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- 6 days ago1h 43m
MBP #187 Tom Cosm
Today we're joined by Tom Cosm, a New Zealand-born producer, technologist, coder, and educator who's been pushing the boundaries of music and sound for over two decades. He's known for pioneering YouTube tutorials that taught a generation of producers, and for building systems that turn things like tree-disease data and biometric signals into actual music. He's currently Technical Director at Telepathic Instruments, where he built the first prototype of Orchid and now oversees its development. We start out talking about travel and jet lag recovery, which sounds like small talk but turns into a pretty real conversation about what it actually feels like to be constantly in motion — the post-travel bounce, the crash that follows, and learning to slow down when you get home. Tom just got back from London, Berlin, and Spain, partly for a Telepathic team meetup and a pop-up where people could come play Orchid in person, and partly for Superbooth, which he describes as basically a Vegas casino lobby for modular nerds — in a forest. From there we get into Telepathic Instruments and how he got involved — Kevin Parker reached out after seeing his work on YouTube — and what the development of Orchid has actually looked like. We talk about what the device is trying to do, how community feedback from their early adopters has shaped the features, and what's coming next. Hope you enjoy it. Please welcome Tom Cosm. Tom Cosm Links https://www.instagram.com/tomcosm/ https://www.instagram.com/telepathic.instruments/ https://www.youtube.com/@telepathic.instruments https://www.tiktok.com/@telepathic.instruments Mr. Bill's Links
- 2 weeks ago1h 11m
MBP #186 David Satori
Today we're joined by David Satori — co-founder of Beats Antique alongside Zoe Jakes and Sidecar Tommy, a trio that came out of the San Francisco performance underground, Burning Man, and the West Coast Circus Bass music scene. He's also co-founder of Dirtwire with Evan Fraser and Mark Reveley, which blends experimental bass music with folk music from around the world. Between the two projects he's co-produced and recorded over 20 albums in the past 15 years. He also co-founded a nonprofit called SunRise Studios Collective, which builds micro recording and multimedia studios in under-resourced communities around the world to give youth a voice through music and production. David and I actually go back to a tour we did together in 2017, so it was good to catch up. We spend a good chunk of this one talking about life on the road — buying and converting buses, what it actually costs to tour as an independent artist, and the tradeoffs between owning your vehicle versus renting. He just got off a two month run with Dirtwire and shares what touring looks like for them right now, including how they run their live setup with Ableton and handle sound checks. Hope you enjoy it. Please welcome David Satori. David Satori Links Mr. Bill's Links
- May 7, 20261h 15m
MBP #185 Nicholas Yochum
Today we're joined by Nicholas Yochum, an LA based sound designer currently working at Blizzard on Overwatch, where he focuses on synthesized sounds to help create effects with a more clean, stylized aesthetic. He's on the heroes team and is currently working on new heroes for the game. Nicholas and I actually go way back to like 2012 in Boston, so it's cool to finally catch up. We get into how he got into the industry — starting out at a third party audio company called Hexany, which he describes as kind of like sound design boot camp, and eventually landing a senior sound designer role at Blizzard, which even he still seems a little surprised about. We talk about what stylized sound design actually means — why game audio has been pulling more and more from the electronic music world, and how listening to stuff like Noisia is basically research at this point. We also get into the difference between working at a third party studio versus being embedded on a game team, and why that sense of ownership and connection to the work ended up mattering a lot to him. Hope you enjoy it. Please welcome Nicholas Yochum. Follow Nicholas Yochum https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicholasyochum/ https://www.youtube.com/@NicholasYochum Follow Mr. Bill https://linktr.ee/mrbillstunes
- Apr 23, 20261h 35m
MBP #184 Mr. Wobbles
