44. Conor Murphy (Foxing): It's Okay if this as Good as it Gets

The First Ever Podcast

Jeremy Bolm

Arts, Music, Music Interviews

5.0 • 532 Ratings

🗓️ 30 June 2021

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

Jeremy Bolm interviews Conor Murphy, musician and vocalist of the band Foxing.

During this episode the two discuss upcoming tours and album rollouts as Foxing is preparing for the release of their new album Draw Down the Moon, growing up and going to shows in St Louis, Weird Al, the impact of Radiohead on his musical journey, the influences behind making Foxing songs so musically expansive, having a fanbase that loves some records and hates others, the difficulties of criticism, learning trumpet and his love for French horn, how he became a singer, first recording experiences, So Many Dynamos, being on autopilot when performing, working with Matt Bayles and Chris Walla, working with Andy Hull, and so much more!

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0:00.0	First ever
0:10.8	Pondes
0:13.9	First ever
0:16.3	podcast
0:19.0	First ever
0:21.6	The First Ever Podcasts.
0:24.6	Welcome to the first ever podcast. If you're new 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. My guest this week is Connor Murphy of the band Foxing. They have any brand new record coming out called Drawed Down the Moon on
0:56.3	August 6th. So I figured, hey, what a fantastic opportunity to sit down and talk to Connor.
1:03.4	I've been around him a few times. We've met probably five years ago at this point. But yeah,
1:11.4	haven't had a proper amount of time to really sit down and get to know them.
1:15.7	So this is a very enjoyable for me,
1:17.9	and I hope you like it too.
1:20.1	The show is sponsored by Rootless Coffee.
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1:43.3	Listeners get 20% off their order using the code hard times at checkout when they visit rootless coffee dot com any size any grind anytime break free from boring all right uh what else can i add to this before uh Before I let you hear this conversation. Oh, if you
2:02.4	haven't subscribed to the Patreon, I would really appreciate that. Head on over to patreon.com
2:07.5	slash the first ever Patreon. Some user submitted questions to Connor and the day of this release,
2:15.7	you'll be able to log on to the Patreon and hear his answers to those submitted questions.
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