Episode 115 - Christian Evanko and Patrick Huber of Our Band Show

[00:00:00] Speaker A: You was born on a Saturday in 73 in the park. Right? Music on the pink guitar with the short, with radio. It's motherfucking Andy calling. Look at Motherfucker cup, here we come. Andy calling, wearing his orange hat. [00:00:27] Speaker B: Welcome to unsigned five one eight. I am. I'm on the phone with Christian DeBanco and Patrick Huber. Christian, did I pronounce your name wrong again or was that good? [00:00:37] Speaker C: No, that was spot on, man. [00:00:38] Speaker B: All right, sweet. I'm always nervous about pronouncing things wrong, and I said it so many times in my head and I'm like, I think I got it wrong. Anyway. But anyway, you're from our band show, and I'm also here with Ryan Shaw of shortwave radio band. We just did our band show, what, two weeks ago? Something like that. Two weeks ago? I think it was two weeks ago. And it was such an amazing experience. It was the most professional thing, the most organized thing that I've ever been a part of as a pretty impressive, very impressive, unexpected. So we're basically going to kind of hand the reins over to you to tell your story, how you want to tell it. That's kind of how I do it. How you can go all the way back to where your love of music began or when you met or when you decided to do our band show, basically just kind of how the whole thing came together. [00:01:37] Speaker C: Yeah. Wow. It's OD being on the other side of this question, but I definitely, I'm sure Pat does as well, appreciates the opportunity. Yeah. So I guess I'll just jump in. I've been a musician since I was eleven, and I've done the whole touring thing, been in bands my whole life. Love rock and roll. I love all types of music. I've played pop, I've played folk, country, whatever you want to throw out there, blues. I've been a part of something with that, but it all kind of comes back to being in bands and that communal experience. As life went on, I kind of got sick of the DIY touring life. It's very high risk, high reward. There's a lot of ups and downs. But I always wanted to be involved with music, so I went back to film school in 2016, which feels like a long time ago now. [00:02:34] Speaker B: Right? [00:02:35] Speaker C: And while there trying to reinvent myself after a few years of some recording contracts that didn't quite go the way I would have hoped. But in hindsight, I'm so thankful that they all worked out the way it did. But just trying to reinvent myself, I stumble into an editing 103 class. And who's my professor? It's the gentleman I'll introduce to the show right now, Patrick W. Huber. And the rest is history, as they say. But we'll obviously get into that as that's what we're here to talk. [00:03:05] Speaker D: You know, basically, like Christian said, we met when I was teaching a video editing course, and that all got started for me. I was basically moved to Brooklyn, did college there. Basically wanted to get into production of some kind, mostly video post production. And I did the freelance thing for there for a while and eventually got into broadcast news and did editing for a major company for about five years. And at some point I was like, hey, I'm doing this professionally and I think I can kind of give back to other students. And an opportunity for me to teach at the college that I teach at basically came up. And I guess it was kind of an ego thing. Like I could take this industry knowledge and part it onto a new generation of students. And so I jumped at the opportunity and just kind of ended up there and met Christian in one of my first classes that I taught. And he just is totally into media and getting his hands on gear. And obviously he has that previous band experience that I hired him as a student aide to solve a bunch of problems with this Allen and Heath digital mixer that some of the faculty were having. It was like a two page list of problems. And Christian and I just sat down for the course of a couple of weeks once he was hired, and we just kind of went line item by line item and fixed all these issues. And that was my first experience, really on the audio side of things, I'm a video side. So it was kind of like, oh, what's this mixer thing about? And ever since then, I kind of fell in love and I've been itching to do some sort of audio based project. And there's other things that took place in between. But eventually Krishna and I just kind of looked at each other and said, this is like years later after the teaching, and we, you know, let's just put together a show. And we started talking about it. And our band show was kind of. [00:05:18] Speaker B: Oh, no, go ahead, Christian. [00:05:20] Speaker C: Oh, sorry, Andy. I was just going to say because when I was a student aide working for Pat and a student at the college, we actually had a earlier version of the show that you see now, but obviously much more chaotic and with a lot more students sort of running around