This weeks guest is Daniel G Harmann of DistroKid and The Trouble Starts. As 2016 winds to an end Mike and Daniel tackle a variety of topics so large you’re bound to love this year ending episode! So sit back and get ready to laugh, cry, and maybe even get a tad angry as Mike and Daniel talk music at the airport, a muse driven ukulele, ghost, things the world needs and some it dosen’t, Trump, and even a little Star Wars. Happy New Years everyone!    

The get Daniel's NEW album "Slowing Down" click the Music link below!

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Facebook
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Music

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SHOW NOTES

Background, Context & Reference:
•    Mics Not Dead [3:00]
•    At the airport [4:30]
•    The Trouble Starts [10:00]
•    The talking ukulele [12:00]
•    Ghost [13:15]
•    Daniel wants answers [14:30]
•    The world needs…or not [17:00]
•    Let’s get things right [21:00]
•    Trump [23:00]
•    Is it real? [27:30]
•    Distro Kid [30:30]
•    What’s new for 2017 [41:00]
•    A happy ending [46:45]
•    Star Wars [54:00]

Notable People Discussed:
•    DistroKid
•    Sub Pop
•    Neumos
•    Bob Lang Studios

Thanks to Sarah Allspaw @SarahAllspaw for producing and helping with the distribution, Jake Gravbrot @walk.into.the.light for photos, video and co-hosting, the Idobi Radio Team, Jabber Jaw Media, & The Bob and Katie Show for preparing show notes. Special thanks to you the listeners and readers of this blog. I appreciate you. Thanks for listening.

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS!! This is the last episode before Christmas but we'll be back next week with one last brand new episode before we finally kick 2016 out the back door. Hope you are healthy and happy!

This weeks guest is Jason Hockney Zeimet. Well 2016 is nearing an end so naturally Jason and Mike talk about all the good and bad things of 2016. They cover new MxPx song releases, whiskey, turning 40, and even a little Walking Dead so grab your barbwire bat, headphones and get ready to charge into 2017!

Find Jason online:
Here’s his Instagram and Imgrum
And Twitter

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SHOW NOTES

Background, Context & Reference:
•    Free MxPx Songs [2:00]
•    Mike Writes [5:00]
•    Inside MxPx [8:30]
•    Life or Death Whiskey [11:00]
•    All about time [13:45]
•    Mike at 40 [17:00]
•    Worst Movie Trend 2016 [19:30]
•    TV Time 2016 [21:00]
•    Negan [22:45]
•    Shows Mike Likes [28:00]
•    They [35:00]
•    Music of 2016 [47:00]
•    The Pipeline [55:00]

Notable People Discussed:
•    Pappy Van Winkle
•    The Menzingers
•    Nahko
•    Chance The Rapper

Thanks to Sarah Allspaw @SarahAllspaw for producing and helping with the distribution, Jake Gravbrot @walk.into.the.light for photos, video and co-hosting, the Idobi Radio Team, Jabber Jaw Media, & The Bob and Katie Show for preparing show notes. Special thanks to you the listeners and readers of this blog. I appreciate you. Thanks for listening.

Will Pugh of the band Cartel joins the podcast. Producing, work, surviving burnout, Nashville music scene, song writing…

This weeks guest is Joe Moxley of Legionnaire! It’s been ten years since the launch of Legionnaire so Mike and Joe sit down and talk about everything that has changed over time and where the company is headed. Some times in business it’s good to keep up with the trends but other times it’s best to stay true to what you’re passionate about. Also the drunk Vegas Uber story is pretty great so put on those headphones, hit play and enjoy the ride.

Don’t forget to follow Legionnaire!

Here's the Facebook
Here’s the Instagram
Here’s the Twitter
Here’s the Legionnaire Store

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MIKE Online: Website | YouTube | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram

SHOW NOTES

Background, Context & Reference:
•    Joe’s back in school [4:30]
•    Eyebrow Tattoos [9:30]
•    Legionnaire [11:30]
•    Making changes [18:30]
•    Legionnaire Origin [20:00]
•    Old is the new new [26:00]
•    History means more [31:00]
•    This internet thing [36:30]
•    What’s Joe into now? [41:00]
•    Sweet Water Tattoo [44:00]
•    Vegas. Drinks. Uber [47:00]
•    MxPx 25 years [55:00]

Notable People Discussed:
•    Legionnaire
•    MxPx
•    Sweet Water Collective

This weeks guest is Stacy Jones of American Hi-Fi, Letters to Cleo and the Miley Cyrus Band. Stacy has done just about everything you can in the music world. Drummer, Front man, producer, director, and honestly anything else you can think of. Stacy, Mike, and Jake bring this episode in like a wrecking ball so sit back and find out how some hard work and a little bit of luck can change your life.    

