Drop the Needle in the Haystack!

Join Robby, Eric and Matt as they journey into the world of Forgotify! Today Eric starts the episode off by introducing us to Canadian duo Hellothisisalex! We listen to proto-lofi music that you can both chill and study to: “Working In A Small Tape Store” off of their album The Canadian Spelling Program. (3:35) Next, Robby introduces us to the unique voice of Eros Ramazzotti. We listen to The Sound Studio's album A Tribute to Eros Ramazzotti and the track “Stella gemella.” (14:15) Last, but certainly not least, Matt has us listen to the raw, Ben Folds-esque style vocals of Peter Squires off his track “Saturday Morning” on the album Woe Is Me. (27:52) Finally, find out what we listened to this week! (36:33)   Explicit Content Warning: Occasional Cursing   Sorry for the weird wind noise at the beginning of the show, it will be fixed next week! 

Join Robby, Eric and Matt as the venture forth into the world of Forgotify! This week Robby introduces us to the incredible punk sounds of Crimson Sweet! We listen to their song “No Hot on Cold” from their album Livin’ In Strut. (3:05) Next Matt introduces us to some beautiful Beatles arrangements. We listen to the State Slupsk Chamber Orchestra play “She’s Leaving Home” from their album Dancing With… The Beatles. (12:23) Finally, Eric introduces us to the folk sounds of Seth Hoffman, we listen to "Dancin’ With the Devil from the album Days Go By. (23:27) Finally, find out what we listened to this week! (32:00)   Explicit Content Warning: Occasional Cursing

Join Robby, Eric and Matt as they venture into the world of Forgotify! This week it’s Robby’s Birthday and so he kicks the episode off. He introduces us to the fantastic Freddy Fender’s “Breaking Up Is Hard To Do,” off of the album Voices of Americana: Crazy Cajun’s Cosmic Cowboys. (2:12) Next, Eric introduces us to the zen Americana sounds of “She Can’t Eat a Thing” by Samurai Bow off of their album Skin In The Game. (7:22) Matt then had a very exciting find! We get to hear “Slam Dunk,” a composition from movie and television composer Tim Heintz! (16:15) Finally, wrap up the episode by finding out what we listened to this week! (25:35)   Explicit Content Warning: Robby Curses sometimes! 

Join Robby, Eric and Matt as they venture into the world of Forgotify. This week Matt takes us to the land of his childhood; we learn all about the culture and idiosyncrasies of the people of Long Island as we listen to the single, “Long Island Girl I Am” by Below 14th Street: Pop3 (2:53). Next Eric introduces us to the striking, pop single, “Going Home” by the Norwegian artist, eroTicora (15:25). Finally, Robby introduces us to the artful, alternative rock, Danish band, No and the Maybes (what a great band name!). We listen to their track, “Soldier” off of their self titled album, No and the Maybes (24:35). Finally, find out what we listened to this week! (34:48). Stay tuned at the end of the episode and listen to us get off topic as we talk about the continual raising of the instrumental skill ceiling. Thanks for listening!    Explicit content warning: Robby Swears Sometimes. 

Join Robby, Eric, Matt and special guest Jordan VanHemert as they venture into the world of Forgotify! Matt is busy finishing a commission, so we are on break this week! But fortunately we have a deleted scene from our guest episode featuring Jordan VanHemert! Have fun getting to know the Swedish band Karma Tree as we listen to their track "I'm Over Here" off of their album Always Near. We will be back on our normal schedule next week!    

oin Robby, Eric and Matt as they venture into the world of Forgotify! This time we travel back in time to the 1970s! We listen to Bruce Ruffin’s hit, “I’m In the Thick of It” on his anthology Mad About You. (4:30) Next we listen to Eric’s eclectic pick. We all learn a new SAT word as we listen to Taken From Earth’s track “Indigent” off of their album Lookin’ For Uncle John. (18:27) Finally, Matt introduces us to Randalf Woolf’s Where the Wild Things Are, a beautiful modern ballet retelling of the famous children’s story. We dive specifically into “Max Misbehaves and is sent to his room with out his supper.” (29:06) Finally, find out what we listened to last week! (44:33)   Explicit Content Warning: Robby Swears!