without clear direction. But all of our friends and some of whom have actually come back to work on the show at different points throughout our band show's history. So it was kind of like one of those things where there was an in between period from, I'd say like 2018, when I had graduated from the college that Pat teaches at and taught me at, to about 2020, when the pandemic hit, where we would just be playing risk in my garage until the late hours of the night. And I just kept thinking to myself, this is awesome. And we're talking about film, but we're a bunch of filmmakers and musicians and artists, and why aren't we making anything? So Pat and I kind of decided to, instead of keeping on asking ourselves, why aren't we making anything? We decided to finally make something. And we floated out a few different ideas. Were we going to do a short film? Were we going to do a podcast? But then we kind of just landed on, hey, remember that show we used to do? What if we can make it 10,000 times better and take it 10,000 times more seriously and really ask ourselves, what do we want to get out of it? And we continue to learn and grow our skill sets every episode. I think that that is kind of without super specifics of every little itty bitty step. I think that's a great overview of kind of how we got to starting our band show. [00:06:57] Speaker B: And so you do one episode per month, correct? [00:07:01] Speaker C: One per month, yes. [00:07:02] Speaker B: So how long, you're saying back in 2020, the idea is coming together and you're putting it together. How long was the, like. I don't know. It's gestation period. The correct word. How long was the idea there until everything got put into place to where you were airing your first episode? [00:07:21] Speaker C: Yeah. Let me actually correct you on that. And this might be just the byproduct of that pandemic fog. It was actually 2022 when we took the first planning steps. 2020 was when we were hanging out and playing Rick. Apologies about that. So from about 2018 to 2022, there was like a four year period where we were just rolling dice super hard all the time. [00:07:43] Speaker A: Got you. [00:07:44] Speaker B: And when you say risk, you mean the board game risk. [00:07:48] Speaker C: Yeah. Global domination. [00:07:50] Speaker B: Absolutely. All right. So it was 2022 then, when it was coming together? [00:07:57] Speaker C: Yeah. Pat, would you say? [00:07:59] Speaker D: Yeah, I would say probably April and May of 2022. Basically, Christian would stop by after work, and we would sit down for a while and discuss what we were going to do. And for that thing, you have to kind of think about what the concept of the show is going to be. So we had to come up with a name. We had to come up with the graphics. We had to come up with, how are we going to take a bunch of the gear that we own and organize it and create a show? And so I knew a coworker, Eric Greenop, and I asked him, I know you're in a band, and do you mind coming in? And you'll be sort of, like, doing practices in the studio space, and we'll just kind of set up all the gear around you and sort of test things. It really, we weren't ready to go until about September of that year. So it was definitely an April to September period where we were kind of figuring out what the show was going to be. [00:09:06] Speaker B: We were episode 15, you said. So now that you're that deep into it, and like I said, the amount of organization that went into it and everybody that was there, because the crew was unbelievable as well. Were they all there on a volunteer basis? Are they friends? Are they students? [00:09:25] Speaker D: Yeah. So our crew is definitely 100% volunteer at this point. And Eric Greenop, like I said, he was the first band on our show from phaison, and once he did the show, he was like, I want to be a part of this as the crew. And he kind of joined us as one of our first volunteers to show up on a regular basis and get things done. And then it was just kind of hitting up the network of people I knew and people that both Eric and Chris knew, and people just kind of roll through. Know one episode, you'll have someone know. We had this gentleman Tom on there, so he'll be there one episode, and then he can't make it the next. And so everybody kind of comes and goes as they can based on their schedule, and we appreciate their help every single time. And it just really helps make the show happen. When you have people that are dedicated to media production of some kind, whether it be photography, video, audio, and they just want to be part of a bigger project and really give us their time and helping hand and make this thing kind of what it is. [00:10:39] Speaker B: Yeah, because if I lived closer, because we're 2 hours up the north away from you, but if I live closer, I would be there doing what? I'd be doing whatever I could. [00:10:50] Speaker E: All those guys look psyched to be there. They're all happy to be there, and they're all volunteering