Jimmy, it's time for a live in the layer with Carly Cooper.
Carly Cooper is a singer-songwriter from Southern Wisconsin.
Carly released her debut album, Twisted Minds in 2020, and her newest album, Pastel Houses,
has landed Carly a licensing deal with Sony's APM music in 2023.
Writing for movies and TV is not all Carly does. She also fronts a Madison punk band called Girls
Inside. Tonight, performing live in the layer across the Civic Media Radio Network,
it's Carly Cooper and her bandmates Austin Jen and Katie Sari.
Carly, Austin, Katie, welcome to Maxing Radio.
Thanks for having me. Yay! We're so happy you're here. This is excellent.
Have you done any radio before? I haven't done a live radio. I've had my songs played on
radio before. Perfect. Yeah, I took a radio course at UW-Madison. That was really funny.
Were you a DJ or did you work at WSU at all? No, I didn't.
Okay, no. That's a great place. I love WSU.
Okay, well, before coming to the University of Wisconsin and before Girls Inside,
I'm so curious about what and who you were before all of this, kind of as we were talking
a little bit earlier. We always like to say, let's get back to your story where you all started.
Elkorn. Yeah, so kidding. Okay, so tell us a little bit about growing up in Elkorn and what
made you decide you wanted to do music. Yeah, so Elkorn's a pretty small town about an hour
south of Madison in the Lake Geneva area and it's a pretty small town, so not a ton of
gaking opportunities, but I started playing guitar when I was eight years old. I begged my parents
to put me in lessons instead of ballet, which is what they had me in. Oh gosh. So I begged and
begged and begged and they finally put me in lessons and I just completely fell in love with it.
And my parents aren't musical, but they always had music playing around that really inspired me
and let me down this path. So yeah. Were you not a fan of ballet or? I was not.
Yeah. What was it about ballet that you didn't care for? Well, I see. Okay, the ballet studio was
across the street from the music store that I took lessons at and there is a window and I would
look into the music store and I would daydream and I looked down at my pink tutu and then something was
wrong. Yeah. Yeah. I'm glad. There's like a last poll and you're wearing a pink tutu. Wow,
that's that's what about your parents? What it did? You said they didn't play any music, but they
played music around the house. So what kind of inspired you by what they were playing that made
you think? I'm going to just keep pushing on this. I want to guitar thing. Yeah, I think we've
always had instruments around the house that no one ever played and that always like sparked a
lot of intrigue in me. I was like, what is this? Like, what would we do in here? So I guess just
growing up in a very creative environment, my mom's an artist, she, you know, was an art major
and marketing galleries and such. My dad did drum a little bit in high school, so we did have a
kit in our basement. So just growing up, going to concerts, always like really having that deep
appreciation for the arts, I think really set me down that path. Did you and dad ever jam together,
him on drums and you a guitar? We have actually. Yes. What's that like? It's super fun. I think. Yeah,
he's not like a professional drummer, but we've both find a lot of joy in it and I think he has
a lot of fun. That's great. Get mom to pick up the bass. Mom plays the radio.
Well, that's a good thing to play. We like it. Well, she's listening. Oh, she is. Hi, mom.
Coming from Elkorn to the University, Wisconsin, what were your initial thoughts upon moving to
Madison and his vibrant music scene? Right. So I was super, super excited coming to Madison
because prior to that, I had mostly worked in Milwaukee and played there with my like high school
bands and Milwaukee has a great music scene. And I was really curious to see the similarities,
differences in Madison. But unfortunately, I moved here in 2020. So everything was
Oh boy. Completely shut down. I really didn't get a band together until I was in upper class
men, which was super disappointing. But the experience I've had so far has been wonderful. You
know, all the venues and all the artists have been really great. I met a lot of really cool people.
Who were some of the first artists that you were turned on to when you came to Madison?
