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The Printer Pod w/ Basic Printer
by Basic Printer
I'm Basic Printer! I make experimental pop music in Nashville, Tennessee. Being an oddball for the city, I've had to pave my own path. I'm here to talk to you about what it's like to stick out like a sore thumb and not give a shit while doing it in the world of music.
Episodes
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Ep. 85 - Me and Andycollectsplus talk about Pokémon cards
If you follow me on social media, you probably noticed that I got into collecting Pokémon cards this year. My story with getting back into it is actually more complicated than you may realize. As it got more serious for me, I encountered the content of Andycollectsplus (or just, Andy). He's a...
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Ep. 84 - THE NELWARD INTERVIEW
Nelward is a very cool musician that I've been admiring from a distance for years now. For a long while he was the number one artist in the "Fans also like" category of the Basic Printer Spotify page. Additionally, I can't even count the amount of comments I've gotten where people said "This…
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Ep. 83 - A Fan Interviews Me About Fantastic Wrist
On this FAN-tastic episode of the Printer Pod, a FAN interviews me about FANtastic WRIST! Hey real quick, are you picking up on those puns? I left them right there. Send me an email to confirm you understand. Anyway, I have a long chat with long time (and BIG time) Basic Printer fan Joe Kern who...
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Ep. 82 - Having a Good Friday w/ Yoni Wolf of Why?
Hooooo boy! Y'aint readin' that wrong. I had a delightful afternoon chat with one of my biggest musical influences Yoni Wolf. To those who dunno - Yoni has been an influential rapper, songwriter, singer, producer, and performer for decades now. He's made innovative, genre-bending music all along...
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Ep. 81 - Deconstructing One of My Favorite Albums: "Ebb" by Attxla
Attxla is a singer, songwriter, and producer of some heavenly-ass experimental r&b pop music. I could barely even explain it to you, but it's heady, gorgeous, and insanely danceable and SINGABLE. I met Attxla through her being a fan of my music, and it took me one listen of her record to be...
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Ep. 80 - Reminiscing w/ West End Ritos (Producer, Songwriter, Drummer for Miki Fiki)
Hot dog. Alex Clayton, aka West End Ritos, has been in my musical Nashville rolodex for years now! I met him while playing a show at The Cobra and saw him around on the reg after that. When I booked Miki Fiki for a show with Spirit of the Bear, I was surprised to find that he was their new…
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Ep. 79 - Dissecting Fantastic Wrist (w/ Niagara Moon)
Well well well. The Wrist is finally here...or should I say, it's finally on streaming. Technically it's been around for like 5 months already and if you REALLY wanted to listen to it, you could've. NONETHELESS. To celebrate the more 'worldwide' release of the record, I wanted to get a real,...
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Ep. 78 - Being the Artist You Want to Be w/ CASSIDI (Independent Pop Artist)
CASSIDI is (in my opinion) an unapologetic pop artist from Utica, NY. Yes, you read that right! Utica! I thought that was the neatest thing. It turns out she comes from a long line of amazing artists from the area, and being such a force in a lower key city has its benefits - which is one of the...
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Ep. 77 - "Everything You Need's In Your Own Backyard" w/ Matt Ebbers
Matt is one of those people that you feel so immediately friendly and close to even though you barely know the person or have barely hung out. I say that because that's pretty much our situation. We met first in 2018 when he was interviewing me ahead of my show on tour in Binghamton, NY (my...
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Ep. 76 - Indulgent Music w/ Emily Merrell
Emily is a musician, composer, singer and songwriter based in Utah. In promoting our music more and more we naturally crossed paths online and found ourselves to have a great rapport with each other. We're both very interested in digging RIGHT to the meat of things when it comes to getting to…
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Ep. 75 - Jazz & Activism w/ Alayna Renae
Alayna Renae is a dear friend, Jazz singer, and activist in the Nashville area (originally from Kissime, Florida). We have been fairly tuned in to each other for most of our tenures in Nashville and enjoyed each others' performances many times over! I love Alayna's forward thinking approach to...
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Ep. 74 - The New Album is HERE!
It's been 2 years in the making...you've been hearing about it left and right...but I'm finally here to tell you that the new album is available for preorder at basicprinter.com/fantastic-wrist-preorder The podcasts have slowed a bit - I know it! I've been mixing this record and preparing it for...
