Episode 45 - May 28 - The Andy Social Podcast

Episode 229 – Brittney Slayes (Unleash the Archers)
Brittney Slayes is the vocalist for Canadian metal band Unleash the Arches. UTA’s first single and title track from their upcoming album “Abyss” is out now on all streaming platforms. You can also pre-order their album (out 21 August 2020) via Napalm Records and Indie Merch. Follow Brittney Slayes via Facebook | Twitter | Instagram
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Episode 228 – Tom Tanuki (Activist, Satirist, The Poor Can Feed the Birds Podcast)
Tom Tanuki is an activist, writer, satirist and he says a foghorn and a pest. He’s does a stack of satiric comedic videos online, has his own “fun and shouty” anti-racist group “YARD” and satirical nationalist group “Million Flag Patriots“. Tom also hosts his own podcast called The Poor Can Feed the Birds. Check out
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Episode 227 – Ryan Quarrington (Shatter Brain, Alkira)
Ryan Quarrington is the drummer for Adelaide metal bands Shatter Brain, Alkira and Paraphernalia Wagon. Shatter Brain’s latest album “Pitchfork Justice” came out on May 1st via Wormholedeath Records. Ryan and I spoke about the new release coming out in the midst of Coronavirus, live music in Australia, the Adelaide metal scene, his Dad getting
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Episode 226 – Aaron Osborne (I Exist, Oblivious Maximus Podcast, Mental Cavity)
Aaron Osborne is a podcaster and musician who hosts his own show Oblivious Maximus Podcast as well as playing in the bands Mental Cavity, I Exist and Burn the Hostages. Aaron started his podcast around the same time as mine and in 2020 relaunched his show with a new format featuring musicians picking a personally
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Episode 225 – Curtis Dewar (Dewar PR, Heavy Music PR)
Curtis Dewar is a Hard rock/metal publicity expert, running his own PR company, Dewar PR. He’s all the co-host of the Dumb and Dumbest podcast. Curtis and I get chatting about PR approaches for bands, how to approach the media, books we’ve read and how outside industry knowledge can help you improve personally and professionally. Follow Curtis
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The (Not So) Secrets to a Productive Day
When it boils down to it, there are no secrets to being productive at all. The concepts are simple and straight forward. In fact, many of us know them already. Despite this we continuously fail to remember them in the heat of the moment. Before we know it, we’re groaning about how we’re not getting
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14 Tunes You Must Hear – Music from The Guests
We’re still early days when it comes to The Andy Social Podcast, however let’s highlight some of the amazing music that has come from the guests who have been generous to give their time and appear on the podcast to date! This is the first of hopefully many blogs of this nature as I continue
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Be a wanker! Be creative!
I’ve been pretty lucky. For a large chunk of my life I’ve been in the company of many creative people. Musicians, artists, performers, and the like. Overall it’s been a pretty supportive group that are open minded and embrace their creativity and the creativity of those around them. With that being said, however, I have
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Fear of Fear
Fear. I don’t think a lot of people understand the word at times, or more so realise that their actions are often being ruled by it. This isn’t about fear in a situation where your life or health depends on it. We all know that there are circumstances where we need to be controlled by
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Breaking through incoherent mutter
You know how much energy it has taken me to stop, sit down, and starting typing this? Honestly, to try and slow my brain down just enough to get that *little* bit of focus to begin tapping away was such a hard task. But hey, here I am and I’m now on a roll. Have
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Episode 45 – May 28