We're continuing our storyline with the move to Seattle on what happened to be one of the biggest days in US history. Our friend Joel Green joined us for the trip, and is here to recall some of the day with us. emerymusic.com Facebook Group Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're continuing our storyline with the summer leading up to the move - what jobs we had, and the moment our bass player Joey "headed north." emerymusic.com Facebook Group Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We pick up where we left off last time, and focus on romantic and family relationships that would be affected or severed with the plan to move to Seattle. emerymusic.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matt, Toby, and Devin begin the process of trying to recount the formation of the band 20 yeas ago, and see what has changed and what remains the same. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we'll continue breaking down the second two songs on Emery's new EP "Dead End," which is available now exclusively to members of Emeryland. Join now at emerymusic.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I'm back! Thanks for still having me in your feed. For now, I'm gonna get back to what Break it Down started as, which was going in depth about Emery's music. Today we start by breaking down two of the songs on Emery's new EP "Dead End," which is available now exclusively to members of Emeryland.  Join now at emerymusic.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Emery's Devin Shelton joins me on this episode to premiere the full song "Everything That She Offered Me." Dave and I already did a song-writing break down for the drums and guitar, and now Devin explains how Toby and him took what we wrote and put vocals to it. We also see what some of you did with it and announce a winner of the song contest. Thank you to everyone who participated! Links & Sponsors: Episode Page breakitdownpod.com Facebook Emery Tour: emerymusic.com BadChristian Roadshow: bcroadshow.com Audible: audible.com/down code DOWN Song Contest Submissions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Emery's new guitarist and producer Chris Keene and I walk through the evolution of "Is This the Real Life" from demo, pre-pro, and final versions. We focus mainly on the guitar parts, recording, and song structure from one version to the next as the song came to life. Links & Sponsors: breakitdownpod.com Facebook Emery: emerymusic.com BadChristian Roadshow: bcroadshow.com "Is This the Real Life" YouTube Video Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is the first of many to come that will break down the upcoming Emery record, its lyrics, guitar, production, and whatever else is interesting. Today Emery's drummer, Dave Powell, joins to introduce you to a song that started with his drum idea. This episode is also the launch of a game/contest that will allow you to compose vocals on an Emery song by downloading the instrumental stem here. The rest of the details are in the episode. Links & Sponsors: Download for Vocal Challenge: "Everything That She Offered Me" Instrumental breakitdownpod.com Facebook Emery Tour: emerymusic.com BadChristian Roadshow: bcroadshow.com Audible: audible.com/down code DOWN Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After reading some of Alison DeNisco Rayome's articles in TechRepublic, I wanted to have her on and talk more about where cyber security is right now, and see where it's going in the future. What are some best practices to keep yourself secure, and how are companies taking advantage of AR/VR? Links & Sponsors: breakitdownpod.com Facebook Emery Tour: emerymusic.com Rockabilia: rockabilia.com code PCJABBERJAW TechRepublic Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A good friend connected me with Alex Linebrink, who is the CEO of PassageX, a secondary ticketing venue that utilizes blockchain technology to promote industry accountability and transparency. It's exciting to hear about other uses of the system and get a glimpse at the tip of the iceberg of what can be done in the future with such a powerful tool as blockchain. Links & Sponsors: breakitdownpod.com Facebook Emery Tour: emerymusic.com Rockabilia: rockabilia.com code PCJABBERJAW PassageX Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dewey Halpaus caught me outside a venue in Portland for an interview on the Peer Pleasure podcast. He has a great way of interviewing people, so I wanted to share it with you all here as well! Among many things, we talk about the new Emery album, and how in the world I became a Christian with the way my brain works. Links & Sponsors: breakitdownpod.com Facebook Emery Tour: emerymusic.com Rockabilia: rockabilia.com code PCJABBERJAW Peer Pleasure: peerpleasurepodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Being a band guy on the road, gear heads tend to find each other. For me, Matt Hoopes of Relient K is always on the top of my list for guys I like to talk about pedals with. Now he's creating his own pedals, so we go in-depth about the technical aspects of what distortion is and the components inside pedals. Links & Sponsors: breakitdownpod.com Facebook Emery Tour: emerymusic.com Rockabilia: rockabilia.com code PCJABBERJAW 1981 Inventions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Steven Southwick is a professor at Yale University of Psychiatry, PTSD, and Resilience. He is also the author of "Resilience: The Science of Mastering Life's Greatest Challenges," which I was eager to talk with him about, since we seems to share similar philosophies on the power of the mind effecting the body. Links & Sponsors: breakitdownpod.com Facebook Emery Tour: emerymusic.com Rockabilia: rockabilia.com code PCJABBERJAW Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hidden Hospitals is finding a new way to do things in the independent music scene. Thanks to John Frazier for hooking me up with Dave to talk about the alternative ways he's looking at music, the industry, and art in general without a focus on size or profit. Links & Sponsors: Hidden Hospitals: http://www.hiddenhospitals.com/ breakitdownpod.com Facebook Emery Tour: emerymusic.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I was interested in talking with Winnie Li after hearing about her unique perspective and outlook on live after surviving a violent rape while traveling overseas. Most people try to avoid thinking about and sympathizing with their aggressors, but Winnie wrote a book about her experience and humanized him trying to understand his perspective.   Links & Sponsors: breakitdownpod.com Facebook Emery Tour: emerymusic.com Audible: audible.com/DOWN OR text DOWN to 500-500 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii on the news, I was lucky enough to get Geophysicist and Volcanologist Paul Segall to discuss in depth how volcanoes work, the formation of the earth, earthquakes, tsunamis, and other very real cataclysmic events that have and will happen on this planet.     Links & Sponsors: breakitdownpod.com Facebook Emery Tour: emerymusic.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I wanted to talk to Lindsey Quinn, the Managing Editor for The Hustle, after noticing how much better they are at delivering news well. Instead of obnoxious click-bait sponsored articles, The Hustle sends good quality tech and business news to my email inbox that I actually want to read every day.   Links & Sponsors: breakitdownpod.com Facebook Emery Tour: emerymusic.com The Hustle: https://thehustle.co/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

