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We're not gonna have this,
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this week because
we are skipping it because,
we have this illustrious talented
band
in place here.
This is a visiting trio of musicians who
come into the Qdio today to show what
their fabulous, original inspiring music that they create
can do together and to your ears. It's
pure bliss. Over the next twenty minutes or
so, we'll be talking with our guests and
finding out more about them and then we
will turn the show over to these enterprising
incredibly
talented artists
and let them loose on this show so
you
will learn,
how good they are firsthand. Without any more
verbiage from me, Doctor. Gigi and I are
proud to welcome
Jordan Branch, Ray Martel, and Nick Martel to
the Doc and Jacques Radio Variety Show. Welcome,
all of you. Well, thank you. Hello. Welcome.
Thank you for being here. And I also
wanna say that this is gonna be video
cast. So we have pictures of the fantastic
band too. Right. Thanks to my vocal cords.
Yeah. I was a little aware of the
video, so I don't know where to go
out.
Oh, is that why? Okay. He wouldn't put
his makeup on.
Yeah. Set dressing didn't tell me about the
cameras. Okay.
Well, surprise.
Jordan, we'll laid off with you. Where were
you born and raised?
I was born
in Weaverville, California.
Raised is kind of a different story. I've
lived
everywhere
in California,
and I don't think I was raised as
much as brought up feral.
So
It shows.
That's yeah. I went to 17 different schools
before I emancipated at 17. Dang. I've I've
lived near
any city that you can guess in California.
So And tell us why.
I grew up in the foster system, so
I bounced between homes and sometimes family placements.
And as I was became a teenager, I
was a bit more wild, and I moved
around a little bit more. But,
I think looking back on it now, it
gave me a depth of empathy empathy
to want to help others. And I'm I'm
grateful while I used to not feel that
way. Oh, wow. We are grateful. You are
in our presence on this incredible When did
you move up here?
Four years ago. Oh. We lived in Redding,
and it was so hot and horrible,
like 120 degree summers. So we would come
here because as you can tell, I have
an obsession with rocks.
Oh, yes. She gave us rocks. Yeah.
Thank you. Really? Tiger. Tiger. Sardonyx.
Sardonyx.
Yeah. Okay. Just a fancy agate.
But I moved here because of the agates
on the beach and the redwoods. I had
no plan,
no career opportunity, no family.
I just like the ocean Just relax. And
the natures. Just relax. You hear the rocks.
Very cool. Wow. She makes friends with the
rocks. I do.
No. You brought
Ray Martell and Nick Martell.
Ray, you're next. So even though Hello. Before
we go any further, we wanna bring gifts
for you guys. Oh, bear in the gifts.
Oh. Oh my gosh.
So this is,
the Jordan brand. I'm I'm extra small. I
thought the video is this about it. Extra
extra small. Sorry.
Some t shirts for you guys. Wow. Cool.
Jordan brand
and the family tree. You are from,
you're
you you founded Redwood Records. I did. Yeah.
So I'm originally from San Jose, California.
Grew up there. Bay Area boy. Went to
Humboldt Humboldt State, as it was known at
the time. That's how I ended up in
the area.
Bounced around a little,
lived in Las Vegas after school. I was
a microbiologist.
Had a kid in Las Vegas. Hope I
can find him some next.
Oh, wait. There he is. There he is.
Darn it. Only it wasn't me.
Yeah. No. Good.
And then we just moved back to the
area.
Nick's mom has a very large family up
in Crescent City. So Down. Down in Crescent
City. So it was very it was very
logical for us just to come back just
to to raise,
raise the family.
So that's how I ended up in Crescent
City.
Very clear. You're asking about Redwood Records. Yeah.
When did you when did you found it?
2016. It's a recording studio. It's a record
it's a full fledged recording studio. It was
around before that, though. It was around before
that, but I officially made it. I officially
licensed it as a business in 2016.
There was
no place in the area for local musicians,
especially local musicians on a budget.
Recording studios, as you know, can be very
costly.
That wasn't my goal. My goal was to
provide a service for local musicians. A lot
of times I don't even charge people. Right.
We've heard incredible stories about your generosity.
Right. Okay. That's so cool. Yeah. One of
my latest projects to come out there was
the new Dumpster Puppies EP they just released.
