Cora Wittekind, dog trainer and owner of Prestigious Pooch.

School of Rock, Blenderhead and Tooth & Nail Records days.

Billy Power Host and friend at Urban Achiever. Producer and editor at Never Was. GM at School of Rock Red Bank. (Blenderhead, Tooth & NailRecords). Twitter: @GetatBillyPower and Instragram: @urbanachieverpc

Songwriting episode with Jonathan Jones (We Shot the Moon).

Ryan Seaman from Falling in Reverse joins Mike this week! Find him on Twitter: @ryanseaman.

Join Mike Herrera Hour's One-Week Fantasy Football League!
Go to fanduel.com/MHH to sign up! Entry fee is $5. League size is 100. Use Code MHH at checkout.

Photographer Ryan McKinnon is the guest this week! Football/Fan Duel update at the beginning.

After talking him into helping with a little house painting, Mike sat down to podcast with Lorin Walker Madsen, who was in town for a show with band-mates Jeff, Ron and Taylor.

From Salt Lake City, Lorin shares stories from the music scene there and life on the road. Conversation about how to overcome self doubt… Working as a musician, chasing the “true” song. Be sure to stick around for a little live music at the end. Enjoy!

Songs played: Raise your Glass" & "Everything I Need". lorinwalkermadsen.com

Join Mike Herrera Hour's One-Week Fantasy Football League! Go to fanduel.com/MHH to sign up!

Tom Chichila (Over Easy Booking) shares his Hurricane Katrina story for the 10 year anniversary. Inside story from in the storm and how everything changed after. Follow him on Twitter: @tomisnotangry.

Warped Tour Manager, Lisa Brownlee & the Production Girls of Warped 2014. DRUNK CAST! after the Warped Tour Cleveland Punk Rock Night Party and everyone was wasted. Enjoy! Warped 2014 Production, Water is Vegan, Who Cares? Lisa's TV show idea, Midget Toss, Tommy Ramone, Arturo (Ramones Art), Proof of Ghost Stories.

Ryan, Joe, and Jeremiah join Mike this week! They give a show recap, talk music then and now, updates, family.

Lead singer of Five Iron Frenzy, Reese Roper joins Mike. They talk touring, FIF then and now, and keeping the ego in check as a musician.

Ryan Zwiefelhofer from the band Acceptance. Social Media, music branding, Mxpx updates. See MXPX and Acceptance live in Bremerton, WA Sept 12th!

Mike checks in with his agent, Tom Chichila (Over Easy Booking). Music business talk: going against the industry standard, how to make money in the music industry, current state.

Christianity, Christian bands, Reality TV, Ska, The Military, PTSD, Depression/Anxiety, Zero Platoon.

Jen Briney (Congressional Dish Podcast) returns to the show this week!

Mxpx news, Rockfest recap, Tom Chichila and Bradly Miranda join Mike this week.

 Kenny Feinstein and Harry Selick join Mike this week!

Darrin Pfeiffer from Goldfinger joins Mike this week!

Marc and Joe from the band Patent Pending join Mike at the Slam Dunk Festival.

Tony from Mest joins the podcast to talk about the upcoming Mest reunion shows. Ryan and Jake talk about the Acceptance reunion, music, photography...

Chris 2, bass player in Anti-Flag, joins Mike this week!

New Anti-Flag album, American Spring comes out May 26th!

Empathy, writing, being in Anti-Flag post 9/11, evolving, politics, punk rock, Edward Snowden.

Follow Chris on Twitter: @ChrisDos, @Anti_Flag

and Instagram: @chrisnumber2, @anti.flag.official

Jesse Lawson, Ryan McKinnon, Steven Romero are on the show this week! Get inspired as they discuss art, goals, learning from kids and even a little Facebook.

Follow these guys on Twitter: @TheJesseLawson, @WestSideArchive, and @rjmckinnon.

Nikola Sarcevic (Millencolin) joins Mike to talk punk rock, politics, the creative process and more! We also get the scoop on Millencolin’s new album.

