Jim is engineering a tracking session tomorrow, so the studio gets an overhaul and different mics are tested. Topics include microphones (Ear Trumpet, AKG, Miktek, Avantone), different instruments, the advice to specialize (and how that might be BS),...

Jim drives around the countryside and talks about Bit Brigade, weightlifting, nostalgia, and visual imagery of the area.

Jim tried the new Kemper spring reverb, and goes through all of the other reverbs to try to form opinions on them, in real time.

Jim is playing humbuckers through a Super Lead for some classic rock flavor. Topics include writing and re-writing, everything you really need in a guitar rig, and listener questions are answered.

Jim talks about procrastination, the idea of playing the same guitar for the rest of his life, figuring out where food comes from, and shooting a chicken pickin' course.

Jim tests a new lav mic while driving to Louisville to buy a camera. Signs of good things to come. Topics include music videos, documenting old stories, and working on new music.

Jim releases a pedal steel course (jimlillmusic.com/steel) and talks about newly released music he played guitar on. Additional topics include Bo Burnham's movie Eighth Grade, learning terrifying stuff about where food comes from, and coming to terms...

The original album recording process is underway. Jim talks about a new guitar strap (spoiler, the strap came in the mail and it was the wrong one). Other topics include Michigan State's Brand Values page and cutting songs true to current self or past...

Recapping the St. Louis show, website redesign, and seeing the awesome star studded Skynyrd tribute show at the Basement East. Tangents include detailing the four times Jim has met Dierks Bentley, only one of which he acted appropriately.

Jim drives to St. Louis for a show and talks about his week in Michigan, music, and more. Special shout-out to Paducah, KY and the midnight gas station crowd.