Distorted Opinions

This is it! Episode 104. The two year anniversary show! We talk about the Top Gun: Maverick soundtrack (don't worry, no spoilers) and recap the last two years of the show. This is our final episode for a while, as we're taking a much needed break to recharge, but this isn't our final episode. We will be back. Be sure to follow us on social media so you can keep up to speed on all of the happenings during the hiatus and know when we plan to return. If you want to get in touch with us or find us online, head to https://linktr.ee/distortedopinions. As always, find our Spotify Song of the Week playlist at https://bit.ly/distortedops_songoftheweek. Thanks for the support these last two years and we hope you'll join us again when we return! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/support

Almost a year later, we're joined again by Eli, AKA LeftyROFL. Eli has since attended a number of live shows, including a recent Turnstile show in Worcester, MA with Ted. We talk about some of the shows he's been to as well as a variety of other music related topics. Be sure to check out Eli's Twitch stream at https://www.twitch.tv/leftyrofl. As always, find our Spotify Song of the Week playlist at https://bit.ly/distortedops_songoftheweek. If you want to get in touch with us or find us online, head to https://linktr.ee/distortedopinions. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/support

Get ready for another roller coaster of music discussion. In this episode, we talk about a device Kayla discovered on TikTok called a Stem Player (madape.co on TikTok). We also talk about Greyson Nekrutman (greyson_nekrutman), a drummer Kayla found over on TikTok. His drumming is largely jazz, but he has some great videos where he carries the playing style over to rock music. We discuss CharlesBerthroud, a bassist over on YouTube, and one of his videos he posted where he plays...24 carat gold bass strings? Lot's of stuff to unpack this week. As always, find our Spotify Song of the Week playlist at https://bit.ly/distortedops_songoftheweek. If you want to get in touch with us or find us online, head to https://linktr.ee/distortedopinions. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/support

Well, not sure we can top last week's jam packed episode, but we get an update on Ted's new drum mic which is apparently the Swiss army knife of drum mics. We also talk about copyright and how it impacts creators on the various video platforms. We also get into some discussion about Key of Geebz on YouTube. Be sure to check out his videos at https://www.youtube.com/c/KeyOfGeebz for great music analysis from a sound engineer. As always, find our Spotify Song of the Week playlist at https://bit.ly/distortedops_songoftheweek. If you want to get in touch with us or find us online, head to https://linktr.ee/distortedopinions. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/support

Episode 100 is here! Join us as we talk about Ted's latest gear purchase. No, it's not his custom Fender Strat, but it is a very cool drum mic...And a big announcement about Ted's upcoming new musical venture! We also talk about some of Kayla's new TikTok music finds. Find out what #boomwhackers are all about. As always, find our Spotify Song of the Week playlist at https://bit.ly/distortedops_songoftheweek. If you want to get in touch with us or find us online, head to https://linktr.ee/distortedopinions. You'll want to be following us on social media to find out where to check out Ted's new venture, so be sure to click the Linktree link to find our social media profiles and follow/like us! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/support

Join us as we talk about the latest from Electric Callboy (formerly Eskimo Callboy), Bloodywood, Sunny and the Black Pack, the new Top Gun movie and more. We've got some interesting Song of the Week Picks, so be sure to check out our Spotify Song of the Week playlist at https://bit.ly/distortedops_songoftheweek. Kayla's pick of Colm McGuinness' Hurt cover is not available on Spotify at this time, but you can check it out over on Colm's YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uj_Xxpa9U-E. If you want to get in touch with us or find us online, head to https://linktr.ee/distortedopinions. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/support

This week, Kayla and Ted are joined by TN based guitarist, Dustin Mitchell. We talk about how Dustin got into playing guitar, how he's developing a social media presence, and his picking style which involves a thumb pick. Be sure to check out Dustin online by heading to https://linktr.ee/dustinmitchellguitar. As always, find our Spotify Song of the Week playlist at https://bit.ly/distortedops_songoftheweek. If you want to get in touch with us or find us online, head to https://linktr.ee/distortedopinions. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/support

Join us as we talk about some highlights from the Grammy's, including the decision to let crew members introduce the performers. We also discuss Ted's dream Fender. Will he pull the trigger? Stay tuned. As always, find our Spotify Song of the Week playlist at https://bit.ly/distortedops_songoftheweek. If you want to get in touch with us or find us online, head to https://linktr.ee/distortedopinions. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/support