Find Stacy online:

Here's his Twitter
Here’s his Instagram

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MIKE Online: Website | YouTube | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram

SHOW NOTES

Background, Context & Reference:
•    Baby tours the world! [2:00]
•    Stacy has a lot of hats [5:00]
•    Stacy goes to school [7:00]
•    Letters to Cleo [15:30]
•    How HiFi started [19:00]
•    Be yourself [21:45]
•    Stacy becomes a producer [29:45]
•    Hard work and blind luck [33:30]
•    Being a music director [36:00]
•    When we were kids [42:00]
•    The Ever Passing Moment [44:15]
•    Stacy every day life [47:00]
•    What Stacy’s doing now [56:00]

Notable People Discussed:
•    Meg and Dia
•    Beavis and Butthead
•    Flaming Lips
•    Steve Jordan
•    The Pixies
•    The Lemonheads
•    Neil Peart

Thanks to Sarah Allspaw @SarahAllspaw for producing and helping with the distribution, Jake Gravbrot @walkintothelightphotography for photos, video and co-hosting, the Idobi Radio Team, Jabber Jaw Media, & The Bob and Katie Show for preparing show notes. Special thanks to you the listeners and readers of this blog. I appreciate you. Thanks for listening.

This weeks episode is all MxPx. The boys hit the road for a Descendents show so naturally in the car Mike pulls out the mic and the stories start coming out. So put on those headphones, sit back, and listen to Mike, Tom, and Yuri cover Trump, music, snacks, drinks and all the things that make life fun. These photos were from a trip to Silver City Brewery with the guys. We got a tour of the whole place and more than enough to drink!

Follow the band MxPx!

Here’s MXPX.com
Here’s The Facebook
Here’s The Instagram
Here’s the Twitter

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Jack Threads (enter promo code Mike)
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MIKE Online: Website | YouTube | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram

SHOW NOTES

Background, Context & Reference:
•    Road Trip! [6:30]
•    MxPx Shows [9:00]
•    Trump [9:40]
•    The Descendents [13:00]
•    Everything Sucks [18:00]
•    Yuri Drinks [26:30]
•    Tom passes out [32:30]
•    Mikes Rock [35:30]
•    Back to The Descendents [38:30]
•    Portland [43:45]
•    Secret tapes and leaks [47:00]
•    Election stuff [50:00]
•    MxPx cover song [55:45]

Notable People Discussed:
•    MxPx
•    Shades Apart
•    NOFX
•    The Descendents
•    The Clash
•    Tom Petty
•    Bill Stevenson

Broadway Calls, punk scene, growing up, making records, songwriting…

Mike catches up with Robert Garza while in Texas! Cryo-therapy, Ju Jitsu, Personal Growth, Entrepreneurship. 

MHH 174 - Matty Mullins

This week’s guest is Matty Mullins of Memphis May Fire.
In this episode we revisit that old phrase “location, location, location”. Mike, Matty, and Jake discuss Matty’s life growing up in the small town of Spokane and the musical experience that eventually took him across the country to become the rockin’ entrepreneur he is today.      

Follow Matty Online:
Here’s his Twitter
Here’s the Facebook
And of course Instagram

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Berklee Online allows students to get a Berklee education from anywhere in the world. Learn more at online.berklee.edu/mike

MIKE Online: Website | YouTube | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram

SHOW NOTES

Background, Context & Reference:
•    MxPx Shows! [0:30]
•    Here’s Matty [7:15]
•    Matty has Spokane [10:45]
•    Matty moves to Dallas [14:30]
•    Find your path [15:50]
•    It’s Better than soda [19:30]
•    On Point [21:20]
•    Matty’s choice [33:00]
•    Music marketing [34:45]
•    MMF New Record! [39:00]
•    Matty meets Jacoby [43:45]
•    Seasons of life [46:00]
•    Remember the good times [49:00]
•    Hungry for music [53:45]

Notable People Discussed:

•    On Point Pomade
•    Memphis May Fire
•    Rise Records
•    Beechers

Leanor Ortega from Five Iron Frenzy joins the podcast this week! 

Local musician and World traveler, James Hunnicutt joins the podcast. Business, music, goals, travel, Dakota pipeline.

Raw real and soul searching episode with @KeatonPierce of @TooCloseToTouch.

Soccer talk, music, starting a band, getting a record deal, Epitaph Records...

Casey Crescenzo from The Dear Hunter joins the podcast this week to talk the Singularity, Memories, music, and even head transplants.

This week’s guest is Casey Crescenzo.

