How To Level-Up From Small Gigs To Massive Projects - With Brandon Rike of TNSN DVSN

Brian Hood (0:00)

This is the Six Figure Home Studio Podcast, Episode 106

SPEAKER_3 (0:07)

You're listening to the Six Figure Home Studio Podcast. The number one resource for running a profitable home recording studio.

Brian Hood (0:19)

Welcome back to another episode of the 6 Figure Home Studio Podcast. I am your host, Brian Hood, and I'm here with my bald, beautiful, amazing, purple shirted co-host, Christopher J. Graham, who is- Hey, guys, it's a pleasure to be here.

Christopher J. Graham (0:32)

Oh, man, thanks for having me on the show, Brian.

Brian Hood (0:35)

Oh. See, every time you do that, we lose at least 37 listeners when you do that stupid voice.

Christopher J. Graham (0:39)

Well, they can go produce music or something.

Brian Hood (0:45)

I don't know what you were going to say there. How are you doing, man?

Christopher J. Graham (0:49)

Dude, I'm fantastic. I'm hanging out here with one of my homeboys, one of my OGs.

Brian Hood (0:54)

We don't talk about that yet. We're not to him yet. We're talking about you right now. No, we're talking about you right now. How are you doing, Chris?

Christopher J. Graham (0:59)

I'm great. I started going to a chiropractor and that's been fun.

Brian Hood (1:04)

Is that where they like crack your back and do all sorts of weird adjustments? And it's like, yeah, I went to one once because I had like an issue with primary exertional headache. So when I go to the gym and try to like squat 315 pounds, I would just get headache that would last three days.

So when you exert yourself, you get headaches. And then he did some stuff and then I was cured. So that was great.

Christopher J. Graham (1:23)

Yeah, it's been good. My wife and I are both going and yeah, it's making me feel younger. So far, so good. I'll report back later.

Brian Hood (1:30)

Great.

Christopher J. Graham (1:31)

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Brian Hood (1:34)

Stop.

I awkwardly paused there to see if you'd ask how I'm doing, but you didn't. So we're going to move on in this interview.

Christopher J. Graham (1:39)

Hey, I was going to move. I want to make a joke. Brian, how are you doing?

Brian Hood (1:42)

No, no, no, no, no. You lost that chance today.

Actually, I'm doing okay, but my coffee roaster's going out right now. It's on the way out. The heating element's going. I can't roast you anymore coffee, really.

Christopher J. Graham (1:53)

That's terrible.

Brian Hood (1:53)

And so this is the one area that I am a gear slut. Like when it comes to coffee roasting gear, me and you are on Marco, like dreaming about and like drooling over specific coffee roasters, like at home drum roasters that are like $1,500. And I'm thinking about pulling the trigger on a really expensive home roaster.

Christopher J. Graham (2:12)

Our fantasy is to get a fancy coffee roasting company to send us free coffee roasters, possibly several.

Brian Hood (2:18)

Yeah, sponsor this podcast, please. Yeah, let's move on today. Today, Chris, who do we have on the podcast today? This is the more important thing.

Christopher J. Graham (2:25)

My brother from another mother, fellow Westervillian, Westerville, Ohioan, Brandon Rike.

Brandon Rike (2:32)

Westervillian.

Christopher J. Graham (2:33)

Westervillian.

Brandon Rike (2:34)

That's good. Westervillian.

Brian Hood (2:35)

That doesn't sound very good, Westervillian. It's like a bad guy.

Christopher J. Graham (2:38)

Let's get the word villain in it.

Brandon Rike (2:39)

It's fine, I think we're fine with that.

Christopher J. Graham (2:41)

But yeah, we live in Westerville. It's weird that Brandon lives here. Brandon is far too successful, talented and brilliant to live in Westerville. But for some reason, a lot of like ballers live here in Westerville. Let me tell you about Brandon.

Brandon's worked for every band you've ever heard of.

Brian Hood (2:58)

When I was doing my research before this, like I knew some of the bands you worked with, Brandon, but I'm like looking this up. I'm like, holy shit, holy shit, holy shit. What the fuck? I'm like every single band, I'm like, it's bigger and bigger and bigger. And so like when you say every band you've ever heard of, I'm pretty sure he's worked with every band anyone has ever heard of. And that's not an exaggeration.

Christopher J. Graham (3:16)

Totally. And so I'm gonna tell a little bit of nice things about you, but Brandon was a rock star and decided he wanted to do merch design for bands.

And that went really well. He has, like I said, worked with every band you've ever heard of. Brandon, let me ask you a question. How many Grammy award-winning artists do you think you've collaborated with?