Follow Nikola on Twitter: @nikolasarcevic and @millencolin.

 

Cody Carson (Set it Off) and Patty Walters and Andy Westhead (As It Is) join Mike this week.

Music, travel, learning and evolving, life & death. Indiana’s Religions Freedom Restoration Act, TV Shows, Netflix Originals, Edward Snowden, Advertising in the Future.  

Mike talks with Nick Martin- Sleeping with Sirens, Vic Fuentes - Pierce the Veil, Ryan Rockwell - Mixtapes/Big Snackers Podcast.

Musician Jack Parker joins Mike this week! Engineer, Bradly Miranda also joins and they check in with Greg Bennett! Major injuries, recovery, tour, good times. @jackwparker, @BradlyGMiranda, @GregWBennett

The guys from Survay Says stopped by Bremerton to talk podcasts, touring, band stories and more! Henry, John, Ricky, Brent, Mike, DJ join Mike.

Jonathan Jones and Ben Hilzinger join Mike for all kinds of songwriting and studio talk.

Photography, Photo-shoots, music and business, Urban Exploring, Instagram, Monkey Trench Ghost, meta.

Visit Mike’s new site at mikeherrera.net - new blogs, photos, and vidoes are waiting for you!

Portland based Journalist/PR and Band Manager, Jameson Ketchum joins Mike this week. Sports, Meta, Lucid Living and Dreaming, Multiverse, Meditation, Interviews, PR, Blogs

Barbershop talk, tattoos, Seahawks, Ghosts, Haunted Studio.

Tommy Rat is back to talk about sound, music, New Year's goals and more!

Happy New Year! Special year end, Best of episode. Thanks for listening and we'll be back in a few weeks!

Christmas traditions, Year in Review: 2014 albums and movies, Juicy J, Tooth & Nail Documentary, Quitting Facebook, Internet Advertising, podcasts.

Overtime: Media, Personal High/Lows for the year.

Legionnaire, Pomplamoose, The Creative Class, Punk Politics, Anti-Flag, Answering your questions.

Overtime: Mxpx plans, more questions, social media, Traveling, happiness.

Hawk Nelson, Legionnaire, Digital age, NSA, Privacy, Hacking, Insider Trading, Car sales, Cosby...

Shows, playing acoustic, punk scene, New Found Glory, Anberlin Tour, snow, music, Ferguson, politics, the government, partycast.

Overtime: Political parties, getting pulled over.

On the road with Jake Langley!

Tour, snow, comedy, social media, society, superstition…
Overtime: TV, Howard Stern, Celebrities

Let Mike know how you listen to the podcast: @mikeherreraTD

Storytelling with Tommy Rat (MxPx Tour Manager) and Yuri. Artist Adara joins on overtime.

 Matt, Brian and Kyle. New Jersey, JFK, Privacy, Social Triggers, Band Politics

Louis Debabrizio is back to make you laugh! The future, GPS dots, toxic toothpaste, marriage, family, songwriting.

Punk Professor. Ph.D student studying theology and philosophy at Drew University, and an adjunct theology professor at Xavier University

This week's episode is a philosophical conversation about growing up in church, the influence of punk rock, being a "Teenage Anarchist", and questioning everything.

Ed, Ali, Dan. Tour Recap, Bus Crash, Stage Show, Fit Bit, Drug Smuggling, Team America, United Airlines, Goldfinger

Survay Says! band from New Jersey join the podcast from the road this week!

The Voice, Touring, Music, Why?, War, Ebola, NFL

Bryan Nelson, Bass player for The Ataris. Travel, John Moreland, Willie Nelson, Los Angeles, Race Debate, Police State, Media Monster, Dracula

iPhone fail, Born into TV Business, Christian scene, Punk community, High School, Family, Pro-Gay stance, politics, Police brutality, Honesty, Mars Hill - Mark Driscoll, Hell, This is Radio Cast. Overtime: Mike's nostalgic writing, suffering, Love, God chemical, Larry King.

