Each Friday, My First Band features a long-form interview with a different notable musician about all of the projects that preceded what you know them for. We discuss their musical origins, and we trace a few of their embarrassing high school bands and other associated bands that happened before they broke out. This show digs deeper than any Wikipedia page or band bio would ever dare to go. And, sometimes, the guests will even share some of their old songs. You can expect to hear a lot of interesting, informative and hopefully entertaining anecdotes about all of the bands along the way.

My First Band is sponsored by Boulevard Brewing. It is hosted by Tyler Maas, of Milwaukee Record, and edited by Jared Blohm.

My First Band Podcast

So nice.  Thanks for taking me down memory lane.

Great

After listening to three episodes, I’m feeling super frustrated by the interviewer’s continuous inability to simply ask questions. He often spends way more time stumbling through forming and articulating his questions than the guest spends answering them. It’s incredibly frustrating for a listener who is ostensibly listening for their interest in the guest, not the interviewers obscure knowledge of Wisconsin bands. TLDR: the interviewer spends most of the interviews struggling to formulate his questions.

Please just ask the questions

Great host + interesting guests + really engaging podcast. Any music lover would love these and any musician could relate. Especially love the focus on Milwaukee artists and music.

MKEFuzzSurfer

Such a pleasure to hear about old bands and process. Highlights the very deserving Wisconsin (mke) music scene. Tyler is a funny and thoughtful host.