Ep. 76 - Mike Maimone

Mike Maimone is a poster child for grit, hustle, and road-dogging. The singer, songwriter, monster keyboardist, and recording/mix engineer works as hard as anyone in the industry, is prolific to match, and anyone with an interest in making a career in music can learn a thing or two from this episode. Mike talks us through getting his start in a reggae band at Notre Dame, living on couches in control rooms in Chicago, joining Company of Thieves, forming Mutts with his CoT bandmate, and his current solo endeavors in Nashville with the new records Borrowed Tunes and isolation:001. Mr. Mutt also shines a light on connecting with the LGBTQ community as a gay man in the music industry, changing the chords in cover tunes, the choices we make in pursuit of our careers, and sometimes just saying ef the data. Also discussed: Hank’s new old Silvertone acoustic and new new Universal Audio Apollo x8p, Brian Jones, Todd Terje’s “It’s Album Time!”, new pedals from Boss, Strymon, JHS, and Voodoo Labs, and Black Bobbin teaming up with Benson for a pink sparkle Preamp. Don’t sell your drums for beer.