Join Robby, Eric, Matt and special guest Dr. Jordan VanHemert! This is a special episode in that all the tracks we listen to are from Jordan’s new album “I Am Not A Virus.” We start the episode with introductions, (0:00) before moving on to give the title track of the album, I Am Not A Virus, a listen. (2:37) After a discussion concerning that track, we listen to Jordan’s incredible arrangement of the Korean folk song, Arirang. (25:11) The last track we listen to was one of those rare, truly special tracks that feels like it has always existed, we listen to Autumn Song. (49:08) Jordan then tells us a little about his upcoming projects! (58:54) Close out the podcast by finding what we listened to this week! (1:01:32)     Check out Jordan’s concert and fundraiser on April 8th, We Are Not A Virus.  (https://www.facebook.com/donate/143497054358492/)   Special thanks to Jordan for coming on the show! Get to know him better, check out his: Website: https://www.jordanvanhemert.com Facebook/IG: @jvanhemusic Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1ql5_vRzOpcyoE4ZlhN5HQ/about    

Join Robby, Eric and Matt as they venture forth into the realm of Forgotify. This week Robby starts the episode off by introducing us to the Brazilian singer and songwriter Amelinha! We listen to her incredible track Cintura Fina off the album "Flor Da Paisagem." (4:36) Next, Eric introduces us to the GarageBand artist Ken James! We listen to his single: 2 Good 2 B True. (14:40) Finally, Matt introduces us to another timeless single, I Hate Christmas, written by Christopher Coats. (29:16) Finally, find out what we listened to this week! (40:20)   Explicit Content: Robby swears occasionally.

Join Robby, Eric and Matt as they embark on a journey into the realm of Forgotify! This week Robby starts us off by introducing us to the Japanese Skate Rock band Blew. We listen to "Atmosphere" off of the album You're Not The Only One. (4:00) Next Eric introduces us to the Nigerian Idol sensation J'odie! We listen to her album African Woman and specifically the track, "Biko." (10:50) Finally, Matt introduces us to the topic of commercially produced music by introducing us to "Ski School 4" a Royalty Free Music track off their album Royalty Free Music, Vol 45. (30:31) Finally, find out what we listened to this week! (42:25)   Explicit Content Warning: Occasional Cursing

Join Robby, Eric and Matt as they once more venture into the world of Forgotify! This week Eric starts us off, we listen to Spanish group, Maybe Tonight's track "Hear the dawn" off of their album Weird Past. (1:30) Next, Robby takes us out West to listen to "Another Man's Grave" off of Scott Claassen's album Indo Sun and other American ballads. (13:20) Finally, with a little help from his friend Eric, Matt introduces us to pianist Joshua Piper's arrangement of "Blackbird" off of his album Broken Hearts On a Broken Piano. (24:23) We also listen to a bit of one of his original works, "I Feel Like 2020 Has Been Nuts" off his album Everyone's Stressed Right Now So I Hope This Helps. (28:30) Finally, wrap up the episode by finding out what we listened to this week! (40:45)   Explicit Content Warning: Occasional Cursing

Join Robby, Eric, Matt and this week our special guest professional piccoloist Lily Josefsberg as we jump into the world of Forgotify! We start the episode off with Lily's find, we listen to the British band, The Badgeman play "Make Me Feel" off of their album Kings of the Desert. (1:53) Next Robby introduces us to the Seattle based band Skeletons With Flesh On Them. We listen to their track "Same Moon" off of their album All The Other Animals. (17:36) Then listen to an interesting discussion on Lily's journey through the classical music world, a journey that eventually lead to playing with the New York Philharmonic! (30:53) All this and more, before wrapping the episode up with what we listened to this week! (57:12)   Don't forget to follow Lily and her baking adventures on IG! @bach_2_baking   Explicit Content Warning: Occasional Cursing  

