{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdroppedamongthiscrowdpod.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fconversation-with-mike-gantzer-3rwEDWGR","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Conversation with Mike Gantzer ","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/f8bca086-b645-4fd6-ba48-bfc6a3c0f49b/b5289962-c642-4358-b8b3-e6d84dfcd5bd/heading-3.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"","height":200,"description":"Tune in this week to hear my conversation with Aqueous + Death Kings guitarist and vocalist, Mike Gantzer. Mike and I talk about a whole bunch of topics like: \n\n* Death Kings, how it all came together, and what its been like for Mike to work on this project. \n\n* The Green Day set he played with Kris Myers and Ryan Stasik at Summer Camp Music Festival 2017 and how that started laying the ground work for Death Kings. \n\n* March 2020 when Aqueous was set to open for Umphrey’s in San Diego before everything was cancelled\n \n* What 2020 was like for him personally and as a musician. What he focused on most during the time off the road and the lessons he’s learned. \n\n* His solo acoustic “Storytellers” type shows back in April\n\n* Teaching lessons on Lively\n\n* The importance of mental health, vulnerability, and courage\n\n* What inspired him to pick up the guitar and how skateboarding played a huge piece into that\n\n* Seeing Umphrey’s McGee for the first time\n\n*How’s he’s inspired by UM personally and professionally\n\n* What song he would sit in with UM if he was given the opportunity\n\n* The punk version of \"Uncle Wally\" from Summer Camp Music Festival 2004\n\n* The Town Ballroom \n\n* Moe.\n\n* The most valuable piece of advice he’s gotten about being a musician \n\nand more! \n"}