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Yellow Red Sparks (@yellowredsparks) is a singer-songwriter, husband and father of 4 from Orange County, California. We sat down to talk about music, culture, Christianity and political polarisation. How we can bridge the divide and create unity in an increasingly crazy world? Follow Zuby - @zubymusic Follow Yellow Red Sparks - @yellowredsparks Zuby Website - zubymusic.com Team Zuby Official Store - teamzuby.com
“Yellow represents the mellow, the red is that fiery thing, and they create this spark of energy,” says Joshua Hanson when describing the song that gave way to a perfect band name, Yellow Red Sparks. The self-titled album explores the depth of these colors—and each shade in between—leaving us with a vivid soundtrack of the dualities we exist within daily: the quiet contemplation, the fire and fury, the devastation and meditation, the contempt and contentment. It’s cinematic in scope, scored with sweeping melodies and Joshua’s unparalleled lyrical ability to intertwine raw, earnest emotion and seasoned, acute observation. Yellow Red Sparks creates the sort of music that covertly creeps under your skin, into your bloodstream, and reignites the spark in your spirit. Featured songs in interview: "Monsters With Misdemeanors" "I Want My Knife Back"
Working Class Audio Session #123 with Jon O'Brien!!! Jon O’Brien is the owner and producer at The Music Box Studios in Downtown Fullerton, CA. In 2009, fresh out of college and after a summer spent interning at Blackwatch Studios in Norman, OK, Jon returned home and began recording local bands out of his parents’ living room. Since then, Jon has spent the last 7 years recording and producing over 80 bands and artists in the Southern California area. Many of the clients continue to frequent the studio year after year. In a constant effort to improve his recording space, Jon has moved studios 3 times in the past 5 years, all the while, scouring craigslist and picking up unique instruments and gear for clients and producers to use. Eventually landing at his current and favorite space in Downtown Fullerton, Jon has launched a new studio model that focuses on pairing clients with like-minded staff producers. Jon has worked with bands such as Young the Giant, Listener, Travelers, Yellow Red Sparks and Roah Summit. Today, Jon is 29 and he and his wife are expecting identical twin girls; sure to be producers and engineers in the making. Jon joins Matt via Skype for a discussion about SWAT teams, health insurance, crack pipes, and running recording studios. All related of course! Enjoy. www.jonobrienrecording.com www.themusicboxstudios.com
hour one: "trinkle, tinkle" john coltrane w/thelonious monk "in the tree" sawako interview w/capgun coup "my machine gun" yellow red sparks "alchemists of poison" chuck dukowski sextet "order/disorder" dot hacker "laugh/cry" capgun coup "boot-wearing-fish-man" mike watt interview w/capgun coup (continued) hour two: "props" spielgusher "song for poe" dos "power failure" minuteflag "they pretty right" the hand to man band "right action" big sir interview w/andrew rossiter interview w/yellow red sparks "hollowed-out-man" mike watt "discotheque" dot hacker "monsters with misdemeanors" yellow red sparks "my boredom is bored" capgun coup "lullabye" chuck dukowski sextet hour three: interview w/chuck dukowski