Rubén Valtierra, Weird Al Yankovic Part 2

In Part 2 of our interview with the inimitable Rubén Valtierra (Part 1 is here), we hear more about Rubén’s career, upcoming work and his take on our stalwart desert island discs and tag a keyboard player questions. To listen / watch: * Audio-only: click on the play button in the audio player above, or: * Video: watch the embedded video below or check it and previous episodes out on our YouTube Channel Discussion topics covered during the show (links will open in new tab): Considering every solo or gig to be your last Vale Nate Ginsberg Don’t play an E4 during Eat It Bruce Conte and Tower of Power George the Synth Ghost Emo Phillips The upcoming tour with Weird Al Examples of Al’s originals: Mission Statement and Virus Alert Pat Regan (great interview here on the 2000-inch Weird Al podcast) Melodyne note-based editing software Rubén grills Paul and David on their favourite interviews to date Tag a keyboard player: Jordan Rudess, Emmet Cohen, Rachel Flowers Desert Island Discs:  Light as a Feather – Return to Forever / Chick Corea, Pictures at an Exhibition – Sviatoslav Richter, Horowitz in Moscow – Vladimir Horowitz, Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin, Abraxas – Santana Don’t forget to click on any of the subscribe links to automatically have each episode download, or just click play on the player above to listen right here. We’re always keen to hear from you: drop us a line via the website, Facebook, or Twitter. If you’re a keyboard player, we also have a regular email newsletter with interesting news from the industry just for you. To help us keep the podcast running like a fine oiled machine, we do have a Patreon account if you’d like to contribute the cost of a small cup of coffee a month and receive bonus content Finally, check out our podcast guest playlist on Spotify to get a taste of each guest’s creations.