Today’s guest mellows me out while also thinking about new revenue streams. Welcome David Motamed from The Royal Arctic Institute to the show. Mo, as his friends call him, has a long career in music mixed with a long career as a liver specialist; in medicine, not Silence of the Lambs kinda stuff.He started playing bass with his long-time friend and collaborator Lyle Hysen and wound up with him in the band Das Damen. He’s also played in Cell and with Tim Foljahn in Two Dollar Guitar. Through these bands he was also able to play with other artists like Arthur Lee and Townes Van Zandt. While playing music, he also decided he needed to have a “real job” so he studied medicine and is now a liver specialist at Mount Sinai hospital! He stepped away from music for a while to work and raise his family. But he couldn’t stay away; not if Lyle had anything to do with it. So, Mo is the bassist for the band The Royal Arctic Institute, who have recently released a new album, which is self-titled just to make things easier on me. Non-scientific tests have shown that their music reduces (my) road rage by 108%. So pick it up on bandcamp; there are physical copied available. Keep an eye on nice restaurants in your area because they will probably be playing somewhere close by on upcoming tours. Check out theroyalarctic.com for info and links. Follow @theroyalai on Instagram. Follow us @PerformanceAnx on socials. Merch is found at performanceanx.threadless.com We have a special Spinal Tap logo up now. You can also just send money purportedly for coffee at ko-fi.com/performanceanxiety. And welcome David Motamed of The Royal Arctic Institute on Performance Anxiety on the Pantheon Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode of Performance Anxiety Side Projects is almost a religious experience. Welcome Morgan Geer of Drunken Prayer and Matt Patton of Drive-By Truckers. Today we’re talking about Gospel music. Morgan and Matt talk about the Gospel music that made the first impact on them and give some great recommendations on where to start your own journey.  Matt and Morgan each give their accounts of how they met. Matt talks about finding small radio stations that play Gospel music all over the country while touring.  Morgan has released a new Drunken Prayer album called Thy Burdens and it’s deeply rooted in country Gospel music. But, it has the Drunken Prayer spin on it.Matt plays bass and spearheaded the entire project. To make the album even more authentic, part of it was even recorded in a church. Check out Drunken Prayer’s new album, Thy Burdens, on Bandcamp and streaming. Follow Morgan on socials @DrunkenPrayer. Matt can be found on the road with Drive-By Truckers or in his Water Valley, MS studio, DIal Back Sound. And make sure you keep an eye on their upcoming releases. Follow us @PerformanceAnx. Get merch at performanceanx.threadless.com or just send some money to ko-fi.com/performanceanxiety. Now let’s have a Come To Jesus moment with Morgan Geer & Matt Patton on Performance Anxiety on the Patheon Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s guest is the definition of commitment. Please welcome Lemoyne Alexander to the show. Lemoyne really had no choice BUT to go into show business. His dad was a session drummer for Chess Records and started a family band starring Lemoyne and his siblings, even though he was way more into martial arts.The story of that band is filled with all kinds of changes, including a Peter Brady-like vocal problem that changed the dynamic of the band.  But even though he had some music make the charts, he really hit his stride when he began producing rap artists. He talks about some of the amazing people he’s worked with as well as some of the, let’s say, infamous. But Lemoyne experienced a horrible tragedy that made him leave the rap world behind, shunning offers from people like Jay-Z and Beyonce to follow his muse. He talks about his first rock band St8 Of Grace and how that eventually just became a solo project. He’s released a few singles that have just EXPLODED all over TikTok and other platforms. He talks about how that feels and how it changed his plans for his latest album called Alone. Follow him on social media. Check out welemoynealexander.com for tons of music and merch. Follow us @PerformanceAnx. Get our merch at performanceanx.threadless.com. Send dollars to ko-fi.com/performanceanxiety. And look for the Spinal Tap tribute album I’m producing for Teen Cancer America, out in early September. Lemoyne’s on it. Thank you for listening to Performance Anxiety on the Pantheon Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s guest is a fan of birds. Not really. I don’t know. He’s been in two bands named after birds, so maybe. Welcome guitarist Arad Evans to the podcast. I think Arad may be my first Alaskan on the podcast. Now he wasn’t born there, but he did grow up there. He tells me what got him into music and what kind of music scene there was in 1970’s and early 80’s Anchorage.  