The Nick Llerandi Podcast

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It wasn't too long ago that I came across Felipe and his project Nrthrn. From the get-go I was enthralled with is aesthetic. It's clean and full of contrast but doesn't distract from his music. This episode we dive into some of his best practices for consistently producing quality content on social media effectively, how to be a musician while working a day job, and balancing the business side of things while still maintaining focus on the art. Follow! 🙆🏼‍♂️ Nick Llerandi - https://www.instagram.com/nickllerandi Website / Merch / Music - https://linktr.ee/nickllerandi 🎸 Felipe Elioenay - https://www.instagram.com/nrthrnmusic/ 🎥 RONU.media - our producer Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/ronu.media/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nickllerandi/message

Mike and I frequently crossed paths over the years, always narrowly missing each other. From our days touring and playing with Intervals to The Haarp Machine and now Ever Forthright, Mike stands out as one of the most gifted rock and metal vocalists in today's music scene. During our conversation, we touch on being multifaceted, our humble beginnings, the early demo recordings, and the challenges our patient parents had to endure. Follow! 🙆🏼‍♂️ Nick Llerandi - https://www.instagram.com/nickllerandi Website / Merch / Music - https://linktr.ee/nickllerandi 🎤 Mike Semesky - https://www.instagram.com/mikesemesky/ 🎥 RONU.media - our producer Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/ronu.media/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nickllerandi/message

Steve and I go back about a decade when he tracked Bass on the Stimpy Lockjaw album. I've been following him since and had the privilege of catching up. This episode we chat about the benefits of being a specialist, why wedding gigs aren't necessarily as bad as one might presume and sometimes the lessons we learn while performing with our heroes may be hard and unexpected. Follow! 🙆🏼‍♂️ Nick Llerandi - https://www.instagram.com/nickllerandi Website / Merch / Music - https://linktr.ee/nickllerandi 🎸 Steve Jenkins - https://www.instagram.com/stevejenkins/ 🎥 RONU.media - our producer Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/ronu.media/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nickllerandi/message

I only just heard of and met Sam Mooradian a few weeks ago! But I immediately fell in love. His music is creative, unique, engaging. His performance is top notch, professional, FUN! He's immensely creative, driven, and smart. Sam is also a touring guitarist in Fallujah. We're catching Sam at just the beginning and we can expect some great things. Follow! 🙆🏼‍♂️ Nick Llerandi - https://www.instagram.com/nickllerandi Website / Merch / Music - https://linktr.ee/nickllerandi 🎸 Sam Mooradian - https://www.instagram.com/sammooradian/ 🥁Fallujah - https://www.instagram.com/fallujahsf/ 🎥 RONU.media - our producer Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/ronu.media/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nickllerandi/message

It's been years since Auras and Ever Forthright went on tour together and boy was that an experience. We invited Josh Ligaya from Auras to give us some insight into his blueprint for releasing music, how to promote it, and how the series ALONE can serve as a lesson to musicians everywhere. Follow! 🙆🏼‍♂️ Nick Llerandi - https://www.instagram.com/nickllerandi Website / Merch / Music - https://linktr.ee/nickllerandi 🎸 Josh Ligaya - https://instagram.com/groove.mp4a/ 🥁Auras - Https://instagram.com/aurasgroove/ New single out now! https://youtu.be/94LDtlatOzo 🎥 RONU.media - our producer Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/ronu.media/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nickllerandi/message

Follow! 🙆🏼‍♂️ Nick Llerandi - https://www.instagram.com/nickllerandi Website / Merch / Music - https://linktr.ee/nickllerandi 🎸 Louie Baltazar - https://www.instagram.com/louiezar/ https://www.instagram.com/wolfandbearband/ 🎥 RONU.media - our producer Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/ronu.media/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nickllerandi/message

I'm a big fan of Shayan Javadi. We had an awesome convo about what moves us to write and play guitar/music. Why do we write? What inspires us? What do our songs mean? Does everything even need meaning? I highly suggest giving her a follow (links below) and giving this chat a listen. Also: Pink guitars are cool. Being yourself. Setting deadlines and learning to cut yourself off. Being a perfectionist. Who are you making music for? Others? Yourself? Tapping into emotions and really giving your music meaning. Follow! 🙆🏼‍♂️ Nick Llerandi - https://www.instagram.com/nickllerandi Website / Merch / Music - https://linktr.ee/nickllerandi 🎸 Shayan Javadi - https://www.instagram.com/shayanjjavadi/ 🎥 RONU.media - our producer Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/ronu.media/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nickllerandi/message

