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Buick Audra joins Let's Talk Memoir for a conversation about her new album and companion memoir in essays Conversations with My Other Voice, the importance of protecting our work from judgment, being an abuse survivor, how she views regret, and the tool she used when deciding which details to share about others and which to leave out. Also in this episode: -why writing about the abuse she suffered does not retraumatize her -how misogyny has impacted her art and career -a closer look at why sharing our voice matters Books mentioned in this episode: To Throw Away Unopened by Viv Albertine The Part That Burns by Jeannine Ouellette What Do We Need Men For by E. Jean Carroll I Remember Nothing by Nora Ephron I Feel Bad About My Neck by Nora Ephron Buick Audra is a Grammy-award-winning musician and writer living in Nashville, TN. She is the guitarist and primary songwriter and vocalist in the melodic heavy duo, Friendship Commanders. Her new album, Conversations with My Other Voice, was released on September 23rd, 2022. The album is accompanied by a memoir in essays by the same name. Connect with Buick: Website: https://www.buickaudra.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/buickaudra/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/buickaudramusic Twitter: https://twitter.com/buickaudra Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs25KbPeA2MD8z3sTUTCMRw Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@buickaudra Listen to Buick: https://buickaudra.bandcamp.com https://open.spotify.com/artist/349pAReW5Ad2bzV5nnGxjO?si=Cl-UJarYRV2lR-2F7AgbAQ https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/62698973-conversations-with-my-other-voice Buy the album & book together: https://buickaudra.bandcamp.com/album/conversations-with-my-other-voice Buy the book: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/conversations-with-my-other-voice-buick-audra/1142389645?ean=9798218066574 https://www.booksamillion.com/p/Conversations-My-Other-Voice/Buick-Audra/9798218066574?id=8650666689319 https://www.amazon.com/Conversations-My-Other-Voice-Essays/dp/B0BGSNTQTB/ref=sr_1_23 -- Ronit Plank is a writer, teacher, and editor whose work has been featured in The Atlantic, The Washington Post, The New York Times, Writer's Digest, The Rumpus, American Literary Review, Hippocampus, The Iowa Review, and elsewhere. Her memoir WHEN SHE COMES BACK about the loss of her mother to the guru Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh and their eventual reconciliation was named a 2021 Best True Crime Book by Book Riot and was a Finalist in the National Indie Excellence Awards, the Housatonic Book Awards, and the Book of the Year Awards. Her fiction and creative nonfiction have been nominated for Pushcart Prizes, the Best of the Net, and the Best Microfiction Anthology, and her short story collection HOME IS A MADE-UP PLACE won Hidden River Arts' Eludia Award. She is creative nonfiction editor at The Citron Review and lives in Seattle with her family where she is working on her next book. More about Ronit: https://ronitplank.com More about WHEN SHE COMES BACK: https://ronitplank.com/when-she-comes-back/ More about HOME IS A MADE-UP PLACE: https://ronitplank.com/home-is-a-made-up-place/ Connect with Ronit: https://www.instagram.com/ronitplank/ https://twitter.com/RonitPlank https://www.facebook.com/RonitPlank Background photo: Canva Headshot photo credit: Sarah Anne Photography Theme music: Isaac Joel, Dead Moll's Fingers
Episode 486 is here, and our guest today has a super rad name and lives up to it! She isn't a car, but she is still super rad. Please clap hands for a fantastic Singer, songwriter, musician, and Grammy winner Buick Audra! Her new album "Conversations with My Other Voice" is out right now!!