My fascination with the Netflix documentary Wild Wild Country lead to a conversation with today's guest Daniel Shaw, who has personal experience being in a cult. He is a psychoanalyst in private practice in NYC, and most recently wrote a book called "Traumatic Narcissism: Relational System of Subjugation."   Links & Sponsors: breakitdownpod.com Facebook Emery Tour: emerymusic.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After practicing internal medical for 30 years and being a trustee on a hospice board, Dr Sam Harrington decided to refocus his life on informing others on how they can live the best end-life possible. He shares the personal experience of his father's death, and explains how sometimes the best option can be to refuse medical treatment.   Links & Sponsors: breakitdownpod.com Facebook Emery Tour: emerymusic.com Dr Sam Harrington: samharrington.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tim McTauge, Underoath's guitarist joins for a conversation about their inner-band dynamics and how it applied to the songwriting process and production, specifically with their new album "Erase Me."   Links & Sponsors: breakitdownpod.com Facebook Emery Tour: emerymusic.com Rockabilia: rockabilia.com code PCJABBERJAW Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hunger Games actress, Angel Giuffria, was born missing half of her arm, but has embraced the life of a "cyborg" using augmenting prosthetics to enhance her life. We go in depth about the mechanics of and customization of her arm. She's also heavily involved in the transhumanism movement, and interested in how humanity is progressing to a higher level of human-machine integration.   Links & Sponsors: breakitdownpod.com Facebook Rockabilia: rockabilia.com code PCJABBERJAW Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tipi is a French research program used to resolve conditions such as depression, PTSD, fear, anxiety, anger, and grief, among others. Cedric and his colleagues claim that Tipi can permanently regulate unhealthy emotional and behavioral patterns.   Links & Sponsors: breakitdownpod.com Facebook Rockabilia: rockabilia.com code PCJABBERJAW https://tipi.pro http://cedricbertelli.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

My guest today, Ed Lyon, is considered (according to Roseanne Barr) to be “the funniest tax guy in America." He has appeared on over 500 television and radio broadcasts and has spent his career making tax law understandable to the average joe, and adding to it a sense of humor.   Links & Sponsors: breakitdownpod.com Facebook Zip Recruiter: ziprecruiter.com/BREAKITDOWN Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Johann Hari is a best-selling author and has given a most-viewed TED talk on addiction. His latest book, "The Lost Connections" has been hit with some controversy as it explores deeper causes and alternative treatments to depression beyond anti-depressants.    Links & Sponsors: breakitdownpod.com Facebook Away: awaytravel.com/down code DOWN https://thelostconnections.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

James holds degrees in physics and mathematics, including a doctorate in the latter, and works primarily as a voice calling for honest reflection upon, and thus change in, our religious and cultural landscape. We discuss the almost religious behavior of the movement behind Jordan Peterson as well as the behavior of activism on the left, much of which seems to be underpinned by Critical Theorists and academia.    Links & Sponsors: breakitdownpod.com Facebook Zip Recruiter: ziprecruiter.com/BREAKITDOWN Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kelly Hogan lost over 100 pounds and gained her fertility after going on a low-carb diet and then cutting out carbs entirely by eating only meat. Believe it or not, she's been going strong on that for 8 years, and is healthy as ever. Hear for yourself!   Links & Sponsors: breakitdownpod.com Facebook Rockabilia: rockabilia.com code PCBREAKITDOWN Matt & Toby Tour: http://theclassiccrime.com/#tour http://myzerocarblife.jamesdhogan.com/wp/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mark Rippetoe is an American strength training coach and author. He has published a number of books and peer-reviewed articles. He has a BS in Geology with a minor in Anthropology. Mark laughs and says it's embarrassing that I am 6'3" 175 lbs and says I'm 50 pounds underweight and can be dead lifting over 300 pounds in 6 months if I train effectively.  Links & Sponsors: breakitdownpod.com Facebook Rockabilia: rockabilia.com code PCBREAKITDOWN Zip Recruiter: ziprecruiter.com/BREAKITDOWN Matt & Toby Tour: http://theclassiccrime.com/#tour Starting Strength: startingstrength.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Steven Salzberg is the Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Computer Science, and Biostatistics at Johns Hopkins University. He also worked on the Human Genome Project, sequenced the genomes of many bacteria, and his research group develops software for DNA sequence analysis.   Links & Sponsors: breakitdownpod.com Facebook Rockabilia: rockabilia.com code PCBREAKITDOWN Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jamie Kilstein is a well-known stand up comedian, radio show host, writer, and host of the new Fuck Up Pod. We discuss the ins and outs of beginning to do open mic comedy, and Jamie shares some of his experience with the misery of being a twitter activist.   Links & Sponsors: breakitdownpod.com Facebook Rockabilia: rockabilia.com code PCBREAKITDOWN https://soundcloud.com/jamiekilstein Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Emery and As Cities Burn are on the road this week, so we passed out the mics and captured a conversation about what it's like playing tiny shows and big shows, funny mistakes local bands make, and funny demos that people give and send to labels.   Links & Sponsors: breakitdownpod.com Facebook Zip Recruiter: ziprecruiter.com/BREAKITDOWN Rockabilia: rockabilia.com code PCBREAKITDOWN Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mohit Mamoria is the CEO of Authorito and lives in Gurgaon, Haryana, India.  He is a web developer who now studies finance and economics and has much to say about the possibilities of decentralized technology and the future.   Links & Sponsors: breakitdownpod.com Facebook Rockabilia: rockabilia.com code PCBREAKITDOWN Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Steve Stine has been teaching guitar for over 20 years and has taught millions online. His style and approach is fascinating and certainly applies well outside the realm of guitar and music. We explore lessons, music theory, and modes, as well as alternative and online types of learning.   Links & Sponsors: breakitdownpod.com Facebook Rockabilia: rockabilia.com code PCBREAKITDOWN Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are Selfies a sign of the narcissistic millennial generation that will ruin the country? Or is there more going on than just duck-lip pouty-face photos in front of the bathroom mirror? Steve Holiday is an instructor and doctoral candidate at Texas Tech University and conducted a scientific study on the matter.   Links & Sponsors: breakitdownpod.com Facebook Rockabilia: rockabilia.com code PCBREAKITDOWN Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Jacob Weindling is a staff writer for Paste Magazine and has been researching and writing about cryptocurrency. We get into the future uses of Bitcoin and blockchain technology, including the Ethereum System.   Links & Sponsors: breakitdownpod.com Facebook Rockabilia: rockabilia.com code PCBREAKITDOWN     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

