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2 degrees of Special Reserve

March 24, 2017 Build the Scene 1:22:00 Comments Off

3/4ths of Special Reserve (Josh, Adam, & Kubi) joined Bill on the show for the first time. In segment 1, they talked about embarrassing moments on stage, the band name, a little bit about their writing process, and their song Charlene. Segment 2 opens with little more in depth look at the band’s writing process, or the lack thereof. They talk about how their writing process is very fluid and they embrace the chaos. We then talked about their individual music collections to give us an idea of what musicians and bands have formed them as musicians. This question took us off onto a tangent about age and how it affects our radio listening habits…. which then turns into the band harassing Josh about his shoes. They talk about their upcoming shows which you can check out on their shows page. We also talked about their favorite venues and more… tune in to hear their answers and the rest of the hijinks….

Chip Dominick

March 17, 2017 Build the Scene 1:04:07 Comments Off

Chip Dominick returns to the Pennsylvania Rock Show. What’s that you don’t know him? Maybe you’d recognize him from his other band’s name, Chip DiMonick. Chip has decided to go out and do the singer/songwriter thing. He isn’t giving up on the heavier genres that he was doing before. He talks about how he wanted the project to be scalable: intimate and stripped down solo act type thing, but he also wanted to be able to do it as a duo, 3 piece or even a full band. Chip will be opening for John Carabi (Former Motley Crue Singer). Also on that bill are the Dirty Charms, Brett Staggs, Doug Carnahan, and Eliza Furnace. This Sunday, March 19th at Cattivo. He talks about a new song called “A Man and His Mama”. In Segment 2, Chip talks about feeling confident that there will be another Chip DiMonick release at some point, but that he has almost 3 albums worth of songs ready as Chip Dominick. He tells us that his writing process is really based on how he is feeling at the time. If he’s in an angry mood, then he’ll end up with a metal song. Some of the topics that were discussed: What was the first local musician’s album that you ever owned? Are there any local bands that are no longer together that you would like to see do a reunion? If you were going to build a super band from local musicians, who would you put on each instrument? If there was one thing that you could change in the Western Pennsylvania Scene, what would it be? Where to Find Chip: Facebook: Chip Dominick Facebook: Chip DiMonick Official Website: Chip DiMonick Songs Played: Chip DiMonick – You Ain’t Punk After the Fall – Call to Arms A Common Crown – Seventeen Lies Some Artists named during the show: Brooke Annabelle

Divine Betrayal PARS371

March 10, 2017 Build the Scene 1:15:12 Comments Off

Kaitlyn, Matt, Paul, and Bob from Divine Betrayal joined Bill to discuss what they have coming up, as well as their band’s past. They mentioned their supporting show for September Mourning with The Art of Burning Bridges. They talked about practicing in Matt’s barn, farm animals and all. They are recording a new EP that is being produced by Grammy Award Winning engineer Eric Emery of Skyharbor. In Segment 2, we get to know the band with the following questions: If I were looking at your music collection, what bands would I see? Who are you influences? What is an embarrassing moment that you had on stage? What are each of your influences? We then covered bands that they like, but are embarrassed to admit to their friends. (Okay, Bill threw some in there, too) Where can people find you online? What are you upcoming shows? Where did your band name come from? DIVINE BETRAYAL IS AN ALTERNATIVE ROCK BAND FROM PITTSBURGH PA You can also hear the story behind Paul’s stage helmet (PS there’s an embarrassing moment coming up, too). We talked about Lady Gaga and Metallica joining forces and why it works.

I Spotted a Yeti

March 3, 2017 Build the Scene 1:06:26 Comments Off

George “Yeti” Ivanusic formerly of Isotope, Impugn, and SuperXero comes out of the darkness and talks about his time in the music scene and what he has been up to since leaving SuperXero. For those of you that don’t know the history, SuperXero was the band that existed just before After the Fall. He talked about playing his first show with Sx opening for LA Guns. He talked about being in a band with John Lane, as well as, the SuperXero EP that the band had created with former bandmate Jared Greece when they were called Hybrid. This was more of a catching up with George than an interview. We touched on a ton of local musicians and their interactions with George over the years. He talked about Mike Palone and Keith Kweder of skell. Yeti talked about learning from Mike when Whiskey High was still together. They talk about how George became the guitarist that he is, Nick Catanese, and more. In the third segment George lets it be known that he is looking to join a band, even if it means being a guitar for hire. Listen to hear more about the Yeti… Subscribe: iTunes | MixCloud | Android | Email | Google Play | TuneIn | RSS | More Give us some Feedback: Contact: Be Our Guest | Music Submission | Feedback | 724-568-7018 | Mailing List