Wow. I was at the Samala was in
there. Yeah. Samala was in there, an alias,
turtle. The alias, turtle. Yeah. Burst through the
whole
the whole screw it. Did you have the
tone was there. Because you really have to
tone it down, to get catch all those
wild noises they make.
I wouldn't say I had to tone it
down. I just said I just, it's part
of the process is when you're when you're
doing production engineering,
you just
go one instrument at a time, one piece
at a time. Interesting. Yeah. So everything when
you're when you're doing a recording and when
you're actually doing a production work,
everything should have its place.
And it's my job to find where that
place is gonna fit in into that sound.
Fascinating. And then
So So how did you go from microbiology
to sound studio?
Well, I've always been a musician. Mhmm.
I mean, even back when I was in
the eighties and nineties,
I was doing recording back then. Oh. It
was a lot more primitive back then. We're
just we had tape.
I know. We had tape but then
so I was I've I've always been interested
more in the technical aspect of of musical
of of music. The back end. The back
end. I've you know, even though I play
bass, I play guitar, I've been a musician,
I've been in right now I'm in three
projects currently.
Black GTO,
Jordan Branch and the Family Tree. And there's
a new one that we just started. Actually,
Nick's also in that one with me.
We're working with another local musician. His name's
Kyle Mullins.
K. And he's writing. He's doing guitar work.
He writes some very complex, very cool stuff.
Very complex stuff. More along the lines of
more of, not the heaviness of Shaq Nasty,
but the complexity
that was behind Shaq Nasty. So we're doing
a lot of odd timing, a lot of
weird tempos, a lot of a lot of
weird key changes, which I love that stuff
and and so does Nick. What would you
call the Dumpster Puppies, brand of music? They're
just punk. Just punk on top of metal
scratching? Punk. Yeah. Old school punk. Old school
punk from the eighties. I mean, you listen
to those old bands like Dead Kennedys, PIL,
even Minuteman. A lot of those old bands,
they sound
they they sound a lot like them. Mhmm.
Wow. Yeah. I I I'm gonna be honest
with you. I I love the dumpster puppies.
I love their sound. I love what they
do. Wonderful. Yeah. And the the message is
just what not what you expect. Right? Well,
and then and that's and that's funny that
you say that because, you know,
You grew up in the Bay Area punk
scene. Yeah. I grew up in the Bay
Area punk scene. And and that was the
thing is, like, you know,
original music to me is just that that's
where my heart is. I mean, you know,
Jordan has messages. She's got some very powerful
messages. Hi. I'm waiting for We'll find out.
Yeah.
Samala, she writes some very powerful lyrics, some
very meaningful lyrics. Yep. We had the same
way with, you know, all these other projects
I've been in. So I just feel blessed
to have been able to get wrapped up
in a lot of these stuff a lot
of these projects locally, especially the original stuff.
Everyone's just good people. Yeah. Yeah. They're all
good people. This is Nick talking. Nick? Yeah.
Tell us, where were you born and raised?
I was the child that was birthed in
Las Vegas. Las Vegas.
Dragged here.
Arch eagle. Arch eagle. Arch eagle. Arch eagle.
Arch eagle. Arch eagle. The ripe age of
one.
Oh. So you don't remember the desert? I
have no no memory of the strip. No.
I didn't get I didn't get to wander.
And you played with your dad in a
couple of bands? Yeah. Black GTO. So him
and I are in Black GTO. He's playing
bass in that. I'm playing,
rhythm guitar. And drums.
Drums occasionally. And today you're playing bass
occasionally. Now what do you call that thing
behind you? The little drum set there? The
box? Yeah. That's a cajon. And a little
It's cajon with a little A cymbal and
foot pedal and I have a just a
little separate hi hat. What what else do
you play?
Primarily, I play bass.
Okay.
I play guitar in black G2O just because
that's kind of the role that I needed
to fit. Mhmm. I'm playing drums in Jordan
Branch and the Family Tree because that's just
kind of the role I need him to
fit. Yeah? He won't sing.
Not yet. Can't sing.
He can sing. Won't subject anyone in my
singing that way. A better way of putting
it. And then this new project we have
going on as well,
drumming four.
Okay. Wow. Do you do you play, you
play the, synthesizer over people? We have drums?