their time. I just think that's really cool. [00:10:56] Speaker B: Yeah, absolutely. And the detail, I think, is what really got me, because all I could after we did it, and I would be telling people, like, trying to explain it, I'd be like, it was like, picture like the Tonight show or something. There's a separate room to drive your gear and it's full of stage lighting. [00:11:17] Speaker E: It's super impressive and you're not even in the room yet. [00:11:20] Speaker B: Yeah, I guess kudos in the biggest way for the production that you have because it is unreal. And so you had reached out to us to be on it. How are you finding now that people are reaching out to you? [00:11:40] Speaker C: Yeah, definitely. We still reach out when we hear someone like you guys, who really excites us and is definitely a style of music that we feel we can really mesh with. But we are also thankful to have such a wide, and I'd say eclectic array of bands contacting us on like a semi regular basis. Our 2024 calendar is pretty much booked. If not, will be by the end of at least this podcast by the time you guys hear it. And that's really cool because it was very difficult at first to learn how to produce a show while producing a show and doing all the things with the smaller crew in the first few episodes that you have to do to get the Rband show production up and running while on top of it, booking and talking with bands and trying to find scheduling. So thankfully, that is becoming much easier. And Andy, if I may, I would just like to let any band who's listening know. Email us [email protected]. If you would like to play on our band show. It's as simple as that. The door is open. We might be booked, but we have a waiting list. And so far, everyone who's been on that waiting list, their time has come. And it's been awesome that they've been patient to wait. And it's been a pleasure having every single guest so far. [00:12:58] Speaker B: Yeah, because we booked it almost so far out that I had almost forgotten about it by the time it was like six weeks out. I was like, oh, yeah, we booked this months ago. And now if someone's jumping in, the wait is getting longer, which is just the sign of something super cool that everybody and our buddies, the sugar hold, I believe, have been talking to you guys. [00:13:25] Speaker C: Yeah, we confirmed them for later on this year. We'll keep that date a little closer to the vest, but we're very excited to have them. [00:13:32] Speaker B: That's great. They're recording a new EP at a studio in Albany. I was just interviewing them yesterday and then he was like, oh, yeah, we confirmed with our band show. And I'm like, yeah, they're going to be great, but I kind of want to talk about the whole production, a band, what they could expect when they're coming on the show. Because it was as a garage punk band like us, like a bunch of unseasoned were in our prime. In our prime. Yeah, we were blown away by the amount of detail that went into the entire of. I don't know if Christian or Pat wants to take the lead on this, but kind of run through, like, a typical day in a elevator pitch style, I guess, of what a band could expect. [00:14:31] Speaker D: Sure. I guess the band is going to expect a hard working day, if I can oversimplify it to that. What we do is we kind of have the crew come in a little bit early on a Saturday morning, roughly around, like, 10:00 a.m. And we set up some gear and all that stuff and get things prepped for the band to show up. And then we have the band kind of come in around 01:00 p.m. And from there, it's kind of like we have everything settled. It's kind of like, hey, from one to 145 is going to be band set up time, getting the gear into the studio space. And once that's done, it's kind of like the band goes and basically works with Christian on getting each and every microphone sound tested. And as that's happening, the video crew is kind of working on the cameras, setting up the framing of the shots, and basically playing this little game of, hey, Andy, can you move a little bit to your left? Oh, wait, let's move back to the right. No, maybe take a step forward and basically just trying to get that perfect frame as the band is doing this sound check. So it's a lot of people, a lot of communication, a lot of stealing moments to get those details right. And I think at the end of the day, the results kind of speak for themselves. [00:15:59] Speaker B: Absolutely. And one of the things that we were, or me personally, I don't know if, Brian, if you felt the same way, but I was a little nervous about going live because I was kind of, if. What if we're not ready to go? But we played so much during the day, and every time you guys would be like, can you just play for a while? We're like, oh, yeah, that we could do. And so by the time we went live, I've never felt more ready to do a performance. [00:16:30] Speaker E: It was like the ultimate band practice leading up into the live stream. And any