Music In The Minor League

Today we are joined by Bart Roberts, who, as he says, is the Chief Vinyl Officer at Sweet Spot Audio and Records in Webster, TX. Bart came from a background in network television and dove right into another dying industry: physical media! We're joking, of course. Vinyl sales have continually grown over the recent years as people look for something tangible for their musical needs. Plus, variants of releases get the collectors e...

This week, we have reached the milestone of 40 episodes and to celebrate, we brought in our friend, Jeff Appleby, to discuss how we can use music to discuss how music an be used to serve your community and the common good.

While Jeff is not a musician, he what we'd call a "Scene Leader". He puts on shows, connects bands with one another and has his finger on the pulse of everything going down on the southside of Hou...

Katherine Paterson is a singer/songwriter based in McKinney, TX. She writes indie-folk music to keep you company. Her debut album, Wake, is available on all streaming platforms.

Paterson started writing songs as gifts. She wrote one of her first songs from the journal entries of a cross-country road trip with a friend. Out of this song grew a passion for writing songs for far-flung companions. This transformed into writing songs as...

We could try to introduce Stefan Prigmore to you, but we think his description on his own website works best. Usually words from the source do that. Stefan says, "I make music because it helps me to process difficult and complex ideas, in a way that others also understand and can relate to. There’s a catharsis that happens when I see my understanding reflected back in another person when they hear one of my songs, that gives u...

Our new album Here, But Gone heads out into the world this Friday (March 8th), so we sat down with Daniel Torres. Dan created the artwork for the album and named of the album. This episode sees us discussing the pitfalls of getting your album pressed, artwork creation and a countdown of album cover art that led to us checking out an album.

We hope you enjoy the conversation and countdown. We sure had a lot of fun making this episo...

On this week's episode, we are joined by Micah Schnabel! Micah started his musical career with the band Two Cow Garage, which is still performing after over 20 years as a band. He's a guitarist in Call Me Rita. And, he's a rather prolific solo artist with numerous releases under his belt and a new one on the way.

When he's not making music, he's writing books. His second novel, The Clown Watches the Clock, was ...

Welcome to Episode 35 of Music in the Minor League! This week we are joined by the artist, poet and musician: Vanessa Jean Speckman. She has created zines, her clothing been seen on musicians of all genres, she's created album covers for numerous bands and puts on thunderous performances with her band, Call Me Rita.

We have been huge fans of Vanessa for many years and were grateful to sit down for a conversation about what mad...

On this episode, we were joined by Tara Miller and Alex Schultz of Rock Bottom String Band! We love this band's music and the folks that make that music. They're kind folks and jaw-dropping musicians to top it all off. It's almost unfair.

Rock Bottom String Band plays music inspired by bluegrass, punk, country, roots, and rock at breakneck speeds with a whole lot of fun.

Born in 2013 from backyard jams in the town of S...

Jenna comes to us from way up in Litchfield, MN! She spent years running merch out at Weber's Deck where she got to know many musicians and singer-songwriters. After years of slinging merch, attending shows and supporting independent music, Jenna made the decisions to try her hand at playing music for folks.

Beginning with a one-off gig many years ago, Jenna recently started playing shows and working on doing some recordings o...

This week we had our first international guest, Sean Burns. Hailing from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Sean fronts his band Sean Burns and Lost Country, hosts his podcast The Northern Report, hosted the radio show Boots & Saddles on CKUW 95.9 FM for years and also holds down bass duties for Corb Lund and the Hurtin' Albertans!

To say Sean is well-rounded is an understatement. If you check out his website, there is even a Honky-Tonku...

Elaine Holmes is a force in the independent music world. We've heard her name mentioned by bands from coast to coast when the Denver/Fort Collins music scene comes up. She currently runs the Choice City Stomp festival and all iterations of it. It is not rare to see her front stage in the Denver area or anywhere else in the country when it comes to the bands she loves the most. Elaine Holmes is a force in the independent music s...

Our guest this week for our 30th episode is Eric Pearce, who you may know from his radio show Mixed Media Radio on KTRU 96.1 FM, as a member of Burning Bones Press and/or his time as an art teacher! Eric is a very well-rounded individual who has been a part of various music scenes for years as an artist and, for a short stint, as a musician. He's provided album artwork, flyer art, t-shirt art and more to various bands over the ...

The week, we were joined by Steve Tagliere and Jason Bonilla of Junebird! We've known Steve for many years now as we used to play with him as a solo artist and the duo he had with his wife: Steve + Mel. Steve is a really talented songwriter and musician and we are big fans, so when he had a new project, we were sure to check it out. That's when we met Jason, who as friendly as he is energetic on stage. The other members of ...

The beauty of music is that you can reach the same level of excitement decades into loving it as you did when you were young. Shame On Me is a band that absolutely blows us away and left us absolutely smitten after playing with them in August. Watching their Long River Session had some of us a little intimidated, but the show came and it was a beautiful night of music that left us filled with excitement! Since then, we knew we want...

Alright, y'all! We did it! We made it through an entire season of Music in the Minor League. We're pretty excited to have made it this far. We're also really grateful to everyone who took the time to be a part of the podcast and especially those who gave these episodes a listen!

This week, we recapped some of our favorite moments from this season, talked about the new album, updated everyone on our touring and just had...

We made it to 25 episodes! We're glad this little experiment is remaining fun and informative. We're also grateful for all the folks who take the time to listen! However, the thing we're most grateful for is the time we get to spend talking about music with our friends and peers throughout this process. It's been pretty amazing.

On this episode, we're talking to the amazingly talented Jordan Joyes. You may know...

This week we sat down with our good friends in Little Outfit to discuss their debut album, the long history of the band, the near collapse that ultimately led to finally recording and the bright road ahead. We're real grateful to know these folks and know you'll have fun getting to know them on this episode!

Their new album drops on July 25, 2023! Go check out the two singles already released from it and be ready to l...

Pull on some board shorts with a tank top and your finest shades, then hit the pool with us as we talk to Ned Gayle of Swimwear Department! Swimwear Department brings the party everywhere they go and Ned definitely brought a fun conversation with him on this episode.

Ned has also been involved with various improv comedy groups, hosted a few podcasts like Honey, I Shrunk The Binge and was also one of Helf's art students many ye...