Music

Ep. 228: Sydney Kjerstad – Leader of Smart Game Piano

Sydney Kjerstad is the creator and leader of Smart Game Piano, an online education platform that helps you learn your favorite video game songs on the piano in minutes.  As someone who hasn’t played video games regularly in probably a decade+, I had no idea there was such affinity for video game music. But after talking…

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First Job: Sydney Kjerstad

Sydney Kjerstad is the creator of Smart Game Piano, an online education platform that helps you learn your favorite video game songs on the piano in minutes. Her full episode drops on Wednesday, October 9. But first, she shares with me her first job at the age of 15 teaching younger kids how to play…

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Ep. 211: Michael Roberts – Denver Westword

Michael Roberts has been writing for the Denver Westword since 1990. He began as a Music Editor, but has written about pretty much everything ever since. He’s a dynamite (and incredibly prolific) reporter, but I’d argue one of his finest qualities is his long form interviews. As an interviewer myself, I’m always fascinated by others…

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Ep. 190: Chuck Robertson – Lead Singer of Mad Caddies

Chuck Robertson is the lead singer of the Mad Caddies, one of my favorite bands of all-time. They played here last Friday and Saturday as part of Scallywag Fest, which marked somewhere it the neighborhood of 20 times I’ve seen them live. Chuck shares the story of how the Caddies got started in high school,…

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Ep. 108: DJ Erin Stereo – DJ, Turntablist, Former 911 Dispatcher

I intended to talk to DJ Erin Stereo about her career and work as a DJ and turntablist – which I did, at quite length too – but I ended up asking her a ton of questions about her former career as a 911 dispatcher. So this episode is like a double shot – you…

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