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(Jake Denning) I did a spin on Death Cab for Cuties ‘The New Year’. Its kinda lo-fi I guess, I hope you’ll listen/ enjoy. Reblog’s super appreciated as well

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(Jake Denning) I covered Such Great Heights by The Postal Service! I’d be super grateful if you gave it a listen. Thanks!

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(Jake Denning) An original song I did a little while ago. Check it out! 

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(Jake Denning) I covered a Bon Iver song. 

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This episode is with Matt Carter of the band Emery. Matt is also the co-host of the popular Bad Christian podcast, as well as host of Break It Down with Matt Carter.

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I’ll be back next Monday with another person from the music scene. 

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Next Move

Perhaps you may have heard, but AbsolutePunk is done as a publication. Go ahead, soak that news up…I’ll wait. You done? Good.

Jason has bought back the rights to AbsolutePunk and as a result has decided to move forward with his new website, Chorus.fm (which is now live). For a much more in-depth look at what that’s going to look like, go ahead and visit the new website, as he lays everything you need to know clearly. I know many of you are disappointed to see AbsolutePunk leave, but I think Jason’s going to do something neat with Chorus, and I recommend that everyone gives it a shot. There’s a lot of similarities between the two websites.   

After a couple days, It’s still a little bizarre thinking about the fact that a website that’s been a big part of my life for so long is gone. Like many people, I lurked for awhile but eventually signed up for an account once I realized all the cool ways to participate. It was on the 4th of July in 2008 when I really wanted to participate in a band chat and pulled the trigger on registration - I think it was Hawthorne Heights…sounds about right. But there was something so neat about being able to engage with a community that was passionate for music (for better or for worse), that I never left. 

A couple years later, I was presented with a really memorable opportunity that ended up being a major event in my life. I really can’t remember what prompted me to do so, but I submitted an email to Adam Pfleider to interview bands on the 2010 Warped Tour. Luckily enough, he responded with the go-ahead and I got the chance to show up in Hillsboro at the end of the tour and interview those who were available (and open) to sitting down with me. I was incredibly green and nervous as hell, but I had the opportunity to speak with Andrew W.K. and Giuseppe of Haste The Day. I learned a lot from the experience, and I was on a massive high after doing so. However, this was a one day opportunity only, and I was no longer needed - looking back, I was very fortunate to not jump on as staff at the time, as I likely would’ve embarrassed the website with my inexperience and been let go, never to return. I was in no way ready to take on that type of responsibility.   

So after a one-day gig with AbsolutePunk, I decided to start interviewing bands on a tumblr blog, SoundwaveNW. Yes, you heard that right, I was one of THOSE people. I was horrifyingly mediocre, and got a ton of lucky breaks through relationships in the year I did my own thing - for instance, I should have NEVER been allowed to interview Yelawolf or Of Mice & Men. But I learned a lot of things that would end up being really important later on, such as patience - Yelawolf ended up giving me a great interview, but I had to sit on his tour bus for over an hour while he went to go party with some friends he had made on the Warped Tour.   

I’ve spent four years as a staff member at AbsolutePunk since December 2011, publishing my first interview with Don Broco in January 2012. It’s been an absolutely wild experience. I’ve made some great friends and made some great memories because I was allowed to interview essentially whomever I wanted for so long. I’m thankful that Jason allowed me to write for his website, even though he really didn’t like many of the bands I covered. There’s a ton of things that I got to do because I wrote for AbsolutePunk, and I still don’t take that for granted - I could write for quite some time about everything. Also, my voice has grown considerably after seeing people better than me put out some awesome content. 

I’ve had quite a few people ask me what I’m up to since AbsolutePunk is no longer around. And to be completely honest, I haven’t made a decision yet. I will say that I have multiple options though, one of them contributing towards Chorus. Another option is re-branding my podcast, “This Is What I’m Into”, and bringing that back. Luckily, April-June is a slower part of the year when it comes to shows, and that’ll give me more of a chance to ponder where I want to go from here on out. Maybe I’ll do both. 

I’d like to thank Jason Tate and all of the rest of the AbsolutePunk staff for putting up with me over the past four years, as well as the numerous people who have stopped me at various places to tell me they enjoyed a particular interview.

