Live At Five

Steve Araujo consults and works with many companies within the music industry, sharing his expertise in marketing and product development. He is a highly respected musician within the community and has the insight and experience that many don't possess. Steve also knows all aspects of media marketing, from video and podcast production, talent coordination and managing media projects from conception to completion. He also collaborates with the music industries most respected manufacturers on the development of new products. Steve's brand and website, The Bass Hang, has also become a marketing vehicle for many manufacturers and companies in the music industry, helping promote and bring new products to the public. The Bass Hang also provides real-world feedback when manufacturers need critique and testing on new products. The Bass Hang has become a huge Internet presence and influences thousands of musicians all over the world. The Bass Hang also provides gear reviews, interviews, and articles to keep bass players up to speed on what's happening in the world of bass. The Bass Hang visits events such as Bass Player Live, The NAMM Show, and Bassacre to provide up-to-date information about the latest products and events of interest to bass players and musicians. - Live At Five is an Anchor Eighty Four Media original. Hosted by Skeez Nava and Produced by Cody Jones. --- 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/liveatfive/message

Vinnie Fiorello is best known as a founding member and drummer for the iconic punk/ska band Less Than Jake. Filled with the entrepreneurial spirit he was a co-founder of Fueled By Ramen Records before creating Paper & Plastic Records and LOST Music Collective. - Live At Five is an Anchor Eighty Four Media original. Hosted by Skeez Nava and Produced by Cody Jones. --- 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/liveatfive/message

Stymie is, in my humble opinion, a musical genius and represents the spirit of San Francisco more than any landmark when I think about the city. His ability to hear a sound, or mentally visualize an idea for a song is incredible. I first met Stymie when I joined Stymie and The Pimp Jones Orchestra on bass, and he also is part of the band Soul Ska. In this episode we talk about his upbringing in Hollywood, his artistic ventures, and his past and current songwriting projects. - Live At Five is an Anchor Eighty Four Media original. Hosted by Skeez Nava and Produced by Cody Jones. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/liveatfive/message

Keith Stickney is the founder, owner, and inventor of Tsunami Cables. A premier instrument and audio cable company based out of Temecula, CA. Tsunami Cables has grown tremendously in the last few years with having artist world wide including Tony Puleo (Blue Man Group), Steve Araujo, Uriah Duffy (White Snake), and yours truly Skeez Nava. We talk about life, the beginnings of Tsunami, and Keith's newest addition to the line up; a game changing pre-amp for bassists, guitarists, and audio enthusiasts alike. - Live at 5 is an Anchor Eighty Four Media original. Hosted by Skeez Nava and Produced by Cody Jones. --- 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/liveatfive/message

Rick Deputy is a multi-talented figure in the music community. From plying drums with Tommy Tutone, to running live sound for Los Lobos; Rick has a wealth of knowledge, experience, and the stories to back them up. - Live at 5 is an Anchor Eighty Four Media original. Hosted by Skeez Nava and Produced by Cody Jones. --- 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/liveatfive/message

Josh Paul is a bass guitarist best known as an original member of the band Daughtry. As of 2019, he remains a member and has played on all five of their studio albums. Prior to that, at the age of 18, he joined thrash/punk band Suicidal Tendencies. Other notable work includes his soul/rock side project Bobby Church, and contributions to a diverse range of bands and artists such as (Suicidal Tendencies funk metal offshoot band) Infectious Grooves, Everlast, Kelly Osbourne, The Veronicas, and Ashley Parker Angel. - Live at 5 is an Anchor Eighty Four Media original. Hosted by Skeez Nava and Produced by Cody Jones. --- 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/liveatfive/message

Uriah Duffy is a Bassist, Producer and Musical Director. Besides being considered one of the worlds well renowned bassists, he has the ability to absorb and understand the music he is exposed to, spanning genres with remarkable authenticity. Uriah toured with Whitesnake for five years all over the world, and had performed with hip-hop icons The Coup and Japanese rapper Lyrics Born, as well as legendary Too $hort. - Live at 5 is an Anchor Eighty Four Media original. Hosted by Skeez Nava and Produced by Cody Jones. --- 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/liveatfive/message

