Offstage at Chinchilla Studio

Shootin' the sh%# with music folks.

24. Best of Season One 04/06/2020

24. Best of Season One We compiled our favorite moments from the first "season" (chunk of relatively uninterrupted episodes, with no inherent temporal logic). Guest interrogations and music clips, us finding ourselves very funny, colorful stories, and the like. We're about to kick off our next "season," you know, eventually! We called ourselves About!... Podcast during Season One, because we thought the inside joke that syntax references was somehow more important than clarity, or having a unique, parsable title for search results. We realized our stupidity and have rebranded as Offstage at Chinchilla Studio, since, you know, descriptive words help. /episode/index/show/aboutpodcast/id/13877762

23. TourSleeper-ing with Dan Bergeron 05/08/2018

23. TourSleeper-ing with Dan Bergeron KTP is on tour again! Fresh off the heels of a house concert at the Massachusetts home of TourSleeper founder Dan Bergeron, we sit down with the man to discuss the band hosting platform. Sandi and Josh are among a small team of artist advisors to TourSleeper, and King Taylor Project is among its active user community. We talk about the ins-and-outs of lodging on an independent tour, we stir coffee loudly, and we might even throw a TV out the window. /episode/index/show/aboutpodcast/id/6570867

22. Sunday Driving with Nick Crook 02/04/2018

22. Sunday Driving with Nick Crook San Diego based musician, consumer of herbal medicines, and all around great dude Nick Crook just released his debut full length album, Sunday Drive, and is touring in support of it right meow! Aside from our soul music connection with Nick, we really like that he always brings beer when he comes over to hang out. But seriously, here's the deal: This record is exceptional—one of our favorites, period. You'll hear plenty of clips from it if you click the magic sideways triangle on your podcast player. Pairs nicely with a Sunday drive. Do yourself a massive favor and start following this dude now. He's a star, and we're honored to know him. /episode/index/show/aboutpodcast/id/6222466

21. Murder Country with Rosa's Cantina 01/17/2018

21. Murder Country with Rosa's Cantina Who are Rosa's Cantina, you ask? Not your favorite local Mexican food joint—okay, well maybe that, too. In this case, we're talking about the Americana/indie country band co-fronted by Carissa Schroeder and Josh Renner. We relate professionally to these folks perhaps more than any other guests we've had to date. We hash out our impressions of the San Diego music scene, discuss balancing artistic fulfillment with band management, and invent a new brain region. Get in there! /episode/index/show/aboutpodcast/id/6157868

20. Gypsy Living with Kevin Begin 08/18/2017

20. Gypsy Living with Kevin Begin Kevin Begin. That's our guest. He's a guy that we know. He's a hippie. You'll like him. I'm sorry, that was presumptuous of us. You'll probably like him. We talk about his working batch of tunes for an eventual debut album, and other such things. You'll like that, too. I'm sorry, that was a bit presumptuous as well. Just listen to the episode. /episode/index/show/aboutpodcast/id/5655729

19. Off The Dome: Passing Highs with davyrockett 07/05/2017

19. Off The Dome: Passing Highs with davyrockett We try something new in this episode, an alternate format we're calling (for now) "Off The Dome." One of us picks a topic of interest, tightly organizes the episode around demonstrating the topic, and the other two of us "play" dumb and ask questions for "your" benefit... because of course we're brilliant and already know everything. In this episode, davyrockett drones on about high pass filters, but we promise it's not boring—we still act like idiots. /episode/index/show/aboutpodcast/id/5509456

18. Tribute with Ozzie Mancinelli & John McAllister 06/16/2017

18. Tribute with Ozzie Mancinelli & John McAllister In this episode we sat down with Ozzie Mancinelli and John McAllister, from much loved and super successful Tom Petty tribute band, PettyBreakers. We talk about the ins and outs of tribute music, how the word "tribute" differs from the word "cover," and how tribute bands get their adoring audiences all hot and bothered. /episode/index/show/aboutpodcast/id/5455805

17. Punk & Opera with Brian & Ashley Wahlstrom 05/04/2017

17. Punk & Opera with Brian & Ashley Wahlstrom Classically trained power couple Brian and Ashley Wahlstrom recently graced our studio with their magnificence. Take a trip with us through bits of Brian's life as a formally trained pianist and vocalist on the punk scene. Catch a sneak peak of a couple of tracks from his upcoming EP, The Generals. Applaud mightily at our seamless transition into Ashley's exploits as an opera singer. Book a princess and add "recitative" to your vocabulary. /episode/index/show/aboutpodcast/id/5327356

