Latest Duelingpianos Podcast Episodes
E36 - Greg Asadoorian
Piano Barbarians - July 12, 2012 05:02 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsToday's episode features Greg Asadoorian, road warrior and consummate pro working the dueling and solo piano bar circuits around the globe. Steve and Greg sit down to chat about what it's like maintaining such an intense schedule and constantly bouncing from one format to another. From St. Maa...
E35 - Jason Marion & TVC
Piano Barbarians - July 07, 2012 20:53 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsDeep talk about Goldfish racing and Mermaid anatomy, with Jason Marion and Travis Von Cartier...and Jen the waitress.
E34 - Dave Alan and TVC
Piano Barbarians - June 30, 2012 22:21 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsBroad questions are confronted in this episode, such as the merits of YOLO and the level of pride we invest in artificial appendages. Also, Dave Alan and Travis Von Cartier allow Paul to have a mini-therapy session after being ridiculed while enthusiastically playing key-drums.
E33 - Dean Madonia
Piano Barbarians - June 23, 2012 16:39 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsSteamy Dean Madonia is a man on the move, constant traveling for gigs and working on multiple musical projects in Nashville. He and Paul sat down to chat in Paul's hotel room after their first show together. We can all agree that a microphone in front of Dean's face will not go wasted. www.dea...
E32 - Jeff and Jeff of ComedySportz
Piano Barbarians - June 20, 2012 06:23 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsFirst of all, look past all the references to prison showers and blow-up dolls. Once you do that, you'll find a a great interview with Jeff A and Jeff D of ComedySportz Quad-Cities, located in Rock Island, IL. Paul worked at this club back in the 1900's, and the Jeffs were kind of enough to si...
E31 - Brian Babcock
Piano Barbarians - June 15, 2012 05:35 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsBrian and Paul met up in Kansas City and chatted about where to draw the line, Clint Eastwood style, when a heckler goes too far. A host of other topics come up, such as how Sweet Home Alabama is actually in two keys at the same time...WHOA! MIND = BLOWN!
E30 - Steve, Jarret, and Paul
Piano Barbarians - June 08, 2012 22:34 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsIt's time for another roundtable discussion with your Piano Barbarian hosts! Steve, Jarret, & Paul get together to talk shop about hecklers, wrist injuries, vocal care, and much more. Tune in!
E29 - Pat George of The Entertainment Agency
Piano Barbarians - June 01, 2012 14:41 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsPiano gigs abroad can be hard to come by, unless you know the right people. Pat George, CEO of The Entertainment Agency, is one of them, and he's booked pianists in rooms around the world for decades. Jarret talks with him about performing solo versus dueling pianos, how disco killed rock shows...
E28 - Jason & Adam of Wicked
Piano Barbarians - May 23, 2012 00:12 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsJason & Adam work nearly every night in the touring production of Wicked, the smash-hit musical about the land of Oz before Dorothy crashed her house in it. Jason is the conductor and Adam is one of several keyboard players, ocassionally conducting himsel. Basically, they have bad-ass musical t...
E27 - Steve Dorian of Rockapella
Piano Barbarians - May 19, 2012 01:01 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsSteve Dorian of Rockapella fame sits down to discuss his unique career in the music business. The multi-talented tenor reminisces about his time as a rollerblading singing guitarist for Busch Gardens as well as his current work with the world famous Rockapella. We also find out Keith Lockhart,...
E26 - Mike Cappo
Piano Barbarians - May 15, 2012 22:26 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsBeing around smart people makes you more smartier! Mike Cappo is a brilliant Colorado musician, and he and Paul hashed out the value of pro-marimba gigs, big rooms, and what makes you a success. Is bar-singing an artform or a sciene? Stay tuned at the end of the episode for an original track ...
E25 - Steve, Jarret, & Paul
Piano Barbarians - May 11, 2012 05:14 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsTo celebrate the 25th episode of Piano Barbarians, your intrepid hosts Steve, Jarret, & Paul discuss poisonous crowds and tipping in cashless societies. Also, we compare the sack of our podcast to the sack of Facebook forums and draw conclusions that will shock you. Are you in the 90, the 9, o...
E24 - Jennifer Lane
Piano Barbarians - May 03, 2012 08:39 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsFeast your eyes and your ears upon one of the most solid entertainers you'll find behind a piano, Jennifer Lane. Paul and Jennifer had a not-so-serious talk about chauvenist crowds, certain compressed air-bursts and the "mac-daddy gig" of dueling pianos. This show also features "Bone Happy", a...
E23 - Chris Keenan
Piano Barbarians - April 25, 2012 23:22 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsOur guest this week is Chris Keenan, Entertainment Director of Boynton's Taproom in Manchester, NH. Chris sits down with Jarret to discuss the Jake Ivory's mystique, the challenges of a "theater style" performance space, and his auspicious beginnings performing for the Boston Derby Dames.
