Playing By Ear

21/12/2023

Hey Friends.
I'm taking a rare personal week this week from Playing By Ear.
However, that being said;
I've got a classy updated Christmas episode
and a shiny new This Day In Music
for you to put under the tree in my stead
until next week. (It's a good one, promise!)
I hope everyone has a safe and happy holiday-
I'll be back next week before you know it,
with a brand new episode
for us to share together on our magical
Shady Pines Radio!
Much love and respect,
and blessings to you in the coming year.
Love your friends and family- FIERCELY and truly.
Happiest of Holiday wishes to you and yours-
Be Kind and Take Care.

18/12/2023

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18/12/2023

Hey gang!
Monday is yet again upon us, and that means it's once again time for Playing By Ear on Portland Radio Project. We've got some warm tunes to thaw the most icy of hearts this week, with with savvy selections from Aimee Mann, Alabama Shakes, Calexico, and many more- with beloved PDX acts Modest Mouse, Elliott Smith, and The Delines among them.
PRP is honored to be a part of
Willamette Week Give!Guide as well,
and for every $10 you donate
Including Pie from
Willamette Valley Pie Company!
I hope you can join me for Playing By Ear
Mondays at 8pm,
on Portland Radio Project- on the FM radio dial at 99.1FM in the heart of Portland, and streaming worldwide online at PRP.FM!

13/12/2023

Hey there friends!
We're getting far-out and freaky this week on Playing By Ear with a fuzz/psych adventure for the ages!
With psychedelic and out-of-this-world tunes by groovy groups like: The Byrds, Black Moth Super Rainbow, Wolfmother, Kikagaku Moyo / 幾何学模様, Jacco Gardner, Dead Ghosts, and lots more- formulated to blow your everlovin' mind! Join us on an eclectic kaleidoscope of sonic colors and feelings,
Live this Friday at 3pm on Shady Pines Radio!
(And DON'T take the brown acid😜🦉📻🤘🍄🔮)

11/12/2023

Hey there, Friends!
Well, tomorrow is Monday already,
and that means Playing By Ear
is heading back to our musical time capsule,
en route to a rendezvous with a multitude of
Good tunes, and great artists, eras, and styles!
Join me weekly, Mondays at 8PM,
for a genre-spanning, knee-slappin' good time,
on Portland Radio Project!
This week, we have stellar selections from the likes of Fiona Apple, The Lemonheads, Tom Waits, Flight of the Conchords and more!
Don't forget that local love, following suit with Esperanza Spalding, Everclear, and Laura Veirs. You can't go wrong! Tune in, Mondays at 8pm!
❤️🤘📻🤩
Be sure to check us out, LIVE on the FM dial in the heart of PDX at 99.1FM, and streaming globally at PRP.FM!

07/12/2023

Bonjour and bienvenidos, Pinewave Pals! We're packing a knapsack and venturing to the proverbial deep forest for this week's program, equipped with a myriad of starry-eyed grooves to space-out with. Janky jams from the likes of Austin Weber, Temples, The Protomen, Desmond Cheese, Wine Lips, Jim Campilongo and more, looking to evoke feelings of wonder, amidst the dreary winter doldrums.
Do yourself a solid, and jump into the
Shady Pines Radio multiverse
for Playing By Ear along with me,
Fridays at 3pm on shadypinesradio.com!

06/12/2023

Hey gang!
We're right in the middle of Give!Guide
at Portland Radio Project,
and today is a Big Give Day as well!
That means when you donate $10 or more to PRP, you could earn great incentives.... like delicious, locally made PIE from Willamette Valley Pie Company! Check out our website at PRP.FM and keep an eye out on the socials for all the info!

04/12/2023

It's that time again, folks-
Playing By Ear is Live on
Portland Radio Project every Monday at 8pm-
Listen on the FM dial in the heart of portland at 99.1FM, and stream worldwide at PRP.FM!
You can expect super songs from the likes of
Ben Kweller Chris Isaak The Clash
Just to name a few-
and as always, lovely local musings, including savvy songs by Haley Johnsen Music The Delines POND to delight and entrance you!
We aim to make your Monday evening soundtrack a superb one!
Playing By Ear, Mondays at 8pm on PRP.FM- download the free app for IOS and Android; and take us with you anywhere!

