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4-AM appears at Buffalo Grove Days

Posted on June 29, 2009
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4-AM will be singing at Buffalo Grove Days on Saturday, September 5, 2009 in the Beer Tent from 2:00 – 3:15

Buffalo Grove Days 2009 entertainment schedule

W. Lake Cook Rd & Raupp Blvd

Buffalo Grove, IL   60089

103 – Beer Tents, Grace and X Marx the Spot

Posted on June 27, 2009
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Recorded 23 June 2009

On this episode of With A Voice Like This:

4-AM

• We’ve been booked for Buffalo Grove Days on September 5 in the Beer Tent
• I play 30 seconds of my latest arrangement for the group But for the Grace of God by Keith Urban
• talk about a few of the other arrangements 4-AM has been working on

News You Can Use

• An update a month (to the day) after his death  on the cause of death for Jay Bennett, former member of Wilco

At Any Rate

• A story about a class act, Richard Marx and his reaction to the $1.92 million dollar judgment against Jammie Thomas-Rasset. Let’s hope we see a trend of people speaking out.

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102 – I Fight Dragons. Well, not me personally…Part 2

Posted on June 20, 2009
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Recorded 2 June 2009

I Fight Dragons drummer Dave Midell joins Brian Mazzaferri and Bill Prokopow for the second half of the interview in this episode of With A Voice Like This. Here are the songs off Their EP Cool is Just a Number and where they’re found in the episode:

• The Faster the Treadmill [00:14:24]
• With You [00:39:46]
• Power Up (Intro) [00:49:34]

Some of the topics covered in this episode:

• How I Fight Dragons use games and controllers
• A quick Mention of E3 and Project Natal
• Brian answers a question about Sophic Records
• A ‘Rikki Lake Moment’?
• The I Fight Dragons Advance Guard
• A story about the song With You
• Comments from the Podcast Gallery – questions from the live audience
• Personal experiences with the gaining popularity and momentum of IFD
• Plans for a full album
• The chiptunes influence
• Power Up (Intro) trivia

You can get a free download of the EP Cool is Just a Number by joining their mailing list at myspace.com/IFightDragons or you can write them individually with their first name at  IFightDragons.com.

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101 – I Fight Dragons. Well, not me personally…Part 1

Posted on June 18, 2009
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Recorded 02 June 2009

Brian Mazzaferri and Bill Prokopow of I Fight Dragons join me in this episode of With A Voice Like This to talk about, among other things, their first EP Cool is Just a Number, available as a free download for signing up for their Mailing list. Here are the songs from the EP played in this episode and where they can be found in the show.

• Heads Up, Hearts Down [00:05:30]
• No One Likes Superman Anymore [00:19:10]
• Money [00:42:03]

We talk about a wide range of topics in this half of the interview, including:

• NES Rock
• Oddest use of a I Fight Dragons song
• Recent and future gigs
• Best gig moment/worst gig moment
• Opportunities to be in a I Fight Dragons video
• Who’s available (Bill) and who’s not (Brian)
• and quite a bit more

Enjoy the first half of this intervew, ther are more surprises to cone in the second half.

Other links from this show

• I Fight Dragons on YouTube
• WOW kill video featuring I Fight Dragons Music
• Upcoming I Fight Dragons shows

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100 – The Big 100th Episode Show

Posted on June 16, 2009
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Recorded 12 May 2009

With A Voice Like This hits 100 episodes! And so I do a brief retrospective of the first 100 shows and open up the show to Comments from the Podcast Gallery. so you’ll hear from Mike and Kim, Andrea and even Matt. Some of what we talked about:

• How With a Voice Like This started
• The people I’ve  interviewed and some of the topics
  • Kim Fenolio – Graphic Artist for my Christmas EP With A Voice Like This Christmas
  • Gillian Kelly of Voice Quest Inc.
  • Samantha Murphy – Singer-Songwriter
  • Ariel Hyatt of CyberPR
  • Paul Natkin – Interim Executive Director of the Chicago Music Commission
  • Derek Sivers – Founder of CD Baby
  • Dave Kusek – Co-Author of  The Future of Music
  • Alice Peacock – Singer-Songwriter
  • Bruce Iglauer – President of Alligator Records
• Appearances I’ve made
  • The Indigo Room: Creating Our Reality with Sydney Chase
  • Geek is Chic Podcastathon for the Susan G. Komen foundation with Andrea
  • Forum on Blogging and Podcasting with the Chicago Music Commission
• Then there’s a lot of open conversation with Mike, Kim, Andrea and Matt in Comments From the Podcast Gallery.

I just wanted to say a special thank you to everyone who listens and/or attends my live show. I’m glad to put out this show and information as I can. Thank you all.

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