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Ep. 73 - Former Basic Printer Drummer & Current Viral Producer, G MILLS
G Mills used to drum in Basic Printer, and he is an amaaaaazing drummer. You can hear him on the last few tracks on the most recent live album, if you want a taste of it! He played a ton of awesome shows with us in Nashville and was the drummer for our two big tours in 2017 and 2018. He had…
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Ep. 72 - The Queen of Caring, Graci Phillips (Songwriter, Guitarist, Vocalist)
Graci and I met at the DIY Musician's conference in Austin, TX last summer (where I was presenting) (and where I also snuck into a Generationals concert) and ever since we've stayed in close contact! We have a penchant for orchestration and pouring our hearts into our music, so naturally we've...
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Ep. 71 - The Sophisticated, Geometric Pop That is Smart Objects w/ Ben Harper (Frontman, Producer, Singer, Songwriter)
Smart Objects had been on my radar for YEARS before finally seeing them at Exit/In sometime in 2018. It was exactly what I was hoping for - an angular pop/rock project that was suave, smart, deft and adventurous all in one. It didn't take long for me to get into talks with Ben Harper, who helms…
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Ep. 70 - Dancers are a Different Breed w/ Rachael Armstrong (Dancer)
Sometimes, ya just meet a mindblowing dancer candidly on Instagram. You all know this to be true! While we did start out as passive IG lurkers, I quickly learned that Rachael is a MINDBLOWING dancer - every time she'd post a video I'd be positively stopped in my tracks about it. Naturally I asked...
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Ep. 69 - TOUR JOURNAL: Northeast Tour of 2018
Another week in nutso world! How are we coping this time?? Well, I meticulously read through a fairly hidden journal that I wrote while on tour in 2018. Some BP fans have checked this out, but mostly this has been kept under wraps. Hey, since all my tour dates this year are being cancelled, I...
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Ep. 68 - The Return of Ben Peverall (Songwriter/Frontman of Peverall)
Ben is in a wonderful band called Peverall, and you may remember me gushin' on them in the past...it's because this is Ben's second time on the podcast! We were both locked in our houses, like ya do in COVID life, and decided that we should have a nice convo and turn it into a podcast since it…
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Ep. 67 - MY FAVORITE FOLK ARTIST, Faint Peter (Joseph DeNatale)
This ain't clickbait, folks! This is quite literally my favorite folk artist, hands down. I know my fair share of folk/acoustic music - though I am not a connoisseur by any means. Faint Peter however is undoubtedly one of the best folk musicians I've ever come across. Further, he's a FRIEND of...
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Ep. 66 - The Time I Was in a Rock Band w/ Jason Tuori (Modern Instincts frontman)
Boy oh boy - I've known Jason for I guess about 7 years now, and we've done tons together. He's sang back up on a ton of Basic Printer shows, we were in a band called Strange Appeal together, and I helped him produce 3 of his records - 2 of which are for his current project, Modern Instincts. We...
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Ep. 65 - Hella Personal Rant III (Quarantined)
We all know what's going on - it's quarantine season. Aptly, I have no guest today and am just talkin' about whatever's on the mind. Top of mind is obviously COVID-19, which I talk about at length here. However, I end up getting into how this sense of isolation might affect our music listening...
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Ep. 64 - FAN INTERVIEW: Attxla Hears My New Record Months Before It Comes Out
What a freakin episode. First off, everyone's feeling the Corona vibe right now, and it's wild and it sucks. I hope you're doing great. Stay positive, don't panic, put on some music and just keep it going. Love. Attila Mosley, better known as Attxla, has been a fan of mine for months now. I...
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Ep. 63 - The Acting, Juggling, Dungeon Master Photographer that is Edd Jones (Creative friend from home)
Edd and I have been pretty tight ever since meeting kind of passively in 2011. What a kind dude! He has dabbled in about a million different little hobbies and has never ceased to amaze me with his genuine kindness and insistent passion on being a good friend. We dig into our pasts and the…
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Ep. 62 - Raised by the Internet w/ Kytoon (Indie Synthpop Musician)
Michael Kessler of Kytoon is a sensitive and thoughtful producer and songwriter. His project Kytoon is quite quite good - it's sleek and light but not without some bite and moroseness. Michael and I became fast friends through various musical endeavors, and we actually first played together doing...
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Ep. 61 - A Big Proper Interview w/ Music Mecca
Local music publication Music Mecca asked to interview me, and dang if I wasn't honored af to oblige! We talked about how I got into music, the way I write, my ideal show, and I even shared some snippets from the upcoming record...WOAH...enjoy!
