This podcast covers music and stories surrounding my life as a musician (as well as general talk about whatever me and my occasional guests feel like talking about).
It's definitely been a while. In this return episode I talk about my absence as well as my fitness, my Spotify top 20 from 2022, as well as upcoming Faultered Step shows.
Alex Was Podcasting is a podcast (duh) hosted by Alex (again, duh). Alex is a musician whose been in a couple bands such as Faultered Step (https://linktr.ee/faulteredstep), Grave Moth (https://gravemoth.bandcamp.com/album/grave-moth), Subatomic Meteor Shower (https://faulteredstep.bandcamp.com/album/before-im-gone), as well as his solo venture ALVU (https://linktr.ee/ALVU).
Guests so far include Eric Farnum (Subatomic Meteor Shower, 3Am Delirium, Children In Heat), Chris James (Original Faultered Step lead guitarist), Zack Allen (Faultered Step, Subatomic Meteor Shower), and Ramon Saldivar (former Faultered Step drummer). AWP centers largely around music and entertainment. We discuss humble beginnings, our favorite and least favorite music, best and worst gigs, the whole nine yard.
Heres everything (https://linktr.ee/ALVU) you could ever want.
22 Nov 2022
Episode 17: Faultered Step announces Anatta!
Alex Was Podcasting is a podcast (duh) hosted by Alex (again, duh). Alex is a musician whose been in a couple bands such as Faultered Step, Grave Moth, Subatomic Meteor Shower, as well as his solo venture ALVU.
Guests so far include Eric Farnum (Subatomic Meteor Shower, 3Am Delirium, Children In Heat), Chris James (Original Faultered Step lead guitarist), Zack Allen (Faultered Step, Subatomic Meteor Shower), and Ramon Saldivar (former Faultered Step drummer). AWP centers largely around music and entertainment. We discuss humble beginnings, our favorite and least favorite music, best and worst gigs, the whole nine yard.
Heres everything you could ever want.
19 Sept 2022
Episode 16: Fairview
In this episode Alex talks about his most recent full length ALVU release, Fairview. Track by track he details the meaning behind the songs and a brief insight of how he records music
Alex Was Podcasting is a podcast (duh) hosted by Alex (again, duh). Alex is a musician whose been in a couple bands such as Faultered Step, Grave Moth, Subatomic Meteor Shower, as well as his solo venture ALVU.
Guests so far include Eric Farnum (Subatomic Meteor Shower, 3Am Delirium, Children In Heat), Chris James (Original Faultered Step lead guitarist), Zack Allen (Faultered Step, Subatomic Meteor Shower), and Ramon Saldivar (former Faultered Step drummer). AWP centers largely around music and entertainment. We discuss humble beginnings, our favorite and least favorite music, best and worst gigs, the whole nine yard.
Heres everything you could ever want: https://linktr.ee/ALVU
31 Jul 2022
Episode 15: w/ Zack Allen
*Audio quality is noticeably different, and for that I apologize.
Zack and Alex talk about their first show in 4 years with The Mercurials and Mr. Denton On Doomsday, Garretts importance in Faultered Step, Zack is a wordsmith apparently, new ALVU, Alex vaping like a poser, and more!
Alex Was Podcasting is a podcast (duh) hosted by Alex (again, duh). Alex is a musician whose been in a couple bands such as Faultered Step, Grave Moth, Subatomic Meteor Shower, as well as his solo venture ALVU.
Guests so far include Eric Farnum (Subatomic Meteor Shower, 3Am Delirium, Children In Heat), Chris James (Original Faultered Step lead guitarist), Zack Allen (Faultered Step, Subatomic Meteor Shower), and Ramon Saldivar (former Faultered Step drummer). AWP centers largely around music and entertainment. We discuss humble beginnings, our favorite and least favorite music, best and worst gigs, the whole nine yard.
Heres everything you could ever want: https://linktr.ee/ALVU
30 May 2022
Episode 14: Sleep Token, Les Rallizes Dénudés, DIO, Mr. Denton On Doomsday
Been a while, hasn't it?
I talk about the band Sleep Token, listening to Dio's entire solo discography (yikes!), a music video I made for Mr. Denton On Doomsday, and give updates for Faultered Step and ALVU.
20 Dec 2021
Episode 13: w/ Zack Allen
Alex Was Podcasting is a podcast (duh) hosted by Alex (again, duh). Alex is a musician whose been in a couple bands such as Faultered Step, Grave Moth, Subatomic Meteor Shower, as well as his solo venture ALVU.
