Good friend, and a soon-to-be rotating co-host, Tim Petersen joins me LIVE in the studio to go over the 'Soundtrack of His Life'.

Tim is 32, born on Vancouver Island, moved to Terrace BC and then ended up out here in the Texas of Canada - Alberta!


Tim's #10Albums:

Sum 41 - 'All Killer, No Filler'
FM Static - 'What Are You Waiting For?'
Panic! At the Disco - 'A Fever You Can't Sweat Out'
Fall Out Boy - 'Save Rock and Roll'
All Time Low - 'So Wrong It's Right'

A Day to Remember - 'Homesick'
Marianas Trench - 'Masterpiece Theatre'
Dear Evan Hansen - Soundtrack
Justin Timberlake - '20/20'
Paramore - 'Riot'

Lauren Minear, a singer/songwriter from upstate NY.

Lauren released her debut album, Invisible Woman, in October this year with a sold-out launch show at the Red Room in Manhattan.

The album explores womanhood and the role of a mother in the modern world. Lauren was inspired to make the album after having her second child just as the pandemic started and navigating the difficulties of motherhood/postpartum depression during that strange time.

Lauren's story is a fascinating one; raised in Nashville, graduated from Yale, worked in Finance in NY, trained as a psychotherapist, is a mother to 2 boys, now pursuing a career in music and building real momentum.

Another article: https://medium.com/authority-magazine/stars-making-a-social-impact-why-how-lauren-minear-is-helping-to-change-our-world-7f464d610423


✅ https://laurenminearmusic.com/
✅ https://laurenminear.lnk.to/invisible-womanLP
✅ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4XJIcAZWSuYDyuoq-xc47w
✅ https://www.instagram.com/laurenminearmusic/?hl=en

In this episode, Glen and I make a mad dash to the finals to crown the 'Top Soundtrack Composer of All Time'!!

The show starts with the final 16, and we end the episode crowning the winner :
JOHN WILLIAMS (Star Wars, Jaws, Indiana Jones and MANY more...)

Here is how the 'Sweet 16' looks :

John Carpenter (Halloween, They Live, Escape from New York)
vs
Ennio Morricone (The Good the Bad & The Ugly, The Thing, The Hateful Eight)

John Williams
vs
James Horner (Braveheart, Titanic, Apollo 13)

Bernard Herrman (Alfred Hitchcock movies, Taxi Driver)
vs
Howard Shore (Lord of the Rings, Silence of the Lambs, Seven)

Alan Silvestri (Forest Gump, Back to the Future, Predator)
vs
Alexandre Desplat (Wes Anderson movies, Harry Potter)

Joe Wadsworth, the Chief Executive Producer of 'The Online Recording Studio', joins me today - from "across the pond" in London, England.

The Online Recording studio combines the ability to work with world-class producers and studio musicians all from the comfort of your own home (studio).

Joe gives his own origins in music, as well as the origin-story of TORS.

We also discuss the full services available - including online promotion, coaching, session musicians, collaborators and audio production (mixing, mastering, etc).

There are producers and musicians for ALL genres of music, so if it has been your dream to release a single, an EP or a full-length album - seek out Joe!

Find Joe and 'The Online Recording Studio' online : 👀
✅ https://www.onlinerecordingstudio.com
✅ https://linktr.ee/theonlinerecordingstudio
✅ https://www.instagram.com/theonlinerecordingstudio/?hl=en
✅ https://www.linkedin.com/in/joe-wadsworth-169937b3/

Please welcome Katie Chonacas to the show!!

Katie is an über-talented Renaissance Woman - a true artist in every sense of the word.

Katie is an actress that has appeared on CSI : NY, Cold Case and Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia, among many others...she's shared the Silver Screen with such legends as Al Pacino, Robert DeNiro, Nic Cage and Milla Jovovich...

She released her first poetry book this past March (on International Poetry Day), called "A Lovers Fairytale".

Katie also just released her first solo album this past November 11th (which also just so happens to be her birthday!) :
'Dreamland 1111' by Saint Kyriaki (her artist alias).

We are here to talk about ALL the above, as well as how Katie deals with the creative blocks that come her way, her 7 years of celibacy, why NFTs are so important, how she maintains so many high level projects at the same time and shares her #1 tip for budding artists everywhere!

Excellent talk here, I trust you will enjoy it as much as I did!!