Casey is a singer/song writer and is most notably known for his work in bands The Dear Hunter, and The Receiving End of Sirens. In episode 170 Mike and Casey cover a wide variety of interesting topics that range from head transplants to video rotoscoping. So kick back, enjoy yourself, and maybe even learn some stuff.

Where might I learn more about Casey Crescenzo you ask?

Here’s his Twitter

Here’s his Wiki

And of course Instagram

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Online:Website|YouTube|Facebook| Twitter|Instagram

SHOW NOTES

(read’em, learn’em, love’em)

Background, Context & Reference:

• • Ten years of music [3:30]
• • Rotoscope  [10:00]
• • Where’s Casey [13:50]
• • Back to videos [14:15]
• • A new head [15:45]
• • Downloading memories [19:30]
• • Subjective Experience [24:00]
• • Connecting to the audience [27:45]
• • Times change so we change [36:45]
• • Advice from Mike [40:30]
• • Act 5 What’s next [46:00]
• • How to find Casey [52:00]
• • MxPx Show Announcement [55:00]

Notable People Discussed:

• • The Dear Hunter
• • Triple Crown Records
• • Rotoscoping

Thanks to Sarah Allspaw @SarahAllspaw for producing and helping with the distribution, Jake Gravbrot @walkintothelightphotography for photos, video and co-hosting, the Idobi Radio Team, Jabber Jaw Media, & The Bob and Katie Show for preparing show notes. Special thanks to you the listeners and readers of  this blog. I appreciate you. Thanks for listening.

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Finding your voice with Bradley Walden of Emarosa. 

This week’s guest is Bradley Walden
Bradley is the front man for post-hardcore band Emarosa. In this week’s episode Bradley walks Mike through his transition from military firefighter to Warped Tour Legend and all around grounded person. Know what you want to do, tone your craft, and respect the music.
 
Where might I learn more about Bradley Walden you ask?
Here’s his Twitter  Instagram and band Emarosa

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SHOW NOTES
(read’em, learn’em, love’em)
Background, Context & Reference:
•    No more genres [3:00]
•    Bradley’s Story [3:50]
•    Bradley finds his voice [6:00]
•    Tone your craft [11:50]
•    24hr Voice fix [14:25]
•    Music responsibility(what’s that) [21:00]
•    Juggling life [30:55]
•    Song writing [31:50]
•    Be prepared [37:50]
•    Humble yourself [41:50]
•     Put away your perception [48:00]
•    Breast feeding [53:20]
•    A Kung Fu good bye [58:00]
Notable People Discussed:
•    Every Time I Die
•    Fall Out Boy
•    Willie King
•    Warped Tour
•    Melissa Cross

Thanks to Sarah Allspaw @SarahAllspaw for producing and helping with the distribution, Jake Gravbrot @walkintothelightphotography for photos, video and co-hosting, the Idobi Radio Team, Jabber Jaw Media, & The Bob and Katie Show for preparing show notes. Special thanks to you the listeners and readers of this blog. I appreciate you. Thanks for listening.

My guest is doing good things and hustling to make it in a tough business. Show business.

We go deep into some heavy tactics for script writing and making movies at any level. This is perfect for anyone out there looking to take their creativity to the next level. I'm always fascinated with the granular view of how high functioning people actually DO what they do.

Chris Jay is a musician, songwriter, screenwriter, producer, actor, journalist and podcaster best known as the frontman and founder of the rock band, Army of Freshmen and for co-writing and acting in the comedy film, The Bet.

Upon graduation, he moved, by himself, to Ventura, California where he formed the band, Army of Freshmen in 1997. Army of Freshmen are still active and have played over 1,500 shows in 43 states and 11 countries and released 5 full-length albums. Jay himself has been involved in the writing, producing and recording of over 1,500 songs, with several of those appearing in films and on television.

Chris Jay and fellow Army of Freshmen member, Aaron Goldberg wrote the screenplay for the full-length comedy film, The Bet which was released on July 26, 2016. Jay and Goldberg co-produced they film under their production company, Goldy Jay Productions.

Their second film, Wedding or Not is currently in pre-production and scheduled to begin filming in the summer of 2017. - Jay's Wikipedia

MxPx.com for show and Merch info.
Mikeherrera.net for the love.

Garret Rapp of The Color Morale joins the podcast this week. We talk about the Cornerstone Festival, Warped Tour, Charities and thoughts on depression and happiness. Real talk.

  Later in the podcast I tell a very personal story about my balls. So hide your children cause it gets graphic.