Like local Madison artists. Yes. Oh gosh. Probably just like the people that I played with,
like my friends and such. I don't know if I have specific bands. Where was there a specific venue
that you played at? I've done like a lot of like street festivals, like like street bash. I
had lined that last year. And just like we're playing high new tomorrow and stuff like that,
like those little venues all around. I played barley pop. That's a great venue. Yeah.
Just just little little bars and places like that. That's great stuff though. Do we get to get
to some music now? Let's get to some live music in the layer with Carly Cooper presented by
the Aaron Weber group. The first song you have for us tonight and it's called Overcast.
Is this a song about a budding weatherman? No, this song is about a boy. Oh boy. Yeah,
this was I wrote this when I was probably 16. I was who's my first relationship. You know,
of course I was crushed and we broke up as all teenagers are. And this this boy was very
notorious for really enjoying the rain and he would go out and like watch the storms and sit in
the rain and stuff. So I decided to kind of make a play on that and say like oh, we've always
loved a storm. Look at the one that you created like me. So I'm pouring rain for you. That is
it was one of the lyrics. So I don't really associate that song with him anymore. I was so
long ago. This was the first song that I released as a solo artist. So I think I'm more associate
that with like finally breaking out and singing my own songs because prior to that I was just a
guitarist. So it felt really good to finally like break out and like have a voice. Excellent.
I can't wait to hear this powerful, powerful story. We're a good song here for sure. If you want
to call and ask Carly some questions, you can do that right now. 844-967-2789-844-964 party. Don't
forget you could call or text Carly right through the Civic Media app. We're live in the layer
presented by the Aaron Weber group on Max and Concevic Media.
Tears ran down your corridors. Won't you watch it boy?
I know why you made a mistake. Should have felt free in any way. Couldn't help the feeling
that overcame all the loans and in the rain.
Do not want to watch the pain. No, let me be pain. No, let me be pain. No, let me be pain.
No, let me be pain. No, let me be pain. No, let me be pain.
When we can marry, we are just a couple. Just the same. Got changed, we can marry, we can count
a life that it is. Three times by the side, maybe it will be Sunday. Children go out to play,
we can't go out to play. We can't go out to play, we can't go out to play.
Absolutely awesome. Carly Cooper live in the layer here on Civic Media. 844-967-2789-844-967-2789 call or text with your
questions and comments. That was great. Come on back up here Carly. Wow, okay, before we learn about
the bandmates, you've got a good thing going here. Anything else, I want to learn about the
licensing deal. This just kind of blows me away. Tell us a little bit about APM Music and the
subsidiary of, I mean, you say Sony and you just kind of go what? Tell us a little bit about that
to get it started. APM Music is owned by Sony Music as their licensing branch. Basically,
what they do is they have catalog music for movie producers and other more famous artists to
use and sample from their sort of mixing pot of music that they collect. So, for example, if
some of the artists that work with them are Dr. Dre, Gorilla is a lot of really famous people.
If they wanted to sample a part of one of my songs, Aliric, Amalides solo, they could go to APM Music
and purchase it and I would get royalties from their song and part of what I wrote would be in
one of their songs. And then on the other end of that, they also license for movie soundtracks
and stuff like that. So if I get a movie placement, I also get paid for that and get back in royalties.
Has that happened yet? Has anybody sampled your music or has your music been played in a movie
or a film or not yet? It's a very slow moving train. Licensing takes a super long time just
because, like, how long does it take to make a movie? So it's very slow moving. You start to see
stuff after year two is what I've heard and I'm right around like year one one and a half. So
If there was an artist that would sample your music, who would you want it to be? Oh my gosh, probably like
maybe someone like Lana Del Rey or something like that. That'd be really cool for me.
I couldn't get anyone. I could not imagine writing a song and then having someone sample it.
I think getting royalties, you can retire and go to Jamaica. Oh, literally. How did you feel when
you found out that this was happening? I mean, for you to even get on this kind of list is pretty
spectacular. Yeah, I was very overwhelmed. It was happening during my finals week. Oh, no.