By popular demand, I invited the other half of my band, Toby Morrell, on to discuss "I Quit Church" along with Zach Bolen, who produced the album. We do a listen through of the whole album and talk about how it was created and things that stick out to us about it.   Links & Sponsors: breakitdownpod.com Facebook Rockabilia: rockabilia.com code PCBREAKITDOWN Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ashok is a Pulmonary Physician who's working on using gaming to improve the medical field. I was interested to talk with Ashok because the use of technology and entertainment to solve antiquated institutional problems like healthcare fascinates me.   Links & Sponsors: breakitdownpod.com Facebook Away: awaytravel.com/DOWN Rockabilia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aaron and I discuss the themes and events behind Copeland's album "Beneath Medicine Tree" for the Labeled podcast, which turned out to be a great thing to share with you all here as well.   Links & Sponsors: breakitdownpod.com Facebook BarkBox: barkbox.com/DOWN labeledpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Professional Mind Coach Vinny Shoreman hypnotizes Matt, but first they get into to the concept of taking charge of your mind and the way you think.    Links & Sponsors: vinnyshoreman.com breakitdownpod.com Facebook Rockabilia: rockabilia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dave Feldman is a senior software engineer who began a LCHF diet in 2015, and has studied it extensively since. Through his engineering mind, he's noticed patterns in his study of the diet similar to the distribution of objects in a network. This has allowed him a unique perspective on the way our bodies work, which he calls the Cholesterol Code: Reverse Engineering the Mystery.   Links & Sponsors: cholesterolcode.com breakitdownpod.com Facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It seems like everyone these days is talking about artificial intelligence, but James Barrat literally wrote the book on it. His book "Our Final Invention: Artificial Intelligence and the End of the Human Era" describes the potential dangers of humans developing artificial intelligence that could eclipse that of humans. Bill Gates, Elon Musk and Stephen Hawking, just to name a few, have all warned of these dangers.   Links & Sponsors: breakitdownpod.com Facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mainstream media seems to be the worst place to find real information about politics and policy, including gun control and terrorism. Today I'm talking to Steven V Miller, Political Scientist at Clemson University. Let's change the source of how we think about and learn about politics to come from people who write papers and do the actual research.   Links & Sponsors: breakitdownpod.com Facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you have a band, podcast, product, or platform, you probably know that digital marketing is important, but it certainly isn't simple. It's something this podcast, The BadChristian Podcast, and Emery have struggled to do well, and largely haven't done. Today I thought I'd have a conversation on air with a new acquaintance, Joe Kalis. So sit in as I ask questions and try to learn some better techniques and habits.   Links & Sponsors: breakitdownpod.com Facebook Sudio Sweden: BREAKITDOWN15 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host of Matt's new favorite podcast "After On" Rob Reid, joins to discuss his new Sci-Fi book of the same name and themes including: augmented reality, consciousness, government privacy, artificial intelligence, Fermi paradox, synthetic biology, and belief and terrorism.   Links & Sponsors: breakitdownpod.com Facebook After On Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Senior Interaction Designer at Google, Joel Beukelman shares some insider secrets of the state of the tech industry and where he sees it going in the next few years, or at least what he's allowed to share. He also confirms Matt's bias that formal education won't be necessary for the success of the next generation. Follow Joel on Twitter: @_bklmn and at https://www.youtube.com/bklmn   Links & Sponsors: breakitdownpod.com Facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Opinion often makes its way into doctrines like The Nashville Statement, and it's our job to do the work of figuring out which is which. Dan Koch comes on to dissect this new doctrine to explain what The Nashville Statement is, and break down how it effects both Christians and non-Christians alike.   Links & Sponsors: breakitdownpod.com Facebook https://www.patreon.com/depolarize https://www.reconstructpodcast.com/ That's It: thatsitfruit.com code DOWN BarkBox: barkbox.com/DOWN Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 2006, Underoath self-destructed and left Warped Tour amid rumor of drug use among other things. This is the full uncut interview with drummer Aaron Gillespie about that summer and the events surrounding it. Some of this audio was used in the Labeled (Tooth and Nail) Podcast that Matt produces. Go listen to that full episode first, and come back here for more details from Aaron's point of view.   Links & Sponsors: breakitdownpod.com Facebook That's It: thatsitfruit.com promo code DOWN Labeled Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kings Kaleidoscope is one of the few bands that has experienced that breakout success every new artist asks about. Lead man Chad Gardner joins to discuss their new mixtape, "The Beauty Between," which is a collage of hip hop, rappers, chamber choirs, and worship music featuring rappers Andy Mineo and Propaganda. They break down a couple songs' themes and inspirations with his unique style of organized chaos.   Links & Sponsors: breakitdownpod.com Facebook Away: awaytravel.com/down promo code DOWN Kings Kaleidoscope Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dan Koch joins today to discuss the weekend's events in Charlottesville, Virginia. Matt wonders how we know who is in what group, and what's worse, a hate-filled person or a violent actor? While white-supremacist are repugnant, do they deserve any protection? They also discuss the results of a poll Dan conducted on Facebook asking about roadblocks to faith and issues with making it stick.   Links & Sponsors: breakitdownpod.com Facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matt has explored the Ketogenic diet for the past couple years, in part due to his friend and producer Aaron Sprinkle, who has made some major life changes, including a LCHF (low-carb, high-fat) diet after discovering he was at risk for Type 2 Diabetes. They bring clarity to the ketogenic lifestyle and discuss some advantages and common struggles that come with such a change.   Links & Sponsors: breakitdownpod.com Casper.com/down Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matt was recently a guest on VOX Podcast with Mike Erre and Andy Lara on the future of mega-churches. It's a great conversation that we wanted to share with you here as well! VOX Podcast launched in 2015 as a place to engage in many of today's culture's most challenging conversations around the LGBTQ community, American politics, church politics, and Christian culture's catastrophe of marginalizing the very people that Jesus himself would associate with.   Links & Sponsors: breakitdownpod.com voxpodcast.com emerybook.com emerymusic.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh Zepps is an Australian media personality, political satirist, actor, and TV show host. He and Matt discuss the importance of context and heart behind offensive words, topics off limits to people of majority race or gender, and how shutting down conversation by those people doesn't equal progress. They also articulate how both journalism and science are incomplete processes.   Links & Sponsors: breakitdownpod.com #WeThePeople LIVE That's It: thatsitfruit.com with promo code DOWN for 10% off Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

