10 Albums: The Soundtrack of Your Life

Good friend, and a soon-to-be rotating co-host, Tim Petersen joins me LIVE in the studio to go over the 'Soundtrack of His Life'.

Tim is 32, born on Vancouver Island, moved to Terrace BC and then ended up out here in the Texas of Canada - Alberta!


Tim's #10Albums:

Sum 41 - 'All Killer, No Filler'
FM Static - 'What Are You Waiting For?'
Panic! At the Disco - 'A Fever You Can't Sweat Out'
Fall Out Boy - 'Save Rock and Roll'
All Time Low - 'So Wrong It's Right'

A Day to Remember - 'Homesick'
Marianas Trench - 'Masterpiece Theatre'
Dear Evan Hansen - Soundtrack
Justin Timberlake - '20/20'
Paramore - 'Riot'

Lauren Minear, a singer/songwriter from upstate NY.

Lauren released her debut album, Invisible Woman, in October this year with a sold-out launch show at the Red Room in Manhattan.

The album explores womanhood and the role of a mother in the modern world. Lauren was inspired to make the album after having her second child just as the pandemic started and navigating the difficulties of motherhood/postpartum depression during that strange time.

Lauren's story is a fascinating one; raised in Nashville, graduated from Yale, worked in Finance in NY, trained as a psychotherapist, is a mother to 2 boys, now pursuing a career in music and building real momentum.

Another article: https://medium.com/authority-magazine/stars-making-a-social-impact-why-how-lauren-minear-is-helping-to-change-our-world-7f464d610423


✅ https://laurenminearmusic.com/
✅ https://laurenminear.lnk.to/invisible-womanLP
✅ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4XJIcAZWSuYDyuoq-xc47w
✅ https://www.instagram.com/laurenminearmusic/?hl=en

We're back, baby!
Glen and Matt discuss all things 80s music in preparation for the upcoming Best of the 80s Tournament.

Coach Chase Tolleson and I discuss the making of his debut album - 'Mystical Giants'!

Spoken word over lofi hip-hop, 'Mystical Giants' is truly an album like no other.

✅ https://chasetolleson.bandcamp.com/album/mystical-giants
✅ chasetolleson.com

"Chase is a men’s life & fitness coach & his Primal Man Pathway Program helps men finally become proud of the man in the mirror – both on the inside & out. With fitness as a staple in his house growing up, he learned the value of daily movement & resistance training at an early age. Directionless & bored in school, he joined the Navy after 4 years of “trying” college. After the Navy, he found his passion in helping people and ran a boutique personal training gym for 8 years. He now serves men online using language and stories to demolish their inner critics and help them build the body – and life – of their dreams."

Glad to be back on the airwaves!

I am back to announce the release of my first solo album:
Matt W Gardiner - 'Expansion 1st'.

It is an instrumental Sound Therapy album that is great for studying, meditation, breathwork and more!

This episode gives some in-depth explanations about what Sound Therapy is all about, as well as how I was gifted the album name from a mentor/friend of mine: one Kyle Cease!!

Hope everyone is having a great summer so far,
We'll be back at you with some episodes here sooner than later!!

✅ mattwgardiner.bandcamp.com

***you can find my album on any streaming site, including YouTube!

Glen and I run down OUR personal favourites for Movie Scores...of ALL TIME!!!

As always on '10 Albums', these are in no particular order.

Glen:
1-Joker
2-The Good The Bad & The Ugly
3-The Dark Knight
4-Terminator 2
5-Blade Runner 2049
6-Indiana Jones: The Temple of Doom
7-The Lord of the Rings series
8-Seven
9-Star Wars series
10-Tron Legacy

Matt:
1-Godfather I
2-The Shining
3-Drive
4-High Plains Drifter
5-Halloween
6-Rocky
7-The Empire Strikes Back
8-Dead Man
9-Taxi Driver
10-There Will Be Blood

ANNOUNCEMENT :
I will be going on a hiatus for a few months, so 10 Albums will be dormant for the next while...
THANK YOU to all the listeners & supporters of 10 Albums!!
I promise we will be back ASAP.

Over the past 3.5 years, we've hit deep into the 5-figures for downloads, and been heard in over 60 countries worldwide!

* Special shout-out to our listeners over in INDIA. We have enjoyed a lot of listens from your country 🙏

As always - hit us up at :
ElectricSoilPodcastNetwork@gmail.com


Thanks everyone,
- Matt Gardiner

Glen and I return to deliver OUR personal choices for Movie Scores!

This is the preamble leading up to the Top 10, where we give our #honourablementions - which include :

Glen: Game of Thrones, The Mandalorian, Band of Brothers (bringing the TV side of things in).

Matt: Blade Runner, Commando, Jurassic Park, Scarface.

