🎙️ Peter Stockdale is the host of Audible Farm and guitarist for 3 Finger Betty and Jesse Wilson and Friends. This week the Audible Farm host sits down and discusses the importance of asking why you're playing music, what your goals are, being organic while making content online, different way to market your band, properly using different social me…

🎙️ Kainen Fuson is a videographer, graphic designer, website designer, and photographer who runs Blankscape Studios in north central Iowa. We discuss how Kainen became interested in video cameras, incorporating photography, how Iowa Central Community College expanded his horizons, creating a short film titled "Eyes Without a Face", and more! 🎤 Foll…

🎙️ Dan Zehr is the guitarist, slide guitarist, singer, and harmonica player for Stampeding River Caterpillars. We discuss how he got interested in music, his first jams with friends, attending more jams now than ever, meeting new people, and more! 🎤 Follow Stampeding River Caterpillars: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100057551627…

🎙️ Jacob Williamson is an Atlanta Institute of Music graduate and bassist for Renegade Soul. We discuss changing bands, playing different sized venues and shows, why he plays music for himself, the benefits and downfalls of playing live music with a click track, fighting burnout, and more! 🎤 Follow Renegade Soul: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/…

🎙️ John Waugh is the a guitarist and vocalist playing with 3 Finger Betty, The Sleepover, Morbo, and Danny Price & The Economic Collapse. We discuss the upcoming 3 Finger Betty album, The Sleepover recording new music, why songs with wild lyrics are fun, professional wrestling, stickers, working with Morbo, Danny Price and the Economic Collapse, an…

🎙️ Sidney McField is a guitarist, singer, and songwriter originally from Nicaragua, now residing in North Central Iowa. We discuss how he learned guitar by watching others learn, how he learned English, his time on the radio, moving to America from Nicaragua, playing music in church, writing original music, and much more! 🎤 Follow Mission Community…

🎙️ Spencer Suchan is a guitarist and singer who can be seen playing solo and duo shows around North Central Iowa. We sit down and discuss how Spencer became interested in music, how he picked up the guitar, learning his first song(s), playing a nearly seven hour show for his first gig, having support from his family, his future music goals, and mor…

🎙️ Vince Benyshek is the guitarist, bassist, and vocalist who plays in Vinny & The Night Prowlers and Molly Nova and The Hawks. We discuss what has changed since he was on the podcast two and a half years ago, overcoming feeling "burned out" with excessive gigging, playing in new bands, finding a way to do what you like in music, having favorite gu…

🎙️ Byron Stuart is the owner of 'Legendary' Byron's in Pomeroy, Iowa, which has recently relocated. We discuss how his bar and music venue faced closing, the benefit concerts that followed, press from media outlets like Wall Street Journal, his favorite memories of the old building, forging new memories in the new location, how powerful friendships…

🎙️ Rollie Jensen is a former music educator and lifelong musician who can be seen playing drums in a multitude of projects throughout Iowa. We sit down and discuss how he began playing music, his first instruments, playing shows with his father, funny stories from gigs, becoming an educator, teaching music to kids, being in the Iowa Rock and Roll H…

🎙️ Andy Juhl is an Iowa based musician who makes progressive music with complex time signatures. We discuss how he began playing music, his musical influences, his current projects, forming a band to play music that he typically makes by himself, why he likes complex time signatures, his recent show at Byron's in Pomeroy, his new album 'Pine Island…

🎙️ Owen Obrien can be seen playing bass around the state of Iowa with Andy Juhl & the Bluestem Players and Tank Anthony Band. We sit down and discuss how music taste change over time, looking back on previous playing techniques, playing music with new people, his tryout with Berklee College of Music, and more! 🎤 Follow Andy Juhl Music: Website: htt…

🎙️ Reco Jolly Jr. and Coledon Bethel comprise the cover band Reco Jolly Jr. & the Good Times. We discuss how they met, how they each started musically, playing open mics, going to jam nights, lessons learned, funny stories, and more! 🎤 Follow Reco Jolly Jr. & the Good Times: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61573100240693 Instagram…

