Vaguely Music

Episode 2 brings the face of Railroad Park Recording Company, Kyle Therrien! Kyle's created a diverse portfolio over the years, producing music with War Games, Ace Enders (The Early November), Trevor Reilly (A Wilhelm Scream) Gary from Maximum Sound, (known for his work on Transit’s records) and he’s written music with members of Motionless in White. Kyle also fronts Karis Owen, an original pop-punk band based out of New York. Join...

Space. In a constantly moving world, it's something we've become increasingly uncomfortable with and yet it plays such an important role in the development of musical ideas. In our Season 2 premier episode, Ryan and Kelsey break down the role of space and silence in musical arrangements and how absence can be the most important element in creating power and meaning in sound. (Hint: life lessons might ensue...) Welcome back to Vague...

It's here! The Vaguely Music season finale! Join Ryan and Kelsey with guest Jon Bricker: a talent buyer and concert / event producer with Pretty Polly Productions (http://prettypolly.com/). Jon talks about his personal experience as a musician, and how he found his way into representing venues and event coordinators on their search for artists to take the stage. What counts the most? You guessed it: relationship building. Enjoy the...

Everyone knows the music they like and the music they don't like. What do you see when when you look at the history of your musical preferences - where did they start? What were you surrounded by as a child, young adult? What did your friends listen to? Ryan and Kelsey take a look at their musical tastes and history, and make the connections between musical taste in the here and now and what brought them to this place. We'd love to...

Marcelle Gauvin is voice faculty at Berklee College of Music, faculty at the Contemporary Commercial Institute at Shenandoah University, a multi-album recording artist, vocal health re-trainer, and deep believer in creating change through vibration. Here, she talks about her experiences working with the human voice - both technical and spiritual - and discusses with Ryan and Kelsey why authenticity is so important to the artistic p...

Time to talk about something that is the crux of Double Bar Music: teaching. The relationship between teacher and student is a strange blend of personal friendship and hierarchical leadership, and walking the line between friend and teacher is tricky. Ryan and Kelsey share their experiences, mistakes, and recommendations to new teachers and relatable stories for those who have been teaching for some time. They would also love to he...

The first time Ryan and Kelsey went on this finance journey they ended up diving into a completely separate (although wonderful) discussion about the value of original music. That being said, they've finally come around again to talk finances. What are things you should be prepared for in the 2019 gigging world? Is it "under the table" just because it's cash? How do you know what to save for Big Brother? It's also important to talk...

Jason Kelley is releasing his FOURTH album in just over 10 years. In an era of Spotify playlists, one song hits, and shuffle artist discovery, where does his love of albums come from? Kelsey, Ryan, and Jason dive into songwriting, the art of building a "catalogue" of music that reflects your sound but doesn't become the same album released time and time again. Kelley discusses the magic of finding the right band to co-create, and w...

We've moved! This our first podcast from our new location, and today we're talking growth as an entrepreneur. Everyone wants to succeed, but most businesses fail because they try to expand too quickly. How do you know when expansion is right? Ryan and Kelsey use their recent experience at Double Bar to paint a picture of the process and what determined if the business was ready to expand. We also dive into the role of professional ...

Brian has been faculty at Berklee College of music for years, working in their electronic composition department. He also gigs regularly on guitar, but professes that his first instrument was.... the computer? Join Ryan, Kelsey, and Brian as they talk about the benefits of embracing electronic instrumentation in modern day music and how, with the continuing improvements in technology, the electronic instrument is becoming as dynami...

Self care... one of the most taboo words in the world today. Either people feel like their being sold a load of #$%#, or it's seen as weakness. But the problem remains, how do you sustain through a high-stress time? Right in the middle of our big location shift, Ryan and I thought it would be appropriate to talk about our own experiences (good and bad) with stress management and maintenance. What works for us, what we thought worke...

The age old mantra of older generations: modern music is trash. You can't even play it live, it's just studio wizardry. Well, we disagree. You can play it live, but it takes a new approach to how you learn your cover material. The simple copy and paste guitar part is gone. In this episode, we're going to boil down the conceptual steps of how to approach covering new music, electronic influences and all, whether you have electronic ...