Joyous Eclectic

Which female vocalists can you not get enough of? We talk some with Chad's fav female... his wife! Did you have any thoughts? Comments? Please send them to us at joyouseclectic@gmail.com! Social Media: https://www.instagram.com/joyouseclectic/ | https://www.facebook.com/joyouseclectic/ | https://twitter.com/joyouseclectic   Songs Used Chad’s Songs: "Northern Lights" by Death Cab for Cutie, "Real Thing" by Tune-Yards, "7/4 (Shoreline)" by Broken Social Scene, "Surgeon" by St. Vincent  Alyssa's Songs: "Future/Past" by John Mark McMillan, "Just For Now" by Imogen Heap, "Apres Moi" by Regina Spektor, "Watch It Die" and "Better Love" by Eisley Parker’s Songs: "Let It Die" by Mae, "Where Is Love Now" by Nickel Creek, "The Day I Lost My Voice (The Suitcase Song)" by Copeland, "Your Will" by Out of the Dust All intros/bumpers/outros written and recorded by hosts.  Check out our 'sister' podcast "Two Bros Driving" here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/two-bros-driving/id1349804668?mt=2 or follow their social media

Episode 1/16 of our Bonus Episode Series "One Hit, No Wonder!" where we pit classic One Hit Wonder bands against each other to find which is truly deserving of the "One Hit Wonder" title. Did you have any thoughts? Comments? Please send them to us at joyouseclectic@gmail.com! Social Media: https://www.instagram.com/joyouseclectic/ | https://www.facebook.com/joyouseclectic/ | https://twitter.com/joyouseclectic   Songs Used "Video Killed the Radio Star" and "The Plastic Age" by The Buggles, "Take On Me" and "The Sun Always Shines on TV" by A-ha, "Relax" by Frankie Goes To Hollywood   All intros/bumpers/outros written and recorded by hosts.  Check out our 'sister' podcast "Two Bros Driving" here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/two-bros-driving/id1349804668?mt=2 or follow their social media @twobrosdriving Photo credit to unsplash

What songs get you hyped? Get you pumped up? Get you ready for the day? Here's ours! Let us know yours @joyouseclectic Did you have any thoughts? Comments? Please send them to us at joyouseclectic@gmail.com! Social Media: https://www.instagram.com/joyouseclectic/ | https://www.facebook.com/joyouseclectic/ | https://twitter.com/joyouseclectic   Songs Used Chad’s Songs: "Set Course For Andromeda!!!" by Sithu Aye, "Miku" (feat Hatsune Miku) by Anamanaguchi, "Shake It Out" by Manchester Orchestra, "Hey Mami" by Sylvan Esso Matt’s Songs: "Infinity Guitars" by Sleigh Bells, "Movement" by LCD Soundsystem, "We're Gonna Groove" by Led Zeppelin Parker’s Songs: "5 Light Years" by Mae, "Sweetness" by Jimmy Eat World, "Direction" by The Starting Line, "Celebration" by Kool and the Gang Listener Submissions: "Rather Be" by Clean Bandit (submitted by Alyssa King), "All Night" by Chance the Rapper (submitted by Ashley Deal) All intros/bumpers/outros written and recorded by hosts.  Check out our 'sister' podcast "Two Bros Dri

The guys chat about how they were introduced to some of their favourite genres, and the stories that may come along with those introductions. They also play the 3, 2, 1 game, and it's a blast as always! Don't read ahead, if you'd like to play along! Did you have any thoughts? Comments? Please send them to us at joyouseclectic@gmail.com! Social Media: https://www.instagram.com/joyouseclectic/ | https://www.facebook.com/joyouseclectic/ | https://twitter.com/joyouseclectic   Songs Used Chad’s Songs: Track 2 on 2016 EP by Elephant Gym, “Adventure” by Disasterpeace, “Bubble Dream” by Chon, “Your Hand In Mine” by Chon Matt’s Songs: “Olivia” by Raymond Baxter, “So What” by Miles Davis, “The Dream” by Theohsees Parker’s Songs: “Flaneur” by Plini, “The Sea and She” by AurallaurA, “The Journey Begins” by Trevor Gordon Hall, “A Message For Adrienne” by Underoath, “Somebody More Like You” by Nickel Creek Game Songs: “Friday” by Rebecca Black, “Sweet Home Alabama” by Lynyrd Skynyrd, “Buddy Holly” by Weezer, “Bicycle” by Q