August Burns Red's guitarist JB Brubaker joins today to discuss his process switching from mic'd amps to DI for live shows, share tour stories, and the frustrations of traveling with a rig. Matt also plays a clip of a solo JB wrote on an Emery album and get into arranging, style, and tablature.   Links & Sponsors: breakitdownpod.com Emery shows: emerymusic.com JB's Instagram: @jbburnsred Casper: casper.com/down with promo code mentioned in episode Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We Are Libertarians podcast host Chris Spangle joins Matt to discuss political engagement. They have similar views and stances on politics, but different opinions of how to go about engaging or not engaging and on what levels. They also discuss what role culture has in the political realm.   Links & Sponsors: breakitdownpod.com That's It: thatsitfruit.com promo code DOWN for 10% off BSW: bswusa.com promo code DOWN http://wearelibertarians.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Art of Charm's Jordan Harbinger joins for this 4th of July episode where we discuss how technology effects social skills, differential learning styles, and costs and benefits of having "Southern Charm." Jordan and Matt connect in business as well, with networking, work ethic, and the extreme-ownership ethos.   Sponsors & Links http://www.breakitdownpodcast.net/ http://outerloopcoaching.com/ code BIDPOD5 for $5 off "Release it Right" or "Unleash it Right" webinars http://bswusa.com/ code DOWN for 10% off Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ellen Mauro has a passion to open the discussion on abortion to bring attention to the nuances and complexities of the issue. We talk about the common points of contention and attempt to humanize the views that we may disagree with.   Links and Sponsors: breakitdownpod.com  https://www.patreon.com/breakitdownpod emerymusic.com http://bswusa.com/ code DOWN for 10% off AudioFeed Festival - badchristianday.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Shannon Dingle is a freelance speaker and writer who talks about all the topics we’re taught to avoid in mixed company. She doesn't shy away from the hard places, from politics and privilege, to trauma and disability. Her work and story has been featured by the Today show, Christianity Today, NPR, and Good Morning America. She has a multi-ethnic family in Raleigh, NC, and we get into how she has been attacked by self-proclaiming alt-right.   Links and Sponsors: breakitdownpod.com  https://www.patreon.com/breakitdownpod emerymusic.com http://www.shannondingle.com/ http://bswusa.com/ code DOWN for 10% off AudioFeed Festival - badchristianday.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matt McGinley, drummer for Gym Class Heroes who toured with Matt Carter in Emery, joins this episode to talk about his work on the new S-Town Podcast and This American Life, and his dream of doing film composing.   Links and Sponsors: breakitdownpod.com  https://www.patreon.com/breakitdownpod emerymusic.com http://bswusa.com/ code DOWN for 10% off AudioFeed Festival - badchristianday.com https://smalltalkmusica.com/ https://stownpodcast.org/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Adam Skatula, Tooth & Nail Records' head of A&R joins Matt to discuss his history at T&N, and their process in creating the new podcast "Labeled: The Stories, Rumors, and Legends of Tooth & Nail Records." This podcast also includes the second episode of Labeled, which is all about the T&N's legendary A&R, Chad Johnson, who is responsible for signing well-known artists such as Underoath, mewithoutYou, Further Seems Forever, As Cities Burn, and many more.   Links and Sponsors: labeledpodcast.com breakitdownpod.com  https://www.patreon.com/breakitdownpod emerymusic.com http://bswusa.com/ code DOWN for 10% off Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's a common trend for music industry people to get involved in the food industry. One example of this is As Cities Burn's drummer Aaron Lunsford, who started cooking at restaurants after the band broke up, and now runs his own barbecue business in Nashville called Magnolia BBQ.   Links and Sponsors: breakitdownpod.com  https://www.patreon.com/breakitdownpod emerymusic.com http://bswusa.com/ code DOWN for 10% off Follow @MagnoliaBBQ on Instagram Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From embarrassing demos to pro bands. Aaron Lunsford (As Cities Burn) and Matt MacDonald (The Classic Crime) and Toby Morrell (Emery) share and discuss their bad old songs and recordings that couldn't get them noticed or signed.   Links and Sponsors: breakitdownpod.com  https://www.patreon.com/breakitdownpod emerymusic.com http://bswusa.com/ code DOWN for 10% off Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matt and Emery bandmate Toby are premiering a song called "Pastor Stopped By" from their new album "I Quit Church."    Links and Sponsors: breakitdownpod.com  https://www.patreon.com/breakitdownpod emerymusic.com http://bswusa.com/ code DOWN for 10% off https://joeysturgistones.com/ code PODCAST20 for 20% off Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dan Koch continues his conversation about the Tax Day March and tells the story about talking with a group claiming that all white dudes are a bummer. Dan further explains the confirmation bias loop and how to recognize and combat it.   Links and Sponsors: breakitdownpod.com  https://www.patreon.com/breakitdownpod emerymusic.com http://bswusa.com/ code DOWN for 10% off https://joeysturgistones.com/ code PODCAST20 for 20% off Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dewey Halpaus (Anatomy of a Ghost, Portugal. The Man) host of the Peer Pleasure Podcast joins Matt to catch up and reminisce about touring together. He has a plan for a government program of how to help high school grads adjust to adulthood by replicating the touring life. He went from touring the world to constructing plumbing in hospitals, which poses the question of how to integrate into normal life after being a professional musician.   Links and Sponsors: http://peerpleasurepodcast.com/ breakitdownpod.com  https://www.patreon.com/breakitdownpod emerymusic.com http://bswusa.com/ code DOWN for 10% off https://joeysturgistones.com/ code PODCAST20 for 20% off Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With a degree in Computer Science, Andy Othling of Lowercase Noises is one of the best and most equipped people to create art through altering signal flows from his guitar or keyboard. He also uses his computer science knowledge to code visual displays that match the instrumentation live. On this episode he showcases his talent while Matt analyzes the music theory used in real time. They also bond on the experience of getting lost in another world when exploring delay pedals.   