Mike Garrigan Podcast
That guy from Collapsis and Athenaeum talks about stuff.
Episodes
164 episodes
Production Lab: Experiment 14 - The Hollow Man
www.mikegarrigan.com - Mike responds to the production prompt: "Create a song that is notated in its entirety before production begins." Hear a detailed behind-the-scenes account of "The Hollow Man," a new song. Topics include a commentary on J...
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Season 2025
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Episode 7
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22:52
Production Lab: Experiment 13 - Revelations
www.mikegarrigan.com - Mike responds to the production prompt: "Create a song in the style of Pink Moon by Nick Drake." Hear a detailed behind-the-scenes account of "Revelations," a new song. Topics include how to select an alternate t...
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Season 2025
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Episode 6
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31:53
Production Lab: Experiment 12 - The Girl at Table 13
The production lab continues. In this episode, singer/songwriter Mike Garrigan describes the process of writing, producing, and recording a song in the style of Duran Duran's Rio. Hear the result, a new song called "The Girl at Table 1...
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Season 2025
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Episode 5
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24:15
Cancer Story (Part 1)
www.mikegarrigan.com - Singer/songwriter Mike Garrigan shares his experience of being diagnosed with prostate cancer. "Mercury," a previously unreleased outtake from the "Satellites" sessions, is also featured.
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Season 2025
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Episode 4
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34:27
Production Lab: Experiment 11 - Change Your Mind
www.mikegarrigan.com - Singer/songwriter Mike Garrigan shares the eleventh experiment from his Production Lab. Given the prompt "Create a song using only the Waves SSL plugin on the channels" and a month in which to work, Mike produced "C...
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Season 2025
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Episode 3
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24:40
Production Lab: Experiment 10 - Black Echo
www.mikegarrigan.com - Singer/songwriter Mike Garrigan shares the tenth experiment from his Production Lab. Given the prompt "Create a song imagined as an outtake from The Downward Spiral" and a month in which to work, Mike produ...
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Season 2025
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Episode 2
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28:31
Production Lab: Experiment 9 - Stupid Love
www.mikegarrigan.com - Singer/songwriter Mike Garrigan shares the ninth experiment from his Production Lab. Given the prompt "Record a song where a Wurlitzer electric piano is the main instrument" and a month in which to work, Mike produc...
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Season 2025
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Episode 1
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18:59
Production Lab: Experiment 8 - Everlasting Love
www.mikegarrigan.com - Singer/songwriter Mike Garrigan shares the eighth experiment from his Production Lab. Given the prompt "Record a song in the style of Superunknown by Soundgarden" and a month in which to work, Mike produced...
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Season 2024
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Episode 9
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26:23
Production Lab: Experiment 7 - Sister Mercy
www.mikegarrigan.com - Singer/songwriter Mike Garrigan shares the seventh experiment from his Production Lab. Given the prompt "Record a song using a late 80s approach (in the style of Bon Jovi's New Jersey)" and a month in which to work,...
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Season 2024
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Episode 8
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28:01
Production Lab: Experiment 6 - Everything Belongs
www.mikegarrigan.com - Singer/songwriter Mike Garrigan shares the sixth experiment from his Production Lab. Given the prompt "Record a song that is written on acoustic guitar but performed with piano as the main instrument" and a month in...
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Season 2024
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Episode 7
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23:31
Production Lab: Experiment 5 - I Am the Ocean
www.mikegarrigan.com - Singer/songwriter Mike Garrigan shares the fifth experiment from his Production Lab. Given the prompt "Record a song in the style of Def Leppard's Hysteria" and a month in which to work, Mike produced "I Am...
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Season 2024
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Episode 6
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31:56
Production Lab: Experiment 4 - Space Invaders Champion
www.mikegarrigan.com - Singer/songwriter Mike Garrigan shares the fourth experiment from his Production Lab. Given the prompt "Record a song imagined as the lost outtake for 'Penny Lane' and 'Strawberry Fields Forever'" and a month in whi...
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Season 2024
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Episode 5
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30:21
Production Lab: Experiment 3 - No Bunker
www.mikegarrigan.com - Singer/songwriter Mike Garrigan shares the third experiment from his Production Lab. Given the prompt "Record a song where everything must pass through a Fat Head ribbon mic" and a month in which to work, Mike produ...
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Season 2024
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Episode 4
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23:13
Production Lab: Experiment 2 - Jane's Played the Brewery Last Night
www.mikegarrigan.com - Singer/songwriter Mike Garrigan shares the second experiment from his Production Lab. Given the prompt "Record a song where the hook is a sample" and a month in which to work, Mike produced "Jane's Played the Brewer...
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Season 2024
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Episode 3
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20:50
Production Lab: Experiment 1 - The Jugger
www.mikegarrigan.com - Singer/songwriter Mike Garrigan shares the first experiment from his Production Lab. Given the prompt "Record a song using a 2000s approach (LCD Soundsystem)" and a month in which to work, Mike produced "The Jugger....
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Season 2024
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Episode 2
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28:34
Mustache, Alas
www.mikegarrigan.com - Singer/songwriter Mike Garrigan reflects upon growing a mustache. This episode features a piano/vocal version of the Collapsis song "I.O.L."
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Season 2024
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Episode 1
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22:41
Macrosynthesis
www.mikegarrigan.com - Singer/songwriter Mike Garrigan examines the media he consumed in 2023. This episode considers "the nature of evil" and "dystopia." A piano version of the Collapsis song, "Radio Friendly Girlfriend," is shared.For...
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Season 2023
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Episode 5
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43:13
That Year I Sat in with the Maxell 90 and Covered R.E.M. Songs
www.mikegarrigan.com - Singer/songwriter reflects on his experience with sitting in with the Maxell 90 and paying tribute to R.E.M. Mike interviews members of the Maxell 90 as well as a few guest singers just before their show at the Be L...
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Season 2023
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Episode 4
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28:52
Bonfire + Baseball + Roger Ackroyd
www.mikegarrigan.com - Mike Garrigan recalls the process of writing and recording a custom made song, reminisces over a successful baseball season, and insists that The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
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Season 2023
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Episode 3
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37:03
A Conversation with Brent Mathews
www.mikegarrigan.com - Mike Garrigan interviews singer/songwriter Brent Mathews.This episode features the following songs:"7th Street" by podcast guest Brent Mathews"Wonderl...
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Season 2023
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Episode 2
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45:39
A Conversation with J. Max Davis
www.mikegarrigan.com - Mike Garrigan interviews fan, musician, and attorney J. Max Davis.The music contained in this episode is"Superhero" - piano version, previously unreleased...
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Season 2023
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Episode 1
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45:57
The Night I Played Joey Ramone
www.mikegarrigan.com - Mike Garrigan reflects on playing Joey Ramone at the BeLoud! Sophie '22 charity concert and shares three original songs.View the li...
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Season 2022
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Episode 4
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35:21
Zig-Zag-Zug: Confessions of a Little League Soccer Coach
www.mikegarrigan.com - Mike Garrigan shares a show reflection, a brief memoir, and a short story. The short story was inspired by Reedsy's
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Season 2022
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Episode 3
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41:05