This week on the podcast I have my good buddy Eric Mayfield. Eric is a singer, musician, audio engineer, and producer. This is the first in person I've had the opportunity to do and I couldn't have picked a better person! Eric and I have worked together in the past and possibly have some things in the future coming up. The coolest part about Eric is he's in the beginning stages of "manning his helm". His studio Seventh Circle Studios has been working with and producing local bands in the Clarksv...
Nov 21, 2022•1 hr 7 min
I told you I wasn't going anywhere y'all! This week I sit down with Jeremy Sheppard AKA Jeremy The Guitar Hunter. We get into his back story and how he came up the the idea to help people to build meaningful guitar collection. Jeremy is a wealth of knowledge and his YouTube channel is top notch. This week we don't just talk guitars. We get into live, struggles, social media, and so much more on this week of Man The Helm. check out all of things Jeremy is up to here Website: https://www.jeremythe...
Nov 11, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 25
This week I sit down with Joan of Heart. You know her from her YouTube channel "Pedal Playhouse" and the "Get Offset Podcast". We get into her humble beginnings when she used to sing classic rock songs in the car with her parents up to her "late" start on YouTube with the Pedal Playhouse. More importantly we get in to mental resilience, dealing with self doubt, and coming to terms with ones own mortality..... Sounds dark right? Yeah, definitely a bit but this is one of the most positive and enco...
Oct 01, 2022•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 24
This week I sit down with Emily Harris from Get Offset. She's is a guitarist, demo artist, podcaster, and a plethora of great things in the music world. We get into her back story as a guitarist, the start of the demo channel on YouTube, the behind the scenes of the industry, and so much more. I had a great time talking to Emily and I know you'll enjoy the conversation too. You can check out all the awesome stuff Emily is up to right here. website: https://getoffsetpodcast.com YouTube: https://w...
Sep 23, 2022•55 min•Ep. 23
This week I sit down with Phillip Carter. A librarian by day and a gear nerd, guitarist, and podcaster by night. He has been running the 40 Watt Podcast since November of 2020 and I've been a fan since almost the beginning. Phillip is such an awesome dude and one of the most honest and down to earth people I've had the pleasure of chatting with. This week we talk about the beginning of his guitar journey, coming up in the worship scene, struggles with podcasting, and so much more on this weeks p...
Sep 16, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 22
This week I sit down with Nick from Oneder Effects. He's "lived" the dream of touring the world with his band The Swellers up until they decided to hang it up and transition to the next phase of life. Nick has done quite a lot after The Swellers, such as starting Oneder studios as well as Oneder Effects. We get into the pedal that started it all as well as some life and other struggles Nick has had to over come in his journey. I had a blast talking to Nick and I know you'll enjoy this episode to...
Sep 09, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 21
This week is super awesome for me because I learned so much from talking to Austin about all things cables. We get into Austins back story and how he started playing guitar and all the way up to where he is today. I love talking to people with the knowledge and passion of their craft such as Austin. He is a true wealth of knowledge and such a down to earth guy. On top of all that he is making the best cables on the market today! I know you're gonna love this episode as much as I enjoyed recordin...
Sep 02, 2022•57 min•Ep. 20
This week I sit down with Blake Kaiser from Kaisertronics. If you like all things dirt Kaisertronics is you one stop shop! From the amazing sounds of all of Blake's circuits to the rad aesthetics Blake is constantly improving. We get into his pedals but we get deep on some issues that Blake has had to over come. Blake is a super awesome guy and so down to earth. Check out all the cool things Blake is doing here! website: https://www.kaisertronics.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kaisertr...
Aug 26, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 19
This week I sit down with Jordan Withers from Poison Noise! Its hard to believe that Poison Noises is only a couple of years old but they have so many pedals available and so many versions of their pedals. Though it's no surprise that Jordan is one of the hardest working people in the pedal community as of now. He's always woking on new circuits and constantly trying to improve on the the current line. We get into his beginning of Poison Noises and how awesome the pedal DIY community is, how the...
Aug 19, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 18
This is a big one for me! Right when I was getting into instrumental music (2016) Marbin hit Facebook with a handful of viral hits such as "Redline" and "African Shaptay" and Marbin has been on my radar every since! Dani is once of the most the fun guitarist to watch and listen to! From is technical ability and knowledge of the instrument to his songwriting and emotion in his playing. This is the second time I've had to opportunity to talk to Dani, both times such a blast. We have a very freefor...
Aug 12, 2022•58 min•Ep. 17
John Tron Davidson loves picks or plectrums.... I like plectrums better. He runs Heavy Repping which is his shop, blog, reviews, demos, and more in depth knowledge of plectrums than you could imagine! On top of all of that Heavy Repping carries plectrums from so many awesome builders with one familiar face from the podcast.... Honey Picks! Johns passion for plectrums is only trumped by his ability to create an awesome community and bridge the gap between small builders and the customers. I had s...
Aug 05, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 16
If you're on Tiktok and you're a guitar player I'm sure you've seen Jordan.wav running his guitar through all sorts of different items from his hair to soap and so many things in between. There is so much more to Jordan than just his viral success on Tiktok. We get into his back story of his first guitar, the people that taught his first lessons, becoming inspired from guitar hero and so much more. As you can imagine though we dive deep into Tiktok. Jordan is a wealth of knowledge not just on th...
Jul 29, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 15
Rick Calhoun and his brother are the creators, designers, and builders for their company Honey Picks. Based out of North Carolina they make possibly the best picks on the market at the moment...... at least in my opinion. Not only are they super functional but they are truly a work of art. Rick and I talk everything from is beginnings and the sick guitar he started on all the way up to where we are today. When it comes to guitar picks Rick is probably one of the most passionate people I've ever ...