Links and Sponsors: http://www.lowercasenoises.com/ code DOWN for 15% off breakitdownpod.com  https://www.patreon.com/breakitdownpod emerymusic.com http://bswusa.com/ code DOWN for 10% off https://joeysturgistones.com/ code PODCAST20 for 20% off Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hear Mike Wilkerson's conversation continued from last time with more detail. How do you respect people's minds in difficult situations to make decisions for themselves? Trusting other people to put pieces of the puzzle together on their own instead of telling all at the harm of others.   Links and Sponsors: breakitdownpod.com  https://www.patreon.com/breakitdownpod emerymusic.com http://bswusa.com/ code DOWN for 10% off https://joeysturgistones.com/ code PODCAST20 for 20% off Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dan Koch comes in to the studio to discuss his participation in the Tax Day March, what it was and his goal for participating, but before that they get hung up on whether or not the legal limit for drinking and driving should be raised or lowered from .08.   Links and Sponsors: breakitdownpod.com  https://www.patreon.com/breakitdownpod emerymusic.com http://bswusa.com/ code DOWN for 10% off https://joeysturgistones.com/ code PODCAST20 for 20% off Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Well-known producer Joey Sturgis (The Devil Wears Prada, Asking Alexandria, We Came As Romans) runs through his recording process, how he's never recorded on a console, and the importance of being expectant of opportunities in any situation. He overcame the insecurity of a changing industry to embrace the self-producing movement, which evolved into new businesses selling tones and teaching producing skills.   Links and Sponsors: https://urm.academy/ https://joeysturgistones.com/ use code PODCAST20 for 20% off breakitdownpod.com  https://www.patreon.com/breakitdownpod emerymusic.com http://bswusa.com/ code DOWN for 10% off Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How will the virtual reality games of today advance into real-life learning? VR-game designer Edwon is back to dive deeper in to the gaming culture and the pursuit of art. What constitutes a just and worthy cause of pursuing art and game design, and how can games impact the world? He also tells a ridiculous story of the times living on farm together involving chickens. You'll have to listen to hear how that story ends.   Links and Sponsors: http://edwonstudio.com/ breakitdownpod.com  https://www.patreon.com/breakitdownpod emerymusic.com http://bswusa.com/ code DOWN for 10% off https://joeysturgistones.com/ code PODCAST20 for 20% off Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

At what age do we become too old to have dreams? Matt and Tim McTague (Underoath) dive into child development and the importance of encouraging children in their self-directed interests. Matt explains his theory of being fully integrated in a way that the specification of roles throughout life is potentially a thing of the past. Also, Tim tells a story of skateboarding gone wrong that put him in the hospital.   Links and Sponsors: http://underoath777.com/ breakitdownpod.com  https://www.patreon.com/breakitdownpod emerymusic.com http://bswusa.com/ code DOWN for 10% off https://joeysturgistones.com/ code PODCAST20 for 20% off Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Emery's new guitarist and producer Chris Keene's band Surrogate is in studio before their show in Seattle. As former members of Number One Gun, they decided to keep Surrogate as a fun hobby band. They talk about the benefits of that versus being career musicians, and have fun catching up!   Links and Sponsors: https://www.facebook.com/surrogate/ breakitdownpod.com  https://www.patreon.com/breakitdownpod emerymusic.com http://bswusa.com/ code DOWN for 10% off https://joeysturgistones.com/ code PODCAST20 for 20% off Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike Wilkerson is a mathematician, computer programer, and engineer turned biblical counsellor. He shares Matt's interest in how things work, and was Matt's close friend and Pastor for many years that imploded due to a poor leadership dynamic. How do we make sense of stories, and how should we react in light of that?   Links and Sponsors:    breakitdownpod.com emerymusic.com http://bswusa.com/ code DOWN for 10% off https://joeysturgistones.com/ code PODCAST20 for 20% off https://redemptiongroups.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How long until we'll see dinosaurs in our living rooms and sharks in the gym? Matt's friend and VR game designer Edwon joins to give insight on the current state of virtual reality and where he sees it going in the near future. Matt knows him as a person who goes after what he wants to do, which lends to a discussion on the luxury of being poor. His most recent endeavor is a virtual pets game, Waba, that finds him living between Japan and LA.   Links and Sponsors:    breakitdownpod.com emerymusic.com http://bswusa.com/ code DOWN for 10% off https://joeysturgistones.com/ code PODCAST20 for 20% off http://edwonstudio.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tim McTague skypes in from his vacation with his family after a long Underoath tour, trying to balance his work and home life, which is difficult for people like Tim and Matt who do multiple projects that keep them away from home at times. Does that make him rethink what he does? They also have some fun dreaming about the future of virtual reality and the weird things that inevitably will lead to. What if you could act as lead singer from the comfort of your couch?   Links and Sponsors:    breakitdownpod.com emerymusic.com http://bswusa.com/ code DOWN for 10% off https://joeysturgistones.com/ code PODCAST20 for 20% off http://underoath777.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How are our decisions affected by our cognition versus our intuition? Is it more similar to a man driving a car, or a man riding an elephant? The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt has been influential for Matt and Dan Koch (Sherwood, Depolarize! Podcast) as they have thought through divides of all kinds. They also discuss upcoming protests and having a goal to seek more complex intuitions.   Links and Sponsors:    breakitdownpod.com emerymusic.com http://bswusa.com/ code DOWN for 10% off https://joeysturgistones.com/ code PODCAST20 for 20% off http://badchristianmedia.com/depolarize/ https://www.reconstructpodcast.com/    http://righteousmind.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As an artist manager, Mike Mowery of Outerloop Group and Matt both stem from the rock world, but have very different business philosophies. In this episode they talk about professional networking, coaching new artists, the myth of the overnight success, and becoming an original artist versus playing the comparison game.   Links and Sponsors:    http://outerloopcoaching.com/  http://www.jabberjawmedia.com/ breakitdownpod.com emerymusic.com http://bswusa.com/ code DOWN for 10% off https://joeysturgistones.com/ code PODCAST20 for 20% off Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What is the future of the podcasting medium? How does advertising on podcasts work? We bring Ray Harkins of 100 Words or Less Podcast back to talk about how he's seen podcasting change and evolve in his 10+ years of experience in the podcasting world, and predict where it is going.   