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Ian Felchlin - Guitar! Ian Felchlin is a guitarist born and raised in Burbank, CA. Some bands and artists Ian has played with over the years include Back Pocket Memory, Douglas Roegiers, Malynda Hale, Andrew Orbison, 5th and Birmingham, Sarah Winchester Band, as well as various theatre productions.  @Ianfelchlin GSWMP is a podcast for musicians, music lovers, and anyone who loves a good story! In-depth discussions about the music industry & gig life with a variety of musicians & creatives from all over the world! @gigstorieswithmusicpeople Host: Evan Mykl Chudnow  @evanonthebass  @the_spacemint https://www.thespacemint.com/ http://www.evanonthebass.com/ https://gig-stories-music-people.captivate.fm *At the moment I have no sponsors, so if you'd like to support this podcast the best thing is to share it on social media or with someone who might be interested! If you want to go above and beyond that and help ensure more episodes you can also purchase my music (including the podcast theme song Smith Type Johnson) at https://evanmykl.bandcamp.com/ or even make a contribution on Venmo @Evan-TheSpacemint any help is very much appreciated! Thank you for listening!

Willow Stephens - Singer/Songwriter/Multi-Instrumentalist! @willow_stephens Album - https://vibe.to/futureclassic Show - 1/24/24 at The Troubadour- https://wl.seetickets.us/wafform.aspx?_act=eventtickets&_pky=579015&afflky=TheTroubadour Willow Stephens is a singer-songwriter based in Los Angeles, CA. The Montana native started her career playing in the coffeehouses of the Pacific NW. A classically trained multi-instrumentalist, Stephens has strong roots in jazz, folk, R&B and classical music. Her effortless voice and carefully crafted lyrics weave together her eclectic mix of genres. Her mission in life? Make emotionally intelligent pop music.  https://www.willowstephens.com/ GSWMP is a podcast for musicians, music lovers, and anyone who loves a good story! In-depth discussions about the music industry & gig life with a variety of musicians & creatives from all over the world! @gigstorieswithmusicpeople Host: Evan Mykl Chudnow  @evanonthebass  @the_spacemint https://www.thespacemint.com/ http://www.evanonthebass.com/ https://gig-stories-music-people.captivate.fm *At the moment I have no sponsors, so if you'd like to support this podcast the best thing is to share it on social media or with someone who might be interested! If you want to go above and beyond that and help ensure more episodes you can also purchase my music (including the podcast theme song Smith Type Johnson) at https://evanmykl.bandcamp.com/ or even make a contribution on Venmo @Evan-TheSpacemint any help is very much appreciated! Thank you for listening!

Brian Duke Song - Electric & Upright Bass! @briandukesong Brian Duke Song is a SoCal bassist who has a hard time saying no to almost any opportunity out there, which often leads to interesting stories, for better or worse. He plays electric and upright in all kinds of projects such as rapper Andre Nickatina, Kid Abstrakt, hip hop/jazz group Minted, Adult Karate, musicals with the Center Theatre Group, various wedding and corporate bands, and many other artists. He's been described as both a humble team player who plays for the song, as well having the ego of Mick Jagger. GSWMP is a podcast for musicians, music lovers, and anyone who loves a good story! In-depth discussions about the music industry & gig life with a variety of musicians & creatives from all over the world! @gigstorieswithmusicpeople Host: Evan Mykl Chudnow  @evanonthebass  @the_spacemint https://www.thespacemint.com/ http://www.evanonthebass.com/ https://gig-stories-music-people.captivate.fm *At the moment I have no sponsors, so if you'd like to support this podcast the best thing is to share it on social media or with someone who might be interested! If you want to go above and beyond that and help ensure more episodes you can also purchase my music (including the podcast theme song Smith Type Johnson) at https://evanmykl.bandcamp.com/ or even make a contribution on Venmo @Evan-TheSpacemint any help is very much appreciated! Thank you for listening!