advice I'd give to bands going on there is maybe expect to play your set a couple of times and be psyched about it because you got a unique opportunity. [00:16:45] Speaker B: It is a lot of work, but it's work. That was really cool. And I've never felt more like a. I don't want to say celebrity, but I guess that's, like, how I felt. Yeah, I felt important. It was like, you guys did all this shit for us, for real. [00:17:01] Speaker C: Well, that makes us feel good, because as producers, and I would say, really, just anyone in film, you always want to make your talent feel like they're at, like, a five star hotel, and hospitality is a huge part of it. And it is a tall ask for any band who might want to come on the show. It's all day, it's a long day. There's a few meetings leading up to it, some of which you're a part of, some of which the crew are a part of. And afterwards, we continue just to churn out the content. So it is good to hear, though, that you guys had a good experience. That's the hope. We want you to feel tired, but content, I think that's my end goal as a producer. [00:17:42] Speaker B: Yeah, no, it was fantastic. And I can also say the snacks were, like, really top notch. We walk in and there's just a boardroom. A boardroom table with just snacks as far as you can see. And I'm like. And there's stroop waffles. There was Stroop waffles. [00:18:02] Speaker C: Waffles are a nice touch. And I have to credit my co producer Pat for that 100%. [00:18:06] Speaker B: Well, Pat, I'm a big stroop waffle fan. [00:18:10] Speaker D: Yeah. I did a Google search for the best snacks possible, and that was on there. And I was like, low sugar Stroop waffles. Like, this is perfect. We don't want to have pans, have all this sugar, and then crash in. [00:18:24] Speaker B: The middle of the show. [00:18:26] Speaker D: Something sweet, but not too sweet. [00:18:28] Speaker B: Yeah, and lots of coffee, too. So why don't we take a break right now and listen to a performance from our band show? And I believe on the show we're going to play some music from friends of not only ours, but now yours, because they've done both your show, my podcast. We've played gigs with them. They're our friends. So who's up first? [00:18:54] Speaker C: We're going to hit you guys hard with a track we had so much fun jamming with, not only on the live stream, but editing in post production. And that's the snorts. Shut up. [00:19:04] Speaker B: All right, so let's take a quick break. We're going to listen to our friends the snorts in their live performance from our band show. This is shut up. And then we'll be right back with Christian and Patrick. [00:20:00] Speaker A: Do you even hear yourself? [00:20:02] Speaker F: It's truly remarkable. [00:20:06] Speaker A: Well, I have my time left about it up to here with your shit. But you mean it? You really got out. We don't need to talk about it. What I'm hearing is all about you. Bridges burn, lights are round. Shut up. Shut up. Like you don't understand what it is I'm trying to say to you. It's not a joke. I'm not going to forgive you. Fuck off forever. Well, I have my time left to heal with your shit. Don't really. Shut up. We don't need to talk about it. All I'm hearing is all about bullshit. French is burn like the rap. Shut up. Shut up. It all right. [00:21:41] Speaker B: That was shut up. The snorts live, our band show. And so Christian and Patrick, we were talking how everything is like the live stream. The whole day is leading up to the live stream which goes live at 730. And then the band plays are set. So from 730 on, everything is completely live. And what you see is what you get. And then after the live stream you actually take. And I don't know exactly what you do, but you make it sound amazing. You master and remix or do whatever to the audio and then release it each song at a. What? What is it that you do once the live stream is so, you know. [00:22:31] Speaker C: I think the best way to take this. And thanks for asking this question. It's always really fun to talk about this part of the process. I'll talk about my side of things and I'll hand it over to Pat to talk about his side of things. So we simultaneously mix the live stream for our YouTube audience at our band show on YouTube.com at the same time as we capture the raw stems. As if you were going into a studio just to jam and not broadcast live. Just record stems and hand them over to a mix and master engineer so that way they can, on their own time edit and polish product for you. So we do have to manage multiple, I'd call them instances of the band's performance. Right. There's the mix that the band jams to for their own personal monitoring. There's the mix that the crew listens to so that cameras can follow certain moments and Pat can switch the show. And I know what's going on as the host. There, of course is the mix for the YouTube stream audience and there is the backup stems, as I call them, which then are used exclusively in post production, where