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This is a podcast focused on music creation, professional and personal development, the creative process, and the inner workings of my life in music. My name is John O‘Hallaron. I release music under the name Chalk Dinosaur and I work as a freelance composer for television and games.
Episodes
Feb 22, 2022
Feb 22, 2022
46 min
Venting about a recent covid cancellation, my collaboration with our guitarist Jon Henderson, release strategy, and quitting nicotine.
Sky Ridge:
https://soundcloud.com/jon-tom
Instagram: @SkyRidgeMusic
Feb 8, 2022
Feb 8, 2022
1hr 13 min
Answering some listener submitted questions on mixing.
If you have any topics or questions you'd like me to discuss on the podcast about Chalk Dinosaur, mixing, composing, bean mush, etc, email them to ChalkDinosaurPodcast@gmail.com
Feb 1, 2022
Feb 1, 2022
1hr 34 min
The making of the album Sunset. https://open.spotify.com/album/52of4cTlUnYH7wdpI50sIY?si=c3F465Z7THC4iQv444Tdzw https://linktr.ee/chalkdinosaur
Jan 25, 2022
Jan 25, 2022
50 min
The making of Song of an Eastern Wind. https://chalkdinosaur.com/album/1367115/song-of-an-eastern-wind
Jan 18, 2022
Jan 18, 2022
1hr 8 min
Reviewing the highlights and challenges of 2021 for Chalk Dinosaur and me personally.
https://linktr.ee/chalkdinosaur
Jan 11, 2022
Jan 11, 2022
20 min
The making of the album, Peace (feat. Ancient Frequencies) https://chalkdinosaur.com/album/1520128/peace-feat-ancient-frequencies
Nov 12, 2021
Nov 12, 2021
45 min
On this episode I chat with Pittsburgh music producer and vinyl dj - BusCrates. He's one of my personal hometown favorites, and his music combines elements of hip-hop, synthesizer funk, and disco. He is also an avid user of the live streaming platform, Twitch. He does live streams of his vinyl dj sets and also production streams where he's composing new material.
Find his music on Spotify, Bandcamp, and anywhere else music is available.
Follow BusCrates:
Instagram: @buscrates
Oct 31, 2021
Oct 31, 2021
1hr 41 min
In this episode I address some of the responses I got on Instagram when I asked the question, "what is your greatest challenge as a musician or producer?"
Oct 22, 2021
Oct 22, 2021
2hr 20 min
Listen to the new album with me before it comes out! In this episode I go through the upcoming album and comment on the making of each song and the recording process as a whole. The album gets released on October 29th, 2021. Hear it first here on the Chalk Dinosaur Podcast!
All relevant Chalk Dinosaur links: https://linktr.ee/chalkdinosaur
Sep 30, 2021
Sep 30, 2021
1hr 7 min
Recap of what's been going on with Chalk Dinosaur over summer 2021.