hubert Sumlin and has nine studio releases, the latest being "High Temperature", produced by Colin Linden. JW is currently on tour, hit the links below and show him some love.
http://www.jw-jones.com/
https://www.facebook.com/jwjonesblues/
https://www.youtube.com/user/jwjones1
https://www.instagram.com/jwjonesblues/ - Show more
