The Tone Mob Podcast
1) Corey Congilio on Surviving the Algorithm and Still Loving Guitar
On this episode of The Tone Mob Podcast, Corey Congilio returns to hang out and pull back the curtain on what it actually looks like to build a modern guitar career in 2025. We talk about trying to s...Show More
2) From CKY Superfan to CKY Bassist: The Wild Road of Mike Leon
This time I am hanging out with Mike Leon, current bassist for CKY, and Igorrr. (Former member of Soulfly, Havok and The Absence.) We dig into how a kid who was obsessed with CKY movies and weird heav...Show More
3) Arielle On Brian May, And Why “No Deal” Is Better Than A Bad Deal
Guitarist, songwriter, studio owner, guitar designer, Brian May collaborator, and professional bad record deal survivor Arielle stops by the show this week. We get into how a shy, Queen-obsessed kid ...Show More
4) How Zach Cooper Unexpectedly Ended Up in Coheed and Cambria
Coheed and Cambria’s low-end wizard, Zach Cooper, jumps on the pod to talk about how “sure, I’ll come play bass on that” somehow turned into 14 years inside one of rock’s most intense bands. We get in...Show More
5) Chad Jennings on Guitars, Growth & Staying Creative in a Weird Industry
Chad Jennings of Jennings Guitars returns to the pod after nearly seven years, and a lot has changed — finishes, neck shapes, and maybe even a few philosophical outlooks on life (and trucks). Blake an...Show More
6) Dave Hause on Long Games, Short Egos, and Good Songs
Dave Hause returns to teach a masterclass in “being an artist without losing your shirt, or your soul”. We rewind to our last chat in February 2020, the night the NBA shut down while he was onstage,...Show More
7) Broadway Will Eat You: Nashville Reality w/ Guthrie Trapp
This one’s for the lifers. Guthrie Trapp drops the polite industry brochure in the shredder and talks about building a real career in music. One you can live with and live on. We get into session cei...Show More
8) Tommy Emmanuel!!!!
This episode is sweat, wood, and wire. Tommy Emmanuel explains why he plays for the humans in the seats, not the guitar forum in the balcony. How youthful shred became musical conversation. How he bu...Show More
9) A Mall For Musicians?
This week on the podcast I'm talking to Ryan Lynn of Eastide Guitar Repair, Hank Failing of Hank's Music Exchange, and Brad Boynton of Rhythm Traders. All of these exceptional musical entrepreneurs ...Show More
10) Bark at the Moon: Inside Moon Guitars with Kyle Wolfe
Blake sits down with Kyle Wolfe of Moon Guitars to chart the journey from teenage Van Halen brain-melt to full-tilt luthier madness. Kyle gets “voluntold” into his cousin’s repair shop, learns the cr...Show More