Today JB gets educated on all things Taylor Swift by Raelyn and special guests, King and Queen Swifties, Pepper and Annie Goins. What is the new album really about? Is she a clone? Is she gay? Is she the spawn of Satan? Or is she simply the current queen of pop and a positive role model for everyone? All of your questions will be answered and oh so much more on this episode of Music Is Funny. Check out Pepper's podcast, History Buffs, here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/history-buffs/id1...
Apr 29, 2024•1 hr 42 min
Growing up on classic country music, playing honky tonks 7 nights a week, getting a publishing deal in Nashville and getting cuts by Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Hank Jr., George Jones and Barbara Mandrell in the first 6 months, why Nashville wasn't for him, doing radio with cousin Johnny Knoxville, getting on the Jackass soundtrack, gambling on the Outlaw Country Cruise, battling with Mojo Nixon and oh so much more! Check out our chat with the amazingly talented and hilarious Roger Alan Wade. ...
Mar 05, 2024•57 min
Seeing the Beatles for the first time, witnessing the first wave of English Punk rock, busking in Paris, playing in bands, beginning his film career with no experience then consequently making over 400 music videos, working with Britney Spears, GnR, and Oasis, filming the Band-Aid project, sleeping through a Willie Nelson concert and oh so much more! Check out our chat with Filmmaker Nigel Dick. Check out Nigel Dick's podcast here: https://www.twostopsoverpodcast.com/ More Nigel links: www.nigel...
Feb 26, 2024•1 hr 6 min
Growing up on country music, listening to Steve Martin as a kid, learning history through heavy metal lyrics, discovering how the music biz really works, opening for Metallica, hanging with Dave Chapelle and Willie Nelson and oh so much more! Today we sit down with the legendary Jim Breuer.
Feb 03, 2024•44 min
Today Raelyn and JB discuss Yoga and golf, weird documentaries, doing standup on New Year's Eve, brainstorming in the shower, funny things white people say, break down their Chat-GPT music video and oh so much more! Check out the music video here; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TE00r_kLAEQ
Jan 08, 2024•50 min•Season 3Ep. 2
Previewing season 3 of Music is Funny, getting robbed by our (former) agent, vans breaking down, ideas on how to make money, water songs, and oh so much more! Check out Raelyn and JB, getting everyone caught up.
Dec 29, 2023•27 min
Growing up in Seattle, listening to Three Dog Night on his dad’s cassette tapes, discovering Collective Soul, pop-punk, and Christian rock, rebelling by going to church, the ridiculous things young boys do for fun, realizing he wanted to be a comic in first grade, behind the scenes of Last Comic Standing, meeting Colin Quinn on a plane, traveling with Terry Bradshaw, George Foreman, William Shatner and Henry Winkler, and oh so much more! Check out our chat with the hilarious Jeff Dye. www.jeffdy...
May 17, 2023•53 min
Growing up on Little Feat and Michael Jackson in the UK, finding Nu-Metal, playing in a drone band in high school, starting comedy as a "one-liner" comic, becoming a freestyle rap comedian, moving to LA and NYC, going from clubs to theaters, funny accents, musical comedy, a live freestyle rap and oh so much more! Throw your hands in the air for the hilariously talented Chris Turner. www.christurnercomedy.com Instagram: @ChrisTurnerComedy YouTube: @chrispjturner MusicIsFunnyPodcast #ChrisTurner #...
May 03, 2023•55 min
Growing up outside of Nashville, going to a small K through 12 school and the talent that came out of a class of 42 people, how her sister sabotaged her first talent show as a kid, getting married and selling jewelry door to door, doing corporate jewelry events and using that experience to start standup comedy at a late age, moving to Texas and beginning a comedy career, how a viral comedy clip kept her from working at Target, becoming an “overnight success” after 20 years in the business, and o...
Apr 19, 2023•50 min
Growing up on Yacht Rock, taking his parents to a Guns n Roses show, bands having to play their hits forever (except for Iron Maiden), doing crowd work to keep the staff entertained, why Andrew Dice Clay is a punk rock comedic genius, starting comedy in black clubs, avoiding the trap of only performing in front of your fans, touring in the early days, how the pandemic affected his new special, getting advice from Patrice O’Neil, opening for Rock Bands and oh so much more! Check out the amazing B...
Apr 05, 2023•45 min
Growing up in a musical family, having an uncle who co-wrote Country Roads, listening to Madonna at a very young age, writing a break up song in the second grade, working as a page on David Letterman, being Lorne Michaels assistant for 3 years, why stoners might not be good at improv, working with Whitney Cummings on her podcast, starting her own podcast and oh so much more! Check out our chat with Emily Noonan. •Emily Noonan• Instagram: @emilyjnoonan Nice to be Nice Podcast: https://podcasts.ap...