Join us as we highlight some new music, or new to us music anyway. Lot's of great lesser known bands out there that you'll want to be sure to check out. As always, find our Spotify Song of the Week playlist at https://bit.ly/distortedops_songoftheweek. If you want to get in touch with us or find us online, head to https://linktr.ee/distortedopinions. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/support

Thanks to Jake Young (man_the_helm on TikTok) for suggesting this week's topic. Ted tells some stories of some of his craziest concert experiences which range from having Marilyn Manson stand right in front of him to seeing a guy get knocked out in the mosh pit. Kayla shares a few stories, but none as crazy as Ted's stories. As always, find our Spotify Song of the Week playlist at https://bit.ly/distortedops_songoftheweek. Since Kayla's Song of the Week Pick is no longer on Spotify, you can find it (and all of Aeronaut Down's albums) on Bandcamp at https://aeronautdown.bandcamp.com/album/chaos. If you want to get in touch with us or find us online, head to https://linktr.ee/distortedopinions. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/support

We had a lot to talk about in this episode. Join Kayla and Ted as they talk about Swedish progressive metal band, Soen, as well as some other recent social media/YouTube music finds. We also take a trip down memory lane and talk about some great throwback bands/albums that we've been listening to. We wrap the show with a bit of discussion about some great upcoming concerts. As always, find our Spotify Song of the Week playlist at https://bit.ly/distortedops_songoftheweek. If you want to get in touch with us or find us online, head to https://linktr.ee/distortedopinions. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/support

Join us as we highlight some of our recently discovered favorite Ukrainian artists. We've put together a special playlist for this episode, which you can find at https://spoti.fi/3JrymX2. As always, you can find our Spotify Song of the Week playlist at https://bit.ly/distortedops_songoftheweek. Ted's Song of the Week pick isn't available on Spotify, but you can find it on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kcEnULKve4&t=159s. If you want to get in touch with us or find us online, head to https://linktr.ee/distortedopinions. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/support

Surprise, surprise! The original gang is back for this week's episode! We discuss the metal version of Quicia's Song of the Week pick from last week, performed by Djacket. We also talk about Black Pumas and Jeff Healey. Lots of great music discussion and some great new Song of the Week picks. Be sure to check them out in our Spotify Song of the Week playlist at https://bit.ly/distortedops_songoftheweek. If you want to get in touch with us or find us online, head to https://linktr.ee/distortedopinions. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/support

Kayla and Quicia discuss their latest TikTok music discoveries. They also discuss the 37th anniversary of "Everybody Wants to Rule The World" by Tears for Fears. Also, an announcement about the future of Distorted Opinions. As always, find our Spotify Song of the Week playlist at https://bit.ly/distortedops_songoftheweek. We aren't doing a St. Patrick's Day special this year, but you can find our St. Patrick's Spotify playlist at https://bit.ly/distortedops_celticplaylist if you're looking for some music to get in a festive mood. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/support

This week, we're joined by local guitarist/vocalist Sean Fullerton. He's been a gigging musician for nearly 30 years and talks to us about how not taking proper care of his vocal cords for most of that time led to him ultimately needing vocal cord surgery in 2020. He's gained a lot of tools to help care for his vocal cords going forward and shares some of these techniques with us. Be sure to check out Sean's website at http://www.seanfullertonmusic.net/ or find him on Facebook at fb.com/seanfullertonmusic. As always, find our Spotify Song of the Week playlist at https://bit.ly/distortedops_songoftheweek. Find all of our links at https://linktr.ee/distortedopinions. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/support

We open this episode with some fascinating news from Ted regarding his thoughts on country music. We also take a deep dive into our music playlists that we listen to while commuting and discuss what our co-workers might think if they were to get into our car and hear some of these songs playing. Would your co-workers be surprised to hear some of the music on your commuting playlist? As always, find our Spotify Song of the Week playlist at https://bit.ly/distortedops_songoftheweek. Find all of our links at https://linktr.ee/distortedopinions. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/support

The Olympics are officially underway. Join Kayla and Quicia as they continue the discussion on music in figure skating. They also talk about the band Our Last Night, which was a TikTok find by Quicia. Lots of great metal covers of pop songs. You don't want to miss it. As always, find our Spotify Song of the Week playlist at https://bit.ly/distortedops_songoftheweek. Find all of our links at https://linktr.ee/distortedopinions. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/support

Join Kayla and Ted as they talk about the latest in music news and also discuss the Metallica: The Black Album in Black & White photo book featuring photos by world renowned concert photographer, Ross Halfin, taken during the Black Album tour. As always, find our Spotify Song of the Week playlist at https://bit.ly/distortedops_songoftheweek. Find all of our links at https://linktr.ee/distortedopinions. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/support

