This Is My Jam

Michael Butler… or Troll, or Bear is an old friend. In the past, we have had a relationship much like brothers. We’d go weeks of being mean to each other and pulling pranks on each other… but we always had each other’s backs. I think we all knew that Michael would end up making people […]

Talking to Corey felt like talking to an old friend… but I confess, we’re not old friends. We’re new friends. We might have went off the rails a little bit on this episode but the talk was good. We may have gotten off topic at times, but the conversation seemed to lead back to where […]

It’s not a mystery that one of the biggest bands of the 90’s and early 2000’s influenced a generation… But what “they” don’t want you to know is it’s also influencing the generations to come. Maybe not so much musically but intellectually. This is one of those rare stories of how a rock n roll […]

I have to admit, I was really nervous in the beginning of this recording… Thankfully, the nerves went away and we had a wonderful conversation. Brian Zahnd is one of the main influences of This Is My Jam. Brian is the pastor of Word Of Life Church in Saint Joseph Missouri. He has written a […]

Jeff is a local hero. He’s making an impact around the west central Minnesota area… He’s feeding people in more ways than one. Jeff threw me for a loop in choosing a non hip-hop song… He chose a Counting Crows song so everything was fine. Enjoy this episode! http://myspace.com/jeffreyalan http://notimetobecool.blogspot.com/    

Bradley is a man of many talents. He’s a poet, singer song-writer and writer. He’s unafraid to say what he has to say… he knows what he needs to do and does it… regardless of the consequences. This is by far my favorite episode yet. I hope you don’t mind us nerding out over this […]

Brian has been through a lot in his life, some self inflicted and some not. He probably never figured that he’d change… but he did… thankfully for the better.

Sean is a passionate blues/Rock N Roll/Soul/Gospel musician. He’s on a different level than most people. This episode is a special one, Sean tells the story of the influences of his upcoming crowd funded album… AND you’ll be able to hear 2 tracks off of the album! If you like what you hear, go and […]

Ty is one of the founding members of the melodic hardcore band Conveyer. He’s a solid dude who’s trying to do things right. This was a real fun conversation. I hope you’ll enjoy it as much as I did.

Ross and I get nerdy about challenging music. Ross uses one song to center himself… and I get envious. Music is medicine .

Joe talked about a song that was truly uplifting and helped to pull him from the depths of some serious shit… the song wasn’t just uplifting, it was and is inspiring. It influenced Joe to start a band or two… that being said, joe and his band Lightworker has given This Is My Jam an […]

This is the story of how a song can shift the trajectory of someone. Sometimes what we’ve always known needs a little tweaking… sometimes, all it takes is a new song to do the tweaking. Trevor Klopp is a really genuine dude who’s true to himself.

From a van bring high schoolers to play a basketball game to the present. Music can  transcends times. It was one guitar part that grabbed a young man… and later his son.

Reid can actually say Hardcore saved his life. But what he did with it after is quite paradoxical and cool. When someone intelectually joins two things that seem to go against one another, to say the least, a good conversation is bound to happen.  

I know this is only episode #3 but I’m convinced that this is a very important episode. It is the story told by a man who hasn’t told this story very much. It is one man being very open. Josh didn’t want to share this story… but as he got going he realized this story […]

This is my story. This is my jam. Honestly, without this song the whole idea of this podcast wouldn’t have happened. This is the story of a heavy moment that changed the trajectory of my life. Originally, I tried to record this by myself but it was just to serious and probably hard to listen […]

This is the weekly podcast that asks interesting people about important songs in their lives and has them tell the story of why the song is important. Graham had a tough time narrowing it down to one song… but when he finally picked a song it was perfect for the first episode. Thank you, Everything […]

This is the introduction to This Is My Jam. A weekly podcast that will ask people about the songs that are on the soundtracks of their lives. We talk to interesting people about an important and/or Influential song… and then I ask them to tell the story of what makes that song important or influential.