Arad moved to New York City specifically to play contemporary, avant garde music. Well, he was pretty successful. His first gig was with the legendary experimental composer Glenn Branca. In fact, Arad played with Glenn until his passing in 2018.  Arad has played in several bands. He talks about one that was inspired by Captain Beefheart and Alaska. This band, Heroes of Toolik, is so unique. Arad said the premise of the band was making a conscious effort to not make a conscious effort. His new band, kind of new, is called The Whimbrels and the lineup is stellar! In addition to Arad, there’s Norman Westberg and Luke Schwartz on guitar, Steve Dibenedetto on drums, and Matt Hunter on bass. Their debut, self-titled album is out and is so catchy. With so many experimental artists in the band, you might think it’s an avant garde album. But it’s wonderfully accessible, no matter if you like experimental music or not. Check it out on Dromedary Records. Follow The Whimbrels on social media and keep an eye out for live dates. Follow us @PerformanceAnx on socials. Grab our merch at performanceanx.threadless.com. Send money through ko-fi.com/performanceanxiety. Now I hope you enjoy this chat with Arad Evans of The Whimbrels on Performance Anxiety on the Pantheon Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

My guest today is a regular guy who happens to do a lot of creative stuff! Welcome Robert Scheffler to the podcast. Robert started on guitar after finding the one his mom had when she tried to take up the instrument. He played in school, he played in cover bands (because where he was living, no one wanted originals), he played solo gigs. He played supper clubs where you had to compete with food for the attention of the audience. He joined a band and enjoyed playing. But he also started freelance writing and researching. Soon, the music started taking a backseat to what was paying the bills. He found himself writing and playing less and less, until he finally stopped. He started writing humor full time and did that for about 20 years. He didn’t put music away completely, though. He’d sequester himself in a cabin and try to write. He did some composing for short films. Robert explains who and what got him back into writing, what it’s like to have a good song in a bad movie, and we take a detour through our mutual love of the mighty Led Zeppelin. We do bring it all back around and talk about his latest album, Truce. It’s my favorite in his catalog. Robert reveals the novelist who inspired his new musical outlook. We also talk about the furniture he creates. Go check his music out on streaming platforms. You can also check that and his furniture at robertschefflermusic.com. That’s also got his socials. Follow us @PerformanceAnx on socials, buy merch at performanceanx.threadless.com or just send money to ko-fi.com/performanceanxiety. Now let’s get into this chat with the might Robert Scheffler on Performance Anxiety on the Pantheon Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This guest is the very definition of resilience. Please welcome singer/songwriter Willie Nile. He has a new album out called The Great Yellow Light that shows Willie is still in top form. But he has a long, storied career and that’s where we get started. He reveals that music has run in the family for generations!  He went to college because the school needed people in the dorms. It was in the middle of nowhere and there was nothing to do, so he started learning how to play the guitar. He moved to New York City to start his music career and set himself apart by just being true to himself. Well, mostly. He did go through a series of nom de plumes like Umberto Snortz & Osgood Pequad before settling on Willie Nile. His debut was critically acclaimed. But when he got sick after his sophomore album, he couldn’t perform and stepped away from music for a decade. He released another album and then stepped away again. He decided to give music one more shot in 1999 and has been putting out great music ever since. His new album has some great cameos and rocks pretty damn hard. Check it out wherever you stream music or buy a physical copy from Bandcamp or willienile.com. Follow his socials, they’re easy to find. Follow us @PerformanceAnx on socials. Grab merch at performanceanx.threadless.com or just send money to ko-fi.com/performanceanxiety. Now please enjoy Willie Nile on Performance Anxiety on the Pantheon Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s guest hates traffic as much as I do. Plus he helped invent an entire genre of music. Welcome David J. Haskins to the podcast. He has a new album out, but you may also recognize him from his previous bands, Bauhaus and Love And Rockets. His love of music began with reggae and sneaking into clubs when he was a kid. His biggest inspirations were Bowie, Marc Bolan, and Roxy Music. He started off playing guitar but switched to bass when music started getting serious. Daid talks about early bands and getting banned from venues. He also reveals when and how he switched to fretless bass. It’s a pretty funny story. He also talks about writing Bauhaus’ most