Creature Cast 004 with Brian McTernan (Producer of Juturna & On Letting Go)

Announcement : Quarantine Sessions and a new Level 4 video have been pushed to next week for some further tweaking but here is the new podcast! 

Helllllllllllooooooooo

We are back with the 4th installment of Creature Cast and this time we have a guest! For our very first guest we asked none other than Mr.  B- Mc- T, AKA Brian Fury  , AKA our dear friend, producer Brian McTernan to join us and shoot the shit. 

For those of you who don't know, Brian produced our first two albums as well as a very large amount of the albums that inspired us to become musicians in the first place. 

While we have all individually stayed in touch, this was the first time all 6 of us had a long conversation together in over 10 years. It truly felt like we hadn't missed a (D-) beat. 

This conversation represents our dynamic very accurately. We ask questions, Brian talks, tells some incredible stories and we all listen very closely.  This is a really rare peak into the mind and heart of someone who influenced our band more profoundly than probably any other one individual. 

Here are some bullet points for those of you who like to skip around....

FIRST 15 mins

-hello hello hello hello hello hello 

-Brian catches us up about his life  

-being a Dad

-his amazing wife Minu's issues with the VA and her job struggles as a compassionate care giver 

-issues with moving houses, fires, chaos, studios 

-the music industry crash

16 mins in

- Brian teaching Anthony implied rhymes 

-Miltown reunion 

-Matt Squire

-remembering the Beltsville Studio

21 mins in

-Brian remembers Anthony breaking stuff

-Brian started the precedent of Anthony always recording Vocals in The Control Room instead of the Vocal Booth

24 mins

-False memories and nobody remembers the truth LOL

-Doing guest vocals while Blacked Out

-Some disturbing tales of an unnamed singer 

-Brendan gets mad about our samples 

33 mins 

-we talk about the reality of COVID-19 on live music 

-the nightmare of postponing the tour 

40 mins 

- why Patreon is awesome 

-the historic aspect of music made at this time

45 mins

-Brian tells us about burning out, quitting music and taking a normal job

-exercising the creative muscle 

51 mins

-the importance of having something to look forward to

53 mins

-we talk about making working together, why Brian is hard on his bands sometimes, 

-some seriously beautiful insights on Brian's perspective on the art form of producing 

-we realize how young Brian was when we worked together 

1 hour in

-Brian's depression and return to Music 

-Brian's new project Be Well

- What is the D-Beat?

-having your heart in the right place

1 hr 10 mins

-Brendan gets annoyed by the samples again LOL

-getting off of the hamster wheel

1hr 15 mins

-Brian's start in recording/producing 

1hr 20 mins

-the healing transformative power of music & community 

-being a parent and expressing complex darkness in your art

1hr 30 mins

-what music production needs these days

-why Circa is cool :)

- we have a total love fest 

Support and follow Brian!

Brian on twitter  

Brian on Instagram 

Be Well's new shit! 

We fucking love you & hope you dig it !!!

xoxo

C