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Boots & Ballads

Jeremiah Craigjeremiahcraig.com
Jeremiah Craig is a cowboy boot wearing singer/songwriter. On this podcast you will hear everything from interviews with pros in the cowboy boot industry to full live concerts and behind the scenes in his songwriting process. Episode Schedule: Music Monday, Tuesday Boots Day, Whatever Wednesday, Boot Talk Thursday, Folk Music Friday.
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Episodes

How I Grew Up On Game

Today is the release of "I Grew Up On Game" and I talk about what it was like getting my first deer at 14 and being a part of a family who had wild game for dinner on a regular occasion. I also play a new song that I wrote this morning and talk about connections through the internet. I end things off with Coffee and Music #131 featuring "I Grew Up On Game" and "Dusty Vines" Always more at https://jeremiahcraig.com Find my Music Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6UBkXeXm4IfyzjiB71OTa2?si=N...

Nov 14, 201828 min

Coffee & Music #130

Getting ready to record a Break Room Balladeer episode today at Electric and Folding Bikes Northwest and I'm practicing a song I wrote for the occasion. This live stream from my Facebook page features "Throttle Up" and "We've Bobtailed Further for Less" Coffee & Music Schedule Monday: YouTube Tuesday: Facebook Wednesday: Instagram Thursday: Twitter/Periscope Friday: UpLive Always more at https://jeremiahcraig.com Find my Music Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6UBkXeXm4IfyzjiB71OTa2?s...

Nov 13, 201812 min

Catching Up and Learning Songs Quickly

It's been a minute since I podcast and I apologize for that so this is a little catch up episode. I talk about how I learn songs I write quickly then play Coffee and Music #128 with Jake Boucher in Phoenix, AZ and then Coffee and Music #129 back in Seattle. It's been a whirlwind, folks, but I'm getting back on track! Get tickets to my upcoming show at Conor Byrne in Seattle on Saturday, Nov 24th at https://jeremiahcraig.com/tix Always more at https://jeremiahcraig.com Find my Music Spotify: http...

Nov 12, 201830 min

Coffee & Music #126

Featuring "Precision Meets Passion" and "Viaduct" Listen to the new single on Bandcamp: https://jeremiahcraig.bandcamp.com/track/precision-meets-passion Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/jeremiahcraig/precision-meets-passion Always more at https://jeremiahcraig.com Find my Music Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6UBkXeXm4IfyzjiB71OTa2?si=NxT28_1KR9-SvnbihwSc8g Apple Music: https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/jeremiah-craig/432664795 Google Play Music: https://play.google.com/music/m/Atica...

Nov 07, 201812 min

Coffee & Music #117

Featuring "Precision Meets Passion" and "I Grew Up on Game" Always more at https://jeremiahcraig.com Find my Music Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6UBkXeXm4IfyzjiB71OTa2?si=NxT28_1KR9-SvnbihwSc8g Apple Music: https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/jeremiah-craig/432664795 Google Play Music: https://play.google.com/music/m/Aticapamu35e25mgz4tci5euexe?t=Jeremiah_Craig Amazon: https://amzn.to/2Onx1aR If you want to use my music in your videos and podcasts for free, go to http://royaltyfreemusi...

Oct 25, 201816 min

Coffee & Music #116

This episode from Instagram Live features "Do You Want to Sleep in?" and "One For My Romeo Y Juliettas" Get your tickets for my show coming up at Conor Byrne in Seattle on Saturday Nov 24 at https://jeremiahcraig.com/tix Always more at https://jeremiahcraig.com Find my Music Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6UBkXeXm4IfyzjiB71OTa2?si=NxT28_1KR9-SvnbihwSc8g Apple Music: https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/jeremiah-craig/432664795 Google Play Music: https://play.google.com/music/m/Aticapamu3...

Oct 24, 20189 min

Sharing a New Song in Songwriters in Seattle Meetup Group

I went to a Songwriters in Seattle Meetup and it was everything I was looking for and more! It blew me away. I shared a new song which I have some extra plans for and I explain in Coffee & Music #110 within this episode... Learn more about the Songwriters in Seattle Meetup Group at https://www.meetup.com/SongwritersInSeattle/ Coffee & Music #110 features "I Grew Up On Game," "That Steel Never Cold for Long," and "A Cheshire Shows" Always more at https://jeremiahcraig.com Find my Music Sp...