Billy Kottage from Reel Big Fish joins Mike. Apple Watch, iPhone6, Police stories, U2, Spam, Music Business, Politics

Mike's friend Ollie (Hustle Roses) joins the podcast! Haunted LA, Joan Rivers, Death, Depression, Bullies, Touring, MTV Music Awards, TV, Big Brother, Money, Consumption, Wills. OT: Trying not to die.

The Fappening, Cloud hacking, Shadow government, Neighbor's complaints, technology, Facebook messenger,

OT: Ferguson, ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, Facebook/Twitter posting

Dan & Dave. Music, House of Cards, Politics, Movies, Chicago, Parent Trap, Finding new music, Spotify, Jered Scott, NSA, Edward Snowden, EP's vs LP's. OT: Cannabis Prohibition

Warped Edition with Acoustic Basement Boys: Brian Marquis, PJ Bond, Nick Santino

Van tours, Solo artists, Soul Crushing gigs, Acoustic Basement stage, getting stuck by lightning, happiness, Google Smart Contacts, NSA, Data Mining, Amazon Drones, Curious Google Searches

Warped Edition with The Story So Far, Saves the Day: Chris Conley, Parker, Kevin, Kellin, John. Warped Tour, Mushrooms, Fire, Cliff Jumping, Death Tubing, Breaking the 4th wall.

Warped Edition with Teenage Bottlerocket! Wyoming Punk, Dick Cheney, Tommy Ramone, Landlines, Facetime, CBGB's, Andy Williams - Every Time I Die

Nick and Mike from Heart to Heart. Warped Edition: Long haul driving, drivers, iPods, Stand up comedy, Kevin Hart, Aziz, Bill Cosby, Eddie Murphy, Stories, Beards, Pro Wrestling.

From the horses mouth: Ryan's response. NSA, Government, Paradigm, Conspiracy, Sandy Hook, JFK, Joe Rogan, Tommy Ramone, The Cootees, Warped Tour, Ohio.

Paul, Jeremy, and Michelle (Beebs).

Warped Tour, Fuse: Warped Roadies Show, Funky Hot Dog Music, Merch, Jersey Shore, Teleportation, Female vocalists, Pop music, Buying experiences/concerts. Overtime: John Lennon bus, movies, Port-A-Potty deaths….

Warped Tour, Free internet, 3D Printing, getting older, Recording, Record Label parties, music videos, Fat Wreck Chords.

Overtime: Buildings Tumble recorded live at Warped Tour.

Tim, Kyle, and Scott from Allister join Mike. Chicago, Creepy Venues, Ghosts, Orlando, Japan, Travel, Recording, Weezer, Scott & Rivers, Ripping off songs, Chicago bands. OT: China, car accidents.

Pop-punk, As I Lay Dying, CrossFit, Spotify, Government, Alabama, Musician friendly jobs, chemistry, Big Corporations, Oil Spills, Crypto-Currency, Bonnaroo hate, Dave Matthews Band. Overtime: Green Day, Tour.

Sound engineer and musician, Andy Alonso and Mike chill after the show… Orlando, FL. ‪@Audio_andy‬

Sound/Audio, technology, early computer games, tour, Mike’s bad jokes, San Antonio, Mxpx, food on the road… OT: Kanye, people in power, government and corporations, NSA, 1984, weed laws.

Special episode with clips from previous shows! Navy Seal strategies with Poncho & Lefty, aliens with Matt Skiba, music & life with Kris Roe and Seattle DJ, Marco Collins recalls the early punk days and shares Eddie Vedder and Kurt Cobin stories.

Bremerton, band life, current events, shootings, advertising, Friday the 13th, 13 tats tradition, Social Media, Vine, Star Wars, selfie. OT: Life's snooze button, Scary movies, Drunk, Spaceballs.