Dem boys ask ChatGPT some questions. Playing live. Is it worth it? When is it worth it? Video game music and microtonal shit. The GRAMMYs and Game Developer Conference. What is Sound Design? Haters gonna hate. What makes a 'legend'? What to do in music beyond playing the instrument. Follow! 🙆🏼‍♂️ Nick Llerandi - https://www.instagram.com/nickllerandi Website / Merch / Music - https://linktr.ee/nickllerandi 🎸 Jesse Zuretti - https://www.instagram.com/jessezuretti/ 🤘🏼 Daath - https://www.instagram.com/daathofficial/ 🤘🏼 Binary Code - https://www.instagram.com/binarycodeofficial/ 🎥 RONU.media - our producer Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/ronu.media/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nickllerandi/message

I've been a Moon Tooth and Nick Lee fan for over a decade. I used to bounce around dumpy apartments in NYC and the highlight of my life was going to see them play from time to time. We're all native Long Islanders and I even went to school with one of the guys. It's really been awesome watching them grow over the years. Seeing Nick play in particular has always been inspiring. I watch him and often think, "this is exactly what this guy should be doing", and it has made me strive for something similar in my playing and relationship with music. We talk about booking shows, the pros/cons of social media, how prog has infiltrated the metal scene, and a personal favorite of mine: not comparing yourself to others. Follow! 🙆🏼‍♂️ Nick Llerandi - https://www.instagram.com/nickllerandi Website / Merch / Music - https://linktr.ee/nickllerandi 🎸 Nick Lee - https://www.instagram.com/nickleesees/ 🤘🏼 Moon Tooth - https://www.instagram.com/moontoothshreds/ 🎥 RONU.media - our producer Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/ronu.media/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nickllerandi/message

Aaron and I (and Ever Forthright) go back over a decade and it's been amazing to watch Aaron and Intervals grow over this last decade since the days of our first few shows together. We catch up and talk about how the game has changed for prog and guitar-centric music including marketing, social media, the audience, the goals, the challenges. This is a long one but packed with lots of good info and stories. Enjoy! Follow! 🙆🏼‍♂️ Nick Llerandi - https://www.instagram.com/nickllerandi Website / Merch / Music - https://linktr.ee/nickllerandi 🎸 Aaron Marshall - https://www.instagram.com/aaronintervals/ https://www.youtube.com/ @Intervalsmusic 🎥 RONU.media - our producer Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/ronu.media/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nickllerandi/message

Today I chat with Eddie DeCesare of Monochromatic Black. Eddie and I met years ago in our hometown of Long Island, I believe when I was filling in on guitar for Painted in Exile (another co-owned-and-operated Eddie D project). I've always said that the day Eddie isn't in a technical death metal band is the day pigs fly. He's one of the hardest working and focused musicians I know and it was awesome catching up with him. Follow! 🙆🏼‍♂️ Nick Llerandi - https://www.instagram.com/nickllerandiWebsite / Merch / Music - https://linktr.ee/nickllerandi 🥁 Eddie DeCesare - instagram.com/eddiedecesare/ 🤘Monochromatic Black - https://www.instagram.com/monochromaticblack/ 🎥 RONU.media - our producer Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/ronu.media/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nickllerandi/message

It was really an honor meeting and chatting with Paul in this episode. I've been a long time Cynic and Death fan so this was a real treat for me. We get into all sorts of stuff: playing live, managing emotions, approaches to practice and writing, our love for Ben Monder, where we got started with music.... all sorts of stuff! Follow! 🙆🏼‍♂️ Nick Llerandi - https://www.instagram.com/nickllerandiWebsite / Merch / Music - https://linktr.ee/nickllerandi 👽Paul Masvidal - https://www.instagram.com/paulmasvidal/ 🎥 RONU.media - our producer Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/ronu.media/ Become a member of my Patreon for $5/mo to help me keep these conversations going and for access to video lessons, PDFs/tabs/Guitar Pro files and knick-knacks that I post on a weekly basis: https://www.patreon.com/nickllerandi --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nickllerandi/message