What makes some lyrics good and others bad? We've talked about the good, how about we talk about when good bands may not do such a good job? Also, there is a mysterious country star. Let's explore that. Did you have any thoughts? Comments? Please send them to us at joyouseclectic@gmail.com! Social Media: https://www.instagram.com/joyouseclectic/ | https://www.facebook.com/joyouseclectic/ | https://twitter.com/joyouseclectic   Songs Used Chad's Songs: "Voice of Trespass" by Between the Buried and Me, "The Fix” by Minus the Bear, “Pop It” by Anamanaguchi Matt's Songs: "Look at This Mess" by The Punch Brothers, "Creature Comfort" by Arcade Fire, "Octopus' Garden" by the Beatles  Parker's Songs: “Single File” by Delta Sleep, “Means To Believe” by Oh Sleeper, “In Pieces” by Mae, “You and Me Both” by The Classic Crime, “Turn It Up” by Parker Deal Listener Submission (Carlton Deal): "MacArthur Park" by Richard Harris All intros/bumpers/outros written and recorded by hosts.  Check out our 'sister' podcast "Two Bros D

We delve into the excitingly terrifying depths of our own catalogues and talk about the good, the bad and the decent songs and projects that we've worked on Did you have any thoughts? Comments? Please send them to us at joyouseclectic@gmail.com! Social Media: https://www.instagram.com/joyouseclectic/ | https://www.facebook.com/joyouseclectic/ | https://twitter.com/joyouseclectic   Songs Used Chad's Songs: "Centralia" by God is an Astronaut, Church Jam, "Teeth" by Lo Beggar, Instrumental Song by Chad Matt's Songs: "Moving To The Left" by Woods, Song by Matt, Song by Welzeins, Song by The Sweetness Parker's Songs: "Even the Darnkess Has Arms" by The Barr Brothers, "Heart" by Parker Deal, "Daydreaming" by a little somethin called, "If You Can Take the World by Storm, Why Can't You Take It by Sunset" and "Q. Why'd The Chicken Cross the Road? A. No!" by Beautiful Dying Day All intros/bumpers/outros written and recorded by hosts.  Check out our 'sister' podcast "Two Bros Driving" here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/p

Chord Progressions range from boring to awesome. Let's talk about the awesome ones! Did you have any thoughts? Comments? Please send them to us at joyouseclectic@gmail.com! Social Media: https://www.instagram.com/joyouseclectic/ | https://www.facebook.com/joyouseclectic/ | https://twitter.com/joyouseclectic   Songs Used Chad's Songs: "Melon Soda" by Tricot, "Masterswarm” by Andrew Bird, “Water Fountain” by Tune-Yards Matt's Songs: "Shake It Loose" by Astronauts, etc., "Wouldn't It Be Nice" and "God Only Knows" by The Beach Boys, "Isn't It Nice" by Of Montreal Parker's Songs: “It’s All Part of the Plan” by Punch Brothers, “Don’t Look Back” by Telepopmusik, “Goddess Bound” by Protest the Hero, “Alone” by Emery All intros/bumpers/outros written and recorded by hosts.  Check out our 'sister' podcast "Two Bros Driving" here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/two-bros-driving/id1349804668?mt=2 or follow their social media @twobrosdriving Photo credit to unsplash

We talk about movie scores! Not a whole lot to explain, but it's a grand old time. Enjoy! Did you have any thoughts? Comments? Please send them to us at joyouseclectic@gmail.com! Social Media: https://www.instagram.com/joyouseclectic/ | https://www.facebook.com/joyouseclectic/ | https://twitter.com/joyouseclectic   Songs Used Chad's Songs: "Humility" by Gorillaz, "Don't Panic" by Coldplay, "Let Go" by Frou Frou, "The Shire" from The Lord of The Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Matt's Songs: "Call Me In The Day" by La Luz, Main Theme from Interstellar, Music from Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince Parker's Songs: "Illusion: Celestial" by Skyharbor, "Universal Theme - 8 Bit" from Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, "We Are Sex Bomb-Omb" from SPvsTW, "Black Sheep" by Metric, "Je Ne Regrette Rien" by Edith Piaf, Music from Inception All intros/bumpers/outros written and recorded by hosts.  Check out our 'sister' podcast "Two Bros Driving" here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/two-bros-driving/id1349804668?mt=2 

