Broken City Music Podcast

Broken City Music Podcast

A podcast that that gets under the hood to look at all facets of music, culture, life and the countless intricacies of the creative process. This is a free-flowing conversational podcast hosted by 50x Platinum songwriter/producer/artist Adam Watts, Marching Arts luminary Mike Jackson and singer/songwriter/producer Cory Clark.

Episodes

February 12, 2019 31 mins
Adam and Cory discuss the 61st Grammys and competitions in music
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Mike Jackson & Adam Watts sit down with Dartmouth,  Cadets and Carolina Crown Drum Corps alumni and Yamaha Drums Product Specialist Paul Winterhalter. Paul came up under the tutelage of well known Marching Arts Instructor Tom Aungst. Paul also helps out with Broken City Percussion.
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December 20, 2018 63 mins
Adam and Cory talk about distractions to the artist and how it can affect your work, laryngitis, and The Beatles.
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December 20, 2018 60 mins
Mike Jackson & Adam Watts answer listener questions while drinking chamomile tea in the foggy mountains of Julian CA. They discuss their musical influences, their favorite musical surprise moments in songs, the best way to upgrade your home studio to a pro-level, Adam's approach to songwriting and recording (Lyrics first? Music first?), and more.
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November 29, 2018 103 mins

In episode 7 we sit down with Marching Arts luminary, badass and cool dude, John Mapes. John is the co-creative director and battery writer of the renowned marching arts group Pulse Percussion and co-founder of Box-6. Lots of juicy stuff in this one. We discuss, compare, contrast, and find interesting alignment in John and Mike's creative processes and hear about Mapes' rich musical background, his approach to show-design and his g...

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November 22, 2018 122 mins

Mike and Adam answer listener questions at Broken City Studios, in Julian CA.: digging into how to get over the fear of putting your work out into the world and a whole lot more.

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November 20, 2018 82 mins

Adam talks about working with Chris Lord-Alge and Jack Joseph Puig and what he learned through it. Purposely tricking yourself when mixing, drumming on a bag of Trader Joe's snap peas, and Taylor Swift

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November 15, 2018 52 mins

Adam and Cory discuss sharing mixes in cars, big concerts, front men/women charisma, audio wave forms, and the relationship between melancholy/depression and creativity.

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November 14, 2018 96 mins
Adam Watts & Mike Jackson answer listener questions (from Twitter: @BrokenCityPerc) about art versus entertainment, the challenges of writing a Broken City Percussion show design and a lot more... Recorded at Broken City Studios in Brea, CA 11/12/18
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Adam and Cory answer some Listener questions
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November 3, 2018 107 mins
Adam and Cory talk about relaunching the podcast, how Adam sees and interprets different drummers, singing techniques, crafting albums, electricity, and more
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Adam Watts & Mike Jackson sit down to answer listener questions about the creative process in general and relative to Broken City Percussion’s show designs and a lot more. Recorded at Broken City Cabin in Julian, CA 11/5/18

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