Oct 16, 201821 min

Song Circle: Tobias the Owl, Sojourn Soul, and Jeremiah Craig

Hear an acoustic preview of our show at Conor Byrne in Seattle on Saturday, November 24th at 9pm. Get your tickets at https://jeremiahcraig.com/tix! ### Hear more from Tobias the Owl at https://www.tobiastheowl.com/ Hear more from Sojourn Soul at https://www.sojournsoulband.com/ Hear more from Jeremiah Craig at https://jeremiahcraig.com Find my Music Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6UBkXeXm4IfyzjiB71OTa2?si=NxT28_1KR9-SvnbihwSc8g Apple Music: https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/jeremiah-...

Oct 15, 201821 min

Coffee & Music #109: Preparing for Vintage Vino & Espresso

I'm playing live at Vintage Vino and Espresso, this Saturday, October 20th at 7pm in Maple Valley, WA. It's a free show so you totally should come out. I'm getting ready with a pair of spooky songs. "The Ghost Ghosts Fear the Most" and "Busy My Spade." Come out this Saturday to hear more spooky songs and not so spooky songs too! Join the Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/709344166091912/ Always more at https://jeremiahcraig.com Find my Music Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist...

Oct 15, 201810 min

Chat with Jalipaz from AudioConfusion

It's throwback Thursday and I wanted to share an interview I did with Jalipaz who is the owner and sound engineer for AudioConfusion, a recording studio in the greater Phoenix area. We talk about natural reverb, bands finding themselves and being enamored by sounds. Find him online at https://audioconfusion.com Coffee & Music #107 features "Trail of the Buffalo" and "Rank Strangers"

Oct 12, 201838 min

Choosing Cowboy Boots for Halloween Costumes

If you're going to be a cowboy or cowgirl this halloween, make sure you choose the right boots! Coffee & Music #105 features "3 Villainous Ministers" and "AI and I" Always more at https://jeremiahcraig.com Find my Music Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6UBkXeXm4IfyzjiB71OTa2?si=NxT28_1KR9-SvnbihwSc8g Apple Music: https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/jeremiah-craig/432664795 Google Play Music: https://play.google.com/music/m/Aticapamu35e25mgz4tci5euexe?t=Jeremiah_Craig Amazon: https://a...

Oct 09, 201818 min

Music Monday featuring Jill McCracken and Pride Through Strife

Here we go again! Kicking off the week with some great music, what happened this week in music history and finishing things off with the audio from my Coffee & Music live stream on YouTube. Jill McCracken: https://www.jillmccracken.com/ Pride Through Strife: http://www.pridethroughstrife.com/ Coffee & Music #104: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22dIiACQeGY Features "Caught in a Muse" and "We've Bobtailed Further for Less" Coffee & Music Schedule Monday: YouTube Tuesday: Facebook Wedn...

Oct 08, 201827 min

A 3-Minute Random Wikipedia Article Songwriting Challenge

Daniel Kraft, of frigginglorious, challenged me to a songwriting challenge of random Wikipedia articles. The rules: find a random wikipedia article and write a song about it in 3 minutes. We haven't done a live battle with this challenge yet but I wanted to see what it was like, so I tried it out on UpLive yesterday. It was nerve racking but a complete rush at the same time. Listen to how it came out! Coffee & Music #103 features "In the Pines" and "Out with the Old" Always more at https://j...

Oct 05, 201824 min

Last Minute Show with The Upper Strata

This weekend I was very excited to see The Upper Strata at their show this weekend because they will be moving to Europe soon. In a weird turn of events, all the bands canceled the show except for The Upper Strata so they ask me to play the show with them. I accepted of course and tried out some new stuff I usually don't play except for on live streams. Hear more from The Upper Strata here: https://www.sanchezartwerk.com/theupperstrata.html Songs featured in Coffee & Music #102: "Lass of Gle...

Oct 05, 201831 min

Coffee & Music #101

Featuring "Catalyst Kiss" and "Viaduct" https://jeremiahcraig.com

Oct 04, 201812 min

Coffee & Music #100

A MASSIVE 100 minute live stream for Coffee & Music #100!!!!!!!! Always more at https://jeremiahcraig.com

Oct 02, 20181 hr 44 min

Meeting with Psychic Bernadette Gold

Break Room Balladeer is back! I meet with psychic Bernadette Gold and we talk about her business, I get my first psychic reading and then I play "Voices in the Overtones" and "Busy My Spade" Watch for the official video next week on YouTube, Facebook and LinkedIn. Always more at https://jeremiahcraig.com Let’s Be Friends Facebook: https://facebook.com/jeremiahcraig.music Twitter: https://twitter.com/jeremiahcraig Instagram: https://instagram.com/jeremiahcraigmusic YouTube: https://youtube.com/c/...

