Episode 25 found us in an undisclosed and secure location with Tony McNaboe. After some obligatory foolishness to get things moving we got Tony to open up and talk with us about his life playing music. Topics included his recent time on the west coast, th

Welcome to Episode 24!  We met up with The Milkman's Union last week at District, in Portland.  We were able to discuss how the band came to be in the current form, as well as how they grew in to the fine young gentlemen that they are.... actually, that

Episode 23 was spent with Dan Capaldi (http://www.dancapaldi.com) as we discussed his new project, Sea Level (http://http://sealevel.bandcamp.com/album/anjuli). Talked turned to Dan's film scoring work, the pitfalls of art by committee, the secret to reca

Episode 22 found us in the middle of a Grassholes rehearsal in downtown Portland. We hung out and got schooled on the origins and development of bluegrass and the band’s own irreverent take on the form. The band was kind enough to allow us to record the

This past Monday, I had an opportunity meet up with Josh Newton, Paul Thomas, Don Pride (http://donpride.com) and Tim Burns, graduate students in the University of Southern Maine's composition program, (except for Tim. He's still an undergrad.) This week

Freezingprocess.net reaches episode 20 with The Mallet Brothers. We hosted the band at District and had a chance to talk with everyone about making music, getting beyond the local scene, the comeback of the 8 track cassette, and Will Mallet's insatiable a

For episode 19 we met up with Dylan Martin of Dispatch magazine and Bryan Bruchman of Hillytown.com and Marie Stella. Our conversation took us in all kinds of different directions, including the defeated LD 901, SXSW, the future of niche print media, and

Episode 18 was recorded at District restaurant in downtown Portland, a location we plan on revisiting regularly. We met up with Zach Jones and had a great time hearing about the making of his sophomore solo release, Broken Record, as well as his experienc

Welcome to episode 17! This week The Cyborg Trio joined us a The Great Lost Bear in Portland. We spent a lot time discussing how thy handle improvisation in a live setting, as well as how the songs are structured. Sammy taught us that there's more to "th

Welcome to episode 16!!!  For this episode we met with Murcielago at their practice space in Portland.  Sitting on the floor, bourboned up, we got deep in to their perspective on writing music and the differences between playing together, compared with