29/11/2023

Eyyyyy there Pinewave Pals!
This week on the program,
we're grooving on a particular wavelength;
Meandering through anxious avenues;
far about the edges of the cosmos.
Join me for some tenacious tracks from the likes of PowerGlove, They Might Be Giants, The Black Angels, Luke Temple, black midi, Yaeger,
and many more strong, sparkling sounds spun from the stardust surrounding.
Perhaps even a trip to the Jerry Maguire Video store awaits us?
👨‍🚀🚀☄️🛰
Tune in and join me for Playing By Ear
every Friday afternoon at 3pm on
And keep the fires lit-
to lead us home from our journeys.
Let's get that weekend, friends.

27/11/2023

It's that time again, friends!
I hope everyone had a safe and warm Thanksgiving and weekend! I invite you to
join me tomorrow (monday) at 8pm for some Playing By Ear on Portland Radio Project!
As always; we've got some tasty tunes from the likes of mighty musical acts including:
Khruangbin, The Cure, Beck, Nick Drake,
and many more terrifically tubular tunes
to share with you on a chilly Monday evening!
Don't forget the local love as well, with some Lovely selections from Jay Si Proof, Reptaliens, The Fauxs, and Mr. Vale's Math Class!
Don't forget to tune in in the heart of PDX at 99.1FM, and stream us worldwide at PRP.FM!
Drop by and say hello in the chat as well- I'm live every Monday from 8-9 on Portland Radio Project!
🤘😁📻❤️

23/11/2023

Hey There Pinewave Pals!
A most happy and warm Thanksgiving
to one and all!
After that oh-so-inevitable tryptophan nap this evenin', indulge your post-thanksgiving tendencies tomorrow (Friday) afternoon at 3pm with some
Playing By Ear on Shady Pines Radio.com!
We've got a full plate of fresh and hot Thanksgiving tunes for your listening pleasure, including the traditional classic, Alice's Restaraunt! Unfortunately I'm at work Friday (yay)
so I'm a robot this week, but there's plenty of great tunes, and a brand new This Day In Music, to keep your hunger for knowledge satiated! I'll be back next week, friends, but until then, tune in Friday at 3pm on shadypinesradio.com to enjoy a classic PBE from the vault- entitled:
STUFFED. (There's butter at the very end- It'll make sense tomorrow😄😜 Cheers!)

20/11/2023

Got another super set of songs
for your listening pleasure this week, folks!
I am your host for Playing By Ear
on Portland Radio Project,
airing Mondays at 8pm!
You can listen on the FM dial
in the heart of portland at 99.1FM;
and we're streaming worldwide at PRP.FM!
Hope you can join me for some fun this evening;
Great grooves are always better together!
Happy Monday to all!😁🤘📻❤️

15/11/2023

Let's Play Ball; Friends!
We're in for a home-run of an episode on Friday!
This week on Playing By Ear;
it's time for 'SPORTZ!' 🎯🏈🏒🥅🏅
you know how we do it around here,
sometimes the relevance to the subject matter isn't always linear😜🦉📻🤘
Soundtrack provided by badass bands including:
The Lonely Island, Vi**ra Boys, "Weird Al" Yankovic, Primus, Courting, Warren Zevon,
And many more SPORTZ-INGs that's sure to mean a Grand-Slam of a Friday afternoon!
Stick that in your trophy case and varnish it!
Playing by Ear airs every Friday at 3pm
On the one and only
I'll catch you on the pinewaves
and see you at the finish line!
😉🤘❤️🏆🥋🥊

09/11/2023

Hey there,
my weird and wonderful Pinewave Pals!
We're getting a bit of all sorts of vibe
on the progrum this week,
and the boys in the lab down on level 11
are calling this one
'Strange Things are Afoot at the Circle K'.
(If you know, you know)
😜🤘📻🦉🚀
Tune in at 3pm Friday on for some gyroscopic groups and grooves, including:
Janelle Monáe, PAINT, New Cool Collective,
Orions Belte, Triptides, Dina Ögon band,
And many more,
in a myriad and multitude of moods;
to meet many musical Motifs.
Catch you this Friday at 3pm,
For Playing By Ear on Shady Pines Radio!

