The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #537: Welcome Andy Last, Host of the Beyond Synth Podcast

In today's episode, I'm speaking with podcaster Andy Last, host of the Beyond Synth podcast. Andy is one of the few people I have talked with that has been doing this longer than I am - he has been doing his show, discussing synthwave music and the artists that make it, since 2013.

We had a great, lengthy conversation about podcasting, the ups and downs of collaboration, the joys of compulsions of solo creative work, and a lot on the nature/pros/cons of generative AI (which, like it or not, is being built into many of the tools that we use on a regular basis). This was one of the longer conversations I have recorded but I decided to not break it up into multiple parts since the overall themes of the conversation were consistent all the way through. If you into electronic music, especially synthwave/retrowave/retro 80s/whatever you call it, definitely check out Andy's show. There is obviously a ton of great music but also years of interviews from music producers behind the music that is super educational if you are into making music yourself. Check it out on:

-Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/7Lu2RkM4aZr7AnJ2HHPyBV?si=04c77944ec184d41)

-Apple Podcast (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/beyond-synth/id979062058)

-Patreon (https://patreon.com/beyondsynth)

Thanks, Andy, for being a guest on the show, and thanks for listening!

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-Check out the pixelart music videos that are out so far from the album:

-->Logan's Sunrise Workout: www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7SM1RgsLiM

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-->Nightsky Stargazing: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2S0p3jKRTBo

-->Aurora's Rainy Day Mix: https://youtu.be/zwqPmypBysk

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