🎙️ Cole Smothers is a drummer who plays live with Jesse Wilson and Elias Netz. We sit down and discuss what lessons Cole has learned over the years, favorite places to stop on long trips, driving to shows with someone vs. driving to shows alone, how to balance having more than one hobby, and more! 🎤 Follow Jesse Wilson: Instagram: https://www.insta…

🎙️ Marbin is a jazz fusion band based out of Chicago. They can be seen touring around the United States frequently. We discuss the ins and outs of the music industry, tips for touring, overcoming failures, Marbin's amazing social media presence, and more! 🎤 Follow Marbin: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/marbin Website: https://www.marbinmusic.com …

🎙️ Zach Suntken is a singer songwriter who can be seen playing shows in the north central Iowa area. We sit down and discuss Zach growing up near Havelock, playing music in his early 20s, playing music with a traditional band vs. a stringed group, getting back to playing shows again, and more! 🛑 This episode is brought to you by: Fort Dodge Fine Ar…

🎙️ Rural Route is a three piece band from the central Iowa area. Justin (guitar), Candice (vocals), and Alex (percussion) join us to discuss how the band formed, the benefits of networking, which shows are the most nerve wracking, helping Broken Strings, and more! 🎤 Follow Rural Route: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ruralroutemusic/ TikTok: htt…

🎙️ Lee Klett is a singer songwriter from southeastern Iowa and a member of the band The Boys. We discuss being a full time musician, his involvement as an ambassador for Broken Strings, favorite movies, taking vacations, having talented friends, and more! 🎤 Follow Lee Klett: Website: https://leeklett.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/leeklettm…

🎙️ Patrick Tecklenburg is a singer songwriter in the eastern Iowa area who is also the frontman for Patrick the Gathering. We sit down and discuss how his playing has progressed, playing different types of venues, playing with different types of musicians, avoiding burnout, and more! 🎤 Follow Patrick the Gathering: Facebook: https://www.facebook.co…

🎙️ Love Bomb is a punk rock cover band who plays shows in north central Iowa. Sam, Jaxton, and Trice sit down and discuss what got them interested in playing music, the benefits of networking, their favorite gas stations, what video game consoles are the best, and more! 🎤 Follow Love Bomb: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/p/Love-Bomb-615525238027…

🎙️ Jordan Beem is a singer songwriter who plays shows across Iowa. We discuss how he started playing music, how his approach to the music scene has changed, supporting other musicians, playing shows of different sizes, and more! 🎤 Follow Jordan Beem: Website: https://jordanbeemmusic.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Jbeemmusic/ Instagram: http…

🎙️ Nick Ehrhardt is the founding member and bassist of Riddled With Class. We discuss what it means to be a musician that plays gigs at bars, feeling the energy in the room, networking with musicians, playing music with talented people, and more! 🎤 Follow Riddled With Class: Website: https://riddledwithclass.wixsite.com/mysite Facebook: https://www…

🎙️ Mark Gales is a sound engineer who runs sound for live bands of all sizes. He can even be seen lending his audio expertise at local churches, public speaking events, and more! We sit down and discuss how Mark became interested in running sound, his first gigs, running sound for world touring bands, issues with stage volume, and much more! 🛑 This…

🎙️ Evan Pratt is a singer songwriter from Fort Dodge, Iowa. We sit down and discuss how his musical journey began, what he has learned since playing his first shows, fixing up guitars, the gear market, and more! 🎤 Follow Evan Pratt: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/evanprattmusic/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@evanprattmusic YouTube: https://…

🎙️ Its Friendsgiving 2024! Jeremy Ober, Clint Riedel, Scott Kirkhart, and Jesse Wilson join the podcast this week to discuss what they are thankful for, their first guitars, their favorite guitar shapes, how much we love Brad, and more! 🎤 Follow Brutal Republic: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brutalrepublic/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com…

