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The first ever podcast. My name is Jeremy Bollm. I am your host, and if it is your first time here, this is a show where I interview artists of all kinds about the first experiences in their art form that led them to where they are today.

This is episode 137.

And my guest this week is Crystal Pack of the Band Initiate.

They have a brand new album out this Friday on Triple B Records called Cerebral Circus.

It's a fantastic record.

And if you haven't checked out the singles they've released so far, maybe pause this and

go listen to them or go watch the music video for the song alone at the bottom.

Quick note slash cheat code for this episode.

When I mentioned singing backups and playing with Haley, I'm talking about Haley

butters of the band Absinthe Father. Also, when talking about Madison, we're talking about

Madison Woodward of the band Fury. Just a couple of quick notes when you're listening to this,

if you're like, oh, who are they talking about? What is that? That's what I'm talking about.

I want to also quickly mention that Initiate has a headlining tour that starts May 19th in Oxnard

and goes till June 7th. This will be in support of the new record. Also, they will be going

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