Sounds Like You Transistor (https://transistor.fm) https://feeds.transistor.fm/sounds-like-you Josh Ottum talks to musicians, writers, and other creators about their work and process. © 2026 Josh Ottum 0366cca3-7786-5cd3-9cce-8fa69b147d49 yes en Wed, 29 Jul 2026 01:00:22 -0700 Wed, 29 Jul 2026 01:02:26 -0700 https://img.transistorcdn.com/GDu4XLutsdHgYkRQr8Gx8L8hg_uirWGG08z08ZqzVm8/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8wNDQy/OTk0MTQ1NmY0NGJj/ZTJlMzBkODM5MjNj/YTEyNC5qcGc.jpg Sounds Like You episodic Josh Ottum Josh Ottum talks to musicians, writers, and other creators about their work and process. Josh Ottum talks to musicians, writers, and other creators about their work and process.. music, recording, writing, scholarship, creativity Josh Ottum No Yes Sam Plecker 10 10 Sam Plecker full 39735b82-3ce0-46e9-a480-e2e541c06297 https://share.transistor.fm/s/8f426a0b Sam Plecker has a craft I really admire. His songs and productions make me want to make things. They also make my son hum along. These two of the best compliments I can think of!

Support Sam: https://samplecker.bandcamp.com/music

]]> Sam Plecker has a craft I really admire. His songs and productions make me want to make things. They also make my son hum along. These two of the best compliments I can think of!

Support Sam: https://samplecker.bandcamp.com/music

]]> Wed, 29 Jul 2026 01:00:00 -0700 Josh Ottum Josh Ottum 4914 Sam Plecker has a craft I really admire. His songs and productions make me want to make things. They also make my son hum along. These two of the best compliments I can think of!

Support Sam: https://samplecker.bandcamp.com/music

]]> music, recording, writing, scholarship, creativity No David Caploe 9 9 David Caploe full a1bfaafa-4c10-49cd-8a73-06300e212927 https://share.transistor.fm/s/be2eeeac David Caploe has a very clear-eyed, crystalized view of his concepts. He makes containers for his art that are holistic and they impress me wildly. Our conversation touches on keeping your antenna up, the line between cover band and innovators, and many other things. He helps run Specific Records, which released two of my records, One Note Chord and Objects in Mirror.

Support David:
https://bestdad.xyz/ 
https://www.specificrecords.info/

]]> David Caploe has a very clear-eyed, crystalized view of his concepts. He makes containers for his art that are holistic and they impress me wildly. Our conversation touches on keeping your antenna up, the line between cover band and innovators, and many other things. He helps run Specific Records, which released two of my records, One Note Chord and Objects in Mirror.

Support David:
https://bestdad.xyz/ 
https://www.specificrecords.info/

]]> Wed, 22 Jul 2026 16:00:00 -0700 Josh Ottum Josh Ottum 3784 David Caploe has a very clear-eyed, crystalized view of his concepts. He makes containers for his art that are holistic and they impress me wildly. Our conversation touches on keeping your antenna up, the line between cover band and innovators, and many other things. He helps run Specific Records, which released two of my records, One Note Chord and Objects in Mirror.

Support David:
https://bestdad.xyz/ 
https://www.specificrecords.info/

]]> music, recording, writing, scholarship, creativity No Lily E. Hirsch 8 8 Lily E. Hirsch full 501d44a8-793e-4626-bfb0-e012eee53804 https://share.transistor.fm/s/334d73d1 Lily is a thoughtful and prolific writer. The scope of her work is wide yet clearly focused on teasing out the complexities of categorization. She is joy to talk with and I hope you get the same joy listening to this interview.

Support Lily here: https://www.lilyhirsch.com/

]]> Lily is a thoughtful and prolific writer. The scope of her work is wide yet clearly focused on teasing out the complexities of categorization. She is joy to talk with and I hope you get the same joy listening to this interview.

