Sun, 29 May 2011
In this episode The Tour Music Music Show is transported oversea's for an interview in the outback with hard rock powerhouse group, Strange Karma. Paul Strange (Lead Guitar & Vocals) and Martin Strange (Lead Vocalist) chat with T. Mic on the history of the group through it's initial tours through Europe and their recent tour of the midwest and west coast of the United States. Their most recent release Volume 1 showcases the group as a hard rocking, tight sounding group with a hint of the classic hard rock sound that makes them fairly unique in this day and age. That's not to say that the group isn't serious competition for any modern rock group. With the drive of a tank this band has faced and conquered challenges that would have left lesser bands running for the hills. The experience, hard rockin' style, and great live performances of this group recently in the States has left major venues and talent reps. clamouring for more. Just how soon can we expect them back in the United States on tour is a matter currently being planned by the band and their management. Until then we can only check out their album, Volume 1, from which we feature four songs this episode: America, Down and Out, Fame and Mind Games and hope they'll be back stateside, rockin' soon. You can check out their news, tour dates, and other information on the band at:http://www.strangekarma.net/ and www.myspace.com/strangekarma.
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Sun, 15 May 2011
My Symphony Of Life – Episode# 006 5/15/2011 –We have three Interviews for you on this show. Our first guest is Carolee Lafoon who’s a Heal Your Life Workshop Facilitator and Personal Life Coach (www.healyourlife.com), creator of Affirmations To Go (www.affirmationstogo.com), and author/blogger of 3 Shared Paths (www.3sharedpaths.com). Our Listeners can receive a 15% discount by using the Promo Code: MSOL when purchasing products from Affirmations To Go through June 30, 2011. Our second guest is Stephanie Lema who’s the founder and author of Be Positive Mom- www.bepositivemom.com. Stephanie provides moms with book reviews, workshops, tips to help moms on a daily basis and she also provides resources for women on how to find "me" time for busy moms. Our third interview is with Chef Sarah she is joining Audios Maximus Media Network as our resident Chef for the cooking segment on My Symphony Of Life (www.audiosmaximus.com). Ana will also be reviewing our local calendar for Baton Rouge, Louisiana USA and the surrounding areas
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Sun, 15 May 2011
Welcome to Episode 14 of the Tour Bus Music Show. In this episode we take a trip to the Varsity Theater in Baton Rouge, Louisiana USA for an interview with Rob Rivera and Ken Macmillan of Nonpoint. We sat down with Rob and Ken on their tour bus for a detailed interview that lasted over 30 minutes. They share with us what the band has been up to, how their "Miracle" tour is going and what the group is planning in the near future. We were also fortunate enough to catch Nonpoint perform that night along with their opening acts Surrender The Fall and Conquer The Throne. We also caught some video of the show which we will be posting by Friday of this week (5/21/2011). It was a outstanding show and Nonpoint blew the doors off of the place. Check out the interview as well as the four tracks off of their Miracle Album that posted with the interview. You can find out more information and tour dates on Nonpoint at:www.nonpoint.com. Be sure to get their newest album Miracle and be sure to check them out on tour if they are coming anywhere near you. Their current tour dates (as of 5/15/11) are: Headlining 5/17/11 Nonpoint in Des Moines, IA The Peoples Court US 5/18/11 Nonpoint in Chicago, IL Reggie’s US 5/20/11 Nonpoint in Bloomington, IL The Castle Theatre US Tour: Supporting Disturbed 5/21/11 Nonpoint in Milwaukee, WI Eagles Ballroom US Tour: Headlining 6/5/11 Nonpoint in Sarasota, FL Jakes Tavern US Tour: 95 WIIL FEST 8/13/11 Nonpoint in Twin Lakes, WI Shadow Hill Ranch US Special thanks to Elias, Zach, Ken, Rob, Josh and Brenna for being so accomodating and hospitable during production of this show! This Show Is 56:55 Minutes In Length. To leave questions, comments, or if you simply want to speak your piece; call our listener feedback line at (206) 338-1478 or email us at feedback @audiosmaximus.com. Until next time…ROCK ON!