I pretty much treat it as if you were going to come to my home studio and record with me, except you guys all recorded it in the same room like it's 1960, which is kind of cool because for me, still learning and growing as an audio engineer, I think it's great that I have this experience to work with stems that have bleed to figure out, well, I'm never going to fully get the drum out of Andy's vocal, right, but what can I do to mitigate that and make it a little cleaner? And then that leads me down the rabbit hole of gating know, busing compression. And we don't need to get too much more in the weeds, but you always learn something and uncover a new pathway to take doing this show. And it's the merger of live and studio recording that I think is so awesome for me as an aspiring engineer. And so what I'll do is I'll take those stems that we recorded, bring them to my home studio, I'll take the raw from the live stream, and I'll literally just treat it like I said, as if you guys were coming to my house to record a song. And I'll do my best to make it sound like I think the band would appreciate. I do my research. I listened to all the short wave radio band songs that were out a lot leading up to their performance, and I continue to listen as I work through the month cycle of editing and promoting the band of the month. But I also try to add my own touch and I try to bring some of that traditional recording in a studio setting approach to the live stems that we captured during the episode. And so our weekly videos are what I like to say, taking the best moments of what happened on the live stream and giving us the time. Because I'm sure Pat will get into this, the time that we always wish we have on set. There's never enough time to. We're definitely proud of how the live stream sounds, but ask any filmmaker, there's never enough time. There's always a moment that they wish they had a few more minutes with just to tweak and craft a little further. And that's exactly what we get to do each week with not only the audio, but I'll hand it over to pat now for the video. [00:26:09] Speaker D: Yeah, so in terms of, I've always been a video post production guy, and that means kind of like recording all the footage and backing it up on several hard drives and all this kind of nerdy stuff. And I think in college, basically everyone knew that I was good at managing that data. And so I kind of picked up these gigs with my friends of like, hey, can you manage all the data from our shoots? And they knew I could cook, so they basically asked me to cater the film sets too. So here I am planning the entire menu, like a tortellini, spinach and seafood salad. And then I'm also backing up all the dailies and stuff for the film. So I've always been sort of totally into the archival nature of making films and doing the post production, getting to the editing suite and putting things together. And with this project, when we were planning it out, I wanted to make sure that we recorded all the cameras so we have every single angle as its own file, same thing with the audio. And that we could really just recut the show afterwards to make it as best as we possibly can, make sure that there's a good color correction on things, make sure that we cut to the right shots, that the audio is as pristine as possible. And I think where the live element came in is a lot of what I do is learning about new technologies in the video world. And I stumbled down this rabbit hole for the last several years of live streaming. And just the stress of that environment is really where I feel I come alive. And so it was kind of like we could just record everything and post it later and be the best. But why don't we just add this extra level of stress to the whole entire thing and give ourselves a deadline? Hey, we're going to go live at seven or 730 and we have to have everything ready by that time. And I feel like that basically presents a perfect feedback loop. We're rushing and getting everything done as cleanly as we can, and sometimes we succeed and sometimes there's things we got to fix on the next episode, but then we can kind of bring all that stuff into post production. And as we're reediting the video, we're reediting the audio, we're able to see kind of like what needs to be fixed on the next episode and it just goes back into making a better live stream. So just the workflow that we've decided, we've entered that feedback loop where we're becoming better at live streams, we're becoming better at post production, and I couldn't be happier. It's a lot of work, but at the end of the day, I think the results are worth it. [00:29:10] Speaker C: I just wanted to add before we get too far away from the point, I think we're becoming better. And pat correct me if I'm wrong at handling eight espresso shots a live episode. [00:29:21] Speaker F: Yeah. [00:29:23] Speaker D: The crew knows me as there's this drink called the hit and run, and it's six shots of espresso. And since