Episodes
July 7, 2025
Inside the Pedal Lab with Relient K’s Matt Hoopes
Matt Hoopes is back on the show! Blake and Matt catch up on all things Relient K —from packed DIY shows at Brown’s Diner to opening for Avril Lavigne and Simple Plan. They dive into what it means to be a touring musician as a...
June 30, 2025
Springsteen’s Movie Had a Problem. JD Simo Fixed It.
What happens when a guitar wizard stumbles face-first into Hollywood? JD Simo is back, and this time he’s not just laying down licks. He’s coaching movie stars, babysitting vintage synths, and fixing million-dollar screwups t...
June 23, 2025
Joel Korte, Chase Bliss, and Vintage Blake
Way back in the sepia-toned past of podcasting (circa 2016), I sat down with Joel Korte of Chase Bliss Audio — before the blinking lights took over the world and before I fully understood how microphones work. Can you believe...
June 16, 2025
Jay Leonard J: Fuzz, Ghosts & Speedos—A Guitarist’s Midlife Crisis (Kinda)
Jay Leonard J turned 40 and decided to do everything all at once. Theater? Check. NAMM emcee? Check. Launching a new Yamaha Pacifica? Sure, why not. Recording a full-length album in the middle of a life tornado? Of course. In...
June 9, 2025
From TikTok to Travis Tritt’s Living Room (with Dillon Weldon)
From anonymous attic guitars to Travis Tritt’s guest room, Dillon Weldon’s story is a country song in the making. Blake sits down with the host of The Drifting Cowboy Podcast to talk about how a kid with no industry connectio...
June 2, 2025
Mary Gauthier Wasn’t ‘Supposed’ to Make It — But She Did It Anyway
In this episode, Blake sits down with legendary singer-songwriter Mary Gauthier for a deep, honest, and surprisingly gear-heavy chat. Mary didn’t pick up songwriting seriously until her mid-thirties—after years as a Boston-ba...
May 27, 2025
Zephyr Avalon on Touring with Zach Bryan, Bass Gear & Surviving the Grind
This week on The Tone Mob, Blake hangs with bassist Zephyr Avalon—a man whose musical journey started with jazz camp and ended up on stadium stages... with a few detours through punk bands, upright bass trauma, and a destroye...
May 19, 2025
Oneder Boy Forever: Nick Diener on Pedals, Punk, and Parenting
Blake is joined once again by Nick Diener—founder of Oneder Effects and guitarist/vocalist for The Swellers—for a wide-ranging chat that hits everything from vintage SGs and Freebird lore to dad life, Discord burnout, and the...
May 13, 2025
He Was Supposed to Be a Welder. Now He’s Onstage. (Amico Demuzio)
What Happens When a Dude Skips the 9-to-5 in Favor Of Pedal Steel?
May 5, 2025
Ghost Jams & "Fake" Bands: Inside the World of TopHouse
On this episode of the Tone Mob Podcast, Blake is joined by Jesse and William of Top House for a conversation that starts with a ghost in the machine and ends somewhere between band mythologies and pizza philosophies. They un...
April 28, 2025
Steve Cobucci of Wolves at the Gate: Chasing Tone, & Fighting Egos
This week on The Tone Mob Podcast , Blake Wyland sits down with Steve Cobucci — guitarist, gear junkie, and founding member of Wolves at the Gate — to talk about the beautiful mess that is making music for a living. Steve kic...
April 21, 2025
A Strange Trip w/ Mike Lawson of MMR
From Garage Bands to Gibson: Mike Lawson’s Wild Ride Through the Music Industry In this episode of The Tone Mob Podcast , Blake Wyland sits down with Mike Lawson—musician, publisher, gear designer, and all-around music indust...
April 18, 2025
Charles Manson & The Beach Boys
I've been working on this for months now, and it is finally here! Introducing my new podcast that I created with my friend, business partner, and Tone Mob Podcast alumni, Scott Marquart. If you like the... odd side of music, ...
April 15, 2025
Chase Bliss + Analogman
On this episode of the podcast I have my good buddy Joel Korte of Chase Bliss back on the podcast to tell the tale of how he and the legendary AnalogMike came together to create the Brothers AM. We also get into some of the b...
April 8, 2025
(low before the breeze) Andrew Spann
Andrew Spann is a guitarist/musician/frontman for the band low before the breeze. I met Andrew through the podcast itself, and I really, really enjoy the band's output. Plus being a gearhead, he was a natural fit for the show...
April 1, 2025
Bryan Giles of Red Fang
On this episode of the podcast I experience another one of those "pinch me" moments! Red Fang has been a huge influence on me in both a musical sense and in some of my personal gear choices. Bryan and I discuss a whole bunch ...
March 25, 2025
Diet Coke & Detailing w/ Emily Wolfe
Emily Wolfe has returned for another episode! Since I have her by herself this time, I wanted to chat with her about her career since we recorded her last solo episode. There is a ton of "life" talk on this episode as we get ...
March 17, 2025
Pete Steinkopf of The Bouncing Souls
The Bouncing Souls are an iconic melodic punk band from New Jersey. They are a personal favorite of mine and have been for over 20 years. Pete is also the owner of what I consider to be one of the raddest guitars in music his...
March 11, 2025
Jinna Kim, The "Secret" Weapon of Meris
If you love guitar, gear, synths, or effects pedals... There is a good chance that you have heard of the company Meris. Meris makes some of the most awesome signal processing/producing devices that are currently available on ...
March 3, 2025
Tracii Guns of LA Guns
What an episode!!!! Today I'm talking to Tracii from LA Guns! I start off with telling Tracii a little tale from my childhood that centers around his band. It is quite a fond rock'n'roll memory for me. (I think you'll appreci...
Feb. 24, 2025
"The Broken Bottle Beatdown" w/ Rev. Peyton
WOW. That is first word that came to mind when I went to write this episode description because this episode is AWESOME. Reverend Peyton is well known as a master of slide guitar and country-blues style music. But the man is ...
Feb. 17, 2025
Can We Retire? w/ Ryan Burke of 60 Cycle Hum
What is going to happen to "guitar media" personalities in 30 years? Will I still be interviewing guitarists? Will Ryan still be engaging in shenanigans? Is it possible that all of this will still be around? Ryan Burke is a f...
Feb. 10, 2025
Emily Wolfe & Brian Fallon
Brian Fallon is the frontman for the legendary New Jersey Band The Gaslight Anthem and Emily Wolfe is an amazing guitarist/songwriter/singer/force of nature. They have both been on the podcast independently multiple times and...
Feb. 7, 2025
Mike Stern. Yes, That Mike Stern.
On this episode I have a super rad chat with Mike Stern. A guitarist who's co-conspirators include other greats such as Blood, Sweat & Tears, Miles Davis, Jaco Pastorius, Eric Johnson and more! We talk his current rig, his pa...