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Ep. 60 - My First Record Deal w/ Certain Self (Newlywed Records Founder, Musician, Producer)
First off, check the latest from Certain Self! SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6Amun2yqaO1d72msCG0fe1?si=8nt39pbmQuq69DcYOAbKfw INSTA: https://www.instagram.com/certainselfie/ NEW MUSIC VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ef7WK0vXXUM&feature=youtu.be FEB. 20TH SHOW AT BOWERY ELECTRIC...
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Ep. 59 - What The Next Basic Printer Album is Like w/ Aaron Walters
The beloved Aaron Walters and I sat down for another pod to have a big ol' BP check-in. In case you have NO friggin' idea what ANYTHING is, Aaron has been a super longtime collaborator of BP - he's played in almost every show since 2015, had a say in every recording that's come out, and recently...
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Ep. 58 - The Sagacious & Courageous Bea Troxel (Singer, Songwriter)
Bea and I met at a sandwich shop she worked at long ago, and it only took me attending one show of hers to be totally sold on how amazing of a musician she is! Since then we have remained in contact despite our ebbs and flows of actually being in the same place (clumps of run-ins as she puts…
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Ep. 57 - Christmas Sucks w/ Aaron Zvi Felder (Host of Audio Based Content)
Aaron Zvi Felder is a visual artist, comedian, and general pontificator. I've seen him do improv comedy many times, and even more times than that, I have listened to his podcast 'Audio Based Content', which is a podcast featuring long-form improv comedy scenes. Sometimes, I've even listened to...
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Ep. 56 - Finding Clarity w/ Cassidy Gephart (Songwriter, Keyboardist, Singer)
Dang! Cassidy and I have been orbiting each other for a bit now. We'd see each other perform in a number of contexts, been in the same crowd many times, hold a lot of the same friends, and even collaborate with a lot of the same people. I had heard that Cassidy was a friggin badass forever now…
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Ep. 55 - My Old Friend From NY, Rye Jackson (Kind Funnyman & Musician)
Rye and I met at a battle of the bands in my hometown about...6 years ago? Crazy! He was a senior in high school then, and I was a senior in college. I thought he was insanely talented (because he is) and it led me to support his local shows and actually end up guest singing with his band the...
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Ep. 54 - Music is Where You Stash Your Vengeance & Sadness w/ Corrin Campbell (Musician, Soldier, Entrepreneur)
Boy oh boy where do I STAHT! Corrin and I are tight-ass friends both committed to music and developing communities around what we're doing. She's been doing it for way longer than me - in fact she sold 80,000 CDs of her first album on MYSPACE just by talking to people. She's helped me learn how…
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Ep. 53 - Winin' & Reclinin' with the 'Stein (Jacob Milstein, Musician, Improviser)
New Year's? WHO CARES! The point is I have NEW PODCAST MUSIC and have a lovely interview here with Jacob Milstein. Hard to say when precisely I met him, but it was certainly through our mutual friend Mick (a past podcast guest). Jacob is a fascinating creature who's temperament i find to be...
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Ep. 52 - Cannibalizing w/ FLESH EATER
Flesh Eater is a fledgling-ass band in Nashville that makes what might be loosely called 'experimental pop'. I came across them through the bassist Max, who approached me through a cold Facebook message to Basic Printer. We've all been friends ever since! Flesh Eater and BP had played a show...
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Ep. 51 - A Very Omnichord Interview w/ Ross Collier
Ross Collier is an Omnichordist as well as an Omnichord aficionado, collector, and reseller. He has been a friend of mine for a while since he came over to buy a banjo off of my old roommate 2 years ago. We immediately resonated and I ended up giving him a synthesizer to go home with as well.…
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Ep. 50 - Update + Answering Your Questions
Episode fifty oh HALEEE. I have to say for the 50th episode and this marking a little over a year of doing this podcast, this episode couldn't be more underwhelming. There was little time and a lot to report, so I'm taking this episode to keep you updated on what's up in BP world as well as…
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Ep. 49 - EXPOSED: MY OLD TUMBLR ACCOUNT
Happy show day to me! Being that I'm opening for the inimitably emotional Pepper tonight, I thought it might be commemorative to dig through some of my old diary entries from a since retired Tumblr blog account of mine. I read through an extensive and emo recounting of a week long trip I took, I...
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Ep. 48 - The New Emo w/ Pepper Said (AGAIN!)
Pepper and I have had a kinship for a little over a year now, which is interesting to think about because it feels like much longer ago. We share a similarity in one key way - we are both emotional as all hell. What's more is that our music is an obsessive over-dictation of that truth. Since...