it's going to be a long day and we're totally just, like, in the zone working, every band show morning starts with this drink, and I have a 20 ounce coffee mug that I have a regular cup of joe, and I drink the six shots, and by the time we're cleaning up and wrapping up, I'm just getting done with that 20oz of a normal cup. So I'm caffeinated all day, ready to go and edit this thing. And Chris jokes about my caffeine addiction, but so does the rest of the crew. [00:30:04] Speaker B: Awesome. Well, do we. You know. So you were saying, or we were just saying. The whole thing was it's the live stream, and then there's the care and detail, and those are released every week. And do you do every song of the episode released? [00:30:22] Speaker C: Yeah. So, basically, we are so thankful that the show is produced in a way where we can use every single piece of content we air during the live stream for a YouTube video later in that promotion cycle. And every band's promotion cycle is a month. So essentially, shortwave radio band, right? You guys are pretty much taken over the R band show YouTube channel for our February to march time frame that we've booked you in. And so what we'll do during that time is we'll do an individual music video for each song, each of the eight songs you guys performed. We'll do both interview segments as individual interviews, and we'll even compile all of the songs together and do what we like to call a visual EP. So if you just want the music cut of shortwave radio band by the end of the promotion cycle, you're in luck. You can listen to that as if you would your favorite band's album. And we've really enjoyed how the show has allowed us to create and fine tune so much content after we wrap the live stream, because the original impetus for this show was, know that's really all Pat and I wanted out of this thing at the start and still do is to continue to improve our skills in each of the areas that we occupy for the production. So it's really cool that the show can give us nonstop practice at our craft. [00:31:58] Speaker B: Now, is that something like, has anybody talked to you about taking the mastered and produced musical tracks and actually releasing an EP? Like a regular EP, like on Spotify? Not a video component. [00:32:16] Speaker C: That is certainly something Pat and I have been talking about a lot. We have so many ideas. We've been talking about ways to create additional content out of the same live stream we shoot. And I'll keep that a little close to the vest because we still need to fine tune that. But we would love to, and we're working towards it. Go back and maybe release some of the old back catalog if our artists are willing to collaborate with us again in that capacity as an audio album, we are. [00:32:48] Speaker B: I can tell you, man. Yeah, we're down to do something like that, if you want. [00:32:52] Speaker A: Okay. [00:32:53] Speaker C: Well, there, you know, like Pat was saying, there is a lot that goes into this and we have to figure out how to manage our time. But as we continue to do the show and rinse and repeat, we feel we can handle other things, such as maybe albums on streaming services, audio only, or creating different pieces of content from the live stream we've already shot, or. [00:33:21] Speaker B: Even like a compilation or so you could do something where have a song that is not part of the live stream and have every band do something that you could make a compilation of our band show secret songs or something. There you go. [00:33:38] Speaker C: That's another fantastic idea. Pat, what's your take on this? How we want to expand and grow the. [00:33:46] Speaker D: I think, you know, you kind of said it, where the main show is getting to a point where a lot of the details are hammered out. There's still room for growth in certain areas. But once we kind of get to the point where we're at now and maybe a couple more episodes, the t will be crossed, so to speak, of the show being really manageable. Adding those extra components, it takes a lot of, like, the pre production thought, you know, just like having meetings, sitting down, you know, discussing, like, what it's going to look like, what are all the kind of elements that we have to take care of. So we really want to approach everything with a methodical, like, is this going to be well done and well received? Hopefully in the end. And there's a little bit of kind of like, oh, let's just do this and try it out. Instagram came out with the ability to stream right to your Instagram account from a desktop computer. And we give it a try with king and yellow in January. We basically just set up this alternative vertical video version of our live stream, and I think it was like 25 views. It wasn't really this popping live stream, but for the most part, it was a nice, cool thing to experiment. It was spontaneous. We just kind of jumped into it. And so we're just bouncing these sort of on planned technical curiosities and trying