Join Robby, Eric and Matt as they venture once more into the realm of Forgotify. This time for Season 2! This time we start out on the other side of the world! Matt introduces us to the music of Sufi Moon on their album “Sufi Moon.” We listen to the track Reason and Love. Dorey Bababuley Shah (1:00) Next Robby takes us back in time to 1980’s England to listen to Desolation by The Escape on their album Is "Nothing Sacred." (20:04) Finally, Eric introduces us to the track Peace Will Come Again by the mysterious French band In-Side on their album “Pills” (32:10) Finish out the episode by finding out what we listened to this week! (48:12)   Explicit Content Warning: Occasional Cursing

Join Robby, Eric and Matt as they journey into the realm of Forgotify! This week Robby starts us off! We listen to the Beatles-reminiscent “Christmas Boy” by the Spongetones on their album Mersey Christmas. (2:42) Next Matt introduces us to phasing, minimalistic brilliance of Glowing Rain Family's “Inverted Palms” on their album Gemstoned. (12:30) Finally, Eric shares with us an English band, The Parachute Men. We listen to their tracks “Earth, Dogs and Eggshells” as well as “Every Other Thursday” on their album, Earth, Dogs, And Eggshells! (22:16) Stick around to find out what we listened to this week! (44:05) Explicit Content Warning: Occasional Cursing

Join Robby, Eric and Matt as they journey into the realm of Forgotify! This week Matt starts the show, taking us back in time to the psychedelic rock sounds of the 1960's. We listen to Tripsichord on the album "The Narrow Gate" performed by Music Box. (1:30) Next, Eric introduces us to some Nu Metal; we listen to Pressure to Please on Through the Enemy's self-titled album, "Through the Enemy." (15:56) Finally, Robby introduces us to something truly unique! We return to the Smithsonian Folkway Recordings and we listen to a traditional Ethiopian song, I Beg You, Heart on the album "Music of the World's Peoples Vol. 5" (28:56) Finally, find out what we listened to this week! (41:18) Explicit Content Warning: Robby say's the "F-Bomb" a lot.

Join Robby, Eric, Matt and for one week only, special guest Adam O'Dell, as they venture into the realm of Forgotify! This week we listen to some music that left us at a loss for words, suffice it to say, it was nice! Check out Josh Joffen on his track "Josh Is In Love With A Dancer" on his album Postcard from Antigua. (2:15) Next we listen to something straight out of the music scene from 2009! Check out "Faketastic" on the album Bedroom-Dancing Anthems from the band Beatastic! (15:08) Then, get to know our guest, Adam as we delve into his past and current projects! We talk about his time as a mime!!!, actor, comedian, composer and musician and his most recent YouTube endeavors! (28:20) Finish out the episode by finding out what we all listened to this past week! (54:50)  Get to know our guest!Website: https://www.adamdodell.com/media.htmlIG: composermccomposerfaceFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/adamodellmusic/Twitter: https://twitter.com/composerfaceYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/c/AdamODell/featured Explicit Content Warning: Occasional Cursing

Join Robby, Eric and Matt as they journey into the land of Forgotify! This week we talk about the life of the absolute legend Howard Johnson, may he Rest In Peace. (2:30) Then Robby introduces us to the music of Canadian Country Music star Carroll Baker. We listen to "Wichita" on her album I'd Go Through It All Again. (5:10) Next Matt takes us on a trip to China to listen to the Indie Rock Band, Lonely China Band. We listen to the track "Qin" on their album Memoir! (16:50) Finally, Eric shares with us a song we normally expect from Matt. We listen to the Pop Punk sounds of Joshua Krohn, on his track "Just Breathe" from The Let It Out EP. (27:08) Finally, find out what we listened to this week! (36:54) Explicit Content Warning: Intermittent Cursing

Join Robby, Eric and Matt as they journey once more into the realm of Forgotify. First Robby introduces us to the R&B soulfulness of Solex on their album The B-Side as we listen to the track "Crazy4U." (3:06) Next Matt introduces us to some music that was created not to be heard? We listen to "Butterfly Woman" by Ben Tavera King, the Native Flute Ensemble and Jessita Reyes on their album Santa Fe Healings - Native Flute and Guitar for Yoga and Massage. (15:00) Finally, Eric introduces us to some Blues. We listen to Alice Stuart perform "Hard Time Killin' Floor" on her album Can't Find No Heaven. (27:38) Find out what we are recommending you listen to this week at: (36:20)! Explicit Content Warning: Occasional Swearing 

