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  • Jeanlizabeth

    06.30.05 - Volume 1, Episode #1 - Length 31:37

    "I thought wow, here are some females that sound like Simon & Garfunkel but they are girls and they are playing guitar and its just them and I thought, wow." - Jeanlizabeth

  • Phonkbutt

    07.05.05 - Volume 1, Episode #2 - Length 38:44

    "The past 6 months we've been doing what we feel is us, and we are fine with that, you know we don't have this pressure that we have to be as hard as this band, or sing as good as this band." - Brutha' Ugh, Singer

  • Danny Godinez

    07.21.05 - Volume 1, Episode #3 - Length 41:09

    "Probably about 6 months ago I decided to just quit playing music period, live, and otherwise." -Danny Godinez

  • Late September Dogs

    07.28.05 - Volume 1, Episode #4 - Length 36:27

    "I hope that in hearing the songs that people relate and maybe in times of need or whatever they can know that there is somebody out there that understands." - Liz, Singer

  • Eric McFadden Trio

    08.07.05 - Volume 1, Episode #5 - Length 41:40

    "I'm not such a genre guy. I look at music as sort of it's all music and it all serves whatever purpose it's meant to serve." -Eric McFadden

  • Kym Tuvim

    08.12.05 - Volume 1, Episode #6 - Length 39:26

    "I feel like I'm connected to myself, connected to the planet, connected to people, connected to my music and its very circular, definitely." - Kym Tuvim

  • MANALIVE

    08.27.05 - Volume 1, Episode #7 - Length 38:18

    "The difference is a lot of bands start out with an idea of another band they want to sound like. They get together and they already know in their mind they kinda want to sound like Tool because they already like that." -Terry, Singer

  • Mojo Filta

    09.09.05 - Volume 1, Episode #8 - Length 37:23

    "This band ultimately cleaned me up completely. I was on the brink of not even being a human being at the end of the last band." - Eric Breding

  • The Purrs

    03.31.08 - Volume 1, Episode #9 - Length 42:17

    "That whole rock 'n' roll thing is just a total illusion. A total illusion. It's just so sad. I keep doing it though." - Jim, Bassist/Vocals

  • Gretchen Yanover

    10.09.05 - Volume 1, Episode #10 - Length 34:46

    "It just doesn't matter what somebody thinks you are suppose to like. Just like whatever you want." - Gretchen Yanover

  • Counterfist

    11.10.05 - Volume 1, Episode #11 - Length 35:24

    "Independent music in Seattle is pretty great now, they're a lot of bands working really hard. It's a good time to be alive in Seattle right now. " - Rodney, Bass

  • Julia Dumas

    12.15.05 - Volume 2, Episode #12 - Length 23:21

    "I love to collaborate. Its my favorite and when I have other awesome musicians its the best way to write songs." - Julia Dumas

  • Art Alexakis, Everclear

    12.25.05 - Volume 2, Episode #1 - Length 35:29

    "I got a thing where I just have to hear the music in the real world as good or better than I hear it in my head. " - Art Alexakis, Everclear

  • Marmalade

    01.09.06 - Volume 2, Episode #2 - Length 36:44

    "It's just us doing what we do. We all have our instruments that we focus on. It's just a chance for us to open up and play what we are feeling at the time." - Bob Lovelace

  • Mano-Destra

    03.12.06 - Volume 2, Episode #3 - Length 38:35

    "...I really fell in love with the fact that so many people were into the music and I started seeing a whole different world that exists..." - Benjamin Diggles

  • Sean Bendickson

    04.02.06 - Volume 2, Episode #4 - Length 29:35

    "I think most people write songs when they are depressed. I probably am one of those people." - Sean Bendickson

  • Hans York

    04.30.06 - Volume 2, Episode #5 - Length 33:25

    "At 16 I started playing guitar and from that moment on I never stopped. I kind of knew pretty much straight away that I'm going to be a professional musician." - Hans York

  • James Whiton and the Downtown Apostles

    05.13.06 - Volume 2, Episode #6 - Length 29:41

    "That's what I really treasure in listening to music. It's how well someone has been able to find their own voice and make their own instrument sound different and interesting." - James Whiton

  • Liz Stahler

    05.25.06 - Volume 2, Episode #7 - Length 27:39

    "I was so not a singer as a kid. I was never really encouraged about it but I just loved it so much that I kept doing it and I just insisted on getting better at it." - Liz Stahler

  • Georgetown Brewing Company

    06.18.06 - Volume 2, Episode #8 - Length 28:57

    "...We believe in this company and we want to grow it and we believe in being able to provide our employees with opportunities for the future..." - Manny Chao

  • Halie Loren

    08.17.06 - Volume 2, Episode #9 - Length 30:23

    "...I didn't really trust in the fact that I could sing... " - Halie Loren

  • The Rebelz

    09.25.06 - Volume 2, Episode #10 - Length 25:42

    "Deep down, we all kind of know what it is that we're here for. We all have a purpose. It's just kind of breaking away from what other people might try to impose on us and running with it, you know." - The Professor

  • Camille Bloom

    12.20.06 - Volume 2, Episode #11 - Length 22:25

    "In the beginning I honestly was telling people I would pay you to sit and listen to me... I just couldn't believe that people wanted to listen." - Camille Bloom

  • Ellen Finn

    01.04.07 - Volume 3, Episode #12 - Length 25:04

    "After about ten years of what I would call a really incredibly rich, rewarding bass career my hands gave out... I was devastated. I was absolutely devastated." - Ellen Finn

  • Harvey Danger

    01.21.07 - Volume 3, Episode #1 - Length 39:47

    "It was us getting better and better because we didn't really know how to go about getting shows or anything like that so the only thing we had was writing songs for ourselves." - Jeff J. Lin

  • Bill

    02.24.07 - Volume 3, Episode #2 - Length 19:15

    " I was like, dude…these guys are some serious musicians. I’m not going to be able to hold my own." - John Coyle

  • Jasen Emmons from the Experience Music Project

    02.28.07 - Volume 3, Episode #3 - Length 22:28

    "...this exhibit is really the first exhibit we've had here that integrates Experience Music Project and Science Fiction Museum Hall of Fame into one space." - Jasen Emmons

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