01/11/2023

Hey there, Pinewave Pals!
We're back from the land of Ny-Quil with some fine Friday Fall Freakquencies- Seeking Wanderlust in a supersonic capsule made of Great tunes, Hope and Titanium! Super spacey sounds, from bands including:
Unknown Mortal Orchestra Tom Waits Pipe-eye Little Jesus Jamiroquai Linda Perhacs
And many more on the docket for this week's adventure in our very own ethereal sea of sound!
Catch you LIVE, this Friday at 3pm
For Playing By Ear with yours truly;
On the one and only
🍂😘🤘📻🦉

26/10/2023

Hey there, Vampires and Ghouls!
Welp, I'm sick yet again this week,
Clearly brought on by an evil curse- but fear not!
A coven of witches has re-animated
a long forgotten relic of 'Flayed by Spears'
for your consideration!
(With an Updated This Day In Music, of course!)
Meet me at the Graveyard in the meantime,
if you dare..we'll be back next week
with a brand new episode-
But until then; Beware of Mummies, Goblins...
and Shia LaBeouf!
Catch you Friday at 3pm on
👻😱🩸🔪

19/10/2023

Hey there, Pinewave Pals!
Well, this week's show is going to be a bit different than the norm, as PBE will be part of the Friday SPR DJ Crew's 'Human Pyramid' of sorts, with , , (DJ Larraby and Friends of Slop, but he's not on socials,)
and
You should probably tune in.
It's bound to get weird.
Oh yeah, and there's lots of
Music and Stuff!
We'll be LIVE, broadcasting from
Dj Fish's Magical Aquatic Castle!
Catch you at 3pm this Friday,
On !
📸:Tius

10/10/2023

Hey there friends!
This Friday is Oct. 13th,
and what better time for Murder...
Songs to murder to/get murdered by, that is!
That's right, the boys in the labs on level 11
are calling this one 'Murder By Numbers!'-
We've got a coffin-full of seemingly normal songs that, taken out of context, transform into creepy tracks for your sinister stalking!
Creepy choices from ghastly groups, including:
Buddy Holly, Robert Johnson, Warren Zevon, Bobby Darin, Donovan, and many more murderous musings, for our devilishly delightful Friday the 13th episode!
Tune in Friday at 3pm on
And bring a tarp or two😆😈🔪🩸🦇📻😘
(No ACTUAL murdering involved, promise!😉)

09/10/2023

This week's show might get a little weird!
😬😄🔪🩸🦉📻

05/10/2023

Hey gang!
Well, I guess I'll be taking a break,
and running a rerun this week,
as my Internet is getting worked on
(and is subsequently dicey.)
However, you're in good hands with robot Aron
and a death-defying episode
(including C.H.U.D.s)
from June 29th of 2023,
entitled 'Transcendental Palpitations!'
(With, of course, an updated This Day In Music, and fresh bumpers.)
I'll be back next week with a Shiny New episode-
I think we're going to pull the trigger on our
'Murder By Numbers' playlist
(including songs you might play when committing murder, or being murdered)
No ACTUAL murdering, though,
we gotta stay within the confines of the law here😆🤯🦉📻
Catch you Friday at 3pm on !

27/09/2023

I don't know about y'all; but I'm feeling pretty fall already! Playing By Ear is going full on with 'Fall's Fleeting Feels' this week, with season-altering selections from groovy groups, including:
Peach Pit, Fleet Foxes, Bill Frisell,
Nick Drake, Snarky Puppy, Wolf People,
And many more feisty fall feelins' to zone out to
for your Fall Friday Rendezvous'! Don't forget to subscribe to our show on the free shady pines radio app for iOS and Android!
PbE is LIVE, every Friday at 3pm,
on !