🎙️ Jared Benson is a country singer songwriter originally from Moorhead, Minnesota. We discuss how Jared began playing music, recent single releases, Jared's upcoming album, recording music with other locals, and more! 🎤 Follow Jared Benson Music: Website: https://jaredbensonmusic.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jaredbensonmusic/ Instagram: …

🎙️ Dave Schmieder is a pedal steel player and a guitarist who recently started playing live music again. We discuss how he grew up around music, what it takes to play a pedal steel, playing live music again, and more! 🎤 Follow Jesse Wilson Music: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/p/Jesse-Wilson-100024942950403/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com…

🎙️ Clint Wheelman is a drummer in multiple bands throughout Iowa. He currently drums in six different bands, all of which play somewhat regularly. He also does fill in gigs with a handful of bands. We discuss his endeavors with new bands, traveling around the midwest playing music almost every weekend, playing new/different styles of music, the man…

🎙️ Shelly Bottorff is the executive director of the Fort Dodge Fine Arts Association. The Fort Dodge Fine Arts Association believes the arts should be accessible to everyone. We discuss why the Fort Dodge Fine Arts Association exists, what their goals are, their impact on Fort Dodge and the surrounding communities, their new podcast FD TEA, their c…

🎙️ Taylor Smith is a multi-instrument who plays violin with Jesse Wilson and Clint Riedel. Taylor can also be seen playing solo shows around northern Iowa. We discuss Taylor's life as a musician, how he became interested in playing violin, becoming a radio DJ, starting to play guitar, what music interested him over time, and much more! 🎤 Follow Tay…

🎙️ Jesse Wilson is a singer songwriter who blends country, rock, and even some elements of hiphop into his music. We sit down and discuss what he has been up to since he was last on the podcast over 2 years ago. We discuss playing on some big stages, playing in new venues, adding new musicians to the full band, releasing new music, and more. 🎤 Foll…

🎙️ Clint Riedel is a folk and Americana singer songwriter from northern Iowa. We sit down and discuss what's changed in his life since the last time he was on the podcast over two years ago. Some topics include Clint moving, Byron's in Pomeroy closing, the Barnum Jam Nights ending, recording new music, and more. 🎤 Follow Clint Riedel Music: Faceboo…

🎙️ Scott Kirkhart is a singer/songwriter from north central Iowa and the founder of Broken Strings. Broken Strings aims to give one guitar to a student in every school district in Iowa. We sit down to discuss Scott starting #BringBackAudibleFarm, Broken Strings, networking with other musicians, and just being a nice person. Be sure to check out all…

🎙️ #BringBackAudibleFarm That's right. It's back. Everyone's favorite Iowa music podcast has returned. 🛑 This episode is brought to you by: Fort Dodge Fine Arts Association - https://www.fdfineartsassociation.org 🐷 Support Audible Farm: See more Audible Farm content @ http://www.AudibleFarm.com Find Audible Farm merch and more @ http://shop.Audible…

Get the full video version at our Patreon Page! - https://www.patreon.com/AudibleFarmOur host sits down alone to discuss the future of Audible Farm. - This week’s episode is brought to you by Couch Town Coffee. Use the code "AUDIBLE FARM" to save 20% @ https://www.couchtowncoffee.com- 💥 Support Audible Farm: ** 🐷 See more Audible Farm content @ htt…

Get the full video version at our Patreon Page! - https://www.patreon.com/AudibleFarmSaelim Butler is the bassist in the newly formed band Quakescape. We discuss how the band formed, what got Saelim interested in playing music, his time with other bands, supporting the music community, and much more! Follow Quakescape:Facebook: https://www.facebook…

Get the full video version at our Patreon Page! - https://www.patreon.com/AudibleFarm Liv McNair is a singer/songwriter who recently released her first single. We discuss her early musical influences, writing her first song, what songwriting means to her, being recently featured at the Midwest CMO Writers Round, upcoming shows, and more. Follow Liv…