Support Lily here: https://www.lilyhirsch.com/

]]> Wed, 15 Jul 2026 00:33:00 -0700 Josh Ottum Josh Ottum 3588 Lily is a thoughtful and prolific writer. The scope of her work is wide yet clearly focused on teasing out the complexities of categorization. She is joy to talk with and I hope you get the same joy listening to this interview.

Support Lily here: https://www.lilyhirsch.com/

]]> music, recording, writing, scholarship, creativity No Davin Givhan 7 7 Davin Givhan full 8a3c78be-6587-4e96-a05b-8d1b4cd5a1f6 https://share.transistor.fm/s/1e1fe986 Davin Givhan is an inspiring musician who is in a phase of freedom. He's playing tennis, just put out a killer record called OCTAVE MADNESS, and likes to practice. We've made some songs these last few years and everything he played (mostly bass) was the right thing.

Support Davin here: https://detangler.bandcamp.com/music

]]> Davin Givhan is an inspiring musician who is in a phase of freedom. He's playing tennis, just put out a killer record called OCTAVE MADNESS, and likes to practice. We've made some songs these last few years and everything he played (mostly bass) was the right thing.

Support Davin here: https://detangler.bandcamp.com/music

]]> Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:32:00 -0700 Josh Ottum Josh Ottum 5159 Davin Givhan is an inspiring musician who is in a phase of freedom. He's playing tennis, just put out a killer record called OCTAVE MADNESS, and likes to practice. We've made some songs these last few years and everything he played (mostly bass) was the right thing.

Support Davin here: https://detangler.bandcamp.com/music

]]> music, recording, writing, scholarship, creativity No Austin Weber 6 6 Austin Weber full 19808316-e98b-494d-9b48-8c8adaf3c27a https://share.transistor.fm/s/72ae1541 I talk to Austin Weber about having a creative practice, the city vs. the country, living room records, and fantasy novels. He's a nice person to chat with and very inspiring.

Support him here: https://austinweber.bandcamp.com/

]]> I talk to Austin Weber about having a creative practice, the city vs. the country, living room records, and fantasy novels. He's a nice person to chat with and very inspiring.

Support him here: https://austinweber.bandcamp.com/

]]> Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:36:00 -0700 Josh Ottum Josh Ottum 6933 I talk to Austin Weber about having a creative practice, the city vs. the country, living room records, and fantasy novels. He's a nice person to chat with and very inspiring.

Support him here: https://austinweber.bandcamp.com/

]]> music, recording, writing, scholarship, creativity No Ben Lumsdaine 5 5 Ben Lumsdaine full f09cf359-515d-4feb-91df-6f78bd47deb8 https://share.transistor.fm/s/8e425ebf Ben Lumsdaine is a producer drummer improviser engineer and all around good person to hang with. Listen to us talk about the x games, skiing, and sonny rollins.

Support Ben here: https://benlumsdaine.bandcamp.com/music

]]> Ben Lumsdaine is a producer drummer improviser engineer and all around good person to hang with. Listen to us talk about the x games, skiing, and sonny rollins.

Support Ben here: https://benlumsdaine.bandcamp.com/music

]]> Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:30:00 -0700 Josh Ottum Josh Ottum 3866 Ben Lumsdaine is a producer drummer improviser engineer and all around good person to hang with. Listen to us talk about the x games, skiing, and sonny rollins.

Support Ben here: https://benlumsdaine.bandcamp.com/music

]]> music, recording, writing, scholarship, creativity No Chris Schlarb 4 4 Chris Schlarb full 54a46cf7-e6ff-4b6e-a7f4-fe70acfc7672 https://share.transistor.fm/s/1c363547 A nice chat with Chris Schlarb. We touch on music for Old Navy, Jim Keltner, caring just as much while becoming less fussy.

Support Chris: https://schlarb.bandcamp.com/

]]> A nice chat with Chris Schlarb. We touch on music for Old Navy, Jim Keltner, caring just as much while becoming less fussy.

Support Chris: https://schlarb.bandcamp.com/

]]> Wed, 17 Jun 2026 00:29:00 -0700 Josh Ottum Josh Ottum 3622 A nice chat with Chris Schlarb. We touch on music for Old Navy, Jim Keltner, caring just as much while becoming less fussy.

