Finding Your Band and Rebuilding Yourself with Jonathan Colman | Ep. 4

After School Program

"If you're not the worst guy in your band, then find a new band."

Jonathan Colman (@friendshipwizard) is the bass guitarist for the futuristic funk band Muscle Tough (@muscletough). They've opened for Lotus at Capital Theatre, played at The Fillmore in their hometown of Philadelphia and performed alongside Jon Fishman, co-founder of the band Phish.

In this episode:

How Weird Al Yankovic was Jonathan’s introduction to rap (13:03)

How Jonathan went straight from graduating from Duquesne University, to touring across the country with his band 28 North (38:12)

Why he had to walk away from his dream (41:31)

How working as a lunch lady helped pull Jon out of a dark time (43:24)

How Muscle Tough came together (54:46)

What it's like performing at a large venue like The Fillmore (1:03:16)

And a conversation around mental health (1:18:32)

Listen to Muscle Tough's newest release covering Sheryl Crow's "Every Day Is a Winding Road."

You can DM Jonathan for private music lessons at @friendshipwizard

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Intro music created by Muscle Tough. IG: @muscletoughband