The Printer Pod w/ 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.
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83 episodes
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 lon...
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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....
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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 m...
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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,...
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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...
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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 l...
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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...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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-preorderThe podcasts have slowed a bit - I...
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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...
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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 pou...
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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 ...
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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 positi...
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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 a...
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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 hav...
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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 musician...
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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 whi...
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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 s...
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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, bet...
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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 bein...
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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 e...
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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
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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 ...
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