Guests so far include Eric Farnum (Subatomic Meteor Shower, 3Am Delirium, Children In Heat), Chris James (Original Faultered Step lead guitarist), Zack Allen (Faultered Step, Subatomic Meteor Shower), and Ramon Saldivar (former Faultered Step drummer). AWP centers largely around music and entertainment. We discuss humble beginnings, our favorite and least favorite music, best and worst gigs, the whole nine yard.
Spotify: https://sptfy.com/6Wf2~s
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ALVU-866923663509208/
ALVU Bandcamp: https://alvu.bandcamp.com/
Faultered Step Bandcamp: https://faulteredstep.bandcamp.com/
13 Dec 2021
Episode 12: w/ Ramon Saldivar
Alex Was Podcasting is a podcast (duh) hosted by Alex (again, duh). Alex is a musician whose been in a couple bands such as Faultered Step, Grave Moth, Subatomic Meteor Shower, as well as his solo venture ALVU.
Guests so far include Eric Farnum (Subatomic Meteor Shower, 3Am Delirium, Children In Heat), Chris James (Original Faultered Step lead guitarist), Zack Allen (Faultered Step, Subatomic Meteor Shower), and Ramon Saldivar (former Faultered Step drummer). AWP centers largely around music and entertainment. We discuss humble beginnings, our favorite and least favorite music, best and worst gigs, the whole nine yards.
4 Oct 2021
Episode 11: Tonsillectomy, AWP Playlist, and the weirdest place I ever slept.
In the 11th episode, I talk about recovering from my tonsillectomy, I go through my current playlist song by song, Godzilla, Bell Witch, Stoner/Doom Metal, and some more random questions.
27 Sept 2021
Episode 10: Album Reviews, Marilyn Manson, and Random Questions.
The highly anticipated 10th episode! I throw out the script and went completely causal while utilizing Anchor more with some background music, and having a chill time talking to myself. I cover a couple of my most recently released albums while also discussing the Marilyn Manson situation, I hint at new ALVU music coming soon, talk some Faultered Step and I round it off answering some questions from a random question generator.
24 Mar 2021
Episode 9: Cast Aside
In this latest retrospective of talking about myself and how amazing I am, I got track by track of my chilling EP Cast Aside.
20 Nov 2020
Episode 8: Dripping Infinities
I go track by track on my second release, Dripping Infinities. A much more rounded and reflective album than the first. One year later and I am still very proud of how it turned out.
6 Oct 2020
Episode 7: The Joker Got Away
I go track by track of my first solo album, The Joker Got Away. An interesting ramble about what I think of my now two year old EP, a flawed.. thing. A thing I am still proud of none the less. Enjoy my rambling!
28 Sept 2020
Episode 6: w/ Ramon Saldivar
This episode is not solely set on music, in fact we spoil a couple movies and TV shows on here including Hannibal, Joker, The Thing and more so here is your spoiler warning on all that. We reminisce about his time in the band, best shows, worst shows, auditioning singers, video games, and SO MUCH MORE! This is the longest episode yet and we are all over the place so strap yourselves in and hang on because holy mackerel this was fun.
10 Aug 2020
Episode 5: w/ Zack Allen & Chris James
Them Faultered Step boys are at it again!
This is the original incarnation of Faultered Step. We talk about our first shows as a band, first meeting each other, recording our demos, playing dirty bars, band drama, all the stuff that goes into a high school band. It was a lot of fun to sit down and remember the past, and I hope you enjoy this episode!
30 Jul 2020
Episode 4: w/ Chris James
Alex sits down with one of his best friends, Chris James, and talks about music theory, Jimi Hendrix, recording our first demo together, and teaching music to kids. Its a fun sit down and I hope everyone enjoys this one.
6 Jul 2020
Episode 3: A Bad Gig Story
As a musician you have your fair share of bad gigs, this is not the worst gig ever but it is one I remember most vividly. I hope you enjoy this short story about a bad gig to the middle of nowhere.
28 Jun 2020
Episode 2: w/ Eric Farnum
Alex sits down with good friend and fellow musician Eric Farnum and talks about first concerts, first bands, and a lot of other firsts. Eric has been a musician and an avid music listener (Like me!) for the last 30 years, sitting down with him was a blast.
Recorded on 6/26/20
6 Jun 2020
Episode 1: Music Is Constant
This first episode of Alex Was Podcasting focuses on how music became such a large part of my life. How I inevitably met the first people to start a band with. Some notable albums that have made an impact on my life. As well as my weird infatuation with music in general and why it's so important to me as a person.
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