Find Katie online : 👀
Dreamland 1111 Album - https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/saintkyriaki/dreamland-1111
Dreamland 1111 Merch - https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/93662139?asc=u
Saint Kyriaki - Miracles go to Marz (Official Music Video) - https://youtu.be/XjZDlwNU0Ac
Saint Kyriaki - Dreamland 1111 (Official Music Video) - https://youtu.be/9IjNGcgVCmI
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2iTpKMr57KoIqdp92xLQb7?si=5Hi9uIcnSxe05XrpNtDL8w

Katie Chonacas Socials
Website: https://www.chonacas.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katiechonacas/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KyriakiChonacas
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chonacas/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/katiechonacas
Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@chonacas
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2iTpKMr57KoIqdp92xLQb7?si=5Hi9uIcnSxe05XrpNtDL8w
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/chonacas
Youtube: https://bit.ly/youtube-KatieChonacas
IMDB: https://imdb.to/3b2OQG3
OpenSea NFT Artist: https://opensea.io/chonacas

Katie's "A Lover's Fairytale" poetry book on Love
Website: https://www.aloversfairytale.com
Buy the book: http://bit.ly/amzn-ALFTbook
Buy merch here: http://bit.ly/ALFT-merch

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!

John Carpenter (Halloween, Big Trouble in Little China, They Live, The Fog)
vs
Thomas Newman (The Shawshank Redemption, American Beauty, Road to Perdition, Skyfall)

Ennio Morricone (The Thing, For a Few Dollars More, The Good The Bad & The Ugly, The Hateful 8)
vs
Basil Poledouris (Conan the Barbarian, The Hunt for Red October, Free Willy, Lassie)

Brad Fiedel (Fright Night, Terminator 1 & 2, Gladiator)
vs
James Horner (Braveheart, Titanic, Apollo 13, Aliens)

Hans Zimmer (The Dark Knight, The Lion King, The Pirates of the Caribbean)
vs
John Williams (Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Jaws, Jurassic Park, ET, Schindlers List)

Danny Elfman (Batman (1989), Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, Men In Black)
vs
Bernard Herrman (Psycho, Taxi Driver, all Alfred Hitchcock themes)

Howard Shore (Lord of the Rings, Silence of the Lambs, Seven)
vs
Jerry Goldsmith (Rambo, Star Trek, Planet of the Apes, Gremlins)

Alan Silvestri (Forrest Gump, Cast Away, Back to the Future, Predator, Avengers)
vs
James Newton Howard (Signs, Hunger Games, Falling Down, The Fugitive)

Alexandre Desplat (Harry Potter, various Wes Anderson movies)
vs
Brian Tyler (The Expendables, Thor, Iron Man 3, Fast & Furious)

On the back of our 'Top 10 Movie Soundtracks' episode, Glen and I take on the epic task of figuring out who the 'Top Soundtrack Composers' are!

We have a 16-Composer-Round-Robin Tournament in the wings - but first we must have 7 composers battle it out in the Wild Card Round!!

We decided to have all the "new school" composers battle it out for the 3 remaining spots in the 16 composer brackets...basically, this round is 6 "new school" composers...and James Newton Howard!

Jonny Greenwood (There Will Be Blood, Inherent Vice, The Master, Phantom Thread)
vs
James Newton Howard (Signs, Waterworld, Falling Down, The Fugitive, Collateral, Unbreakable)

Alexandre Desplat (Harry Potter, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Isle of Dogs, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Shape of Water*)
vs
Tom Holkenborg (Deadpool, Justice League, Mad Max : Fury Road)

Brian Tyler (Fast & Furious, The Expendables, Rambo : Last Blood)
vs
Michael Giacchino (Mission Impossible III, Rogue One, Incredibles, Star Trek (2009), Cloverfield)
vs
Ludwig Goransson (The Mandalorian, Black Panther, We're the Millers, Creed).


*won an Oscar for 'Best Original Score'.

Part 2 of my talk with TJ Elkin of 'Tawni Bias' !

This is a continuation of his #10Albums talk, where he flipped the tables on me - asking me to flesh out some of my musical tastes..

Then we delve into NFTs & music, the pros & cons of streaming sites and how the listening experience has changed over the years.

We also talk the business of music and how evil it is 👹


Find Tawni Bias online :

Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/tawnibias/


Twitter:
 https://twitter.com/tawnibias

Instagram: 
https://instagram.com/tawnibias

Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/6Q00nusmdgCszwQ8qBDkAA?si=de6YTmzMS9qnAWx_IJQe2w&dl_branch=1


Bandcamp:
https://tawnibias.bandcamp.com/album/sel-fellow


Soundcloud:
https://soundcloud.com/tawnibias


Youtube Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLSVffJESfp29UzBF26asqA

Apple Music:
https://music.apple.com/ca/album/sel-fellow/1584507876

Link Tree:
https://linktr.ee/tawnibias

The artist behind Tawni Bias, TJ Elkin, is back to give his #10Albums!! ..as well as some #honourablementions, of course 🤙

TJ took the 'game-changing & influential' angle to compile his Top 10. A lot of these albums were influences on his own approach to songwriting and composition - with a heavy emphasis on storytelling and texture creating.

Super-cool list, I can't wait to spin some of these albums!

