The Peppermint Apes

In this podcast Ryan, Lewis, Chris, and Sam discuss how life in a band can sometimes interfere with life playing in a band. Being in a band is a big commitment, organising rehearsals that fit around everyone's schedules, gigging, even general band meet ups, these can all take a toll on the personal life, which can sometimes lead to band splits, members departing and even couples splitting up. We dicuss our personal views on how you can balance work and personal life with being in a band.

In this podcast Ryan, Lewis, Chris, and Sam discuss whether gigging will ever be the same again after the Coronavirus pandemic. It is still very current in the news and this horrid virus is taking lives, but thankfully, many people are recovering, and the rate of infection is decreasing. The UK Government has slightly eased the UK lockdown, but is it to soon? Will there be a second spike, leading to a second lockdown and more deaths? How normal will life be when we finally do see the other end of this nightmare, will venues only allow a certain number of people in? Will they have to socially distance themselves, or will it just all go back to normal? Join us in this discussing where we see if Gigging Will Ever Be the Same Again.

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In this podcast Ryan, Lewis, Chris and Sam discuss the bands and artists who influence them to play their instrument. The band have a massive range of influences to help bring ideas and inspiration to their music, from John Mayer to Periphery. The band also have a special guest on this podcast, Mr Zach Levine, who kindly provided the amazing saxophone track for our latest cover song, The 1975 – If You’re Too Shy (Let Me Know). We do not usually meet any reed, brass or woodwind instrumentalist often, so we took the opportunity to speak with Zach and discuss what influences him, what made him want to learn the saxophone.

We briefly discuss the method we took to record our latest cover whilst in Lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic. You can watch our cover here:

https://bit.ly/2VCVSbW

Special thanks to Zach Levine’s YouTube Channel : https://bit.ly/2xXgEei

In this podcast Ryan, Lewis, Chris and Sam discuss whether YouTube is the go to platform for undiscovered talents, especially during the COVID-19 Pandemic. The UK at this time are on lockdown, as is most of the world, therefore, YouTube audiences will begin to rise due to the sheer amount of people who are home and using the service, including industry representatives.

Because at this time the UK are on lockdown, we cannot meet in person to discuss this topic, so we have used Skype to help us bring this podcast to you, so we apologise for the audio quality.

Of course, we briefly mention the current status of the COVID-19 Pandemic, but we want to try and spur away from this subject and focus on the tools musicians can use, whether you are just starting out or have experience, to gain exposure and begin the get recognition from the worldwide audience.

Stay Safe and we hope you enjoy this podcast

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In this podcast Ryan, Chris and Sam discuss the topic that is dominating the world’s headlines, the Coronavirus. This virus has claimed lives and is able to infect people, causing misleading symptoms close to the common cold, but can potentially escalate into more severe symptoms such as severe flu, pneumonia or SARS. Was it caused by a Chinese livestock market conditions or is a conspiracy behind it all? Of course, we are a band and are discussing how this virus is affecting the local music scene, as well as the music industry.

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