how did i get here?

2013-10

Episodes

Episode 216: Dave Prewitt

Tuesday Oct 29, 2013

Tuesday Oct 29, 2013

hello people! i hope you're all doing well. i've been playing a lot this week with skyrocket.we  played last night (monday) we don't normally play corporate parties during the week, but this week, we have two which is great. the one we played last night had a mechanical bull. it was an insurance company, so there were about 6 people who rode it during the six hour party. a mechanical bull really seems a lot easier to ride when you're watching people do it... much harder when you do it yourself. i've ridden one before. my aunt actually got married during the "urban cowboy" craze and had one at their wedding. i think me and my friends monopolized it. i was 11.my guest for episode 216 is videographer, dave prewitt. you can find dave's work by going to davetv.org. i've been friends with him since the early 90's when he had two extremely popular access tv music shows, "rawtime" and "capzeyez". i watched those shows every chance i had. i was on the shows a few times and always had a blast. anyway, dave did tons of interviews with locals bands, national touring bands and he was the last person to interview bill hicks. dave has always been involved with exposing people to new music and helping bands get "out there" in front of people. you can see a lot of his work if you go to davetv.org. i enjoyed hearing the stories of access and how he's transitioned to the internet age. i'm sure you will too. ciao! -jg

Thursday Oct 24, 2013

hello friends! i hope this episode finds you doing the 50 in under 10 seconds. i am doing well. if you're getting this on the day it comes out (10/25/13) and you live in houston, SKYROCKET! is playing the house of blues houston 5th anniversary party. we're excited about that. we'll be staying in houston for a private halloween gig where we'll be trading sets with a band all night. i'll let you know how it went next week. my girlfriend's dad is coming to town next week. i'm off friday and i'm looking for something fun for us to do as a group. apparently, they want to see music... is anyone playing in austin on friday, 11/1?my guests for episode 215 are justin wiseman and brandon kinder from the rocketboys! this is the rocketboys' second appearance on the show. brandon, the singer, came by last year for the release of their last album, build anyway. this time i'm joined by brandon and keyboard player justin to talk about the last year of their lives which includes touring the whole time with such bands as reliant k, twenty-one pilots, the almost and the mowgli's. they're about to go back to the east coast and the midwest out with the mowgli's in november. before they take off, they'll be playing a free show THIS sunday (10/27/13) in austin at umami mia's at 3 pm. anyway, we have a good talk about touring, writing, recording, should you mess around with a guy in shades? and much, much more. the rocketboys are an amazing band. you should buy their album and go see them. i love hanging out with justin and brandon. i'm sure you will too.ciao! -jg

Episode 214: Van Wilks

Tuesday Oct 22, 2013

Tuesday Oct 22, 2013

welcome to guitarland!hey gang! i hope you're all doing well. i'm good. i did something i've never done yesterday... i played in a golf tournament! also, i've only played like twice in my life. i get the "golf thing" now, but i think you have to be kinda wealthy to get into it. i had a great weekend, i saw the movie "don jon". it was really good. i played with SKYROCKET! on saturday. we have a few shows this week including a big show at the house of blues in houston on friday, october 25th for their 5th anniversary. here's the info, https://www.facebook.com/events/491731977601277/my guest for episode 214 is legendary guitar player, van wilks! van has been a staple of the austin music scene since the 70's. he has put out several album over the course of his career and toured all over the united states and europe extensively. i first heard van almost 30 years ago when he put out his "boystown" e.p. in the 80's. since then, i've seen van play and i've hung out with him from time-to-time. he's always been super nice and very supportive so i was glad when he agreed to do this show. i went out to his studio dubbed, "guitarland" and we sat down and talked about his journey from a young musician in lubbock to the texas music hall of fame and more! i hope you enjoy our conversation. i did. ciao! -jg

Episode 213: Adrian Quesada

Thursday Oct 17, 2013

Thursday Oct 17, 2013

hello people! i hope this episode finds you well. i am doing well. i'm about to go see sheboygan's record release show. i've been looking forward to that for a long time. if you like our theme song, "needle hits the groove", you should check out their album, triple fantasy, available on itunes and vinyl available at cdbaby.com and waterloo records in austin. i've just been at the t-mobile store dealing with my new phone. it finally came in tonight! i've been off of instagram for five days....my guest for episode 213 is grammy award winning producer, adrian quesada! i met adrian a few months ago when i did the elliot smith tribute show. he was in the house band. i knew he was in grupo fantasma and brownout and the he was producing a lot of my friends, david' garza, suzanna choffel and jazz mills to name a few. anyway, he's a great guy, immensely talented and we hit it off at the elliot tribute, i asked him to come by and be on the show and he did. we talked about grupo fantasma, the echocentric, brownout, playing with prince, prince, producing, growing up skate punk in laredo, golden globe parties, gramyy's and much, much more. i hope you enjoy getting to know adrian quesada. i did.ciao! -jg

Episode 212: Tessa Torrence

Tuesday Oct 15, 2013

Tuesday Oct 15, 2013

hello people! welcome to episode 212! i hope you are all doing splendidly in your lives. things are going well. i'm a bit hungover this morning. yesterday was my birthday and i had a party last night. it was great, but i got pretty drunk. no problem, i wasn't driving. i heard i was getting a kindle fire from my aunt and grandma and now i'm fantasizing about all the books i'll read. why would i read more because i had a kindle? i don't know, but i really think i will. i'll let you know. does anyone have any suggestions? we've gotten some new listeners. welcome to the show. i'm glad you've started tuning in. if you'd like to know what going on with all things "how did i get here?", please go "like" our facebook page https://www.facebook.com/pages/How-Did-I-Get-Here/255200761176138 and you'll get updates, photos and nuggets of wisdom. my guest for episode 212, is my dear friend, singer/songwriter, tessa torrence. tessa just released her first album, feel no evil, in august. the album was produced and co-written by kurt neuman of the bodeans. (who is also her dad) she's gotten some radio support, made a couple of videos and she seems to be navigating this new music business with a calm and steady hand. tessa and i are good friends. we hang out, talk on the phone and i know her family. but i had no idea about her harrowing childhood. so, tessa came by a while back, and we sat down and talked about everything, what went into her new album, drugs, a crazy childhood, making an album with your dad, chris lord alge and much, much more. tessa made a great album, she has an interesting story and she's a great hang. i hope you enjoy our conversation. i did. ciao! -jg

