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Seesaw, that is brand new from Seesaw.

That is Lucy Boulevard.

My name is Rocker here with Jane in the studio.

Was that a premiere

to Max and Gradio?

Not a premiere.

OK,

we've been really blown it up with Seesaw.

Of

course, the first song we played in that double dip was Pure Bliss.

And we've been really hitting hard because Friday, November 6th at the Burr Oak, Seesaw will be playing along with Julia Minkin and Jane Homsen.

And girls night.

Yeah, yeah, it's going to be pretty cool.

I think

it's going to kind of serve as a like a single release party.

I know that

I know that these are the first songs that Seesaw has released since their 2023 album.

So that's pretty cool.

So Seesaw, go check him out Friday, November 6th, the Bert Oak in on the east side of Madison over on Winnebago.

And my name is Rocker, here with Jane, as I said.

And we got a great show for you tonight.

Felix from Capri Cheese, local artist in cheese.

Are you a cheese maker, Felix?

Yes, I am.

He's a cheese maker.

He's already here.

And an entrepreneur.

And work will be here.

We'll be talking about the workist draw.

Excuse me, and they're gonna be, work is celebrating 10 years, and they're gonna have a mini-Whisco tour, and they decided to go from seven members to 23.

They added a few people, okay?

Imagine if we brought them all in here.

Wow.

And then the middle.

They're here, they're out on State Street somewhere eating dinner, probably.

They'll be back in here to perform live from the Mad City.

Yeah, I suggested just veggies.

Let's see if they take me up on my suggestion.

Yeah.

Oh, interesting.

I've never been there.

Where's that?

It's right above the candy store.

You know, if there's the...

Above the candy store.

Yeah, there's a Japanese candy store and then you go up the stairs and there it is.

Wow.

Yeah.

Oh, that sounds pretty interesting.

What have you eaten there?

I haven't eaten there.

I just know somebody said they're vegetarian and I just wanted to be accommodating.

Oh, okay.

Well, yeah, there you go.

Let's see.

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But I might And I don't wanna let you down But it scares me sometimes And I wanna be fearless When it feels like it's closing in Maybe I could be the one you wish

Honey, I know it ain't easy living in the middle So trust me, just a little Like I do I know holding hands won't be enough If only you could see our love like I do Like I do

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That is Arrow Over You.

And I'm Rocker here with Jane.

You're listening to Max, Inc.

Radio and Arrow.

They're a Milwaukee band.

I think you might sense a little bit of a Milwaukee theme tonight on accident because of course the middle of the band that's going to be here playing tonight

is from Milwaukee.

Yeah, they're from Milwaukee as well.

So

there's

a lot of different Milwaukee things happening.

And that band actually Arrow is pretty interesting.

Brian Kasparsak, he was from.

Mississippi Cactus, Milwaukee Band, like 90s.

There were kind of a 90s, early 2000s, Milwaukee Band.

And that had members of, so Arrow had members of Mississippi Cactus and members of the Buzz Horn, who I don't know if you remember them back in the 90s, but they were on Atlantic Records out of Milwaukee.

I don't know if I'd remember them, but I'm sure plenty of

you did.

Maybe not.

Maybe not.

The Buzz Horn, you know.

Milwaukee band on Atlantic Records.

So it's pretty cool.

And wow, we got a lot of stuff coming up for you tonight just around the corner.

Felix from Capri Cheese, local artist and cheese maker.

You know, he herded goats.

I think we're going to hear some goat stories tonight.

Oh, man, he's an entrepreneur as well.

We'll hear about his his cheese store.

I'm going to be giving that interview, actually.

That's right.

About that.

Oh, yeah, that's a giant.

I'm going to be in the control room.

I'm

remembering that I must push the green button after the interview.

I've been warned, I gotta do it.

I can do it, I know it.

The work, the orchestra, they're gonna be in here, they're celebrating 10 years of work with the orchestra.

That's combining with the DB Orchestra.

So it's gonna be pretty interesting to hear that story.

And then the middle.

They're out on state street.

They're munching down.

They'll be here around seven thirty.

Get ready to play live from the from the mad city right here on Maxi.

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to rockers closet.

Well, you know, I'm always surfing through rockers closet.

