Ep. 15 – DANGER BUTTON: Collaboration and the New Art Standard

In Episode 15, The Songwriting Podcast interviews a four-piece band called Danger Button, which consists of Ryan Garey (primary songwriter, lead vocals, additional keyboards), Eric Snyder (synths), Andrew Hills (bass) and Parker Abegg (drums and backing vocals).

In this episode you’ll hear Danger Button talk about collaboration in a band setting, as well as in the recording studio. And we wax a little philosophical as we discuss, what Jason calls, the “New Art Standard.” We’d love to hear your thoughts on this concept. Please e-mail us at [email protected] or call and leave us a voice mail at (801) 382-8789.

Links for Danger Button:
Danger Button on: Facebook
Danger Button on: BandCamp
Danger Button on: Twitter
Danger Button on YouTube:
Speak With Your Feet
Sophie
Video Killed the Radio Star
Dream
Upcoming Show: Danger Button will play Salt Lake City’s Kilby Court on Friday, Sept. 28. Watch here for more details.

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The Songwriting Podcast is a bi-weekly music podcast where three hosts revel in the technical and creative aspects of the craft of songwriting, with the help of guest songwriters or some other music industry professionals.

For Episode 15, we featured the Send Your Song submissions of Ben Orner and Kevin Qualls. (Thank you both for being so patient with us.) Ben Orner’s song is called “Don’t Let Them Tell You You Can’t Fly.” And Kevin Qualls submitted a song called “Nobody Knows,” off his “Come to Me” EP.

You can hear more from Ben Orner at his SoundCloud page.

And you can check out Kevin Qualls’s recording set-up on his music blog. You can also listen to his album.

Thank you to both Ben and Kevin for sending your songs. Feel free to contact us about sending your song at [email protected].

Grant’s Rants ... and Raves!
This month’s rant is about TV singing competitions. For raves this week I focus on soul music. Check out some classic soul artists: I recommend Ray Charles, Al Green, the Delfonics, Marvin Gaye for “Motown Soul,” and Curtis Mayfield for some “Northern Soul.” But if you haven’t heard of William DeVaughn, I suggest you give him a listen. In particular, “Be Thankful for What You Got”.

For Modern Soul (or Neo-Soul), I recommend artists like Maxwell, Jill Scott, and my all-time favorite, John Legend. For fun we listen to “Rolling in the Deep” remixed by Natema, an electronic music project based in London. And finally, you might remember me ranting about Pandora in a previous episode. Well, I’ve found a good alternative: It’s called NeverEndingPlaylist.com, and it only plays the artist you want to hear.

In addition to our Send Your Song segment and Grant’s Rants and Raves, we also have another Moving to Nashville segment, starring “Nashville” Steve Rempis. (And by the way — seriously — if you’ve never heard Steve’s full story yet, please listen to Episode 9 of The Songwriting Podcast. It’s truly inspiring.)

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