It's been said so many times that it's become cliché…that music is a universal language, that it is one of the only things that unites people across cultural, physical, and socio-political dividing lines. Even so, a lot of bands seem shy away from addressing issues with their music for fear of alienating fans who may disagree with their beliefs, especially early in their careers. Bruce Springsteen can afford to lose a few people by taking a stand on something potentially polarizing, but for a young band in today's hyper competitive wild west of a music industry, singing about stuff that matters represents an added risk to their financial success…or does it?As you are about to find out, Nashville's Friendship Commanders is finding an audience by making music that matters. You will not find any party anthems in the impressive catalog of music they've released in the 8 years they've been together. Instead, they choose to tackle issues like sexism, abuse, alienation, gas-lighting, objectification, racism, police brutality…, just to name a few. But what's unique about Friendship Commanders' approach is that Friendship Commanders' brand of ideological confrontation feels INCLUSIVE. I caught up with chief songwriter, guitarist, and vocalist, Buick Audra, and drummer Jerry Roe to learn more about their journey as artists, and what it's like to stand for something meaningful in today's crowded musical landscape. Please enjoy my conversation with Friendship Commanders.
Buick Audra is a Grammy-award-winning musician, writer, and activist living in Nashville. She is the guitarist, primary songwriter and vocalist in the melodic heavy duo, Friendship Commanders. She has a forthcoming full-length album called Conversations with My Other Voice, as well as an accompanying memoir. Not only is her music filled with courage, clarity and fire, but she is hilarious and helped us name the grocery bag in which you keep other grocery bags. FYI, it is now called a Monty.
Joining us this week is Buick Audra, a Grammy award winning musician, writer, and activist living in Nashville, TN. She is the guitarist, primary songwriter and vocalist in the melodic heavy duo, Friendship Commanders. The band recently released four singles “Stone Child” and “Your Reign is Over” last year to mark Indigenous Peoples Day, and most recently “Altar” and “Land of Men” . We caught up while she was on tour supporting these singles and en route to recording their third LP at God City with Kurt Ballou. In addition to discussing the singles at length, we dive into sources of inspiration for Buick's activism, the importance of elevating voices of those fighting for social justice and protest songs. Find Buick Audra & Friendship Commanders: Listen to Friendship Commanders Buick's Website Friendship Commanders Website Find Heavy Hops: Website (Listen to all episodes and access detailed show notes!) Facebook Instagram Twitter Support The Show By Donating Episode Art and HH Logo By: Bryn Gleason Audio editing, mix and mastering: Esben Willems / Studio Berserk Music by: Sam Cangelosi Please Subscribe to our podcast via your preferred listening platform. Rate and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts to help others find us! Support The Show By Donating. Give the gift of HH by sharing our episodes on social media! Small actions such as these go a long way in helping others find us!
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My guests today are Buick Audra and Jerry Roe of Friendship Commanders, a heavy duo from Nashville TN. Their new EP - HOLD ON TO YOURSELF released in April of 2020 follows their second LP, BILL, which they made with Steve Albini Electrical Audio. HOLD ON TO YOURSELF was tracked between Fort Knockout and Sound Emporium studios in Nashville TN. It was mixed by Kurt Ballou at GodCity in Salem MA and mastered by Brad Boatright at Audiosiege in Portland OR. In this body of songs, Friendship Commanders examines the world around them, their part in the problems and potential solutions, and even challenges the patriarchy. The release also gets personal and discusses what it looks like to be an adult who survived childhood trauma. The band’s primary songwriter, Buick Audra, is an abuse survivor and has chosen to dedicate this work to other survivors. Her outgoing message is summarized in the EP’s title. The phrase has been a personal mantra for Audra; she has a habit of writing it down every morning as a reminder. Buick and Jerry record and self produce their music and have created an immediately classic heavy punk rock sound. I’ve known Buick for years playing in other band settings and when I heard this record I knew we would want to learn more from Buick and Jerry about the process of writing, capturing, mixing, and mastering such a powerful sound. Thanks to our sponsors! JZ Microphones: https://usashop.jzmic.com PreSonus Studio One: https://www.presonus.com Spectra1964: https://www.spectra1964.com OWC: Other World Computing: https://www.OWC.com iZotope: https://www.izotope.com API Audio: http://www.apiaudio.com Soundporter Mastering: https://www.soundporter.com RSR Academy: http://RSRockstars.com/Academy Want to learn more about mixing? Get Free mix training with Lij at: http://MixMasterBundle.com Hear more on Youtube If you love the podcast, then please Leave a review on iTunes here CLICK HERE FOR SHOW NOTES AT: http://RSRockstars.com/265
In which we rock out to two songs by The Ableist: "Written In Red" (featuring Buick Audra of Friendship Commanders and Liss Waters Hyde) and "Aelita" (featuring Gilliang McGhee of HiHo). Hear more at https://theableist.bandcamp.com/. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jason-crane/message
In which we rock out to two songs by The Ableist: “Written In Red” (featuring Buick Audra of Friendship Commanders and Liss Waters Hyde) and “Aelita” (featuring Gilliang McGhee of HiHo). Hear more at https://theableist.bandcamp.com/. — This show is only possible because of people like you. Visit A Brief Chat's Patreon page and become a...
