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 guest, Justin Johnson! Support the show

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! We love you UMMPOD Nation! See you next week! Support the show

***Sponsor Spolight Special*** 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, the mission behind his business, and touch on some musical tastes of course. As always, we wrap up with a quick 'This Day in Music', and close out today's show! Thank you for tuning into our Sponsor Spotlight Special! We'll be back with some fresh new music for you next week! Support the show

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 supporter and more importantly, being a great human. To wrap up our interview (which includes a track from Robbie's old band, Burning Nova), we're absolutely thrilled to share with you: Kabaka's Pyramid's "Red Gold and Green"!! As always, we wind down with a little "This Day in Music" and close out today's show! Thank you UMMPod Nation! See you next week! Support the show

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 near future! This show will still be released as audio as usual, but we will be releasing the video version this week as well. Stay tuned for updates and we can't wait to bring you some exciting new video content! As always, we wrap up with 'This Day in Music' (w/ our new drop, courtesy of Matt Crisp) and close out today's show! Next week is going to be epic.. we are featuring an old friend, Robbie Boggs, who's incredible journey led to a Grammy nomination and WIN from one of his artist's this year! We love you UMMPod Nation, see you next week! Support the show

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! Also, tell a friend about us. We want to keep sharing this beautiful music and promoting our wonderful music scene to as many ears as possible. Thank you!! Support the show

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! Support the show

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!! Support the show

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 Islander's material from their most recent, independent record that dropped a couple months ago... and let me tell you folks, this album absolutely smashes it! Mikey gives us the rundown and background story on both featured tracks today: "Serpents and Daggers", and "Witch". After another great chat with Mikey, we wrap up and conclude the show as we normally do with our 'This Day in Music' segment. Another great episode in the books!! Thank you to all our sponsors, supporters, and of course, You!! We love you UMMPod Nation! Support the show

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 head to their website: www.greenvillepracticepad.com. As usual, we wrap up the show with 'This Day in Music' and sign off until next week! See you then, we love you UMMPod Nation! Support the show

Happy Monday UMMPod Nation!! Happy MLK Jr. Day to you! Today's episode features the local band, Kicksnarecrash! The multi-genre, multi-faceted group is led by frontman Drew Montgomery, who we sat down with for an exclusive interview. After our chat with Drew (and debut of their new song " The Waves", we dive into our favorite segment, This Day In Music! Thank you UMMPod Nation, we'll see ya next monday!! **This episode was delayed due to an individual hacking into our system. Issue was resolved and this show was released on Thursday 1/18/24** Support the show

Welcome back UMMPod Nation! We hope you all had a wonderful and safe holiday season. We're getting back to the grind, as we are back in the studio this week and featuring another traveling artist that performed a few weeks ago at The Charlie's Castle show. Kevin Schlereth is a fantastic singer-songwriter based out of Wisconsin. He's an incredibly talented folk artist with a plethora of recorded material who travels and plays over 200+ shows a year. In addition to our exclusive interview with Kevin, this episode features one his singles entitled "From that time", as well as a live sample from his performance in Greenville at The CC show! Next week, we'll be back to our normal show format and will be featuring the band Kicksnarecrash from the Upstate! Thank you UMMPod Nation, see you next Monday!! Support the show

Happy Tuesday UMMPod Nation! We had another special event to attend this last week, and are bringing you 3 exclusive interviews from The Charlie's Castle show this past Sunday. In today's episode (part 1), we're thrilled to showcase the new single, "Things We Would Do", from the band WhoAmI? (about the 4:20 mark). We sit down with the frontman of the band, Drew, and discuss the fresh new track as well as the event from Charlie's Castle. It's a bite-sized episode for you today, as we are planning to feature every artist from the show respectively over the next few weeks. In addition, we have many other artists on deck for this season, as well as some fantastic interviews from more of your favorite Upstate venues and establishments! Thank you UMMPod Nation, see you next week!! Spotify Link for WhoAmI?'s new single: https://open.spotify.com/album/4iaWgQh0scQjp2nseTkWkd?si=QkKNyOh5QCiMD8ImNxHB7w&context=spotify%3Aalbum%3A4iaWgQh0scQjp2nseTkWkd Support the show

UMMPod Nation!! The Season 5 Premiere is here, and we're excited to bring you live coverage from The 2023 Greenies Awards! After a lengthy break, we're thrilled to be back in action! In today's episode we give you a brief recap of some of the off-season events, and dive right into coverage from this year's 2023 Greenies Awards. This year's event was full of stories, laughs, hilarious timing, and unpredictability! We can't wait to give you some soundbites from the show on Sunday. Next week, we'll be back on schedule with our usual show format, and we have several talented local artists to share with you over the new few weeks! Thanks for tuning in as always, we love you UMMPod Nation!! Support the show