Mxpx tour, Kumare, parenting, teen stabbing, school shootings, religion, Justin Beiber, Hollywood, Best Life, YouTube, Your Questions, Star Wars, Tom & Yuri, PxPx Fan Club, Monkey Trench Studios.

Kris, Phil, Adrian, Joe and Manny join Mike. Bremerton, trolls and internet rants, Ernie Ball, Old vs. New music.

Musician Jack Parker is the guest this week. His solo EP, Homegrown, is out now! Check it out on Jack’s Bandcamp page. 

Some things talked about: Measles Vaccine Cancer Cure, Drugs, Pink Floyd, The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Sting, The Police, Vinyl Collecting, Tumbledown Live, DIY Touring Advice, Q&A.

From on a ferry in Europe… Russia, Greg's accident, travel, surveillance, positive outlook.

Bryan Nelson from The Ataris. From on the road in Germany... Tour diet, wrestling, fans abroad, traveling, Netflix binge watching, The Matrix, drugs, krokodil, Navy Seals, Internet Trolls, change…

Follow Bryan on Twitter: @AmericanBryan and @TheAtaris

Ben Hilzinger is back on the podcast this week! Follow him on Twitter: @benhilzinger

Violent Femmes, House of Cards, Lifetime Airline Pass, Producing/Engineering, Movies: Grand Budapest Hotel, Catching Fire. Overtime: Star Wars Outrage, Placebo effect, Law of Attraction.

Amber Pacific is recording at Monkey Trench Studios this week… Dango and Mike took a break to record a podcast!

Find Dango on Twitter: @DangoEmpire and follow Amber Pacific: @AMBERPACIFIC.

Drumming, Tour, Nashville, Crowd Funding, Recording.

Overtime: Will Nutter and Matt Young join.

@ryanseaman @duffs_knives @detron3000

Partycast with Ryan Seaman (Falling In Reverse) and his buddies Deeds and Duffs!

App Development - Pinyata, House of Cards, Super Bowl Rings, Business plans, Startups, Brazil and South America travel, Marketing, Recording, Producing, Corruption.

Overtime: Mxpx, Warped Tour, WuTang Selling 1 CD

Filmmaker Adam Scorgie joins Mike this week.
The Union: The Business Behind Getting High, The Culture High.

Marijuana, Prohibition, Addiction's Underlying Issue, Diet, Health, Fame, Pursuit of happiness, Industry life, filmmaking, podcasting, Media monopolies.

http://www.scoregproductions.com/

Zach Blair from Rise Against joins Mike from the road this week. Follow Rise Against on Twitter: @riseagainst

Hagfish, GWAR, Music, Marathon talking, Cable, Ft. Hood Shooting, Iraqi Veterans Against War... Overtime: SeaWorld/Blackfish, Internet, Activism, Tribute Shows - Black Flag, Descendents

Thanks for listening! Join the conversation: #mhh @mikeherreraTD

Recording, Sleeping with Sirens, parenthood, touring, drinking, tattoos, Monkey Trench Reality TV show, Russia/Ukraine… OT: North Korea, Stand By Me, Studio fever, Dogs.

Podcast host, Jen Briney joins Mike at Monkey Trench Studio this week!

Check out her podcast Congressional Dish, and find her on Twitter: @JenBriney

Jen brings her political knowledge to the podcast and shares some insights and ideas about NSA Spying, Diane Feinstein, Ukraine/Russia, Money in politics, Seattle and more!!

Overtime: Scandal, House of Cards, Washington/Colorado weed laws, podcasting and more!!

@JodyEllenLove, @BenHilzinger, and @andybrunobass. Seattle, Dave Grohl, superstition, SXSW, 3D Printing, Robert Lang, Jared Leto, Business ideas… OT: Amazon Locker, Monkey Trench Ghost.

Podcast host, Robert Garza joins Mike this week. Podcasting, Twitter, music, money, Russia and the Ukraine, Sinkholes, The unseen, 9/11, Information age, Wikipedia… Overtime: News, tech, rants, life.