Support Chris: https://schlarb.bandcamp.com/

]]> music, recording, writing, scholarship, creativity No Dory Bavarsky 3 3 Dory Bavarsky full 437d6a2c-8b28-455d-bc3e-4462da08a112 https://share.transistor.fm/s/17787e0a Today we talk with Dory Bavarsky. He is an incredible musician and thinker who has played on many of my songs. He has also made many of his own songs, played with Blake Mills and Pino Palladino, composed for Adventure Time and has a stunning book collection. 

In this conversation we touch on the value of pressure when making things, the fantasyland of the mind, the vulnerability of listening to important songs with someone else in the room. We also realize that Bach is nothing less than the world's best library music composer.

Apologies for the imbalanced audio between us. 

Find out more about Dory here: https://www.dorybavarsky.com/ 

Buy Dory's albums here: https://fullcolorsoundrecords.bandcamp.com/

]]> Today we talk with Dory Bavarsky. He is an incredible musician and thinker who has played on many of my songs. He has also made many of his own songs, played with Blake Mills and Pino Palladino, composed for Adventure Time and has a stunning book collection. 

In this conversation we touch on the value of pressure when making things, the fantasyland of the mind, the vulnerability of listening to important songs with someone else in the room. We also realize that Bach is nothing less than the world's best library music composer.

Apologies for the imbalanced audio between us. 

Find out more about Dory here: https://www.dorybavarsky.com/ 

Buy Dory's albums here: https://fullcolorsoundrecords.bandcamp.com/

]]> Fri, 12 Jun 2026 17:38:44 -0700 Josh Ottum Josh Ottum 7434 Today we talk with Dory Bavarsky. He is an incredible musician and thinker who has played on many of my songs. He has also made many of his own songs, played with Blake Mills and Pino Palladino, composed for Adventure Time and has a stunning book collection. 

In this conversation we touch on the value of pressure when making things, the fantasyland of the mind, the vulnerability of listening to important songs with someone else in the room. We also realize that Bach is nothing less than the world's best library music composer.

Apologies for the imbalanced audio between us. 

Find out more about Dory here: https://www.dorybavarsky.com/ 

Buy Dory's albums here: https://fullcolorsoundrecords.bandcamp.com/

]]> music, recording, writing, scholarship, creativity No Peter Sprague 2 2 Peter Sprague full 5d2ceb8f-2ac3-480b-8238-f3de937ab55c https://share.transistor.fm/s/0c6e692a Peter and Josh talk about lots of things: Peter's records, recording together, jazz, songwriting, AI, and San Diego.

Checkout Peter's music, books, and videos: https://petersprague.com/store/

]]> Peter and Josh talk about lots of things: Peter's records, recording together, jazz, songwriting, AI, and San Diego.

Checkout Peter's music, books, and videos: https://petersprague.com/store/

]]> Fri, 12 Jun 2026 17:38:05 -0700 Josh Ottum Josh Ottum 5340 Peter and Josh talk about lots of things: Peter's records, recording together, jazz, songwriting, AI, and San Diego.

Checkout Peter's music, books, and videos: https://petersprague.com/store/

]]> music, recording, writing, scholarship, creativity No Luke Temple 1 1 Luke Temple full ef737e70-0bfd-4bc6-b999-0b74b50dae83 https://share.transistor.fm/s/5285fa09 A conversation with Luke Temple.

Find Luke here: https://www.instagram.com/mr.luke_temple/
Support Luke's work here: https://luketemple.bandcamp.com/merch

]]> A conversation with Luke Temple.

Find Luke here: https://www.instagram.com/mr.luke_temple/
Support Luke's work here: https://luketemple.bandcamp.com/merch

]]> Fri, 12 Jun 2026 17:37:34 -0700 Josh Ottum Josh Ottum 2730 A conversation with Luke Temple.

Find Luke here: https://www.instagram.com/mr.luke_temple/
Support Luke's work here: https://luketemple.bandcamp.com/merch

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