And I found another one because I was like, man, once I played Arrow, I was like Mississippi cactus.

Well, geez, we got to hear some Mississippi cactus.

That's the Kaspersack brothers.

They were both in that band.

Been late nineties.

I told you they made an album called Live at Irene's.

Irene's was this really cool place in Milwaukee and they put out a live album.

So let's check it out right now.

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Today I'm 25 And I'm not getting older Not saying I'm gonna die right now But the time should go

Is it not?

Yes, it's on.

That was Jane Hobson with 25.

You're going to be able to catch her on Friday, November 6th at the Burroke with Seesaw and Julia Minkin for that single release party that we were talking about earlier.

You're listening to Max and Radio.

My name is Jane with Rocker.

here in the booth for a change.

I'm figuring out which mic is which here.

I'm having fun on this board.

Don't worry about it, because I brought in a truly interesting interview for you all.

I was at the Middleton Farmers Market a while back when I saw the most amazing thing, cheese that was on a griddle that you could grill without it melting.

And you could put it on a stick and turn it into a nice warm cheese sickle.

So I have cheese sickle.

It's exactly what it sounds like.

So I have the mastermind right here to talk us all about our state's most iconic export.

If you wanted an inside scoop into that, now's your chance.

Felix Talhammer and his company, Capri Cheese, have been bringing artisanal cheese.

to all over the state from their home in Blue River, Wisconsin.

We'll be talking all things cheese, inspiration, the process, stories from the farmer's market, and everything in between.

Felix, welcome to Max Inc Radio.

Hi.

I am Felix.

So Felix, you're originally from Switzerland, which has a very rich cheese culture.

fondue and emmental, which is what we call Swiss cheese here.

All come from your home country.

Did your passion for cheese start in this cheese haven?

What's your background?

So yes and no.

So yes, I grew up in Switzerland.

So therefore you can hear the accent and I occasionally use wrong words, which can happen.

So forgive me for that.

But I have been in the United States since 1983.

So quite a few years.

and learned English actually here.

So I grew up speaking German and high German, Swiss German, and also Bavarian German because my parents actually came to Switzerland after the Second World War from southern Germany.

which has a completely different dialect.

And it was really fun growing up speaking all these different dialects, maybe not while I was a teenager, but later on realizing how important it is to be able to understand the nuances and why language works the way it does.

Anyway...

Coming here to the United States, not having had popular culture, it was definitely a culture shock to realize that everybody, you know, knows what the Yellowberg Road is, and I had no clue.

You know, so in my teenage years I did an apprenticeship with IBM, who everybody knows, and I became a typewriter mechanic and not a cheesemaker.

When I came here,

typers were dying out, nobody used them anymore, everybody switched to computers, and voila, I had to find something else.

And so, my son...

Yeah, this brings us right into our next question.

Like you started Capri cheese right after your son was born due to his dietary needs.

If you'd mind telling those because what those are

and how that

inspired your cheese making process.

Yeah.

So he was allergic to pretty much any dairy that was out there except goat milk.

And so then I thought, well, we can just get some goats.

And yes, that was somewhat of a disaster, but I survived that.

And all of a sudden I had two, three, four goats.

So that was hand milking.

And then it got to be eight and then

12 and all of a sudden they're close to 20.

And he grew of course older and with about three years of age, he said, ah, I don't need any more gallons of milk.

I, you know, I can do it out.

And I had all this milk and so you can't drink all that milk in the morning and for dinner.

So I started making cheese.

And I asked around and found some friends and I actually, a dear friend here at the market, his name is Willie Lainer, who unfortunately passed away just recently, was an excellent cheese maker.

a good mentor.

And he gave me some pointers and that's how I learned how to make cheese.

And then I just tried and, you know, was first making cheese in my kitchen and then I moved to the basement and got from, you know, two, three gallons up to like 20 gallons.

And that's how it sort of progressed.

And then I was making, you know, feta cheese.

Feta cheese is a very forgiving cheese and you keep it in brine and you can just stick it in the rotzeller at, you know,

55, 60 degrees.

And it's fine, assuming you know that the buckets have to be completely filled with whey and salt to preserve the product.

And I believe that that's how the Greeks and the Italians and the French did it.