 The Color Morale 

Live Performance, DI, Touring, Growing up in Virginia, Humans, Politics, Stoics, Philosophy of life, work ethic, job interview, Waiting the movie.’

 favorite things 

Hip Hop Hardcore with Tayves Pelletier @kingyosef_ @cogentofficial and Photographer Ryan McKinnon @RjMKinnon.

iPhone Photography, Product Design, Start Ups with Erik Hedberg, Co-Founder and Designer of Moment App + lenses. Check out Moment here: https://momentlens.co/

MHH163 @moment lens and app startup co founder/ designer Erik Hedberg joins me on the show to talk about his success and vision for MomentLens.co a small company that's growing by leaps and bounds.
We discuss a lot here but it is mostly in hte vein of Mobile Photography, Manufacturing, origins of MomentLens.co
Startup tactics, Kickstarter, Design, content communities, seattle, remote working, local business and artist communities, Moment Camera App

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follow on instagram @moment @e21 or the website and the blog about mobile photography in Chicago by Neal Kumar

 MomentLens.Co 

 Mobile Photos of Chicago 

Sherri Dupree Bemis on the new Eisley recording, being a mom, staying optimistic and keeping it real. 

@SDupreeBemis on all Socials. @Eisley

Sponsored by Lootcrate.com/mike

Sherri sings in @Eisley, Lives in a pink house in TX but travels often. Her days are spent loving her family and drinking gross amounts of coffee. Twit/Snap :sdupreebemis bit.ly/1RZoIro

Music, Family and a whole life of whimsical delights in this episode. MHH162

The 411 on the new Eisley studio album produced by Will Yip
The past and future of the band
Home and family life in East Texas
Social Media
Mentors growing up
Songwriting
Strengths and Weaknesses
Recording process
Eisley Home Studio

The nightmare and what kitchen life is really like with MASTER CHEF and ENTREPRENEUR JOHN NESBY. He and his wife own and operate the Green Light Diner in Poulsbo, WA.

John drops knowledge about food, business, mushroom hunting, clean food, and he even shares a nice simple Avacodo recipe.

The nightmare and what kitchen life is really like with MASTER CHEF and ENTREPRENEUR
JOHN NESBY. He and his wife own and operate the Green Light Diner in Poulsbo, WA.

 Green Light Diner 

John drops knowledge about food, business, mushroom hunting, clean food, and he even shares a nice simple Avacodo recipe. Mise en place.

Mise en place was very interesting to me because it's also what I think of as a musician. I have tools and I do enjoy them in their own place.

(French pronunciation: [mi zɑ̃ ˈplas]) is a French culinary phrase which means "putting in place" or "everything in its place." It refers to the set up required before cooking, and is often used in professional kitchens to refer to organizing and arranging the ingredients (e.g., cuts of meat, relishes, sauces, par-cooked items, spices, freshly chopped vegetables, and other components) that a cook will require for the menu items that are expected to be prepared during a shift. -wikipedia

Mor Mor
Green Light Diner

For next time... This is a text I just got from John about the podcast. I will have him back on this summer so send in your cooking questions and I'll ask him. Here's the text:

"I'm bummed, we never even got to talk outdoor grill cookery.  Hour flew by. I've been obsessed with my grill lately.  I cook everything on that thing and have begun incorporating thrift shop antique lodgeware cast iron pans onto the grill for some of the most amazing and simple "clean" dishes ever.  I'm even doing grilled garden vegetable scrambles and cooking the whole thing outdoors at home.  It's so good. Grilled zucchini, crooked neck squash, charred potatoes with green onions, bacon and cast iron scrambled eggs, topped with sea salt and Chulula Sauce. That's what Chef eats at home these days."

Get inspired as we talk Zen this week. Also, thoughts on the new Blink182 album! 

Ryan Holiday is back on the podcast with news about his new book, Why Ego is the Enemy. Philosophy, stoicism, and Kanye West! 

Mike chats with the guys of Millencolin about American politics, beer, travel, and their new album, True Brew. Then Tom and Yuri join him for a recap of the LA shows.

Songs, image, collaboration and Austria's own Arnold. 
@Marcus_Smaller joins Mike this week.

Lyndsey, Brian and Alex from PVRIS join Mike while on the road in Seattle. They chat about recording their recent record, what's coming up studio wise, haunted venues, life on the road and much more! Find them online at http://www.pvris.com/ and on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ThisIsPVRIS. 

Member of Bremerton Bands Neutral Boy and The Enemies Of join Mike this week.

Shane Told, lead singer of Silverstein joins Mike this week. 

Shane Told has a story to tell and he does it well, first with his band Silverstein, but second his solo material River Oaks, or now his recent endeavor into the fray of podcasting with a great show called Lead Singer Syndrome where he talks to… yup, lead singers about the craft, the life, the layers of the people you listen to sing their hearts out. It's a great concept and I'm gonna be on the program soon enough. Stay tuned for that as well. Here's a little bio from his page but the sure way to enlightenment is to listen to this episode.

