Join Dan Selcke & Daniel Roman for another week of Take The Black LIVE! In today's show, a update from George R.R. Martin's blog shows that he's still trying to tip-toe around the topic of criticizing HBO - will HBO respond? We shall see! Also, after getting access to the season finale, we discuss the second season of The Rings of Power and examine…

Welcome back to Slamcast! In this episode, we’re thrilled to chat with Buttah, a talented producer and DJ based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Growing up in a household filled with hip-hop and R&B in Chicago, Buttah’s musical journey took off during the peak of COVID when he began DJing as a hobby. After the pandemic, he toured with a hip-hop group, bu…

Join Daniel Roman and special guest co-host Natalie Zamaora for another week of Take The Black LIVE! In today's show, we recap some of the biggest shows mentioned at Netflix's 2024 Geeked Week event including updates on Wednesday season 2, The Sandman season 2, Black Mirror season 7, and One Piece season 2. Plus, What Are We Watching/Reading with T…

Join Dan Selcke & Daniel Roman for another week of Take The Black LIVE! In today's show, Daniel goes into his full interview with A Song of Ice and Fire author George R.R. Martin conducted at the 82nd annual World Science Fiction Convention. Also, from the world of Westeros - updates from the set of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms and House of the D…

Welcome to SlamCast, where your hosts Neil and Brea chat with creatives about their process and how they navigate the grind of promoting themselves. In this episode of SlamCast, we sit down with the incredibly talented Sophia Eris, a multifaceted artist and DJ who has navigated a remarkable journey in the music industry. Sophia shares her story of …

In this episode Opiuo (Oscar) shares about his unique live performance setup and production, mixing tips, creative workflows, favorite plugins and gear, collaborating on his recent EP, and more. Opiuo, the musical project of Oscar Davey-Wraight, is known for his unique blend of funkadelic bass and electrifying live performances. He has sold out ico…

Join Dan Selcke & Daniel Roman for another week of Take The Black LIVE! In today's show, recapping some of the updates from George R.R. Martin in regards to The Winds of Winter and Blood & Fire (the sequel to Fire & Blood). Also, Neil Gaiman - author of such works as Good Omens & The Sandman - is now having a lot of his current projects put on paus…

Join Dan Selcke & Daniel Roman as they discuss George R.R. Martin's blog post about HBO's House of the Dragon and the history of book authors who have disliked adaptations of their own work. Plus, we take a quick look at the Heritage Auctions and their various Game of Thrones props/costumes/artwork, a review of The Rings of Power and Chicago's Lord…

Welcome to SlamCast, where your hosts Neil and Brea chat with creatives about their process and how they navigate the grind of promoting themselves. In this episode of SlamCast, we sit down with Chuck Love, a versatile house music producer, DJ, and multi-instrumentalist. Chuck shares his journey from his early days as "Baby Chuck Love," learning to…

In this episode, Roberto (Helado Negro) shares his professional experience recording foley for film and animation, his creative production workflows, vocal recording process, favorite gear, his new album PHASOR, and more. Roberto Carlos Lange, known as Helado Negro, creates immersive dreamscapes with vibrant melodies and bilingual lyrics. In additi…

For our final Summer Short story of the 2024 season, we bring you Susan Bartfay and her story “Bad boys are my weakness”. Some people just have to recount things that happened in their life to bring a really incredible story to the stage. Susan told this one at our “Pot Luck” story slam that we held at our NEPM studios in Springfield. We’re making …

On this episode of Take The Black, Daniel Roman and Natalie Zamora provide a spoiler-free review of The Rings of Power Season 2. They also look ahead to the fall TV and movie season, including titles like Speak No Evil and Agatha All Along. The hosts share their latest reads and watches before wrapping up with a quick lightning round of entertainme…

Rachel Leventhal Weiner is up next in NEPM’s Summer Short podcast series. She takes out an old personal memory set to the back drop of a quite public memory that we all share. Enjoy “Girl Meets Boy” from our “Missed Connections” story slam last fall.

This week on Take The Black, Dan Selcke and Daniel Roman cover an exclusive interview with George R.R. Martin, in which he critiques unfaithful adaptations and discusses the role of fantasy in reflecting human truths. Daniel shares highlights from his time at the 2024 Hugo Awards, and the hosts chat about their current entertainment picks, from Ali…

We're excited to announce the ultimate Ableton weekend retreat, a 2-day masterclass happening November 16-17, 2024 at Ableton's U.S. headquarters in Pasadena, CA. Learn from industry professionals during this exclusive, hands-on experience designed for experienced artists, producers, and musicians using Ableton Live. With only 15 seats available, t…

Welcome to SlamCast, where your hosts Neil and Brea chat with creatives about their process and how they navigate the grind of promoting themselves. In this episode of Slamcast, we sit down with Mike Rat, a bass music producer, DJ, and instructor at Slam Academy. Mike shares how he found his way into the Slam Academy community. From witnessing a pe…

This week in NEPM’s Valley Voices Summer Shorts podcast series, we reach back to our Whodunit? story slam last fall to hear from Judy Gutlerner and the life perspective she got from a household mixup.