List of Interviews while at AbsolutePunk (in somewhat sequential order): 2010 Andrew W.K. #1 (Warped Tour contest) (Non-Staff) Haste The Day (Giuseppe) (Warped Tour contest) (Non-Staff) 2012

Don Broco (Bobby D) - 1/26/12 Blessed By A Broken Heart (Sam Ryder) - 1/26/12 Leaders (Lazarus Rios) - 03/15/12 Destroy Rebuild Until God Shows (Craig Owens) - 02/15/12 Hit The Lights (Kevin Mahoney) - 02/15/12 Like Moths To Flames #1 (Chris Roetter) - 02/15/12 August Burns Red #1 (Jake Luhrs) - 02/10/12 MxPx (Mike Herrera) - 03/29/12 Cartel (Will Pugh) - 03/28/12 Set Your Goals (Jordan Brown) - 03/28/12 The Story So Far #1 (Will, Kelen) - 03/25/12 Impending Doom (Brook Reeves) - 03/20/12 Hands Like Houses (Trenton Woodley) - 04/03/12 Veil Of Maya (Marc Okubo) - 03/14/12 Andrew W.K. #2 - 03/05/12 Stick To Your Guns #1 (Jesse Barnett) - 03/20/12 Woe, Is Me (Hance Alligood, Austin Thornton) 03/27/12 Ed Sheeran - 05/02/12 letlive. #1 (Jason Aalon Butler) - 05/09/12 Sleeping With Sirens #1 (Kellin Quinn) - 05/08/12 Squid The Whale (Bradley Walden) - 05/27/12 Falling In Reverse (Jacky Vincent) - 06/11/12 For Today (Mattie Montgomery) - 06/06/12 The Ghost Inside #1 (Jonathan Vigil) - 06/05/12 The Word Alive #1 (Telle Smith) - 06/15/12 Pierce The Veil (Vic Fuentes) - 06/15/12 New Found Glory #1 (Jordan Pundik) - 06/16/12 Thrice (Riley Breckenridge) - 06/26/12 (*Hiatus interview) Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - 06/27/12 The Temper Trap (Toby Dundas) - 07/08/12 Machine Gun Kelly - 08/12/12 (Warped Tour interview) Breathe Carolina (Kyle Even, David Schmitt) - 08/15/12 MOD SUN #1 - 08/20/12 (Warped Tour interview) Of Mice & Men (Austin Carlile) - 08/15/12 (Warped Tour interview) Memphis May Fire (Matty Mullins) - 08/12/12 (Warped Tour interview) Issues #1 (Tyler Carter, Michael Bohn, Ty “Scout” Acord, AJ Rebollo, Kris Crummett) - 09/12/12 (*Band’s first interview ever, in studio) Glass Cloud (Travis Sykes) - 09/12/12 Mac Miller - 10/02/12 Winds Of Plague (Jon Cooke) - 10/09/12 Underoath (Chris Dudley) - 10/12/12 (*Hiatus interview) Stephen Kellogg and The Sixers (Stephen Kellogg) - 10/29/12 (Hiatus interview*) P.O.D. (Sonny Sandoval) - 10/29/12 Hatebreed (Frank Novinec) - 11/02/12 Parkway Drive (Winston McCall) - 11/19/12 Tonight Alive (Jenna McDougall, Whakaio Taahi) - 12/12/12 We Are Defiance (Brian Calzini) - 12/26/12 2013 Texas In July (Ben Witowski) - 01/07/13 Chiodos #1 (Craig Owens) - 01/14/13 Blackbear #1 - 01/17/13 Romeo Lacoste - 01/20/13 Obey The Brave (Alex Erian) - 02/12/13 Volumes #1 (Michael Barr) - 02/10/13 Jonny Craig - 02/22/13 The Acacia Strain (Vincent Bennett) - 03/06/13 The Color Morale #1 (Garrett Rapp) - 03/08/13 Chunk! No, Captain Chunk! (Paul Wilson) - 04/17/13 Serianna (Chris Ferraro) - 04/22/13 For All I Am (Aria Yavarinejad) - 04/25/13 Issues #2 (Ty “Scout” Acord, Case Snedecor) - 04/26/13 