Mar 15, 2023•51 min
Going from stealing his big sister’s Avril Lavigne CDs to listening to Slayer, wacky Christian Pop stars, falling into social groups based on music, being into comedy as a youngster, seeing Weird Al as a first concert, starting comedy in Boston, moving to LA simply because his cousin had an apartment there, Alice Cooper’s Chinese throwing stars and oh so much more!Check out our chat with Daniel Donohue. •Daniel Donohue•Instagram: @notbaddon Twitter: @notbaddon Basket of Cats Podcast: https://pod...
Mar 01, 2023•45 min
Growing up in Long Island, discovering Eminem as a youngster, doing comedy in 7th grade in a talent show then not doing it again for 10 more years, why food delivery jobs are the best ones for stoners, breaking into the NYC comedy scene, playing in a punk band that broke up because they had to change their name, why ball busting is healthy and oh so much more! Check out the hilarious Brendan Sagalow. •Brendan Sagalow• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Brendansagalow4?mibextid=LQQJ4d Instagram: ...
Feb 15, 2023•45 min
Growing up in a strict Christian household, listening to Christian Rock, learning guitar and moving to Nashville to be a session musician, the transition into comedy, why it’s easier to get laughs as a musician, house shows, applying the punk rock DIY formula to comedy and oh so much more! Check out our chat with the hilarious Cortney Warner. •Cortney Warner• Instagram: @cortneywarner13 Website: www.cortneywarner.com MusicIsFunnyPodcast #cortneywarner #RaelynNelsonBand 👉🏽 https://youtube.com/c...
Feb 02, 2023•56 min
Officiating Mark Normand’s wedding, why food on the road sucks, watching the Super Bowl with an illegal weed delivery guy, never trying Moonshine but wanting to, having stalkers, trading Air BnB stories, why flying sucks, and oh so much more! Today it’s the return of the hilarious Sean Patton. •Sean Patton • http://meseanpatton.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mrseanpatton Instagram: @mrseanpatton Twitter: @mrseanpatton #SeanPatton #MusicisFunny #RaelynNelsonBand Subscribe and Like here, t...
Jan 18, 2023•55 min
How does one go from growing up in a trailer, to graduating in a class of 12 in a small Oklahoma town, to making one minute Vine videos, to creating an internet character and going viral, to selling out 5 consecutive nights in a theater for her first ever attempt at stand up comedy, to becoming a theater headliner and touring all over the US? Find out this and oh so much more by checking out our chat with the amazing and hilarious Chelcie Lynn and the return of Libbie Higgins. •Chelcie Lynn• Ins...
Jan 04, 2023•1 hr 1 min
Impersonating Michael Jackson and doing comedy in the high school talent show, why dancing is easier than comedy, why Gangsta Rap was more influential than Grunge in the suburbs, the importance of Eddie Murphy, the influence of improv, shooting a comedy special in all three rooms of the legendary Comedy Store and oh so much more! Check out our chat with the hilarious Fahim Anwar. •Fahim Anwar• Instagram: @fahimanwar Twitter: @fahimanwar Website: https://www.fahimanwar.com #MusicIsFunnyPodcast #f...
Dec 28, 2022•51 min
How does one go from throwing rocks at cars as a kid, to dodging bottles onstage as a young comic, to opening for Bill Burr, headlining clubs across the country, and having not one, but two successful comedy podcasts? Find out as we discuss this wild ride with the hilarious Paul Virzi! •Paul Virzi•Instagram: @paulvirzi Twitter: @paulvirzi Website: https://paulvirzi.com #MusicIsFunnyPodcast #paulvirzi #RaelynNelsonBand 👉🏽 https://youtube.com/c/RaelynNelsonBand#RaelynNelsonBand #RaelynNelson Twi...
Dec 21, 2022•1 hr 8 min
Singing the Sesame Street theme song, witnessing the birth of hip hop in New York, watching Eddie Murphy, calling Ad Rock’s mom, getting hammered on the road, why some comics quit drinking, why rock stars should be dead at 40, maxing out Nate Bargatze’s credit card, why comics like history and musicians like drugs and oh so much more! Check out our absolutely hilarious chat with one of our favorites, Yannis Pappas. •Yannis Pappas• Instagram: @yannispappas Youtube: @yannispappascomedian Twitter: ...
Dec 14, 2022•57 min
Growing up in an Indian household, getting introduced to new music from a younger brother, why Weezer has become a Weezer cover band, why people laughing at his poetry as a teenager led him to comedy, how Romeo and Juliet were having a mid-life crisis, moving to Seattle to be an immigrant rights organizer and doing comedy, how difficult breaking into the New York comedy scene is, why baseball jokes don’t work, the best road snacks and oh so much more! Check out our convo with Hari Kondabolu. •Ha...
