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The Independent Minded podcast features talks with indie artists in the music and entertainment biz. Independent & creative types from all over the world talk with host Ron Scalzo about their origins, their inspirations, their recent projects, and share tips on how to survive – and even thrive – in an unpredictable business.
Unknown Host hosts Independent Minded, a music show with 183 episodes published.
#184. Toadies ’ drummer Mark Reznicek reminisces about Rubberneck, gets homesick on the road, celebrates the band’s work with Steve Albini on The Charmer.Sponsored by DistroKid. Get 30% off your membership at distrokid.c
#183. Son Lux draws inspiration from a drum corp collab, Dent May dreams big while building new bedroom pop, Beacon takes their sound to a dance floor space.Sponsored by DistroKid. Get 30% off your membership at distroki
#182. Long Beach musician Dustin Lovelis immortalizes his late brother Graham with help from Seattle indie label Funny Goofy Records to release the debut LP from Uncle Grim and help raise awareness & funds to find a cure
#181. Andrew Thompson & Marc Byrd of Nashville duo Hammock share an inspiring origin story, accept accolades from unlikely places, build walls of sound that invite reflection & connection.Sponsored by DistroKid. Get 30%
#180. Devon Gilfilian makes a plea to unplug, Konradsen gathers new chords for a title track, Genghis Tron gets intentional with a techno-inspired idea.Sponsored by DistroKid. Get 30% off your membership at distrokid.com
#179. Director Sara Joe Wolansky & executive producer Adam Moskowitz battle cultural clashes, personal struggles, and melting cheese to make their new documentary feature The Big Cheese .Sponsored by DistroKid. Get 30% o
#178. Robot Slide transforms a classical art song to curb their collective anxiety, Beaming mixes banjo and cigarettes into their new single.Sponsored by DistroKid. Get 30% off your membership at distrokid.com/vip/indepe
#177. NYC metal icon Tommy Victor joins Ron to talk mixing bands at CBGB, idolizing Kiss and Rush, and the rise, fall, & rebirth of Prong in a chaotic music world.Sponsored by DistroKid. Get 30% off your membership at di
#176. The Sun Harmonic slows things down to create some space, Gogol Bordello gets some post-punk groove revenge, Failure sets the air on fire.Sponsored by DistroKid. Get 30% off your membership at distrokid.com/vip/inde
#175. Musician & author Roddy Bottum talks with Ron about the unexpected rise of Faith No More, coming of age in a San Francisco subculture, being a queer rock pioneer, his new memoir, The Royal We.Sponsored by DistroKid
#174. Winged Wheel see poseurs every day, Ken Park makes the most of a spur-of-the-moment smartphone recording, Holy Fuck reconvenes to resurrect a decade-old jam.Sponsored by DistroKid. Get 30% off your membership at di
#173. New York folk duo The Whispering Tree talk with Ron about the warm embrace of the Hudson Valley's artistic community, being rescued by Musician Treatment Foundation, abandoning the digital world, burying the Bones
#172. Foy Vance meditates on fatherhood, Pauline Andres sweetens December, The Tea Club experiences a demonic attack. Ron pays tribute to amazing human & one-time podcast guest Rob Reiner.Sponsored by DistroKid. Get 30%
#171. Pennsylvania singer/songwriter Hunter Root talks with Ron about emotional honesty, going viral, flirting with the majors, battling Lyme disease, striving to be a strong man.Sponsored by DistroKid. Get 30% off your
#170. Boutique Feelings throws a pity party, Grace Inspace shakes off the shackles of pity-pleasing, Hate Dept. hands out a unique trophy. Ron shares new faves from Phantogram, GreenLady + more.Sponsored by DistroKid. Ge
#168. Bombargo channels '70s-era soft rock, Rocket refuels an old demo, Bad Self Portraits think they're going to Hell. Ron shares new faves from Astronoid, PREYRS + more.Sponsored by DistroKid. Get 30% off your membersh
#168. Seattle musician Daniel G. Harmann talks with Ron about psychedelic therapy, battling depression, building a soundtrack for others to float on & live in, a spill off the steps that started him on a new path to musi
#167. Georgia Maq converses with The Devil and God, Dillon Warnek reflects upon recklessness, Jano & Luther Rix combine forces to remake a Dr. John classic. Ron shares new faves from Social Station, Andrew Bird + more.Sp
#166. Madeline Kenney throws a marimba party, Lynyn moves to the rhythm of modular synths, In The Pines make their sunbeam dream a reality. Ron shares new faves from Dillon Warnek, Indigo De Souza + more.Sponsored by Dis
#165. Singer Andi Deris talks with Ron about leaving Germany for the Canary Islands, idolizing KISS, trading his accordion for an electric guitar, celebrating 40 years of heavy metal in Helloween .Sponsored by DistroKid.
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