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Oceans to Ash PARS432

4/5 of the band Oceans to Ash joined Bill on episode 432 of the Pennsylvania Rock Show. They introduced themselves and their new single to our listeners. Speaking of the single, you can get it for free on their bandcamp page! Segment 1: What is the meaning behind Oceans to Ash? Which Oceans to Ash song would the band want to survive the apocalypse? (and apparently the 4 Horseman showed up when it should have been global warming) Ever wonder what bands influenced them? Tune in to find out! The band talks about their upcoming shows, see below. Christian told us about the song Victim to the Algorithm Segment 2: You can download the single, Victim to the Algorithm on bandcamp page! Why don’t they like Tumblr? If we played Victim to the Algorithm backwards, what would we hear? They get really in-depth on this one. Embarrassing moments on stage? What internationally touring band would you want to open for, and at what venue? The band talks about the goals for the future and what venues they would like to get into. Oceans to Ash talk about what they love about the scene and what the would love to change, and the changes they wish for we’ve heard many times on the show. Kris talks about why live streaming your shows is probably a bad idea. What about you would surprise your fans?

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The Art of Burning Bridges, Justin Tyme

On this episode of the Pennsylvania Rock Show, we revisit the year 2005 for a while when we talk to the former drummer of the band Fountain Infinity. He is currently the drummer for the band The Art of Burning Bridges. We talked about the history of the current band dating back to the time that Justin Tyme was in Fountain Infinity, the conglomerate that was created through the integration of band members from the band, Fiction on Fire, moving to California with the band Human Animation Lab, and more. We then move into discussing the Pay to Play situation, the local musics scene.. Justin brings up the issue of the amount of people at shows, the lack of venues (especialy underage venues), and the issue of technology and local musicians. At this point I had him do some name dropping with Starset, Silver Snakes, and September Mourning. We then compared the music scene of the AK Valley and Pittsburgh back in 2005 and now. We talked about the support of the musicians for each other in the scene today, compared to 2005, as well. We also talked about playing in the South Side of Pittsburgh and the issues that are now involved in that. The next topic of discussion was the album that The Art of Burning Bridges is currently (re) recording. Who is the Art of Burning Bridges? Justin Time – Percussions Kassie Rock – Bass Timmy Rock – Keys/Synth Anthony Rome – Guitars/Vox

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Pay to Play, Record Labels, Promoters and more PYS001

Bill, Brian, & John start to bring out their opinions on pay to play. John and Brian both fall into the group of musicians that are against them. The conversation covers topics of pay to play, benefit shows, promoting a show and who is responsible, record labels and hidden issues, music reality tv and the reality of it, music competitions, and more. Is there a right way to do pay to play? Is it killing music scenes and venues? How does it affect younger bands vs veteran bands? Brian talks about the Zippo Hot Tour and how much he loved how that was ran. Bill told road stories and Brian and John want to take him on a tour to manage it for them. Eric Anthony, formerly of (kaj), and currently soundman came up in during the show. Everyone is in agreement that he does an amazing job on the board … and eventually we get around to Rock for Life, that series is just amazing in all of our eyes.   Have the Stone Temple Pilots Found their New Frontman? All You Need to Know About the Music Business Rat Bastard Syndicate Terachain Sky Shawn Perry & the Hazard County Rebellion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5y96O30ACo Give us some Feedback: Subscribe, Review, & Rate us on iTunes Subscribe, Review, & Rate us on MixCloud Subscribe, Review, & Rates us on Google Play E-mail: feedback@buildthescene.com Call Us: 724-568-7018 Join Our Mailing List

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