E22 - Greg Sampson
Piano Barbarians - April 19, 2012 00:09 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsGreg Sampson is a world traveled veteran of the cruise ship piano bar scene. He sits down in Barbados to chat with Steve about his background in radio, his transition from playing in cover bands to dueling pianos at the Mall of America in Minneapolis, and his eventual tenure on the high seas wi...
E21 - Steve Kouba
Piano Barbarians - April 13, 2012 06:12 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsSteve sits down with Mr. "Fake it till ya Make it" Steve Kouba in Barbados to chat about Chicago, Dueling Pianos, playing solo, the NCL Epic, and much more...tune in!
E20 - Steve Dakin
Piano Barbarians - April 10, 2012 20:26 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsChoke holds, chipped teeth, and getting arrested on stage. Paul sits down with dueler Steve Dakin in Boise, Idaho for some great stories highlighting the absurdities of dueling pianos. Oh yeah, and there's also some discussion of adapting to the energy of a room.
E19 - Barry Rocklin
Piano Barbarians - April 05, 2012 23:44 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsJarret sits down with "Barry from Boston" to discuss the lifestyle and the wild variety involved with gigging in the Caribbean and Europe. Tune in for some great history about piano bar world!
E18 - Troy Neihardt
Piano Barbarians - April 01, 2012 23:09 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsTroy Neihardt from Chicago sits down with Steve in a New York City Hotel room to discuss Howl at the Moon Singapore, the merits of playing the accordian as a kid, and the history of dueling pianos.
E17 - Rebecca Muir
Piano Barbarians - March 27, 2012 04:27 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsSteve sits down with singer-songwriter Rebecca Muir from Nova Scotia to talk about Berklee, gigging around New York, and the merits of rapping like Nicki Minaj in a wedding band.
E16 - Tony Bohnenkamp
Piano Barbarians - March 22, 2012 23:57 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsPaul sits down with Tony B between gigs in Iowa to discuss songwriting, playing covers, and extended vacations in the friend zone. Check it out!
E15 - Papi & Jimmy C
Piano Barbarians - March 21, 2012 03:33 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsPaul met up with Papi and Jimmy C at the second floor of their new pub in downtown Denver, The Kraine Station. For those of you who don't know these two jabronis, strap on your safety belt for the ride, as Papi and Jimmy hold court on the dueling piano business, what it's like to run a restaura...
E14 - Christian Colabelli
Piano Barbarians - March 16, 2012 06:23 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsCruise ships, Berklee, and the life of a working musician today. Christian Colabelli of Boy Meets Machine sits down to talk shop and impersonate various guitar teachers from a certain music school in Boston.
E13 - Matt Nichols
Piano Barbarians - March 13, 2012 23:06 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsIntroducing a new member to the Piano Barbarians squad... Jarret Izzo sits down with Matt Nichols of Howl Boston to discuss friendemies, the life of a freelance dueler, and how it feels to be a house player at one of the country's busiest dueling piano bars. Enjoy!
E12 - Chris Hatfield
Piano Barbarians - March 08, 2012 06:43 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsPour the wine, light the fire, because Chris Hatfield is about to make sweet sweet love to your ears. Steve had a chance to sit down with Chris at his house in Nashville to talk about everything from getting punched in the nuts at 6am to spending your days off working on finishing a record.
E11 - The Dave Hawke Experience
Piano Barbarians - March 06, 2012 21:45 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsTo behold Dave Hawke onstage is the equivalent of cracking your eyes when the Ark of The Covenant is opened . And then super-natural spirits rip into the most blistering rendition of "Wanted: Dead or Alive" you've ever witnessed. Grandiose comparisons aside, make sure you hang in there with th...
E10 - Travis Von Cartier
Piano Barbarians - February 29, 2012 05:16 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsHave you ever wondered what it’s like to be a bad-ass session musician in LA? You have? Well, affix your earholes to this podcast, as Travis Von Cartier holds court on life as an LA musician, and the differences between NoCal audiences and SoCal audiences. Follow Travis on twitter: @tvoncartier....
E9 - Bill Connors
Piano Barbarians - February 24, 2012 20:03 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsWhat’s the impetus to start dressing up like Elton John? Are iPads just fancy frisbees? Can you tell how much fun the audience is having by the sweat on the walls? These and other questions are explored by Steve Savage and Bill Connors, a dueling piano player and EJ impersonator. www.eltonimpers...
E8 - Steph & Ashley
Piano Barbarians - February 21, 2012 18:01 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsSteph & Ashley are partners in owning and running That Bar Danville, a piano-club in Danville, CA. When not mesmerized by their beauty and charms, Paul was able to ask them semi-intelligent questions about running a piano-bar business. www.thatbardanville.com
E7 - Jacob Wolfson
Piano Barbarians - February 15, 2012 20:45 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsSteve and Jacob sat down in New Haven to discuss the proper way to harass somebody in a wheelchair. Also, have you ever been accused of looking like Condoleeza Rice? Listen up. Plus, the merits of actually playing a banjo during Dueling Banjos.
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