YabYum Music + Arts

phoenix

ryan-avery-700

The Quarantine Questionnaire: Ryan Avery

July 10, 2020 Featured Articles Interview The Quarantine Questionnaire

Who are you and are you in a band or do you perform solo? If in a band(s), what is the name of that band?

My name is Ryan Avery (they/them pronouns). I’m in a Queer Ska band called The Terri’s — we don’t have any recordings, havent played any shows and are on hiatus because of COVID but I am one of the 4 singers in the band. I also perform solo under the name “Hi My Name Is Ryan” which consists of me just singing songs and telling stories and doing other forms of performance art…

Continue reading...
garrett-sean-700

Radio Phoenix Broadcast of The YabYum Hour: Sean Bonnette of AJJ

July 4, 2020 Featured Articles Garrett Bowers Radio Phoenix

Sean Bonnette of AJJ joined host Garrett Bowers on this edition of The YabYum Hour on Radio Phoenix. The two talk on a range of subjects from guitar technique to skateboarding to who would win in a street fight between Sean and Stephen Steinbrink. Garrett also plays songs based on the conversation along with some new YabYum favs. Check it out. You’ll definitely want to find out what regular attendees of Desert Trash are to be called going forward…

Continue reading...
Greg-Lloyd-701

An Insider’s Introduction: Greg Lloyd of Prism Collabs

June 29, 2020 An Insider's Introduction Carly Schorman Featured Articles Interview

Greg Lloyd is a musician, producer, sound engineer, wrangler of creatives, and aural innovator living here in Phoenix. And, recently, he added author to his resume when he published a DIY guide for musicians on the ins-and-outs of recording. At the same time, Lloyd was working on a collaborative recording project that released a new EP. tape.in by Prism Collabs stands out as a fluid yet eclectic mix of ambient instrumentals, as innovative as the structure of the project itself, while simultaneously speaking to the many possibilities of home recording…

Continue reading...
Garrett-Bowers-700

YabYum Seven: Garrett Bowers

June 21, 2020 Featured Articles Garrett Bowers Interview YabYum Seven

My name is Garrett Bowers. I’m a musician, audio engineer, and visual artist. My main creative focus is being the songwriter and front man for the band Juniper Ridge, a musical project that is an eclectic mix of folk, rock, jazz and more.  As an audio engineer I record and produce music out of a home studio. I’m currently recording a full album for Dean Nelson and an EP for The Aquatic Hitchhiker….

Continue reading...