Music On Your Own Terms 150 - This Mad Desire - Operators Are Standing By

Joining me for this episode is Mackenzie Kristjón, a Hamilton, Ontario based musician that I met through Indie Week earlier this year, and contributed some background vocals to his upcoming album. We chat about This Mad Desire, Mac's musical project, his recording experience using free studio time through Hamilton public library, and singing in front of the children's section, in a glass room. Mac also shares a troubling story about being brutally assaulted, his love of collaboration with other musicians, and how he strives to help others in need.

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This Mad Desire on the web - https://thismaddesire.net

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This Mad Desire on Bandcamp - thismaddesire.bandcamp.com

Topics discussed in this episode : Indie Week | Hamilton, ON | Toronto | Calgary, AB | Black Sabbath | Judas Priest | Led Zeppelin | In This Moment | Supertramp | The Cure | The Fiery Furnaces | Sloan | The Cult | Kate Schutt | Andrew McPherson | Cas Weinbren | Six Degrees Of Kevin Bacon | Prince Edward Island | Dan Konopka | OK Go | Hamilton Public Library | Andrew Mcphail | Randy Rhoads | Eddie Van Halen | David Lee Roth | Ozzy Osbourne | Henryk Górecki | Dawn Upshaw | Diamanda Galas

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Music On Your Own Terms 149 - Gemma - Music From The Stars

Hailing from the Greek island of Crete, Gemma is an electronic, post-rock, band who mix various genres with Greek lyrics. I chat to Apostolis (percussion and lyrics), and Anastasis (bass) about their sound, songwriting, and what their music is all about. We also discuss how the band got in contact with my good friend Ria from One.Woman.Company for their PR, how writing in Greek is more of a challenge, and why music is a universal language that connects us all.

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Gemma on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/GemmaCrete/

Gemma on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/gemma_band/

Gemma on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/artist/3ZoA9oiI0JOrQj1xgup66j?si=9JYFkKk-Q02yGGI7MtQVWQ

Topics discussed in this episode : Ria - One.Woman.Company | Jean-Michel Jarre | Bouzouki | Crete | Gemma Star (Corona Borealis)

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Music On Your Own Terms 148 - Rob Balducci - Transcending A Violet Horizon

Rob Balducci is a guitarist I've been listening to since the early 2000s, participating on his website forum, and downloading his lick of the week mp3s when they came out. Rob joins me in this episode to talk about how he began his professional musical journey, working at Relativity Records when Joe Satriani's Surfing With The Alien was released, and how Joe gave him pointers on the demos that became his first album Balance. We also hear about the gear companies that inspired him early on, many of whom he has had long standing endorsements with, including Ibanez, Dimarzio, and D'Addario. Rob graciously takes us through the track listing of his upcoming album Transcendence, due to be released early next year, that has been inspired by the death of his parents and how he channeled that experience into his music.

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Rob Balducci on the web - http://www.robbalducci.com

Rob Balducci on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/therobbalducciband/

Rob Balducci on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/robbalducci/

Rob Balducci on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/artist/0tLOjsNBZA1dyytGYhgflu?si=s_F152K1QLuDRIj4ujJvSw

Topics discussed in this episode : Guitar Nine | Relativity | Joe Satriani | Steve Vai | Five Towns College | Important Records | Combat Records | Tower Records | Steve Lukather | Steve Howe | Yes | Ibanez | Paul Gilbert | DiMarzio | D'Addario | Morley | Sal Tine | Digitech | Christy Craig | Kenji Tajima | Eventide | Atomic Amps | Ibanez TSV808 Vemuram Tube Screamer | DV Mark | Robert Keeley

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