Sep 25, 2021
Jaret Reddick is responsible for the band, Bowling For Soup which has defined a generation, growing up with songs like 1985, High School Never Ends, Almost and Girl All The Bad Guys Want. We talked about meeting our heroes and working with them. Been touring since he was a lot younger, he shares the new game of using online methods and social media to share his work while we are on the topic of opening up on social media and knowing someone before even meeting them face to face. He shares a fun story about meeting a fan that he had not met catching up with him. Of course, we talked about the physical copy of thing and while doing an online thing and quality of art vs marketing.
I think I have solved the mystery of 1985 and how it was more than just a cover song and how writing a song can be a test of time and playing it can be meant differently at the stage of life when one plays. Jaret and I discuss about sad songs and emotions are essential to bring everyone together and not just being happy is the only thing that we can bring on the table as artists especially with the whole 2020 thing that had happened. Jaret explains the difference having depression and anxiety from being just sad which as ironic as it sounds coming from what kind of a child he is when he grew up. Out of this whole ordeal, Jaret has learnt how to managed his responsibilities after how the former bass player of Bowling for Soup, Erik Chandler has reminded him to do so.
We talk about being on hindsight and trying to manage on the idea of happiness. Of course, Stacy’s Mum is in the house. He explained how it got confused to be a Bowling for Soup song and how working with the late Adam Schlesinger is like before he got took out by the virus. Jaret also explains the thing that he had learnt from Adam by what it meant by “writing from the heart” and “No rules in song writing”. While being honest on stage, We talked about juggling the emotions on stage and not just being sad on stage.
GO MEET YOUR HEROES!