Join Robby, Eric and Matt as they embark on another Forgotify journey! This week they travel back in time to listen to songs of the American Revolution! We listen to The Committee of Correspondence perform "To the Ladies" on the album, The American Revolution in Song and Ballad. (2:35) Next Matt brings us back to the 2000's with some amazing undiscovered American Rock! We listen to "The Air We Breathe" by Nothing Ever Stays on Acoustic - EP. (15:30) Finally, we listen to some Uke and Guitar goodness from artist Tim "Too Slim" Langford. (31:40) The track is "Princeville Serenade" on the album Broken Halo! Wrap up the episode by finding out what we listened to this week! (41:08) Explicit Content Warning: Occasional Swearing

Join Robby, Eric and Matt as they venture once again into the world of Forgotify! Start the episode by learning about how to make Avocado Toast (3:08). Then we head out West to what is referred to as mountaineering Woodstock ! Journey with us to the Grand Teton’s to listen to Charlie Brown’s “39 Miles from the Ohio Line” and “Down in the Valley” on the album Teton Tea Party with Charlie Brown. (5:46) Next let’s head to Cuba; Robby introduces us to the amazing vocals of Xiomara Alfaro on the track “Luna Rosa” from the album Una Legend Cubana. (23:50) Finally, Matt takes us back in time to a musical genre we all remember from the late 2000s!  We listen to “Always” by Josh Funk on the album The Face You Show Your Enemies. (37:30) Then find out what we listened to this week! (45:45)  Explicit Content Warning: Occasional Cursing.

Join Robby, Eric and Matt as they embark on an early holiday journey to the land of Forgotify! Today's episode features British musician Matt Whistler's single, "Merry Christmas Everyone." (3:40) Then we go retro, Robby presents his find, "Hark the Herald, 8-bit Angels Sing" by Songs Made For You on the album Digital Christmas. (17:00) Finally, we listen to a classic performed by The Rock and Roll Snowcats! "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" on their album, Rock 'n' Roll Christmas (Greatest Hits). (25:04) End the episode by finding out what we listened to this week! (41:58) Explicit content warning: Occasional cursing, and a discussion about the hilarity of sexually suggestive Santa songs. 

Join Robby, Eric and Matt as they mourn the death of Forgotify. Gone too soon, they bring forth one last round of finds. First we listen to the Chicago based group, The Skinny as they perform "J-Rock" on their album Dig On It. (2:35) Next Eric takes us into the realm of Duke Silver. We listen to "Why" by Boogie Bone on their album Pro-Bone-O (14:18) Finally Matt brings us a beautiful recitative. "'Twill be a painful separation" sung by Jennifer Lane on the album Own the Pow'r of Harmony! (24:48). Find out what we listened to this week at (40:24)! Explicit content warning: Occasional cursing, discussion concerning the origin of the saxophone as a sexual icon. 

Join Robby, Eric, Matt and this week, special guest James Edge of James Edge and the Mindstep!  We start this week off with Robby throwing us a curveball! Pleasantly surprised by the Reggae vibes given off on Rick Dinsmore's track "You Always Want What You Can't Have" on his album Texas Highway we attempt to dissect what makes it sound so Reggae! (1:56) Then we listen to the poppy, hip-hop London based artist Akira the Don's "Living in the Future 2," on his Album Living in the Future. (12:49) Finally, join us as James Edge takes us on a trip through his musical journey, his life, his inspirations and so much more! (22:30) A little about the artist:After moving to London and starting to gig in 2006, James Edge formed James Edge and the Mindstep to record 2010 debut album ‘In The Hills, The Cities’. The working relationships he built around this time would provide him with some dependable collaborators, including regular engineer and occasional co-producer Tom Aitkenhead. A highlight of these sessions was working with string arranger Robert Kirby (Nick Drake, Paul Weller, The Magic Numbers) on the song 'Becoming'. Find out more about James, listen to his music and follow him at the following links:https://www.jamesedgeandthemindstep.comhttps://www.facebook.com/jamesedgeandthemindstep/https://soundcloud.com/jamesedgeandthemindstephttps://twitter.com/andthemindstep?lang=en 

