An in depth look back at albums I listened to growing up and the listening experience. Jason Bemis Lawrence, creator and host of Before The Stream, is a singer/songwriter and a drummer with bands like Heather Woods Broderick, The Building, and Jesse Marchant. In this podcast, Jason and a guest will be checking in on a record they both listened to abundantly in the past to see what memories the record conjures, what holds up, and what has changed about.. well, everything.
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Doctor Rob Collier is a Beatles/Paul McCartney scholar, an educator, composer, performer, and heck of a bass player. Some of his current projects are Beatles Bass Lines and a Patreon page for bass/music education Jason has listened to a lot of Radiohead and McCartney. The two friends have a thoughtful conversation about this 2005 album, where it fits in Paul's entire catalog, the impact of Nigel…
Swedish singer/songwriter Peter Morén ( Peter, Bjorn, and John ) joins the podcast to talk about Elvis Costello's 1989 album Spike and Peter's new SunYears album The Song Forlorn . Jason and Peter talk about how Peter got started with Elvis Costello and Spike , making albums, lyrics, collaboration, how ambitious albums can remain coherent, and much more. The talk transitions to Peter's career and…
Soul Asylum again? And their new album from 2024? When Jason and Rob Collier saw that the title of Soul Asylum's new album quoted the movie Airplane! they knew they had to follow up on their previous episodes about Grave Dancer's Union and Let Your Dim Light Shine . Do you have to have heard the album to enjoy this talk? Definitely not. And don't call me Shirley. Rob and Jason play the Dave Pirner…
Al Melchior of You, Me and An Album joins the show to talk about U2 and their 1983 album War. Al saw U2 in concert around the time that War came out and it made a huge impression on him. Jason and Al discuss memories of U2, the evolution of their fandom as the band continued on, the performances on War, what makes albums cohesive, and a lot more. Jason was recently a guest on You, Me and An Album…
Just a quick little update to let you know that Jason talked about Radiohead's album Kid A on the podcast "You, Me and An Album" with Al Melchior. You can listen to the episode here or wherever you listen to podcasts. Al has had a ton of great guests and discussed a lot of great albums if you don't know the podcast. Al and Jason also talked a bit about Jason's album The Grand Routine and the…
A Safe Place is out. It's the 3rd single from Jason's forthcoming new album The Grand Routine. Great friend of the show Rob Collier joins again to talk about the song, how it was written, songwriting, production, Andrew Carlson's bass playing, music marketing, etc etc. The two friends also try to define what type of music Jason's music is, what Soft Rock is, if lyrics matter at all, and more.…
The 2nd single from Jason 's forthcoming LP is out now. Singer-songwriter/drummer/multi-instrumentalist/producer Anthony LaMarca of The Building and The War on Drugs joined Jason to talk about the song and the album. The two friends and longtime cohorts discussed production, tracking at Peppermint Studios in Youngstown, OH, tempos, Anthony's sweet guitar solo on this song, the definition of the…
The 1st single from Jason's forthcoming 2nd LP is out! The song is called In the Quiet Golden Hour, and Jason talked all about it with Andrew Carlson , who played bass and guitar and sang on the track. The two friends talk about recording at Peppermint Studios in Youngstown, OH, with Anthony LaMarca and Gary Rhamy. They talk about all the other people that worked on the song and album. They…
We are back! The grand return of Before the Stream features Jason and Natasha Alexandra talking about Tori Amos' 1994 classic album Under the Pink. Jason tries to guess Natasha's defining 3 songs from this record before the two friends and musical colleagues dive into the full album, whether spirits help with songwriting, storytelling vs. marketing, 30-year anniversaries, the 90s, production, and…
Rob Collier made his first appearance on the show back in episode 4 to talk about Soul Asylum. Now he's back to talk about their 1995 album, Let Your Dim Light Shine. It's impossible not to talk about Dave Pirner's lyrics. But Rob and Jason also talked a lot about music production (Butch Vig produced this record), songwriting, arrangement, and much more, going song by song while interspersing…