Yeah. Yeah. I like to I I
play is a strong word, but I,
I mess around with synthesizers and, you know,
I just I like I like fun analog
gear that makes dumb noises and makes people
cover their ears and run away. Wow.
Jordan, back to you. I wanted to know,
with all that moving around as a child,
what got you into music? What was your
first instrument?
What do you what were the big the
big moments in your life that finally said
I should get out and do this? So
recently,
I'm in a MSW program, and we had
an assignment that called social work? Yes. Hopefully,
one day, I'll be a music therapist. But,
we had to do a life map, and
we went through chronologically,
like, the experiences that we had. When I
first started
pointing down the transitions to different homes and
traumatic moments I experienced, I wasn't happy with
that.
So on the other side of the map,
I started putting instruments
that came and when
and when and where. What was interesting
was that as I got older, more instruments
came my way. I stuck with guitar, but
I started with violin when I
was seven, eight years old.
I played flute, alto, sax. Wow.
But they weren't my hard instrument. Once I
found choir when I was about 11 years
old,
that was it. That was what I loved
to do. And since then, I've loved to
sing and
make crazy noises. And You play guitar real
well. You're a phenomenal singer. So how long
did it take you to learn the guitar?
Is this kind of a natural process? I'm
still pretty feral. They've helped me get a
lot better.
We definitely tightened the ropes a little bit.
A little bit.
So I I'm not sure because I never
played for skill.
I think coming into music as young as
I did, it was
an unconscious way
of finding a tool of healing. And so
when I was dealing with hard things that
I couldn't understand
and that didn't feel good,
I had music. And music was consistent no
matter where I moved, no matter who I
lived with, I could always bring my voice
with me. And Right. Before singing, I wrote.
So it was
my poems slowly transitioned into songs.
No. So you're playing all originals? You don't
do have cover? We have a couple covers,
but the
the rule is we make them our own.
I don't think any of us are too
too big of a fan of covers. No.
I tried to get Ray to play Bob
Seger. He told me no.
I almost kicked her out of the band
and replaced her with another guitar player. He's
a he's a punk band member,
to be fair, like Bob Seger.
See? But no. We have we have two
or three covers that we play.
One, House of the Rising Sun. I
I love screaming it, and I feel like
I played it for so long that as
much as it's not mine,
there's a part of me in the music.
It's so highly modified from from what you
would traditionally hear, the the traditional,
writing. It's all kinda messed up. And there's
no copyright
anymore anymore. It was never because it's more
of a
old song. Was it traditional? Yeah. Mhmm.
Yeah. And the other one?
Back to Black by Amy Winehouse.
And we just started learning what is the
name of that song?
She doesn't even That jazz song? The jazz.
Oh, the jazz dance? Yes.
What is it?
Right Time Blues. Really good question. Yeah. I'm
right by Scott Joplin. It's very true. Yes.
You write up why don't you do right?
Yes. Why don't you do Why don't you
okay. But all the songs you're gonna be
singing today are original. Of course. Yes. Now,
Jordan, when you go into your songwriting, do
you write poetry first and then transmit that
into music, or do you hear some place
I'm on the guitar and then it speaks
to you and you say, I'm gonna put
those words to it? It's so honestly,
there's
I draw inspiration from the strangest of places.
I wrote a song after watching a shark
movie.
Wow.
Madness, the song that we're gonna be singing.
Yeah. Which we do actually like a lot.
Thank you. Madness was written while watching Scooby
Doo on mute.
So,
but then there's other songs. Like, I have
songs
that I still play that I wrote when
I was 14 years old.
And they were moments where I didn't feel
like I fit in, or
I was struggling
with
positivity,
and I needed some hope. So I figured
I'd make it myself. Right on. And so
there's still very much songs that I write
now
that speak about themes of, you know, mental
wellness Yeah. And
addressing that we have two sides within us.
Right.
And choosing to go for the light above
all. So inspiration in every form. When did
you start writing? You said by eleven, you
were singing? But Yes. And writing came first.
I remember a teacher one time
called a foster parent when I was in
elementary school because they found my notebook,
and they were concerned about the themes in
it. Yeah. And I was creative writing. And
I was I was writing poetry, but it
was heartfelt and it was sad because what
I was going through wasn't easy. Wow. But
for me, I didn't see a problem with
it because I wasn't storing it in myself.
