“Minute Taker” is the musical project of Ben McGarvey, who’s active as an independent artist since the late 2000s. His latest album “Wolf Hours” is one of the most dedicated musical statements in today’s Synth Pop and will be of very high interest to fans who love actual 80s pop music like Fleetwood Mac’s “Mirage”, Genesis’ self-titled 1983 album or Tanita Tikaram’s “Ancient Heart”.

In this Episode Ben tells us where to begin when you wanna have real good music videos, why the stock plug-ins of your DAW might be much better than you think they are or why it can be a good thing to do an acoustic cover version every now and then.

Ben will also give some information about his experiences with Crowdfunding and how he built his own subscription model without using Patreon. Apart from that we’ll be talking about his music, his many collaborations and cover songs and which gear he used in the recording process for his latest album “Wolf Hours”.

Music played in the episode:

Minute Taker – Lead You Home:

https://open.spotify.com/track/2S9YFSzmmQ3sC7fHVMni8w?si=bb8d85f7c8434769

Minute Taker & Color Theory – Just and Echo: https://open.spotify.com/album/319VcAfP8Rg5mi4OW0C1IA?si=-c9j6WDZSOupYA2CXuAZEw

Minute Taker – Wait For Me:

https://open.spotify.com/track/6C0nEwBeIR5PUQ2mmietwq?si=dbcb8893f5f747d5

Minute Taker & Megan McDuffy – Mirror:

https://open.spotify.com/track/1MGzVmkF1MxoYHw154cMLu?si=1e9804a4684a48f2

UAP – And Then I Die A Little:

https://open.spotify.com/track/3DXtxnEZmlB8UQ77Ow6gGR?si=e97a961e794f407a

Artist Links:

Minute Taker:

https://open.spotify.com/artist/2kjd9eTgBXRmPZZoEFiXVY?si=vi6nG5xnSVijfArWj1XvyA

UAP:

https://open.spotify.com/artist/1fEqRExfCuTtAfM8md9Phf?si=6BT3krBrT1GLy5nUz2tSSg