well-known song, Bela Lugosu’s Dead. Once Bauhaus ended, Love and Rockets begins. David discusses that transition and where the bands broke first. David has had an impressive solo career and he has a new album, The Mother Tree. It’s a unique album, both in its concept and its execution. The album is beautiful and touching. It also has a companion book of poetry. Go to davidjhaskins.com to grab both. Check out his social media links while you’re there. Follow us @PerformanceAnx on socials. Pick up merch at performanceanx.threadless.com or just send us money at ko-fi.com/performanceanxiety. And I hope you enjoy David J. Haskins on Performance Anxiety on the Pantheon Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This guest just blew me away on every front imaginable. Welcome drummer David Abbruzzese to the show. If the name sounds familiar, it’s probably because he was in the biggest band in the world at what I consider their peak. Dave played drums for Pearl Jam from 1991 to 1994. For me, this was when the band could do no wrong. But, as David tells me, there was a lot of crazy stuff going. That includes a cursed music video that was so bad it was not only trashed, it almost destroyed Dave’s musical career! But that’s jumping ahead. Dave joins me from a distant time zone, just after a dental procedure. But he was kind enough to hang with me for a couple of hours. A lot happened between his birth and Pearl Jam, so Dave sheds a little light on that. Once we get to the Pearl Jam years, Dave tells some incredible stories, like how he got the job, the time he met Spinal Tap, that cursed video, and some stories behind some favorite songs. Dave is also candid about how he was let go from the band and what he’s been up to since. He’s worked with some incredible artists in Green Romance Orchestra, Guns N Roses, Peter Cornell, Shawn Smith, and the two folks who helped connect me with Dave, Jeff Fielder and Scott Reeder; thank you, both! Follow Dave on Facebook, on Instagram @davidabbruzzese1968, Free Ass Records on YouTube, and on Bandcamp. Follow us @PerformanceAnx on socials. Grab merch at performanceanx.threadless.com. Send money to ko-fi.com/performanceanxiety. Please enjoy my discussion with David Abbruzzese on Performance Anxiety on the Pantheon Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s guest is a family favorite. That means I’m talking with Erika Wennerstrom from Heartless Bastards. There are times when I’m completely blown away that an artist agrees to be a guest on this podcast and this is one of those moments. But Erika was and is incredibly kind and gracious. We start off like we usually do, talking about what got her into music. It turns out that she knew she was going to be a singer by around the age of four.  We talk about early bands, like Shesus, the transformation from a shy, awkward person to fronting a band, and how she came up with the name Heartless Bastards. The band’s sound has evolved over the course of six albums. Erika talks about struggling with writer’s block, stepping back from the band to regroup, and doing her solo album.  After a brief tangent on designed obsolescence, Erika  pulls the curtain back on the latest Heartless Bastards album, A Beautiful Life. Disney and James Bond were influences to a few songs and Laurel Canyon asserts its influence.  Erika is full of great stories, like how Patrick Kearney of The Black Keys ended up with her demos, growing up with The Ohio Players (at least one of them), and swinging by Robert Plant’s house to pick him up for drinks (he had shotgun, of course). Erika is currently writing music for the next Heartless Bastards album so keep following their social media accounts and theheartlessbastards.com for updates. Follow us @PerformanceAnx. Pick up merch at performanceanx.threadless.com. Or just give us money at ko-fi.com/performanceanxiety. And I hope you’re as excited for this one as I was. It’s Erika Wennerstrom of Heartless Bastards on Performance Anxiety on the Pantheon Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week’s guest makes me just want to have fun. No, it’s not Cyndi Lauper. But he did play with her for years. Welcome multi-instrumentalist Knox Chandler to the show. He moved around a lot as a kid, so music really meant a lot to him. His parents told him that he used to hug the stereo speakers when he was a toddler. He studied guitar and upright bass in college. But his cello playing got him just as much work as anything else. The funny part about that is he never technically learned how to formally play the cello. It began on a whim from Richard Butler of The Psychedelic Furs. From that, we’ll call it a suggestion, Knox learned how to play the cello night after night, live in front of thousands of Psychedelic Furs fans.  