MusicBoxPete Podcast

On today's brand new episode, we check in with the Detroit, MI based indie rock outfit Art of Conversation. Tyler, Ian and Nolan come on to chat about the group's humble beginnings, how everyone in the band met, their individual musical influences and they all coalesce on the same musical palette, their experiences performing in and around the Michigan area and some of their favorite venues to play at and favorite bands to ...

On today's hour long episode, we touch base with Boston based producer and multi-instrumentalist Owen Korzec. Owen talks about his musical influences that got him inspired by music in the first place, how he found his place behind the scenes producing and how intrigued he was from seeing a song constructed from the ground up. He talks about his approach to producing, and how he seeks to develop and form a relationship between t...

On today's brand new cast, we check in with Boston based singer-songwriter Mark Walsh. Mark talks about his musical upbringing growing up in Beantown, what kinds of music influenced him and made him want to pursue music in the first place, what artists most influenced his playing style and made him continue honing his craft, his creative process and how he normally comes up with tunes, how he would characterize his sound to tho...

On today's brand new episode, we check in with Boston based string quartet Corner House. Ethan Hawkins (guitar), Louise Bichan (fiddle), Ethan Setiawan (mandolin), and Casey Murray (cello) come on to chat about the group's humble beginnings, their individual musical influences that inspired them and helped create their unique blend of music, their experiences attending Berklee College of Music and what they learned from att...

On today's episode, we catch up with Hingham, MA's own Jack Downey, bassist of The Keegan Turner Band. Jack takes some time out to chat about his musical beginnings, how he came about to discover music in the first place, his early musical influences and how that helped shape him as a musician, his evolution as a musician and how he strives to better himself and learn from others along the way as well, his time attending Pr...

On today's all new episode, we sit down with Lynn, MA's own Jermaine Kelly. Jermaine sits down to chat about his early beginnings in music, how much his home life and family influenced him to perform in the first place, how he came about to combine his unique rock and hip-hop sound into something entirely unique and of his own creation, his creative process and how he usually comes up with music in his own laid-back and com...

On today's brand new episode, we dig our toes in the sand with the fine fellas of Newburyport, MA based surf rock quartet Dune Dogs! The four members Nick Bernarducci, Nick Brescio, Beau Colvin, and Ben Buckley talk about the group's humble beginnings, how they all navigate as high school students going to St. John's Prep, their unique musical influences that have helped inspired them to become better musicians and ones...

On today's brand new episode, we catch up with Doug Poppe, mastermind of the Boston based indie musical project An Triangles. We catch up at his space in Medford to talk about his musical upbringing, growing up in NYC and how much that influenced him growing up, how much he was surrounded by music and the lasting impact that left on him, he also dishes upon his creative process and how he normally constructs his music, the reco...

On today's all new cast, we get comfy with Boston based indie act Gatch. Two members of the group Gatch and Aaron get up close and personal and talk about the band's formation, their unique musical concoction and how they stumbled across it in the first place, their creative process and how things usually work out when they're in their musical laboratory, their experiences performing live and what an actual Gatch show i...

On today's all new episode, we get cozy with the Boston based indie duo High Tea. Members Isabella DeHerdt and Isaac Eliot join up with the cast to chat about their humble beginnings, how the band formed, their different musical influences and how they all coalesce and gel to form the group's overall sound, their experiences taking online courses at Berklee and how their time there helped them both become better musicians i...

On today's all new episode, we sit down with Boston based folk singer-songwriter Kristian Montgomery of Kristian Montgomery and the Winterkill Band. He sits down to chat about his musical journey thus far, his early interest in music, how his musical influences played a role in his upbringing, what pivotal events in his life that played a role and charged his emotional spark that comes across in his music, his creative process ...

On today's latest episode, we spend some with Dan Dowskin of the Toronto based Americana outlet The Honeyrunners. He lets us in on the group's origins north of the border in Canada, how the band came to be and the interesting origins of their band name, he also dishes us on his creative process and how he and the band typically come up with music together in the first place, the recording process behind their latest single ...

On today's brand new episode, we spend some time with the up and coming Boston based act Pet Fox. Theo, Morgan, and Jesse take some time out of their practice space to chat about the group's humble beginnings, how the members joined up to form the band, their different musical influences and how it all makes sense in the end and contributes to the sound of the group, they touch upon their creative process and they go about ...

On today's all new cast, we spend some time with Kentucky native Dusty Bo. The country-folk singer-songwriter talks about his humble beginnings growing up in the Bluegrass state, what life was like for him growing up, how music played a big role in his upbringing and musical development, what kinds of music he listened to when he was younger and how his tastes have evolved since then, his creative process and how his tunes usua...

On today's first cast of 2022, we spend some time with Nashville based South For Winter. Two-thirds of the group Chris and Dani join us to talk about the formation of the group, how the members all met, Chris's roots in New Zealand and how that interconnects with their indie-folk vibe. The members talk about their early musical influences, and how they've morphed and evolved over time to where they are right now. They a...

On this special year-end edition of the cast, we take a look back at my picks for the top songs of the year and reflect on the year that was 2021, and the different musical genres I encountered this past year and pick up on certain trends from past years, what I enjoyed the most about the different artists and what they had to bring to the musical table, my picks for the top albums of the year and what each artists' effort repr...

On today's episode of the cast, we check in with Chris Antonowich, founder and owner of Light of Day Records in Jamaica Plain, MA. We sit down for an interview inside his shop to talk about his early love of music, how he first discovered vinyl records and how he grew to love them immediately from that point on, his take on the resurgence of vinyl records popularity and how it's remained more relevant than ever in this day ...

On today's all new cast, we spend some time with two-thirds of the Southend on Sea, UK based act In Earnest. Tom and Sarah take some time out to talk about their humble beginnings from across the pond, the formation of the group and what drew them all together, how their time spent growing up in Great Britain has influenced their music at large, their creative process and how their music normally comes to fruition, what it'...

On today's brand new cast, we get acquainted with up and coming Newmarket, NH based indie folk act Sneaky Miles. Three members of the band, Jake, Kevin, and Pat take some time out to talk about the group's humble beginnings, the musical influences that drew them together in the first place and how that comes across in their music, what life is like growing up in the Granite State and how that comes across in their sound, th...