Links and Sponsors:    http://100wordspodcast.com/ breakitdownpod.com emerymusic.com http://bswusa.com/ code DOWN for 10% off https://joeysturgistones.com/ code PODCAST20 for 20% off Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tim McTague of Underoath, joins today to discuss the philosophy behind music and art. What music is art or not, and is it ok to call a song not good or not even art? How does having a live audience effect the way music is received and experienced, whether through altering the music itself, engaging with the crowd, or encouraging participation to create energy and vibe? Does that make live music more important or more of an art than recorded music?   Links and Sponsors: breakitdownpod.com emerymusic.com http://bswusa.com/ code DOWN for 10% off http://underoath777.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Polarization is evident in every news article or Facebook post, but what are the effects it has on a societal level? Dan Koch and I break down possible benefits and dangers of institutions created and predict the future of the structures in place today. Problem solving, even on a large institutional scale, involves zooming out to see the larger picture, and then isolating individual problems in light of that. Hear more on this on today's episode.   Links and Sponsors:    breakitdownpod.com emerymusic.com http://bswusa.com/ code DOWN for 10% off http://badchristianmedia.com/depolarize/ https://www.reconstructpodcast.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Stuff Christian Culture Likes founder Stephanie Drury sits down with Matt to continue a conversation that was started on his other podcast The BadChristian Podcast about privilege and how to navigate our current climate of outrage. How do you cast your ego and self aside to see someone else's perspective? Will cultural power dynamics ever even out, or is it a constant cycle that keeps spinning but never levels?   Links and Sponsors:    breakitdownpod.com emerymusic.com  http://www.stuffchristianculturelikes.com/ http://bswusa.com/ code DOWN for 10% off Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matt Carter is back for Season 5 of Break it Down! One of the most frequently asked questions he gets is how to podcast, so he figured who better to talk to than Ray Harkins, who's been in the podcasting world for 10+ years with his own podcast 100 Words or Less and a full time job working for Midroll, the largest podcast advertising company. Links and Sponsors:    breakitdownpod.com emerymusic.com http://100wordspodcast.com/  http://www.midroll.com/   http://bswusa.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 Seth Studley was Emery's first drummer and friend of Matt's since they were 5 years old. What has he been up to since quitting Emery? How did he go from failing out of college to becoming a Marriage and Family Counsellor, creating a podcast for Stronger Marriages, and working with Native Americans?    Links and Sponsors:    breakitdownpod.com  emerymusic.com  http://strongermarriages.com/podcast  LootCrate: lootcrate.com/down code DOWN for $3 off any new subscription Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Professional poker player Derek Tenbusch is joining today. He’s the founder of the best MTT training site Tournament Poker Edge, and Emery’s old distro guy at Tooth and Nail. We get into not only the philosophy and structure of professional poker, but also the philosophy and mindset of doing what you love for a living. What separates the people who hate going to work every day from the people who don't?    Links and Sponsors     http://www.breakitdownpodcast.net/  https://www.tournamentpokeredge.com/ with code Greenchip for $10 off your first month LootCrate:  lootcrate.com/down with code DOWN for $3 off any new subscription Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 This is the third installment of Band Breakdown, where Matt breaks down an assortment of submitted music and answers a few questions from the bands. On the bill for this week's Band Breakdown is Strange Her, Elk Grove, Valence, and Ohio On Hi.    Strange Her: strangehermusic.com   Elk Grove: elkgrove.bandcamp.com Valence: valencetunes.com Ohio On Hi: http://www.ohioonhi.com/   Contact breakitdownpod@gmail.com to be featured on an upcoming Band Breakdown episode. http://www.breakitdownpodcast.net/ Support: https://gumroad.com/l/breakitdown Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 Devin Shelton is joining Matt tonight to break down his new record "Sensation"! Matt and Devin have been in business together for over 10 years now, and continue to find new roles for each other. This time Matt is co-producer on Devin's solo album, and Devin works for Matt's media company. Not to mention their new Emery album in the works. How do they stay a band for over 10 years, stay current, and yet stay true to what Emery is?    Links and Sponsors:    breakitdownpod.com  emerymusic.com  devinsheltonmusic.com - promo code DOWN at checkout to get $5 off a digital download  Devin Shelton's "Sensation" on iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/sensation/id1187558038  LootCrate - lootcrate.com/down code DOWN for $3 off any new subscription Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 Coffee educator Maxwell Mooney joins to inform Matt on the art of making coffee! He is a professional and competes nationally in barista competitions. What’s the science and psychology that goes into the perfect cup of coffee? Maxwell gives an overview of each coffee wave, the cupping process, coffee ethics, and calibrating your palate to appreciate quality coffees. Watch previous episodes on YouTube and subscribe on iTunes!  Sponsors and Links:    Bc.supply - promo code DOWN for 25% off your first bag of coffee  breakitdownpod.com  iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/break-it-down-with-matt-carter/id977905081?mt=2  Support - https://gumroad.com/l/breakitdown  Loot Crate - lootcrate.com/down and use code DOWN for $3 off any new subscription Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Melanie Studley of the new podcast by Stronger Marriages joins this week. Her and Matt talk about how she got started podcasting and how the Stronger Marriages Podcast was a perfect fit for her skills and experience with her almost-failed marriage. She's had to learn audio engineering later in life, but why aren't there more women in engineering and podcasting?  Stronger Marriages on iTunes   Sponsors and Links: breakitdownpod.com  iTunes -  https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/break-it-down-with-matt-carter/id977905081?mt=2 Support - https://gumroad.com/l/breakitdown Loot Crate - lootcrate.com/down and use code DOWN for $3 off any subscription Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 Band Breakdown is back! Where Matt breaks down an assortment of submitted music, and this weeks answers a few questions from the bands. On the bill for this week's Band Breakdown is Astral Planes, The Thoughtlife, Signs of a Slumbering Beast, and The Quick and The Dead.    Atral Planes: https://www.facebook.com/astralplanesco The Thoughtlife: http://thoughtlifemusic.com/ Signs of a Slumbering Beast: https://www.facebook.com/signsofaslumberingbeast/ The Quick and the Dead: www.thequicknthedead.com   Contact breakitdownpod@gmail.com to be featured on an upcoming Band Breakdown episode.  Links: breakitdownpod.com iTunes -  https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/break-it-down-with-matt-carter/id977905081?mt=2 Support - https://gumroad.com/l/breakitdown Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 Tim’s curious about podcasting, and is trying to figure out what it means to make music your business going into 2017 as he re-enters the industry in a different role. They also talk about managing people and building a team, and the importance of seeing the potential in others and giving them the proper information to utilize for bettering their outlook on life.      