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Talking with Rachel Eldridge of Brethren of the North East Sea aka B.O.N.E.S.  This New England band has been making the rounds of the Ren Faire and Pirate Fest scenes since 2011 and we dig into some of the psyche and stamina of Ren players.  If you feel too introverted to perform in front of people, definitely give this one a listen.

In this episode:

• Introverts vs extroverts in the faire scene
• How important it is to find your pod of people
• Dealing with mic fright
• Ren Fair actor stamina

Today’s show is sponsored by:

Scuba Wize Sunken Treasure Workshop – Go diving on a real sunken Spanish galleon with Carl “Fizz” Fismer, Bradley Williamson, and Marc Littleton in the Florida Keys!  http://www.underthecrossbones.com/scuba

Pirate Radio of the Treasure Coast – The best in pirate talk and music! Get to listenin’!  http://www.PirateRadioOfTheTreasureCoast.com

Listen to “Leave Her Johhny” by B.O.N.E.S.

Important Websites:

Brethren of the North East Sea –  https://www.facebook.com/pg/ShantyBONES

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Haakon Vatle leads Norway’s Storm Weather Shanty Choir.  He’s got some great tour stories and actually uses sea shanties on a ship he’s the general manager for.  Come for the tall ship experience and stay for the crazy wedding story.

In this episode:

• How his time on a Norwegian tall ship taught him about the real life usefulness of sea shanties
• How a couple super hardcore fans made their first Japanese tour happen
• How accepting a gig as a wedding band turned into a unique first tour of the US.
• How he bent the rules in university to study the music he loves.

Today’s show is sponsored by:

Scuba Wize Sunken Treasure Workshop – Go diving on a real sunken Spanish galleon with Carl “Fizz” Fismer, Bradley Williamson, and Marc Littleton in the Florida Keys!  http://www.underthecrossbones.com/scuba

Pirate Radio of the Treasure Coast – The best in pirate talk and music! Get to listenin’!  http://www.PirateRadioOfTheTreasureCoast.com

Listen to “A Drop of Nelson’s Blood” by Storm Weather Shanty Choir

Important Websites:

Storm Weather Shanty Choir –  https://www.facebook.com/shantychoir

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Eric Mueller is the owner of Pirates Press in Emeryville, CA  They’re the industry’s largest vinyl pressing company working with all the big names on really unique vinyl releases and a lot more.

The music industry is near and dear to my heart.  So we do a lot of talking about what bands have to do these days to build a career.  And you’ll even hear a few of my trade secrets here.

In this episode:

• All about the modern vinyl record biz
• How they built from a bedroom operation to one of the world’s biggest pressing companies
• Why the name and how it’s a little misrepresentative of their work
• The return of flexies and unique promos being done with them
• New releases from Pirates Press Records

Today’s show is sponsored by:

Scuba Wize Sunken Treasure Workshop – Go diving on a real sunken Spanish galleon with Carl “Fizz” Fismer, Bradley Williamson, and Marc Littleton in the Florida Keys!  http://www.underthecrossbones.com/scuba

Pirate Radio of the Treasure Coast – The best in pirate talk and music! Get to listenin’!  http://www.PirateRadioOfTheTreasureCoast.com

Pirates Press Headquarters

Bands mentioned during the show:

Important Websites:

Pirates Press – http://www.PiratesPress.com
Pirates Press Records – http://www.piratespressrecords.com
Pirates Press on Instagram
@piratespressrecords (record label)
@piratespress (manufacturing company)
@thepirateskipper (Eric Mueller)