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Sun, 15 May 2011
In this episode we will be exploring the origins and history of Chippewa Lake Park, once located in Medina County, Ohio on the shores of Ohio’s only natural lake; Chippewa Lake. From it’s early days in the late 1800’s through it’s 1978 closing and into it’s year’s of becoming a legendary urban ruin; you’ll hear all about this wonderful old park as we take a virtual tour of the park through time. The park had a long history of hosting famous musicians, dances, and park guests over it’s 100+ year history and despite it’s closing in 1978, it continued to draw visitors and explorers right up until it’s final demolition in 2009 through 2010. Join us on a journey of fun, laughter, nostalgia and discovery as we journey to and through Chippewa Lake Park. Please visit our Podcast show page for much more detail on this park at: http://audiosmaximus.com/wordpress/our-podcast-shows/echoes-of-laughter
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Sun, 24 April 2011
Welcome to our fifth episode of My Symphony Of Life. We have an episode that is packed. I hope that ya’ll are ready! We have three interviews for you and I’m so excited about this episode. I hope that you enjoy it as much as I have enjoyed interviewing our guests and putting this episode together for you. There will be three episodes. Yes, three! We will be featuring several special guests on this show. In order of appearance first we will have Anthony Majewski and Max who wrote Dog’s Work Too From Max’s Point Of View….we’ll dive into the inspiration behind his book. They’ve also teamed up with Leader dogs. Touring event’s Max will be doing and finding out what’s next for this great team. For more information about their great book check out their interactive website www.readwithmax.com. It’s Pawtastic! Second we will have John Bolin of Doggie Playcamp…we’ll take a look at his doggie daycare here in the Baton Rouge, LA area. He offers plenty to owner’s. For more information, check out his website www.doggieplaycamp.com. Third we will be featuring Sarah Baldwin VP of Marketing for Good Nighties we’ll find what the new smart fabric is and how it helps women throughout different stages of life as well as hearing what they have in the works. For more information go to www.goodnighties.com. We will also off poetry tips. This will be in regard to two word poetry. Keep it fun. We also are providing a great dog treat for your companion. Special Thanks go out to Anthony Majewski with Max, John Bolin and Sarah Baldwin for their contributions to this episode! Be sure to listen to the podcast! Thanks For joining us on My Symphony Of Life and check us out at The Symphony Of Life website at: www.mysymphonyoflife.com. Also be sure to leave us your comments and questions on our listener feedback line at 206.338.1478 or on e-mail at feedback@audiosmaximus.com. Until next time, have fun while conducting your own Symphony Of Life!
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Sun, 24 April 2011
Welcome to Episode 13 of the Tour Bus Music Show. In this episode The Tour Bus hits the road. We’ll discuss our recent trip to Jackson, Mississippi to Fire (a well known and very popular larger Rock nightclub in downtown Jackson) to see the debut of Lillian Axe’s (www.lillianaxe.com) new lead vocalist, Brian Jones. We sit down with Steve Blaze and Brian Jones to check in on how Brian’s addition to the band has been going, what they are currently doing and what the near future holds for the veteran rock group. We’ll debut their new single, “Take The Bullet” off their upcoming album (currently due to be released September 27, 2011) as well as provide a review of the show for Lillian Axe as well as the debut of their opening act for the night, Circle Of Light. Circle Of Light is comprised of the original members (Pre-MCA Contract) of Lillian Axe. Johnny Vines, Steve Blaze, Michael Maxx and Danny King. We announce details on our upcoming interview with Nonpoint (www.nonpoint.com). We discuss the Voodoo Music Experience (http://thevoodooexperience.com) and the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (http://www.nojazzfest.com) that is being held in New Orleans this year. We’ll also announce the newest addition to the Audios Maximus Media Network Family…literally. We hope to enjoy the show! To leave questions, comments, or if you simply want to speak your piece; call our listener feedback line at (206) 338-1478 or email us at feedback @audiosmaximus.com. Until next time…ROCK ON! The episode is 44:39 minutes in length.