1) Manchester Orchestra - 'Mean Everything to Nothing'
2) The Antlers - 'Hospice'
3) Frightened Rabbit - 'Midnight Organ Fight'
4) As Cities Burn - 'Come Now Sleep'
5) Jonsi - 'Go Do'
6) Perfume Genius - 'Put Your Back N 2 It'
7) Bon Iver - 'For Emma, Forever Ago'
8) Kendrick Lamar - 'Damn'
9) Frank Ocean - 'Blonde'
10) James Blake - 'Assume Form'

hm1) The Bravery - 'Stir the Blood'
hm2) Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer, and Chris Thile - 'The Goat Rodeo Sessions'
hm3) Sigur Ros - 'Takk'
hm4) Ben Howard - 'I Forget Where We Are'


Find Tawni Bias online :

Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/tawnibias/


Twitter:
 https://twitter.com/tawnibias

Instagram: 
https://instagram.com/tawnibias

Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/6Q00nusmdgCszwQ8qBDkAA?si=de6YTmzMS9qnAWx_IJQe2w&dl_branch=1


Bandcamp:
https://tawnibias.bandcamp.com/album/sel-fellow


Soundcloud:
https://soundcloud.com/tawnibias


Youtube Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLSVffJESfp29UzBF26asqA

Apple Music:
https://music.apple.com/ca/album/sel-fellow/1584507876

Link Tree:
https://linktr.ee/tawnibias

The incomparable Nick Hail calls in from South Africa to discuss his latest hit single ('Anime Girl') and the events that led to him winning "Best African Actor" at the Continental Film Awards!!

Nick hosts a great podcast, too - shoutout to "Enter the Muse".

Nick is releasing 2 singles per month for the months of November, December and January - he will then release a compilation EP of said singles on February 20th, 2022.

That date marks the anniversary of his older brother's passing. We get into how that situation has affected his life ever since, as well as what it has meant to this musical endeavour.

I always love talking with Nick - he is a very thoughtful guy and has a very unique take on the arts and creation!

I am sure you'll enjoy this talk!

PS - stick around for the end of the show where we spin 'Anime Girl'.



Find Nick Hail online :



✅ https://nickhail.hearnow.com/anime-girl (link to the single)

✅ https://anchor.fm/nick-hail

✅ https://www.instagram.com/real_nickhail/

✅ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHkz0RIQ18LGP1vktjsDWqA

From Calgary, Alberta - TJ Elkin is on the show today to promote his projects release!

Tawni Bias is the project name, 'SEL Fellow' is the album title.

The album is a lush, beautiful & eclectic collection of genres and layers. The project started back in 2019 and has been TJ's labour of love for the past few years, helping himself deal with & process some personal grieving - as well as providing an empathetic soundtrack to those going through their own grieving.

We talked a lot about TJ's creative process in this episode, too, which always makes for fascinating conversation!

Great interview, wonderful album..and TJ is a super rad guy as you will hear.
**He will be back on the show very soon to do his own #10Albums 👀

PS - stay tuned at the end of the episode for the 1st single of 'SEL Fellow' - entitled "Pulling Starch".

Find Tawni Bias online :

Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/tawnibias/


Twitter:
 https://twitter.com/tawnibias

Instagram: 
https://instagram.com/tawnibias

Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/6Q00nusmdgCszwQ8qBDkAA?si=de6YTmzMS9qnAWx_IJQe2w&dl_branch=1


Bandcamp:
https://tawnibias.bandcamp.com/album/sel-fellow


Soundcloud:
https://soundcloud.com/tawnibias


Youtube Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLSVffJESfp29UzBF26asqA

Apple Music:
https://music.apple.com/ca/album/sel-fellow/1584507876

Link Tree:
https://linktr.ee/tawnibias

Co-host Darci makes her long awaited return to the show!

She has been VERY busy travelling for work these past 8 months ...so I talk to her about what her fave satellite radio stations were to help get her through the endless miles of travel.

Lots of 90s, Pop, Metal and even some TikTok-talk!

We're back, baby!
Glen and Matt discuss all things 80s music in preparation for the upcoming Best of the 80s Tournament.

Season 3 is in the bag! ..Onto Season 4!!

This is just a quick episode based on some song lyrics that have been misinterpreted or mis-heard, such as Jimi Hendrix in 'Purple Haze' singing "Scuze me while I kiss this guy".

I am notorious for butchering lyrics...how are you with this?? I have some friends that are always just bang-on with lyrics - and they are always really happy to point out to me the real lyrics 😂

I visited www.kissthisguy.com for some references. 👀

...any funny lyrical misinterpretations on your end? Send them our way!

ElectricSoilPodcastNetwork@gmail.com

Thanks to all the listeners around the world that have made this show a hit!!