Happy UMMP Day!! Welcome to our 100th episode aka The SEASON 4 FINALE! Today's show is a special edition, as we recorded live and on location at Fork & Plough during the SC Venue Crisis Benefit show! In this jam-packed episode, we interview all 4 bands that played during the event: The Indoor Kids, Brother Oliver, Steve Eager & Friends, and Whoami?. We had a blast covering this event and Fork & Plough was a great host to us, the SC Venue Crisis team, and the performing artists involved! Between interviews, we include a few audio snippets from the performances. Stay tuned, because we have another special treat for you at the end of today's show.. The official premiere of our new jingle/theme song, written by professional jingle writer Brian Peters aka "BB"!! Thank you so much UMMPod Nation for your support, and for giving us the opportunity to reach this epic milestone!! Thank you to all our sponsors and supporters for helping making this show a possibility!! (Special thanks to Local Cue and Doc's Tavern) We love you all so much, see you soon for Season 5!!! Support the show

Happy Monday UMMPod Nation!! We have another absolutely amazing artist (alliteration at its best) for you today, a Maryland-based singer-songwriter by the name of Eli Lev! He'll be making his way back down to Greenville on Sept 19th at the Incohate Art Gallery! Eli's folk, acoustic-based sound is catchy, unique, yet comfortably familiar; a fantastic blend of soul, smoothness, and style.. we really think you'll dig it as much as we did. After a really fun interview with Eli, we wrap up the show with 'This day in music' and close out today's show! Season 4 Finale is next week!! Epsiode 100! Stay tuned for our Finale special that includes live interviews/recordings from last week's SC Venue Crisis Benefit Show (featuring Indoor Kids, Brother Oliver, Steve Eager & Friends, and Whoami?)!! We love you UMMPod Nation! Support the show

We have a special treat for you guys today as we feature a local musician and professional jingle writer by the name of "BB"! "BB" has written/performed on many jingles including companies like: Outback Steakhouse, Pontiac, Disney shows, prominent lawfirms, and much more! As a special treat, "BB" treats us to a live on-the-spot jingle creation session for The UMMPod on today's show! We can't wait to debut the official version for you all to kick off Season 5! Check him out at www.bbzstudio.com!! See you guys next week, as we feature one of our favorite artists we've had on to date, Mr. Eli Lev! Thanks for tuning in, we love you UMMPod Nation! **Thank you to our platinum sponsors, Local Cue and Doc's Tavern** Support the show

Happy Monday UMMPod Nation! Today's show features a fantastic, established local singer-songwriter by the name of Brooks Dixon! Brooks has been on the show once before (wayyy back in Season 1), and is a seasoned vet in the Upstate music scene. His original americana/folk/singer-songwriter style really embodies the sound of the Carolinas. During our interview with Brooks, we highlight and discuss his brand new album, Rhododendron Highway, that was released this past Friday (8/11)! Enjoy a double dose from this album as we play the tracks "Store Your Treasure" and "Rolling Stone". After a fun interview with Brooks, Dr. Luvbeatz and I preview a much anticipated blockbuster of a show, The SC Venue Crisis Benefit show (featuring four great original artists from the area) that will be going down at Fork & Plough on August 27th! Per usual, we wrap up today's show with a quick 'This Day in Music' and sign off for the week! Thank you UMMPod Nation!! Stay tuned for next week's episode, as we feature a professional jingle writer and local musician, BB!!! Peace and Love Support the show

Happy Monday UMMPod Nation! We're thrilled to have a great double feature for you today: Pysch folk rock band, Brother Oliver, and the new venue, Social Latitude. First, we sit down with Andrew Oliver of the band and discuss their unique sound, fun stories from their band history, as well as their captivating story on chasing and attaining a Guiness Book World Record! Stay tuned for their documentary of this incredible feat, that will be available sometime soon on a popular streaming platform TBA! Next, we have a chat with our friends from Social Latitude, owners Stephen and Sommer Gossett. One of our new local music venues, Social Latitude provides many forms of entertainment and fun! Including: unique and thrilling gaming experiences, nightly events, critcally acclaimed food, and much more! Thank you UMMPod Nation! Thank you to all our supporters and sponsors! (Shoutout to our premium sponsors: Local Cue and Doc's Tavern) We'll see you next week, as we are featuring the talented Brooks Dixon! Support the show

Happy Monday UMMPod Nation!! We have a special treat for you all today, as we are featuring Steve Eager, the man behind the original song/viral video sensation, "Greenville"! His tribute to our hometown of Greenville, SC is an upbeat catchy tune that quickly circulated the internet and was listened to/shared by thousands of Upstate residents causing it to "go viral". The chorus features a memorable, positive hook, simply stating: "I Love Greenville, South Carolina". We had a great time talking to Steve about his musical background and the Upstate music scene! Stay tuned! Next week we are featuring the superbly talented psych-folk band Brother Oliver, as we sit down with Andrew Oliver and discuss the band, their new Guiness Book World Record, and the captivating documentary about chasing said record. Thank you UMMPod Nation!! We'll see you next week! Support the show