Yeah. Of course. Squirrels. Yeah. No, I was super happy. I was super nervous and excited to see
what was going to come next because I don't know. Connecting with Sony music, there's so many
different avenues that you can go and network with these people. It's a very exciting opportunity.
Excellent. Congratulations. Thank you. Yeah. Now, you went out to LA to visit the Sony headquarters.
With your producer. Yes. Tell us about that. Oh, man. So I got invited to play a private showcase for
the executives and owners of Sony in Los Angeles in February. So I got that email and I had a heart
attack and it was great. I called my mom screaming. It was a very exciting day. And I was like,
well, I guess I got to go to California because I cannot miss this. So I've been working with these
people virtually for a year. So I was like, you know, I have to meet these people eventually.
I've never been to LA. So it was just, I was like, I got to do this. So I texted my producer and I was
like, this is happening because he's the person who connected me with them. So he's like, well,
I want to network with them too. So we went together. And we got to tour their headquarters.
It was super fancy. I had to ride an elevator up with a man in a suit with an earpiece.
Is that the round building in Hollywood, right? The round white building. It's on Sunset Boulevard.
It's, I don't remember the name, but probably. Yeah, I have pictures outside of it.
But yeah, it was really fancy. I felt very out of place, very small town. But it was super fun.
Everyone was so nice. And it was really cool to see like the inner workings of such a huge company.
Oh, yeah. And I got to do a little interview and talked everyone. They gave me like a free album.
They were super nice. Did you run into anybody famous while you were there?
Yes. We ran into, oh, what's her name? She's a super famous writer. She wrote the Titanic soundtrack.
Oh, wow. Diane Warren. Yes. Yeah, we ran out. I mean, there were outside of a hot dog stand.
Oh, that's L.A. That's where you meet people. That's what the hot dogs say these days.
Oh, man. Well, welcome to the jungle. Las Vegas Airport. Edibles and producers. What does that mean to you?
Yeah. So I, we had, I flew in with my producer and out. So while we were in California, my producer was
like, well, you know, it's legal here. Like we have to, we have to try it. And he had never done
Edibles before. Oh, my God. So I was like, how do you think this is a good idea?
Like our flights at 6 a.m. Oh, no. And just like the day before. And so I'm like, I'm not going
to take any because I need to be like responsible and stuff. And he was like, well, you know, I'll just
take one. And he took one. And then he like swallowed and said, I don't feel anything. I'm going to
take another one. Oh, no. And I was like, oh, God. So long story short, he got like violently high.
And violently. Yeah. Like, like he was violently really. He was so high. And he had like a
really bad trip. I felt so bad for him. Um, he like fell silent for 12 hours. And I had to
get him to the airport. And so we were just in the airport like overnight. And I was like, I
lost him at one point in the airport. And I was like, Oh, God, like where'd he go? And so eventually,
I got this man on a plane. And we had a seven hour layover in Vegas. Oh, so the plane ride was
only an hour. And so all of a sudden we're in Las Vegas. And I lose him. He like ran away.
And I was like, Oh, great. So he comes back five hours later. I'm just alone in the airport.
And he was like, yeah, so you might have been right. I think I took too much. Oh, man. He's
cut off. Yeah. His trip to TSA had to be very exciting for him. It was fine though. He
proceeded to win $4,000 on the slots. Oh, wow. Yeah. Okay. Little PSA. Always start with a half.
So that was more the social part of my trip. No, it was super fun. Super grateful that he came
out with me. And, uh, no, it was a lot of fun for sure. Oh, man. So tell us about getting your,
your band together. Y'all come from different parts of the state, but met here in Madison while
attending the UW. Did you meet at the union or in philosophy 101? We actually met through a,
sort of like a campus group, um, called the Wisconsin singers. So both Katie and Austin were in
the band for the Wisconsin singers. They're like a touring, uh, Broadway music group on campus. And
I went to the university for business. So I was a marketing intern for them. So that's how we all
met. I wasn't actually playing in the band, but they were. And I was like, I think the very first
conversation I had with Katie was like, you play bass. I play guitar too. We're going to start a
girl band two years later. Like here we are. That is so good. Yeah. Dreams come true.
