Coffee Conversations

Billy Croghan of Les Gruff and the Billy Goat joins Gen with Coffee Conversations to chat about the Country and Americana scene in the Midwest and St. Louis regions. 

SPONSORED BY: Wineapallooza 2020- Annual music and wine tasting event held at DeLaney Vineyard and Winery in Nevada, Missouri. Tickets on sale now for only $5! Ticket Price includes a glass of the featured wine or NA beverage PLUS all of the awesome music! 

Bob Baker, the music marketing expert, educator, musician, artist, comedian, author, and YouTuber sits down with host, Gen Lobonc Billhartz, of Shock City School of Music for a personal and insightful conversation!

Bob Baker provides tips and tricks on how to go from 0 subscribers to over 135,000 on YouTube AND how to get over 3 million views for just ONE video!  Even more impressive, follow Bob's tips to learn how YOU can get over 800,000 views on YouTube MONTHLY, just like Bob himself.

Bob Baker shares lots of amazing advice that is bound to help your channel grow.  Or perhaps you are one of Bob's MANY fans of his wonderful Affirmation videos and would like to know what inspires him to keep doing what he's doing and a little bit more about the man behind the powerful messages that are changing lives!

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Touring and playing at Red Rocks, Producing Events, Live Country Music,  Airshows, Craft Whiskey, playing with Kenny Chesney among other things  that come up in this FUN episode.  Episode 10 with country musician,  Clayton Corn.  Clayton lives in Austin, Texas and has been in the music  industry (professionally) in one capacity or another for the last 25+  years.  He has done over 1 million miles alone on a tour bus! 

Host, Gen Lobonc Billhartz, of Shock City School of Music covers a lot of ground  with Clayton as they talk about what it takes to make it as a musician  today and what we think will happen with the music industry post-COVID.   We have an honest and raw discussion about the music industry, the  importance of touring, and so much more. 

Clayton currently produces  events in Austin, including the Texas Whiskey Festival and Go Wheels Up.   It doesn't stop with keys and vocal with Clayton- he goes all the way  with aviation, whiskey, and concerts.  Tune in!

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July 20, 2020: announcement day! Join Brian Vaccaro, local St. Louis educator from Grand Center Arts Academy, and host, Gen Lobonc Billhartz from Shock City School of Music as they both eagerly await decisions from their children's school districts on reopening plans AND discuss in person and virtual plans from the perspective of an educator. 

More than that, Brian keeps things POSITIVE and describes some possibilities for the return to school AND beyond. How might music class or band look with the return to in person learning in light of health concerns around COVID-19? What are some of the extra benefits of online opportunities for online projects and performances for middle school and high school aged students? How does Brian remain flexible through all of the uncertainty? TUNE IN to get those questions answered and more! 

We know MANY of you are beyond stressed sorting through which education option to choose for your school aged child AND more importantly how to juggle this with being either a single-parent working home or dual-parent working home or simply with diving head first (and continuing) to add "teacher" to the multiple hats you are already wearing at home. If nothing else, hopefully this conversation will provide a new perspective and light view on these difficult circumstances. 

Please feel free to drop comments below on what your school and district has decided, how this may effect you, what you're planning to do, thoughts, feelings, and more! We are a community and we are in this together! Let's uplift and support one another. Stay tuned through the end of the show for an AMAZING virtual performance, courtesy of Brian Vaccaro's 2019-2020 students of Grand Center Arts Academy AND also a performance from Brian himself. 

Join TOP audio engineer Sam Maul from Shock City Studios in St. Louis, Missouri as he shares the TOP 5 tips for music recording.  These tips can be applied in a professional or at home environment, which he describes in further detail during our show. 

We hope you can take away some valuable information from Sam's professional and vast knowledge on the subject.  Be sure to tune in for more tips like these.  

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Music tips from PROFESSIONAL and leading audio engineer, Sam Maul, from Shock City Studios in St. Louis, Missouri.  

We dive in to what can take a song from being basic to having complexity and depth, making it more polished and tasteful.  Bring your songwriting and recording to the NEXT LEVEL with these key tips on the process.  

This is part 3 of 4 so watch for the other clips and tips. 

Coffee Conversations Episode 7- recorded on 06/05/2020 with guest Todd Osbern, guitar player and songwriter from Springfield, Missouri. 

Host Gen Lobonc Billhartz, chats with Todd about his guitar career, songwriting, performing, and more.  Catch two live performances and a bonus clogging bit, which was a random turn of events, but definitely fun! 

If you like Dave Matthews Band, then you'll dig our guest's style and songs.  

Episode 6!  Host, Gen Lobonc Billhartz, sits down with professional tenor sax player and band director, Larry Johnson!  We chat about what it's like being a music educator and band director, saxophone basics, and his professional career.  He even plays a live jazz song for us!  Be sure to tune in until the end.  

Episode 5 May 14th live interview with St. Louis jazz trumpet player, Jim Manley.

We chat about live music, Jim's latest project Quarantune's, recording and production, trumpet, trumpet lamps, plastic trumpets, music lessons and more.  Funny, witty, and entertaining casual conversation with world famous musician, Jim Manley.   We end with hearing a tune from his latest album, Quarantunes.  The intro song used in this episode is called, "coffee," and was written and recorded by Jim himself! Enjoy. :) 

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May 7th with Joe Mancuso, St. Louis Jazz Vocalist, producer/ engineer, band manager and marketing guru! Tune in to hear his latest projects, recording, and an original tune.

Episode 3- music edition, featuring guest, Juan Luchini, St.Louis raised and now living in Nashville, and your host, Gen Lobonc Billhartz.  Juan is a guitar player and songwriter.  

We talk about the music scene in both St. Louis and Nashville and some what it takes to be a musician in 2020.  Stick around through the end to hear a Juan original tune.    

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Our first ever episode!  

Join host, Gen Lobonc Billhartz of Shock City School of Music as she chats with musician, Doug Byrkit, of Odds Lane.

We chat about him being on tour in Europe when COVID-19 began to start making it's way into the US and what he's been doing during quarantine. Stay until the end to hear him play "Dear Prudence!" 

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