Nick chats with fellow guitar player, Thomas Griggs. *Had some internet issues in this one due to the hurricane down in Florida, but we're making it work. Follow! 🙆🏼‍♂️ Nick Llerandi - https://www.instagram.com/nickllerandi Website / Merch / Music - https://linktr.ee/nickllerandi 🎸 Thomas Griggs - https://www.instagram.com/griggly_bear/ 🎥 RONU.media - our producer Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/ronu.media/ Become a member of my Patreon for $5/mo for access to full length interviews, video lessons, PDFs/tabs/Guitar Pro files and knick-knacks that I post on a weekly basis: https://www.patreon.com/nickllerandi --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nickllerandi/message

In this lesson I talk about applying the diminished scale in a not-so-subtle way. See the previous week's post on the inverse of this, applying the diminished scale in a 'subtle' way. The 'not-so-subtle' approach picks out the major and minor triads that exist in an 8 note diminished scale and really leans on them. There are many ways that this can be applied, but here I talk about applying it directly on a minor chord - not implying some external harmony or what have you, but rather using a diminished scale that already has a lot in common with the diatonic minor tonality, and seeing what we can get out of that. Become a member of my Patreon for $5/mo for access to full length interviews, video lessons, PDFs/tabs/Guitar Pro files and knick-knacks that I post on a weekly basis: https://www.patreon.com/nickllerand 🙆🏼‍♂️ Nick Llerandi - https://www.instagram.com/nickllerandi Website / Merch / Music - https://linktr.ee/nickllerandi --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nickllerandi/message

Nick chats with Evan Johns, professional drum tech who has worked with Rage Against the Machine, Deftones, and Cypress Hill to name a few. Follow! 🙆🏼‍♂️ Nick Llerandi - https://www.instagram.com/nickllerandi 🥁 Evan Johns - https://www.instagram.com/johns.evan/ Website / Merch / Music - https://linktr.ee/nickllerandi 🎥 RONU.media - our producer Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/ronu.media/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nickllerandi/message

In this lesson I talk about the next few bars of my improvised chorus on the changes of What is This Thing Called Love found here: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CigFc5yD_ow/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link I spend some time going into detail on a concept I'm calling 'subtle diminished'. Take a look/listen and you'll see why. I also apply this concept in a less jazzy setting here: https://www.instagram.com/reel/Ci5PCZLjFWb/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Become a member of my Patreon for $10/mo for access to full length interviews, video lessons, PDFs/tabs/Guitar Pro files and knick-knacks that I post on a weekly basis: https://www.patreon.com/nickllerandi --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nickllerandi/message

In this lesson I talk about the first few bars of my improvised chorus on the changes of What is This Thing Called Love found here: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CigFc5yD_ow/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Become a member of my Patreon for $10/mo for access to full length interviews, video lessons, PDFs/tabs/Guitar Pro files and knick-knacks that I post on a weekly basis: https://www.patreon.com/nickllerandi --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nickllerandi/message

#NickLlerandi #IsaacStolzerGary #TheNoeBand #EverForthright #twiqh #strandbergguitars Nick chats with RIFFIED's Isaac Stolzer-Gary. Also guitarist of Twiqh and artist relations at Strandberg guitars, Issac has a lot of great advice on short-form content and maintaining a social media presence. These guys also get into Tim & Eric, Eric Andre, and some other nonsense. https://www.youtube.com/c/Riffified https://www.instagram.com/twiqhofficial/ Follow! 🙆🏼‍♂️ Nick Llerandi Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/nickllerandi/Website / Merch / Music - https://linktr.ee/nickllerandi 🎹 Isaac Stolzer-Gary Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/isaacstolzergary/ 🎥 RONU.media - our producer Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/ronu.media/ Sourced content: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgjdxktGTk8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoRwnNVy8ok --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nickllerandi/message

#NickLlerandi #KeithEverett #TheNoeBand #EverForthright Follow! 🙆🏼‍♂️ Nick Llerandi Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/nickllerandi/Website / Merch / Music - https://linktr.ee/nickllerandi 🎹 Keith Everett Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/keitheverettplaysbass/ 🎥 RONU.media - our producer Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/ronu.media/ Sourced Content: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJuq8D1NGJQ&t https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0OD0w5MulA&t --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nickllerandi/message