Ep. 34 - Fernanda Alba - Singer/Songwriter/Piano Fernanda Alba is a Brazilian singer, songwriter and piano player based in Los Angeles. She is formally the leader singer of the hard rock band Obsidian Silence. Her current bands are Memberz Only where she performs as backing vocals and some leads and Exa Band where she acts as singer and keyboard player. Performance Fernanda completed in 2013 the Vocal Performance program at the prestigious LACM (Los Angeles Music Academy), where she has had the opportunity to work under internationally renowned teachers like acclaimed vocalist Dorian Holley, Grammy-nominated jazz vocalist Tierney Sutton, and accomplished bassist Jerry Watts. Through the school, she has also had the opportunity to play with heavyweight musicians like three-time Grammy nominee and Emmy Award-winning bassist Phillip Bynoe, guitarist Brad Rabuchin (Ray Charles), and many others. Before LACM she studied four years of private music training in Carlos Gomes, one of the top conservatories in Brazil and participated in events and gigs with her teachers from World Music School Her main influences are the symphonic metal bands Nightwish, Epica and goes to heavy rock like Evanescence, Saliva and Korn, as well the singer songwriters Tori Amos, Tamino, Agnes Obel and Aurora. For a period of time Fernanda also sang in the Reunion band where she performed alongside the prestigious Jeff Marsh (London Symphony, London Philharmonia, music for Harry Potter Deathly Hallows and many Disney movies). She also for a period of time had a residency at the San Manuel Casino now known as Yamava Casino from 2018 to 2020.  Currently she performs from two to five shows a week varying from venues such as the Whisky a Gogo and the Canyon Country Club to weddings, sweet sixteen, fairs, carnivals, summer events and corporate events. E-mail : [email protected] Ig: @fernandaalbaa GSWMP is a podcast for musicians, music lovers, and anyone who loves a good story! In-depth discussions about the music industry & gig life with a variety of musicians & creatives from all over the world! @gigstorieswithmusicpeople Host: Evan Mykl Chudnow  @evanonthebass  @the_spacemint https://www.thespacemint.com/ http://www.evanonthebass.com/ https://gig-stories-music-people.captivate.fm *At the moment I have no sponsors, so if you'd like to support this podcast the best thing is to share it on social media or with someone who might be interested! If you want to go above and beyond that and help ensure more episodes you can also purchase my music (including the podcast theme song Smith Type Johnson) at https://evanmykl.bandcamp.com/ or even make a contribution on Venmo @Evan-TheSpacemint any help is very much appreciated! Thank you for listening!

Ep. 33 - Zach Lupetin - Singer/Songwriter/Guitarist! Zach is a prolific singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, originally from Chicago, and now on the West-side of LA for many years. He’s the band leader for Dustbowl Revival who;s been touring steadily for over a decade, and I highly recommend checking them out! He also has a side project called Patio Club, a podcast called Show On The Road, and a radio show in LA on 88.5 called The Sway Out West. You can follow Zach on instagram @znlupetin and @dustbowlrevival Go to dustbowlrevival.com for all of their tour dates! GSWMP is a podcast for musicians, music lovers, and anyone who loves a good story! In-depth discussions about the music industry & gig life with a variety of musicians & creatives from all over the world! @gigstorieswithmusicpeople Host: Evan Mykl Chudnow  @evanonthebass  @the_spacemint https://www.thespacemint.com/ http://www.evanonthebass.com/ https://gig-stories-music-people.captivate.fm *At the moment I have no sponsors, so if you'd like to support this podcast the best thing is to share it on social media or with someone who might be interested! If you want to go above and beyond that and help ensure more episodes you can also purchase my music (including the podcast theme song Smith Type Johnson) at https://evanmykl.bandcamp.com/ or even make a contribution on Venmo @Evan-TheSpacemint any help is very much appreciated! Thank you for listening!

Season 2 begins! GSWMP is a podcast for musicians, music lovers, and anyone who loves a good story! In-depth discussions about the music industry & gig life with a variety of musicians & creatives from all over the world! @gigstorieswithmusicpeople Ep. 32 - Ben White - Electric & Upright Bass/Stick/BGVX! Along with electric fretted and fretless bass, Ben also plays upright, Chapman Stick, and sings Background vocals. He’s played with a ton of people throughout his long career including; Mindi Abair, Warren Hill, Olivia Rox, the Boneshakers, Magnetico, Eric Sardinas, and recorded with Sophie B Hawkins, Suge Knight , Don Felder, and Jessi Colter. You can follow him on instagram @channel71_v2 website www.benwhitemusic.com Host: Evan Mykl Chudnow  @evanonthebass  @the_spacemint https://www.thespacemint.com/ http://www.evanonthebass.com/ https://gig-stories-music-people.captivate.fm *At the moment I have no sponsors, so if you'd like to support this podcast the best thing is to share it on social media or with someone who might be interested! If you want to go above and beyond that and help ensure more episodes you can also purchase my music (including the podcast theme song Smith Type Johnson) at https://evanmykl.bandcamp.com/ or even make a contribution on Venmo @Evan-TheSpacemint any help is very much appreciated! Thank you for listening!