things out. And then also when it comes to releasing cool content, we're kind of thinking more methodically and like, okay, how is this going to benefit our audience? How is this going to really get the most reach for all those involved, including the bands? [00:35:43] Speaker B: That's so cool. Like I said, everything about it and even when we first heard, because our song plastic was the first one that you did in post and released, and we were watching it last night. Yeah, it was last night. No, Friday night, I think. Well, whenever it came out, we were watching it and was just so impressed at how the sound had changed and how everything was more full. Like, it was just unreal. But, Christian, for the record, if you listen to our single plastic, the released one that was actually recorded the same way we did it at our band show, we were all in the same room playing our guitars at the same time. [00:36:24] Speaker C: I love that. That's awesome. It's good to see that. [00:36:27] Speaker B: Like it was 1960. [00:36:28] Speaker F: Yeah. [00:36:30] Speaker B: When we were recording that single, we definitely made reference to like, this is kind of cool. This is how they used to do it. Like a beetle felt like a beetle settled down. [00:36:41] Speaker D: Ringo. [00:36:42] Speaker C: Yeah. As a musician myself, I've done all types of music. Now you can just find my music under my name. And I say all this not to plug, but I'm going to be putting out album that my band recorded a long time ago. I'm not with those group of guys anymore. We're all still best friends, though. And so they're on board with putting out this record that we recorded at our old home venue, the chance before it closed down live. And it's not perfect. There is a lot of things we wish we could take back, but the energy is just the only way. I want to present that select group of songs, some of which I'm only ever going to release on that record because there is such a magic to it. I'm a huge classic rockhead. I also love modern music, though. I find something in both areas of recording that I absolutely love. But sometimes I'm a huge Billy Joel fan. When I listen to him talking about how he wishes he had modern recording, on one hand, I get it, but also, I do sometimes love that his vocal isn't 1000% perfect. I mean, he's an amazing singer, so his imperfect is like, yeah, it's rock and roll, and I'm really glad that you guys are carrying the torch with that, and I love that. We can not only produce a show like that, but we have people who watch our show, and it's awesome that they're into that because music production has become so sterile. In a sense, it's awesome that we can keep the rocking and rolling. [00:38:07] Speaker B: Hell yeah. Well, before we go, we should play another song from our band show. What did you have in mind for this one? [00:38:16] Speaker D: So I would say the next song would be from another five one eight alum, I guess is how we would say. Or just locals, however we want to phrase it. Eerie. Basically a band called Erie. Yeah. Suburban mayhem. I feel like when we listened to a lot of the songs on that during the show, it was kind of like, wow, I'm identifying with a lot of the lyrics here. This is kind of like you take my life and write it into song form. So I think they really have something special with that album. But there's a lot of good songs on it. But I believe the world is on fire. I don't know. It's a really solid song. Definitely one of the ones that constantly comes up on my super mix again and again. And so, yeah, we're going to hopefully play that now. [00:39:08] Speaker B: Yeah, that's great choice. Definitely a great choice. Suburban mayhem. You're right. Great album. Every song I had the chance at a show we played with Erie, I learned bad man's world on bass. Got to sit in and play that song with Erie on bass. That was like one of my favorite moments of last year because this moment, the hour band show, that was this year. So that's my favorite moment of this year. [00:39:34] Speaker E: Both kind of impressive. [00:39:35] Speaker B: Both impressive. All right, so let's listen to world is on fire from Erie from their performance on our band show. And then we'll be right back to wrap it up with Christian and Patrick. [00:39:46] Speaker F: Takes a lot of heart to speak up when there ain't nowhere to begin if you find it in your heart to do so, friend you'll never want for nothing again, yeah the world is on fire the world is on fire the world is on fire again and you don't know where we ought to. [00:40:07] Speaker C: Begin. [00:40:16] Speaker F: We find a little time to make amends Hell, what if we got to lose? We could find another planet for our kids but we'd probably fuck that one up, too. Yeah. The world is on fire the world is on fire the world is on fire again and she don't know where we ought to begin should have done more, should have done more shoulda coulda could have done more with my life should have done more, should