5 of the Soundtracks clinched their spots in the Top 10 :
- The Matrix
- The Crow
- Singles
- Into the Wild
- Last Action Hero

So now Glen and I have to battle the remaining soundtracks out to finalize the remaining 5 slots!!
(Here is what we ended up deciding on) :

- Pulp Fiction
- 8 Mile
- Guardians of the Galaxy
- The Crow II : City of Angels
- Dracula 2000

Stay tuned for our 'Top 10 Movie Scores of All-Time' !! 👀

Thoughts?
electricsoilpodcastnetwork@gmail.com

Glen and I weigh in on the top Soundtracks of All-Time!

We are going to do this Top 10 as far as being Soundtracks that include bands, as opposed to scores or classical compositions - which we will do a Top 10 of in the future.

Here were the Lists that Glen and I brought to the table, in order to form this list :

💪MATT :
The Bodyguard (yeah, that's right!)
Young Guns II (come on..'Blaze of Glory' is tremendous)
Singles
The Crow
The Life Aquatic
The Matrix
Pulp Fiction
8 Mile
Batman Forever
Empire Records
Apocalypse, Now (on the strength of the use of 'The End' by The Doors)

💪GLEN :
The Crow *
Singles *
Dracula 2000
Lost Boys
Into the Wild *
Spawn
Walk the Line
The Matrix
Guardians of the Galaxy
The Crow II : City of Angels
Last Action Hero *
The Matrix II

* clinched Top 10 placement

CJ had me on his podcast 'The Noize Report' to help me get the word out for my bands latest album release!

As always, we have a great & full-bodied musical discussion - thanks to CJ for having me on!

✅ https://riotonthesetmedia.rocks

✅ www.groundlevelfalcons.bandcamp.com

I was on Nick Hail's podcast 'Enter the Muse' (https://www.facebook.com/enterthemuseofficial/) to promote my bands most recent release!

Nick is from South Africa, he does a great show that covers MMA to Film to ..pretty much anything that is interesting. It is a really cool show - you can find it on all the usual podcasting platforms.

We discuss the album, of course, but also venture into pop culture, some music history and even talk some Quentin Tarantino and Connor McGregor - just for good measure!

Thanks Nick!
✅https://www.facebook.com/enterthemuseofficial/

✅ www.groundlevelfalcons.bandcamp.com

I am proud to announce my band (Ground Level Falcons) has released our beautiful new album!!

This podcast will debut the first single 'Your Face Gives It Away' (29:14)

I give a detailed breakdown of how the pandemic affected the production of the album, as well as the story behind the album itself!

✅ 'Skyline' is now available on any streaming music site!!

Also visit or purchase at :
✅ www.groundlevelfalcons.bandcamp.com

____________________________________________

Ground Level Falcons are back with their 5th LP, ‘Skyline’.
Release date : September 22nd, 2021.

This album was the bands most challenging to release, due to the start/stop nature of the pandemic of the past 18 months.
Despite the lockdowns and some lengthy gaps in practicing - the band put together, what they all believe to be, their strongest effort to date!

The GLF camp is back to a full lineup : bassist Greg Kolodychuk and lead guitarist/keyboardist Adrian Armitage have both returned from a 3 and a 4 year absence, respectively.
The last album both Greg and Adrian were a part of was 2017s ‘The New Wilderness’.

Backing vocalist, Olivia Ostrom, appears on all the songs this time around - she had made her debut on 2019s ‘Good Living Foundation’ , appearing on the last 2 songs of that album.

This album marks the 10-Year-Anniversary for the band, as well.
The band started out in the fall of 2011.

‘Skyline’ is the bands first self-produced album to date; frontman Matt Gardiner took on the engineering & mixing.
The band used the analog online mastering service ARIA Mastering for the 2nd straight release.

The album is a wonderful blend of 60s/70s and grunge era music.



ABOUT THE ALBUM :

‘Skyline’ is actually the prequel to 2019s ‘Good Living Foundation’ , story-line wise.

‘Skyline’ takes place on the Skyline Trail - which is located in Jasper, Alberta, Canada. The protagonist (Trent Hemingway) has recently broken up with his girlfriend (Amy) and has taken to the Skyline Hike to clear his head.

Skyline Trail is a 27mile hike that has 5 campsites throughout to break up the hike.

Each song represents a different stops on the hike - which adds up to 7 stops when you include the starting and finishing points.

Each song also represents a different stage of the “7 Stages of Recovery*” as it relates to dealing with the end of this relationship.

As the songs take on the different stages of recovery - the album, itself, plays quite beautifully as a story.

Olivia’s parts are varied from sparse & hauntingly, being placed in the background, to straight-up duets with Matt, depending on what part of the story is being told.