I was letting it out. So that was
okay.
But I think
I wanna say maybe I was nine or
10 when I started really That was it.
Heavily leaning into poetry. And now, I mean,
I look like a crazy person in my
house. There are pieces of paper everywhere with
sometimes one or two lines. I have notebooks
Right. That have certain feelings in them that
look different, and I choose them based on
what I'm trying to write. So
So do you feel that your children, you
have two Yes. Who are picking up any
of the songwriting or It's amazing. They have
a happy childhood, though. They do. And but,
I mean, they still have soul. Yeah.
My seven year old, he constantly is either
rapping or singing. In the car today,
he did this interesting, like,
oh oh oh.
And I'm like,
dang.
What is that? It kinda sounds like Helios.
But it's like he's they're happy kiddos, but
they definitely
are creative. His son or his older brother,
who's 14, Silas,
he is a artist.
And he loves to paint. He loves to
draw. He loves to sketch, and he is
incredible. Wow.
Music, I never wanted to push it on
him, but
it's not as much his thing. Maybe someday
he'll find it, but his little brother, he
has been begging to come to band practice.
He wants to come. He's like, maybe if
you show me what to do in front
of the mic, I can do it too.
Expose him, man.
He's ready. Are you ready? Three last month,
I was very honored to be one of
three judges at the
Battle of the Bands at Inotec. It was
packed. It was a huge night. Everybody was
involved. There were nine bands. And the two
gentlemen
that got to be judges alongside me was
none other than Ray and Nick Martell. So
that was an honor sitting next to you
guys for five plus hours, right? Well, that
was a fun night. It was. It was
a good fun night. So it was tough
to make a decision. It was. And it
was actually it's a lot more work to
actually sit there and judge than to sit
there and enjoy. You know what? That's true.
Sitting and actively listening for five, six hours
is
tiring, believe it or not. Yeah. But I
wanna bring out another thing about you. You
gave one of the big prizes,
Ray, with through Redwood Records. Tell us what
you gave the the winner and the runner-up.
So,
well,
Redwood Records,
was part of the sponsor for that,
for the Battle of the Bands that one
King production put on. And my contribution was
gonna be eight hours of studio time for
the winning band.
Now to me, eight hours of studio time
means just come and hang out for the
whole weekend
and have a good time.
So we got to a point
where
we couldn't decide on one winner.
And collectively,
we decided on
two winners. And a runner-up. And a runner-up.
Right. And at that point, I said, you
know what? I'm gonna
offer eight hours for each of the the
winners. Wow. Yeah. Very cool. That was cool,
man. That's a big, big thing for you
to do. And, of course, it could be
the step that many of these bands need.
I've seen a lot
of
these people come to the studio not really
knowing what their
what direction they wanna do or how to
do anything like this.
We guide them through, we get them through.
And the best part about the whole studio
sessions with these folks is at the end
is when As after I do the mixing,
do the mastering,
the playback
and to see the looks on these people's
faces, they're like, wow. That's me? That's what
I do? Yes. You're a good artist. You're
a good musician. You just have never heard
yourself. Oh, wow. And when I do that
for people, I mean,
that to me is what makes it worth
it. Right on, man. Yeah. And then these
people can put these folks can put their
music out on the Internet or whatever medium
they want. Sure. I mixed for different types
of media. If you're going online, I mix
it one way. If you're gonna be making
vinyl, I can mix do a different type
of mix. If you're gonna go old school
like, you know, different like somebody wants to
do cassette tapes, which we've actually done before,
I have to mix it a different way.
If I wanna if it'll be for CDs,
it's gonna have a little slightly different mix.
So, you know, there's just so many different
ways that you can actually approach,
what you're doing in the studio as far
as, like, engineer goes. I don't Nacre, you
helping out all the time? Yeah. Are you
gonna be do you work in in in
the Redwood RedCard studio?
In the capacity of, being there and playing
music all the time. Yeah. Got it. I
don't I don't run cable or or do
any,
back end stuff. I gotta get this out.
We're gonna break, in about a couple of
minutes at the latest because I think we
could get in one song, which I think
we'll do. We decided to play the phone.