And that's how you get this really fairly strong feta because it grows, it keeps on ripening while it ages at these high temperatures.

So, the main places where you sell your cheese are at the farmer's market and a few other indoor markets here in town.

Where and when can you find your cheese?

And what's this brand new place you just started selling cheese at?

So, the brand new place is Grandpa's Farm Stop.

and the Madison Public Market.

Those are the new ones.

There's another new one, the one in Middleton on Tuesday.

Unfortunately, that one is now done because it's a summer market.

But the biggest market and, you know, Dane County Farmers Market is the largest producer only farmers market in the entire United States.

So lots of people from all over.

United States and foreign countries come to this market and I cannot tell you how many people every Saturday come and say we just came we know your cheese from 20 years ago and we just you know it's the best cheese we've ever had and we want to get some more and of course 20 years ago I didn't make that kind of cheese that I have now but you know there it is I mean those are

So those are some of the outlets.

I do service some of the stores and restaurants as well.

Not as many as I did in the very beginning or during the boom time, but I'm still in a really street food cop has my cheese.

And that's pretty much the largest retailer.

Yeah.

What is the best selling cheese you think at the markets?

What's the favorite?

I would say Saint Dorian.

And often people ask me, what's this with the Saint Dorian cheese?

Who is the Saint?

Well, the guy that

I was milking the sheep at the time.

His name was Doreen Schmalberger, and he's from Romania, I believe.

Could be, yeah, we'll leave it at that.

And he also is an immigrant, but he had a farm near us, and he was shipping milk to Cedar Grove cheese, where I produce my cheese.

And I thought, well, he needs to enter it because milking sheep is not easy, especially in the beginning.

And he did this.

You know, maybe 10 years ago, maybe 12 years ago, I don't remember exactly.

But we made all sorts of different cheese, you know, including the Saint Dorian, which is a sheep milk gouda.

And the one that I have right now is about three and a half years old.

And it just tastes very clean.

And it has a good ripe cheese flavor to it.

But it's not that it's overwhelming.

And no, it's not a typical gouda, but it's made with those cultures.

So I call it a gouda.

I've always loved Gouda cheese.

It's been one of my favorites, so I'll have to pick up some St.

Dorian next time we're at the market.

So, how are the vibes different between each market?

What's your best farmer's market story?

I would say the Dane County market is by far the best market because it's so well known.

A lot of people come to the market from all over the place.

We have lots of people that come regularly from Chicago and Milwaukee.

And you come down from 80 miles away every

week.

Yes, correct.

And so the the wipes are different in the sense that there's different types of customers that come.

Some that were just gonna buy cheese that I

You know, after many, many years, they call me by name and I have no clue how they know me.

You know, and that's definitely an interesting story.

And then they tell me like little bits of nuances and that I remember, but I don't remember.

You know who that was or why they would know you know these details, but anyway, so smaller markets like the Sunday market It which is on the north side that's still going on for two more Sundays and that one is a more intimate type of market where you can talk with people and tell them stories and really let them try

And we've discussed how you grew up in Switzerland, grew up speaking all kinds of German dialects.

So what's one of the funniest misunderstandings you've had while learning English as a second language?

So I think the funniest thing is that the term is, I flatly reclined.

Meaning, you know, not.

Not agreed with something, but meaning decline means like to recline.

Yeah, you know, so I

mixed those two words up.

Yeah, exactly.

And that was super funny.

I mean, at least for my wife.

So that's the one that's most memorable sticking in my memory.

So I mean, there's a whole bunch of other ones, but you know,

give

me

a couple more.

We have a little bit of time

left.

Um.

Oh, there, I mean, that's just it.

Now, because I'm bilingual, oftentimes memory completely blanks.

We'll need to try to find something I will remember in two or three, four minutes, but not this instant, you know.

Now,

Felix, you said you spoke a Hydroman.

Yes.

Now,

that's usually like in Wisconsin, you might hear that around more at the Amish Farms.

They talk about high German and how that's maybe different from German.

So so high German is the standard language.

So if I would take a book or a text and read it, it would be high German because that's how we so in school, we had to learn high German.

because the spoken Swiss German is quite different.

It's like a Southern dialect here versus what we speak up here in Wisconsin.