Join Dan Selcke and special guest co-host Natalie Zamora for another week of Take The Black LIVE! In this episode: we dive through some of the Star Wars & Marvel news straight out of D23 this weekend, including first footage from Daredevil, Thunderbolts, and The Mandalorian & Grogu. Later, we give a cast rundown for the upcoming Game of Thrones spi…

In this episode Danny Wyatt shares about common mixing and mastering mistakes, the evolution of digital music quality, mastering techniques using clipping, favorite plugins for mixing, his journey navigating the music industry, and more. Danny Wyatt is an Emmy nominated, multi-Platinum audio engineer and producer with releases on Warner Bros Record…

Kenneth Mulder is up next in NEPM’s Summer Shorts podcast series with his quirky story “Lost in Translation”. Kenneth brings us his secret of talking to the animals, and listening to them too. Extra bonus points for the sound effects!These stories come from our Valley Voices story slams throughout the year — even if you didn’t make it to the slam, …

Join Dan Selcke and special guest co-host Natalie Zamora for another week of Take The Black LIVE! In this episode: we give our final thoughts on the season 2 finale of House of the Dragon. We also react to some of the HBO trailer footage for A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms and The Last of Us season 2. Lastly, getting hyped for the final season of Ne…

Welcome to SlamCast, where your hosts Neil and Brea chat with creatives about their process and how they navigate the grind of promoting themselves. This episode features Virtual Riot, a music producer and YouTuber, who shares his journey from moving to Minneapolis to teaching advanced music production classes, all while navigating sobriety. We exp…

*apologies to our audio-only listeners. It seems this episode got stuck in our distribution platform's queue and we were never notified of this error. Enjoy! Join us for another special episode of Take The Black LIVE! In today's show, we review the season finale House of the Dragon Season 2. Want to join us for our live show? We record every Wednes…

Andrew Shelffo was part of a night of stories on the theme “Pot Luck” that NEPM hosted at our Springfield studios last spring. His story “A family reunion” spanned many years and almost as many emotions.NEPM’s Summer Shorts podcasts are taken from our Valley Voices story slams throughout the year — even if you didn’t make it to the slam, we didn’t …

Join Dan Selcke & Daniel Roman for another week of Take The Black LIVE! In this episode: we preview the season 2 finale of House of the Dragon, taking a look at some key moments revealed in HBO's trailer. We also react to some of the big news to come out of Marvel Studios in the last week, including the return of Robert Downey Jr as Doctor Doom, th…

Join us for another special episode of Take The Black LIVE! In today's show, we review the seventh episode of House of the Dragon Season 2. We'll be reviewing each new episodes of the show all season long right after they air on Sundays. Join us! We also have our normal Take the Black show every Wednesday at 3pm EST/12pm PST, so make sure to turn o…

Lila West takes us to Europe this week for our Valley Voices Summer Shorts podcast. Told at our Road Trip story slam last fall, “Putting the international into harvester” is a story about a family trip, but it’s also about learning to accept some things that she thought she never would. NEPM’s Summer Shorts podcasts are taken from our Valley Voices…

Join Dan Selcke & Daniel Roman for another week of Take The Black LIVE! In this episode: the Dans explore some of the characters & storylines in House of the Dragon season 2 that help set up for season 3 - let's hope it's not a long wait! Also, Deadpool & Wolverine comes out this week with a lot of people asking the same question: will this movie h…

Welcome to SlamCast, where your hosts Neil and Brea chat with creatives about their process and how they navigate the grind of promoting themselves. This week they sit down with Lady Midnight, an electro RnB artist, performer, and educator. On this episode of SlamCast, we begin with Lady Midnight taking us through her upbringing around salsa and co…

Robert Trusko is a well recognized musician, composer, engineer, and producer in Dallas, TX. Through his musicianship, Robert has performed across the world with notable artists including Aloe Blacc, Robert Randolph, Eric McFadden (Parliament Funkadelic), Greg Spero, Robert “Sput” Searight, RC Williams, Cleon Edwards (Erykah Badu), Jaguar Wright (T…

Join us for another special episode of Take The Black LIVE! In today's show, we review the sixth episode of House of the Dragon Season 2. We'll be reviewing each new episodes of the show all season long right after they air on Sundays. Join us! We also have our normal Take the Black show every Wednesday at 3pm EST/12pm PST, so make sure to turn on …

The next story in NEPM’s Valley Voices Summer Shorts series comes from Lauren Ostberg. She brought “The Perpetrator” to our Whodunit? story slam in September to prove to all of us what an amazing detective she is. NEPM’s Summer Shorts podcasts are taken from our Valley Voices story slams throughout the year — even if you didn’t make it to the slam,…

Join Dan Selcke & Daniel Roman for another week of Take The Black LIVE! Stay Wars: The Acolyte comes to an end, so what's the verdict? Is this the best Star Wars series so far....or the worst? Plus, the Emmys have released their nominations, and FX's Shogun and Hulu's The Bear rack up the accolades. Also, What Are We Watching/Reading with The Shado…

Join us for another special episode of Take The Black LIVE! In today's show, we review the fifth episode of House of the Dragon Season 2. We'll be reviewing each new episodes of the show all season long right after they air on Sundays. Join us! Want to join us for our live show? We record every Wednesday at 3pm EST/12pm PST at https://www.youtube.c…