What are the Wisconsin singers for people that don't know? I mean, I, I love the Wisconsin
singers. Amazing. Oh, for sure. Definitely a ton of talent there. Um, I should know how to
market this because they are a Broadway caliber collegiate, um, live band dancing, singing. Yeah.
Troop. So it's sort of like, they don't like to advertise it as show choir, but it's kind of like
show choir with like a full band. And it's, it's kind of like hyped up way. Yeah. It's definitely
would recommend going out to a show. But uh, they were back there in the band. Katie was on bass,
awesome. It was on drums. And I was like, these are just some incredibly talented people.
Oh, also, and you stole them. I kept them in my back pocket for sure. Excellent.
Well, let's get back to live music in the layer with Carly Cooper presented by the Aaron
Weber group. The next song you have for us tonight, it's called This and That. This is a song
about identifying differences and establishing equal abilities, uh, to determination of a specific
or is this a breakup song? I would say both. I would say both actually. Yeah. This song, um, I actually
wrote it in kind of two parts. The chorus I wrote a really, really long time ago and then I wrote
the verses years later. And sometimes that's just my songs are very patchwork like that sometimes.
Um, the chorus was about a band actually that didn't work out. And I was like, you know,
no matter how much you really wanted to work, no matter how much you might really appreciate
the musicians in the band, like sometimes it's just not a fit. And um, returning back to that
chorus sort of later in life, I was like, wow, this could be really applicable to like a breakup.
So I was going through that. And I was like, I'm going to use this chorus. I'm going to start like
tailoring it more towards that. So just, you know, figuring out that sometimes one person's this,
one person's that. And that's just how it is. And you have to let go. So listen to these words.
Very carefully. Rocker, that was probably your best guest about what a song is about ever
right there, by the way. Yeah. So very educational there. Eight, four, four, nine, six, seven,
two, seven, eight, nine, call or text through the civic media app. Ask Carly a question.
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And I'm standing in my way.
Made it on for so long. I really loved you that way.
And now I see you never changed.
But I wanted it so bad. Stop so close each of me night.
But I can't go back.
You say you adore me.
But you have not found too scared.
Always out with your good buddies.
It's like you don't even care.
But maybe you still have.
Just call me in your car and go back.
How the night got in mind I couldn't guess.
You've just always loved me best.
But I wanted it so bad.
I thought so close each of me night.
But I can't go back.
You're not this kind of night.
You're not this kind of night.
But I wanted it so bad.
I thought so close each of me night.
But I can't go back.
You're not this kind of night.
You're not this kind of night.
You're not this kind of night.
You're not this kind of night.
Wow. Very nice.
We are local music with Carly Cooper live in the layer.
Carly you had aspirations to create an all-girl band and found
the glory Peters of the band's skillet.
Tell us about playing with Laurie.
How did they come about?
Well, playing with Laurie was such a privilege.
She was really, really cool.
Basically, we were trying to find girl drummers if you didn't know.
So it is difficult to gather an all-girl band.
And we're kind of like reaching out to people that they knew.
And my producer knew her.
She had worked at the studio for a little bit.
And he connected us.
And she agreed to play some shows with us.
And yeah, we had a really great time.
Oh, it was really cool.
She is super talented too.
I like skillet because not only she's the drummer,
but she's also lead vocals or shares of the vocals in skillet.
I believe too.
Yeah, a little bit.
Maybe I don't know what I'm talking about.
Sing on a few songs from a skillet.
It always amazed me when a drummer can sing at the same time,
whether it's kind of nuts to me.
Rocker drums, do you sing?
He does know.
Oh, okay, never mind.
I don't even chew gum.
I just had to ask.
Okay, so you are playing.
Now, this is awesome too.