Oh, yes.

And it's quite a difference.

So for example, my grandparents would speak high German as well, and they would not understand the Swiss German.

OK, so Felix, thank you so much for coming in.

How can we keep up with you and with Capricci online?

So I have a Facebook present and also the Dane County Farmers Market website is up and running.

So that's there and there is a really good cheese book out there.

It's called The Wisconsin Way and most of the artisan cheese makers are in there.

It's a fantastic piece of art and I would highly recommend everybody to either look at it or get it and then come to the Farmers Market Saturday morning from six to...

one o'clock, or seven to one, actually.

It was so nice to talk with you about cheese, Felix.

Thank you for coming in.

I'm so glad I found you at the Middleton Farmers Market that day, because this has been so much fun.

Hopefully we can get the word out.

Irocker, what's coming up?

Who is this 7,000 Apart?

7,000

Apart?

Well, he was from Switzerland, right?

Well, 7,000 Apart is from Sweden.

And of course, he's from Green Bay and she's from Sweden.

So I thought we'd play a little bit of seven.

10,000 apart right now.

This is lights go down.

You're

listening to Mac sync radio.

We are local

music.

two thousand miles to play at a bar

So don't be me.

7000 apart that is lights go down and that was from their feel your feelings side B. And of course, Amy Lee Aiding and Jonathan Crescent.

They're playing right now.

They're in Sweden.

And I think they come back to Green Bay for the winter.

I think Green Bay is maybe warmer in the winter.

That's a crazy statement.

Yeah, they're pretty crazy.

It's a really good story.

You know, they.

they met when she was an exchange student up in Green Bay.

And, you know, she was actually chosen as the, I believe it was Cinderella, the Swedish, she did the voiceovers for the Swedish Cinderella.

Cool.

When they, when they made that worldwide.

So that's pretty crazy.

I'm Rocker here with Jane in the studio.

You're listening to Max, Inc.

Radio.

And, you know, tomorrow, guess what is tomorrow?

Packers Bears game tomorrow.

Packers Bears game tomorrow.

That's right.

Oh my gosh.

I mean the Packers have lost three of the last four lost to him in the playoffs last year.

So I'm just like, man, we need to win this game.

We can't.

I mean, think about all the kids.

They're going to the first time to Lambeau Field to see a Packers Bears game.

They cannot witness the Packers

lose to the

Bears.

That just cannot happen.

You don't want that memory to last like for your entire lifetime, right?

You're going to remember that that's the first game you ever went to.

So Jordan Love, the Packers, Tucker Kraft, they're going to do it tomorrow, right?

I hope

so.

Have you ever been to a Packer game?

Oh, no, I've never been.

Oh, you're from Illinois.

Don't tell me don't tell me I

was born here.

I'm not from Illinois, but but all of my mom's family who's in Illinois, they're all Bears fans.

OK, yeah, it didn't rub off on you, right?

Fortunately, not.

Thank goodness.

Oh, my gosh.

Well, we still have a lot of stuff coming up tonight.

Thank you, Felix, from Capri Cheese.

That was an awesome story here about milking goats.

I mean, how often do we talk about milking goats

on Magic

Radio?

And sheep.

And sheep.

And sheep.

Are goats and sheep different?

Oh, yeah.

I mean, don't let one but you with its horns.

I got to look that up on Wiki or something.

Hey, we got a lot of good stuff and.

But right now, we gotta play it.

Every time that the Bears are gonna play the Packers, I think we gotta play this.

It's a classic song, and it was originally recorded, made famous by the Wisconsin Polka Band Happy Schnapps Combo in 1992.

The phrase itself originated from the Green Bay Packers fans, following a famous 1989 game against the Chicago Bears.

Right now, you know what it is.

The

Bears still

suck!

On MaxSync Radio, we are local music.

How many times must we take this disgrace?

Another Bears fan throwing insults in our face.

The Packers are their greatest team to ever play the game.

Even if from time to time they've been a little lame.

How could you ever love a team with Jim McMahon?

Not even poor.

Was as big a ham They got a reputation That's mostly based on luck The bears still suck The bears still suck The bears still suck The bears still suck The bears still suck The bears still suck

They make you pay a toll For Cripes sake They only want one lousy Super Bowl They make fun of Wisconsin But we don't get upset Where do you think that they're all headed?

