Witty Tarbox - Making Music in Dreamland

About this episode

In this episode, Jeff Miers hosts Witty Tarbox to discuss their musical journey and recording experience at Dreamland Studios.

Hello, music lovers! Welcome to Why Music Matters, a podcast where we examine the power and influence that music can wield in our lives. I’m your host, musician and music journalist Jeff Miers. Recording today’s episode was a real treat for me. Having Alex Khoury, Cody Tarbox, Seth Bykowski and Colin Gray - who are known collectively as Witty Tarbox - in the studio with me, with instruments in hand and plenty of stories to tell, felt like one of those cool spontaneous backyard hangs around the fire-pit. A moment you didn’t see coming, but that arrived with an air of familiarity. Like, we’ve all been here before, even though we just met. As you’ll hear, these four musicians are a band of brothers, a group of guys who found their musical tribe when they met each other, and allowed a unique, rootsy, rustic, and rockin’ sound to develop organically. They come from different backgrounds, and possess widely varied skill sets, but when they lock in together, something magical that is well beyond the sum of its parts emerges. The band recently travelled to the fabled Dreamland Recording Studios, just outside Woodstock, NY, to track what became their new album, Midnight Sun. We talked…

People in this episode

Host: Jeff Miers

Guests: Alex Khoury, Cody Tarbox, Seth Bykowski, Colin Gray

Topics covered

• music
• band dynamics
• recording experience
• live performance
• musical collaboration

Keywords

• Witty Tarbox
• Dreamland Recording Studios
• Midnight Sun
• live performance
• music collaboration

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Witty Tarbox

Books & works: Midnight Sun

Places: Dreamland Recording Studios, Woodstock, NY

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