Sep 29, 20181 hr 9 min

Why I Don't Play Many Covers

I was streaming on UpLive and some folks were asking me to play covers of popular songs so I explained how cover music fits into my strategy as an independent musician. It doesn't really and I say why in this podcast. Coffee and Music #96 features "Fat Bear" and "Busy My Spade" Always more at https://jeremiahcraig.com

Sep 27, 201823 min

Music Monday with Eric Ramsey and Clay Dudash!

Happy Monday to everyone out there! I have an awesome episode to share with you today featuring two artists from Arizona. Eric Ramsey and Clay Dudash Hear Eric Ramsey at https://ericramsey.net/home and his song "Crash on the Levee (Down in the Flood)" on his It's a Rough World, Baby - EP. Available here: https://ericramsey.net/music Hear Clay Dudash's new album Thee Demonstration and single "ROME" on SoundCloud at https://soundcloud.com/claydudashmusic/thee-demonstration. Coffee & Music #94 ...

Sep 24, 201830 min

Friday Update

Short little update about my Maple Valley show marketing and then some Coffee & Music. Featuring "Almost Yesterday"

Sep 21, 201817 min

How I'm Approaching Promoting an Upcoming Show

Today is the release of my two sea shanties "Whup Jamboree" and "Rollin' Down to Old Maui." It's also time for me to begin promoting another show! I talk strategy for a show I have coming up in Maple Valley at Vintage Vino and Espresso. Coffee & Music #91 features "Whup Jamboree" and "Rollin' Down to Old Maui"

Sep 19, 201815 min

Random Ramblings and Rantings

I bounce all over the place in this podcast. Here's the rundown: 1. My latest cowboy boot video 2. Why I love recording with a small audience 3. A ridiculous Kickstarter campaign 5. Royalty free music blast from the past 6. Coffee & Music #90 (features "Bust Out: Early, John" and "One for My Romeo y Julietas") Enjoy the randomness! https://jeremiahcraig.com

Sep 18, 201824 min

Music Monday with The Upper Strata and Korbe Canida

After an awesome weekend of backpacking I'm ready to get back into it. Today's Music Monday features The Upper Strata (who have an awesome deal on their most recent vinyl) and Korbe Canida. https://www.sanchezartwerk.com/theupperstrata.html http://www.korbecanida.com/ Coffee & Music #89 features "Caught in a Muse" and "Dusty Vines" https://jeremiahcraig.com

Sep 17, 201829 min

Two Sea Chanties for September

The two singles for this month are sea chanties and they're dropping on International Talk Like A Pirate Day (Sept 19) but not before they hit the podcast. Hear it here first before anywhere else! I also talk about sea chanties and censorship throughout the years. Then play a murder of crows Cross Dimensional Email segment and close things out with Coffee and Music #88 featuring "Jack Be Nimble" and "Voices in the Overtones" There's always more at https://jeremiahcraig.com

Sep 14, 201831 min

Using Texture in Music

Today I talk about using texture in music and how different qualities, whether melodic or percussive, can add to the feeling and imagery of a song. For the Science of Sound segment, I talk about Thomas Edison's "Spirit Phone" and if he actually was able to succeed in speaking with the dead. Then in Coffee & Music #87 I play "Catalyst Kiss" and "Viaduct" off of the Gardener Hands album. More at https://jeremiahcraig.com

Sep 13, 201822 min

Trying Anchor for Real Again

Yesterday's episode was a lot of work and I realized how much I miss the way I used to podcast on Anchor. Hopefully the app will hold up this time around... Coffee and Music features "This Particular Cult" and "Plastic Jesus"

Sep 12, 201826 min

Music Monday and My New Plan

Hi Everybody! I'm back trying out a new podcast style. I want to share some music I enjoy from people I met and know from my travels around the country. I also talk about what happened this week in music and my new plan for music and continuing to pursue it as a career. Music in this episode "Between Our Words" by Laura Joy from Between Our Words https://laurajoymusic.com/ "Flow" by Naim Hakim from Spirit Bomb EP https://www.naimhakim.com/ "If You're Ever Coming My Way" by Levi James https://lev...

Sep 10, 201828 min

Coffee & Music #79

Happy Labor Day! Today's Coffee and Music features "Busy My Spade" and "Trail of the Buffalo"

Sep 03, 201810 min

Coffee & Music #77

Featuring “Out with the Old” and “Dusty Vines”

Aug 30, 201813 min
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