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Mon, 11 April 2011
In our 3rd Episode of the WhimsiMagical Mousecast we explore Adventureland and the attractions that have made it famous. Come with us as we mount our expedition to the world famous Jungle Cruise, The Enchanted Tiki Room "Under New Management" and take in the view from 6 stories above the Magic Kingdom at the top of the Swiss Family Robinson Treehouse. After you've worked up an appetite we'll take you to several mechants offering there fare to soothe the hunger of even the most ravonous of explorers. We'll review some of the current news coming out of Walt Disney World and offer some tips and links to make your trip to Disney a liitle easier and even very affordable. Thank you for listening to this episode. We would love to hear from you! We welcome your comments, questions, and suggestions on what you would feel would make our shows better for you. You can call our listener feedback line at: (206) 338-1478 or email us at feedback@audiosmaximus.com. Until next time...Never Forget, The Real Magic Happens When You Pursue Your Dreams...Godspeed
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Wed, 30 March 2011
Welcome to our interview segment of The Tour Bus Music Show. On this episode we will feature Winbourne from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. We caught up with the band short after they returned from their performance at South By Southwest (SXSW) in Austin, Texas. Winbourne was kind enough to take some time away from their rehearsals at the Healing Place Dream Center in Baton Rouge and let us in on what has been going on with the group, their collective history, information on their current EP and the upcoming release later this year of their full length LP. Our interview is about 1 ½ hours in length including music and was interesting, entertaining, and informative. Over the course of the interview we feature four songs off of their 2010 EP entitled “As We Are”. The songs we feature are (In order): “Let Me Love You, Street Signs, Easy and What Were You Thinking”. The background music in the beginning of the interview is an instrumental version of “Retrospect” We were not only impressed with their music, but with each of them. Their personalities, charm, and genuineness as individuals made the interview a pleasure in itself. We at Audios Maximus Media Network recommend that you make the opportunity to see them live as well as purchasing and adding their music to your collection. They are defiantly worth hearing time and again. Links to their sites online are: www.youtube.com/winbournevideo www.twitter.com/#!/winbournemusic www.ilike.com/artist/winbourne www.facebook.com/winbournemusic?ref=tf www.myspace.com/winbournemusic Their EP is available at many music retailers online including Amazon and iTunes. ***Winbourne was founded in 2008 and has been setting their audiences on fire with their energy, talent, and passion for what they do. Music…and they do it well. Jordan, Chris (Doogie), Matt, Torrance and Terry are committed to their craft and it shows in everything they do. In our research on local music acts the first thing that drew us to the group was their music. It was positive, well written, masterfully arranged & produced. Winbourne has been featured in The City Social, Tiger Weekly, The LSU Daily Reveille, 225 Magazine, and The Advocate. The band’s sound can be described as as alternative rock. Winbourne entered the Baton Rouge music scene by storm playing at every popular local venue including Chelsea’s, The Varsity and college gigs not to mention they have joined forces with other popular local bands such as Jake Smith. With a rapidly growing fan base flocking to its Myspace, Twitter, and Facebook web pages, Winbourne has received avid local support of their originals. Fans’ favorites include “Easy,” “Let Me Love You,” and “Street Signs”. Fresh out of the studio the band’s focus is spreading their music to the world on their new pilot EP album “As We Are”. The six track record is now available on iTunes and at live shows. Their loyal south Louisiana fan base now spreads outwards in hot response to their EP and enthralling live performance. Winbourne is preparing to get back in the studio to release a full length LP in the spring of 2011. In the mean time they continue to play locally and regionally as well as prepare for stage time in a slew of music festivals within the southeastern U.S. Whether blasting their live performances from the stage or rocking their “As We Are” EP through your own speakers, Winbourne will inspire you to Live Loud. ***Used with permission. From the group’s web site at: www.winbournemusic.com
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Tue, 29 March 2011
Reboot...Loading...Overload...Lame Program Not Found...Version 2.0 Launch...Time To Rock! Welcome back everyone to the Tour Bus Music Show 2.0. What's the whole 2.0 about? I'll be happy to share...We have been on hiatus from podcasting for a little longer than expected. However, it was necessary. In the time we have been off we have been going through lots of changes, both personally and professionally. All positive! What has amazed us more than anything is our wonderful community of listeners...all of you! Thank you all for continuing to listen to our episodes while we have been on hiatus. We are back and now it's our turn to return the favor. Ready To Rock? In this week’s episode, hosted by T. Mic, we will be updating you on The Tour Bus Music Show's new format, music news, our featured artist of the week (our artist/album review), a brief update on concerts coming to our area and a lot more!