Every chance they get We don't really hold a grudge Cause this is all in fun As far as football rivalries We're both number one Still we wouldn't mind seeing Ditka Run over by a truck Cause the Bears still suck

The bears still suck The bears still suck The bears still suck They really, really, really, really, really, really suck Yes, the bears still suck All the ladies now!

I'm

so sorry to all my family listening in Chicago right now.

But I'm also not sorry.

Oh, that was

beautiful.

Oh, that was awesome.

Well, you know, I guess we're going to watch tomorrow's game.

That one goes out to Marcus.

I know that he's not rooting for the Bears.

That's for sure.

Hey, let's be in Bears.

Let's move on to some Bear in the Forest.

Remember when they played right here in the studio?

How could I ever forget?

Wow.

We

still talk about them to this day.

We do.

And I love it.

And what's this song called?

Keelum Bear Us.

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for the people.

Cosmic bodies, that is Horace Green.

That was finishing up a double dip from those guys.

Hi, Alice.

Yeah, this one goes out

to Alice.

That's right.

She loves Horace Green.

And so do we all.

They're such a great band.

That was from their 2026 album Power Lounge.

That's their latest stuff right now.

And before that, we heard Nighttime Boy from their 2025 release.

And you can catch Horace Green duo.

up at Sway Brewing and Blending Company that's all the way up in Bayleys Harbor up in Door County.

And what a fun time that would be to go, you know, have you noticed that a lot of these bands play during the fall up in Door County?

It's beautiful up there in the fall, isn't it?

Well, you know, it's pretty crazy.

I think that it's important that if you're going up to Door County, which, you know, a lot of us do, that you check.

for local bands playing around there.

I might

know a few.

I've actually run into a few bands that are playing up there while I've been on vacation.

It's always pretty fun.

So they'll be at Bailey's Harbor in Door County at 4pm at the Sway Brewing and Blending Company.

That is Horace Green.

My name is Rocker.

Jane is here in the studio and we still have lots of stuff coming up tonight.

Of course, we had Felix from Capri Cheese.

Thanks, Felix.

He's driving back 80 miles to his farm.

Oh, yeah.

And he'll be back here tomorrow morning at the farmer's market.

He

is insane.

In the best way possible.

Work.

We're going to have Frank and D-

Daniel in here in a minute.

They've changed into the orchestra for celebrating their 10 year anniversary and they got a little mini whisco tour.

We'll hear all about that and the middle.

They are here right now.

They got back in from hitting States Street.

So we'll hear about where they went on States Street to eat and they'll be performing live from the Mad City tonight.

They're out here from Milwaukee and then wow.

That is pretty cool.

Great

show.

Now go to maxinkradio.com to see what's playing now.

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People Brothers Band, wow, they are such a great band.

They're going to be playing Saturday, October 24th at Craw Daddies on Greenfield in West Dallas.

And Saturday, October 31st, that's Halloween popcorn tavern up in La Crosse.

So if you're going to La Crosse, which that'd be a really fun time to go party in La Crosse on Halloween.

And if you're not going to La Crosse, listen to us because we're going to be broadcasting too.

We

are.

We are.

We'll be announcing what band we've got soon.

Right now.

Let's check out the People Brothers Band.

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We have work in the orchestra.

Daniel and Frank are coming in to talk to us about their upcoming.

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Oh, they just walk in the studio.

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Excellent band name.

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So that'll be a pretty cool show.

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Electric spanking.

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When the scenes come marching in, that is work live.

We'll find out where that's from from the guys in a moment.

My name is Rocker, here with Jane Year, listening to Max Inc Radio.

For 10 years, Madison's work has been bringing together funk, progressive rock, jazz fusion, and jam band improvisation, earning the band two Madison Area Music Association Artist of the Year awards.

And now as they mark their decade together, they're taking things to a whole new level.

with the orchestra, an ambitious collaboration with 17 piece DB Orchestra led by an idea from saxophonist Daniel Haschke.

Respect saxophonist.

This limited run project reimagines work originals, popular covers and new material with full brass section and a big band power.

