Lipps Service with Scott Lipps Audio Up Media

Scotts sits in person with one of the most exciting new voices and personas in music, the incredible Teddy Swims.

They chat about Teddy's early days from hair metal cover bands to eventually amassing 440 million views on Youtube WITH millions of fans and followers.

Along the way they get into his upbringing, going to beauty school and dropping out and even working at Chilis. The guy talk about his love for Al Green and all things soul and Van Halen while he was growing up.

They then get up to speed to current day and talk new music, the Tough Love tour, his writing process and how he met Megan Trainer and Journey's Neal Schon.

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In this episode, Scott sits with the charismatic singer of indie folk band, Dawes, to talk about their new album, upcoming tour, the band's history and so much more.

They chat about the release of their 8th studio album and the musical community growing up in Malibu. They get into his early years growing up around his Dad as he sang for Tower of Power and what led him to his current bandmates.

The two discuss the genesis of their new track, Ghost in the Machine, and how it relates to the early touring years.

They also share Bob Dylan Basement tape stories and get into Taylor's personal life.

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Scott Zooms with the legendary founder, lead guitarist and songwriter, Neal Schon, of Journey.

The conversation starts with Neal's upbringing around music and how he get started playing guitar at the age of 10.
They then jump to 17 when he joined Santana and the events leading up to that pivotal moment.

The two chat about the formation of Journey, how he met Steve Perry and some of the first songs they wrote together.
Of course, Neal tells the story of the biggest songs ever, “Don't Stop Believing,” and even touch on the Teddy Swims version.

They finish with the new Journey record, "Freedom," the process behind it and get into specific songs and the upcoming tour.

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In this episode, Scott sits with uber talented actor, Michael C Hall. He's best known for his roles on Dexter and Six Feet Under. Also, a few of his bandmates in Princess Goes to the Butterfly Museum, Matt Katz Bohen and Peter Yanowitz Drums join us!

They talk about how the band met on the production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch to Michaels time working with Bowie and everything in between.

Along they way they chat about starting a rock band in this day and age after a successful TV career and what it like to sing David Bowie songs in front of David Bowie. We learn about their show pre-pandemic just before the lockdown, the new record and the upcoming tour in July!

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This week, Scott sits in person with model, activist and lead singer of Sunflower Bean, Julia Cumming and their guitarist, Nick Kivlen. The group chats about when they met and the music that surrounded them at the time.

Next, they dive into Julia's journey into music and what it means to be a indie rock band in this day and age.

The conversation covers the songs on Headful of Sugar and writing a very optimistic record in these somewhat dark times.

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This week, Scott chats with Wesley Schultz, singer and frontman of the Lumineers.

The two chat about early concerts and family life as a child, which leads Wesley to discussing his early influences growing up on the east coast and how he met co-founder of the Lumineers, Jeremiah Fraites, under terrible circumstances and the journey they’ve been on together.

They wrapped up their conversation with the Lumineers' new record, Brightside, and stories from touring with Tom Petty and U2.

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