The Tour Bus Music Show and The OnStage Music Show have now been merged into one show. The Tour Bus Music Show will now feature all genre's of music, but will continue to bring you the most talented bands from around the US and internationally. Our the show will now consist of three parts: The main show that will be bringing you music related news, discussions, reviews of new music, updates on new interviews and other music and band related information. This portion will continue to be released on a bi-weekly basis. "Tales From The Back Of the Bus" (our interview segments) will be released separately from the main show but will be released under the same RSS feed so that you will continue to get automatic downloads of the interviews along with the main show so you won't miss a thing. We will be going back to the inception of the show to bring back a third part of the show that will be the concert calendar for the US gulf south area. This portion will be released weekly and will feature both local and national dates. Bands that wish their dates to be included in the concert calendar should send their dates on a monthly basis (or more often) to us at: bands@thetourbusmusicshow.com. Submissions must be received by Monday of the week they wish to be listed by 5:00PM CST. The concert calendar will be posted online on the following Thursday by 10:00PM CST. To ensure that bands are listed, a submission of your band’s monthly calendar is recommended.
In local music news, spring is in the air, flowers are in bloom, and local bands are kicking out great new music faster than rabbits on viagra. Big Frank has released their long-waited new album entitled Franco Grande. We had the chance to catch their show a couple of weeks ago and they were in usual bone-crushing form headlining a local club, Xtreme’s Sports Bar & Grill in Gonzales, LA. Ben, P. Fridge, Matt & Klipstein were taking no prisoners and rocking a packed house. Check them out at reverbnation.com/bigfrank and support them by getting their CD. Other bands releasing new albums this spring include upcoming guest’s on the Tour Bus Music Show such as Cardinal Collide, as well as Black Market Halos, Poltern Kinder with their new album, Feral (available at iTunes). Lillian Axe has welcomed their new vocalist Brian Jones to the ranks and have dived right in to recording their new album tentatively scheduled for late summer/early fall release. Both me and Ana were treated to a preview of one of the tracks for the new album while visiting with Steve and his wife recently entitled “Take The Bullet”. The band has now placed the song as a sample track on their website at LillianAxe.com and is now available to listen to. Lillian Axe will be debuting Brian at 2 shows on April 8, 2011 at The Howling Wolf in New Orleans, Louisiana and on April 9, 2011 at FIRE in Jackson, Mississippi. Check their website or our concert calendar for details. Speaking of Lillian Axe, for those of us who grew up around Louisiana in the 80’s and got to the see the original line-up of Lillian Axe prior to them being signed to MCA records, we have good news! The Original line up of the Axe is back together under the name Circle Of Light. That’s right, Steve Blaze, Johnny Vines, Mike Maxx, and Danny King will soon be rocking some of their original songs as well as new ones starting around this may. They are also in production of an album themselves. Details will be announced in the near future. Again keep an eye and ear for that matter on our concert calendar that can be found at www.audiosmaximus.com in both blog and audio versions. It will be a good summer concert season if you are into classic rock, I’m not saying that there will not be a lot of great many modern acts out there this summer, but there are several notable classic acts coming to the southern United States area on tour this summer. Just giving you a heads up for Southern Louisiana and South Mississippi Area (and by the way) check out The Tour Bus Concert Calendar this coming week for more dates and details. Chicago will be performing at Beau Rivage Theatre in Biloxi, MS on Friday April 15 and At Paragon Casino Resort in Marksville, LA on Saturday April 16, 2011, Whitesnake will be performing at Hard Rock Live in Biloxi, MS on Friday May 20, 2011, Saturday May 21, 2011 at Coushatta Casino Resort in Kinder, LA and at Snowden Grove Amphitheatre in Southhaven, MS on Tuesday May 24, 2011, Also coming in May is Rocklahoma running from Friday May 27 through Sunday May 29, 2011. Although it will be a little drive for some it will be well worth the trip with bands such as Motley Crue, Poison, Staind, Whitesnake, Papa Roach, Seether, Hinder, Skillet, Saving Abel, Sick Puppies, Sebastian Bach, Black