20/09/2023

Prepare your patience, Pinewave Pals! This week we're wading knee-deep into the world of 'Whine and Cheese'- it's a carefully compiled Cringe-worthy Cadre of cheesy/whiney tunes from my upbringing and childhood- so you can imagine what that might entail. Whiny and Cheesy offerings from such moguls as Steve Winwood, Little River Band, REO Speedwagon, Night Ranger, Jefferson Starship, and many more cheesy pairings to go with your Friday afternoon finesse!
Catch you Friday at 3pm on
To join in the fun (LAWD help me stay patient😆)
And don't forget to subscribe to Playing By Ear on the free shady pines radio app for iOS and Android!
You have been warned!😉❤️🤘🎶📻🦉

14/09/2023

Tomorrow at 3pm!
Tune in and see what's shakin' this week😉❤️

Hey, friends, greetings and Salutations!
This week Playing By Ear is heading back to orbit for a starry-eyed spacewalk of sorts, actively transmitting a myriad of laid-back grooves,
in the funk/lo-fi/jazzy good time sector.
Stirring sounds from galactic giants such as:
Dumbo Gets Mad, Babe Rainbow, The Real Blockhead, Prefuse73, Oracle Sisters, Star Parks, and many more meticulous musings, to delight and amaze your ears!
Don't forget to subscribe to the show
on the free app for iOS and Android,
and jump in to say hello in the chatroom!
Tune in Fridays at 3pm for two hours of tubular tunes, on !

13/09/2023

Hey, friends, greetings and Salutations!
This week Playing By Ear is heading back to orbit for a starry-eyed spacewalk of sorts, actively transmitting a myriad of laid-back grooves,
in the funk/lo-fi/jazzy good time sector.
Stirring sounds from galactic giants such as:
Dumbo Gets Mad, Babe Rainbow, The Real Blockhead, Prefuse73, Oracle Sisters, Star Parks, and many more meticulous musings, to delight and amaze your ears!
Don't forget to subscribe to the show
on the free app for iOS and Android,
and jump in to say hello in the chatroom!
Tune in Fridays at 3pm for two hours of tubular tunes, on !

06/09/2023

Hey Friends! We're soaking up the last great days of summer this week on Playing By Ear and taking advantage of some of
'Late Summer's Golden Oldies!
A bit of a U-turn from last week's
'Heroes of Hip Hop vol. ',
but essential to our summer
soundtrack around here, nonetheless!
Crusin' with classics from long-loved acts such as: Neil Diamond Blood Sweat & Tears Roy Orbison Fats Domino The Shangri-Las
and many more old-school anthems,
to say farewell to the sizzle of Summer!
Join me LIVE, every Friday at 3pm on for Playing by Ear!

30/08/2023

What UP Fam!?
Well, it's time to present vol. 1 of our Heroes in Hip-hop run of episodes here on Playing By Ear- it originally was supposed to be one episode, but in the past few weeks, I've fallen down the rabbit hole, and vetted over 500 beats to make this week's playlist-
So, these are the breaks, as they say!
Breakin' beats from Fresh Emcees:
including NAS, A Tribe Called Quest, Yasiin Bey, The Roots, Slick Rick, DJ Quik,
and SO much more good stuff
to enjoy on the show this week!
Join me for 'Heroes of Hip-hop- Vol. 1',
Friday, 9/1 at 3pm on
if you don't know, now you know!

24/08/2023

Hey gang!
I'm taking a break this week;
but we're transporting through space and time back to Cinco de Mayo of this year
for PBE episode #101- entitled Fuzzbucket!
It's a Stoner rock/Fuzz journey, of epic proportions!
Catch you next week with a brand new episode!
Keep your sword at the ready, there be dragons about! Friday@3PM on Shadypinesradio.com!

17/08/2023

Well, Playing By Ear is in it for the long haul this friday, gang!
Come beat the heat with me;
we're going LIVE from 2-6PM on the pinewaves!
I'm cooking up some multi-genre gumbo amd bringing all sorts of great grooves your way during this mini-marathon of sorts,
so be sure to tune in and say hello in the chat!
Tubular tunes to stay cool with,
from great groups, Including:
Magic City Hippies, Polyrhythmics, The Olympians,
Handsome Boy Modeling School, L.A. Takedown, Klaus Johann Grobe, and many more summer songs to rock us into the weekend.
Don't forget to subscribe to the show,
on the free app for iOS and Android!
We're LIVE every Friday at 3pm-
Catch you in the Groove; friends!
On
🤩🤘🌞🦉📻

15/08/2023

Well DANG, folks, sounds like I'll be taking a
Little bit of leisure time this Friday,
and setting up camp on
Shady Pines Radio for the long haul!
Tune in this Friday afternoon
for my best homage to Hybrid Moments at 2pm, (of course, Playing By Ear at 3,)
AND Euphonia at 5pm,
all hosted this week by
THIS GUY.
(Meaning myself, as
unfortunately the Fonz has a previous engagement!)
Who's got two thumbs;
and is gonna play a sh*tload of good music?!
(See above comment about said guy🤪)
Honored and excited to pay tribute!