7 Songs & Stages :
1 - ‘The Human Trigger’ = Shock & Denial
2 - ‘Your Face Gives It Away’ = Pain & Guilt
3 - ‘Blood Memory’ = Anger & Bargaining
4 - ‘DisLocation’ = Depression
5 - ‘Strawberry Moon’ = The Upward Turn
6 - ‘Running Like a River’ = Reconstruction
7 - ‘Skyline’ = Acceptance & Hope

✅www.facebook.com/groundlevelfalcons
✅www.twitter.com/glevelfalcons
✅www.instagram.com/ground_level_falcons

CJ Telen of 'The Noize Report' is back! And he came bearing a new List!!

The Top 30 (+1) Most Important Hard Rock / Metal Albums of All-Time, baby!!

Motorhead, AC/DC, Judas Priest, Korn, Black Sabbath and MANY more!!

Here is the link for the Deep Purple live performance we'd mentioned :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OorZcOzNcgE

Find CJ at :
https://riotonthesetmedia.rocks

CJ Telen of 'The Noize Report' is back! And he came bearing a new List!!

The Top 30 (+1) Most Important Hard Rock / Metal Albums of All-Time, baby!!

Motorhead, AC/DC, Judas Priest, Korn, Black Sabbath and MANY more!!

Here is the link for the Deep Purple live performance we'd mentioned :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OorZcOzNcgE

Find CJ at :
https://riotonthesetmedia.rocks

2 months ago...32 of the Greatest Grunge Albums of All-Time started in on a battle for Supremacy of the Nostalgic Nineties.

The time line we allowed was 1987-1996.

No 'MTV Unplugged'...no live albums...

EP's were allowed

There was 1 (one) Double LP, and we allowed 1 (one) soundtrack.

So here we are...the Final 4. It's a perfect Final 4, too! The super-heavyweights, the Mt. Rushmore albums of the Grunge Scene :

Nirvana - 'Nirvana' vs. Alice in Chains - 'Dirt'
Pearl Jam - 'Vs' vs. Soundgarden - 'Superunknown'

FINALS :
(*spoiler below*)

Nirvana - 'Nevermind' vs. Pearl Jam - 'Vs'


And the winner....of the 2021 Summer of Grunge Tournament iiiiiiissssssssss.......

*drum roll*


Thanks for listening, everyone! Hope you had a great summer.
We'll get something going for the fall, as we approach our 4th Anniversary here at #10Albums!


email us : ElectricSoilPodcastNetwork@gmail.com

The Elite 8 is here! ...or the 'Ha8ful 8' - as we have dubbed it :

Nevermind v 8 Way Santa
Jar of Flies v Dirt
Purple v Ten
Vs v Superunknown

See you for the 'Final 4' and the Finals in the next episode - in the dying days of the Summer!!

email us : ElectricSoilPodcastNetwork@gmail.com

Coach Chase Tolleson and I discuss the making of his debut album - 'Mystical Giants'!

Spoken word over lofi hip-hop, 'Mystical Giants' is truly an album like no other.

✅ https://chasetolleson.bandcamp.com/album/mystical-giants
✅ chasetolleson.com

"Chase is a men’s life & fitness coach & his Primal Man Pathway Program helps men finally become proud of the man in the mirror – both on the inside & out. With fitness as a staple in his house growing up, he learned the value of daily movement & resistance training at an early age. Directionless & bored in school, he joined the Navy after 4 years of “trying” college. After the Navy, he found his passion in helping people and ran a boutique personal training gym for 8 years. He now serves men online using language and stories to demolish their inner critics and help them build the body – and life – of their dreams."

Part 2 of Round 2 :

Louder Than Love v Purple
Ten v Singles Soundtrack
Bleach v Pearl Jam 'Vs'
Superunknown v Sixteen Stone

email us : ElectricSoilPodcastNetwork@gmail.com

ROUND 2 begins!!
#sweet16

Dirt v Badmotorfinger
Nevermind v In Utero
Jar of Flies v Ragged Glory
Frogstomp v 8 Way Santa

email us : electricsoilpodcastnetwork@gmail.com

Alice in Chains - 'Facelift' vs Nirvana - 'Bleach'
Smashing Pumpkins - 'Gish' vs Pearl Jam - 'Vs.'
Soundgarden - 'Superunknown' vs Temple of the Dog
wildcard round triple threat :
Hole - 'Live Through This' vs Mudhoney - 'Superfuzz Bigmuff' vs Bush - 'Sixteen Stone'

email us at : electricsoilrecordings@gmail.com

Soundgarden - 'Louder Than Love' vs Veruca Salt - 'American Thighs'
Smashing Pumpkins - 'Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness' vs Stone Temple Pilots - 'Purple'
Pearl Jam - 'Ten' vs Blind Melon
Singles : Soundtrack vs Mad Season - 'Above'

email us at : electricsoilpodcastnetwork@gmail.com

Soundgarden - 'Screaming Life' vs Alice in Chains - 'Jar of Flies'
Mudhoney - 'Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge' vs Neil Young - 'Ragged Glory'
Smashing Pumpkins - 'Gish' vs Silverchair - 'Frogstomp'
Tad - '8 Way Santa' vs Green River - 'Come On Down'