A podcast for musicians, music lovers, and anyone who loves a good story! In-depth discussions about the music industry & gig life with a variety of musicians & creatives from all over the world! @gigstorieswithmusicpeople Ep. 31 - Andrew Bottini - Bassist! Andrew is originally from Morgantown, West Virginia. He studied audio at Full Sail University and Bass guitar at LA College of Music, which is where we met. After LACM he moved to Nashville and played for awhile in the scene there before coming back to the West coast and eventually back to LA. Some of the bands he’s played with include Copperfox, Cities, Love Tigers, and Free Beer. He stopped focusing on music as a career about 5 years ago, but still plays bass in his spare time, with plans to play more again in the near future. You can follow him on instagram @tronhoward, and on twitter @tronhoward_  Host: Evan Mykl Chudnow  @evanonthebass  @the_spacemint https://www.thespacemint.com/ http://www.evanonthebass.com/ https://gig-stories-music-people.captivate.fm *At the moment I have no sponsors, so if you'd like to support this podcast the best thing is to share it on social media or with someone who might be interested! If you want to go above and beyond that and help ensure more episodes you can also purchase my music (including the podcast theme song Smith Type Johnson) at https://evanmykl.bandcamp.com/ or even make a contribution on Venmo @Evan-TheSpacemint any help is very much appreciated! Thank you for listening!

A podcast for musicians, music lovers, and anyone who loves a good story! In-depth discussions about the music industry & gig life with a variety of musicians & creatives from all over the world! @gigstorieswithmusicpeople Ep. 30 - Sarah Lubran (A.K.A. Sarah Winchester) www.sarahwinchesterband.com www.noexcusesent.com @sarahwinchesterbabe Sarah is a Jane of all trades, she sings, plays 6 instruments, acts, writes, produces, and started her own production company called No Excuses Entertainment Co. I’ve been fortunate enough to play a number of gigs with Sarah over the past few years, most of which were at Downtown Disney. Sarah is originally from SoCal, she started out as a child actor and always had a penchant for music and performing at a young age. She went on to write songs for 90210 and play in a number of bands around LA, New York, and Nashville. You can check out her music and performance dates at sarahwinchesterband.com ! Host: Evan Mykl Chudnow  @evanonthebass  @the_spacemint https://www.thespacemint.com/ http://www.evanonthebass.com/ https://gig-stories-music-people.captivate.fm *At the moment I have no sponsors, so if you'd like to support this podcast the best thing is to share it on social media or with someone who might be interested! If you want to go above and beyond that and help ensure more episodes you can also purchase my music (including the podcast theme song Smith Type Johnson) at https://evanmykl.bandcamp.com/ or even make a contribution on Venmo @Evan-TheSpacemint any help is very much appreciated! Thank you for listening!

A podcast for musicians, music lovers, and anyone who loves a good story! In-depth discussions about the music industry & gig life with a variety of musicians & creatives from all over the world! @gigstorieswithmusicpeople Ep. 29 - Kaitlin Wolfberg @beatnikwolfgirl https://soundbetter.com/profiles/275581-kaitlin-wolfberg Originally from Cleveland, OH, Kaitlin has been based in LA for over a decade now. She’s an in-demand String Arranger and Violin/Viola player with an impressive resume that includes performing at the Grammy’s with H.E.R. in 2020, writing string arrangements for the Monkees, jamming on stage with Los Lobos, and playing on a ton of records. Some recording highlights include Moby, The Lemon Twigs, and Alice Wallace to name a few! She’s performed all over the country and the world with a long list of bands, and it was an awesome chatting with her about some of her experiences, she’s got great stories and was really fun to talk to! Check out her soundbetter.com profile for more about her or to get her rates! Host: Evan Mykl Chudnow  @evanonthebass  @the_spacemint https://www.thespacemint.com/ http://www.evanonthebass.com/ https://gig-stories-music-people.captivate.fm *At the moment I have no sponsors, so if you'd like to support this podcast the best thing is to share it on social media or with someone who might be interested! If you want to go above and beyond that and help ensure more episodes you can also purchase my music (including the podcast theme song Smith Type Johnson) at https://evanmykl.bandcamp.com/ or even make a contribution on Venmo @Evan-TheSpacemint any help is very much appreciated! Thank you for listening!

