
Ep 221: A Conversation with Jay Maas (Love Letter, Producer, Defeater)
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06/10/24 • 63 min
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In episode 221 of the podcast, we’re joined by Jay Maas, guitarist of Love Letter, as well as founding member of Defeater, and prolific music producer.
We dig into the new Love Letter LP, ‘Everyone Wants Something Beautiful’, out June 28, 2024 on Iodine Recordings. Jay gives us the details of how the project came to be, the writing of the record, and more. We also talk about a handful of records Jay’s produced over the years, including Bane, Citizen, and his own work.
We conclude with some insight into Jay’s Fast Track Academy, and mastering AI Maastr.io. This convo has something for everyone, especially us music nerds!
Check out Jay and his projects here:
IG/Threads/X: @jay_maas
Love Letter:
IG: @loveletterhq
Fast Track Academy:
Web: https://fasttrackacademy.co/
IG/X: @fasttrackacad
Maastr.io:
Web: https://maastr.io/
IG: @maastr.io
Podcast Theme performed by Trawl. Check them out here:
Web: https://www.trawlband.com/
IG/X/TikTok: @trawlband
We’d love for everyone to hear this episode! Support the Podioslave family by rating, subscribing, sharing, storying, tweeting, etc — you get the vibe. Peace, love, and Podioslave.
Check us out here:
Web: https://www.podioslave.com/
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Email: [email protected]
In episode 221 of the podcast, we’re joined by Jay Maas, guitarist of Love Letter, as well as founding member of Defeater, and prolific music producer.
We dig into the new Love Letter LP, ‘Everyone Wants Something Beautiful’, out June 28, 2024 on Iodine Recordings. Jay gives us the details of how the project came to be, the writing of the record, and more. We also talk about a handful of records Jay’s produced over the years, including Bane, Citizen, and his own work.
We conclude with some insight into Jay’s Fast Track Academy, and mastering AI Maastr.io. This convo has something for everyone, especially us music nerds!
Check out Jay and his projects here:
IG/Threads/X: @jay_maas
Love Letter:
IG: @loveletterhq
Fast Track Academy:
Web: https://fasttrackacademy.co/
IG/X: @fasttrackacad
Maastr.io:
Web: https://maastr.io/
IG: @maastr.io
Podcast Theme performed by Trawl. Check them out here:
Web: https://www.trawlband.com/
IG/X/TikTok: @trawlband
We’d love for everyone to hear this episode! Support the Podioslave family by rating, subscribing, sharing, storying, tweeting, etc — you get the vibe. Peace, love, and Podioslave.
Check us out here:
Web: https://www.podioslave.com/
IG/Threads/X/TikTok: @Podioslave
Youtube: Podioslave Podcast
Email: [email protected]
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Ep 220: A Conversation with JT Woodruff of Hawthorne Heights
In episode 220 of the podcast, we’re joined by JT Woodruff, front person of Hawthorne Heights.
We dig into 20 years of ‘The Silence in Black and White’, the band embarking on a massive tour later this month dubbed ‘20 Years of Tears’, the ‘...Is For Lovers’ festival dates, and much, much more. JT gives us an all time story about how their now classic song ‘Ohio Is For Lovers’ came to be.
Check out JT and Hawthorne Heights here:
Web: https://hawthorneheights.com/
IG/Threads: @hawthorneheights
X: @hawthornehgts
JT IG: @jamestwoodruff
JT X: @jthawthorne
Photo Credit: Courtney Kiara
IG/X: @courtneykiara
Podcast Theme performed by Trawl. Check them out here:
Web: https://www.trawlband.com/
IG/X/TikTok: @trawlband
We’d love for everyone to hear this episode! Support the Podioslave family by rating, subscribing, sharing, storying, tweeting, etc — you get the vibe. Peace, love, and Podioslave.
Check us out here:
Web: https://www.podioslave.com/
IG/Twitter/X/TikTok: @Podioslave
Youtube: Podioslave Podcast
Email:[email protected]
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Ep 222: 20 Years of Jimmy Eat World - Futures
In episode 222 of the podcast, the three of us discuss a record ingrained in the fabric of Podioslave - Jimmy Eat World’s ‘Futures’.
We dig into our early memories of both the record and the band, chat about some of our favorite things surrounding it, and then do a track by track breakdown of this pop/emo classic.
Jimmy Eat World are one of, and continue to be, a favorite band of the podcast. We think you’ll enjoy this one!
Podcast Theme performed by Trawl. Check them out here:
Web: https://www.trawlband.com
IG/X/TikTok: @trawlband
We’d love for everyone to hear this episode! Support the Podioslave family by rating, subscribing, sharing, storying, tweeting, etc — you get the vibe. Peace, love, and Podioslave.
Check us out here:
Web: https://www.podioslave.com/
IG/Threads/X/TikTok: @Podioslave
Youtube: Podioslave Podcast
Email: [email protected]
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