Roger Joseph Manning Jr. is an amazingly talented keyboardist, singer and songwriter. He has released music with Jellyfish, Imperial Drag, his own solo career and most recently with two of his Jellyfish bandmates as The Lickerish Quartet. He has also recorded and/or toured with Beck, Morrissey, Ringo Starr, P!nk, Blink 182, Roger Waters and many more. In this episode we discuss why Jellyfish wasn't more well known, how the music business has changed, musical inspiration and more!
00:00 - Intro
01:06 - Top of the Pops
02:15 - Lickerish Quartet
06:05 - Popularity of Rock Pop Music
08:15 - Working with Big Artists
10:05 - Jellyfish Vs. Pink Floyd
12:23 - Jellyfish & Radiohead
15:30 - Jellyfish & Seattle Bands
17:20 - End of Jellyfish
18:17 - Music Business Now Vs. Then
26:05 - Focus for Original Music & Session Work
29:55 - Recording Music
33:23 - Keytar
34:45 - Moog Cookbook & Daft Punk
37:10 - The Black Crowes & Tears for Fears
38:40 - Music & Film School at USC
42:38 - Indie Music & Films
43:45 - Doing Live Shows as Lickerish Quartet
48:01 - Pay Attention to Politics
49:15 - Outro
Lickerish Quartet website:
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Thanks for Listening & Shute for the Moon!