So we're gonna play we're gonna play the
the latest release. Of course, this was from
Redwood Records.
This was recorded at Redwood Records.
This is a song called All of a
Sudden. You wanna talk a little bit about
it or do you wanna just play it?
All of of a sudden? I wrote it
about a particularly
difficult relationship.
Upon emancipating from foster care, I fell into
a bit of a domestic violence situation. It
was kind of what I grew up with,
so it was what
I was accustomed to.
And this was the song that represents the
liberation
from that. Wow. And and how old were
you when you wrote it?
I was maybe
20.
Oh, so a couple of years after you
emancipated it. Yeah. Oh, very cool. When you
were 20, so last year. Okay.
Thank you. And you're gonna play it on
your phone. Right? I'm gonna play it. Yeah.
This is so this is gonna be released.
And what's the date? I think it's nine
days from now. Wow. So, yeah, it's not
out yet, but it will be, we'll give
you information on where to find everything here.
Redwoodrecords.com.
Tell us what your, your your redwoodrecords.net..net.
Okay. Yeah. You can always hit me up.
Just go to the website. You can you
can find a portal to get a hold
of me from there.
And, I'll just guide you to anywhere you
wanna go, anything you wanna do. If you
have questions, I get I get people emailing
me all the time. Hey. What does it
cost to do this? What does it cost
to do that? Just come on down. Let's
talk. Super accessible. You are very
accessible. You're a very good guy. And so
you can reach out to Redwood Records at
Ray Martell, and Nick is always in the
background playing something
playing with the music. Okay. We're gonna hear
again at the Somehow.
The song we're playing is Dearly Departed.
All of a sudden.
But, yeah, same same, but different.
I swear. I said
dearly departed.
Oh, I did this.
You're probably not far off. But Jordan Branch
and the family. Here we got we got
seven minutes. Let's get it on. That's alright.
Alright.
Okay. Now that was a recorded without your
phone. The rest of the songs you're gonna
be singing for us, I guess, three or
four four more, we're gonna be live here
in the studio. That was Jordan Branch,
the the Family Tree with Ray and Nick
Martell,
owners of the
the Redwood Records. Wow. That was a good
start off, but now we're gonna get all
live exactly in about a minute and a
half because I have to do the mid
break show. Yeah. So let's get
going on.
Where can they get a hold of the
band?
Your
turn. Hello? I'm
like, look at you. You're looking at me.
I like me. I expected him to do
this.
Jordan Branch and the Family Tree are everywhere
that you stream music.
If you are interested
in booking us or
finding out more, send us a message on
Facebook.
Right. We all have access to it. Facebook
is Jordan Branger and the Family Tree.
Okay. That's on Facebook. You got any phone
numbers of Redwood Records? Or you can also
hit up Redwood Records.
We're on on redwoodrecords.net.
Also, we're on Facebook. You can just send
me a message on Facebook.
(707)
460-3248.
That gets me. That gets the Railroad Records
line. (707)
460-3248.
You got it. Oh, nice. It's Ray Martell's
direct line and
just promise. Bug them. Really bug no. Good.
Call right now. Good stuff. Alright. But does
that time,
when,
we're no? She's she's do we still got
another Ten seconds. Let's ask another. Well, another
ten. So you're on on Facebook,
and when you said it everywhere like Spotify
Anywhere you anywhere YouTube. Yeah. Wherever you download,
stream your music, you'll find us. If you
can't find us, call us or email us
and we'll come to you.
Oh, yeah. Just so you just so you're
available for hire, if somebody's gonna hire you
for wedding. We are whatever. Right. Well, it
might not be wedding music. Might not be
wedding music.
Yeah. Yes. We are we are available for
bookings. We do actually have a few shows
booked up here in the in the near
future. Right on. And we'll we'll look at
that information out there. Let me know and
I'll pump this. Yeah. We are we still
are in the building phase of of
where we're at with the band. Working with
my feralness.
Their feralness.
Well, you're gonna hear a lot more of
the feralness and what's the live music here
as they take on their instruments. But while
you're getting ready, I'm gonna tell us about
the mid break show. Time flies when we're
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Ray, are we ready to transcend into a
live
Yes. Music he's gonna be playing all of
it? Are we okay with you? Yeah. That
would be great. Michael, you're set too? Okay.
