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Interview with Joey Valence & Brae: How They're Succeeding Without the Music Industry

by Julie Simmons Joey Valence & Brae started releasing music on social media in 2022. Over the course of a few months, their songs...

Sep 163 min read

Flashback Interview with Neyla Pekarek, Cellist of The Lumineers, as She Steps Out on Her Own with "Rattlesnake"

By Julie Simmons When the founders of The Lumineers posted a want-ad for a cellist on Craig’s List, they immediately differentiated...

Sep 176 min read

Flashback Interview with Gilmar Gomes, Drummer for Enrique Iglesias: Life is Percussive

By Julie Simmons Growing up in Salvador de Bahia, Brazil, percussionist, Gilmar Gomes, recalls his father sternly admonishing him to...

Sep 178 min read

Flashback Interview with Josh Dun on The Social Experimentations of twenty one pilots

By Julie Simmons Just before the end of the song “Morph,” twenty one pilots’ drummer, Josh Dun, dismounts his throne, hops off the lip of...

Sep 174 min read

Julie Simmons is an American music journalist and creator of Music Makes You Think.

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Twenty one pilots' latest album, Breach, marks the end of an era for the band and fans. Whether you've been following the lore or not, the album has instantaneous hooks (RAWFEAR) and a song that made me tear up because the soundbytes accessed parts of my past I'd forgotten (Center Mass).

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Interview with Joey Valence & Brae: How They're Succeeding Without the Music Industry

Flashback Interview with Neyla Pekarek, Cellist of The Lumineers, as She Steps Out on Her Own with "Rattlesnake"

Flashback Interview with Gilmar Gomes, Drummer for Enrique Iglesias: Life is Percussive

Flashback Interview with Josh Dun on The Social Experimentations of twenty one pilots

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Interview with Joey Valence & Brae: How They're Succeeding Without the Music Industry

Flashback Interview with Neyla Pekarek, Cellist of The Lumineers, as She Steps Out on Her Own with "Rattlesnake"

Flashback Interview with Gilmar Gomes, Drummer for Enrique Iglesias: Life is Percussive

Flashback Interview with Josh Dun on The Social Experimentations of twenty one pilots

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