"What is it like to be one of the most important members of a band? Shane Told, frontman of the critically-acclaimed rock band Silverstein, brings you candid interviews with all of your favorite singers on this podcast. Is it really all sex, drugs, and rock 'n roll? Find out for yourself on Lead Singer Syndrome." - http://www.jabberjawmedia.com/lead-singer-syndrome

In this episode we know we are being watched and listened to but you'll have to listen to really grasp the creepiness of what we are talking about.

This is also the first episode of the Mike Herrera Hour in collaboration with Jabber Jaw. It's a way to collaborate more on the podcasting end of things. I like what Shane is doing and I'm liking the Break it Down Podcast with Matt Carter. In terms of content, those two shows go with my show pretty well. So we're all in good company. Another easy way to get to the show and other great shows. Click the link below to see my page on Jabber Jaw.

Mike Herrera Hour on Jabber Jaw

Check out Shane's projects:

Lead Singer Syndrome Podcast: http://www.leadsingersyndrome.com/

Solo project: http://www.riveroaksmusic.com/

Silverstein: http://www.silversteinmusic.com/

 www.mikeherrera.net

Drummer Travis Barker joins Mike this week! 

Blink-182 rehearsals, work ethic and passion for music, Travis’ love for hip-hop and his career into that after Blink- 182 and The Transplants broke up. The benefit gig with Goldfinger, Mike and Travis. He also talks about recording with Matt Skiba after Tom Delonge’s exit.  Business, Crossroads Restaurant in LA, family life with his kids, MTV reality show, how surviving a plane crash changed his life perspective, drug abuse, relationships and tons more! 

MHH153- Travis was on his way home from Blink 182 rehearsals when I got a chance to catch up with him on the phone. We talked about a ton of topics. We got into his day to day routines to bigger sweeping life changes and that includes some behind the scenes talk on making the new Blink 182 album with record producer and Goldfinger front man, John Feldmann.

They just released the first single off the album called, Bored to Death. It sounds really good and I love how open the verses are. Just go to Blink182.com to check it out.

If the photos below confuse you and you are wondering what this band is with Travis, Feldy, Frank (Feeble) and yours truly is. It was called Travis Barker and the Res-Erections (hehe). A one off cover band throwing down with some 80's and 90's music. A loose set of fun cover songs punked up and a few Goldfinger jams too. We got together for a benefit show to raise funds for the school that Travis' kids attend. It was a really fun night and rad times were had by all. The audience saw something pretty insane that night! And yes, sometimes you just get a phone call from a friend asking for a favor and you find yourself on a non-stop flight to Los Angeles to lay down some low end. I love this life and not really knowing what's gonna happen all the time is part of what makes it so exciting. Scary too but if you aren't a little afraid of the possibilities then maybe you aren't reaching outside your comfort zone enough.

Mike and Travis will talk why cruise ships are better than airplanes, killer remixes, and the new Blink-182 record. Forget Meet the Barkers you’re about to see a whole new side of Travis as he reveals the pleasures and the pain that shaped him into a music icon. Did we mention tune-in? Tune-in and tell your friends!

Find him on Twitter: @travisbarker and @blink182.

Topics-
Blink-182 rehearsals, work ethic and passion for music, Travis’ love for hip-hop and his career into that after Blink- 182 and The Transplants broke up. The benefit gig with Goldfinger, Mike and Travis. He also talks about recording with Matt Skiba after Tom Delonge’s exit.  Business, Crossroads Restaurant in LA, family life with his kids, MTV reality show, how surviving a plane crash changed his life perspective, drug abuse, relationships and tons more!

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Travis Landon Barker (born November 14, 1975) is an American musician and producer, and the drummer for the American rock bandBlink-182. Barker has also performed as a frequent collaborator with hip-hop artists, and with the alternative rock band +44, the rap rock group the Transplants, and the alternative rock band Box Car Racer. He was a frequent collaborator with the late DJ AM, and together they formed TRV$DJAM.
After the split of his first band, Feeble, Barker began playing for the Aquabats in 1996 as the Baron Von Tito. He recorded one album with them, The Fury of The Aquabats!, in 1997. His career took off when he joined up with Blink-182 in 1998. Barker has since established himself as a versatile drummer, producing and making guest appearances in music projects of numerous music genres including hip hop, alternative rock, pop and country. He has gained significant acceptance within the hip-hop community in particular and often collaborates with artists to compose rock-tinged remixes to their songs. Barker collaborated with artists (including Game, Yelawolf, Tom Morello, Corey Taylor, Slaughterhouse, Raekwon, Busta Rhymes, RZA, Slash, and other musicians) for his solo debut album,Give the Drummer Some, which was released on March 15, 2011.
In 2011, he worked with Steve Aoki and Kid Cudi in Aoki's hit single Cudi the Kid, as part of his album Wonderland, with Barker as lead drummer.
Aside from drumming, he founded the clothing company Famous Stars and Straps in 1999 and LaSalle Records in 2004. Companies such as DC Shoes and Zildjian cymbals have co-designed products in his name. Rolling Stone referred to him as "punk's first superstar drummer." - Source: Wikipedia

Mike talks with Ben Weasel this week! They talk about touring, his public persona, modern day music industry/society, songwriting, The Catholic Church, Outcasts, and a lot more! 

