Enter The Fluxpod

I’m happy to announce Fluxpod, my major new ongoing project that is launching today. I will be hosting the podcast and talking to a wide range of guests – writers, musicians, music industry people, miscellaneous interesting people – about music from many different angles. The goal is for the episodes to be entertaining and thought-provoking, and as the episodes accumulate over time, to offer a lot of perspectives on music and all the ways it fits into people’s lives.

The show will come out twice a week, with free episodes on Wednesdays and premium episodes for Patreon subscribers on Saturdays. The first three episodes will be free, and I think they’ll give you a good idea of what to expect. The basic Patreon subscription will be $5 per month for 4-5 paywalled episodes as well as other exclusives such as “liner notes” for my various playlist projects. FYI, there is not going to be any real difference between free and premium episodes, it’s just that every other episode is a premium.

The first episode features Rob Sheffield, and is largely be about how his experience of music has been warped by the pandemic and will include some great tangents about Kate Bush, Fairport Convention, Stephen Malkmus, and Taylor Swift. The second episode will feature Brittany Spanos and will mostly be about how legacy artists can stay relevant to younger generations. The third episode will feature Ryan Broderick and will be focused on 100 Gecs and internet music subcultures. Other episodes I’ve recorded that will be out in the coming weeks will touch on current R&B music, the question of how to pass down music to children, the way arts grants from the Canadian government has been a huge help to Canadian musicians, and an explanation of how A&R works today from someone who works in that field.

I’m extremely excited about doing this show! I’ve been a big radio and podcast fan all my life, and I wouldn’t want to do this unless I felt like I could do it well and I’m pretty happy with how it’s coming along so far. I want this show to be excellent, for the episodes to be somewhat evergreen, and for this to be something you can listen to when you want to escape from bleak news.

Here are the important links:

Fluxpod on Patreon
Fluxpod on Apple Podcasts
Fluxpod on Spotify
Fluxpod on Soundcloud

The podcast will be available on other platforms soon.