The Briggs and the Stratton Big Backyard Stage at Summerfest.
Yes.
June 29th.
At noon.
Tell us about this show and how you got the gig
on one of the main stages at Summerfest.
Yeah, guys, this is amazing.
Yeah, we're super, super excited.
We've never played Summerfest before,
so definitely on the bucket list.
Basically, a scout, or I should say, like the
booking director at Summerfest was really interested in me
and reached out to my producer who he knew.
And he was like, I'm really interested in this girl.
Like, does she have any shows coming up?
Because I think he was looking for, you know,
an all-female lineup to open for someone.
So he invited him out to one of my shows.
And he booked us.
He was really interested.
So now, I think that day on the Briggs and Stratton Stage,
it's like a primarily girl lineup.
Oh, that's awesome.
So I think that the headliner is Ethel Cain.
So very, very excited for that.
And yeah, that's, that's how we got it.
So when you found out, and obviously they will be there with you,
I mean, how do you break great news like that to your bandmates?
Yeah.
I mean, initially, it was more of like,
we have to play this show.
There's going to be a scout there.
This might happen.
It might not happen.
So we were all kind of a little prepared for it.
But I think, like, actually, it's confirmed.
Like, sign the contract.
It was just, it was a really cool moment.
Oh, I love these stories.
Wow.
Wow.
Yeah.
Let's get back to live music in the layer with Carly Cooper,
presented by the Aaron Weber group.
The next song you have for us tonight is called Turned Blue.
Is this the melancholy for good memories that persist after moving on?
Are you just holding your breath?
Oh, no.
This song, I also wrote a long time ago about a breakup.
It's a part of life.
It's part of life.
And so basically, this is more about like the feeling of,
you know, it's been a while.
You start to think back on some of your decisions.
Just that period when you really start to miss someone that you let go of.
And just kind of become nostalgic about the past.
And everything just feels a little blue.
So turn blue.
Okay.
All right. Let's get back to the music.
We do have some texts coming in.
We'll get to those after this song here.
You keep them coming, too.
Give us a call.
We would love to get you on there and connect you and Carly.
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I want I want to see you.
Swallow your pride in me too.
So now it's your turn to have a clue.
We're great with all we want.
This is wrong, so wrong about you.
It says that it's the way it is.
And we're so kind to around.
And they'll realize it's been a good time.
Music
It's you that I was calling for me.
That's me knowing it's calling for me.
It's you that I was calling for me.
It's calling for me.
Music
It says that it's the way it is.
And we're so kind to around.
And they'll realize it's been a good time.
My dress was made at the top, so it was more.
But when you got into everything, too.
Is this how you wanted to fit?
Singers that I was calling for me.
Sing that those guys that's calling for me.
It's you that I was calling for me.
That's me knowing it's calling for me.
It's you that I was calling for me.
It's you that I was calling for me.
It's you that I was calling for me.
Music
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It's you that I was calling for me.
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Carly, this summer, you are in the studio with the band and releasing a new album this summer.
Tell us about your upcoming album and where will you be recording.
And Jimmy wants to know, will it come out on vinyl or maybe even cassette tape?
So my upcoming album is actually already all finished and recorded.
I just have to pick a date to release it and do some album art and stuff like that.
So that'll be coming out sometime this summer.
I don't quite have a date yet.
But definitely look out for it.
I will be announcing it on all my social media and my website and everything.
I've looked into the vinyl and cassettes and such.
It's just like so expensive.
It's very expensive.
Final, I would absolutely love that.
Maybe when, you know, I'm rich and famous.
Or when your fan based steps up comes to your show by some merch.
Mm-hmm.
That'd be great.
Yeah, for sure. I would definitely deliver vinyl if people supported it.
A lot of artists will do like pre-sales to raise the money in advance.
You know, that way you're not holding a bunch of inventory.
Right.
Look at us talk all business and stuff.
Yeah, you can ask when you do a show, maybe ask everybody.