Dec 07, 2022•53 min
Growing up in Cleveland, the strange phenomenon of sad songs with happy melodies, making her brothers cry, getting a radio gig after her first open mic, what touring was like for women in the 90’s, why forks are excellent weapons, behind the scenes of Last Comic Standing and oh so much more! Check out our chat with the hilarious Tammy Pescatelli. •Tammy Pescatelli• Instagram: @tammypescatelli Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TammyPescatelli1?mibextid=LQQJ4d Twitter: @tammypescatelli #MusicIsFu...
Nov 30, 2022•1 hr 7 min
Growing up in St. Louis, wanting to get into the creative arts but being a shy girl, discovering Steve Martin, quitting her job as a school teacher to pursue comedy, coming up with characters to post online, going viral with a McRib rant, meeting, touring, and living with Chelcie Lynn, why music makes her cry and oh so much more! Check out our chat with the hilarious Libbie Higgins. •Libbie Higgins• https://libbiehiggins.com Instagram: libbiehiggins_ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LibbieHigg...
Nov 23, 2022•53 min
Growing up in New York, doing a battle of the bands in his back yard, getting “gonged” at a high school production of the Gong Show, how Adam Sandler inspired him to be a comedian, why comedians hate parody songs, driving Steven Tyler while working for Uber, getting trashed by Alex Jones and oh so much more! Check out our wild ride with Stephen Spinola. •Stephen Spinola• http://www.stephenspinola.com Instagram: @mr_mcstevie Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StephenSpinola #MusicIsFunnyPodcast #...
Nov 16, 2022•1 hr 12 min
Growing on 90s Grunge music, why not trying comedy was more scary than trying it, doing his first open mic in a Chinese restaurant at 18, why young comics are more business savvy than they used to be, moving to NYC from Boston, the value of ball busting, writing and starring in a movie with Louis CK, hanging out with Paul McCartney and oh so much more! Check out our chat with the hilarious Joe List. •Joe List• https://www.comedianjoelist.com Instagram: @joelistcomedy Twitter: @joelistcomedy Face...
Nov 09, 2022•55 min
Watch new special here: https://youtu.be/c1oFTTdl_Bs https://www.bobbyjaycox.com Growing up in “the meth capitol of the world”, playing exactly one show in a high school punk band, getting inspired by Dane Cook, signing of for his first open mic through MySpace then chickening out, touring and playing guitar with Nikki Glaser, incorporating music into his comedy for the first time, hanging out in Nashville, why bombing gets easier, recording a comedy special in front of strangers and oh so much ...
Nov 02, 2022•49 min
Growing up on show tunes, playing in a band in college, how the Seinfeld TV show in high school inspired a career in stand up, doing comedy at a college gig for nobody, getting discovered by a commercial agent at a gig in LA, why commercial auditions are brutal, touring with Jeff Foxworthy and Larry the Cable Guy, why band names are dumb, and oh so much more! Check out the hilarious Nick Hoff. •Nick Hoff• http://www.nickhoff.com Instagram: @nickhoffcomedy Twitter: @nickhoff Facebook: https://www...
Oct 26, 2022•55 min
Growing up in Brooklyn, hearing Streisand and classical music in the household, discovering the Beatles, The Who, and Hendrix, finding self-worth in comedy, doing open mics at 19, doing Last Comic Standing, moving to LA and landing movie roles, hanging out with Will Farrell, Vince Vaughn, and Luke Wilson, meeting the Monty Python crew, why Bob Dylan is a troll, and oh so much more! Probably the hardest we have laughed yet, check out the Bitter Buddha himself, Eddie Pepitone. •Eddie Pepitone• htt...
Oct 19, 2022•55 min
Growing up in a trailer park in Alabama, watching CMT and BET as a kid, moving to Charleston SC and taking an improv class on a whim, moving to Nashville, booking yourself on club tours, doing the Grand Ole Opry, opening for country Superstars, the value of bad gigs, why quitting drinking led to better comedy, and oh so much more! Today we’re having a good time with Dusty Slay. •Dusty Slay• https://www.andyfiori.com Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/Andy-Fiori-104617808739483/ Instagram: @dustysl...
Oct 12, 2022•1 hr 4 min
Growing up in the world of Barbershop Quartets, discovering Thriller, trying to write songs as a young man, trying standup for the first time a month after 911, moving to NYC and working at a comedy club, the importance of not being an asshole as a young comedian, watching famous musicians attempt comedy, getting a gig as a producer at Sirius/XM, why you always check right and oh so much more! Check out our chat with the hilarious Andy Fiori. •Andy Fiori• https://www.andyfiori.com Facebook: http...
Oct 05, 2022•56 min
How does one go from growing up in New Hampshire, to becoming a policeman in rural Maine at age 19, to going to comedy open mics in Boston, to graduating to big clubs in NYC, to moving to LA and having not one but two major TV development deals, to doing major late night TV spots and having comedy specials on major networks, to losing it all in the 2006 stock market crash, to moving back to New Hampshire and starting from scratch, and coming out the other side with a successful comedy career? Fi...
Sep 28, 2022•1 hr 1 min
