The Check-In with Billy Fuller-Beak

From Tour Stories/The Check-In with Joe Plummer by Ruinous Media

March 20, 2026 · 22 min · Season 8 · Episode 313

About this episode

Billy Fuller discusses his debut solo album 'Fragments' and his creative process.

Billy Fuller is a song writer, bass player and founding member of the band Beak>. Billy’s debut solo album Fragments is a sonic journey that spans time as it collects fragments of Billy creating alone in his home studio over the last few years. The songs not only inspire the visual, but they hypnotize, pulse and guide the listener through a hazy, atmospheric, and groovy motorik landscape. Fragments is available April 3rd via Invada Records, with two singles out now. Billy tells us how this record came to fruition, and he shares his process for compiling the songs, which were selected from a pool of 60+ pieces. He tells us why Fragments is a great example of Billy enjoying himself, we learn what his main goals in songwriting are, and he shares his approach to tracking songs. Joe and Billy discuss the making of the video for the single Three Blind Mice , Billy tells us why he celebrates owning the sole responsibility for the success of Fragments and Joe hedges on his usual critique of Billy’s artistic output. Our newest sponsor Kingston Union is YOUR store for the legendary Winos. This episode supported by our friends at Izotope . This episode is produced with Ozone 12, the…

People in this episode

Host: Joe Plummer

Guest: Billy Fuller

Topics covered

songwriting
music production
solo albums
artistic process
video making

Keywords

Billy Fuller
Fragments
Beak>
music production
Izotope
Distrokid
songwriting
video making

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Beak>, Invada Records

Products: Ozone 12, RX 11, Bandzoogle

Books & works: Fragments