The Scott Wyatt Podcast

www.brosephmusic.com Me and Brock talking about Brosephs new sing "Some Things" that comes out January 11th, 2019. Hear how the song came to be and about the new music video, also stick around to the end of the interview to be the first to hear a sneak peak of their new single before it comes out!

Taking a step back from the music this week to talk about the New Year! Everyone is getting ready for New Years Resolutions and here are some things I've done the past year to better myself and my life. Hopefully one will stick out for you to give a shot!   HAPPY NEW YEAR!

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You'll hear how the fiddle became the main lead instrument as well as a fun little story about my buddy Matt

In this episode I talk about the 2nd single we had from the 2013 Red Wine EP and what was an unconventional way to finish writing a song down to the wire, but we did it. You'll also hear the song in its entirety. Thank you all so much for checking out this! 

Hear why when Midwest Avenue was recording the Red Wine EP that we chose to re-record The Worst of You Gets the Best of Me + an unheard phone interview I did with Rick from 104.7 WLMD out of Macomb, IL about the song and a show we were doing in Rushville IL in 2011. Then you get to hear the 2nd Version of The Worst of you Gets the Best of Me.

Over the next few episodes I will break down the Midwest Avenue "Red Wine EP" and the songs on it. This episode we are talking about "I Don't Belong to You" as at the time we were trying to figure out how to morph into this new version of Midwest Avenue when I had to take over lead vocals.

Midwest Avenue was started back in my high school days with my Dad, Uncle, and Cousin as you heard about back on Episode #5. As that ended and I did various other forms of music. Last episode we ended with the Armed Forces Entertainment tour I did to Honduras and Colombia. When I got back I didn't play music, let alone touch a guitar for almost 2 years. When I did finally I ended up starting a band with some new members but still with my Dad Scott Phares on drums but kept the name of Midwest Avenue alive. Here you will hear me talk about the beginning of this new formation of Meagan Hettinger, James Hopper, Steve Farmer, Scott Phares, and Steve Vincent as I am in my car on the way to our reunion show (at this point we haven't played together in over 5 years). Kind of wild how it all works out.

To close out the SJP with a bow here is the full stream of The Georgia EP. The last recording I would do in 2009. Where I wouldn't record or even write again until 2011.

Going all in on the 2009 Armed Forces Entertainment tour to Honduras (where you'll hear about the Soto Cano Airbase and our flight) and Bogota, Colombia (where you'll hear about playing on a stage in front of 5,000+ people in front of the US Embassy for their 4th of July Celebration). Also I will be touching base on what lead me to quitting music all together for almost 2 years and what brought me back to it.

SJP becomes City Like Drive prior to the Armed Forces Entertainment Tour! Plus songs featuring Springfield, IL rapper GeeZe and Clint Kesinger from Good Times & Company

Closing up a chapter that we will revisit time and time again, my days in the indie rock/pop world. Plus some of my songs from those days!

At this point I had began recording every song I could on my own and releasing them and selling them at showsThere wasn't an iTunes or Spotify at this moment. The closest thing to it was a website called Downloadpunk.netwhich would end up sponsoring my tours I did throughout Oklahoma, Indiana, Texas, Illinois, Louisiana, Tennessee,which I would sell these download cards. Looked like a credit card but you could buy the card then go homeget on your computer and download the MP3 of whichever album card you bought. It was pretty cool, and to back uphow I got the sponsorship was through an album feature I got on a website thats still going todayabsolutepunk.net but its called chorus.fm now as they've changed their brand with the times. Absolutepunk.netat the time was really the news source for anything punk rock, indie rock, emo, pop, anything unsigned reallyand that really helped me get some more eyes on my myspace page which then really exploded with over 80,000followers and gaining over 10,000 plays per day. It was ABSOLUTELY MIND blowing. I remember all the messages andcomments throughout the days and nights I would get and I would literrally stay up til 6am replying to each andevery one. Engaging with anyone that had taken the time to listen to my music, and let alone taken the timeto message me was extremely important to me. More important than sleep. I wanted to make sure that anyonethat was investing 3 minutes into listening to even one song and shooting me a message that they felt valuedand knew that I appreciated them. When I went on my first tour which was mainly alot of the main cities in Illinois(Springfield, Jacksonville, Champaign/Urbana, Bloomington, Quincy, Chicago, Chicago suburbs, Effingham, Alton/Godfrey, Edwardsville (at the SIUE campus Starbucks), and some other towns along the way to the major citiesbut when I was on that first tour I made a post on myspace, at the time it was known as a bulletin.In each city I'd usually arrive early and meet up with different people in these cities and towns to eithergrab lunch, get coffee, walk around their town, go on a drive and check out the local spots. My whole goalwas to just enjoy life and give time to those that have given me theirs. Through that I really got to knowtons of amazing people who I am so grateful for to this day. I remember on that first tour I was playing a showwith a popular band at the time named This Providence that was signed to Fueled by Raymen Records which had the powerhouse bandsParamore and Fall Out Boy on their label as well. My best friend Matt who I traveled with a lot during this time framewas with me and we had a blast. It was one of those shows where I really kinda felt a little unprepared as a lotof the bands were amazing and here I was just one guy with a guitar, but it ended up working out and was a completeblast.I'll leave off here and next episode I'll be talking about my tour with my buddy I met over MyspaceJoshua Aaron as well as a show in Argyle, Iowa.

After Abistarline kind of faded out, I continued to put on shows atthe local YMCA building in Roodhouse.Continued playing acoustic sets at Due Gattis Coffee Shop in JacksonvilleI remember my first show I played solo acoustic is was in Quincy ILat Mugshots Coffee Shop, it was a blast.I continued on with my acoustic shows since I didn't have a bandI would book other local acts at the YMCA in Roodhouse as I connectedwith them over MYSPACE. Once I recorded my first actual acoustic albumHad the silliest name ever "Playing with Monkeys" I guess I thoughtI was funny or something. From that initial album which was a home studiorecording in my grandparents spare bedroom I got my first taste of thebusiness of the music business. With the traction the songs I had up on myspacebegan to grow to about 50-100 plays per day I was offered a clothing sponsorshipwhich I agreed to with Steez Clothing which is still around today.It lasted a year but the clothes were sweet as well as the promotion.I had a very special friend in Shannon Steele at the time that was super supportiveof all things I was in musically from The Big City to Midwest AvenueShe was a huge part to what would come. She had a video camera and she put ona secret show at her house with all people from our hometown area that came out tothe local shows and I played an acoustic set in her living room. It was a completeblast. It was around that time I really felt like I had something to offer musically And could make a career out of this for the long term, because thats all i've reallyever wanted to do. Along with putting on shows at the local YMCA, playing some local showsin Jacksonville, IL and Springfield, IL- I also put on shows in White Hall which was 3 miles fromRoodhouse at the Seton Hall. which was owned by a church in my hometown. It was at that point I decided that I was going to go all in on Myspace which was starting to gain some major popularity. I would go on to record a few more albums in my grandparents spare bedroomwhich I will be talking about on the next episode.

Live podcast recording of a new song I wrote a few weeks ago. We start back up the story next week with the beginning of the SJP days.