Today we're joined by Mr. Wobbles, a.k.a. Austin O'Brien — a live loop station artist who's built his own approach to creating music entirely in the moment. We get into where the name Mr. Wobbles actually came from — which involves a beatboxing Ventrilo server, a wah bass, and a guy who turned out to be a three-time world champ. Austin talks about coming up as a beatboxer when he couldn't afford production gear, doing street performances, and running a touring beatbox troop — and how all of that shaped his obsession with the live element. We also get into why live performance feels so absent from EDM right now, and what he thinks is missing when shows lean harder on production value than on the actual music. And we talk about where he's at now with learning to produce, trying to bridge that gap between his live setup and the in-the-box world. He's playing 1720 in Los Angeles on April 24th with Honeycomb, so go check that out if you're in the area. Hope you enjoy the episode. Follow Mr. Wobbles https://linktr.ee/mrwobbles Follow Mr. Bill https://linktr.ee/mrbillstunes'
- Apr 9, 20261h 5m
MBP #183 Mark J
Markj is a Melbourne based DJ from New Zealand. His sound encompasses all things House, Techno, and everything in between. He runs a little project called Soundfood. This is where he simultaneously cooks food and DJs for his audience. Over the years he has been lucky enough to open for a bunch of amazing musicians, including Carl Cox, Seth Troxler, Moodymann, James Curd, Psychemagik and D-Nox. He has also had the pleasure of showcasing his projects at some incredible festivals, including Rainbow Serpent, Burning Man, Strawberry Fields, Rhythm & Vines, Happy Daze and Chi Wow Wah Town. In 2014 he released a cookbook featuring a group of musicians who all provided a tune to go with a recipe. Some of the artists included Opiuo, Spoonbill, Tom Cosm, Fiord and Mr Bill. For the last few years he's been working on a follow up to that book. This time to be released on vinyl, and featuring artists such as Doppel, Uone & Out Of Sorts, Electrocado, James Curd and K+Lab. You can rely on him to serenade your senses. Markj Links New Soundfood box set release Mr. Bill's Links
- Feb 26, 20261h 18m
MBP #182 Ambrus Deak
AMB is a music producer, educator, and Ableton Certified Trainer with 30 years experience across electronic music, sound design, audio engineering, and film. After a decade as founder of Budapest School of Music Technology and another as Program Manager at the Los Angeles Film School, he founded Soft Synced to distill everything he learned into a learning system for producers. Ambrus Deak Links Mr. Bill's Links
- Feb 5, 202656 min
MBP #181 Downtempbowl
Sierra Bowler, known as Downtempbowl, is a Chicago-based performing and music artist, movement instructor, and computer engineer. Her work blends fusion bellydance, animation dance, and flow arts with experimental sound and technical precision. She is the founder of Mycochanel, a creative project exploring design and identity, and Fine Linez, an all female movement collective focused on fingerstyles, tutting, and hands performance. FLOW SYSTEMS NEW MUSIC RELEASE NEW MUSIC VIDEO Downtempbowl Links Mr. Bill's Links
- Jan 8, 20261h 1m
MBP #180 Rob Talbott
Today's guest on The Mr. Bill Podcast is Rob Talbott of Dodge & Fuski and co-founder of Disciple. Rob's been producing since the early 2000s and came up during the early UK dubstep era, back when scenes were small, MySpace was the main discovery tool, and nothing happened overnight. Dodge & Fuski was a key part of that moment, and Disciple went on to become home to a generation of artists who grew into long-term careers. We talk about when music stopped being a hobby and started feeling like a job, what it was really like coming up before modern social media, and how slow and unglamorous those early years actually were. We also get into the realities of running a label, balancing creativity with business, and the burnout that can come with doing both at once. Rob also opens up about stepping away from music for several years, what caused that disconnect, and what it has been like coming back after a long hiatus. We talk about how his relationship with music has changed and why he is enjoying it again now. This is an honest, behind-the-scenes conversation about building things, burning out, and finding your way back to the thing you cared about in the first place. Rob Talbott Links Mr. Bill's Links
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