have done more, should I, could, I could have done more with my life? Oh, only some can? There are monsters out here among us? And they're all wearing human skin, yeah the world is on fire the world is on fire the world is on fire again? And she don't know if we ought to begin, yeah should have done more, should have done more shoulda, coulda, could have done more with my life? Should have done more, should have done more shoulda, coulda, could have done more with my life? I got the radio on in the bombs dropping right outside at the feet of my heart it's a thumb, thumb. [00:41:43] Speaker A: Thumb, thumb, thumbnail yeah the world is on fire? [00:42:08] Speaker F: The world is on fire the world is on fire again, yeah the world is on fire the world is on fire the world is on fire again, yeah the world is on fire the world is on fire the world is on fire again, yeah the world is on fire the world is on fire the world is on fire again. [00:42:33] Speaker C: Should. [00:42:33] Speaker F: Have done more, should have done more should I, could have, could have done more with my life? Should have done more, should have done more shoulda, coulda, could have done more with my life I got the radio on and the bombs dropping right outside at the beat of my heart stop. [00:42:55] Speaker A: Thumb thumb dump thumb thumb. [00:43:14] Speaker B: Is on fire eerie from their performance at our band show. So, Christian and Patrick, I want to thank you so much for taking time out of your day to talk to me about this. It was such a cool experience for us to go down there. And, Ryan, thank you for coming over and smoking weed and drinking coffee with me so that we could do a podcast. [00:43:34] Speaker E: I just came over for a cup of coffee, and this happened. [00:43:37] Speaker B: And this happened. Yeah. But so, again, thank you for your time. And before we go, I just want to give you, like I give everybody a chance to say what I call your gratitude. So we'll start with you, Christian. [00:43:49] Speaker C: Well, first of all, thank you, Andy, for having us. It's been really cool to see you in your element. Definitely a seasoned pro, as we commented on in the little break there. It's this really great podcast. I discovered the snorts on this podcast, and I very much so enjoy the show. So it's cool to finally be a part of its legacy now. And with that said, I want to thank, of course, all the crew for their hard work helping us make our band show happen. Every band that's come on the show and given us a chance, we really appreciate you guys. We obviously couldn't do it without you. Patrick, my co producer. It's been a pleasure so far producing this show, and I love that there's only signs of ramping up, no slowing down for the R band show community. And of course, my mom, who cooks the food for us, and my dad subs in sometimes when she's a little busy. We appreciate you guys a lot for helping us out with that. And my dog honey, for not barking for the first time ever while I'm doing a podcast interview in the background. We appreciate that a lot. Thank you, honey. If you guys like what we do, you can go to rbanshow.com, check out the show. We are also on YouTube, and that is YouTube.com rbanshow. O U R. And I also make music. You can find my name, Christian Ivanko. And in fact, you can go watch my performance on our band show. We did a special poolside summer chill performance, and I did four of my original songs. So go and check that out. And thank you. We appreciate your support. Pat, take it away, man. [00:45:27] Speaker D: Yeah, I definitely back you up on that. Thank you, Andy, for having us on the show. It is definitely a fun time this morning doing this. And, yeah, the crew, without them, we wouldn't be able to really do the show. So thanks again to them, every single one. That's even if it was just stopping by for a couple of hours to help us. And that's all you did. Trust me, it was appreciated. So the bands, of course, a lot of great performances. Things are a little hectic on set, so sometimes it's like enjoying the music is plan B. Plan A is making the show happen. But every time I get into the editing room, just, like listening and seeing the energy of the performers, it is just so amazing. And the reason why we keep doing this, and I will say that our next episode, we really want the audience in the chat, so definitely visit our website and whatnot. But grandfather, on March 16 at 07:30 p.m. Is the next episode. And we're always looking for people to join the live stream, ask questions of the band, and really kind of make it our band show, be a part of it and make your voice heard. Ask those questions, and we'll relay them to the band and hopefully get some answers. So, I don't know. I'm looking forward to the next episode, and we're going to keep on rolling throughout the 2024 calendar year. [00:47:01] Speaker B: Awesome. All right, so, Christian Ibanko, Patrick Huber of our band show. 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