Sponsors and Links:    breakitdownpod.com iTunes -  https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/break-it-down-with-matt-carter/id977905081?mt=2 Support - https://gumroad.com/l/breakitdown Loot Crate - lootcrate.com/down and use code GIFTING15 for 15% off any subscription Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 Dan Carlin of Hardcore History joins Matt tonight! They talk about the process of mastering podcasting, how to cypher through the mosaic of news out there today, and their common views on politics. They were both right about what Trump would be like, but what they got wrong was how America would respond to him. Is it possible to change large systems like the government? They also discuss flashpoints in history, the future of teachers, and what studying history may look like in the future.      Sponsors and Links:      breakitdownpod.com  Dan Carlin - dancarlin.com  iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/break-it-down-with-matt-carter/id977905081?mt=2  Support - https://gumroad.com/l/breakitdown  Loot Crate - lootcrate.com/down and use code GIFTING15 for 15% off any subscription Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matt and Tovar Cerulli break down the wall between vegans and carnivores by showing how mindfulness of others and nature bridges divides. The future of technology is bound to effect our food and how it's produced, but Tovar stresses the importance of staying connected to the natural world especially in light of advancing technologies. Links: Website - breakitdownpod.com Tovar Cerulli - http://tovarcerulli.com/ iTunes -  https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/break-it-down-with-matt-carter/id977905081?mt=2 Support - https://gumroad.com/l/breakitdown Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 Chart-topping producer and engineer Kris Crummett (The Devil Wears Prada, Dance Gavin Dance, Drop Dead, Gorgeous, Issues) joins us to break down the life of a producer: sustaining an ever-changing field both technically and musically, managing time, employees, and building his own studio in his back yard. Kris also gives advice to aspiring producers, and lets me get a bit nerdy with some gear talk.    Links:    Website: breakitdownpod.com iTunes:  https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/break-it-down-with-matt-carter/id977905081?mt=2 Support: https://gumroad.com/l/breakitdown Kris Crummett: http://www.interlaceaudio.com/ Outerloop Records: http://outerloop.group/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 Matt uses his expertise of music theory and application with a new segment called Band Breakdown where he breaks down an assortment of submitted music. On the bill for this week's Band Breakdown is Sink In, Livendure, Surviving the Era, and Corner Gospel Explosion.    "Whither" by Sink In: http://www.sinkinband.com/ "Dichotomous Gray" by Livendure: johnnyholland.bandcamp.com "Here in the Dark" by Surviving the Era: http://survivingtheera.com/ "Kid Rock" by Corner Gospel Explosion: cogoexplo.com   Contact breakitdown@badchristian.com to be featured on an upcoming Band Breakdown episode. breakitdownpod.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 Wolves At The Gate's Stephen Cobucci joins Matt Carter to break down a few demos from their new album "Types & Shadows." They discuss the interesting theory that the artists you looked up to probably don't like the music you make, and you probably won't like your progeny's music either. That also gets them into motives behind music, making art for the love of the music, versus the desire to be in a band, and what that does to the art itself.    Links:    breakitdownpod.com  Types & Shadows Pre-order: http://wolvesatthegate.merchnow.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Super Bowl 50 Champ Tyler Polumbus joins this week to break down the inner workings of the NFL. We talk about things only an insider would know. How even when you make $300,000 a year, it's easy to end up bankrupt and divorced. What's it like having no control over where you're traded, and how do the best quarter backs in the league treat their offensive team?    Links:  breakitdownpod.com  Tyler’s podcast The NFL Journeymen: http://nfljourneymen.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 Brandon Ebel, founder of Tooth and Nail Records, joins Matt to break down the record label process: founding his label, being acquired by a major, and becoming independent again. How did the music industry collapse in 2008 effect the business, and what do A&R's look for in new artists?  breakitdownpod.com  http://www.toothandnail.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Marc Hemeon, graphic designer and founder of Design Inc, joined Matt this week for a motivating conversation on start-ups, entrepreneurial success, and going after your passion. They also talk about the self-driving cars Marc worked on during his time at Google, and what the real worth of logos are.  ******  Links http://www.breakitdownpodcast.net/  https://www.designinc.com/  Subscribe on iTunes:  https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/break-it-down-with-matt-carter/id977905081?mt=2 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dan Koch (Sherwood, Pacific Gold) joins Matt in studio for a discussion 100% about The Donald Trump. They debate on whether Trump is just a blithering idiot who made it this far out of pure chance, or if he's a master political strategist. What does it mean for America if he becomes POTUS and Commander in Chief?      *****  Links   www.breakitdownpod.com Subscribe on iTunes:  https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/break-it-down-with-matt-carter/id977905081?mt=2 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matt explores transhumanism this week when Presidential Candidate in the Transhumanist Party, Zoltan Istvan, comes on to talk about the scientific future of humanity, from exoskeletons to uploading consciousness to computers. What are the moral mandates and dilemmas behind modified humanity?  Find us on YouTube and subscribe!  Links:  Break it Down: www.breakitdownpod.com/  Zoltan Istvan: www.zoltanistvan.com  YouTube: www.youtube.com/channel/UCOTiEx9PBEfHuhS6Z1lfqMQ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matt's old friends Shane Told and Billy Hamilton of Silverstein join this week and we break down three never-before-heard demos, one of which later became Silverstein's most popular song "My Heroin" that almost didn't make the record. They also discuss what makes touring so frequently successful or not, and a funny tour story Billy loves to tell about Matt calling him Stupid Bill.   ******  Links:  Break it Down: http://www.breakitdownpodcast.net/  Silverstein: http://www.silversteinmusic.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on the Break it Down podcast, Matt's joined by podcaster and libertarian Jason Stapleton. They discuss Matt's trip to the DMV, Donald Trump vs Hilary Clinton, millennials, government policies, and what we could or could not do without the government. Is Matt way off by opting out of the voting process? Do we really need the government for space programs, intellectual property, road construction, or national security?   