music life

Justin explains why it’s not easy to look as good as he does. Adrienne talks some “yikes” moments this week. Adrienne has a great way of describing preproduction. Justin takes a weird Lyft ride. Adrienne talks her new motivation for bass practice. Howard Leese is who Justin was thinking of. Justin and Adrienne love their scene. Sponsored by Performance High Voice and Music Studio. 

Justin had some trouble with editing. Like losing a 3 hour edit kind of trouble. Anyway…decades later, A&J are proud to present: Ep. 85 The Do Over 2: Last Time it was Personnel. Shants forever! Steven and Andrea perform all the time. Justin is always obsessed with how people got into making music. You need audibles for different crowds. Adrienne knows you can't fake miles on the car. What's the one thing? Sponsored by Cellar West Brewery. 

Shanti joins the podcast. Adrienne meets the piano man. It's always something. Justin tries to do less bespoke tailoring. Adrienne and Justin check out some vintage shops, find fried chicken and enjoy some sweet, sweet branding. Justin has some deja vu "writing in the room."  Justin and Adrienne talk democracy, art and lowest common denominators. Adrienne's hair tries to escape. Sponsored by Performance High Voice and Music Studio and TRVE Brewery, with special consideration from Nashville style chicken sandwiches. 

Justin's drink is fine. Adrienne is excited about new music. Adrienne finds out why Justin wanted to study composition. Ancient Greeks didn't have a word for blue. Justin has a few breakthroughs. Adrienne has a human moment at yet another double header gig. Justin and Adrienne see a live dinosaur. Sponsored by Joyride Brewery, Lakeside Pho and the concept of just getting out of the house and hanging out. 

Adrienne's living the life and sleeps like it. Justin and Adrienne have a gig at a mall with a view. Adrienne doesn't sound like Charlie Brown's teacher on bass. Justin says we're all our own worst judges. Adrienne sings at the biggest venue she's ever played. Abby! Per instructions, Adrienne reconnects with music that's just pure fun, yes ma'am and sir. Pamela Machela has a new song. We're sponsored by the concept of travel. Do you like where you are? Would you like to be somewhere else? Travel. 

Adrienne thinks Justin looks "yummy." Performance High’s latest karaoke and jam session shows Adrienne just how much further she has to go. Justin begins the process of recording local band Ipecac’s album, using a floating click track and some creative drum mic angles. Adrienne shows up for her student’s live country show and stands in the crowd, working… a fact that ends up flabbergasting all the men who ask her to dance… including the line-dancing king of the venue. Adrienne sees Colorado royalty Wendy Wu at her concert… and Wendy offers Performance High a new location! Performance High adds more locations, and Adrienne looks at breaking into NoCo and Lakewood. Performance High launches a new “Pop Choir” – an awesome opportunity for students to sing modern songs while learning harmonies and collaborating with other vocalists and musicians.

This podcast is sponsored by Performance High Voice and Music Studio… and not sponsored by the Chipotle by Nissi’s.

Winter 2023 Pop Choir Details are available at https://www.performancehigh.net/pop-choir/

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Justin and Adrienne ponder "punny" business names, and Adrienne comes up with one for a combination coffee-and-gun shop. Justin discovers long-time mentor and friend, John Kurtzweg, occupying three spots on 2002’s End-of-Year Billboard Top 100.

Justin gets shown over and over how much better he COULD be. Justin and Adrienne are baffled by their respective musical strengths (and weaknesses).

A stuffed animal named Binky does metal covers on YouTube. Justin breaks the recording process down into five steps.

Teenage Justin drives his recording engineers to insanity… and one risks losing an entire session to protect his secrets.

Adrienne is shocked and grateful that Julie Royster (bassist), Carmen Sandim (keyboardist), Amy Shelley (drummer), and Eric Wiggs (guitarist) played in her jazz band.

Adrienne plans to record five tunes in one day at Immersive Studios in Boulder… which in retrospect was not a very smart decision.

Justin wonders if the relationship between practice and improvement is causation or correlation. Adrienne tours the Loveland Elks Lodge building – under renovation by Michael Pelphrey – which is being transformed into the new music and social hub for NoCo and hopefully one of Performance High's new locations. Justin gets hassled by a venue owner for not drinking enough at his bar.

This week’s shout-out to mixing engineer and artist Bobby Selvaggio!

This episode is sponsored by Performance High Voice and Music Studio, and Lakeside Pho at 44th and Sheridan.

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Adrienne’s alone for 10 days over the holidays while Justin visits his family… and a lot of slapping ensues. Justin works on an orchestral arrangement, and technology betrays him… but in a nostalgic way. Justin has a ton of work to do before the upcoming trip to New Zealand, while Adrienne enjoys more of a glide into the new year. Justin reveals which he would choose if he had to pick between Adrienne and guitar.Adrienne’s new vision for Performance High starts coming to life in a spectacularly quick fashion. The company now has a Fort Collins location! In addition to the new Parker location and almost double the amount of students the company had a year ago… the future is dazzling.

This podcast is sponsored by Performance High Voice and Music Studio, and cozy accessories from Justin’s mom.

This week, Adrienne’s student hits a personal best - that he thought was impossible! Justin finds production magic in mistakes.

Adrienne and Cody jokingly add a little classical “oomph” to their duet at Cody's second holiday show… and it brings down the house.

Adrienne reluctantly reveals her new vision for Performance High. Adrienne reveals how many workouts she used to do each week when she was trying to be a professional water skier. 

Justin and Adrienne ask the question every artist should be asking themselves – and the answer may not be what you think.

This week’s shout-out goes to Casey Newman. Casey is a business and life coach, and she’s empowered Adrienne to transform projects and hone her business acumen. Casey’s launching an exciting new offering in January. You can sign up for the event, her blog, and contact her at the link below.

https://wearerulerless.com

This podcast is sponsored by Performance High Voice and Music Studio… and the Chipotle next to Nissi’s.  

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