The Band Book

February 24, 2017 Build the Scene 0:57:22 Comments Off

Heath makes his first appearance on the Pennsylvania Rock Show to talk about his new book, The Band Book. He gives us a glimpse into his how-to book for bands. He talks about everything from e-mail lists, websites, and more. The book touches on everything you can think about including creating your setlists, stage setup, lighting, recording cds, press kits… if you can think of it, it is in there. He also provides many websites and resources for you to go along with his suggestions. Heath offers many, many tips and hints in this episode. Tune in to hear them! About The Band Book Author Heath Kipp has worked in just about every aspect of the music business for over 30 years. He has played in more than 13 bands, performed on 5 studio-recorded CDs, and secured an opening act spot for the jazz great Ramsey Lewis. He’s also worked as an audio engineer for numerous recordings and as a successful booking agent and promoter for a variety of bands. Heath has a Bachelor’s Degree in Communications and Media Studies from the University of Pittsburgh with a Minor in Music. His studies were focused in Mass Media, Marketing and Advertising. He also earned an Associate’s Degree in Music Business and Audio/Video Production from The Art Institute of Pittsburgh, with major focus on Audio Recording and Live Production, Artist Development, Booking and Promotion. We also debut 2 tracks off of the soon to be released skell ep entitled “Everything’s Fine” The ep contains the last 4 recorded tracks from Keith Kweder. The Band Book: Official Website The Band Book: Facebook Veteran musician Heath Kipp pens a how-to book for up and coming bands REX RUTKOSKI | Sunday, Feb. 5, 2017, 9:00 p.m. The Band Book by Heath Kipp My rating: 5 of 5 stars The book touches on everything you can think about including creating your setlists, stage setup, lighting, recording cds, press kits… if you can think of it, it is in there. He also provides many websites and resources for you to go along with his suggestions. Heath offers many, many tips and hints for bands that are trying to make money at what they love doing. View all my reviews

Under the Bridge with skell

February 17, 2017 Build the Scene 0:48:57 Comments Off

Mike gives us some insight on his former and Whiskey High, current bands skell and Dimwit. He told us about life within the band since the passing of their drummer Keith Kweder and the EP that they plan on releasing at Kwederfest that features Keith on drums called, Everything is Fine. We talked about how After the Fall wrote a song dedicated to Keith and loss, as well as their taking the lead on creating and running Kwederfest to keep Keith in our memories. He also talked about the loss of Terry McCoy from Bled Zeppelin. He gave us some inside information on Pat “Bones” Bono’s haitus from music, and about Pat’s exit from skell and how much of an amazing effort he had put in for the band. Mike also announces that the original skell drummer, Richie Palone, will be playing for Kwederfest, one time only. Keith’s dad’s band will also be playing that night. To hear what else was discussed, you’ll need to tune in! Subscribe: iTunes | MixCloud | Android | Email | Google Play | TuneIn | RSS | More Songs Played: Terachain Sky – 6 String skell – Haven’t Decided Yet (kaj) – The Walls Give us some Feedback:

Anger the Ant and others

February 10, 2017 Build the Scene 0:57:01 Comments Off

Don Shearer of the band Anger the Ant joined Bill to discuss the local scene, his band, and more. He explains where the name Anger the Ant came from. He also talks about the Butler Music Project Volume #1 CD and the process and reasoning behind recording it. He also gave us some incite into what winning the Grassy Award from the Grass Roots Show at 97.7 The Rock Station WLER does for a local band. Bill and Don then discuss how awesome that show and Utah and Bob in particular are for helping the scene out. The Band Jam and the Rock Done Right Tour are just 2 of the many things that these guys do for the scene. Don credits them with helping Anger the Ant get off the ground and become a headliner after playing on the Grass Root Show. Don then tells us about his music collection (or lack thereof), which includes local musicians! To end segment 1, Don and Bill talked about the album, The Story of Her (in 1oo words or less). Don told a story about how the song Easier to Forget came about, as well as, what the story of the album and the song itself are. In the second segment Don tells about how the band formed, what their writing process is, the Butler Music Project… listen for more