TODAY, Emily E Finke is on the show to promote her latest single, 'Maybe'.

Before we get into the single, Emily and I talk about her origins in music, her upbringing, and how and when she got into singing. We also talk about why she is so drawn to classical music and vintage film-making.

We also discuss her creative process and how she balances MANY different balls in the air: from composing, producing, video production to audio engineering, songwriting and the performances themselves.

**Also, of note - the music video for 'Maybe' will be released on March 5th. It will premiere on Emily's YouTube channel (linked below).

The song has a classical feel to it, with a degree of musical theatre to it - the song tells a beautiful story :

Creative powerhouse Emily E. Finke once again captures the listener with her rich, mezzo-soprano voice and extraordinary songwriting in her new, original single, “Maybe.” Created with the soul of early 20th-century pop, the range of classical training, the inspiration of her Christian faith, and the ingenuity of an indie creative, “Maybe" takes the listener on an emotional journey of discovery to a place where “…dreams aren’t always what they seem.”

We spin the song 'Maybe' at the end of the show, so stick around for that!! 🔥

Find Emily 👀
✅ https://www.emilyefinke.com
✅ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCB0xz1CYVBgDtoLj0nEWZ9g

Lance is a live music enthusiast. Since attending his first concert in 2005, he has attended more than 750 concerts. In 2019, he attended a personal best of 162 concerts.
Lance hosts a podcast called "Yesterday’s Concert" that is a unique love letter to live music.
Your guide opens the pages of his personal jam journal to take you on a live music odyssey.
Part concert review, part memoir, these stories feature thumping bass and screeching guitar riffs that bring the excitement of live music to your podcast feed.

Check out Lance online 👀
✅ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/yesterdays-concert/id1586225874
✅ https://open.spotify.com/show/5tK7K69CcVVMpP2PllIGgP
✅ https://www.yesterdaysconcert.com

Paxson Chase is a 23-year-old alternative/indie artist from Trenton, New Jersey. He gained recognition, at age 19, for his single "I Want to Kill Myself but Now is Not the Right Time".

Since then he has released 8 projects, the most recent ones being 2021's "Pretend"
...Paxson also just released a 3-song mixtape called "Monsters Have Feelings Too".

Paxson has a unique blend of lo-fi acoustic music with rap - a very cool sound!!

Stick around for the end of the episode where we spin "Play This In the Basement".

Find Paxson online 👀
✅ https://open.spotify.com/artist/6hmKtByPkH5Cz4pxjaWXxK
✅ https://www.instagram.com/paxsonchase/?hl=en

In this episode, Glen and I make a mad dash to the finals to crown the 'Top Soundtrack Composer of All Time'!!

The show starts with the final 16, and we end the episode crowning the winner :
JOHN WILLIAMS (Star Wars, Jaws, Indiana Jones and MANY more...)

Here is how the 'Sweet 16' looks :

John Carpenter (Halloween, They Live, Escape from New York)
vs
Ennio Morricone (The Good the Bad & The Ugly, The Thing, The Hateful Eight)

John Williams
vs
James Horner (Braveheart, Titanic, Apollo 13)

Bernard Herrman (Alfred Hitchcock movies, Taxi Driver)
vs
Howard Shore (Lord of the Rings, Silence of the Lambs, Seven)

Alan Silvestri (Forest Gump, Back to the Future, Predator)
vs
Alexandre Desplat (Wes Anderson movies, Harry Potter)

Joe Wadsworth, the Chief Executive Producer of 'The Online Recording Studio', joins me today - from "across the pond" in London, England.

The Online Recording studio combines the ability to work with world-class producers and studio musicians all from the comfort of your own home (studio).

Joe gives his own origins in music, as well as the origin-story of TORS.

We also discuss the full services available - including online promotion, coaching, session musicians, collaborators and audio production (mixing, mastering, etc).

There are producers and musicians for ALL genres of music, so if it has been your dream to release a single, an EP or a full-length album - seek out Joe!

Find Joe and 'The Online Recording Studio' online : 👀
✅ https://www.onlinerecordingstudio.com
✅ https://linktr.ee/theonlinerecordingstudio
✅ https://www.instagram.com/theonlinerecordingstudio/?hl=en
✅ https://www.linkedin.com/in/joe-wadsworth-169937b3/

Please welcome Katie Chonacas to the show!!

Katie is an über-talented Renaissance Woman - a true artist in every sense of the word.

Katie is an actress that has appeared on CSI : NY, Cold Case and Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia, among many others...she's shared the Silver Screen with such legends as Al Pacino, Robert DeNiro, Nic Cage and Milla Jovovich...

She released her first poetry book this past March (on International Poetry Day), called "A Lovers Fairytale".

Katie also just released her first solo album this past November 11th (which also just so happens to be her birthday!) :
'Dreamland 1111' by Saint Kyriaki (her artist alias).