Label Society, Drowning Pool and Many, Many Others, Speaking of Motley Crue and Poison they will also be performing with special guests New York Dolls at the Mississippi Coast Colliseum in Biloxi, MS on Friday July 8, 2011, Def Leppard with Special Guest Heart will be at the New Orleans Arena Saturday July 23, 2011, Journey, Foreigner, and Night Ranger will be live in concert at Aaron’s Amphitheatre in Atlanta, GA on Friday September 16, 2011 and Queensryche will be coming to Hard Rock Live in Biloxi, MS on Friday September 23, 2011 As we said earlier, we have been checking out and listening to a number of bands during our hiatus and we wanted to pass on some great bands and music that we have found. While they are not a new band, this weeks pick is “In This Moment” from Hollywood, California. This band has been around for several years and released their newest album, “A Star-Crossed Wasteland” in mid 2010. For those of you who have not heard of or checked out this band, if you like hard rock, they are a “must-listen-to-band”. The band of extremely proficient and talented musicians: Chris Howorth on Lead Guitar, Blake Bunzel on Rhythm Guitar, Jeff Fabb on Drums and Travis Johnson on bass, with their alluring and powerful vocalist Maria Brink area a force of nature when they come together to make music. From haunting melodies to a vicious, shredding musical assault on their, let’s say…more energetic songs, this band’s music is addicting as we found ourselves wanting to listen to them everyday. On the first track of “A Star Crossed Wasteland” you press play on pur CD or MP3 player and you are yanked forcefully into the middle of a Category 5 grade mosh pit and are left to wonder how this proverbial wall of sound came crashing down on your head. While the mood and sounds change throughout the album, the entire album is full of great tracks, especially the more commercial sounding (if they can actually sound commercial) “The Promise” which features a duet with Maria and Otherwise’s Adrian Patrick. We encourage you to checkout their website, their videos on YouTube and on tour. Their current releases to date are: Beautiful Tragedy (2007), The Dream (2008) and of course A Star Crossed Wasteland (2010). Wow, what a whirlwind it has been these past several months. Lots of changes, late nights, crazy schedules… life has felt like a revolving door and at times not know if we were coming or going. To say the least it has been a challenge at times to balance our work schedules at our main jobs, family, pets, and turning what started as a hobby podcasting into a full blown production company. There have been times along the way when balance in life has seemed like a distant dream but all in all it has worked out. Don’t get me wrong, we are not complaining, as a matter of fact the sharing of our passion for podcasting about the topics that we do has been a vast reward in of itself. We love connecting with not only the people and now friends that we work with and interview, but also connecting with our community of listeners and friends across the internet and world for that matter. Not much inspires us more than to wake up in the morning and looking forward into the coming day knowing that we’ll have a chance to interact with so many people that we did not know the day before and the chance to learn from their perspective on life as we interact. Overall, the journey has required a lot of dedication and energy, but it has been a blast and we are looking forward to many, many more years doing what we love to do! Along with the other changes we have had a few personnel changes. Scott “Bozo” Hood has decided to take some time for more pressing matters in his life and has, at least for the time, stepped down from his duties at Audios Maximus and we wish him nothing but continued success and prosperity no matter where life takes him. However, we have been joined by none other than my brother, Kenny to help keep us on track and to help take Global Stage Media and Audios Maximus Media Network to the next level. Kenny brings with him an extensive amount of talent, drive, and personality to the network. He holds a Bachelors Degree in Computer Science from SoutheasternLouisianaUniversity and he will be a very valued Partner/Owner in our network and production company. Along with our change from a hobby to an actual functioning company we have also had to perform our due diligence and legalize our company. As we take these next steps we have registered with the IRS, filed our LLC, working to get our business license, trade marking, and registering to pay sales taxes as necessary on sales of future digital products. Yes, formally going into business can be challenging but exhilarating