Walking the Redlines PARS366

February 3, 2017 Build the Scene 1:13:57 Comments Off

Brian has 2 very interesting things going on between his band The Redlines & his video series Backseat Guitar in the Car. We’ll start with the Backseat Guitar in the Car, Brian learns a band’s song and plays it along with members of the band acoustically in his car. It is a weekly show. He has 12 shows up currently from The Shiners to Donny Eozzo. Next we talked about The Redlines. Brian says the point of the band was for him not to get bored. He says that he wanted to play Rock n’ Roll and anything that Rock n’ Roll was built upon. Brian then gave us some insight into how the band was formed. The Redlines are looking for a drummer, should you be looking for a band. Brian also told us that they are currently working on a new album. We also discussed Utah, Shady Lady Studio, 97.7 FM, The Band Jam as well as Corbriwoodstock for a bit too. This led to us discussing when bands pull members of other bands on stage to play with them and/or cover other local bands (I LOVE BOTH OF THESE SCENARIOS). After the break, we talked about Brian’s vast cd collection to get an idea of what musicians had an effect on who he was as a band member. He also gave us a list of his influences. We talked about his opening up for the Cherry Poppin’ Daddies at Metropol and his favorite venues including the Big Red Barn, Peter B’s. He also mentioned Wooley Bully’s as one of his favorites. You’ll have to listen to find out what band Brian would like to open for, his favorite local bands, and more… Bill apologizes to Bob Cupp, Utah, and the Grass Roots Show for having to back out as a guest for their show. <h2″>Songs played: Doppler Affect – Down the Line The Redlines – County Line The Shiners – Every Once in a While

Order of 9

January 20, 2017 Build the Scene 1:01:16 Comments Off

Mark Kreh from Order of 9 (Nightmare/Sony RED) was on the show with our illustrious host. They discussed the music scene, the history of the band and how they got signed, mark’s influences and supporters, the movie The Other Side which featured Pittsburgh bands, including Order of 9, on the soundtrack. Some of the other bands include ones that we play on the show including, Venus in Furs, Fist Fight in the Parking Lot, & Homicide Black. Mark gave some advice to unsigned bands. He talked about the importance of reach in social media. He talked about his audition and how poorly his first one for Order of 9 went. Bands played: Three Vultures – Capital Punishment (kaj) – I Deny Creep – Walking Backwards Give us some Feedback: Contact: Be Our Guest | Music Submission | Feedback | 724-568-7018 | Mailing List

Hustle, Grifters, Pickers, and Bluegrass

January 13, 2017 Build the Scene 0:50:22 Comments Off

Patrick Varine of Charlie Hustle and the Grifters, Charlie Hustle and the Pickers, and Covered in Grass joined Bill for episode 363 of the Pennsylvania Rock Show. Pat gave us an explanation of the bands’ names and how the band was formed. He gave us some insight into how the writing process works for the band. Patrick, explains the background of the band and what each member brings to the melting pot that is the band. One of the songs that they play is Riders on the Storm, which immediately brings to Bill’s mind The Blues Brothers 2000. He points out that he felt that Charlie Hustle and the Grifters could have starred in that movie. It was at this point that the band Covered in Grass comes into the conversation. Pat seems to be a student of both music and the internet, you’ll have to listen to understand why we believe this. Subscribe: iTunes | MixCloud | Android | Email | Google Play | TuneIn | RSS | More He talks about how a lot of Pat’s original songs have New Orleans references in them, he also mentions that they usually have something to do with relationships. Sometimes the songs come from a lyric book that he keeps. Pat mentions that the Calliope Songwriters Circle was very helpful in his progression as a song writer. They meet at the Bloomfield Tavern in Bloomfield. Songs in this Episode: Joe Patrick and Four on the Floor – Hillbilly at Heart Charlie Hustle and the Grifters – Blackjack Molly Mentioned in this episode: http://www.charliehustleandthegrifters.com https://www.facebook.com/charliehustleandthegrifters/ Listen to Full Charlie Hustle and the Grifter shows online: https://archive.org/details/CharlieHustleAndTheGrifters https://www.facebook.com/CoveredinGrass/ https://www.reverbnation.com/solarburn https://www.reverbnation.com/rodgerlmontgomery http://pittsburghsongwriterscircle.org/about-us/ Give us some Feedback: Contact: Be Our Guest | Music Submission | Feedback | 724-568-7018 | Mailing List

2 degrees of Special Reserve

Chip Dominick

Divine Betrayal PARS371

I Spotted a Yeti

The Band Book

Under the Bridge with skell

Anger the Ant and others

Walking the Redlines PARS366

Order of 9

Hustle, Grifters, Pickers, and Bluegrass

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