I grew up in the days where you got a cassette with an album on it. Dubbed from a dub. I didn't know what bands looked like or how many Twitter followers they had. My only evidence or context of the band was based off listening intensely to the music. My imagination ran wild with larger than life images of what the band was. But they were larger than life to me. For example. I thought the band ALL was this huge rock band just from listening to Allroy's Revenge on a dubbed cassette over and over. Even when I saw them play on a school night in 91' at the OK Hotel I still hadno idea what the band looked like. This was no different for how I discovered Screeching Weasel. My brain hurts to think back that far but I almost always think of my days ditch digging and doing manual labor and maintanance for rental apartments and duplexes. It was my buddy Rich and myself in a his truch blasting Boogada Boogada Boogada from one job to the next. Punk rock was the soundtrack to my life. Work, play, rain or shine. Screeching Weasel was there for me. Thanks for doing the podcast Ben. Take a listen and learn a few things about Ben Weasel. I didn't know what he looked like till I met him in person last year when MXPX played our first show with them in Portland, OR.

Ben Weasel (born Benjamin Foster) is a punk rock musician, best known as the lead singer and guitarist of bands Screeching Weasel and The Riverdales.

Mike talks with Louis Defabrizio (Gasonline Heart) about his recent experience voting for Bernie Sanders in New York City and then Michelle Ray joins to give a more conservative point of view.

If you care about how policies and legislation effects you, this episode is for you! Actually, scratch that. This episode is for everybody. We Americans live in a deeply divided country where it seems like there's no real path to solving our biggest problems. I don't know all the talking points and all the right things to say but I do get passionate about some issues in this episode of the Mike Herrera Hour.

I'm joined by Gasoline Heart's Louis DeFabrizio (@GasolineHeart) from the back of his Brooklyn where he found a spot to hide from his wife and twin baby boys for some eye witness accounting of the NY Democratic Primary Voting Day. This alone is worth tuning in but that's not all!!

In the second segment we get serious about socialism and capitalism with Conservative Radio Personality Michelle Ray (@GaltsGirl)

It's a great episode you won't want to miss. Please send me a review and look at the bottom link if you wanna support the show while shopping on Amazon. Them drones will be your friend. As long as they keep dropping sweet consumer products!

TOPICS: Politics, U.S. Politics, Elections, Primaries, Voter Fraud, Democrats, Republicans, Libertarians, Originalists, Voting, Party Politics, Bernie Sanders, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Ted Cruz, Gary Johnson, Taxes, Hot Button Issues.

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Mike takes Skype calls from friends and fans and talks to Jason Call from Daphne Loves Derby about how they got 5 million downloads.

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How an unsigned band got 5 Million downloads while the music business was breaking and more stories from you, my friends and listeners. My main guest is Jason Call of the band Daphne Loves Derby and now Mariner. We talk about his band's space rocket to success by gaining more than 5 million downloads for just 1 song through sites like PureVolume and MySpace and how that led to a record deal, world tours. How did it happen? How did they do it? Did they hack the system or were they just the first to do it?

Special Note: This episode I'm taking your calls on skype. It was a very last minute decision to do a podcast solely based on who I could talk to via skype at that very second. Thanks to Louis DeFabrizio, Nate Allen, Thiago Messias for the chat and everyone else that I didn't get to actually talk to on the podcast. I'll do this again and it will continue to improve.

I also announce the winners of the something free from the Merch Arsenal drawing. Yes.. I do that.

TOPICS: Taxes, Small Business, Music Business, Digital Marketing, Career Arch, Life Choices.  Social Marketing - Reactions, Responses, Analytics, Statistics. Predictive Analytics

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Beebs @BeebsMoney is back on the show and we get to hear her brand new solo song, Ride Around the Sun. Amidst our talk on music, business and more she let us in on a very personal subject on her health and life.  Living in pain from Polymyalgia/Fibromyalgia. I was blown away. Had no idea. Learn about it in this episode. We also cover a few other very interesting topics including:
Routines, Float Tanks, Meditation for people who don't meditate, Music Business, Cannabinoids/CBD/Medicinal Cannabis, iOS update fail - Night Shift, Twitter Freeze Out, Tron Bikes/NASA/SpaceX

Visit her band site for more fun - BEEBS WEBSITE: http://beebsandhermoneymakers.com/

Beebs and Her Money Makers were discovered by legendary promoter Kevin Lyman and asked to join the Vans Warped Tour 2013. As they performed all 50+ days of the summer, Beebs and Her Money Makers were filmed for the 2nd Season of Warped Roadies on the FUSE Network.