email us at : electricsoilpodcastnetwork@gmail.com

Melvins - 'Houndini' vs Alice in Chains - 'Dirt'
Soundgarden - 'Badmoterfinger' vs Pearl Jam - 'Vitalogy'
Nirvana - 'Nevermind' vs Stone Temple Pilots - 'Core'
Nirvana - 'In Utero' vs Mother Love Bone - 'Apple'

email us :
electricsoilpodcastnetwork@gmail.com

Glen and I go over our 32-Grunge-Album Tournament Brackets for the upcoming 'Summer of Grunge' tournament to crown the "Best Grunge Album of All Time" :

Bracket I :

Dirt v Houdini
Badmotorfinger v Vitalogy
Nevermind v Core
In Utero v Apple
Screaming Life v Jar of Flies
Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge v Ragged Glory
Gish v American Thighs
8 Way Santa v Come On Down

Bracket 2 :

Louder Than Love v Fromstomp
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness v Purple (STP)
Ten v Dry As a Bone
Singles - soundtrack v Mad Season
Facelift v Bleach
Siamese Dream v Vs (Pearl Jam)
Superunknown v Temple of the Dog
Superfuzz Bigmuff v Live Through This

Tip of the cap to :
Babes in Toyland, L7, Screaming Trees....as well as Pearl Jam - 'No Code', Radiohead - 'Pablo Honey', Weezer's blue album...
Also the almost, but not quite fitting the bill : Kyuss and Live

**Also want to consider Foo Fighters as more of a 'post-grunge' band.

...on a final side-note : does Bush - 'Sixteen Stone' deserve to be on this list? Thoughts?

hit us up at electricsoilpodcastnetwork@gmail.com if you have any feedback!!!

Dustin's final component to his #10Albums is, of course, the #HonourableMentions :

1 : Boyz 2 Men - 'Cooleyhighharmony'
2a, 2b : A Day to Remember - 'Homesick' and 'Common Courtesy'
3 : Destroy Rebuild Until God Show - 'D.R.U.G.S.'
4 : Billy Joel - 'An Innocent Man'
5 : Say Anything - '...Is A Real Boy'

Thanks Dustin!!

Check him out at :
www.stepuptogreatness.com

The Greatness Facilitator is in the house! And he brought a very diverse list covering many genres and many time periods - loaded with great stories, of course.

Part 1 includes albums 1-5 :

1 : Michael Jackson - 'Bad'
2 : Vanilla Ice - 'To the Extreme'
3 : The Used - 'Vulnerable'
4 : NF - 'The Search'
5 : 2pac : 'All Eyez on Me'

Part 2 (this episode) includes 6-10 :

6 : Neil Young - 'Freedom'
7 : 112 - 112
8 : Joe Firstman - 'The War of Women'
9 : Foo Fighters - 'One by One'
10 : You + Me - 'Rose Ave.'

**stay tuned for the next episode where we go into the #honourablementions !!

https://www.stepuptogreatness.com
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/coming-unstuck-a-step-up-to-greatness-podcast/id1338609138

The Greatness Facilitator is in the house! And he brought a very diverse list covering many genres and many time periods - loaded with great stories, of course.

(spoiler : there is a great story involving a young Dustin doing a dance performance to a Michael Jackson song ;)

Part 1 includes albums 1-5 :

1 : Michael Jackson - 'Bad'
2 : Vanilla Ice - 'To the Extreme'
3 : The Used - 'Vulnerable'
4 : NF - 'The Search'
5 : 2pac : 'All Eyez on Me'

https://www.stepuptogreatness.com
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/coming-unstuck-a-step-up-to-greatness-podcast/id1338609138

Glad to be back on the airwaves!

I am back to announce the release of my first solo album:
Matt W Gardiner - 'Expansion 1st'.

It is an instrumental Sound Therapy album that is great for studying, meditation, breathwork and more!

This episode gives some in-depth explanations about what Sound Therapy is all about, as well as how I was gifted the album name from a mentor/friend of mine: one Kyle Cease!!

Hope everyone is having a great summer so far,
We'll be back at you with some episodes here sooner than later!!

✅ mattwgardiner.bandcamp.com

***you can find my album on any streaming site, including YouTube!

Summer is (almost) here!
Due to the ratings we seem to get from our 90s themed content - we've decided to host a 32 Album Tournament Bracket to crown the "#1 Grunge Album of All Time" ..which will culminate at summers end.

Hope everyone is healthy and safe and enjoying the opening-up of everything again!

(and a special shout-out to the listeners in India! We get some great rating out your way and very much appreciate it:)

Jon Morgan is a child of the 90s - and it shows with his picks.

Very solid list here, Jonny! ..always enjoy talking this era of music..