That turned into playing cello for R.E.M. on Automatic For The People, among other amazing credits. Knox also tells a hilarious story about how he met Cyndi Lauper in the studio and then got heckled by her at a live show that night. He’s got a bunch of projects in the works and one that he just completed. It’s his multi-media release called The Sound. It’s a beautiful, instrumental album that was inspired by friends, tech, and fly-fishing. Check it out on all the streaming platforms or buy the multi-media version from knoxchandlermusic.com or Bandcamp. His website also has links to his socials. Follow us @PerformanceAnx on socials. Buy merch at performanceanx.threadless.com. Send money through ko-fi.com/performanceanxiety. Here’s Knox Chandler on Performance Anxiety on the Pantheon Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode of Side Projects features a duo of duos: Charming Disaster and Lung. So naturally, we started the show by discussing musical duos. Somehow we wrapped everything up by talking about sad kazoo music. I don’t know how we got there. It really doesn’t matter because this episode goes completely off the rails very quickly. But that’s why it’s so much fun. We do talk about drum shoes, setting microphones on fire, and new albums for both Charming Disaster and Lung. Charming Disaster’s is out and about and Lung’s will be released shortly. Give them both follows @charmingdisasterband and @lungtheband. Follow us @PerformanceAnx. Buy merch at performanceanx.threadless.com or just throw money at us at ko-fi.com/performanceanxiety. Now brace yourselves for whatever this episode is; because I’m not sure. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Everything about today’s guest is unusual. From writing his first song (which he performed at his high school graduation, unbeknownst to anyone but him) to being in the cast of Stomp before joining O.A.R., to the way he plays guitar, nothing about MikelParis fits into a neat description; with one exception. He’s a great guy! He pursued acting before music and played piano in Europe for a year before moving to NYC and joining Stomp. After that, he wound up playing with Pink for a year. Then he found himself auditioning for a band he never heard of called O.A.R.  Much like the rest of his life, this was unconventional. But 20 years later, he’s still there! He’s developed his own unique style of playing guitar that he’s dubbed guitar drumming. He tells how that came about and how Folger’s coffee played a part. He’s released the first in a series of albums. This one is aptly titled, GuitarDrumming 01. It’s got some great cameos in it and the music is so unique. Give him a follow @mikelparis on social media. Listen on Spotify and check socials for tour dates for Mikel and O.A.R. Follow us @PerformanceAnx on socials, get merch at perfprmanceanx.threadless.com. Send money to ko-fi.com/performanceanxiety and now I’m excited to present MikelParis on PerformanceAnxiety on the Pantheon Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This guest never sits still. Welcome guitarist Zak Loy. If you’re in the Austin, TX area, you might know him from any number of bands or projects like Damesviolet, Alpha Rev, Mother’s Anthem, and more. If you like classic alternative rock from the 90’s, you may have seen him playing guitar for the band Live and he was kind enough to take a break during the final stages of his new solo album, Dinero, to talk about his career. He started playing guitar at age eight but didn’t graduate to playing in bars until he was the ripe old age of thirteen.  He formed his first band, Damesviolet, with his brother Beaux and that was it. He’s been working non-stop ever since. He’s played in Alpha Rev so often that I accidentally praised him for someone else’s guitar solo. But in my defense, he IS credited on the album. Zak tells me how he met and started working with Ed Kowalczyk and how it evolved from Ed’s solo tours to playing rhythm in the back for Live to being the lead guitarist and Ed’s right hand man. He also talks about the unique challenges of playing in a legendary band. As I mentioned, Zak has a new solo album coming out called Dinero. Pre-order it through zakloy.com or wherever you get music these days. Follow him @zakloy26 on Instagram. Follow us @PerformanceAnx. Merch is available at performanceanx.threadless.com. Support our caffeine supply at ko-fi.com/performanceanxiety. And now, one of the only guests with a shorter name than me, Zak Loy, on Performance Anxiety on the Pantheon Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s guest is Rock ‘N Roll distilled. Welcome Bryan Small of The Hangmen to the podcast. This guy lived the sex, drugs, & rock ‘n roll life until he realized it wasn’t sustainable. Born in Montana and raised in Idaho, Bryan moved to L.A. because his favorite bands were there. From there, every rock ‘n roll story seems to have happened to The Hangmen. There first album was remixed just before release without their knowledge, the follow up album was hampered by drug addiction and was never released. Bryan talks about the mental aspects of drug addiction and what he and the band would do to feed it. But after seeing the devastation of addiction, he cleaned up and has been that way for 30 years. He started recording again and after a more than decade long gap between