The 2022 Winter Olympics are officially underway. Kayla has been chomping at the bit to do an episode on figure skating music, so she and Quicia thought this would be the perfect time to discuss it. If you're not into figure skating, you might have a renewed interest after hearing this episode. Music plays a heavy role in the sport and it's one of the few sports where music plays a major factor. As always, find our Spotify Song of the Week playlist at https://bit.ly/distortedops_songoftheweek. Find all of our links at https://linktr.ee/distortedopinions. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/support

Join Kayla, Ted and Quicia as they talk about the upcoming Super Bowl Halftime performance and discuss iconic guitars and the difference between an iconic guitar to a guitarist vs non-guitarist. Find our Spotify Song of the Week playlist at https://bit.ly/distortedops_songoftheweek. Find all of our links at https://linktr.ee/distortedopinions. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/support

Get ready to get nostalgic with Kayla, Matt and Quicia in this week's episode. We take a trip down memory lane as we discuss buying CD's at Strawberries, listening to music on Win Amp, what was acceptable to listen to when we were younger, and more. Find our Spotify Song of the Week Playlist at https://bit.ly/distortedops_songoftheweek. Find all of our other links at https://linktr.ee/distortedopinions. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/support

This week we talk about an interesting stocking stuffer that Ted received - the Rhythm Pick. Matt also shows us his collection of mini amps. As always, find our Spotify Song of the Week playlist at bit.ly/distortedops_songoftheweek. You can also find our Song Review playlist at bit.ly/distortedops_songreview. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/support

It's been a while since we've done a formal gear talk. Join Kayla and Ted as they discuss the Wilkinson kit guitar that Kayla recently won during Stewart MacDonald's 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway. Special thanks to StewMac, Arielle and Wilkinson for the kit. Be sure to follow us on social media to see updates as Kayla begins to build this guitar. There's no Song of the Week this week, but you can find all of our past picks in our Spotify Song of the Week Playlist at https://bit.ly/distortedops_songoftheweek. You can also find our Song Review playlist at https://bit.ly/distortedops_songreview. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/support

It's 2022! Hard to believe 2021 flew by. Join us as we talk about some of the best and worst in music for 2021 as well as a few things that we're looking forward to in 2022. Find our Spotify Song of the Week playlist at bit.ly/distortedops_songoftheweek. You can also find our Song Review playlist at bit.ly/distortedops_songreview. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/support

Join Kayla, Matt and Quicia as they talk about some of their holiday favorites. Since this episode is dropping on Christmas night, it might be a bit late to check out our holiday playlist, but if you listened to last year's playlist, we added some songs to that same playlist for this year. If you're following us on social media, you probably found our playlist before Christmas night. If not, you can find it at bit.ly/distortedops_holidayplaylist. Find out Spotify Song of the Week playlist at bit.ly/distortedops_songoftheweek. You can also find our Song Review playlist at bit.ly/distortedops_songreview. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/support

This week, Kayla and Ted are joined by local singer/songwriter Jay Graham. We talk to Jay about his album "Better Days," what got him into playing guitar, and how his career has taken a bit of a turn toward teaching music recently. Be sure to check out Jay's music on his website at jaygmusic.com. As always, find our Spotify Song of the Week playlist at https://bit.ly/distortedops_songoftheweek. We also have a playlist for our Song Review segment, which you can find at https://bit.ly/distortedops_songreview. Note that Jay's music isn't on Spotify, so if you want to check out any of the tracks off of his album "Better Days," be sure to visit his website linked above. Kayla also talks about Jay's cover of "Use Somebody," which is available on ReverbNation at reverbnation.com/jgrahammusic. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/support

Join Kayla and Quicia as they discuss another one of Kayla's awesome TikTok finds - the music of Colm R. McGuinness. Talk about fantastic. This man is truly a one man band. Be sure to check out Colm's music. You can find his YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSp2nvM27htoOTD1Cq05N5g. As always, you can find our Spotify Song of the Week playlist at https://bit.ly/distortedops_songoftheweek. We also have a Song Review playlist which can be found at https://bit.ly/distortedops_songreview. We hope to add more songs to that soon. If you're an artist or know someone who might want us to listen to their song and discuss it on a show, reach out to us! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/support