This episode of Fret Buzz features the Moore brothers from GoGo Buffalo, Ben Franks and Buick Audra from Friendship Commanders.Featured Instruments:1923 Martin 0-18 Stamped "Wolrine"1962 Gibson Les Paul Custom1958 Gretsch 6120Featured Musicians:Jeremy and Tyler Moorefacebook.com/gogobuffalobandBen Franksohiovalleysalvage.comfacebook.com/ohiovalleysalvageBuick Audrafriendshipcommandersband.comfacebook.com/friendshipcommandersCredits: Hosted By: Mike Reeder and William Weber Barista: Jonel StevensSponsered By:Mike's Music (mikesmusicohio.com)Branch Hill Coffee Co. (branchhillcoffeeco.com)Executive Producer: Mike Reeder Video Production and Editing: Mike Reeder and Elton Clifton Intro and Outro Music: Hot for Barista by William G. Weber Audio Production and Mixing: Elton Clifton and Mike WojtkiewiczSet Design and Creation: Mike Reeder Video Assistant: Jim Strong, Ross Caster and Silias ShepherdSpecial Thanks to Ross Van Pelt (Cincinnati State AV Students)
I sat down with Buick Audra and Jerry Roe from Friendship Commanders in the sunny kitchen of their Nashville home. I first saw Friendship Commanders when our bands played together earlier this summer. I have been a devoted fan ever since. Both Buick and Jerry survived difficult, unusual childhoods and found each other as adults. Together they have created an artistic and romantic partnership of mutual trust and protection. We talked about surviving and thriving, recording with Steve Albini, the travails of touring, and life on the road as a couple. You can hear Friendship Commanders and see a list of their tour dates here: https://friendshipcommanders.bandcamp.com/ You can read the Elizabeth Bishop poem, 'One Art', which Buick referenced in the question about loss, here: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47536/one-art
Hello Everyone! Welcome to a new episode of Rock Your Lyrics - Backstage! We will give you full access to exclusive interviews with artists from all over the planet during their tour across the world! Today we interviewed Buick Audra singer and songwriter of the Nashville band Friendship Commanders . Stay tuned for more new music and backstage interviews! In the meantime, for more info on Friendship Commanders, please visit www.friendshipcommandersband.com
Tom, Chris and Ariel sit down with Nashville-based musician Buick Audra of "Friendship Commanders" to get some insight into the life of a working musician in today's grueling entertainment industry. Featuring a clip from Friendship Commanders' song "Animals Of Pride" of the album "DAVE."
This week we bring in the Ides Of March with the always outspoken and musically savage Buick Audra from Friendship Commanders. We’ll chat about that fine line between music and activism, the creative process behind their newest album “Dave” and a little about how their brand of socially conscious punk rock goes over in the deep south. So join Saucey, Odell, and Buick for all the Musical Rock Sugar we can Verbally A-T-T-A-C-K into your Diseased Little EarHoles!