Serg Dimitrijevic is a ripping guitar player, and currently tours as the guitarist for the legendary Earth Wind and Fire! Beyond that, Serg has his own band with Kristian Attard (guest on Episode 3) called Intergalactix, he also writes and composes music for film and TV, and is an all around amazing person. In this episode, we get to hear about his early influences, making the move from Australia to the U.S. , Intergalactix, and of course; how he came to be part of the EW&F crew. --- 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/liveatfive/message

My new intro song for the podcast is finally here, and I am so stoked to share it with you all! To celebrate, I thought I'd share a little backstory with you all about it, and how I was able to collaborate with Serg Dimitrijevic from Earth Wind and Fire involved for an absolutely killer guitar track and solo! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/liveatfive/message

Hailing from Los Angeles by way of south Florida, Michael Kaiser is a singer-songwriter known for his somber and soulful musical delivery. Taking influence from artists old and new, Michael's melodies settle somewhere between Damien Rice and Leif Vollebekk often reading like poems. Settling in to Los Angeles just a short time ago, Michael has landed performances onto some of the city's most coveted stages including multiple stints at The Hotel Cafe, Desert Nights, Pappy and Harriets, The Satellite, and Highland Park Bowl to name a few. Michael's debut EP, Hello Coyote, is available now as of Jan 22, 2021 on all streaming platforms. “Hello Coyote brings together all of my muses: family, friendships, romance and the summer nights in any place on earth where it's warm enough to feel it in your bones. Over the last few years, writing and making music became my reasons for keeping on, and these songs are attempts to find the rhythm in life's changes and in life's heartache, and the coyotes, still running through the hills.” - Live at 5 is an Anchor Eighty Four Media original. Hosted by Skeez Nava and Produced by Cody Jones. --- 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/liveatfive/message

As co-founder of the heavy-hitting institution Fishbone, John Norwood Fisher is one bad mother funker who has been breaking down barriers and innovating the sound waves of funk, punk, soul, metal, reggae, and ska music since 1979. Fishbone's seven full-length albums and slew of live records and EPs have steered the course of alternative music for over three decades, and a lot of that can be attributed to the funky and percussive slapping and finger work that has become Norwood's trademark. Norwood is also the founder of Trulio Disgracious, he's an avid surfer, snowboarder, and board member of the Watts Conservatory of Music. Live at 5 is an Anchor Eighty Four Media original. Hosted by Skeez Nava and Produced by Cody Jones. --- 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/liveatfive/message

Tim McCaffrey is the primary singer/songwriter/guitarist for the rock band, Three To Get , the Americana string trio Ragland, McCaffrey and LaRoche and the instrumental rock/funk band The Neighborhood Sound. Growing up in San Jose, California, Tim started off as a drummer playing in multiple bands throughout the bay area. For a short stent in the late 90s Tim was a sessions drummer for the Young Studio located in the Inland Empire. After his first child was born, Tim moved to the Central Sierra near Yosemite to settle down and raise his family, but music always called. In 2011 Tim Joined the acoustic band The Little Fuller Band (as rhythm guitarist and primary singer/songwriter). Quickly the band caught fire and they found themselves traveling the world. When the band ultimately ended Tim, following the lead of one of his songwriting influences, moved from string-band to electric and started Three To Get (a unique yet familiar throw back sound to the rock and roll of the late 60s early 70s with a slight prog vibe). - Live at 5 is an Anchor Eighty Four Media original. Hosted by Skeez Nava and Produced by Cody Jones. --- 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/liveatfive/message