16. Family with Kyle Phelan 04/27/2017

16. Family with Kyle Phelan For the last show of King Taylor Project's five-week Tea Bee Detour, we had the immense pleasure of sharing a stage with the incredible Kyle Phelan Band. Our hearts completely overfilled and exploded, and our ghosts recorded this podcast at Kyle's now-haunted house within a couple of hours after the gig. Get uncomfortable with all the gushing. Find out if that's what she said. /episode/index/show/aboutpodcast/id/5306179

15. Jumping over Horses with Candace Devine 04/15/2017

15. Jumping over Horses with Candace Devine What do you get when you take one Grammy-nominated songwriter with an astonishing powerhouse voice, one super excited baby, one delirious realtor, and stir vigorously into a glass of podcast? THIS! Have your hair compared to a microphone windscreen. Get your twelve-piece soul band co-billed with a theatrical punk metal unit. Expect your favorite horse to give birth. /episode/index/show/aboutpodcast/id/5269025

14. Trolling into Obscurity with Happy Heartbreak 03/09/2017

14. Trolling into Obscurity with Happy Heartbreak Seattle-based band Happy Heartbreak bursts into our studio during their February Feels Tour to regale us with hilarity from the road! The band is fronted by our friend and former San Diegan Craig Suede, a man who really knows how to mustache. We couldn't be happier to drink their whiskey and recruit their efforts to help us ruin our awful studio carpet. Get a tote for your emotional baggage, meet Harold the Troll, and have the back of your head featured in a Budget Rent-a-Car lifestyle photo. /episode/index/show/aboutpodcast/id/5154309

13. About!... Us 02/17/2017

13. About!... Us In this episode we talk about every narcissist's favorite subject... us! (I'll wait...) We're gearing up for the third King Taylor Project tour, and we don't mind telling everyone all about it. We talk about internal markers of success, playing weddings, and the joy of being uncomfortable. Discover the "thingperscar" and have your name for The Choat rejected. /episode/index/show/aboutpodcast/id/5092998

12. Cooking Up Music with Craig Madden 02/08/2017

12. Cooking Up Music with Craig Madden For this episode we invite San Diego chef and longtime friend of Sandi's, Craig Madden, to help us force upon our listeners inelegant comparisons between kitchen-ing and music-ing. Indifferent audiences destroy your soul. Baking destroys your kitchen. Craig destroys a mongoose. /episode/index/show/aboutpodcast/id/5067977

11. The End of the World with Allen Hinds 01/18/2017

11. The End of the World with Allen Hinds Allen Hinds invites us to his home on a rainy L.A. day to drink some coffee and smell some whiskey. An accomplished touring and session guitarist with an incredible list of previous employers and collaborators, Allen is now enslaved by two mind-controlling house cats who keep forcing him to release his own projects, much to the world's delight. Allen gets a little apocalyptic. Laurel Canyon gets a little rain. Everyone gets a little whiff of peat. /episode/index/show/aboutpodcast/id/5002535

10. Russian Holidays with Zach Churchill & Nathan Kent 01/03/2017

10. Russian Holidays with Zach Churchill & Nathan Kent This episode features Southern California singer-songwriter and radio host Zach Churchill with his producer and collaborator Nathan Kent, and includes a delightful appearance by Zach’s fiancée, Arina. Arina shares Russian Christmas traditions. Nate shares storytelling duties. Zach shares a friendship with an e-scammer. The gang shares a pizza, but you don’t know it… because… radio. This episode features an acoustic cut of “Bartender” from Zach’s upcoming record, performed by Zach and Nate, recorded live at Chinchilla Studio by davyrockett. /episode/index/show/aboutpodcast/id/4960364

9. A Writer and His Music Habit with Josh Weinstein 12/23/2016

9. A Writer and His Music Habit with Josh Weinstein Singer-songwriter and manipulator of keyed instruments Josh Weinstein joins us for this episode. We explore Weinstein's experiences on the New York music scene, including his unconventional day gig as a writer funding a music habit, we get a taste of what it was like doing a record with G.E. Smith, and we even travel back in time to Josh's prenatal utopia. Sandi investigates Josh Weinstein's exile to California. Davy investigates how Weinstein babies are made. Josh Taylor investigates a few storks. Mama Sue investigates how to escape shackles. /episode/index/show/aboutpodcast/id/4937145