John D. (Skate & Surf Festival) - 05/07/13 Stick To Your Guns #2 (Jesse Barnett) - 05/31/13 Heartsupport (*Non-Profit) - 06/20/13 The Summer Set (Brian Logan Dales) - 06/26/13 Architects (UK) (Sam Carter) - 06/23/13 Big Chocolate (Cameron Argon) - 06/23/13 Never Shout Never (Christofer Drew, Taylor MacFee) - 06/24/13 Sleeping With Sirens #2 (Jesse Lawson) - 06/24/13 August Burns Red #2 (Jake Luhrs) - 06/25/13 New Found Glory #2 (Jordan Pundik) - 06/26/13 The Amity Affliction #1 (Ahren Stringer) - 07/29/13 Dustin Kensrue (solo) - 09/13/13 No Bragging Rights (Mike Perez) - 12/23/13 2014 The Classic Crime (Matt MacDonald) - 02/14/14 Blackbear #2 - 03/17/14 Four Year Strong (Dan O’Connor) - 03/18/14 Miss May I #1 (Levi Benton) - 03/24/14 Stick To Your Guns #3 (George Schmitz) - 04/01/14 G-Eazy #1 - 04/02/14 Breathe Carolina #2 (David Schmitt) - 04/15/14 The Amity Affliction #2 (Joel Birch) - 06/07/14 DJ Scout (Issues) (Ty Acord) - 07/04/14 Chunk! No, Captain Chunk! (Bert Poncet) 07/30/14 Beartooth (Kamron, Taylor) - 07/30/14 The Ghost Inside #2 (Jonathan Vigil) - 07/30/14 The Summer Set #2 (Brian Logan Dales) - 07/30/14 Crown The Empire (Andrew, Brent) - 07/30/14 Dangerkids (Andy, Tyler) - 07/30/14 The Story So Far #2 (Kelen Careener) - 07/31/14 Uh Huh Baby Yeah! (Kevin Fletcher) - 07/31/14 Volumes #2 (Michael Barr, Gus Farias) - 07/31/14 A Skylit Drive (Micheal Jagmin) - 07/31/14 The Word Alive #2 (Telle Smith) - 08/01/14 Chelsea Grin (Pablo Viveros, Alex Koehler) - 08/01/14 Favorite Weapon [2 Part] (Hance Alligood, Alex Heroes) - 09/01/14 Senses Fail [2 Part] (Buddy Nielsen) - 09/15/14 Like Moths To Flames [2 Part] (Chris Roetter) - 09/22/14 The Amity Affliction #3 (Joel Birch) - 10/10/14 For The Fallen Dreams [2 Part] (Jim Hocking, Chad Ruhlig) - 11/10/14 Palisades (Lou Miceli Jr.) - 11/11/14 Obey The Brave (Alex Erian) - 12/03/14 Chad Gilbert (of New Found Glory) - 12/05/14 Backtrack (James Vitalo) - 12/15/14 Marmozets (Becca MacIntyre, Jack Bottomley) - 12/16/14 From Indian Lakes (Joey Vannucchi) - 12/17/14 Issues #3 (Ty Acord, Michael Bohn) - 12/23/14 2015 G-Eazy #2 - 01/02/15 Miss May I #2 [2-Part] (Ryan Neff) - 01/20/15 Angel Du$t (Justice Tripp) - 02/09/15 PVRIS (Lynn Gunn) - 02/13/15 Silverstein #1 (Shane Told) - 02/22/15 Rudy Sarzo (Ozzy Osbourne, Quiet Riot) - 03/01/15 August Burns Red #3 (Jake Luhrs) - 03/04/15 Motionless In White (Chris Motionless) - 03/16/15 Enter Shikari (Rou Reynolds) - 05/04/15 Emery (Matt Carter, Josh Head) - 05/28/15 Man Overboard (Zac Eisenstein) - 06/17/15 We Came As Romans (Dave Stephens, Kyle Pavone) - 08/21/15 One OK Rock (Taka Moriuchi) - 09/14/15 Thousand Foot Krutch (Trevor McNevan) - 09/16/15 Islander (Mikey Carvajal) - 12/01/15

2016 Silverstein #2 (Shane Told) - 03/21/16 Underoath #2 (Spencer Chamberlain) - 03/28/16 *Rebirth Tour August Burns Red #4 (Jake Luhrs) 03/29/16