Join Robby, Eric and Matt as they travel into the world of Forgotify to discover lost music! To start the podcast, enjoy some entertaining stories of names being forgotten. (0:24) Then enjoy the gift Eric gives Matt as we listen to German oboe virtuoso Burkhard Glaetzner perform Giuseppe Ferlandis's "Oboe Concerto No. 1 in F Major." (6:20) Matt certainly gives us some incredible insight into the world of Oboe playing. Next Robby hits us with something totally different, we listen to the incredibly syncopated, vocal dance mix, My Mind Made Up on the album "Sonik Boom of Love" by Alexander East. (20:16) Then its time for Matt to shine again, introducing us (and educating us about) a throwback genre of Korean music called Trot. We listen to Choi Yeong Il's Maternal Affection on the album "Acoustic Pop Disco Melody." (29:23) Finally, find out what we listened to this week! (44:04) Make sure to tune in next week for a very special guest episode! Explicit warning: Occasional cursing.  

Join Robby, Eric, Matt and this week a special guest, Steve Crino as they travel into the land of Forgotify where a new gem is just around every browser refresh. We start our podcast off with some honky-tonk goodness with Chris Reeves's "A Real Good Year For Beer," on his album A Good Year For Beer. (1:29) Next we get to dive into Eric's favorite topics, the clarinet! We travel back in time and space to England to listen to Acker Bilk's "Here's That Rainy Day" on the album Feelings. (8:35) Then its time for a laugh! We listen to the track "Skin & Bone Jerome" by Steve Kern on the album Roadshow Records Independent Artists Volume 1. (24:29) Finally, lets listen to some incredible jazz played on the Tuba (what?!?!?!). Howard Johnson and Gravity performs "Svengali's Summer/Waltz" on the album Right Now! (32:46) After the music, find out about the awesome project Steve has been working on with the Podcast Opera Company (https://podcastoperacompany.com). (46:13) Finally, find out what we have been listening to this week! (48:10) About our guest:Steven is a doctoral candidate at the Peabody Conservatory, where he also completed degrees in Composition (M.M.) and Theory Pedagogy (M.M.), studying with Michael Hersch and Kevin Puts. His music has been performed by ensembles and soloists, such as Peter Sheppard Skaerved, The Podcast Opera Company, The Philadelphia Experimental Theatre Ensemble, The Temple Composer’s Orchestra, and The Temple University Singers. Find out more about Steve and listen to some of his music at: http://www.stevencrino.com/about.html. Explicit Content Warning: Sporadic swearing, adult themes. 

Join Robby, Eric and Matt for a fantastic episode of new Forgotify finds. This week we travel to Appalachia to listen to some incredible Appalachian Dulcimer playing. We listen to Sam Rizzetta's Carolan's Farewell to Music on the album "Bucks and Does" (1:58). Then we unexpectedly find a pleasant singer-songwriter demo album. We listen to John Mooney's The Devil and Me on the album "What You Deserve (Demo)" (10:34). Finally, we travel across the pond, all the way to London, to listen to James Edge and the Mindstep perform Where We're Going To on their album "In the Hills, The Cities." A truly incredible track and not to be missed! (16:38) Finally, wrap up the episode by finding out what we are listening to this week! (24:08)

Join Robby, Eric and Matt as they journey back in time and space to the turn of the 20th century in Scotland. Here they listen to some old Dreg songs retrieved from wax cylinders previously thought lost! (1:23) "Fire Down Below," performed by Bob Walzer and friends on the album When Our Ship Comes Home. Next we listen to something that was somewhat of a mystery! Keegan Theo's "Tickle Fraine on his album Peace of Pi Volumes 1 & 2. (12:35) Finally, we've got another boppin' country track with David Simmons and Jimmy Bryant's "WWW Dot Com" on their album Hay Uncle Sam! (21:57) Eric forgets what he's going to say at (28:35). Finally, hear what we listened to this week! (30:50) Explicit Content Warning: Very light swearing and pointing out some suggestive song lyrics from Hay Uncle Sam! 

