“Live to Two” – Episode 01 features Pop Culture, a 6 piece experimental rock and jam band based out of Syracuse, NY. Fusing jazz, rock, prog, and funk, this band is certain to take you on an expansive musical journey from start to finish.

It was a lot of fun to work with this group in the studio on Saturday, April 06 2024 and to chat with them a bit about how the band got together, some differences between performing live and in the studio and some of the musicians who have inspired them.

The production team for this episode were Jason O’Neal and Mason Manteau.

Pop Culture Discussion
Pop Culture Performance

I enjoyed working as the audio/mix engineer and collaborating with WAER, local Syracuse musicians and students in Syracuse University’s Sound a recording Technology program on this project.

To spotlight Syracuse talent, WAER’s Ashley Kang brought together a group of local musicians to write, record and produce an original song in a limited time span, all in an effort we’re calling the “Salt City Mashup.”
— Read on http://www.waer.org/2023-07-19/five-local-musicians-join-waers-salt-city-mashup

One of my goals this year is to write and record an album of new tunes for 12-string fingerstyle guitar…I’m aiming for ten, right now I’ve got seven that I’m feeling good about, although I’m still working out the bugs…here’s the first one I started thinking about for this album, “Due Diligence” which began coming together right about this time last year as I was getting ready to move from Sylva, NC to Syracuse, NY.