Break It Down with Matt Carter

Emery's new guitarist and producer Chris Keene's band Surrogate is in studio before their show in Seattle. As former members of Number One Gun, they decided to keep Surrogate as a fun hobby band. They talk about the benefits of that versus being career musicians, and have fun catching up! Links and Sponsors:https://www.facebook.com/surrogate/ breakitdownpod.com https://www.patreon.com/breakitdownpod emerymusic.comhttp://bswusa.com/ code DOWN for 10% off https://joeysturgistones.com/ code PODCAST20 for 20% off Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike Wilkerson is a mathematician, computer programer, and engineer turned biblical counsellor. He shares Matt's interest in how things work, and was Matt's close friend and Pastor for many years that imploded due to a poor leadership dynamic. How do we make sense of stories, and how should we react in light of that? Links and Sponsors:  breakitdownpod.com emerymusic.comhttp://bswusa.com/ code DOWN for 10% off https://joeysturgistones.com/ code PODCAST20 for 20% offhttps://redemptiongroups.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How long until we'll see dinosaurs in our living rooms and sharks in the gym? Matt's friend and VR game designer Edwon joins to give insight on the current state of virtual reality and where he sees it going in the near future. Matt knows him as a person who goes after what he wants to do, which lends to a discussion on the luxury of being poor. His most recent endeavor is a virtual pets game, Waba, that finds him living between Japan and LA. Links and Sponsors:  breakitdownpod.com emerymusic.comhttp://bswusa.com/ code DOWN for 10% off https://joeysturgistones.com/ code PODCAST20 for 20% offhttp://edwonstudio.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tim McTague skypes in from his vacation with his family after a long Underoath tour, trying to balance his work and home life, which is difficult for people like Tim and Matt who do multiple projects that keep them away from home at times. Does that make him rethink what he does? They also have some fun dreaming about the future of virtual reality and the weird things that inevitably will lead to. What if you could act as lead singer from the comfort of your couch? Links and Sponsors:  breakitdownpod.com emerymusic.comhttp://bswusa.com/ code DOWN for 10% off https://joeysturgistones.com/ code PODCAST20 for 20% offhttp://underoath777.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How are our decisions affected by our cognition versus our intuition? Is it more similar to a man driving a car, or a man riding an elephant? The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt has been influential for Matt and Dan Koch (Sherwood, Depolarize! Podcast) as they have thought through divides of all kinds. They also discuss upcoming protests and having a goal to seek more complex intuitions. Links and Sponsors:  breakitdownpod.com emerymusic.comhttp://bswusa.com/ code DOWN for 10% off https://joeysturgistones.com/ code PODCAST20 for 20% offhttp://badchristianmedia.com/depolarize/ https://www.reconstructpodcast.com/  http://righteousmind.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As an artist manager, Mike Mowery of Outerloop Group and Matt both stem from the rock world, but have very different business philosophies. In this episode they talk about professional networking, coaching new artists, the myth of the overnight success, and becoming an original artist versus playing the comparison game. Links and Sponsors:  http://outerloopcoaching.com/ http://www.jabberjawmedia.com/breakitdownpod.com emerymusic.comhttp://bswusa.com/ code DOWN for 10% off https://joeysturgistones.com/ code PODCAST20 for 20% off Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What is the future of the podcasting medium? How does advertising on podcasts work? We bring Ray Harkins of 100 Words or Less Podcast back to talk about how he's seen podcasting change and evolve in his 10+ years of experience in the podcasting world, and predict where it is going. Links and Sponsors:  http://100wordspodcast.com/breakitdownpod.com emerymusic.comhttp://bswusa.com/ code DOWN for 10% off https://joeysturgistones.com/ code PODCAST20 for 20% off Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tim McTague of Underoath, joins today to discuss the philosophy behind music and art. What music is art or not, and is it ok to call a song not good or not even art? How does having a live audience effect the way music is received and experienced, whether through altering the music itself, engaging with the crowd, or encouraging participation to create energy and vibe? Does that make live music more important or more of an art than recorded music? Links and Sponsors:breakitdownpod.com emerymusic.comhttp://bswusa.com/ code DOWN for 10% off http://underoath777.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Polarization is evident in every news article or Facebook post, but what are the effects it has on a societal level? Dan Koch and I break down possible benefits and dangers of institutions created and predict the future of the structures in place today. Problem solving, even on a large institutional scale, involves zooming out to see the larger picture, and then isolating individual problems in light of that. Hear more on this on today's episode. Links and Sponsors:  breakitdownpod.com emerymusic.comhttp://bswusa.com/ code DOWN for 10% offhttp://badchristianmedia.com/depolarize/ https://www.reconstructpodcast.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Stuff Christian Culture Likes founder Stephanie Drury sits down with Matt to continue a conversation that was started on his other podcast The BadChristian Podcast about privilege and how to navigate our current climate of outrage. How do you cast your ego and self aside to see someone else's perspective? Will cultural power dynamics ever even out, or is it a constant cycle that keeps spinning but never levels? Links and Sponsors:  breakitdownpod.com emerymusic.com http://www.stuffchristianculturelikes.com/http://bswusa.com/ code DOWN for 10% off Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices