Listener's Guide

This is Listener’s Guide, a series from Big Secret Records. Each season leads you deep into how the label’s releases were made with the artists who made them.

Season 5, Episode 9, when-all-our-wounds-are-healed-i -ii -iii.help by Sam Weber

If you thought I overlooked these tracks in the first half of the season, let this be a lesson. 

06-01
16:42

Season 5, Episode 8, los-angeles-ca.cloud by Sam Weber

Ever been to Los Angeles? You may be entitled to listen to this episode. 

06-01
05:12

Season 5, Episode 7, some-day.blog by Sam Weber

I was singing this song to myself while mowing the lawn today and didn't realize it until I was done. It's that kind of tune. 

06-01
04:30

Season 5, Episode 6, dandelion9.xyz by Sam Weber

A good conversation about a good song. Period. 

06-01
06:38

Season 5, Episode 5, gone-2.store by Sam Weber

Side B of Sam Weber's Shape Confused Cowboy Be You starts NOW.

06-01
12:57

Season 5, Episode 4, used001.art by Sam Weber

We’re wrapping up side A of Sam Weber’s Shape Confused Cowboy Be You with this episode on the song Used, or used001.art — we’ve got some special guests appearing on this one too. 

04-29
11:29

Season 5, Episode 3, bemoan.me by Sam Weber

In this episode, we’re talking about Bemoan, that’s short for the song’s true title: bemoan.me. Another nice piano intro on this one…something about these intros feel real classic and welcoming. We get into some good stuff in this one in my humble opinion.

04-29
10:29

Season 5, Episode 2, back-on-the-ranch.com by Sam Weber

In this episode, we’re keeping on the Shape Confused Cowboy Be You by Sam Weber path with a discussion of the tune “Back on the Ranch,” or it’s Christian name: back-on-the-ranch.com.

04-29
09:26

Season 5, Episode 1, Season Premiere, Cowboy-3.com by Sam Weber

We’re out of the Deus Cowboy forest and back in the groove of episodic explorations of albums — and we’re starting here with a fav from the album, “Cowboy,” or if you’re a stickler for details, “cowboy-3.com.”

04-29
30:42

Season 4, Episode 2, Season Finale: Deus Cowboy by Sam Weber (Pt. II)

Welcome to part two of a discussion on Deus Cowboy just before the album’s release. We’re talking about technology in music, punk rock, and if this is Sam’s heavy metal album. Drop back in to Sam’s living room to find out the terrifying truth.

04-07
29:54

Season 4, Episode 1, Season Premiere: Deus Cowboy by Sam Weber (Pt. I)

Sam Weber joins Big Secret Records for his sixth full length album, Deus Cowboy. We start the spelunking into the caves of wonder in this first episode of season 4. Keep your antennae up for part 2 soon….

03-26
24:05

Season 3, Episode 11, Season Finale, Your Gold Chain by Bob Cummins Jr.

This is a great closing track to wrap up the album AND the last season of Listener's Guide for 2023. Hope you've had fun! Now please leave. But come back soon!

10-27
14:26

Season 3, Episode 10, Here (And That's Alright) by Bob Cummins Jr.

You're going to hear a lot about two things in this one: how beautiful and masterful this song is, and whirly tubes. 

10-27
19:32

Season 3, Episode 9, Done For Good by Bob Cummins Jr.

Take a trip with us back to the heyday of pop music in the 1960s, but without all the racism! 

10-27
10:40

Season 3, Episode 8, Many Times Before by Bob Cummins Jr.

Surprise, surprise: more Super Mario music talk. But you wouldn't guess we'd go there if you've heard this song, so it's actually really interesting if you think about it.  

10-27
10:17

Season 3, Episode 7, In Tow by Bob Cummins Jr.

Coconuts, Bob Wills, Van Dyke Parks - it's a regular variety show in this episode about the seventh track from Bob Cummins Jr.'s second album. 

10-27
17:45

Season 3, Episode 5, Know If You Do by Bob Cummins Jr.

Thanks to Benjamin Spike Saunders for appearing on this song and also for not suing the label for all the bad British accents that appear in this episode. 

10-13
15:21

Season 3, Episode 6, Analou by Bob Cummins Jr.

Here's a beautiful discussion about a beautiful song from a beautiful boy. We get into how a song that didn’t make the Shakewelle cut reappeared on Good American Songbook. Get to it! Side B of the podcast picks up in a few weeks. See you then!

10-13
14:09

Season 3, Episode 4, Making The Cut by Bob Cummins Jr.

Synth heads take note: in this episode you'll hear about when a lot of synthesizers become too many and the art of arrangement. Mangia! 

10-13
08:58

Season 3, Episode 3, You Were by Bob Cummins Jr.

Bob's second single! Lots of talk about it all captured here! Wow! We're talking the very traditional way this song came together, the merits of YouTube sample, and why Bob had to be convinced to put this one on the album. 

10-13
11:12

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