Join us for an update on Kayla's Parker fretboard situation. It's good news, at least for now. We also talk about using half dead 9V batteries in effect pedals. Are you a fan of using half dead batteries in your pedals? Let us know. We also dive back into some more music finds on TikTok. Find our Spotify Song of the Week Playlist at https://bit.ly/distortedops_songoftheweek. We also have a playlist for our song review segment. Not too many songs in there yet, but we hope to add more as we get more submissions from artists. Check that out at https://bit.ly/distortedops_songreview. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/support

Join Kayla and Quicia as they continue their discussion about discovering new music/artists on social media and Spotify. This week, we talk about Cam Steen and his hand pan music as well as David Michael Frank. We also side trip into some discussion about figure skating music. Find our Spotify Song of the Week playlist at https://bit.ly/distortedops_songoftheweek. We also have a new playlist for our Song Review segment. There isn't much in there yet, but you can find that playlist at https://bit.ly/distortedops_songreview. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/support

Join us as Kayla shares the latest saga with her Parker fretboard...Coming unglued! We also do our first official song review segment! Special thanks to Ken Macy for submitting his song "Back Roads" off of his album "Campfire Songs" for us to discuss. Such a great tune. Head Ken's website at kenmacymusic.com for more info about Ken. As always, find our Spotify Song of the Week playlist at https://bit.ly/distortedops_songoftheweek. We've also got a new playlist for our song review segment. Find all of the songs we discuss during that segment at https://bit.ly/distortedops_songreview. There are only a few songs in there at the moment, but we hope to see this list grow as we get more submissions from artists. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/support

This week, Kayla was joined by Jim Horsman, co-founder of Guitar League, and Paul Murphy, Chapter Leader for the Central MA Chapter of Guitar League. We talked about how Guitar League was started, the meeting format, and how you can start your own Guitar League chapter if there isn't one near you! Find out more about Guitar League at https://www.guitarleague.com/. No Song of the Week this week, but you can find our past picks on our Spotify Song of the Week playlist at https://bit.ly/distortedops_songoftheweek. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/support

This one is a hot button topic. We discuss what we feel has been the best decade for music. Do you agree? Are we wildly off base? Send us an email at distortedopinionsshow@gmail.com, leave us a message on our Anchor page at anchor.fm/distortedopinions, or leave a comment on any of our social media accounts. Find our Spotify Song of the Week playlist at https://bit.ly/distortedops_songoftheweek. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/support

Join Kayla and Quicia as they talk about discovering new/lesser-known artists through TikTok and other social media platforms as well as Spotify's recommended songs. Also, when is it too soon to be hearing Christmas/holiday tunes in stores and on the radio? Find our Spotify Song of the Week playlist at https://bit.ly/distortedops_songoftheweek. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/support

The gang talks about guitarists who have gone off to do solo projects, mainly Mark Tremonti and John 5. We also share our thoughts on Nickelback and apparently there's some new Limp Bizkit circulating the interwebs. As always, find our Spotify Song of the Week playlist at https://bit.ly/distortedops_songoftheweek. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/support

Join Kayla and Matt as they talk about the September Guitar League Central MA meeting. We discuss guest guitarist Scott Babineau and his cover of Toto's Africa which is a must see/hear cover. We shared the video over on the Distorted Opinions Facebook page, so be sure to go check it out. We also go into a bit of a gear talk and discuss loop pedals, something which seems to be a common piece of gear, particularly for gigging acoustic guitarists. As always, find our Spotify Song of the Week playlist at https://bit.ly/distortedops_songoftheweek. Don't forget to go subscribe to our YouTube channel so we can get Matt to play the Home Depot theme on his guitar at a Home Depot. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/support

Kayla, Matt and Quicia continue the discussion from a previous episode. We talk about some unexpected finds on our Soundhound playlists and hear about the lengths that Matt and Quicia have gone to find the title of a song they've heard in a store. We've also got a challenge and we need your help! If we can get 100 subscribers over on our YouTube channel (search for Distorted Opinions on YouTube), Matt will film himself playing the Home Depot jingle at a Home Depot. If we can 150 subscribers, he'll do it wearing skin tight shorts/tank top and his wife's Ugg boots. I guess we'll leave it up to our audience to decide whether or not that 150 subscriber reward is truly an incentive or not. Haha! As always, find out Spotify Song of the Week playlist at https://bit.ly/distortedops_songoftheweek. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/support

Quicia joins Kayla as a guest host on this episode and they talk about discovering new music in unexpected places. Said places range from video games to commercials to the grocery store. Find our Spotify Song of the Week Playlist at https://bit.ly/distortedops_songoftheweek. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/support