Jon is a drummer and was in numerous bands here in the local Edmonton music scene over the years, as well as a supporter of the local bands albums - he has been known to set up at Flea Markets and other such vendors with bands' CDs and vinyl, helping them sell their music and get the word out.

#10albums :
Rage Against the Machine - 'Evil Empire'
Gate - 'Lost'
Ace of Base - 'The Sign' (his first album he ever owned, so cut him some slack)
Tool - 'Lateralus'
Soundgarden - 'Superunknown'
Massive Attack - 'Mezzanine'
Sublime - '40oz to Freedom'
Mr. Bungle - 'California'
Daft Punk - 'Musique Vol.1'
Radiohead - 'The Bends'

#guiltypleasures :
The B-52s - 'Time Capsule'
Batman Forever Soundtrack

The Music God, CJ Plain comes to the show today and he did not come alone...
He brings the wood with a very diverse collection of #10albums, along with his 2 #hm Honourable Mentions!

Check out CJ's podcast, 'The Noize Report' :
https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/the-noize-report-1857529

#hm1 : Boston - 'Boston'
#hm2 : Soundtrack to 'Iron Eagle'

10 : Midnight Star - 'No Parking on the Dance Floor'
9 : Slade - 'Slade'
8 : Dirty Rotten Imbeciles - 'Dealing With It!'
7 : Ice T - 'Power'
6 : Motley Crue - 'Shout At the Devil'
5 : Exodus - 'Impact is Imminent'
4 : Pink Floyd - 'The Final Cut'
3 : Prince - 'Purple Rain'
2 : Mother Love Bone - 'Apple'
1: Michael Monroe - 'Not Fakin' It'

Toby Wright is back for part 2 of our interview, but this time he brought his business partner - Jason Sakowski!

We get the scoop on this state of the art audio sleep and healing aid that these 2 have developed, produced and marketed to the world.

TAUMMHOMS (pronounced tomes)

Off the site :
"It’s no secret that sleep is an essential part of living healthy, productive lives. In fact, studies show that sleepless nights or insomnia can disrupt blood sugar levels, weaken the immune system, block arteries, and cause psychiatric conditions including anxiety and depression.
That’s where we come in! Welcome to Taummhoms, a one-of-a-kind, natural sleep remedy and sound healing portal.
Using original binaural beats frequencies—composed by Grammy Award Winning Producer, Toby Wright— our customizable, on-demand streaming service is designed to lull you to sleep in 30 minutes or less. Ready to give it a go?"

Make sure to check Taummhoms out today, as well as the rest of Toby's projects :

https://www.taummhoms.com

https://www.tobywrightmusic.com/discography

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCH2vyCbhEoPVq2e-JgqYs_g

https://www.facebook.com/echorangeband/

4x Grammy Award Winning Producer - Toby Wright joins us today to talk about his amazing, unparalleled 40+ years in the music industry!

If you are a fan of hard rock, metal or 90s grunge - there is a very good chance you know this man's work.

So honoured to be able to run through some highlights of his career and pick his brain on the state of music these days... great guest, very humble guy considering the career he has had.

From his New York beginnings at Electric Lady Studios, to engineering '...And Justice for All' by Metallica at One-on-One Studios in LA...to producing Alice in Chains from 1993 onwards...seriously - check out his titanic discography ..its a who's who of hard rock for the era!

Join us for Part 2 where we discuss his latest innovative musical endeavour - a sleeping and healing portal known as 'Taummhoms'.

See the links below for Toby's many projects :

https://www.tobywrightmusic.com/discography

https://www.taummhoms.com

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCH2vyCbhEoPVq2e-JgqYs_g

https://www.facebook.com/echorangeband/

For a certain kind of music lover, there’s nothing more alluring than a “lost” album. Unlike a record that was merely “scrapped” or “never released,” the term suggests something both mysterious and not worth losing—especially when that album is fabled to be particularly emotionally raw, and especially when the artist who created it is beloved precisely for his rawness, but also for his reticence. “Sometimes life hurts,” Neil Young wrote in a blog post announcing that he was finally releasing Homegrown, an album that’s something of a unicorn among the sort of fans who read his Times-Contrarian newspaper. “This is the one that got away.” -Pitchfork.com Fantastic addition to Neil Young's catalogue !! A must for any fan.

Glen is BACK!! .and he's brought his 2nd #honourablemention : Corrosion of Conformity's 1994 LP - 'Deliverance'!! We talk CoC's hardcore roots and beginnings and how they morphed into a sludgy stoner-rock band through the 90's...how bassist/vocalist Pepper Keenan was rumoured to have joined Metallica around the St.Anger timeframe (yes, another St.Anger reference on the show haha). Good pick, good episode!!