Michael Klooster—keyboardist, producer, song writer, and composer is a Nor-Cal artist who relocated to Nashville by way of Los Angeles. Michael is the keyboardist for the band Smash Mouth since 1997, and spends much of his off-the-road time in the studio and on various live projects. Michael also is an singer/songwriter who fronts his own band, KLOOSTER with a rotating cast of members from Michael's career. Live at 5 is an Anchor Eighty Four Media original. Hosted by Skeez Nava and Produced by Cody Jones. --- 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/liveatfive/message

Garnering four Latin GRAMMY nominations, two wins, six EMMY Nominations and one win for their work on the EMMY award winning PBS show “Lishy Lou and Lucky Too” - husband and wife duo Lucky Diaz and Alisha Gaddis; The Lucky Band (formally known as Lucky Diaz and the Family Jam Band) has solidified their place in children's music. Named ‘THE face of kindie music' by the Washington Post, ‘SUPERSTARS' by Red Tricycle, ‘The Rolling Stones of Kids Music' by the Style Network, and PEOPLE Magazine called their album “The #1 in COOLEST kids music!”They create indie music sounds that are rooted in their whimsical child-friendly imaginations. Billboard Magazine calls The Lucky Band a Children's Music Artists You Should Know. Live at 5 is an Anchor Eighty Four Media original. Hosted by Skeez Nava and Produced by Cody Jones. --- 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/liveatfive/message

123Hailing from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; Alone I Walk was born from the creative mind of François Courcelles. After brother Pascal Courcelles' own band separated, he joined his brother Franky in what would become a soon to be iconic musical partnership. Bringing a wide range of energetic and hooky rhythms to their sound, Alone I Walk ties together a strong and emotive vocal delivery by frontman/guitarist François Courcelles; while Pascal (drums/vocals) lends his impactful harmonies to their sound both live and on record. Signing to Los Angeles based label Anchor Eighty Four Records during the winter of 2018, Alone I Walk traveled to Los Angeles shortly after, tapping producer Johnny Liu (In Her Own Words, Slaves, Slowtrip) to help elevate the demos they had written for their label debut in a way that none of them could have imagined. Being a duo, Franky and Pascal played every instrument and sung every line on the new EP themselves bringing and unmatched cohesive sound to each song that only two people truly connected could have achieved. Having opened for large acts such as PVRIS, Silverstein, and Rarity in Canada and touring the U.S. multiple times; Alone I Walk released their label debut EP, The Hardest Years Yet, in September 2019. The EP amassed a great deal of press coverage, and saw AIW tour the U.S and Canada multiple times. Live at Five is an Anchor Eighty Four Media original. Hosted by Skeez Nava and Produced by Cody Jones. --- 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/liveatfive/message

Starting his lifelong love-affair with music at age 6, Kristian studied with some of Sydney's top jazz musicians; completing a diploma at the Australian Institute of Music before moving to California in 2007 – where he soon after landed a full-time gig playing for legendary American rock band Heart. Kristian has also recently toured and recorded with Jason Mraz, Ceelo Green, Heart, Jessie J, Zedd, Mike Posner, Boy George, The Madden Brothers, Sugar Ray, Smash Mouth, Avril Lavigne, Bass Chair for TV show The Voice Australia and new pop sensation Meghan Trainor. Live at 5 is an Anchor Eighty Four Media original. Hosted by Skeez Nava and Produced by Cody Jones. --- 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/liveatfive/message

A staple in the Boston Theater scene. With an inherently rhythmic soul, Tony Puleo incorporates spark and versatility into his bass playing. His adept fingering style, adaptability, and stage presence have garnered him an array of gigs from the position of touring bass player for Carly Simon to recording, and performing with Blue Man.Tony has had extensive training with Bruce Gertz from Berklee College of Music and Mike Turner and has himself has taught privately as well Tony has many years of studio work for musical artists as well as advertising/commercials, to live session work for bands throughout New England, New York and Europe. Live at 5 is an Anchor Eighty Four Media original. Hosted by Skeez Nava & Produced by Cody Jones --- 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/liveatfive/message