It's that time of year! Football season is here! This week, we discuss some memorable, favorite, and least favorite Super Bowl halftime shows. We also share who our dream half time show performers would be. As always find our Spotify Song of the Week playlist at https://bit.ly/distortedops_songoftheweek. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/support

Join Kayla and Quicia as they talk about Kayla's recent visit to the Guitar League of Central MA monthly meeting. We also take a deep dive into the story behind the Distorted Opinions theme song. Quicia steps up on the soap box and shares her thoughts on the recent lawsuit over Nirvana's Nevermind album cover. Find our Spotify Song of the Week playlist at https://bit.ly/distortedops_songoftheweek. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/support

Quicia once again guest hosts this episode with Kayla. We have all kinds of music related discussion in this episode. We review our first local song in a new, yet to be named segment. We also talk about Rick Beato and Bobby Huff's music YouTube channels. Both YouTubers do a phenomenal job of breaking down some classic tunes. You can find Rick's channel at www.youtube.com/c/RickBeato and Bobby's channel at https://bit.ly/yt_bobbyhuff. As always, you can find our Spotify Song of the Week playlist at https://bit.ly/distortedops_songoftheweek. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/support

Does album art sell albums? Is album art even still relevant given the way we consume music in today's world? Kayla and Ted discuss their takes and talk about some memorable album covers. Find our Spotify Song of the Week playlist at https://bit.ly/distortedops_songoftheweek. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/support

Kayla and Quicia sit down to discuss summer concerts in the current climate and eventually navigate into discussion about songs on their summer playlists. Of course, there's some re-visit of their discussion from the MTV 40th episode where they discussed the video for A-ha's "Take on Me" and a random conversation that Quicia had with another shopper at the grocery store thanks to the song playing in the store. Find our Spotify Song of the Week Playlist at https://bit.ly/distortedops_songoftheweek. If you're interested in checking out the Summer Rewind playlist that Kayla and Quicia talk about during this episode, you can find that at https://bit.ly/kaylasummerplaylist. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/support

The Distorted Opinions crew actually met up in the wild for the recent Guns 'N' Roses concert at Fenway Park. In this episode, we discuss our thoughts on the show. Find our Spotify Song of the Week playlist at https://bit.ly/distortedops_songoftheweek. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/support

Join Kayla and special guest host, Quicia, as they discuss MTV's 40th Anniversary. They talk about memorable music videos and music shows and the evolution of MTV going from a music network to a more reality TV network. As always, find our Spotify Song of the Week playlist at https://bit.ly/distortedops_songoftheweek. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/support

We've all had that moment. You hear a song on the radio and think, "I'm pretty sure I've heard this song before." In this episode, we talk about songs that sound the same and there are a lot of them. We also give our takes on sampling. As always, find our Spotify Song of the Week playlist at https://bit.ly/distortedops_songoftheweek. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/support

Would you still go see a band if a key member left? Who would you consider to be a key member of a band? We discuss our take in this episode. Find our Spotify Song of the Week playlist at https://bit.ly/distortedops_songoftheweek. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/support

Have you ever noticed that it seems like there are only a handful of guitar body shapes? In this episode, we discuss our thoughts on why this might be. What are your thoughts? As always, find our Spotify Song of the Week Playlist at https://bit.ly/distortedops_songoftheweek. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/support

This week, we're joined by Eli, otherwise known as LeftyROFL on Twitch. We hear some great stories about Eli's time playing in a punk band, talk about punk/hardcore music, and much more in this episode...Including some discussion about venues with great bathrooms in the Denver area. Be sure to check out Eli's Twitch streams at https://www.twitch.tv/leftyrofl. Find our Spotify Song of the Week playlist at https://bit.ly/distortedops_songoftheweek. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/support

Join Kayla and Matt as they talk about some of the differences between acoustic amps and electric amps. No Song of the Week this week, but you can find our past picks on the Spotify playlist at https://bit.ly/distortedops_songoftheweek. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/support

Does owning more expensive gear make you a better musician? Join us as we talk about this and other misconceptions that new musicians, particularly guitarists, often have. Find our Spotify Song of the Week playlist at https://bit.ly/distortedops_songoftheweek. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/support

Join Ted and Matt as they discuss all things electronic drums in this month's Gear Talk. No Song of the Week this week, but as always, you can find our past picks on our Spotify playlist at https://bit.ly/distortedops_songoftheweek. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/support