Ever experience that time where you're listening to a heavy or fast-tempo'd song and and you glance down at your speedometer - and you notice you are WELL over the speed limit?? Glen, Darci and Matt discuss their tales of being pulled over, accidents and ..near-misses in this mini-series of 'Songs to Speed To' !

Ever experience that time where you're listening to a heavy or fast-tempo'd song and and you glance down at your speedometer - and you notice you are WELL over the speed limit?? Glen, Darci and Matt discuss their tales of being pulled over, accidents and ..near-misses in this mini-series of 'Songs to Speed To' !

Here's a look back at the "Quarantine Mixtape" mini-series - which took place at the start of this whole pandemic, a year ago to this point you'll be listening to...

All streaming sites have become extinct...your CD and vinyl collection has long since sold off...you have but 1 cassette remaining, laying around the house - this is the tape you'll be playing until you are out of the Covid-isolation quarantine.
What songs are on the mixtape, and why?

Side A (29:32)
PEARL JAM - Given to Fly
MATTHEW GOOD - Arrows of Desire
OASIS - Don't Go Away
TOOL - Invincible
RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE - Bulls on Parade

Side B (30min, runs out!)
NEIL YOUNG - After the Goldrush
CCR - Someday Never Comes
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - Thunder Road
THE BEATLES - Let It Be
QUEENS OF THE Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork
PEARL JAM - Release

Glen and I run down OUR personal favourites for Movie Scores...of ALL TIME!!!

As always on '10 Albums', these are in no particular order.

Glen:
1-Joker
2-The Good The Bad & The Ugly
3-The Dark Knight
4-Terminator 2
5-Blade Runner 2049
6-Indiana Jones: The Temple of Doom
7-The Lord of the Rings series
8-Seven
9-Star Wars series
10-Tron Legacy

Matt:
1-Godfather I
2-The Shining
3-Drive
4-High Plains Drifter
5-Halloween
6-Rocky
7-The Empire Strikes Back
8-Dead Man
9-Taxi Driver
10-There Will Be Blood

ANNOUNCEMENT :
I will be going on a hiatus for a few months, so 10 Albums will be dormant for the next while...
THANK YOU to all the listeners & supporters of 10 Albums!!
I promise we will be back ASAP.

Over the past 3.5 years, we've hit deep into the 5-figures for downloads, and been heard in over 60 countries worldwide!

* Special shout-out to our listeners over in INDIA. We have enjoyed a lot of listens from your country 🙏

As always - hit us up at :
ElectricSoilPodcastNetwork@gmail.com


Thanks everyone,
- Matt Gardiner

One year later and we are still quarantining!!

Here's a look back at our episodes of the "Quarantine Mixtape" mini-series.

All streaming sites have become extinct...your CD and vinyl collection has long since sold off...you have but 1 cassette remaining, laying around the house - this is the tape you'll be playing until you are out of the Covid-isolation quarantine.
What songs are on the mixtape, and why?

Glen's Mixtape - "192 Spicey Tuna" :
Side A (28:37) DEFTONES : Minerva
ALICE IN CHAINS : Would?
MATTHEW GOOD : 99% of Us is Failure
METALLICA : On Through the Never
CHANTAL KREVIAZUK : Surround
MUDVAYNE : Mercy/Severity
BILLIE EILISH : Lovely

Side B (29:42) MATTHEW GOOD : While We Were Hunting Rabbits
TAYLOR SWIFT : Never Grow Old
IRON MAIDEN : The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
LINKIN PARK : Somewhere I Belong

...very Glen with his picks here (all over the place) ..I love the use of a 12min song on Side B ...and the double-shot of Matt Good!

Upon its release, Vs. set the record for most copies of an album sold in its first week, a record it held for five years.
Vs., featured a rawer and more aggressive sound compared with the band's previous release.
It was the band's first collaboration with producer Brendan O'Brien

*** Josh bio An RN from North Vancouver, grew up on 90s grunge, leanings towards favouring Singer/Songwriter material, have been playing & performing music for over 20 years, visual artist, graphic novel/comic artist

"Selling out" is a common expression for the compromising of a person's integrity, morality, authenticity, or principles in exchange for personal gain, such as money. ...

The term could also be used as 'sold out' depending on the context.
Glen and I discuss and break down some the most infamous turnings-of-the-tide of bands that ended up alienating their initial or "target audience", seemingly in a calculated business move in order to pursue the Almighty Dollar!!

source we used for some ideas : https://watchmojo.com/video/id/15882

"Selling out" is a common expression for the compromising of a person's integrity, morality, authenticity, or principles in exchange for personal gain, such as money. ...

The term could also be used as 'sold out' depending on the context.
Glen and I discuss and break down some the most infamous turnings-of-the-tide of bands that ended up alienating their initial or "target audience", seemingly in a calculated business move in order to pursue the Almighty Dollar!!

source we used for some ideas : https://watchmojo.com/video/id/15882