Dropped Among This Crowd

Conversation with Mike Gantzer

Episode Summary

Tune in this week to hear my conversation with Aqueous + Death Kings guitarist and vocalist, Mike Gantzer. Mike and I talk about a whole bunch of topics like: * Death Kings, how it all came together, and what its been like for Mike to work on this project. * The Green Day set he played with Kris Myers and Ryan Stasik at Summer Camp Music Festival 2017 and how that started laying the ground work for Death Kings. * March 2020 when Aqueous was set to open for Umphrey’s in San Diego before everything was cancelled * What 2020 was like for him personally and as a musician. What he focused on most during the time off the road and the lessons he’s learned. * His solo acoustic “Storytellers” type shows back in April * Teaching lessons on Lively * The importance of mental health, vulnerability, and courage * What inspired him to pick up the guitar and how skateboarding played a huge piece into that * Seeing Umphrey’s McGee for the first time *How’s he’s inspired by UM personally and professionally * What song he would sit in with UM if he was given the opportunity * The punk version of "Uncle Wally" from Summer Camp Music Festival 2004 * The Town Ballroom * Moe. * The most valuable piece of advice he’s gotten about being a musician and more!

Episode Notes

Tune in this week to hear my conversation with Aqueous + Death Kings guitarist and vocalist, Mike Gantzer. Mike and I talk about a whole bunch of topics like:

* Death Kings, how it all came together, and what its been like for Mike to work on this project.

* The Green Day set he played with Kris Myers and Ryan Stasik at Summer Camp Music Festival 2017 and how that started laying the ground work for Death Kings.

* March 2020 when Aqueous was set to open for Umphrey’s in San Diego before everything was cancelled

* What 2020 was like for him personally and as a musician. What he focused on most during the time off the road and the lessons he’s learned.

* His solo acoustic “Storytellers” type shows back in April

* Teaching lessons on Lively

* The importance of mental health, vulnerability, and courage

* What inspired him to pick up the guitar and how skateboarding played a huge piece into that

* Seeing Umphrey’s McGee for the first time

*How’s he’s inspired by UM personally and professionally

* What song he would sit in with UM if he was given the opportunity

* The punk version of "Uncle Wally" from Summer Camp Music Festival 2004

* The Town Ballroom

* Moe.