The orchestra debuts October 16th at Madison's Barrymore Theater.

with Milwaukee and Appleton dates to follow.

Daniel, Frank, welcome to Max, Inc.

Radio.

Thank you so much.

Got to talk into this part.

A pleasure to be here.

I

want a quick correction first.

That music we just heard was played by D.B.

Orchestra, actually.

Oh, that was the D.B.

Orchestra.

Oh,

that was live at Jazz at Five from a few years ago.

Oh, that's pretty cool.

Wow.

Well, we'll hear about the D.B.

Orchestra in just a minute.

But, you know, Madison's a foodie town.

And what's your

Go to restaurant.

You guys go out to eat.

I love the alchemy.

Oh, yeah.

That's not too far away from the Barrymore.

People are looking for a spot.

Wow.

And so many to choose from.

But I'm in the mood for like a comfy dive bar food.

And I love the Carries Burgers over by Fish Hatchery.

Oh,

that's cool.

I live right by there.

I still haven't been there yet, though.

I need to try.

You

got

to go.

A Han has to be near the top of me, too.

Yes, of course.

All right, restaurants in the mad city.

Well, you know, you guys formed in Madison in 2016 and one mama artist of the year in 2019 and 2022.

Looking back at those 10 years, what's the biggest turning point and how has the band changed since those early gigs?

I would say, yeah, I mean, one of the biggest turning points is Daniel joining the band, I would say that was before we won either of the Madison area artists awards.

And so, yeah, that was huge, obviously, for a whole bunch of different reasons, just kind of like affirming the big band sound.

Before that, we were like a jam band with a trumpet player.

And then once we got Daniel, I was like, oh, we've got horn arrangements now.

We've got the big band funk sound that we can bring.

I don't know, a big turning point.

I feel like the pandemic was also like a hard, hard year for us, but it was cool to come out of that.

release some new music in 2021 and win the Madison area artist of the year in 2022.

So, I don't know, it's just been good just traveling around and making music.

Not too many huge turning points, I would say.

Well, what does it mean to you, you know, now that you hit the 10 year mark?

What does that like, you know, feel like?

I mean, not many bands make it that far.

Yeah.

Yeah.

It's interesting to think about, you know, because part of it feels like like it hasn't been nearly that long and

part of it feels like

it's been our entire lives, you know.

And like, you know, like 10 is an arbitrary number to pick as like one to celebrate.

But it's for me, I've been like feeling like going through this year, especially like going through like working on this orchestra project, like with a lot of gratitude for.

the musicians that I've played with and also just like met along the way and also just the music community that we've grown to be a part of over these past 10 years.

So that's kind of why I were doing the work is just to say thank you to everybody who's been with us for this whole time.

You know, my next question is what made this the right time to take your music and rebuild it at the scale of a 23 piece?

ensemble and tell us also about this DB orchestra.

Yeah, so that is another band that I happen to be in.

It's a jazz band that formed 11 years ago, mostly of marching band alumni, UW marching band.

Apparently there's a sect within the marching band culture that was really into swing dancing.

So they wanted a band that they could

dance to live.

So the band leader Andy Kerber set up the DB Orchestra.

We played for a few years for the school and now we play for like weddings and events all

over Wisconsin.

What's DB stand for?

It's a trade secret.

We shall find out.

Yeah,

come to the Barrymore on the 16th and I'll tell

you.

All

right.

That's pretty cool.

Well, when you when you add 17 horns percussion in and cell phone to work like what changes?

It feels like a crazy wall of sound like I mean, we sound we sound like a big.

have like strong band when we when we like, for example, omit the one and land on two as a group.

Imagine that.

But like, you know, like with all that acoustic air moving at you, it really is something special.

It's pretty awesome.

Yeah, I was first inspired by like bands that play with like literal string orchestras.

That's kind of how I started arranging it.

But as we were working on the arrangements, I was like, oh, we could really go into like

the tower power of it all or like the earth went on fire and like it's like really have like the energy and like adrenaline of all of those horns.

I mean, you know, a lot of times people are maybe thinking like, oh, you know, they just getting like some new people, they show up at practice, you know, rehearse and you go play.

But when you're adding this many horns and this many things, this, does this become like a writing exercise?

Are you writing this stuff down or or or documenting?

