Today's guest on The Balanced Breakfast Podcast is Anthony Arya, joining hosts Stefan Aronsen and Jason Hunter (Aeon of Moonlust) for a conversation about songwriting, touring, and his new single, “The Dress.” Anthony shares insights into his musical journey, the experiences that have shaped him as an artist, and what it takes to keep creating...Continue Reading

In our 19th episode, we get the pleasure to talk with Sabrina aka PONYSKULL. Topics include worst and best Christmas music, origins of PONYSKULL and her other group TREASVRE, whether she likes electronic or rock better, and of course, we continue the conversation around when the bars open up again.Continue Reading

In Mission:Music's 18th episode, the BB podcast guys are met by two ladies, Clementine & Jessica. The five talk about the origins of their artist names, cacao, and play a bunch of music/talk about it.Continue Reading

In Mission:Music's 17th episode, Stefan, Jason, and Cory sit down with The Sam Chase. The crew gets into some of Sam’s music, how many other Sam Chases there are, learnings from 8 months of pandemic live streaming, rocking out to a party bus in SF, and the inside scoop of playing at Outside Lands--and meeting...Continue Reading

In Mission:Music's 16th episode, the trio talks with the duo Gibson & Bronzini. Topics include how they became a duo, favorite venues, the first show they want to play post-pandemic, and of course, we get to hear a few of their finest selected songs.Continue Reading

In Mission:Music's 16th episode, Stefan and Jason talk to Containher about her upcoming show with Jason's band Great Highway. The three get into the inevitable closure of music venues and if time sharing a venue could work now more than ever. We also get to hear a few singles from Containher and if Stefan will...Continue Reading

In Mission:Music's 14th episode, the guys talk to McKay who, among many other projects, has helped produce for Great Highway. The four get into what it's like for McKay to produce and help musicians record remotely, how the iPad is revolutionizing sound design, and finding visual artists for music videos. In between, we get to...Continue Reading

Balanced Breakfast's podcast Mission:Music is back and broadcasting via ZOOM! In our first online show, and twelfth episode overall, we talk to Bay Area band Alvie & The Breakfast Pigs about the pandemic and what it's like to be a musician during this mess. Highlights include what it's like taking a dump in green rooms...Continue Reading

Kalib and Tim from Audio Terrorist talk with Mission:Music about writing a song to a friend going through cancer treatment, telling an inspiring story, and play a few tunes in between. The group also recap the latest Balanced Breakfast Summit and how to run a quality panel.Continue Reading

Andrew Levin talks with Mission:Music about changing genres, producing music for video games, vulnerability, and unhealthy use of synthesizers. The group also gets into the Balanced Breakfast Summit, SXSW, and many more musings.Continue Reading

Half Measure & Savegabe talk with Mission:Music about being a musician in Napa and how it compares to San Francisco. Other topics include the problems with Bottle Rock Festival, New Year's resolutions, and Hot Cheetos! Continue Reading

In the eighth episode of MISSION:MUSIC, Aliza Hava & Mark Pearson talk about how a law meant to combat the gig economy could possibly affect independent musicians. Aliza also gives us a few beautiful acoustic songs and we get into a lot of randomnesses, as always: how Mark got fired from a radio station, Stefan...Continue Reading