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Ep. 47 - Sniffin' Gourds w/ Under The Rug Frontman Casey Dayan
The title of this podcast will only make sense if you make it to the extreme end of the podcast. But, trust me, it IS relevant. Casey Dayan from Under The Rug has always fascinated me while working with him. He always seemed like such a silly, quirky free spirit whose creativity just flows...
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Ep. 46 - FAN INTERVIEW: Jeff Elliott
I can only give the hottest of damns when it comes to this episode. I interview a Basic Printer fan of 2 years - Jeff Elliott. Jeff had been aware of my music since 2017, but had not really been on my radar until recently when he was a more active supporter (for which I am very grateful). In our...
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Ep. 45 - SONG BREAKDOWN: Drunk Hug
Drunk Hug - it's a song I often refer to as "my favorite song I've ever written". I suppose it's best described as an "orchestral synth ballad." In my tenure, I've learned to try to challenge how vulnerable I can get on a song - but stating the first name of the person the song is about in the...
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Ep. 44 - Creating Emotionally Intense Songs About Strangers w/ Jake Knox
Jake Knox dm'ed me on Instagram pretty much out of nowhere, and I was delighted to find out that he wanted to be on the podcast! So, EVIDENTLY, I obliged. Jake Knox is an indie electro pop musician that makes Owl City-ish songs and comes from a world of music academia by way of EDM touring. His...
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Ep. 43 - Miki Fiki's Ted Hartog, aka the Millenial Randy Newman
I met Ted through some pretty extraordinary circumstances. Now before you go off envisioning some sort of meet cute in a coffee shop, relax. Obviously it happened on Instagram. Anyway, we go over that story, which led us to immediately play a show together in July which was so perfect. Since then...
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Ep. 42 - A Conversation about 'Conversations', a Song about Conversations by Blood Root (Taylor Wafford, Nashville Artist & Friend)
The irony of today's pod is that Taylor and I met in a way that was relevant to a song she wrote, and one that we heavily discuss on this podcast. Her lead single, "Conversations", was about the shallow mundanity of networking in an 'artsy' city. What could otherwise be such an enriching &...
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Ep. 41 - You Are Probably VERY Creative w/ Justin Mulvaney (Creator of the Child Grows music video, Drummer, Old bandmate)
Justin and I have had a long history! We played in two different rock bands in college, started a YouTube channel, he drummed on a bunch of Basic Printer tunes (one of which you definitely know), and he even shot and edited the Child Grows music video. I had him on the pod to talk about many...
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Ep. 40 - Blastoise, Music, & Love w/ Travis (Friend & Musician)
Travis & I were brought together by Basic Printer, actually. He caught us at a SoFar show with no idea he'd be seeing an experimental synthpop band play. The next day, I saw his band. Months later, we played a show together. Whaddya know! After a night of burgers and metal music, we decided…
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Ep. 39 - Naming Horses in Video Games w/ Jo Cleary (Violinist & Musician)
Jo is someone that I'd been peripherally aware of and consistently impressed by for years. However, we finally met in Feb of this year when we both played a huge show at Exit/In. Now, we are preparing to play a big show together at Mercy Lounge in Nashville on 9/26! I invited her over for a…
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Ep. 38 - Writing Songs That Explode w/ Ben Peverall (Songwriter & Musician)
Ben Peverall is a songwriter who writes for a big and sophisticated backing band for his self-named project. It's kind of hard to explain his music - picture a cross between the proggy leanings of Little Tybee and Reign Of Kinda cross referenced against early 2000's emo attitudes such as…
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Ep. 37 - Hella Personal Rant II
Welcome to episode two of the Printer Pod subseries, 'Hella Personal Rants'. On these episodes, I mostly just talk about anything that comes to mind - usually pertaining to what's been going on in my personal life and my current emotional state. In this one, I talk about butt rock lyrics, a thing…
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Ep. 36 - Fronting Two Successful Bands w/ James Harker (Frontman of Spirit of the Bear, Ghost Soul Trio)
James and I met in late 2017 on Facebook. Ya know how this goes. Pretty immediately, we set up a show in Columbus and had a great time. Since then we kept closely in touch and have paid attention to each other's outputs. I've been so regularly impressed by what James is doing and am mega inspired...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
I'm Basic Printer! I make experimental pop music in Nashville, Tennessee. Being an oddball for the city, I've had to pave my own path. I'm here to talk to you about what it's like to stick out like a sore thumb and not give a shit while doing it in the world of music.
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