The band Francis swings by Monkey Trench for the podcast this week. Zack, Jake, Doyle, Tyler, AJ. Francis Does America, DIY tour, What Would You Do? show, fight stories, NSA, Tech, Medicine, Drug Lords, Music business.
 

Musician, Jose Garzon is the guest this week! Europe Tour Dates, Amazon, Drone Delivery, Apple, Corporate Greed, Police, The Herrera's new puppy, Hawaii, Snow Storms. Overtime: Dumb Starbucks, Listener Questions, Apple: Steve Jobs, Bar Rescue, Money, Hi Lo's…

Mike Moen from the band Neutral Boy is this week's guest. Touring, band changes, writing process, boat squatting, punk rock, Mxpx tour recap.

Tom Wisniewski joins Mike from Japan to talk about the Seahawks Superbowl win! Aso, the Olympics, Travel, Music…

High-Lows Part 2! Jason Hockney Zeimet returns to the podcast and he and Mike go through Mike's music archive: Mxpx, The Cootees, Arthur and Tumbledown. Facts, high and low points, artwork...

Continuing the conversation from last week, Tom Chichila is on the podcast again!

Work process, booking bands, politics, NSA, privacy, Propaganda...

Overtime: The Cootees, playing with Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros, Lady GaGa, meeting famous people (SNL After Party), money, happiness.

Booking agent Tom Chichila returns to the podcast this week!

Some topics: New Best Life video w/Goldfinger, Show stats: ticket counts, human behavior, New Orleans, Internet trolls, songwriting process, inspiration, guest lists, Mike's Solo Record and Collections album, Best flight times, creative process….

**Overtime from this episode turned into another full episode which will air next week!

Daniel G. Harmann from The Trouble Starts joins Mike this week. Find hiim on Twitter: @HelloTower

Visit the brand new mikeherrera.net and be sure to check for upcoming shows in your area!

Topics discussed on this week's podcast: Show do's and don'ts, life questions, music, favorite producers, money, The Internet, Cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, Seahawks and more!

Overtime: History, Religion, Israel, Heaven and Hell, Fear, Pagans, Craft beer…

Featured music on outro: The Doors Lock from the Inside - The Trouble Starts

Photographer/Videographer Jered Scott. SeveralGuys.com, Africa adventure, These Numbers Have Faces, Photography, Film, Nelson Mandela, Humanitarian efforts, Loveline, Japan, Death…

Overtime: Documentaries, Happy People: A Year in the Taiga

Focused on social media. Tech.  Future. TV shows. Movies. Traveling. Russia. London. Acting. Comedy. Nurse Jackie. Realities of getting into acting career. Acting class. Reality TV.

Journalist and Author, David Seaman is back on the podcast. Bitcion, eBooks, New Media, Fiatleak.com, Uber.com, Epitaph Party, Drug War, Drones.

Journalist, Blogger and Radio Host, Michelle Ray joins the Mike Herrera Hour this week.

Follow Michelle on Twitter: @GaltsGirl

Drones, Bacon, NSA, NDAA, CIA, Drug War, Drug Jobs, War on Journalism, Bitcoin, Paul Walker, Twitter,  Music, Mike’s Stage Injury, Twitter, New Media, Social Media…

Overtime: Bitcoin, Tea Party, Fed Reserve, War, Crypto Currency.

Tom Wisniewski, guitar player in Mxpx.

Thanksgiving Wrap, Black Friday, Amazon Drone Delivery, The Walking Dead - Zombies, Seahawks, The Walking Dead - Zombies, Tour Life, South American Touring, Australia Warped Tour, Addiction, Cigars, Vegas, history.

Overtime: Piss Beer Bongs, Mxpx Tours, Ever Passing Moment, Studio, Producers: Steve Kravac, Jerry Finn, Meaning of life.

John Feldmann from Goldfinger joins Mike for a philosophical conversation while backstage at the Paramount in Long Island, New York City.

