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Brainium

Local band Brainium tells stories about playing live (anywhere from bars to parking lots), recording music starting in the 80s (cassette tape) through today (DAW), their eventually-to-be-released stage musical, and more. Self-described (in the song “Our Kind of Town”) as “Two guys in disguise as a pseudointellectual music machine” Brainium is guitarist (and much more) Thom Ciezki and keyboardist (and much less) Gary Schmid. Both (especially Thom) have played in other local bands but only Brainium has endured through the decades. Weird, witty, and rarely dull, hear stories about music-making from local guys who haven’t made it big (yet) but have had a great time getting...nowhere. “Oh, that magic feeling...”

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Episodes

57 episodes

  1. Keyboards of Brainium - Part 2 27:56
  2. Keyboards of Brainium - Part 1 32:14
  3. Physicality 24:18
  4. Year Two in Review 31:18
  5. Song Origins: Wait 30:11
  6. Vocals: Performing and Recording 29:32
  7. Anjine de Poitrine Plays Microtonal Music 27:46
  8. Angine de Poitrine and Looping 25:22
  9. Metronomes and Click Tracks 27:32
  10. Did Brainium Almost Get A Recording Contract??? 26:32
  11. Concert Review: The Warning in NYC 31:02
  12. Cover Songs #3 33:58
  13. Let's Put on a Show! 28:30
  14. Learning to Play Instruments 28:00
  15. Playing Drums in a Band 32:38
  16. Cover Songs #2 35:02
  17. Pitch Correction 22:06
  18. Song Origins: Didn't I 36:38
  19. Playing Guitar in a Band 30:12
  20. Cover Songs #1 34:26
  21. Rehearsing 23:04
  22. AI in Music? 23:04
  23. Managing Personalities 30:22
  24. Lyrics! 31:40
  25. Playing Keyboards in a Band 40:06
  26. What to Wear On Stage 28:24
  27. Picks (as used on a guitar) 33:28
  28. Song Origin: Bad Decisions 28:14
  29. Slap that Bass 29:08
  30. DIY Equipment 19:16
  31. Our First Year In Review 42:38
  32. Playing with Backing Tracks 20:32
  33. Concert reviews: two in one episode! Ghost and The Warning 38:10
  34. Lo-fi (Brainium style) 28:56
  35. Set Lists 26:46
  36. Song Origins: Elephant Head 35:39
  37. Originals vs. Covers 31:58
  38. Listener Questions #1 28:42
  39. The Musical! 28:52
  40. The Strat: Brainium's Guitar Sound 26:00
  41. Live drummer vs. drum machine 25:56
  42. Fronting a Band 22:52
  43. Playing Live vs. Studio 26:52
  44. The Marquis: Brainium's legendary "other" guitar 21:38
  45. Song Origins: Our Kind of Town 22:31
  46. Running Sound 26:12
  47. Auditions 22:24
  48. When Things Went Wrong 29:42
  49. Favorite Non-Brainium Gigs 24:48
  50. Song Origins: I'm A Monk 31:06