Remember leaves? Sometimes they're green and sometimes they're dead and crumpled up on the ground in a pile you think would be fun to jump on, but doesn't actually cushion any kind of fall. Yeah! That's because seasons! How does music represent seasons? To us as a whole or as individuals - how do music and seasons interact? Find out our fun yet uninformed thoughts on this week's episode! Did you have any thoughts? Comments? Please send them to us at joyouseclectic@gmail.com! Social Media: https://www.instagram.com/joyouseclectic/ | https://www.facebook.com/joyouseclectic/ | https://twitter.com/joyouseclectic   Songs Used Chad's Songs: "Dreamer's Wake" by Rival Consoles, "You! Me! Dancing!" by Los Campesinos!, "Old Pine" by Ben Howard, "Halloween" by Matt Pond PA, "Blood Bank" by Bon Iver Matt's Songs: "Street Fighter Mas" by Kemasi Washington, "Obvious Bicycle" by Vampire Weekend, "Cooking Up Something Good" by Mac Demarco, "Ruby My Dear" by Thelonius Monk, "Wisely & Slow" by The Staves Parker's Songs: "S

What do you get when you put a sax in Instrumental Progressive Metal? Or Bagpipes in Classic Rock? Yeah, super weird - but does it work? Let's find out! Also, can Chad and Parker guess lyrics to popular Country songs? Uh... like. Kind of... Did you have any thoughts? Comments? Please send them to us at joyouseclectic@gmail.com! Social Media: https://www.instagram.com/joyouseclectic/ | https://www.facebook.com/joyouseclectic/ | https://twitter.com/joyouseclectic   Songs Used Chad's Songs: "Gold Rush" - Death Cab for Cutie, "Midnight City" - M83, "Fragile or Possibly Extinct" - the Mercury Program, "Cosmic Love" - Florence + the Machine Matt's Songs:"Everybody Loves the Sunshine" - Takuya Kuroda, "Hocus Pocus" - Focus, "Untitled" Neutral Milk Hotel Parker's Songs: "What Do I Know" - Copeland, "Deeply Woven" - Exivious, "Breathing" - Yellowcard, "World Turn" - Copeland All intros/bumpers/outros written and recorded by hosts.  Check out our 'sister' podcast "Two Bros Driving" here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/pod

It's summer time! Time to get out on the open road and see what the world has to offer. But what tunes will you pop in the tape deck? Drive around and listen to us talk about what we'd play so you don't have to pick! Featuring Logan Barnes from Two Bros Driving! Check out his podcast in the link below. Did you have any thoughts? Comments? Please send them to us at joyouseclectic@gmail.com! Social Media: https://www.instagram.com/joyouseclectic/ | https://www.facebook.com/joyouseclectic/ | https://twitter.com/joyouseclectic   Check out our 'sister' podcast "Two Bros Driving" here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/two-bros-driving/id1349804668?mt=2 or follow their social media @twobrosdriving Songs Used Chad's Songs: "Backpfeifengesicht" by Animals As Leaders , "One of These Things First" by Nick Drake, "Keep Your Head Up" by Ben Howard, "Brooklyn Stars" by Matt Pond PA Matt's Songs: "Spectres de Mouse" by mouse on the keys, "It Is Not Meant To Be" by Tame Impala, "No Matter Where We Go" by Whitney, "Song fo

Hear Matt, Parker and Chad talk all about the 'out loud' thoughts of all of those crazy musicians you didn't want to hear from in high school. Turns out they gots skillz! We also play the 'Opposite Name Game' - see if you can guess from Parker's wacky hints before Chad and Matt can! The imaginary points keep racking up. Did you have any thoughts? Comments? Please send them to us at joyouseclectic@gmail.com! Social Media: https://www.instagram.com/joyouseclectic/ | https://www.facebook.com/joyouseclectic/ | https://twitter.com/joyouseclectic   Songs Used Chad's Songs: "The Salient Voyage" by Sarah Longfield, "Anonanimal" by Andrew Bird, "Passenger Seat" by Death Cab for Cutie, "Effington" by Ben Folds Matt's Songs: "Mr. Tillman" by Father John Misty, "The New Year" by Death Cab for Cutie, "Time" by Pink Floyd, "Chicago" by Sufjan Stevens Parker's Songs: "Snow Brigade" by Mew, "Homesick" by Kings of Convenience, "In Your Name" by Tyson Motsenbocker, "Panic Room" by Silent Planet All intros/bumpers/outros writte

