In episode 7 we sit down with Marching Arts luminary, badass and cool dude, John Mapes. John is the co-creative director and battery writer of the renowned marching arts group Pulse Percussion and co-founder of Box-6. Lots of juicy stuff in this one. We discuss, compare, contrast, and find interesting alignment in John and Mike's creative processes and hear about Mapes' rich musical background, his approach to show-design and his great long time creative partnership with Ian From and how it all began.

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Mike and Adam answer listener questions at Broken City Studios, in Julian CA.: digging into how to get over the fear of putting your work out into the world and a whole lot more.

Adam talks about working with Chris Lord-Alge and Jack Joseph Puig and what he learned through it. Purposely tricking yourself when mixing, drumming on a bag of Trader Joe's snap peas, and Taylor Swift

Adam and Cory discuss sharing mixes in cars, big concerts, front men/women charisma, audio wave forms, and the relationship between melancholy/depression and creativity.