Join Robby, Eric, Matt and for the first time ever, a special guest, (Chelsea de Souza) as they journey into the realm of the forgotten. This week the crew travels to the UK to listen to the comedic genius of Russ Abbot on his track "Only One Man." (2:07) Next it's time to head to Boston to get a little funky, we listen to "My Turn" by Miss Fairchild. (12:36) After that it's time to take a trip to New York City, where we discover a surprising genre fusion, Ragtime Trip-Hop! We listen to Mark Birnbaum's title track on his album "Ragtime Trip-Hop." (22:00) Finally we take a trip into the past to hear some Blues. Willie Headen performs, "You Can Be Replaced." (33:00)  Finally, find out what we listened to this week! (38:59) About the guest!Chelsea de Souza is a multi award winning pianist and Steinway Young Artist hailing from Mumbai, India. She is well versed as a performer in music from all genres and holds degrees from the Oberlin College and Conservatory, Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University and is currently pursuing her DMA at the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University. Her music has been heard by audiences around the world, find out more about her on her website at: https://www.chelseadesouza.com!  

Join Robby, Eric and Matt on their musical journey around the world! Listen to the funky synths of Norwegian artist Jonny Yen Bang's "I Must Be Wrong." (4:34) Next, the crew heads over to Brussels to hear the Oxalys ensemble perform Max Reger's "Clarinet Quintet in A Major." (10:34) Finally, we bring it on home to the heartland with Dan Hart's brilliant "To Write a Country Song." (23:15) Don't forget to find out what else we listened to this week! (30:08)

Join Robby, Eric and Matt as they explore more works from the Forgotify web application! This week we listen to Darren Rhodes "Look Up," a song that caught us all by surprise! (0:40) Then we listen to some spooky jazz on 'Ghosts," performed by Andy West, Henry Kaiser, John French, and Michael Maksymenko. (8:50) Finally we find out about The Bloodshot Gamblers and the agreement they made on the song "Start Again." (17:26) Wrap the podcast up by finding out what we listened to this week! (24:50)

Join Robby, Eric and Matt as they explore more works from the Forgotify web application! This week we travel to Bulgaria to hear Jim, Gem, Jam performed by famed pianist Milcho Leviev and the incredible Kaval player Theodosii Spassov (0:46). Then we join Denim Dan on his track Lonely Man Denim Dan as he takes us on the journey of a man in search of love (14:15). Finally, we take a trip to Queens, New York to join Not Amused on a track that decries the use of headwear, I Don't Like Your Hat (21:50). Find out what we are listening to in general this week at (31:45)!  

Join Robby, Eric and Matt as they explore more works from the Forgotify web application! This week we travel to Stockholm, Sweden to listen to some Gemini Five's, Babylon Rockets (1:15), then to Utah to hear a song written by Janice Kapp Perry and GOP Senator Orrin Hatch, Heal Our Land (10:10), and finally down to New Orleans to listen to Cousin Joe's How Come My Dog Don't Bark? (24:20). We wrap it all up by talking about what we are listening to this week! (34:15)

Join Robby, Eric and Matt as they explore new works from the Forgotify web application! This week we talk about H.O.T.Z's Drive Me Crazy at 2:30. Hellvete's De Gek at 12:20 and finally Ernst Bacon's Pigtown Fling at 23:05. Stick around to hear what else we have been listening to this week at 39:43!

Episode 1 of a podcast created to celebrate music making both big and small! Join Robby, Eric and Matt as we listen to unplayed tracks on Spotify via the Forgotify web app! Tracks/Artists listened to in this episode:Never Gonna Have A Real Career - Oh, that PatrickMake Each Moment - Craig DonaldsonStep Into This Life - Moodak Follow the "Drop the Needle in the Haystack" playlist on Spotify to find all the tracks listened to on our Podcast!