8. King Taylor Project's Personal Space Tour 12/06/2016

8. King Taylor Project's Personal Space Tour In our eighth episode, we take a few minutes to reflect on King Taylor Project's recent Personal Space Tour. We forego any guests and talk a bit about our life on the road as an independent touring band. Davy gets Pro Tools 12. Josh gets his Troys confused. Sandi gets our website wrong. /episode/index/show/aboutpodcast/id/4891836

7. Breaking Stems with Broken Stems 11/15/2016

7. Breaking Stems with Broken Stems In our seventh episode, we invite Jesse Gawlik and Andrew Bache of Broken Stems to talk about the band’s first full-length album, What Are You Connected, their latest music videos, and Clydesdales (for some reason). Broken Stems deals it. Josh smells it. Sandi nails the intro. Davy plans a tour. /episode/index/show/aboutpodcast/id/4834221

6. Getting One's Sexy On with Sven-Erik Seaholm 11/01/2016

6. Getting One's Sexy On with Sven-Erik Seaholm In this episode, we are joined by Sven-Erik Seaholm, not to be confused with a seahorse. We zombie-pick the brainz of the veteran musician and producer and learn about some of his most memorable experiences on stage and behind the controls. Josh gets all nostalgic. Davy gets all arrangementy. Sandi gets all the cool segments. Sven gets all the Svennies. Someone's pants get all peed. /episode/index/show/aboutpodcast/id/4792157

5. Dive Bars & Clown Photos with Wayne Mealhouse 10/16/2016

5. Dive Bars & Clown Photos with Wayne Mealhouse In our fifth episode, we ask Wayne Mealhouse what on earth possessed him to buy a dive bar in Spring Valley and cram diverse bands onto a tiny stage to play original music for surprisingly supportive pool-shooting patrons. East County gets multicultural. Wayne gets a cold. Davy gets creative with edits. Josh gets creative with introductions. Sandi gets creative with expletives. /episode/index/show/aboutpodcast/id/4747641

4. GigTown and Drinking with Andy Altman 10/01/2016

4. GigTown and Drinking with Andy Altman In our fourth episode, we invite Andy Altman, the co-creator and Grand Poobah of local music platform GigTown, to get weird with us. We accidentally blurt out some meaningful information about GigTown between stories about Fireball and skinny-dipping. Andy plays the uke. Sandi misses the trolley. Davy shoots Josh's Prius into molten lava. /episode/index/show/aboutpodcast/id/4710030

3. Theater and Vlog Life with PJ Bovee 09/15/2016

3. Theater and Vlog Life with PJ Bovee This episode features PJ Bovee, San Diego musician, entrepreneur, blogger, vlogger, and wearer of a magnificent beard. Travel with us through a world of formal music-ing and go deep into a longtime friendship between PJ and our very own davyrockett. Witness the inception of everyone's personalized biography titles. Davy gets his photo taken. Trillian gets some decent airtime. Josh discovers it was in hymn all along. Sandi gets put in her place. PJ gets let down. /episode/index/show/aboutpodcast/id/4670791

2. Live Sound with Kelsey Allyn Breunig 09/07/2016

2. Live Sound with Kelsey Allyn Breunig In this episode, your hosts are joined by Kelsey Allyn Breunig, talent buyer, live sound engineer, purveyor of craft laughter, and tiny stage expander at the San Diego bar/music venue Sycamore Den. Sandi gets a hangover. Josh gets sociological. Davy gets offended. Kelsey gets a hysterectomy. Kelsey now owns a pie shop in Big Bear, /episode/index/show/aboutpodcast/id/4650118

1. About!... What, exactly? 08/17/2016

1. About!... What, exactly? What is this About!... podcast all about? In our pilot episode, we answer this and several other questions you neither asked nor cared to have answered. Your hosts on this magical journey are Sandi King, Joshua Taylor, and davyrockett (stripped down to "Davy" here, because his fancypants uncapitalized stage name makes us all a little uncomfortable with our regular pants), three independent musicians having conversations with friends and colleagues in the music industry. Sometimes those friends and colleagues are just we three, and other times, we cajole an unwitting guest into our home studio with nothing but the promise of merriment and a cold beverage. /episode/index/show/aboutpodcast/id/4597921

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