the first and second Hangmen album, he’s been releasing music consistently. He talks about the latest version of The Hangmen, why there’s basically two bands on the album Cactusville, and why he moved back to Montana. Follow The Hangmen on Facebook and Instagram @the_hangmen. If you like some dirty, Stones-y rock, do yourself a favor and check out The Hangmen. Check us out @PerformanceAnx. Our merch is through performanceanx.threadless.com. Send us money for coffee at ko-fi.com/performanceanxiety. Check us out on Gigaverse where I’ll be doing some live streams. Now let’s get ready to rock with Bryan Small of The Hangmen on Performance Anxiety on the Pantheon Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s guests, yes guests, are so uplifting. I’d like to welcome Cara Maurizi, Jim Standerfer, Alan Honeycutt, and eventually Ryan Groff; 4/5s of the band Modern Drugs. This band is so positive it’s almost too good to be true. And you know what they say about things that are too good to be true. They usually are. Or they’re Modern Drugs. But all the members of the band truly love and respect each other. They each talk about their trials and tribulations of being musicians before they all got together and the complicated story of how the band got together. At the center, even if he’s too modest to say so, is Ryan Groff. Just ask bass player Alan Honeycutt. That guy uprooted his life to play with him. But the band is actually quite democratic in nature. Nothing is precious when they’re working out their songs. Like drummer Jim Standerfer says, nothing means more to them than each other and their friendship.  Jim came up with the band name and talks about how it was chosen, but kind of keeps the meaning a bit of a mystery. Modern Drugs writes music by the same motto as comedy improv groups; Yes, and. Every idea gets a chance. So give them a chance! Check out their music on Spotify, Bandcamp, YouTube, or wherever you get your music. Follow them on socials @moderndrugsband. Follow us @PerformanceAnx. Get some merch at performanceanx.threadless.com or send us coffee money at ko-fi.com/performanceanxiety. But for now, try some Modern Drugs on Performance Anxiety on the Pantheon Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s guest is a blast from my past. Please welcome the multi-talented Esther Canata. Esther and I went to school together. We weren’t great friends (she was a freshman when I was a senior and you know how that goes), but we did know each other. She was definitely the “artsy” one in her class. You know every class has at least one.  We reconnected several years ago through social media, which is where I discovered all the different projects she’s involved in. I also found out that she had moved to Croatia. That was a surprise!  But before Croatia, there was acting in New York City, including a rock opera at the legendary Limelight. That’s also where her music career started. She also modeled in Miami and moved out to LA to get back into acting. But music was still lurking. Esther’s done some cool projects with Michael Madsen and many others and she shares some really great stories from that time. But after a bit of a dark period for her, she stepped back and refocused. That brought her to music licensing. That was exactly what she was looking for. That can also be said about her husband. After an unconventional introduction, they fell in love and started a family. But the story only gets wilder from there. They moved to Croatia which gave Esther a reason to concentrate on her visual arts in addition to her latest musical project, Liongale. And there’s a great project on the horizon. Check her out at Liongale on Spotify, @alottacanata on Instagram, and Esther Canata on Facebook. Follow her for info on everything she’s doing because she does not rest. Follow the show @PerformanceAnx. Merch is at performanceanx.threadless.com. Send us coffee funds at ko-fi.com/performanceanxiety. Check us out on the Gigaverse at Performance Anxiety Podcast. We will be doing some live streams there soon. Now get ready for some east coast via Croatia attitude & talent with Esther Canata on Performance Anxiety on the Pantheon Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s guest really brings me back. Welcome central Jersey’s finest, Kevin Shields of Detention and Bigger Thomas. Kevin was a founding member of the central New Jersey punk scene that birthed bands like Bouncing Souls and Vision. He talks about what the scene was like, how it developed, and how it changed. He also talks about life before punk. He was in the Coast Guard and traveled all over; which is how he discovered punk rock in San Francisco in 1979. After an honorable discharge, he moved back to Jersey, picked up a bass, and formed Detention. Their first gig was an eviction party that was shut down by the cops. Their second gig resulted in a ban. Despite, or maybe because of, that, they were championed by none other than Matt Pinfield. Detention was, and really still is, a DIY affair in the truest punk sense. They were working class