If I could put out some vinyl, what do you think?
Yeah, for sure.
Yes. All right, we have the next question.
Oh, this is going to be fun.
Based guitarist.
Katie's jumping in here.
So, okay, Katie Sam.
How did you get start playing music?
And what is your backstory?
Yeah, so I started playing guitar when I was like 15, I think.
My family's not really that musical.
But my brother got a guitar for, I think like Christmas or something when he was like 12 years old.
But he never really learned how to play it.
It just kind of like sat in his room and collected dust.
But then his best friend, Mike, would always come over.
And he was a really good guitar player.
And he would come over.
And he would just like shred on this guitar and be like, oh my god, I want to be just like Mike.
So, when my brother moved away to college, he left the guitar behind.
Oh, no.
And I was like, oh my god, free Fender Stratocaster.
This is mine now, I guess.
And I still have that guitar.
And that's guitar I learned how to play on.
And I just kind of fell in love with it.
And then when I was in high school, I really wanted to be the guitar player in our high school jazz band.
Because like, I came from a small town.
There's not like a huge like, there's not a lot of chances to play live.
But like my high school jazz band had that opportunity.
So I was like, oh, I want to play guitar in the jazz band.
But they had a guitar player already.
But they didn't have a bass player.
So that I was like, oh, I guess I'll play bass for like a year.
And then here I am like eight years later.
And it's like, I love it.
I can tell.
Yeah, you're fun to watch on bass.
What's small town?
What's small town are you from?
It's about five hours north of here by like Superior.
It's just Lake Patterson or Patterson Park.
Is there State Park Patterson State Park?
Oh, yeah. I think that's in like the Superior.
Oh, they're always copper falls. That's for you.
Yeah.
She means a camper.
One more thing. Does your brother have any regrets by letting you have the guitar?
Are you still into guitar at all?
I would hope not. I guess I don't.
I don't think we ever really talked about it.
Oh, perfect.
It was more like he left it.
I was like, I guess this is mine now.
I think he shows and stuff.
I think he supports me.
Go get better.
Maybe he left it behind for a good reason.
Maybe for you, yes.
Now what was it like coming down to Madison from Ashland?
It was like a whole new world.
In Ashland, there's nothing really.
There's a lot of smaller local groups.
I played Clarenate in like a city band.
But I was never able to gig at venues like we have down here.
So I came to Madison.
And I didn't do too much like in the beginning when I was like a freshman or a sophomore.
And then when I was a junior, I joined Wisconsin singers.
And I started playing a lot of shows with them.
And then I found all of my other bands through people I met through singers.
Oh, that's awesome.
And I've played in like a ton of like all of like the small venues around here.
You know, like the Annex and the Baroque and the high noon.
Do you sing yourself her?
No, I would not consider myself a vocalist.
Absolutely not.
Oh, it's good though.
You guys all have it.
You have a great vibe between the three of you.
Yeah, it feels like it works really well.
Yeah.
Okay.
Are we getting back to more music?
Let's get back to a lot of music in the air with Carly Cooper presented by the Aaron Weber group.
The next song you have for us tonight.
It's called Leafle.
Is this song about a messy breakup or taking control?
Yeah, a little bit of both.
But not the breakup you think is actually a breakup with a band.
I was a band for a couple years, a few years in high school.
They're my main band.
I really started to perform and become a well-rounded musician.
So I appreciate them for that.
But they just did not treat me well.
They did not let me speak at shows.
And that was tough because I really wanted to sing my own songs.
And it's hard watching other people sing the music that you write.
It's just less emotional.
So this is kind of my break out song.
I can do it on my own.
And you can't treat me like that.
And so yeah, that's my song.
Sounds like a really good learning experience along the way too.
Oh for sure.
Absolutely.
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Carly Cooper is here.
We're going to play some more live music for you until 10 o'clock.
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I thought I'd give it time.
I see what one is right.
But I guess you didn't mind.
And I guess it was the fool to let you make the rules.