We are here to talk about ALL the above, as well as how Katie deals with the creative blocks that come her way, her 7 years of celibacy, why NFTs are so important, how she maintains so many high level projects at the same time and shares her #1 tip for budding artists everywhere!

Excellent talk here, I trust you will enjoy it as much as I did!!

Find Katie online : 👀
Dreamland 1111 Album - https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/saintkyriaki/dreamland-1111
Dreamland 1111 Merch - https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/93662139?asc=u
Saint Kyriaki - Miracles go to Marz (Official Music Video) - https://youtu.be/XjZDlwNU0Ac
Saint Kyriaki - Dreamland 1111 (Official Music Video) - https://youtu.be/9IjNGcgVCmI
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2iTpKMr57KoIqdp92xLQb7?si=5Hi9uIcnSxe05XrpNtDL8w

Katie Chonacas Socials
Website: https://www.chonacas.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katiechonacas/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KyriakiChonacas
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chonacas/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/katiechonacas
Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@chonacas
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2iTpKMr57KoIqdp92xLQb7?si=5Hi9uIcnSxe05XrpNtDL8w
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/chonacas
Youtube: https://bit.ly/youtube-KatieChonacas
IMDB: https://imdb.to/3b2OQG3
OpenSea NFT Artist: https://opensea.io/chonacas

Katie's "A Lover's Fairytale" poetry book on Love
Website: https://www.aloversfairytale.com
Buy the book: http://bit.ly/amzn-ALFTbook
Buy merch here: http://bit.ly/ALFT-merch

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!

John Carpenter (Halloween, Big Trouble in Little China, They Live, The Fog)
vs
Thomas Newman (The Shawshank Redemption, American Beauty, Road to Perdition, Skyfall)

Ennio Morricone (The Thing, For a Few Dollars More, The Good The Bad & The Ugly, The Hateful 8)
vs
Basil Poledouris (Conan the Barbarian, The Hunt for Red October, Free Willy, Lassie)

Brad Fiedel (Fright Night, Terminator 1 & 2, Gladiator)
vs
James Horner (Braveheart, Titanic, Apollo 13, Aliens)

Hans Zimmer (The Dark Knight, The Lion King, The Pirates of the Caribbean)
vs
John Williams (Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Jaws, Jurassic Park, ET, Schindlers List)

Danny Elfman (Batman (1989), Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, Men In Black)
vs
Bernard Herrman (Psycho, Taxi Driver, all Alfred Hitchcock themes)

Howard Shore (Lord of the Rings, Silence of the Lambs, Seven)
vs
Jerry Goldsmith (Rambo, Star Trek, Planet of the Apes, Gremlins)

Alan Silvestri (Forrest Gump, Cast Away, Back to the Future, Predator, Avengers)
vs
James Newton Howard (Signs, Hunger Games, Falling Down, The Fugitive)

Alexandre Desplat (Harry Potter, various Wes Anderson movies)
vs
Brian Tyler (The Expendables, Thor, Iron Man 3, Fast & Furious)

On the back of our 'Top 10 Movie Soundtracks' episode, Glen and I take on the epic task of figuring out who the 'Top Soundtrack Composers' are!

We have a 16-Composer-Round-Robin Tournament in the wings - but first we must have 7 composers battle it out in the Wild Card Round!!

We decided to have all the "new school" composers battle it out for the 3 remaining spots in the 16 composer brackets...basically, this round is 6 "new school" composers...and James Newton Howard!

Jonny Greenwood (There Will Be Blood, Inherent Vice, The Master, Phantom Thread)
vs
James Newton Howard (Signs, Waterworld, Falling Down, The Fugitive, Collateral, Unbreakable)

Alexandre Desplat (Harry Potter, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Isle of Dogs, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Shape of Water*)
vs
Tom Holkenborg (Deadpool, Justice League, Mad Max : Fury Road)

Brian Tyler (Fast & Furious, The Expendables, Rambo : Last Blood)
vs
Michael Giacchino (Mission Impossible III, Rogue One, Incredibles, Star Trek (2009), Cloverfield)
vs
Ludwig Goransson (The Mandalorian, Black Panther, We're the Millers, Creed).


*won an Oscar for 'Best Original Score'.

Part 2 of my talk with TJ Elkin of 'Tawni Bias' !

This is a continuation of his #10Albums talk, where he flipped the tables on me - asking me to flesh out some of my musical tastes..

Then we delve into NFTs & music, the pros & cons of streaming sites and how the listening experience has changed over the years.