Kellen Prouse joins the podcast to talk about his life with MS and more: learning online, investing/trading, Food and Health, Living fulling with a disability, medical marijuana, politics and public speaking.

Find Kellen online: Twitter @Prouska, and his blog: wheelsandred.com.

I met Kellen a while back and we had talked about getting together to chat about his lifestyle since being diagnosed with the debilitating disease, Multiple Sclerosis. After over a year since that first meet up with Kellen, I finally got him on the podcast. We had a conversation centered around MS and lifestyle change. I get crazy a few times on a few topics but I think there is some good little nuggets in here.. so thanks for listening and thanks to Kellen for being so open and honest about the real and everyday struggles he faces and will face for the rest of his life.

Living with a disability - Kellen Prouse @Prouska MHH 148 March is MS Awareness Month (Multiple Sclerosis)

Diagnosed with MS in 2010, things went downhill quickly.  A short six months after diagnosis Kellen couldn’t walk, see or feel much of anything.  

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Kellen's interests and topics in this podcast

• Food and Health
• Adventuring
• Stock Market / Trading
• Investing
• Disability (M.S.)
• Medical Marijuana
• Living life to the fullest

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FREE MUSIC CONTEST- After the weekend I will pick 1 lucky winner from my email list. PRIZE-That person will get to choose 1 of any piece of music off of the MXPX Merch Arsenal.

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Social Media Conference, Public Speaking, Marketing, Networking, DIY Entrepreneurship, and more with Wesley Hoffman and Corey Smale. Find them on Twitter: The Strangehouse, @thestrangehouse, Wesley Hoffman, @wesleyhoffman, Corey Smale, @coreysmale. 

MHH147 -  Wesley Hoffman. Corey Smale. Today’s show is brought to you by Casper.

Meet the guys behind #STRANGEHOUSEWORKSHOP and @thestrangehouse Podcast. A new kind of marketing conference. Food and brew included. They hired me to speak about my longevity and how I learned to connect with my audience above all else. And that led me down the social media path pretty early on. We started our website MXPX.com on March 19, 1996.

In this episode we talk mainly about the event and the business atmosphere in St. Louis. March 11. We also cover the actual planning and workflow that was done to prepare for the event. We get a little granular at times but ultimately we bare out some gems. I'm hoping you agree. We get inside a few deep layers here. I really hope you can get something good out of this talk. I did. I'm always learning new ways to live and think. As I travel I'm always meeting new and interesting people. St. Louis was no exception. Listen and enjoy a look inside the stories that make up our lives. And please send in your comments in the section below or wherever you see me on social media.

TOPICS- Delayed flight. City Museum. Food. Drinks. Social media. Songs. I always change my set. So I do things I don't plan. And don't do things I do plan. It's like joy/pain. Bitter/sweet. 

MORE TOPICS- Morning routines. weekly habits. Mentioned docs & TV- Viceland- Fuck that's Delicious, Bompton with Kendrick Lemar. Recent Books.

Are you an entrepreneur or Freelancer?  I'm a dichotomy. I'm both. But something like a business type can't really define you. We are always making micro adjustments in our lives and in our world view. Business is the perfect example because it never stops changing and common sense is common of reason.

A big turning point and catalyst for change in my life was inevitable. But specifically for me it was continued self-learning. Books. Then The Internet. Podcasts. YouTube. Documentaries. Live Performance. I study humans. And writing.

Questions. Is exercise important to being happy? What does it do for you? If not, why don't you need it?

2 Pac. Hit me up. Bad boy killas. I work out to shit like that. I get serious about it. But I also think a lot. Solve problems. Ideas just hit me. Hit me up. I'm always writing down lines and ideas between sets. On my phone usually. I look like a teenager glued to my phone. But I'm writing it down cause every time I don't, I forget.  I also work out to songs like, Fat Bottom Girls by Queen. Try not getting a burst of energy with that kick drum pumping and Freddy giving so much of himself. SO music can definitely move you. However, we don't talk about Queen in this episode. Get after it!

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WHAT WOULD YOU CHOOSE?

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Jesse Lawson, Ryan McKinnon and Brad Miranda are on the podcast this week! @theJesseLawson @RjMckinnon @BradlygMiranda.