Everybody's shaking their heads. What are we gonna
hear? What's the first song?
We're gonna play Daydreaming for you.
Daydreaming.
The song I wrote when I was a
stay at home mom
to my seven year old when
he was maybe three months old, and I
was still crazy and stuck in the house
all the time and basically just a walking
food machine. In in Redding, California? In Redding.
Hot. So I wrote this song
Daydreaming
about my honey, Russell.
Alright. Alright, Russell. Big shout out to you.
Daydreaming
by Jordan Branch Family Tree. Family Tree. Alright.
I wanna thank you for letting us be
here. Yes. Thank you.
This is danger, man.
May not have the best voice.
I may not call very
mistakes.
You know I love the ocean,
but
live too far away.
Dreamer
Stuck inside on a rainy day.
Nothing to do
but let feelings get in the way.
Daydreaming
and gets me there.
Darling
day
dreaming,
May not have the best voice, but
I could go pretty far.
Sometimes I get an attitude
that at least I try really hard.
Sometimes I let emotions
lead my mistakes.
You know I love the ocean,
think I'll sit you all day.
Baby, Jimmy,
gives me bye.
Dial them,
they're
dreaming.
Dial them, you know,
I can't lie.
Wow.
Daydream by
Get your
back.
Nick and Ray Martel
with their
family tree band found everywhere. We haven't been
We We only have the, we only have,
one release out right now.
It's called Madness,
and probably, do that one next. Yeah. It
was written while watching Scooby Doo. Oh, and
was it muted?
It was muted while I was while I
was writing it.
The interesting thing is before I found Redwood
Records, I was certain
I was a reggae musician,
and I was gonna sing reggae music. And
how I found Redwood Records is I brought
a whole bunch of tracks that had beats
on them. I I was not playing guitar,
and Madness was originally a reggae song. It
did not turn out very well. I liked
the lyrics. I liked the way that it
was formulated.
But with their incredible
musician brains,
they helped me and are still helping me
with other reggae songs, transposing them to what
I actually am.
What some of you are not seeing is
the expression on, well, particularly Jordan, your face
when you're singing these songs and the the
lips and the movement and your eyebrows,
really
Yep. I have no control over them. Yeah.
Look at it on the video. Gigi, painted
her eyebrows the other day and asked me
how they looked. And I said, you look
surprised.
But
the laughter and the good feelings and the
vibes are here and you'll see them.
Thank you, Michael Gorse again who will then
be releasing this in the near future,
with the KCIAW
recording or podcast. So, alright. So Madness is
the next song. Right. I just wanna touch
a little Yeah. Something that, Jordan was talking
about. She said she had all she brought
these songs to us that she had written.
Well, even before it was reggae, a lot
of the stuff like she said she had
written when she was a much younger,
a young lady.
And what's interesting about it is
she wrote the music.
Her guitar parts went along with her syllables
of the song, of her lyrics.
So there wasn't there was chords and there
was chord changes,
but nothing really was
structural
as far as, like, you know, this is
yeah. This this this this bar is in
four, then this bar is in eight, and
then this bar is in seven, and and
it it was kinda going back and forth
like that. So somehow Nick and I had
to try to normalize all of that. And
They call it jazz.
So so but, you know, I I will
I will I will definitely credit Jordan is
that, you know, she actually
took,
you know, thirty, twenty years of her
music,
how she only knew of it, and she
was able to allow us to transform it
into what it is now. Right. And there's
a lot of trust in Right. Yeah. Her
for she trusted Nick and I to be
able to take her music,
transform it into what you hear it now
without losing any integrity
and still having the message delivered. And, you
know, I I that was it's it's that's
why it's been taking us a while to
be able to,
actually hit the road or, you know, get
out there. I mean, it's one thing to
learn, you know, here here's 40 cover tunes.
Learn them in an afternoon and go play.
Sure. That's one thing to do that, but
it's another thing to take art and to
transform it back into art.
Right. Right. And it's been amplified. It is
near I mean, there are special occasions where
where I'll play solo,
but I'm like, I don't play solo anymore.
Right. Just because I'm so grateful and the
sound now is what I'm used to and
what I'm looking for when I'm playing.
So you're playing the guitar.