and wanted to have some fun. Now Left For Dead Records is releasing a compilation of some of Detention’s material and it really is a time capsule. Check out Dead Rock ‘n Rollers on Left For Dead Records. Go to leftfordeadrecords.com or follow @leftfordeadrecs on Instagram. Follow us @performanceanx on socials. Merch is at performanceanx.threadless.com. Send us coffee money at ko-fi.com/performanceanxiety. And check us out on the Gigaverse @theperformanceanxietypod. Now let’s have some fun with Kevin Shields of Detention on Performance Anxiety on the Pantheon Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s guest is a sweet soul. Welcome Nikki O’Neill to the show. She’s a singer/songwriter steeped in classic soul music. But her story is not one of coming up in Memphis or Muscle Shoals, Detroit, or even Chicago, where she’s based, now. It’s LA to Sweden with a quick layover in Poland. But we don’t even start this episode discussing music. We find our first piece of common ground in home appliances. Part of the way through this episode, I have to move a refrigerator. But through the magic of editing, you don’t have to suffer through all of that. Nikki talks about her global journey; what it’s like being the new kid in an entirely different country, what brought her back to the States, her musical influences, how she found love (and a drummer) at NAMM, her career in music journalism, and how she started working on her own music. Her new album is called Stories I Only Tell My Friends and it’s out tomorrow. Go to nikkioneill.com or Bandcamp to order it. Follow her on social media. Follow us @PerformanceAnx. Our merch is through performanceanx.threadless.com. Keep me awake with coffee money at ko-fi.com/performanceanxiety. So grab you passport because Nikki O’Neill is global on Performance Anxiety on the Pantheon Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s guest makes me feel heavy. If you’re a fan of I Mother Earth, that’ll make sense to you. My guest is Edwin, I Mother Earth’s lead singer. This was such a great discussion, a long time in the making. Edwin talks about growing up in a pretty strict household where his first musical instrument was…the accordion. After ditching that, he started singing in cover bands, playing classic rock like Kansas & Journey. I don’t know about you but I’d love to hear the Edwin rendition of Don’t Stop Believin’! He met Jag Tanna from IME after moving back to Toronto from LA. Edwin talks about the really early days of IME when the initials didn’t stand for I Mother Earth yet. Their early shows were more like events, built to keep people coming back. It worked and he reveals some wild facts about their first demos.  Edwin is incredibly candid about why he left the band and how it affected him. He talks about what got him writing music again and how he started his solo career. We discuss all the ups and downs of his work post I Mother Earth, including how the supergroup Crash Karma came about, after a bit of sleight of hand by one of the members. Edwin tells me exactly how the reunion with I Mother Earth came about, the one-off show that kind of became the reformation of the band, including some strange shows with both IME singers. And Edwin breaks a bit of news about going into the studio with I Mother Earth to write new music this month. Follow Edwin on Facebook at Edwin Edwin and on Instagram @edwin99999. I Mother Earth’s account is @imotherearth. Follow us @PerformanceAnx on socials. Grab merch at performanceanx.threadless.com. Send coffee money at ko-fi.com/performanceanxiety. Thanks, everybody, for listening. And ain’t it good to be alive, with Edwin on Performance Anxiety on the Pantheon Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we’re talking about jazz, eventually. My computer crashed so this is take two! My guests are Mike Baggetta from mssv among other projects and Chris Greene of the Chris Greene Quartet. They’ve both been on the show before. I highly recommend going back to their episodes to get their stories. Today I’ve posed a challenge to these guys. What jazz artist or album should I check out if I like a specific genre of music? I get some great recommendations but more importantly, the conversation goes to places I never imagined. Mike talks about how Mike Watt and Stephen Hodge have helped him grow as a songwriter and a singer. Chris talks about discovering raw talent in his own family. And we talk about the latest Chris Greene Quartet album and the upcoming mssv album from Mike Baggetta, Mike Watt, & Stephen Hodge. Check them both out on Bandcamp or on their websites: chrisgreenejazz.com or @chrisgreenejazz on socials.Mike is at mikebaggetta.com and mainsteamstopvalve.com or @mikebaggetta on Instagram & mssv on Facebook. Follow us @PerformanceAnx on X & Instagram. Our merch is found at performanceanx.threadless.com or you can support us at ko-fi.com/performanceanxiety. Now get ready to love some jazz with Chris Greene & Mike Baggetta on Performance Anxiety on the Pantheon Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices