I recently had the pleasure of interviewing a very prolific member of the NJ DIY community. Max Rauch, also known as Mauch, has been heavily involved in the scene for the last 20 something years. First as a musician, then an engineer, and now as one half of the artist imprint Pizza Bagel Records, Mauch has done it all.
Our interview went on for a whopping two and a half hours so this will be broken down into 3 sections, his career as a musician, his start to music production, and the formation and idea for Pizza Bagel.
This is episode one, listen as we chronicle Mauch’s journey from little drummer boy to national touring musician, and back to Essex county folk hero.