The Creative Process

Discover what drives musicians to create music and how they achieve that ambition. Hosted by Jamie Coughlan of the online independent music magazine Overblown.

Happyness 10/23/2017

Happyness Talking to me today is Jonny Allen, who plays guitar, bass, and sings with the alternative rock group Happyness. We chatted about all kinds of things ranging from Larry David to H.G. Wells to theremins and beyond. We also touched on how one can sometimes create rather unique music when presented with the task of writing on instruments one is not familiar with, the benefits of collaboration, ostriches, and the band opened up on their latest album. /episode/index/show/thecreativeprocess/id/5880025

And So I Watch You From Afar 10/09/2017

And So I Watch You From Afar Joining us is Niall Kennedy, guitarist from And So I Watch You From Afar. My chat with Niall centred mostly around writing and recording their new album. We also touched on their album artwork and a meme competition idea before talking about being snowed in while recording the album at Machines with Magnets in Pawtucket, Rhode Island in March of this year. Finally, we got around to talking about what And So I Watch You From Afar means to Niall. /episode/index/show/thecreativeprocess/id/5830460

Cloud Nothings 10/02/2017

Cloud Nothings Dylan from Cloud Nothings is with me today. We talked writing music, lyrics and working with John Congleton, Steve Albini, and John Goodmanson. We also touched on working with Nathan Williams from Wavves and where Dylan plans to take the Cloud Nothings sound next. Will it be pop or post punk? Things took a bit of a turn though and somehow we ended up talking about childhood, social media, and the benefits of personal music to teenagers. /episode/index/show/thecreativeprocess/id/5803588

Unsane 09/25/2017

Unsane Today I’m talking to Chris Spencer from seminal noise rock outfit Unsane. We touched on how record labels influenced Unsane’s sound, what he thinks of MTV, why they love gore so much, the inspiration the title of the new album ‘Sterilize’, the influence behind the lyrics for ‘Aberattion’ and ‘The Grind’, the unusual writing process for their new album, overcoming writer’s block, and what keeps him creating music after 30 years. /episode/index/show/thecreativeprocess/id/5778598

Ufomammut 09/18/2017

Ufomammut Today’s guests on the Creative Process podcast are Italian doom metal power trio Ufomammut. We had a pretty in depth chat about the symbolism of the number 8 which is the title of their new album, why they love synth so much, if they ever considered releasing albums that just consisted of their synth work, how their work as graphic artists influences their music, their DIY attitude, working with Steve Von Till and Neurot Recordings. /episode/index/show/thecreativeprocess/id/5765796

Rosetta 09/11/2017

Rosetta On the surface, Pennsylvania’s Rosetta are a post metal band. However, over the course of six albums they have incorporated elements of post-hardcore, shoegaze, drone, post-rock, avant-garde and ambient music in their expansive sound. I spoke to Matt Weed, guitarist and vocalist with Rosetta, about what exactly the band does during their 10 hour writing sessions, arranging music before composing it, and the influence of LucasArts point and click games on his musical development. /episode/index/show/thecreativeprocess/id/5732398

Elder 09/04/2017

Elder Over the course of four albums, Boston’s Elder have deftly combined the genres of stoner metal, doom metal, and progressive rock. Their latest album, ‘Reflections of a Floating World’, was released on June 2nd. I spoke to Nick DiSalvo, guitarist and vocalist with the group, about how their creative process has had to change and adapt due to changing life situations, the influence of Japan on the new record, and the place of the album in the modern musical landscape. /episode/index/show/thecreativeprocess/id/5705857

Frank Turner 07/24/2017

Frank Turner A founding member of post hardcore group Million Dead, Frank Turner turned his hand to a more confessional acoustic singer / songwriter style after their demise. Fast forward just over ten years and he has released six albums, played the Olympics, and, with the wit and earnestness of his lyrics, become a bastion of singular songwriting. We spoke to Frank recently about his aim to experiment on his next album, his favourite lyricists, and growing up but not growing old. /episode/index/show/thecreativeprocess/id/5581100

Beach Fossils 07/17/2017

Beach Fossils After nearly ten years exploring their own brand of dream pop, it is safe to say that New York’s Beach Fossils have become stalwarts of the scene. On June 2nd the group released their 3rd, and most adventurous album, Somersault. We recently spoke to Dustin Payseur, who originally started Beach Fossils as a one man project, about giving up some creative control, doing exactly what he wants, and constant evolution. /episode/index/show/thecreativeprocess/id/5547807

Washed Out 07/10/2017

Washed Out There’s no way I could describe Washed Out’s music better than the description on his Facebook page. Washed Out is Ernest Greene, a young guy from Georgia (via South Carolina) who makes bedroom synthpop that sounds blurred and woozily evocative, like someone smeared Vaseline all over an early OMD demo tape, then stayed up all night trying to recreate what they heard. I spoke to Ernest about the irony of creating flawed, human music with computers and why it is important to him to continue to progress and develop as an artist. /episode/index/show/thecreativeprocess/id/5523964

Buzz Osborne of The Melvins 07/03/2017

Buzz Osborne of The Melvins The Melvins are legends. Since forming in 1983 in Montesano, Washington they have released an astounding 25 studio albums with a 26th, A Walk With Love and Death, due on 7th July. Pioneers in both sludge metal and alternative rock they have influenced everyone from Nirvana to Tool to ISIS (the band) to Mastodon. I recently spoke to Buzz Osborne, vocalist and guitarist with the Melvins, about how his creative process is like wading through crap and just what he thinks of constructive criticism. /episode/index/show/thecreativeprocess/id/5488584

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