Jul 15, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 14
Lindy Day is a touring musician, a music educator, a social media influencer, and a super awesome person. I had a great time talking to Lindy all about her beginnings of playing in school bands and sneaking away with her sisters guitar all the way up to where she is today. You most likely know of Lindy from her lesson online but there's so much more to her teaching than just 60 second tiktok lesson. You can tell how passionate she is when it comes to teaching but it really comes through when she...
Jul 01, 2022•1 hr•Ep. 13
Kayla Creamer is the creator and one of the host of the Distorted Opinions podcast. A podcast all about musical conversations between friends. Along with her other co-hosts that's exactly how you feel, like you're hanging out and talking your favorite music between your friends. Its a great show with awesome guests as well. We get to everything Distorted Opinions has done in the last 2 years with over a 100 episodes so far. As well as Kayla and her back story in her early life playing in school ...
Jun 24, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 12
This week I sit down with Jesse from Rude Tech! I unintentionally got to meet Jesse face to face down in Nashville at the Tone Mob pizza party and it was such a good hang. Jesse is a former rocket scientist turned mad scientist with guitar pedals. We get into his back story and how he started to get into music, guitar, and.........ska! We also get into the formation of Rude Tech with just a round of 6 chorus pedals and how he got started with the design of those awesome first pedals. From there ...
Jun 10, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 11
Welcome back everyone to this weeks episode with an Independent artist from Chattanooga Tennessee, Slaten Dooley. He's an multi-instrumentalist, singer/songwriter, father, and works a full time job. I had a great time talking gear, lessons learned, gigs, social media, and a lot of in between. I had a blast talking to him and I'm sure y'all will enjoy the the conversation as well. If you want to check out all the awesome things Slaton is doing you can check all of that down below. Also don't forg...
Jun 03, 2022•1 hr•Ep. 10
Welcome back y'all! This week I'm sitting down with Adam James of "StudiesShow". He is an independent songwriter, artist, producer, and audio engineer. He has been playing and writing music most of his life starting out on the saxophone. Later in life he discovered guitar and songwriting. Nowadays he's a husband, father, and working a full time job; Yet he still finds the time the "Man his Helm", writing and producing his music every opportunity he can get! We connected on TikTok and him and I h...
May 27, 2022•44 min•Ep. 9
The week I sit down with Scott Marquart from StringJoy! He's probably one of the if not the most innovative and nerdy guy in guitar strings. We really get in to his back story from his early days of loving music and how he got into guitar. Also Its so awesome to have the first fellow Hoosier (someone from Indiana) on the podcast. Scott is such an awesome person, fantastic businessman, and a true nerd of all things strings. If you haven't checked out StringJoy strings you definitely need to. They...
May 20, 2022•40 min•Ep. 8
Little bit different this week, unfortunately no guest but I've got a few topics to have you think over. Such as what does it mean to be successful? I go through the way back machine and talk about one of my best friends from my music store days. Questions answered from a TikTok video I posted as well as how I go about reaching out to artist and companies when in comes to the podcast. Plus the Wampler Gearbox is a year old today! Check me out on my other social media Instagram TikTok Facebook If...
May 13, 2022•31 min•Ep. 7
The Don of the Tone Mob, Blake Wyland everybody! He is a guitarist, podcaster, digital entrepreneur, and man of many hats with involvement in a bunch of companies. Blake is the prime example of manning your helm and we get into how he did it! He's the reason I started all of this podcasting and social media stuff and I had a great time finally getting to talk one on one with Blake. We get into his back story of how he became inspired to get a guitar and the first song he ever learned to play. Al...
May 06, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 6
This weeks podcast I sit down and talk to one of the most positive, encouraging, smiling faces on the inter-webs, Stay Metal Ray! He's a Youtuber, content creator, brutal guitarist and one of the nicest guys you'll ever come across. We get into everything from his beginnings of learning to love the guitar up to now and his current ventures. I had a great time talking to him and I hope you all enjoy as well! Check out Ray on all of his social media Instagram https://www.instagram.com/staymetalray...
Apr 29, 2022•39 min•Ep. 5
Today I sit down with the “Man of many hats” Wampler pedals Richard Oliver! If you’ve gotten a Wampler pedal here lately he most likely had a huge hand in the design of it. From Wampler manuals, blogs, and even the website you know and love; Richard is the man behind it all! Such a phenomenal person and such an amazing story! Check out all these good things at Wampler Pedals https://www.wamplerpedals.com Check me out at here! TikTok: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZTdmEG74D/ Instagram: https://instagram....
Apr 22, 2022•44 min•Ep. 4
This week I sit down with the crazy talented Rachel McCamy! A singer songwriter from the Nashville/ Clarksville area! Check her out on all her social media platforms! Website: Rachel McCamy | Nashville Singer, Songwriter | Authentic & Acoustic Musician for Hire Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/rachelmccamymusic/ Instagram: https://instagram.com/rachelmccamymusic?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= YouTube: https://youtube.com/channel/UC0bUbajEVzQxapqE70bwvAw Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5Wxcl3Gj...
Apr 15, 2022•27 min•Ep. 3
You wanna grow on social media? How do you do it? How do you start? You just need to put it out! Hope you enjoy and check me out on all other social media! TikTok: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZTdmEG74D/ Instagram: https://instagram.com/man_the_helm?utm_medium=copy_link
Apr 09, 2022•18 min•Ep. 2