Make ya body move to the groove! (Or don't - that's okay too). This episode talks lots about groove and how it's used in music! We also play a hilarious game of 3, 2, 1 and the points are a'flowin'! We also chat for a surprisingly long time about Star Wars. Fun is had all around. Did you have any thoughts? Comments? Please send them to us at joyouseclectic@gmail.com! Social Media: https://www.instagram.com/joyouseclectic/ | https://www.facebook.com/joyouseclectic/ | https://twitter.com/joyouseclectic   Promotion: Check out Island Wren by visiting https://islandwren.bandcamp.com Songs Used Chad's Songs: "Artichoke" by Maps and Atlases, "So Many Details" by Toro Y Moi, "Lingus" by Snarky Puppy Matt's Songs: "Holding On" by The War on Drugs, "Anchorage" by Surfer Blood, "Superstition" by Stevie Wonder Parker's Songs:"In His Name" by Tyson Motsenbocker, "Icarus Lives" by Periphery, "Cough, Cough" by Everything, Everything Cole Songs:"Forgive Me Nashville" by The Chariot, "Serpentine Fire by Earth Wind and Fire, "

In Episode 8 we delve into some of our favourite vocal parts and harmonies in songs. Matt also challenges Parker and Chad to a '3, 2, 1' game - see if you can beat those two dinguses at it! Did you have any thoughts? Comments? Please send them to us at joyouseclectic@gmail.com! Social Media: https://www.instagram.com/joyouseclectic/ | https://www.facebook.com/joyouseclectic/ | https://twitter.com/joyouseclectic   Promotion: Check out Out of the Dust by visiting http://www.outofthedustmusic.com/ or following them on social media at @theoutofthedust Songs Used Chad's Songs: "The Last Stage of Consumption" by lowercase noises, "All Nereids Beware" by Chiodos, "Metal Boy" by Lo Beggar, "Woods" by Bon Iver, "I've Got Friends" by Manchester Orchestra Matt's Songs: "Familiarity" by Punch Brothers, "Lysergic Bliss" by of Montreal, "715 - Creeks" by Bon Iver, "White Winter Hymnal" by Fleet Foxes Parker's Songs: "Dogs" by Damien Rice, "Should You Return" by Copeland, "Fearless" by In the Midst of Lions, "Here and Heave

In Episode 7 we talk all about interesting time signatures - they can be simple. They can be tough. They're the life of the party! Did you have any thoughts? Comments? Please send them to us at joyouseclectic@gmail.com! Social Media: https://www.instagram.com/joyouseclectic/ | https://www.facebook.com/joyouseclectic/ | https://twitter.com/joyouseclectic   Songs Used Chad's Songs: "Act Appalled" by Circa Survive, "Empty Party Rooms" by Minus the Bear, "Michio's Death Drive" by Minus the Bear, "Selkies: The Endless Obsession" by Between the Buried and Me, "7/4 (Shoreline)" by Broken Social Scene Matt's Songs: "Mountains" by Message to Bears, "Take Five" by Dave Brubeck, "Paranoid Android" by Radiohead, "Perpetuum Mobile" by Penguin Cafe Orchestra,  "Concerning the UFO Sighting..." by Sufjan Stevens Parker's Songs: "Float" by Wrekonize, "Sequoia Throne" by Protest the Hero, "Holy Water" by The Classic Crime, "Wood and Wire" by Thrice, "I Have This, This is Good" by Beautiful Dying Day, "Wombat Astronaut (Beyond

In Episode 6 we talk all about music that we used to like but now just plain don't. We delve into the reasons we think that may be and explore what implications that has within music as a whole.  Did you have any thoughts? Comments? Please send them to us at joyouseclectic@gmail.com! Social Media: https://www.instagram.com/joyouseclectic/ | https://www.facebook.com/joyouseclectic/ | https://twitter.com/joyouseclectic  Check out Ghost Town Remedy, going on tour in May 2018, by following them on facebook https://www.facebook.com/ghosttownremedy/  Songs Used Promo Song: "Caffeine Dream" by Ghost Town Remedy Chad's Songs: "Screw Eyes" by Color Therapy, "Down" by 311, "American Kryptonite" by Five Iron Frenzy Matt's Songs: "This Is America" by Childish Gambino, "I Will Follow You Home" by NickelBack, "Breakfast" by Newsboys Parker's Songs: "Clocks and Timepieces" by Search The City, "Fine Again" by Seether, "I Will Destroy the Wisdom of the Wise (Demo)" by A Bullet for Pretty Boy All intros/bumpers/outros written

