Chalk Dinosaur Podcast

Chalk Dinosaur Podcast

This is a podcast focused on music creation, professional and personal development, the creative process, and the inner workings of my life in music. My name is John O‘Hallaron. I release music under the name Chalk Dinosaur and I work as a freelance composer for television and games.

Episodes

February 17, 2025 51 mins

Talking about the ways I'm trying to remove resistance and make the touring life balance easier. I abstained from alcohol the first 5 weeks of the year and have also made some investments in additional gear that will help make the transition from shows to studio easier.

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Looking back at 2024, and forward to 2025 and beyond.

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Stream of consciousness talking about upcoming events, current strategies and challenges in life regarding touring, music, organization, and mental state.

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Talking about what happened in August & September in the Chalk Dinosphere. Recapping August and September which have been the busiest time of my life. We released a new song called "Baughman Gold" and we played California for the first time at a really cool festival called Same Same But Different.

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August 16, 2024 54 mins

Sharing thoughts and experiences from the past two years getting into some touring for the first time.

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August 16, 2024 44 mins

Talking about the making of the newest Chalk Dinosaur song, "Electric Biscuit"

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May 28, 2024 88 mins

Recap of our experience playing at this year's Solshine Reverie Music Festival.

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April 30, 2024 30 mins

Recapping the 4 day run we just did through WV, OH, TN, and IN

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April 23, 2024 68 mins

Rambling about my plans for my bedroom studio, upcoming run of 4 shows, 4 states in 4 days WV, OH, TN, IN! Also rambling about how we approach live performance and the balance of composition to improvisation.

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Details about the new Chalk Dinosaur x crypto WAVE radio song, "Clear In My Mind (feat. Katriella)"

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Lots of random thoughts from March 2024 about time management, our recent 2 night run with Papadosio, set structure, & random thoughts.

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Talking about my experiences playing the sold out Philly show opening for Pigeons Playing Ping Pong, and playing with Squeaky Feet in Illinois

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August 28, 2023 82 mins

Talking about how the recent shows in Denver and Indianapolis went.

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July 26, 2023 92 mins

Talking about this summers shows so far in NC, VT, MA, and PA

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May 30, 2023 71 mins

Sharing the experience of playing Domefest and Summer Camp 2023

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Talking about the new album, Stuck in Between, and current stuff April 2023

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March 10, 2023 148 mins

Chatting with my friend David Didio, a fellow Pittsburgh musician, songwriter and producer who releases music and performs under the name Stone Throwers. I've mixed and mastered some of their releases which is how I met them. You can find them on Spotify or any major streaming outlet. 

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January 18, 2023 20 mins

This might only be relevant to other people who self schedule.

 

Here's the most recent schedule I've designed. I was trying to make a schedule that was going to flexible yet rigid enough to allow me to get to all the things that I'd like to work on. I haven't employed it yet so maybe it won't work well, but I'm thinking this might be the ticket for me. I'll

 

5:00 - Wake + breakfast

6:00 - Exercise + post workout meal

7:30 - medi...

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January 18, 2023 63 mins

Talking about the new music and things in the works for 2023.

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November 7, 2022 89 mins

Talking about yesterdays recording session at The Vault Recording Studio in Pittsburgh. https://thevaultrecording.com/

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