09/08/2023

Hey All!
Well, we're channeling mucho summer vibes this week, in fact the playlist is specifically called 'Adventures in Summerism'; and there's a vibe oasis we're moving towards out in the mirage- groovitational direction provided by bands including: Delicate Steve, Alex Izenberg, Feist, Supergrass, Donny Benet, The Lounge Society,
and many more sparkling summer flavors;
to quench your musical thirst!
Find a beach towel, and tune into Playing By Ear
on
LIVE every Friday afternoon at 3pm!
Also, you can subscribe to the show,
on the free app for iOS and Android!
Happy adventures, friends!😉🚀🤘📻

04/08/2023

Damn fine day for some great tunes🌞📻😉

02/08/2023

Hey Y'all!
Playing By Ear is comin' with that summer soul shine this week, touting some tasty musical morsels; for your transition into another glorious summer weekend! We'll be jumping genres like always, but the Soul sound will be the uniting thread in our musical tapestry for the week!
Shiny sounds to help navigate our 'exploratory space missions' of sorts, including soulful offerings from Bobby "Blue" Bland, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Har Mar Superstar, Charlie Hunter, Gong, Brent Mason, and MANY more fantastic freakquencies, for your musical Palette
to discern and digest!
Join us LIVE on the pinewaves
for Playing by Ear,
every Friday at 3pm on !
Cheers, Friends!🦉📻🎙🌞🤘🥰

27/07/2023

It's that time again, Friends!
We're rocketing through the Intergalactic turnpike on a top-secret Interstellar mission,
Piloting a shuttle made of stardust and Sunshine!
Delivering a classified list of this week's tunes to the universal Fuzz committee-
Presenting bumpin' bops from bands including:
Vi**ra Boys, Caroline Rose, Fruit Bats, PREGOBLIN, Will Van Horn, We Are Scientists, and much more beautiful music to cruise the stars by!
Catch you LIVE every Friday at 3PM
for Playing By Ear on !
You can also stream past episodes on
Www.mixcloud.com/playingbyear
Thanks, and I'll catch you on the pinewaves, pals!
😁🤘❤️📻🦉🎙

20/07/2023

Greetings and Salutations, Pinewave Pals!
Welp, if you know you know; I'm sure I'm not the only one still recovering from the heat and all the fantastic magical musical experiences from Shady Pines Festival this year! All I can say is WOW!
So, to satiate the longing (and FOMO) for all those that couldn't attend, we're doing a SPR Fest 2023 Hangover Episode to share the love!
Tubular tracks by fantastic bands such as: Orquestra Pacifico Tropical, Kulululu, Strange & the Familiars, Johnny Franco, Mr. Vale's Math Class, Reptaliens, and many Magical Musings, for your Eager Ears to devour!
Don't forget to subscribe to the show on the free app for iOS and Android!
I'll catch you LIVE in the chat and on the pinewaves, this and every Friday at 3pm;
for Playing By Ear, on !

13/07/2023

Another trip to the cosmos planned this week on PBE, friends! We've got spacey songs by some amazingly badass bands, including: The Holydrug Couple, Temples, Big Wild, Nomade Orquestra, Dr. Dog, and many more timeless tracks; to orient and reinvent your Friday afternoon! Catch you at 3pm tomorrow and every Friday, on !
😛🤘🎙👨‍🚀🚀

06/07/2023

Greetings and Summer Salutations,
Pinewave Pals!
We're activating the Funk module, in addition to our spacey sounds from recent weeks on the progrum- and you best believe we're going to provide an all-out audio arsenal of sonic soundwaves, for your Friday afternoon!
Sizzlin' summer spacewalks from groovy groups by the likes of:
Liars, The Cactus Channel, Jamiroquai, Dorotheo, Spiral Drive, Conchúr White, and plenty more, to elevate and augment your Friday feelings!
Catch up Live, Fridays at 3pm on
To the moon, Alice!
Cheers!😄❤️🤘👨‍🚀☄️📻🦉