experience. But worth every minute of it. Now that we are back we have got some great groups coming up in the next few months. Nonpoint will be joining us in May. We will also have several other great bands joining us over the course of the spring & summer such as Southern Whiskey Rebellion, Cardinal Collide, Winbourne as well as major acts. Once Again keep an eye on our blog and listen to The Tour Bus Music Show for details. As far as our production schedule, it’s full throttle and we don’t plan on slowing down anytime soon. Along with other changes our community can expect some changes to our websites look and feel over the next couple of months as we prepare to add many more interactive features to engage you, our listeners with and to improve the overall efficiency and control of it’s features and add our new community forum & discussion board. We welcome your comments and encourage you to e-mail us at feedback@audiosmaximus.com or call us on our listener feedback line at (206) 338-1478 to tell us your ideas on what we can add or change to make your experience better on our site. We want to hear from you! We hope you enjoyed this episode of The Tour Bus Music Show. Again, keep an eye on our upcoming concert calendar, which again will be released both on our blog and on this same podcast feed on the opposite weekends from this show. Also keep an ear our for our interview segments, Tales From the Back Of the Bus, which will be released on this same RSS feed as well. Of course all of the Tour Bus Music Show segments can always be found on our website at www.audiosmaximus.com, on iTunes, Zune, and Blackberry podcasts and on many other podcast directories online. Thank you for downloading and listening to this weeks show. Please remember that if you like The Tour Bus Music Show and all of the news, bands, music and concert information we bring you, you can help support us by tweeting out that you are listening to us, tell your friends and family on Facebook and My Space and subscribe to our shows. We encourage you to be an active part of our community by calling our listener feedback line at 206-338-1478 or by e-mail at feedback@audiosmaximus.com. Leave us your comments, questions, and your ideas on what could make our shows better for you. You can also check out all of our different shows & episodes including:
My Symphony of Life The Whimsimagical MouseCast This Show, The Tour Bus Music Show Echoes Of Laughter Nue Muzik On The Double Planet
And Coming later this spring and summer Pints N’ ‘Pinions Expedition: Louisiana Personalities Our Seasonal Specials And More Upcoming New Shows at our website at audiosmaximus.com.
Please join us again on for our next episode. Until then, this is T. Mic telling you to Rock On…
Special Thanks To The Bands listed below for our episode's background music this week: Lillian Axe - Under the Same Moon - www.lillianaxe.com Saturate - Keep Digging - www.myspace.com/saturatemusic and reverbnation.com/saturate Winbourne - What Were You Thinking - www.winbournemusic.com Reviewed Music: In This Momemt - The Gun Show, World In Flames,The Promise, A Star Croswed Wasteland - www.reverbnation.com/inthismoment, www.facebook.com/officialinthismoment, www.myspace.com/inthismoment The Tour Bus Music Show Intro and Outro Music: Etherdust - 24 This episode is 00:16:11 (HH:MM:SS) in length.
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Sun, 27 March 2011
Welcome to our fourth episode of My Symphony Of Life. On this episode we will be talking about topics such as: Spring is in the air. Spring forward, Spring Clean, and Spring Fashion. It's motivation and action time. Time is of the essence! We will have calendar dates on what's going on in the Baton Rouge Metro area. I'm also giving a shout out to all the local and national touring bands that we've featured on The Tour Bus Music Show at www.audiosmaximus.com. We've been meeting and making friends with a lot of new people. We're featuring several special guests on this show. In order of appearance: an interview with author/children's poet Kenn Nesbitt. His work has also appeared in magazines, television and audio CDs. He has an interactive website available for kids, parents and teachers at www.poetry4kids.com. We also have two guests featuring in our cooking segment: Steve and Julie Blaze. Steve is the lead guitaris and founder of the rock group Lillian Axe. They will be sharing with us Death By Chocolate recipe that Steve sumbmitted to the cookbook "Mosh Potatoes" http://www.moshpotatoescookbook.com. You can see the Lilian Axe's touring schedule at www.lilianaxe.com. We will be talking about Acrostic Poetry and provide a sample for you as well.
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