A podcast for musicians, music lovers, and anyone who loves a good story! In-depth discussions about the music industry & gig life with a variety of musicians & creatives from all over the world! @gigstorieswithmusicpeople Ep. 28 - Jake Cassman  @jakecassman  @drunkenlogics Jake Cassman is a songwriter, pianist, and comedian originally from the Bay area. Jake studied at the prestigious Berklee College of Music, and since then he’s done a wide variety of jobs and gigs in the music industry, performing at dueling piano bars, working as a music director for Second City and for a wedding band, writing for other artists and music theater productions, and working as a music educator. He founded the rock band Drunken Logic while in Boston, who’s having a 10 year anniversary show on April 15th at Hotel Cafe in Los Angeles, and also April 30th in Berkeley at The Back Room. I met Jake on a gig with Sarah Winchester band back in 2018 shortly after he moved to LA, and recently had the pleasure of recording some Bass for the upcoming Drunken Logic EP our later this year!  Visit https://www.jakecassman.com/ for more on Jake! Host: Evan Mykl Chudnow  @evanonthebass  @the_spacemint https://www.thespacemint.com/ http://www.evanonthebass.com/ https://gig-stories-music-people.captivate.fm *At the moment I have no sponsors, so if you'd like to support this podcast the best thing is to share it on social media or with someone who might be interested! If you want to go above and beyond that and help ensure more episodes you can also purchase my music (including the podcast theme song Smith Type Johnson) at https://evanmykl.bandcamp.com/ or even make a contribution on Venmo @Evan-TheSpacemint any help is very much appreciated! Thank you for listening!

A podcast for musicians, music lovers, and anyone who loves a good story! In-depth discussions about the music industry & gig life with a variety of musicians & creatives from all over the world! @gigstorieswithmusicpeople Ep. 27 - Geordie McElroy from Blackwater Jukebox @blackwaterjukebox BWJB has played all over LA and SoCal for the past decade, always bringing the party wherever they go! Geordie is the frontman, songwriter, and ringleader. You'll mostly catch him rocking banjo and vocals, as well as telling captivating stories setting up the songs in unique ways. Catch them 3/24/22 at The Escondite in dtla! I did a ton of shows with Blackwater in my early years in LA, so it was great catching up with Geordie and reliving some hilarious moments. He’s always a fascinating person to talk music with and he always brings great insight and perspective, I hope you dig it! Find his music at: https://blackwaterjukebox.bandcamp.com/ Host: Evan Mykl Chudnow  @evanonthebass  @the_spacemint https://www.thespacemint.com/ http://www.evanonthebass.com/ https://gig-stories-music-people.captivate.fm *At the moment I have no sponsors, so if you'd like to support this podcast the best thing is to share it on social media or with someone who might be interested! If you want to go above and beyond that and help ensure more episodes you can also purchase my music (including the podcast theme song Smith Type Johnson) at https://evanmykl.bandcamp.com/ or even make a contribution on Venmo @Evan-TheSpacemint any help is very much appreciated! Thank you for listening!

A podcast for musicians, music lovers, and anyone who loves a good story! In-depth discussions about the music industry & gig life with a variety of musicians & creatives from all over the world! @gigstorieswithmusicpeople Ep. 26 - Danny Hechter @dannyhechterguitar Danny is a touring & session guitarist based in Los Angeles, originally from Minnesota. In 2019 he went on a major tour with Republic Records artist Jordan McGraw opening for the Jonas Brothers and Bebe Rexha at major venues all over the world like Madison Square Garden and The Hollywood Bowl. He’s also toured/performed with Badflower, Jake and Fanny, Sara Melson, Alex Sparrow, SpaceCream, Alexa Villa, Willow Stevens, The Royals and Rubix Kube LA cover bands, and many others. Find out more at: http://www.dhguitarla.com Host: Evan Mykl Chudnow  @evanonthebass  @the_spacemint https://www.thespacemint.com/ http://www.evanonthebass.com/ https://gig-stories-music-people.captivate.fm *At the moment I have no sponsors, so if you'd like to support this podcast the best thing is to share it on social media or with someone who might be interested! If you want to go above and beyond that and help ensure more episodes you can also purchase my music (including the podcast theme song Smith Type Johnson) at https://evanmykl.bandcamp.com/ or even make a contribution on Venmo @Evan-TheSpacemint any help is very much appreciated! Thank you for listening!