About this episode
Jim Ward from Sparta discusses their new album and various aspects of music production and collaboration.
Today on the podcast is Jim Ward from Sparta. Sparta has a new album called Cut A Silhouette is out May 29th on Equal Vision Records! Jim and I speak about guitar tones, recording with J Robbins, co-writing for the first time on a song with Frank Iero, and how Sparta connected with Equal Vision. Lastly we talk about Jim always taking it to the bridge. You’ll get it when you listen. https://www.sparta.band/ Support: https://www.patreon.com/washedupemo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
People in this episode
Host: Tom Mullen
Guest: Jim Ward
Topics covered
- music
- interviews
- guitar tones
- recording
- album release
- collaboration
Keywords
- Jim Ward
- Sparta
- Cut A Silhouette
- Equal Vision Records
- guitar tones
- recording
- Frank Iero
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Sparta, Equal Vision Records
Books & works: Cut A Silhouette
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