We also talk the business of music and how evil it is 👹


Find Tawni Bias online :

Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/tawnibias/


Twitter:
 https://twitter.com/tawnibias

Instagram: 
https://instagram.com/tawnibias

Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/6Q00nusmdgCszwQ8qBDkAA?si=de6YTmzMS9qnAWx_IJQe2w&dl_branch=1


Bandcamp:
https://tawnibias.bandcamp.com/album/sel-fellow


Soundcloud:
https://soundcloud.com/tawnibias


Youtube Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLSVffJESfp29UzBF26asqA

Apple Music:
https://music.apple.com/ca/album/sel-fellow/1584507876

Link Tree:
https://linktr.ee/tawnibias

The artist behind Tawni Bias, TJ Elkin, is back to give his #10Albums!! ..as well as some #honourablementions, of course 🤙

TJ took the 'game-changing & influential' angle to compile his Top 10. A lot of these albums were influences on his own approach to songwriting and composition - with a heavy emphasis on storytelling and texture creating.

Super-cool list, I can't wait to spin some of these albums!

1) Manchester Orchestra - 'Mean Everything to Nothing'
2) The Antlers - 'Hospice'
3) Frightened Rabbit - 'Midnight Organ Fight'
4) As Cities Burn - 'Come Now Sleep'
5) Jonsi - 'Go Do'
6) Perfume Genius - 'Put Your Back N 2 It'
7) Bon Iver - 'For Emma, Forever Ago'
8) Kendrick Lamar - 'Damn'
9) Frank Ocean - 'Blonde'
10) James Blake - 'Assume Form'

hm1) The Bravery - 'Stir the Blood'
hm2) Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer, and Chris Thile - 'The Goat Rodeo Sessions'
hm3) Sigur Ros - 'Takk'
hm4) Ben Howard - 'I Forget Where We Are'


Find Tawni Bias online :

Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/tawnibias/


Twitter:
 https://twitter.com/tawnibias

Instagram: 
https://instagram.com/tawnibias

Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/6Q00nusmdgCszwQ8qBDkAA?si=de6YTmzMS9qnAWx_IJQe2w&dl_branch=1


Bandcamp:
https://tawnibias.bandcamp.com/album/sel-fellow


Soundcloud:
https://soundcloud.com/tawnibias


Youtube Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLSVffJESfp29UzBF26asqA

Apple Music:
https://music.apple.com/ca/album/sel-fellow/1584507876

Link Tree:
https://linktr.ee/tawnibias

The incomparable Nick Hail calls in from South Africa to discuss his latest hit single ('Anime Girl') and the events that led to him winning "Best African Actor" at the Continental Film Awards!!

Nick hosts a great podcast, too - shoutout to "Enter the Muse".

Nick is releasing 2 singles per month for the months of November, December and January - he will then release a compilation EP of said singles on February 20th, 2022.

That date marks the anniversary of his older brother's passing. We get into how that situation has affected his life ever since, as well as what it has meant to this musical endeavour.

I always love talking with Nick - he is a very thoughtful guy and has a very unique take on the arts and creation!

I am sure you'll enjoy this talk!

PS - stick around for the end of the show where we spin 'Anime Girl'.



Find Nick Hail online :



✅ https://nickhail.hearnow.com/anime-girl (link to the single)

✅ https://anchor.fm/nick-hail

✅ https://www.instagram.com/real_nickhail/

✅ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHkz0RIQ18LGP1vktjsDWqA

From Calgary, Alberta - TJ Elkin is on the show today to promote his projects release!

Tawni Bias is the project name, 'SEL Fellow' is the album title.

The album is a lush, beautiful & eclectic collection of genres and layers. The project started back in 2019 and has been TJ's labour of love for the past few years, helping himself deal with & process some personal grieving - as well as providing an empathetic soundtrack to those going through their own grieving.

We talked a lot about TJ's creative process in this episode, too, which always makes for fascinating conversation!

Great interview, wonderful album..and TJ is a super rad guy as you will hear.
**He will be back on the show very soon to do his own #10Albums 👀

PS - stay tuned at the end of the episode for the 1st single of 'SEL Fellow' - entitled "Pulling Starch".

Find Tawni Bias online :

Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/tawnibias/


Twitter:
 https://twitter.com/tawnibias

Instagram: 
https://instagram.com/tawnibias

Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/6Q00nusmdgCszwQ8qBDkAA?si=de6YTmzMS9qnAWx_IJQe2w&dl_branch=1


Bandcamp:
https://tawnibias.bandcamp.com/album/sel-fellow


Soundcloud:
https://soundcloud.com/tawnibias


Youtube Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLSVffJESfp29UzBF26asqA

Apple Music:
https://music.apple.com/ca/album/sel-fellow/1584507876

Link Tree:
https://linktr.ee/tawnibias

Co-host Darci makes her long awaited return to the show!

She has been VERY busy travelling for work these past 8 months ...so I talk to her about what her fave satellite radio stations were to help get her through the endless miles of travel.

Lots of 90s, Pop, Metal and even some TikTok-talk!