Find John on Twitter: @JohnFeldy, @goldfingermusic

The Four Agreements, Karma, Dogs, Positivity, Fear, Placebo effect, Producing, songwriting, Goldfinger, Touring, Top40

Cable, Sports, Lou's Moving Company, Mike playing with Goldfinger, Warped Tour and Cornerstone, Seattle, Pearl Jam/Eddie Vedder, Drunken tour stories, GoPro Camera, Documenting life, Mxpx 21 Years show...

Overtime: Mike's mean Twitter drafts, Band Management, Tooth & Nail Documentary, podcasts, Government and Big Business, #bestlife

Find Louis on Twitter: @Gasolineheart77

and Instagram: @gasolineheart and @loumovesyou

Darrin Pfeiffer of Goldfinger @Darrin99 @goldfingermusic. Backstage in New York City. Check out Darrin's record label, High 4 Records.

Music Business, Management, Goldfinger, Mxpx/Goldfinger/Sex Pistols show.

Overtime: 9/11, WTC Building 7, 9/11 Explosive Evidence - Experts Speak Out, Hemp, Marijuana...

Charlie Paulson of Goldfinger. Late night Partycast from St. Pete, FL

Hotel life, Hitchcock, Acting, Podcasts, Marc Maron - WTF Podcast, Mike Busey, Politics, Obama deception, Protest law change, Monsanto Protection Act, Street Walkers, Fake Mustache, GMO Labeling Law-Washington State 522, Coke, Germany, Goldfinger, Mxpx, Musical influences, The Police, Fiction Plane, Filmage…

Overtime: Band tour dynamics, Reel Big Fish, Blogs, Twitter questions, Goldfinger future, Mike Herrera Acoustic album...

Jake and Jeff Turner from XO and Say Anything.

Technology, Apple, Twins, Say Anything, XO, Hot Rod Circuit, Social Media, Twitter vs. Facebook, Elliot Smith, Lou Reed, Contemplating death, Conscious eating, Intentional living, Lyric videos, Songwriting process, Modern music, Documentaries, Filmage Documentary, and Jake and Jeff sneak in an announcement for their new full length album coming out Feb. 4th.

Overtime: Kumare, Beatles Doc, The Fonz, Hero Worship, Community, Negativity, Craigslist Jon.

MxPx, PxPx, Music Business, Fans as Customers, The Queers, Screeching Weasel, Angry Banana, The Ataris, Touring, Private House Shows, CISPA, Locked up Abroad…

Congressional Dish Podcast host @jenbriney & she schools me on healthcare, shutdown, politics & how it all ticks.

Podcasting, Affordable Care Act (ACA/Obamacare), Political Solutions, Celebrity status, Dylan Ratigan on MSNBC, Money in politics... Visit house.gov to find your representative (with your zip code) and email them your thoughts!

Zander, Tra and Matt from the Bremerton band, Letters join the show. They just got back from a west coast tour and share personal shutdown stories, road stories, and more!

Video & Documentary Filmmaker and Pilot Bryan Buchelt is this week's guest.

Government Shutdown, Obamacare/ACA, Political documentary, IRS, Go Pro Camera, NSA, Prison Slave Labor, iPhone, iOS7, Silk Road Shutdown, Relaxations Drinks, Left/Right Paradigm.

SD Music Thing Recap, Internet Trolls, social media, intellectual property thieves, diversifying your life & business, health, authenticity, Industry secrets & tips.

Oliver Peck, Tattoo Artist - Elm Street Tattoo, Dallas Texas

Elm Street Music and Tattoo Festival, Friday the 13th, Lucky Numbers, Reverend Horton Heat, Jim Heath, Art, Merch, Drag the River, Jon Snodgrass, The Filmage, Blink182, Ink Master, Dave Navarro, Travel, Collections, Charity, True South.

Overtime: Conscious consumerism, Bremerton/Seattle Trip, Car wreck, Mike's new tattoo.