BEYOND THE BARRICADE

Dec 31 2024 17 ep. 42 mins 1

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We're taking you beyond the barricade and sitting down with your favorite artists and music industry professionals to talk about their early days growing up as a music fan, the artists that had the biggest impact on them, and how that evolved into seeking out a career in the music industry themselves. We're telling fan stories, but this time from the other side of the barricade...

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2024 Recap

Dec 31 2024 46 mins

This week on Beyond the Barricade we sit down for the final time in 2024 and take a look back at the past year. We share some of our favorite memories, mistakes (or learning moments), and fan encounters that we have had throughout 2024. Listen in on our conversation this week to hear all about our favorite podcast episodes, our resolutions for 2025, and so much more on this episode

Forever Young with Gabe Pietrafesa and Alex Magnan of Young Culture

Dec 17 2024 52 mins

This week we are sitting down with Gabe Pietrafesa and Alex Magnan of Young Culture! We dive right into how Alex and Gabe have been playing music together since they were young teenagers who connected in high school, and how pop punk was a huge early music taste for them. Gabe talks about Alex showed him live performances for the first time and unlocked a desire to play live music,

Navigating Growth with Huddy

Dec 10 2024 26 mins

This week we are sitting down with Chase Huddy and talking about his rise from social media stardom to his current musical journey. Huddy tells us about being a teen who was deeply into the soundcloud rappers of the time, what it means to have people now know him for his music and more than just his social media fame, and what touring with Mod Sun and lovelytheband has been like on

State Champs of the Fan Experience with Tyler Szalkowski

Nov 26 2024 71 mins

This week we are sitting down with Tyler Szalkowski of State Champs! We dive into what his musical influences growing up were and how pivotal his Mom was in developing his taste. Tyler talks about the founding of State Champs and what his journey was with pursuing making music and being in bands before State Champs was created. We also ask him about their recent self titled album a

In the Van with Slow Joy

Nov 19 2024 34 mins

This week we are chatting with Slow Joy, (Esteban Flores), who is an incredible alt rock artist from Dallas. As he discusses the significance of the name 'Slow Joy' from the confines of his tour van in our first truly “mobile” interview, he also dives into the challenges he faced after the loss of his mother, and how he rediscovered his passion for music through therapy. Esteba

On the Road with Ellie White and Victoria Haft of Taylor Acorn’s Team

Nov 05 2024 44 mins

This week we are sitting down and chatting with Tour Manager Victoria Haft and Photographer/Videographer Ellie White of Taylor Acorn's team! We jump into how we all met and know each other and how our connections brought us all together. Lor asks Ellie and Victoria about the one show that put the idea of working on the road with artists into their minds and what their first tour or

Capturing Authenticity with Collin Walsh of Grayscale

Oct 01 2024 58 mins

This week we are sitting down and chatting with Collin Walsh, the lead singer of Grayscale. We dive right into Collin’s personal musical influences growing up such as Led Zeppelin and Third Eye Blind, and how Bruce Springsteen and Bleachers have influenced the band as a whole. Collin talks about the writing and recording of their latest album and how capturing the most authentic

August Recap: Season 1 Comes to a Close

Sep 02 2024 28 mins

This week on Beyond the Barricade we sit down for our monthly recap of everything that went down in August. It was a month of rolling with the punches and not letting the uncontrollable slow us down. We dive into some of our mistakes that we made and what we learned from those situations, while also announcing some changes coming to Beyond the Barricade. Listen in on this week’s

Being Intentional with Your Time Featuring Rowan Drake

Aug 26 2024 32 mins

This week on Beyond the Barricade we sat down for our first remote interview with Rowan Drake. Despite the challenges of getting this interview recorded, as you will hear in the episode, we managed to have a great talk with Rowan, and really got to dive deep into his mindset right now in his current state of his music career. We talk a lot about being intentional with your time and

Going Down the Rabbit Hole with Jordan Shepherd of City of Auburn

Aug 19 2024 59 mins

This week on Beyond the Barricade we got to sit down and chat with Jordan Shepherd, aka Jshep, of the band City of Auburn. We dive right into the friendship origin of Lor and Jordan, which leads to some uncoverings and revelations on who came up with the name for the podcast, and how Jordan helped inspire and motivate Lor to begin this project. Jordan talks about his early passions