Had Jeni Magaña on recently, and her band is Magana. She’s a multi-instrumentalist and producer who is always creating and releasing art into the world. Her EP Bad News came out earlier this year. She also plays bass in Mitski and has another band called Pen, Pin. I think that if the world shut down again, her innate desire to create would probably produce so many albums within a year, as much of her life is spent on tour, and the time isn’t always there.

Magana was kind enough to share notes connected to the music she’s put out, and we get into them. I’ll attach a link so you can see said notes. I decided it’d be fun to incorporate artists' notes on their creations into the show because one, the name of the show, and two, to see some of their thought process of how they formulate their creations. Magana and I get into a lot, from Doing Art for yourself to being a working musician.

Ideas of tension, release, and resolution came up a couple of times in making music, so I’m attaching a link to “Adagio for Strings” by Samuel Barber because Magana mentioned that piece, and it’s really quite powerful, and as she notes, illuminates these ideas clearly.

Episode Spare Notes:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hmPkbfMjyVYdMpt48Vq0ppy8MsmWRsvbcDuAErfPKAU/edit?tab=t.0

Episode Track Listing:

Snippets: 1. Fantasie Impromptu (fast) by Chopin. The rest are by Magana: 2. Girl in Chains (Teeth) 3. Lawyers Were Our Friends (Dreams) 4. To My Love 5. Shower Song (Bad News)

Full song: Half to Death (Bad News)

Magana

Website: http://s976828381.onlinehome.us/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maganarama/?hl=en

linktree: https://linktr.ee/maganarama?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAadKGy8cxI2jxORKhFHCS1D2s9PMT6wx5XE0wdNFADlm2H1vvTiaD452Aws0Jg_aem_r0CxzPeFlkcbBGLbQqKfyg

"Adagio for Strings" by Samuel Barber: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izQsgE0L450&ab_channel=MarshallJ.Hendrickson

From the importance of enjoying your creations and the nature of music, to getting down ideas and making art, Alexei Shishkin and I delve into ideas of taking advantage of time and moments to make music, because sometimes it’s hard to know what you’re gonna get done. Having created up to almost a dozen LP’s out, up-to-date, Shishkin is no stranger to getting it done. His latest record, “Good Times’ is out September 5th. We explore the making of ‘Good Times’ and get into the state of the music industry a bit.

The two latest singles are:

“Ode to Carl Dennis” is inspired by the poet himself,

"Disco Elysium" is inspired by the amazingly wild and beautiful video game Disco Elysium

Link to songs! https://alexeishishkin.bandcamp.com/album/good-times

Linktree: https://linktr.ee/alexeishishkin?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAacOYlKEzVR1xslft5Lr32F7rh1iopGn8nKHgPeCTfFVFOP2mqs6DhKkcUJUAQ_aem_xn1NHFUB3WBeDYqdQipciQ

Photo from Graham W. Bell: https://www.instagram.com/grahamwbell/

Tuxis Giant has an album coming out this week called “You Won’t Remember this, and I had a chat with Vocalist, guitar player, Matt O’Connor about it. We got into the contrast of joy and tragedy, Midwest family feels, dove into some lyrics, and talked about Huey Lewis, as one of the songs on the record is named Huey. It was nice having Matt O’Connor on for a second time!

Tuxis Giant:

INCREDIBLE INTERACTIVE Music Video for "Huey" HERE: https://worrybeadrecords.com/huey?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaeDkODvqPb58g0aTwVWTpH5Mc6hXPZCtvZEINzrhBUl_wyaiHOaJ7mKuA304w_aem_RSNH3SRHel0RJyuvNvquWg

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tuxisgiant/?hl=en

Bandcamp: https://tuxisgiant.bandcamp.com/album/you-wont-remember-this

Original Photo by Omari Spears:

Website: https://www.oshoots.com/music?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaf-0XeSFIltiVy0b05y_pxI_QQMnEG_SpY6DLTBmO1XtJIelZLfXQb79_LuZg_aem_1b7gNxBEkjZp8qJIp3RWEA

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/o.shoots/?hl=en