Ray is on the bass. That's a nice
looking bass. It's a basic, It's an acoustic
bass. Yeah. Acoustic bass.
And somewhere, the the drummer guy there he
is.
He's in his little In the corner. Yeah.
In the corner. Corner. I am.
Alright. What's next? What's the next song? Madness.
We're gonna sing Madness. This song is currently
out on all streaming platforms.
You're gonna hear the acoustic version today
and
I hope you guys enjoy it. Alright. Gladness
by Jordan Branch and the Holy tree. Sandwich.
This is new. We've been practicing once a
week electric,
and so
we switched it up to prepare for you
guys. Cool. Very nice. We actually fell in
love. I'm I don't know. I can't speak
for you guys. I don't love it.
Alright. Madness
by the family tree.
Is that right?
Okay. Here I go.
Don't listen to the zeros.
Ain't no man
to the squeeze.
Bad luck mind in the glories.
Hunger
making me
weak.
Slow movements
shadows on the way.
Brothers
gape me,
Slow
movement, shadows on the walls.
Breath escapes me. My skin starts to grow.
It's amazing
the way the video
Alright.
Now
Alright. So
Excellent. And that's See the expressions on these
artists that we have in here is amazing.
Jordan, you're you're shivering your shoulders up and
down.
A little bit of a love and then
a little bit scowl and then a little
bit it's all Look feral.
She said that right when she first walked
in the she's the feral cat or something
is loose now.
Really, really good. Do we have two more
songs? Do we have What's the other one?
Beast. Oh, the Beast. I think I remember.
Yeah. Then, well, after Beast, we had another
one too. Right? Okay. And we Yeah. Oh,
you got You got you got for about
sixteen minutes. Yeah. So let's do it. So
the nest we heard this one the first,
time Yeah. Right? Called the Beast. Or it's
The Beast Within?
It's called Beast.
I address
it's kinda in in my mind when I
wrote it,
I pictured the two sides of me. So
most of the time, with a lot of
people that are super happy,
they show everyone on the outside their happiness
and
sometimes amplify it to cover up feelings that
they have inside that could be darker. So
the song talks about my two wolves and
how I choose which one I'm gonna feed.
And
in the first half of the song, we're
gonna have a little bit of the dark
where I'm sluggish and
lethargic and struggling
to get past the barrier of my own
sadness.
And we're not gonna stay there long though
because the second half, we're gonna see the
light.
And
that's the one that we choose to prevail.
And that's the wolf that we're feeding, and
we feed every day. But it's a choice.
I remember videotaping this last year when you
were on By Yourself solo. Yeah. Today, you
now have your your band behind you, which
is can't wait to hear it. So The
Beast
by Jordan Brandt. How old were you when
you wrote it? I wrote this also in
my twenties. I think I got to a
certain point,
where I was
sick of struggling. Mhmm. And growing up the
way I did, I didn't have a lot
of support for people advocating for my wellness.
Right.
Luckily, I am a psychology major. So what
I couldn't
what I what I couldn't quite get when
I was a child, I pursued through therapy
and education.
And now,
in a year and a half, I'll have
my MSW, and I can start helping other
people Very cool. With their wellness as well.
Right. Cool. Wow. Good stories. Good vibes. Okay.
The Beast. Here we go. Gentlemen ladies and
gentlemen.
Screaming I'm worthless.
Why do you even try?
But I plan on living these dreams the
other day that I die.
Yeah. I plan on living these dreams the
other day
Wow. Wow.
Beyond.
Over the top. Over the top. Yeah. Good.
Yeah. You're getting hot. It is kinda let
me look cool for the camera.
It's,
it is a lot in here.
You gotta face me for radio. Good luck.
Darn it.
Wow, Jordan, Aries, Ray and Nick, phenomenal.
I mean, wow, wow. We are so, so
happy.
We wanna make sure you could come on
every week if you don't mind.
He'd love to host you. I don't know
if Tony wants us here every week. The
doc there'll be the doc yeah. Ray Simon
back there. Ed Michael
has to report every week. Oh, dude. But
it would be it would be fun because
it'd be Jacques Docking the family tree.
Oh, man. It's more it's getting there really
is getting warmer here today. How many songs
do you have recorded
altogether?
Recorded, we have two. We have one on
streaming platform with one upcoming.