And I guess it wasn't fine.
The things you still love mine.
I know you're a secret.
I'm not going to keep it.
You think you can have it all.
You see, you're not crazy.
Nothing wrong with me.
But no one will answer your calls.
You know you'll need to go.
You'll need to go.
You'll need to go.
You'll need to go.
Live in the skies.
They're hearing all your eyes.
So say it to yourself.
Refall for your own lies.
Cause everybody sees.
I know you're a secret.
I'm not going to keep it.
You think you can have it all.
You say, you're not crazy.
Nothing wrong with me.
But no one will answer your calls.
You know you'll need to go.
You'll need to go.
You'll need to go.
You'll need to go.
You'll need to go.
You'll need to go.
You'll need to go.
You'll need to go.
Very nice.
Carly Cooper live in the layer.
844-967-2789.
Carly, tomorrow night Sunday, May 19th.
You're playing a show at the high-new saloon.
Why don't you tell us about that show who you're playing with.
And how we can keep up with your live music schedule.
Yeah, so we are playing high-new tomorrow.
Doors open at six.
We start at seven to seven thirty.
We're playing with a couple other local bands.
Boxing day at Noether Madison local.
And then Motel Breakfast is headlighting.
Oh, Motel Breakfast is headlighting.
So they're from Chicago.
They're very popular, folksy band.
So we're very, very excited to be playing with them.
But other than that, I do have a website,
Carly Cooper Music.com.
And I have a calendar tab there that you can follow all the updated shows.
That's awesome. And of course, you can get tickets for tomorrow's night show at high-new.com.
Jimmy, it's time to give the drummer some Austin Gent.
How did you get started in music?
And what is your backstory?
All right, yeah.
I've pretty much been playing as long as I could hit stuff.
Just most of your life.
No tutus for me.
Kind of went straight into the music.
What was the first thing that you remember hitting?
I had some pots and pans, the quintessential young drummer experience.
Yeah, there's some picture of me and a little butt, a little bowl cut,
hitting them with spoons.
And then I had this nice Thomas the Tank Engine snare drum I rocked with for a while.
Unfortunately, don't have that anymore.
Oh, yeah, it's probably worth a ton.
Yeah, I know. Yeah, one of 100 I'm told.
I never should have sold that.
When did you get a real drum set?
Real drum set would have been probably around when I started lessons.
First graders.
Oh, my God.
What did the parents think about that?
Obviously, they saw you hitting the pots and pans.
They were great.
They tolerated the damage to the kitchen equipment.
And then we're not so bothered by the noise that they decided to arm me with the properly
loud piece of a piece of equipment.
Where did you have it set up?
Basement, of course.
Nice and echoey down there.
Oh, you know.
Cinder block.
Yep, yep, yep.
Nice Midwest Basement.
Did your parents play?
No, neither of my parents or musicians.
My older sister played quite a bit of piano.
No, they didn't play themselves, but we're always super supportive.
Yeah, got me my first kid.
Favorite record collection?
Oh, what kind of music were they listening to?
So, my dad did a lot of the, you know,
you quintessential kind of the Van Halen, the Led Zeppelin,
and also, you know, kind of more like 90s, like a Goo Dolls and like that kind of thing.
10,000 maniacs.
My mom put me on more to like staying in Billy Joel.
Oh, that's good.
Yeah, some good songwriters there, yeah.
Have they come to any of the shows?
Oh, yeah, yeah.
They're great about showing up.
Yeah, I've played some other bands and they'd always show up for that.
I don't think we asked you where are you from.
I'm from Milwaukee, actually.
Milwaukee area.
Yeah.
Whitefish Bay suburb up there.
So, yeah, it's where I'm from, grew up in my whole life there.
What's the story about how you and Carly started playing music together
and ultimately joining this band?
I know Carly has mentioned a couple times she wanted to do the All Girl Band.
You want to join All Girl Band?
Oh, yeah, of course.
I mean, as long as I'm hitting stuff, you know, I'm happy.
I got no dissolutions about that.
No, I mean, it's great.
I mean, they both mentioned that we knew each other through singers.
I mean, I've been playing with Kay forever since then.
And it was just kind of, you know, unfortunately,
couldn't have the skill at drummer all the time, which is, you know, an idol of mine.
So to hear that they're playing, you know, when they're like, oh, we're, you know,
for this gig, we're going to have a different drummer.
I was like, oh, man, we're like, oh, it's, it's Lori.
And I was like, oh, my God.
If there was anybody to boot me off a gig, I think I can accept that.
So yeah, no, it was just kind of, we all know each other.
And it was just kind of like, you know, we need to drummer and, you know,
you could tell the familiarity makes the band work.
Yeah, I think that's a huge part of it.
If any band is, I pretty much only make bands with my friends.
And I think the interpersonal connection really comes through, especially in a rhythm section.
I feel like as a drummer, I'm pretty in tune to that.
And like, you got to, you got to hang out, you know, that's good.
All right. Well, Rock, we only have time for one more song.
And we have two left to play here.
So which song are we going to do here, Carly?
You think?
I'm not real.
Okay.
We'll turn the page, Jimmy.
Oh, okay.
Carly, you have one last song for us tonight.
And it's yet to be released.
And it's written for Girls Inside.
It's called Not Real.
As the great Aldo Nova one said, life is just a fantasy.
Can you live this fantasy life?
What's a song about?
The song is about romanticism.
I think that there's a lot of moments in people's lives where they really build someone up in their head.
And then they have to sort of have a little reality check.
Like, yeah, it's just something, something in my head.
It's not really real.
So I wanted to write a fun little song about it.
Well, let's hear it right now.
We only have about three minutes right now.
Thank you for listening to Live in the Layers tonight.
We really appreciate you.
Thank you, David.
Thanks to the textures, too.
Yes, thanks for listening.
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You're on Civic Media as Carly Cooper.
Thank you so much for coming in tonight, too.
We really appreciate you.
It's been great, you guys.
Yeah, of course.
Thanks for having us.
Yeah, we are living to get our thrills in.
So we're just sitting on top of your car.
The moment's fleeting.
You're misleading.
I think you might have gone a little too far.
The moment's fleeting.
You're misleading.
Because now I'm playing with you in my guitar.
But I know it's not real.
I know you just can't.
Just let it something meet up in my mind.
There's a reason more.
And tell it's for my friends.
No, it's not real.
Maybe I just might tell you.
No, it's not real.
I know you just can't.
Just let it something meet up in my mind.
There's a reason more.
And tell it's for my friends.
No, it's not real.
Maybe I just might tell you.
The way you're grinning.
Look at that face.
Well, you got me against the wall.
It's so hard to.
And I want you to smile in your eyes.
But I won't say it.
Because it's that stiff.
I say, oh, it's for my time.
Because I know it's not real.
I know you just can't.
Just let it something meet up in my mind.
There's a reason more.
And tell it's for my friends.
No, it's not real.
Maybe I just might tell you.
No, it's not real.
You know you just can't.
Just let it something meet up in my mind.
Look at that face.
No, it's not real.
And tell it's for my friends.
No, it's not real.
It's for my friends.
No, it's not real.
It's for my friends.
No, it's just for my friends.
No, it's not real.
Maybe I just might tell you.
But I know it's not real.
I know you just can't.
Just let it something meet up in my mind.
But I know it's not real.
I know you just can't.
Just let it something meet up in my mind.
There's a reason more.
And tell it's for my friends.
No, it's not real.
Maybe I just might tell you.
No, it's not real.
And tell it's for my friends.
No, it's not real.
And no, it's not real.
And no, it's not real.
And no it's not real.
And no, it's not real.
And no, it's just for my friends.
It's for my friends.
Just let it something meet up in my mind.
But I know it's not real.
But I know it's not real.