Friday Oct 11, 2013

hello friends of nature! i hope you are all doing well out there in podcast land. i'm doing well. i saw some friends play last night. it was a good time. i wanted to thank everyone who listened to the last episode (episode 210). i didn't think anyone would listen to it because the show was so different than what we normally do here.... boy, was i wrong! i will try to seize opportunities like that when they arise and bring you some different kinds of shows. i liked doing it. go back and listen. on this episode, i call former guest erin ivey and check-in with her about her new album. she recorded it live in front of an audience with the tosca string quartet. she's releasing an album/dvd combo and she started a kickstarter campaign to fund it's manufacturing and release.our guest for episode 211 is the incredible rock band, sheboygan! you might know sheboygan as the band that wrote and performs our theme song, "needle hits the groove"! i was glad they were able to stop by together, they're some of my best friends and we had a great time talking. we talked about their writing process, recording the album, benjamin hotchkiss' genius advice, motivational speeches, the music business, paul english and his pedals and much, much more. they've just released a new album, triple fantasy . the album is available on vynil online at cdbaby and comes with a download. here's a link to their album http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/sheboygan3 also,they have a record release show coming up on october 17th at the one-to-one bar in austin, tx here's a link https://www.facebook.com/events/161648904029488/ i love these guys! they're a great band and they've made a great record. buy it! i hope you enjoy our conversation. i did.ciao! -jg

Wednesday Oct 09, 2013

hello friends. welcome to this special episode of "how did i get here?". this morning i was watching the today show and checking my email when i saw or heard something about a new bridget jones movie where she's 50 years old. i didn't like the other two movies, so i figured i wouldn't like the third. i had a thought that made me laugh so i put it on twitter and facebook. it read "bridget jones in her 50's... what's the opposite of masturbate?" some people commented on it being funny. however, a couple of people didn't think it was funny. i asked one of the people if they would like to get together and discuss it in person on the podcast. her name is tricia mitchell. she said yes and invited me to her house. she even made me lunch. i thought it would be great to sit down face-to-face and discuss our differences instead of a "facebook comment war" or something stupid like that. i'm glad i did it. she was very nice and even though we have different views, we were able to talk about them and somehow have a better understanding of each other. what do you think? let's get down!ciao! -jg

Episode 209: David Sanger

Tuesday Oct 08, 2013

Tuesday Oct 08, 2013

hello my friends! i hope all is well in your world. my world is good right now. i made an appointment to get some custom earplugs made. i have some i had made a while ago, but i think it's time for some new ones. i'm getting fitted tomorrow. i'll let you know how it goes. i spent some time recording some new music yesterday. i'm planning on recording all week. i'll let you know how it goes.my guest for episode 209 is drummer/producer/music business man and all-around great hang, david sanger! david has been the drummer for alseep at the wheel for 27 years. we talk about his journey with that band which includes 20 grammy nominations with 6 grammy wins. he's married to his bandmate, elizabeth mcqueen. elizabeth was on the show a couple of months ago. david came by the apartment a while back and we sat down and talked about, asleep at the wheel, hee haw, california, professional frisbee players, legal ecstasy, producing albums, record distribution, huey lewis and much much more! i had a great time getting to know david. i'm sure you will too. ciao! -jg

Episode 208: OXBLVD

Friday Oct 04, 2013

Friday Oct 04, 2013

hello my friends! i hope this episode finds you alive and kicking! i'm fighting some kind of cold thing... it's been happening every couple of months and i discuss my theories about why on the show. i just got home from a skyrocket show. good show. i met a nice kid. he was funny. i met a cable access guy from the 90's. that was cool. also, i'm thinking about having a birthday party...my guests for episode 208 are the awesome australian band, OXBLVD (pronounced ox blood)! they're in austin doing a residency at the sahara lounge on wednesday nights for a couple of more weeks. they're a great band and really nice people. they came by the apartment and we talked about australia, surfing, american music, teenage cookbooks, inxs, the law, docimentaries and much, much more! i had a great time talking to these guys. i hope you enjoy getting to know my new friends, OXBLVD.ciao! -jg

Episode 207: Dana Rossi

Tuesday Oct 01, 2013

Tuesday Oct 01, 2013

what's up my friends? i am okay. i have some kind of cold or allergies or something that's fucking up my head. i've taken dayquill, so i'm a little kooky. that stuff makes me feel like i've taken some low-grade acid which s fine with me. i don't have the fortitude or patience to do acid anymore. i've been reaching out to some folks today to be on the show so hopefully in the months to come, i'll bring you some shows that you have been asking for. look out for those....my guest for episode 207 is podcaster/writer/music fan, dana rossi. dana is the producer and host of the new york city based, soundtrack series podcast! it's a great show! i was on it a few months ago when they recorded a live one here in austin. here's a link to the soundtrack series podcast www.soundtrackseries.com anyway, dana stopped by when she flew in from new york a few weeks ago to record another episode of the soundtrack series and we talked about everything, dating the amish, phili, new york, theater people, acting, singing, what's the right cheese steak place, music, her amazing podcast and much, much more. i had a great time getting to know dana. i'm sure you will too. ciao! -jg

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