I mean, how

How do you go about doing that to take your music to all these different instruments?

It's this project has been over a year in the making, honestly.

Like because I last year were like, oh, 10 years coming up like this is if we're going to do this project, let's start right now, you know.

Yeah.

And.

Yeah, it's a part of it like with the songs that work is already played.

I was just taking my experience of arranging for Carl and I and just like.

Multiplying that by 10 or whatever.

Are you like writing parts and arranging for instruments you don't even play?

Yes.

Yeah.

So I arranged like a little more than half of all the music that we did and Andy Kerber, the

leader of DB Orchestra, he arranged the rest and he is an

incredible arranger.

Wow.

Oh, that's cool.

Well, that's pretty crazy.

You know you're working with mama and high music to get donated instruments into the cans hands of kids And was there an instrument or a person who helped you make music possible for you when you were young?

And what do you hope this drive can do for other kids?

Yeah, for me it was my my uncle and neighbor And my parents kind of in collaboration with him and my older brother who were all kind of

My uncle and neighbor was like a guitarist performer singer And then and then my brother started playing guitar and then I got into it and they really kind of lit that fire for me Yeah, so that was a privilege I had growing up to have a family and a neighbor Who were musicians and also were able to help me get an instrument to play but

yeah, and I think

just the public school system, like the music programs that they have, you know, was really the catalyst for me, like as a band,

like a

horn band player to get my hand on an instrument and just figure out what music is.

Nice.

The orchestra.

is playing three shows around Wisconsin in October.

The kickoff is at the Barrymore Theater in Madison on October 16th, then the Miramar Theater in Milwaukee's East Side on October 23rd, and then up to Appleton in the Fox Valley on October 24th.

Talk about your upcoming mini tour.

I mean, it must be a tough job managing that many schedules and honestly, that many meals.

We still gotta figure out the meal part.

Yeah, if any restaurants out there want to sponsor our shows, we'd be happy to include you in this last advertisement run.

Yeah, tag us on

Instagram.

Um, like, well, like when I was working, we were working on this project.

I was like, at first, like, let's just do this one big show in Madison.

And then I was like, we're doing so much work, we can't do just one

show.

You

know, we have to, we have to at least like, like spread love around.

Um, and, uh,

I don't know.

Just like, thankfully, when I pitched this idea to work and to DBO, everybody was just really on board with like discovering what this idea is going to be that they were flexible and made it all work.

Wow.

Work.

Yeah.

And we had, we scheduled it super far in advance.

So that was the other way that we could get all three and say, like, all right, all 23 of us are going to do these three dates together.

And yeah.

Yeah.

And.

Over our 10 years, work has played Milwaukee a bunch and Appleton a bunch to make those places kind of feel like a little home away from home.

Right.

So we figured that would be great spots to go back to with this project.

Well, the Miramar Theater.

Now, if I remember, that place is kind of in the round or in the square, right?

Do you play in the middle at the Miramar Theater?

Oh, no, they do have a stage, too.

We'll be up on the stage.

But is it in the round there?

I thought I thought I've seen some shows there that were they actually had in the round where your audience was surrounding.

Oh,

I know the house was like that, but but ours won't be like that.

OK, no.

All right, Miramar Theater.

That's a great theater on Milwaukee's.

Where are you playing in in Appleton?

The Fox City's Performing Arts Center.

Oh, wow.

Great show.

Well, that's October 24th.

And what's coming up the next 10 years for work and how do we follow you guys online?

Yeah at work the band on Instagram Facebook YouTube all of the You know streaming platforms our website is work the band calm But yeah next for us is these huge shows I mean we've got some debut new work tunes that will be debuted at these shows including the first ever Daniel hashki, you know

composed piece as well as, you know, adding 17 people to some of our other work arrangements.

So these are these are we're full send on these right now.

Yeah, it's kind of been kind of in a little tunnel visions.

Like let's let's figure this out.

Let's get through this.

Then we got a little mini Halloween tour.

And then we're going to say, OK, what's next?

Now we'll figure it out.

Next month.

Nice.

Well, I sure hope there's going to be some MP3s in my email box.

I'll keep my eyes open.

Oh, we're recording it live.

So so we'll send you some.