Links: Break it Down: http://www.breakitdownpodcast.net/  Jason Stapleton http://www.jasonstapleton.com/  iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/break-it-down-with-matt-carter/id977905081?mt=2  Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/break-it-down-podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 Matt and Cory Brandan from Norma Jean walk through tracks from the new Norma Jean album as well as his new project Hundred Suns. Does art belong to its creators? Cory says once the music is released the creators are irrelevant. What does it takes to have the longevity to put out seven studio albums?   Hundred Suns crowd-fund: http://bit.ly/2bghKXc Norma Jean pre-order: normajeannoise.com Recorded live on Facebook every Wednesday night at 7pm PST! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matt Carter is joined by producer and friend Aaron Sprinkle to catch up on life, talk pre-production, and get Aaron's first instincts on a brand new Emery demo!   breakitdownpodcast.net Contribute  Amazon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Matt's joined by listeners chosen to come on the podcast and ask their questions live. They talk music business: if Emery started in 2016, labels pressuring artists, adding value to clients, multiple stream incomes, and focusing on your art unrelated to your wage.      Soundrink: jabberjaw.soundrink.com use code: Break Kings Road Merch: kingsroadmerch.com/jimmy   Contribute  Amazon Link www.breakitdownpod.com We are a part of the Jabberjaw Media Network  www.jabberjawmedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Seattle's Carole Freeman, MS, CN, CHt, is a nutrition and psychology professional.  She came by and we had the chance to podcast in person and discuss how the ketogenic diet works. Carole Freeman http://www.hypnoticnutrition.com https://twitter.com/carolefreeman   Contribute  https://gumroad.com/l/breakitdown Amazon Link http://www.amazon.com/ref=as_li_ss_tl?_encoding=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&linkCode=ur2&tag=wwwbreakitdow-20&linkId=6R22D2HHC7HUGNR5  www.breakitdownpod.com We are a part of the Jabberjaw Media Network  www.jabberjawmedia.co  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Another amazing producer, and hero of mine, joins the show.    Contribute  https://gumroad.com/l/breakitdown Amazon Link http://www.amazon.com/ref=as_li_ss_tl?_encoding=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&linkCode=ur2&tag=wwwbreakitdow-20&linkId=6R22D2HHC7HUGNR5  www.breakitdownpod.com We are a part of the Jabberjaw Media Network  www.jabberjawmedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You got it, Zar Castillo, the promoter from Never Say Never Festival is on the show face to face with me and joins the transparency team and talks real numbers about how all of this went down.  "This" referring to Emery and other bands flying to South Texas playing a fest and not getting paid in How to Lose $5000 (S3 Ep5)    Contribute  https://gumroad.com/l/breakitdown Amazon Link http://www.amazon.com/ref=as_li_ss_tl?_encoding=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&linkCode=ur2&tag=wwwbreakitdow-20&linkId=6R22D2HHC7HUGNR5  www.breakitdownpod.com We are a part of the Jabberjaw Media Network  www.jabberjawmedia.com   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ed Rose is well known producer from Lawrence, Kansas who has been instrumental in the punk/emo scene since the late 90's working with The Get Up Kids, Appleseed Cast, Coalesce, and Reggie and the Full Effect.  He also produced Emery's The Weak's End.     www.breakitdownpod.com Amazon Contribute We are a part of the Jabberjaw Media Network  www.jabberjawmedia.com   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What happens when a band flies to South Texas for a festival and then doesn't get paid?   www.breakitdownpod.com Amazon Contribute We are a part of the Jabberjaw Media Network  http://www.jabberjawmedia.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mark Trombino is a record producer known for working with bands such as Blink 182, Mineral, Finch and The Starting Line, but most notably, to me at least, Mark produced almost all of Jimmy Eat World's albums including the landmark record Clarity. Mark is also the owner of a donut shop in Los Angeles called Donut Friend.   Donut Friend www.donutfriend.com www.breakitdownpod.com  Amazon Contribute We are a part of the Jabberjaw Media podcast Network -  www.jabberjawmedia.com   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hope you enjoy this chat with Kevin, who was nice enough to have me over on a Saturday morning to talk about how he weighs business, money, punk lifestyle, and family. Kevin is a very wise, successful, and grounded guy who I am happy to have the opportunity to learn from directly. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What happens financially when a band breaks up? Can home studio recordings compete with the professional studios? How do you get started investing your money? What is the deal with ketogenic diets? I am very happy to get out 2 episodes this week! Glad to be back.   Links:    Amazon Contribute www.breakitdownpod.com We are a part of the Jabberjaw Media podcast Network -  www.jabberjawmedia.com   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I'm back! You can consider this episode one of season three of this podcast.  I'll explain it in the episode. Devin Shelton is with me to discuss how he arranges songs, particularly the set of cover songs he has done to promote the crowd fund for his new solo album. Also I have the pleasure of speaking with Tyson Motsenbocker and bringing you some clips from his yet to be released album that i really dig and discuss string arranging and key changes.   Links: www.devinsheltonmusic.com http://www.tysonmotsenbocker.com  Amazon Contribute www.breakitdownpod.com We are a part of the Jabberjaw Media podcast Network -  www.jabberjawmedia.com       Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matt Pryor is the singer of The Get Up Kids and a big inspiration to me. He has a podcast called Nothing to Write Home About.  We discuss touring with Weezer, why sometimes he would rather be a farmhand than a musician, and a little bit about anxiety and depression.   Links: Texture www.texture.com/breakitdown Metal Brainiac www.metalbrainiac.com  Amazon Contribute We are a part of the Jabberjaw Media podcast Network -  www.jabberjawmedia.com     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matt explores the topics of Radical Islam, Terrorism, Syria and refugees in conversations with terrorism law professor Jeffery Adicott, Libertarian podcast host Jason Stapleton, Science Mike, and Underoath keyboardist Chirs Dudley whose European merch guy was killed in the Paris attacks.   Links: Texture www.texture.com/breakitdown  Amazon Contribute  We are a part of the Jabberjaw Media podcast Network -  www.jabberjawmedia.com     The Jabberjaw Media Network and this podcast are Presented by our sponsor Sound Rink, an Experience Company - www.soundrink.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Billy Power, ex Tooth and Nail A&R and host of the Urban Achiever podcast interview Matt Carter about his background, upbringing and philosophies.   Links: Audible www.audible.com/breakitdown Urban Achiever  www.urbanachievershow.com  Amazon Contribute  We are a part of the Jabberjaw Media podcast Network -  www.jabberjawmedia.com     The Jabberjaw Media Network and this podcast are Presented by our sponsor Sound Rink, an Experience Company - www.soundrink.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices