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Does It Make a Sound?

Does It Make a Sound?

Written by: Fall Down Trees
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Presented by Fall Down Trees and Guttersville Records, Does It Make a Sound? features deep dives into the creations, thoughts, opinions, struggles, and successes of independent musicians trying to make themselves heard in a noisy digital world.Fall Down Trees Music
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  • Pigasus
    Jul 21 2025

    For Season 1 of Does It Make a Sound we deep dive the Fall Down Trees album Night Terrors, and in Episode 10 our host and singer, songwriter, and guitarist for Fall Down Trees - Dustin Owens - is joined by his bandmates Porkchop Branch and Nolin McAlister as well as FDT backing singers The Sprouts to discuss the creation of the tenth track, Pigasus. In the final episode of the season we discuss imposter syndrome, working as a low level band, what motivates our creativity, the roots of the song as a family sing along, and the bittersweet ending of the album.

    ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Stream Night Terrors and follow Fall Down Trees here!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Learn more about Guttersville Records here!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Listen to songs from this episode in the DIMAS playlist here!⁠⁠

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    2 hrs and 44 mins
  • A Work Grotesque
    Jun 26 2025

    For Season 1 of Does It Make a Sound we deep dive the Fall Down Trees album Night Terrors, and in Episode 9 our host and singer, songwriter, and guitarist for Fall Down Trees - Dustin Owens - is joined by his bandmates Porkchop Branch and Nolin McAlister to discuss the creation of the ninth track, A Work Grotesque. We discuss the history of the Dustin/Nolin/Porkchop era of music, break down the lyrics of the song and how they relate to our life philosophy, and highlight the song's roots in live performance.

    ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Stream Night Terrors and follow Fall Down Trees here!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Learn more about Guttersville Records here!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Listen to songs from this episode in the DIMAS playlist here!⁠⁠

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    1 hr and 47 mins
  • The Setting Sun
    Jun 12 2025

    For Season 1 of Does It Make a Sound we deep dive the Fall Down Trees album Night Terrors, and in Episode 8 our host and singer, songwriter, and guitarist for Fall Down Trees - Dustin Owens - is joined by his bandmates Porkchop Branch and Nolin McAlister to discuss the creation of the eighth track, The Setting Sun. We wander through the different eras of Dustin's music and how his songwriting changed over time, aging and the importance of family, and autopsy the track to see how each piece was created individually and then stitched together to make the song complete.

    ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Stream Night Terrors and follow Fall Down Trees here!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Learn more about Guttersville Records here!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Listen to songs from this episode in the DIMAS playlist here!⁠⁠

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    2 hrs and 1 min
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