I did record
three songs
before we were a band with Ray
and Greg.
Because the door is open. Nice. But,
we're hoping to do more soon. Yeah. And
there's also some a bunch of production work
that I did with Jordan when she first,
contacted me. She had a a a bunch
of, backing tracks Money. Many backing tracks that
were were, she purchased from, other
other other artists who put together backing tracks.
And she sang along to them. The majority
of them were were very gay, as she
was talking about. Yeah. So we do have
she does have some experience in the studio
with me. So we've been working together for
over a year now. Good. Good.
Good. Again, Redwood Records, you do so much
in our community, man. You're such a very,
very good man. Well, thank you. Appreciate it.
And Nick. Okay. We have can you get
the next one in seven minutes? Because we're
we're running against the clock. What what you
are? Is that what it is? What what
you are? What you are? Family truth. When
I was 14. Oh. I wrote it from
what I thought
other people thought of me. I struggled a
little bit of imposter syndrome.
Imposter Imposter syndrome. Syndrome. Okay. I tend to
think
people think less of me than they actually
do.
But logic versus emotion, I'm I'm aware now
why. But this song was written from the
point of view of what I thought other
kids in my high school thought about me.
Oh, jeez. Wow.
Indeed.
Alright. You guys ready? Monster know. What you
are.
What you are. What you are. What you
are. What you am. What's your am? I
am. I am that I am.
Alright.
We are not friends
but you
stand alone.
Wow, okay. Hi guys. If I could sum
up your songs,
number one, be emotional.
You bring
emotion to music, which is so powerful, particularly
in radio, podcasting.
It it it is it makes a big
difference. You're
I can become invested in your sound, your
lyrics, just the whole emotional,
thing that you admit. And you're backed by
such incredible artists as Nick and Ray. I'm
so lucky. Yeah. I mean, we both
she resonates it. And then these guys just
pull it out and fine tune it and
polish it like you guys are really a
professional
trio.
I can't tell you enough that It's very
cool to watch and how you
play together, although I can't really see
you. Where did Nick go? Nick's hiding over
there. He's hiding behind the symbols. Oh my
god. Because he had to move so far
away because it's a tiny studio. I'll give
a phone number here. (707)
460-3248.
One more time. (707)
460-3248.
And that is for
Redwood Records. That's for Redwood Records. Yes. Yeah.
And you And again, redwoodrecords.net.
Easy to get a hold of. Easy. On
Redwood Records
studios on Facebook, Jordan Branch or Jordan Branch
and the Family Tree. There's several ways to
get a hold of us. I do.
There's there's one thing I did wanna say.
It's it's,
when Nick and I,
invested in this project,
it was not our goal to
be,
flashy or any type of,
add anything to it. All we all our
goal was was to lift up Yeah. Jordan
and lift up what she does and lift
her voice. Right. To make her voice the
the cone on the ice cream. Right. And
and that was that was our goal. Because,
obviously, what Nick and I are doing here
is so much different than what you hear
us do in Black GTO Right. Or some
of our other stuff. Yeah. So so our
goal was to
present her in the best possible light.
And you deserve it. You deserve it so
well. And you will things great prosperity will
come to you, all of you. I think
she's really truly believe. Yeah. Yeah. There he
goes. I stopped singing often. Just I'm like,
oh, that was so cool.
We are all fans of you. Doctor Gigi
and I have waited for you to come
back Yes. Many times. Thank you so much
for coming on. You. You were awesome. Good
branch. Cool band.
Right. Thank you. So when when Jacques said,
yeah, they're all playing, he's like, wait, they're
a band?
I
don't know. I've been following you on Facebook,
so I I see what's going on. I'm
super excited. Please come back, like I said,
not every week, but
but but maybe every six months. Yes.
We'll have you back. But guess who? Is
it that time? You have been listening to
the Doc and Jacques show at KCOW
one hundred point seven FM in Brookings, Oregon.
We hope you have enjoyed the show. Maybe
a little bit less than us because it
was so awesome. Yeah. It really was. Thank
you, everybody. Indeed. Peace and prosperity to everyone
out there. Thanks again to to,
hey, Ray Simon, Michael Borse, and Caitlin Bosecnik
for listening. Peace and love to everyone out
there. Thank you. Tony D'Urso is up next.