Upstate Music Mine

Happy Tuesday UMMPod Nation! Today's episode features an exciting new 1700+ capacity venue coming to the area, Trueline Greenville!  We had the pleasure of talking to Trueline's Chief of Staff, Sam Blumin about all the amazing things the new establishment will offer the Upstate.  Check out more information at truelinegvl.com.

Construction is underway, and Trueline has planned to open in 2025. 

After our interview with Sam, we go into our weekly segment, 'This Day in Music' and wrap up today's show!

Thank you UMMPod Nation, we'll see you next week with a special, in-studio gue...

Welcome back UMMPod Nation! Today's episode features a local hip-hop artist and promoter by the name of Sympl!  Ernesto "Sympl" Gutierrez has been in the music business for over 2 decades and has accomplished a lot along the way.

Enjoy our interview with Sympl, as we discuss his recent happenings and play one of his songs, "Take me to your leader".  After the song, we dive into some events upcoming for himself and his company, Dropp Science.

As usual, we conclude with 'This Day in Music' and wrap up this week's show!

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Happy Monday UMMPod Nation! Today's episode is a special edition, as we welcome another brand new sponsor to the show, Hawk Plumbing!

In today's show, we wanted to dedicate the entire episode to highlight our mission: to help grow, not only our local arts and artists, but the businesses that support them. And we'd like to officially welcome aboard Hawk Plumbing as the newest member of our sponsorship team!

We had a great time chatting with owner Ryan Puhl (our 3rd RC brother), as we discuss the local Upstate scene...

Happy Monday UMMPod Nation! Today's episode is one of our personal favorites to date!

Not only is it our second edition of the video format of the show (courtesy of Bill Kerrigan of Plethora Films), but we had the pleasure of interviewing Robbie Boggs of Flowlife Entertainment who represents many amazing artists including the recent, GRAMMY-WINNING, Kabaka Pyramid!

Robbie is an old friend and veteran of the Upstate music scene, and we had a blast catching up with him and shared some stories along the way.
Thanks to Robbie for being such a huge...

Welcome back UMMPod Nation!! Today's show features another fresh original artist from the area, The Chris Vandalay Project! Enjoy their new tune, "Better than before".

Speaking of better than before... Also on today's show, is the exciting debut of our very first edition of our video format!  Mr. Bill Kerrigan of CatatoNICK Plethora Films drops by the Beatz Lair Studio to help film our first ever video form of the podcast! Bear with us in this trial run, but it will certainly be a fun ride and we can't wait to take it with you in the n...

Welcome back UMMPod Nation! Today's show features another great local band by the name of Brevard!

Hear our exclusive interview with the Taylor and Tyler (also of Tyler Hudson Audio) as we discuss the band's sound and background.  Enjoy Brevard's fantastic song, "Who I was then".

After our interview, we conclude with a fun 'This Day in Music' and wrap up this week's show! Thank you UMMPod Nation, see you next week!

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Happy Monday UMMPod Nation!! 

Today's episode features another great power duo/rock band from the Upstate, "Sunset Electric".  We had a great time talking with Nathan (Vox, Guitar) and Tanner (Drums, Producer) from the band, as we got the inside scoop on their formation, story, and sound.  Included is their featured song, "Character ".

After a fun interview, we fly through another quick TDIM (This Day in Music) and wrap up this week's show!

Stay tuned for next week, as we feature the band, Brevard! Thank you UMMPod Nation! We love you! 

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Welcome back UMMPod Nation! We have a jam packed, extra Crispy episode for you today!

Spotlight Artist(s): Matt Crisp and Anna Leigh Band
Featured Track: "Porch Swing" by Anna Leigh Band

Featured Business: Phase II Express Restaurant and Food Truck (w/ owner Chris Parks)

After to great interviews from our guests, we dive into our weekly 'This Day in Music' segment and wrap up today's show!!

Thanks again UMMPod Nation, we'll see you guys next week!!

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Welcome back UMMPod Nation!! We are so stoked for this week's show! Today's episode features one of the best rock bands to ever come out of the Upstate...  Islander!!

It's been a long time coming, as we featured Islander in our inaugural year, exactly 4 seasons ago (S1E6)!  As we discuss during the interview, we've known the front-man of Islander, Mikey Carvajal, since the early days of middle school.  And we loved taking trips down memory lane in the first episode, which we reference during our interview this week. 

More importantly, we dive into some of I...

Hello UMMPod Nation! Today we're bringing you more fresh original tunes from an Upstate artist, Matt Fassas!

Enjoy the exclusive debut of "B side of a dream" (Dr. Luvbeatz remix) in addition to his song "Alexander", which was featured on a recent film from Brother Oliver! 

The featured venue this week is actually owned by Matt Fassas himself, and is called 'The Practice Pad'.  This hub for musicians is a great resource for rehearsal space, top quality music lessons, equipment backline services, small instrument repair, and more!  Find out more by contacting Matt Fassas or hea...