Get the full video version at our Patreon Page! - https://www.patreon.com/AudibleFarm Tim Sigler is the bassist for Elision. He stops by this week to talk about how he got started playing music, his first CDs, moving to Iowa from Florida, the Florida metal scene, how the Des Moines music scene has changed since he's been in Iowa, upcoming Elision r…

Get the full video version at our Patreon Page! - https://www.patreon.com/AudibleFarmOur host sits down alone to discuss going to some really cool shows recently, building a community around your "brand", being a recent guest on The McAllister Hours, and more!-This week’s episode is brought to you by Couch Town Coffee. Use the code "AUDIBLE FARM" t…

Get the full video version at our Patreon Page! - https://www.patreon.com/AudibleFarm Mike Walsh stops by this week to talk about his new music video for "Tennessee", his upcoming debut album, playing shows as a duo, choosing a recording studio, experiences with booking agents, and more!Follow Mike Walsh:Facebook: www.facebook.com/musicmikewalsh/In…

Get the full video version at our Patreon Page! - https://www.patreon.com/AudibleFarm Ronley King stops by this week to talk about the Ronley King Blues Band competing in Central Iowa Blues Society's 2022 Iowa Blues Challenge, what led him to competing in the event, how the Ronley King Blues Band has changed since his last visit, upcoming events, a…

Get the full video version at our Patreon Page! - https://www.patreon.com/AudibleFarmThis week Marshall Schneider of American Made stops by and discusses how the band formed, their 2020 EP "Both Sides", adding a third member, songwriting styles, and more!Follow American Made: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100045129981733 Spotify…

Get the full video version at our Patreon Page! - https://www.patreon.com/AudibleFarm This week Brad Hanson (Bradley Alan) stops by to discuss what has changed since the last time he was on the podcast, recording new music, scrapping old music, the difficulties of promoting and booking music, and more!Follow Bradley Alan:Facebook: www.facebook.com/…

Get the full video version at our Patreon Page! - https://www.patreon.com/AudibleFarm This week Kenneth Fox stops by to discuss his luthier work, playing shows at the age of 12, repairing guitars at the age of 16, giving lessons, being a multi-instrumentalist, opening up a new luthier/repair shop in eastern Iowa, and more!Follow Kenneth Fox:Website…

Get the full video version at our Patreon Page! - https://www.patreon.com/AudibleFarm This week Jesse Hernandez of Orphic Illusion stops by to discuss their new EP "Building an Empire", how the band formed, communicating as a band to set goals, being the vocalist of this band vs. being the drummer of past bands, and more!Follow Orphic Illusion Onli…

Get the full video version at our Patreon Page! - https://www.patreon.com/AudibleFarm This week our host sits down solo to talk about the different types of people that come together to play music, the new Facebook update, Audible Farm zip-up hoodies, his favorite Iowa based podcasts, and more!-This week’s episode is brought to you by Couch Town Co…

Get the full video version at our Patreon Page! - https://www.patreon.com/AudibleFarm Erik Lee of Suddenly Hollow stops by this week to discuss what's changed since the last time he was on the podcast, what influences his music, writing original music, how practice pays off, shaking off nerves, taking new bookings, and more!Follow Suddenly Hollow:W…

Get the full video version at our Patreon Page! - https://www.patreon.com/AudibleFarm Michael Duede is a keyboardist/songwriter who has a new album coming out. We discuss what influenced this new album, how this album is different from his last album, where he got the sounds for the album, his writing style, the singles from the album, and more!Fol…

Get the full video version at our Patreon Page! - https://www.patreon.com/AudibleFarm Vince Benyshek of Vinny & the Night Prowlers stops by to discuss his recent show at the Rock 'n' Picnic in Humboldt, how far he has come since his first Rock 'n' Picnic show two years ago, recording original music, and more!Follow Vinny & the Night Prowlers:Facebo…

Get the full video version at our Patreon Page! - https://www.patreon.com/AudibleFarm Zachary Daniels stops by this week to discuss his new musical project ZD & The List, their upcoming album that is out tomorrow, what he has been up to since his last visit to the podcast, and much more!Follow ZD & The List:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Zachar…