Eric sits down with his brother-in-law, Brian Day to discuss the complexities of adding the label, "Christian" to music. Brian is a longtime musician and songwriter. Follow his podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@PhilosopherRock2020 and his current music projects: https://acrolith.bandcamp.com/album/allision and https://blackwithstars.bandcamp.com/album/black-with-stars.
Featured Biblical Indie Rock Artist: Descriptor. Listen at biblicalindierock.com.
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In this solo episode, Eric discusses his history with Twenty One Pilots and why he interprets their lyrics through the lens of his Christian worldview. He also breaks down the meaning of each of the 13 songs on the new album, "Breach."
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In this solo episode, Eric discusses the history of Sower and how his love for songwriting, production, and teaching the Bible have all come together. He discusses his studio, moonlightstudios.org, his old bands, Curbsquirrels (Christian Pop Punk) who was signed to Dug Records, and Kevin and the Octaves (Indie Pop), which has been featured in many tv shows, movies, trailers, and video games over the years. Eric has also released a number of songs under his own name, Eric Tuffendsam.
As a producer, the biggest song Eric has worked on is the song "Make You Mine" by Public, accumulating over a billion plays between all platforms.
Featured Biblical Indie Rock Artist: Zambroa. You can find more at biblicalindierock.com.
Dan Monahan, a college roommate and friend of Rich Mullins, reminisces about his time with Rich. Eric and Dan talk about how Rich might have viewed the modern Christian music industry today (CCM).