Josh Dawson: Vocals, Guitar
Thomas Bridgman: Guitar
Patrick Cunningham: Bass
Lex Ball: Drums

artwork by Mr Thomas Bridgman
live photos by Mr Patrick J Cunningham

The Royal Basement is a musical and conversational podcast based out of Seattle, Washington. Newest two episodes are published here; the rest are archived on TheRoyalBasement.com. 

Episode Archive:
1. Robb MacLean (Limbeck/The Young Dudes)
2. John Cobb (my best friend)
3. Chris Murphy (Sloan)
4. John Nguyen (The Believe It Or Nots/The Times)
5. John Davis (Superdrag/The Lees of Memory)
6. Gruff Rhys (Super Furry Animals/Gorillaz/Neon Neon)
7. Chris Porterfield (Field Report/DeYarmond Edison)
8. Alex Robert (Black Whales)
9. Eric Slick (Dr. Dog)
10. Soft Sleep (Members of The Lonely Forest, Globes, Cumulus, Death Cab for Cutie)
11. Trapper & Tanner Schoepp (Trapper Schoepp & The Shades)
12. The Dodos
13. TBA

The Royal Basement is the squirmy little lovechild of Greg Franklin, designer/musician/writer/cat wrangler/raconteur. (Here's the part where I shift uncomfortably from third person to first person references.) I started creating zines when I was in high school. In the early/mid-90's in Olathe, Kansas, zines were the best outlet imaginable for a fidgety kid who loved music and art and was trying to figure out a way to express how my still-forming grey matter was reacting to the music I was getting exposed to through other zines and, eventually, the Internet in its infancy. Since those early days of late nights with scissors, glue sticks, and a limited Kinko's budget, I've taken that nervous energy and divided it as a freelance graphic designer (Kentucky Chrome), as a former college radio DJ for KJHK (Lawrence, KS), as a musician in a bunch of different projects, and as a freelance music writer for various publications (Seattle Weekly, The Pitch, The Village Voice).

The Royal Basement is an attempt to corral all of those interests into something a bit less sporadic and a bit more cohesive. I'm personally excited to share an unfiltered view of my musical discoveries/rediscoveries, as well as having conversations with folks about their musical experiences, the tools they create with, and hopefully showing off some sketches/progress of the songs I'm working on for my own material along the way. If you're interested in chatting, please drop me a line. 

This site is an open letter to music and the joy it has brought me in my life. I hope the words and thoughts contained herein bring you some of that same joy. Cheers. 

Wishes Twist is the solo project of me, Dave E. Martin. I’ve been actively playing in Seattle band’s since the mid 90’s. I started off playing keyboards in the “Orchestral Rock”  band, Bugs In Amber and pop/rock band Slender Means. I currently play keys in the psych rock band Black Whales and bass in the pop/rock band, Trances. 
    I’ve been writing my own songs since I was a teen, in the early 90’s but only started my own band, Ghost Pains back in 2012. After Ghost Pains broke up I continued writing and started another band, Histamines, which broke up shortly after we released one 5 song ep in 2018. We only played two shows but continued writing until breaking up in 2020. The Covid-19 pandemic sucked me dry of any motivation for writing new material. 
     Which brings us to 2022/23. Coming out of a major writing rut and possible depression I’m finally having more inspiration and ideas for music. Wishes Twist reflects that inspiration. For now this SoundCloud page has old Ghost Pains songs on it but will eventually only be my demos. It’s a labour of love…stay tuned. 

-DM

..We make music late at night in a converted barn at the base of a small mountain..

Wishes Twist is following