176: Kurt Ballou (Converge / Producer): I Love Music That I Don't Analyze
The First Ever Podcast
Jeremy Bolm
5.0 • 532 Ratings
🗓️ 10 January 2024
⏱️ 107 minutes
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Summary
This week Jeremy interviews acclaimed producer and musician Kurt Ballou of the band Converge.
On this episode Jeremy and Kurt talk polar plunge, living in Massachusetts, Grateful Dead, detailed lyrics sheets, Sam Black Church, playing saxophone, appreciating jazz, meeting Jake Bannon, how he joined Converge, Cro-Mags, the first Converge 7", breaking through with Cave In, living with Piebald, the history of Kurt's many iconic productions, plus so much more!
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| 1:03.0 | First ever podcast. |
| 1:05.0 | First ever |
| 1:11.3 | The first ever podcast |
| 1:14.3 | This is This is piggybacking off the last episode What's up, my firsties? Was that natural? |
| 1:28.4 | It didn't feel natural. |
| 1:29.7 | This is piggybacking off the last episode. |
| 1:31.9 | Let's try it again. |
| 1:32.9 | What up, firsties, and welcome to the first ever podcast. |
| 1:36.0 | My name is Jeremy Baum. |
| 1:37.2 | I am your host, and if this 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. |
| 1:46.9 | This is episode 176. |
| 1:50.6 | And my guest this week is none other than Kurt Ballou. |
| 1:55.4 | He is the guitarist in Converge. |
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