In Episode 5 we tackle the different ways artists choose to seamlessly flow between songs on an album and the couple pitfalls that the industry has run into that hurt that effort. Listener Submission by James Falck. We play 'The Opposite Name Game' in the second half, and then talk all about how music is incorporated in Commercials and Advertisements, how it helps, hurts and influences the product that's shows.  Did you have any thoughts? Comments? Please send them to us at joyouseclectic@gmail.com! Social Media: https://www.instagram.com/joyouseclectic/ | https://www.facebook.com/joyouseclectic/ | https://twitter.com/joyouseclectic  Songs Used Chad's Songs: "Only Love" by Ben Howard, "The Supine" by Andrew Bird, "The Pull" and "Prehistoric" by Now, Now Matt's Songs: "Monkey & Bear" by Joanna Newsom, "Bring the Boys Back Home" and "Comfortably Numb" by Pink Floyd, "Golden Slumbers" and "Carry That Weight" by The Beatles Parker's Songs: "The Hollow Hour" by Rolo Tomassi, "A Melody A Memory" "Night/Day" "Pa

In Episode 4 we talk all about Video Games and how their soundtracks achieve so much musically with so little. Sometimes the 'little' is limitations of hardware, other times it's achieving a lot with silence, ambience and sparcity. We give just a few examples from some of our favourite games, but would talk about this topic nigh-endlessly if we could! Did you have any thoughts? Comments? Please send them to us at joyouseclectic@gmail.com  Check out the "Two Bros Driving" podcast here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/two-bros-driving/id1349804668?mt=2 or follow their social media @twobrosdriving Social Media: https://www.instagram.com/joyouseclectic/ | https://www.facebook.com/joyouseclectic/ | https://twitter.com/joyouseclectic  Songs Used Chad's Songs: "Day One" by Hanz Zimmer, "Gruntilda's Lair" from Banjo Kazooie (& Desert & Ice Iterations), "Main Theme" from Legend of Zelda", "Sailing Theme" from LoZ Windwaker, "Stable Theme" from LoZ Breath of the Wild (& Death Mountain Stable Iteration)

In Episode 3 we talk all about bass parts, using a gratuitous amount of the words 'nasty', 'tasty' and 'groove'. Listener Submissions provided by listeners Chris Teague and Mitch Rabbitt. We have a promo spot for husband and wife duo Out Of The Dust (find them as @outofthedustmusic everywhere, and on https://outofthedustmusic.com - they're on tour this summer, 2018, all over the US). Finally we spend a good while talking about what makes different kinds of music 'Heavy', Metal or otherwise. Please follow us on all our social media @joyouseclectic and https://facebook.com/joyouseclectic Songs Used Promo Song: "All That I Am Made For" by Out of the Dust - https://outofthedustmusic.com  Matt's Songs: "Uh Uh" by Thundercat, "Deantown" by Vulfpeck, "Is This It" by The Strokes, "What's Going On" by Marvin Gaye Chad's Songs: "Miasma Sky" by Baths, "Obselete" by MuteMath, "Beg" by Bombay Bicycle Club, "Harper Louis" by Russian Circles, "Echtogenisis" by Animals As Leaders Parker's Songs: "Orchid" by Erra, "Handmade C

In Episode 2 we dive into what we think are cool drum parts and some of the theory associated with those beats. Listener submission provided by Logan Barnes. We also play the 10, 20, 30 game. Finally we delve into how albums do and should end. Feedback on last week's topic provided by Ani Deal. Please follow us on all our social media @joyouseclectic and https://facebook.com/joyouseclectic Songs Referenced: Matt's Songs: “No Matter Where We Go” by Whitney, “Disco Infiltrator” by LCD Soundsystem, “Cath” by Death Cab for Cutie, “Xanadu” by Rush Chad's Songs: “Always Like This” by Bombay Bicycle Club, “Reset” by Mutemath, “The Outer Banks” by The Album Leaf, “Meow” by Anamanaguchi Parker's Songs: "100% Repos" by Totorro, "Emergency Broadcast: The End is Near" by Underoath, "1,000 Miles" by Vanessa Carlton, "Sand" by He Is Legend Listener Submission: “Foreplay / Long Time” by Boston All intros/bumpers/outros written and recorded by hosts