That something new for me really worked out well! I'm in St. Louis, sitting in my hotel room after a big day at the #STRANGEHOUSEWORKSHOP event that I spoke at. I had expressed some self doubt and nervousness on the podcast about the (at the time) impending doom aka "the TALK".

In this episode I had a great talk with Musician/ Songwriter, Jesse Lawson, Photographer, Ryan McKinnon, and Engineer/MTS Producer, Bradly G Miranda aka Huggies. We talk about chicago, beer, songs, music, punk, rock, business, photography, movies, podcasts.

For anyone with hustle and big ideas. This episode is for you.

I talk about my trip to Chicago and the new MXPX Pokinatcha Left Coast Style IPA craft beer that we collabed with 350 Brewing in Tinley Park. Chicago is a respectable city. We'll be back for 350 Fest- August 27th, 2016. Tickets on-sale right here:
https://350brewing.com/350fest/

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Meditation when he wakes up.

MHH145 with James Hunnicutt - A singer/songwriter/musician from Washington State, USA...

"I believe that the most powerful & universal languages in humanity are love & music...
I do what I do because I love it. My love for life & music empowers me & I have learned that what I do empowers others from time to time as well & this realization is invaluable in my opinion... It brings an inner wealth along with it that $ & material possessions can't even come close to comparing with... " -James Hunnicutt

Find out what it was like to watch Stanly Kubrick's A clockwork orange for the first time  while also taking shrooms for the first time. Friday night at the powerlines! 

We both grew up in the same areas and our paths have criss-crossed now and again. James in an amazing performer and songwriter as you will hear at the end of this episode. He gives us a special performance of his song, Risk the Fall live in Monkey Trench Studios. Our buddy and fellow bad ass musician, Mykey Haslip joins us in telling some fun stories and good humor.

Just have a listen and judge for yourself but I really enjoyed the hell out of this one.

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Politics, Media, Social Media, and the modern musician's life with Tyson Evans of @SecondtoLast.

Taking the nation's temperature from the youth perspective with Tyson Evans and hear an exclusive acoustic performance by Tyson right from my couch in Monkey Trench Studios. His band Second to Last from Lodi, CA (yes I brought up the CCR song) has toured all over the country with some pretty well known acts that yes, he does name during the conversation. Just get in there and check it out. We covered a lot of ground and much of it was recent happenings and commentary on the US presidential race and our social and racial climate not only in this country but locally right here in Bremerton.

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Go Betty Go members Aixa and Nicolette join Mike to talk about their band reuniting, technology, the music business and more!

Mxpx Booking Agent/Manager Tom Chichila joins Mike to talk about ticket scalpers and how to fight them!

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Bass player, Derik Envy joins Mike this week. Former- Unwritten Law, Current- True Rivals, The Briggs, Teenage Time Killers.

How to learn songs. Tattoos. Playing together on tour. Crazy America politics. What if trump wins?

I love it when something just clicks. You've been struggling with a new skill for months and it just doesn't seem to be going anywhere. But then all the sudden you go back to task or part that you previously struggled with and with no practice on the part between now and that last time you struggled with it over a month ago, you nail it with not much effort and it just clicks.

That click takes time, practice, research and the desire to be taken seriously.

Derik Envy is an American bass player and multi instrumentalist. Formerly of many bands including bass duties for San Diego's finest, Unwritten Law. That's where I first met Derik, we toured together. We get into that a little bit here. Currently playing in True RIvals, The Briggs and Teenage Time Killers. He's got a great work ethic and brings that to the stage. I love watching him up there jumping around and swinging his bass lines all over the stage. And check out his tattoos. He's a monster at this point and almost fully covered head to toe in tattoos. His head would make most mamas cry. It's bad ass. Check him out on Instagram @DerikEnvy or Twitter @DerikNV

In my conversation with Derik we talk about his learning process. Some of the skills it takes to be a professional bass player. The workflow for learning a lot of material in a short amount of time. If you play an instrument you'll wanna sit in on this conversation. We do veer off into some other topics but it's mainly a winding path from the hills of Montana to the concrete streets of Los Angeles, CA and all the crazy places between and beyond. Here's a video of True Rivals backing me up on my version of Rancid's Olympia, Wa.

Mastering the Bass with Derik Envy.

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Yuri and Mike talk while on the road. Current events, podcasts, music industry changes, MxPx shows and lots of good stories! Tour dates and updates as well. Follow Yuri on Instagram @YuriZaneRuley or Twitter @YuriZane

Forgive the road noise and poor quality audio. Sometimes it's better to record with what you have rather than wait for a moment you will never duplicate. I'm glad I recorded this conversation. No prep, no notes, just an early morning ride to the SeaTac airport to play some rock shows. To do work.

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Brewmaster and original MxPx guitarist, Andy Husted, joins Mike this week!