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Local band Brainium tells stories about playing live (anywhere from bars to parking lots), recording music starting in the 80s (cassette tape) through today (DAW), their eventually-to-be-released stage musical, and more. Self-described (in the song “Our Kind of Town”) as “Two guys in disguise as a pseudointellectual music machine” Brainium is guitarist (and much more) Thom Ciezki and keyboardist (and much less) Gary Schmid. Both (especially Thom) have played in other local bands but only Brainium has endured through the decades. Weird, witty, and rarely dull, hear stories about music-making from local guys who haven’t made it big (yet) but have had a great time getting...nowhere. “Oh, that magic feeling...”

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15 episodes

#Music #Brainium

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Local band Brainium tells stories about playing live (anywhere from bars to parking lots), recording music starting in the 80s (cassette tape) through today (DAW), their eventually-to-be-released stage musical, and more. Self-described (in the song “Our Kind of Town”) as “Two guys in disguise as a pseudointellectual music machine” Brainium is guitarist (and much more) Thom Ciezki and keyboardist (and much less) Gary Schmid. Both (especially Thom) have played in other local bands but only Brainium has endured through the decades. Weird, witty, and rarely dull, hear stories about music-making from local guys who haven’t made it big (yet) but have had a great time getting...nowhere. “Oh, that magic feeling...”

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15 episodes

#Music #Brainium

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Playing Live vs. Studio 26:52

1 day ago26:52

26:52

Sometimes bands play live, sometimes in a studio. (And with Brainium, sometimes "live" to tape in a basement with no audience.) What's the difference? Plenty, actually. The Boys of Brainium (especially Thom) discuss their own experiences with playing live vs. the studio.

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The Marquis: Brainium's legendary "other" guitar 21:38

17 days ago21:38

21:38

While Thom's Fender Strat provided almost all of the guitar sounds for Brainium (to date), another guitar shows up now and then played by Gary--the keyboard player who can't really play guitar (or keyboards, but that's another story). It's old and cheap (like Brainium?) but recently had some work done (unlike Brainium) so it seemed like a good time to showcase this obscure instrument.…

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Song Origins: Our Kind of Town 22:31

29 days ago22:31

22:31

Another in our series discussing the origins of specific Brainium songs. This one might be considered the band's "anthem" as it includes "Brainium" in the lyrics. (It also includes "pseudointellectual" but that's irrelevant.) A snippet from this song is the outro for our podcast episodes. Now you can hear the whole thing!…

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Running Sound 26:12

6 weeks ago26:12

26:12

Big, successful bands have crews of sound people setting everything up and making sure it all sounds good during the performance. Most bands don't have that luxury. Brainium didn't. (Not yet, anyway.) So how do other bands (like Brainium) run their sound?

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Auditions 22:24

8 weeks ago22:24

22:24

Getting into a band usually (but not always) requires an audition. Brainium talks about their audition experiences...both having them and giving them.

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When Things Went Wrong 29:42

10 weeks ago29:42

29:42

Believe it or not, things don't always go as planned during a gig. Shocking, right? In this episode, the boys of Brainium tell stories of some of their "uh oh" incidents. Unsurprisingly, this episode ran a little long even though we only hit the highlights (or lowlights) at Brainium and non-Brainium gigs.…

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Favorite Non-Brainium Gigs 24:48

12 weeks ago24:48

24:48

In a previuos episode, we talked about some of our favorite Brainium gigs. Now it's time to talk about favorite gigs playing in other bands. While nothing can truly compare to playing a Brainium gig, there were still some good times for each of us playing in other bands. Just ask Thom!

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Song Origins: I'm A Monk 31:06

14 weeks ago31:06

31:06

Another Song Origins episode features the song "I'm A Monk." We discuss how the song originated and evolved into the new (for now) Brainium version. (The "new" version is from the late 1980s.) Hear the difference "Brainiumizing" the song made! Note: This episode is a little longer than usual. We'll strive to be more concise in the future. We do tend to ramble...…

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A Brainium Gig from Start to Finish 27:06

16 weeks ago27:06

27:06

Hear about all the steps, from start to finish, that went into Brainium playing out live. There's a lot more to it than just the performance, especially when you're just two guys with no crew.

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Favorite Brainium Gigs 23:36

18 weeks ago23:36

23:36

Brainium didn't play many live gigs, but all of them were fun, and some were particularly memorable. Sure they were decades ago but the boys of Brainium remember them well! (Sort of.)

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Gig Equipment: What did we bring? 23:01

20 weeks ago23:01

23:01

Ever wonder what that local band you saw at the bar had to bring to their gig? Brainium tells you what they brought to their gigs! Hint: It's probably more than you think.

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Song Origins: People 25:15

22 weeks ago25:15

25:15

An in-depth look at the making of the song "People" from the early instrumental concept through Thom's first exposure to the new band and the 8-track studio recording. As best we can remember...it was a long time ago!

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Songwriting 23:54

24 weeks ago23:54

23:54

Brainium discusses their process (or lack thereof) for writing original music.

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Recording Equipment Through the Decades 24:42

26 weeks ago24:42

24:42

How Brainium recorded their music, starting with simple cassette decks back in the 80s and continuing through to the 2020s.

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Brainium Beginnings 19:56

28 weeks ago19:56

19:56

Brainium talks about how they got into music and how they ultimately got together to form the band Brainium.

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