School of Rock
music education programwww.schoolofrock.com
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Sep 30, 2026
Gabe HaydarGUEST
And then like that next summer, Troy played a gig with us.
Gabe HaydarGUEST
And like kind of before that, it was like revolving door of bassists and drum players, whoever we could like snag, you know? And then our good friend who was also at our school knew Troy through the School of Rock, right?
Troy WellingGUEST
yeah that's right
Gabe HaydarGUEST
and he played he played one show with us and like me and drew were just like fuck like that's it like that's that's the missing piece of our sound you know it's like i say like when troy joined up that's like kind of when everything started to unfold really i think like we have like a super organic dynamic between the three of us because we know each other for so long and because of like the way we were introduced to each other where it's like we're we're fucking brothers, you know, and we just hang out and we'll jam.
Ron DiSilvestroGUEST
We were touring in a punk band where he was playing in the opening band.
Ron DiSilvestroGUEST
And he ended up becoming, like, he was in that whole School of Rock scene, but the original School of Rock, Paul Green.
Ron DiSilvestroGUEST
Okay,
Mike GendlerHOST
cool.
Blaze DahlGUEST
Sort of both.
Blaze DahlGUEST
So I went to School of Rock and I was a part of their all-star program when I was a teenager.
Blaze DahlGUEST
So we got to tour and play very cool places where we were at Lollapalooza and Hangout Fest.
Blaze DahlGUEST
And we were playing alongside artists where we were on stage with Mike Peters from The Alarm.
Claire GhabrialGUEST
Put them everywhere.
Claire GhabrialGUEST
And actually, I'll put one at School of Rock.
Claire GhabrialGUEST
Yeah, they're going to be everywhere.
Claire GhabrialGUEST
My husband owns School of Rock, so I'll give him a plug too since.
speaker_0HOST
Yeah, plug him.
speaker_0HOST
He'll probably supply the music for the –
Mako FunasakaHOST
understand you said gigging like you when you were 13. tell me about those gigs and what you yeah
Jad TariqGUEST
12 maybe 12 yeah well there was a really good uh school of rock program in fairfield connecticut the town over from me And so it started out one, I joined that program and they had a house band there that just had us gigging pretty often.
Jad TariqGUEST
I mean, they would, you know, get us gigs in local bars and stuff like that.
Jad TariqGUEST
And then we were putting on shows with like the main program.
Arabella HarrisonGUEST
So I sort of kept doing that.
Arabella HarrisonGUEST
And I was teaching at School of Rock.
Arabella HarrisonGUEST
Oh, nice.
Arabella HarrisonGUEST
And I enjoyed it so much.
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Arabella HarrisonGUEST
When I was...
Arabella HarrisonGUEST
I still occasionally...
Arabella HarrisonGUEST
I sort of sub at School of Rock as a teacher just because I love teaching so much.
Arabella HarrisonGUEST
And there's so many...
Brendan DoyleGUEST
Started with US sports camps.
Brendan DoyleGUEST
We now have I9 Sports, Safe Splash Swim Schools and School of Rock that all sit in the same community.
Brendan DoyleGUEST
So if you follow Youth Enrichment Brands, that's what we're doing as a group all those different properties we had about a million kids participate on the platform whether it be in leagues or camps or lessons or or in music in the last year um and that's really good part of the journey or linkedin link in with me um i'm not the greatest uh I'm not the greatest producer of original content, but I love LinkedIn for what it originally was for, industry, learning about the industry, learning from people who were doing really good things in the industry.
Brendan DoyleGUEST
So I love LinkedIn, and that's how I was connected to this job that I've been doing for the last five and a half years.
PatGUEST
That is very true.
AustinGUEST
But yes, it was, I started this band when I was 16 out of a branch of school of rock and And met Billy there.
AustinGUEST
Billy and Pat are high school best friends.
AustinGUEST
So this lineup has been playing together since 2018.
David PonceHOST
Yeah, that's really cool.
David PonceHOST
So a couple of other things that I found out about you just in hanging out at the Monday jams is that you also at one point were doing work with a local chapter or maybe more than one chapter of School of Rock.
David PonceHOST
Talk a little bit about what you were doing there and kind of the connections that sort of built for you in what you're doing now as an artist.
Eric BakerHOST
Yeah.
Eric BakerHOST
So I was in full-time ministry for a long time.
Eric BakerHOST
In 2012, I was looking for kind of a different opportunity.
Eric BakerHOST
And someone I knew approached me and said, I'd like to open a school of rock.
Eric BakerHOST
It's a franchise.
SarahHOST
Since 2012, he has been the founder and CEO of One River School, a company whose mission it is to transform art education in America.
SarahHOST
Prior to One River School, Mr. Ross was the CEO of School of Rock, where he led the company from an early stage venture into the world leader in music education for kids.
SarahHOST
And now he is the author of Grow or Fold, Transform Yourself in Midlife and Beyond.
SarahHOST
Welcome, Matt.
Matt RossGUEST
And before there was podcasts, I was actually a senior vice president for Clear Channel Radio, which was the largest radio broadcaster in the world at the time.
SarahHOST
Cool.
Matt RossGUEST
um but as i've talked about in my book and as i could share a little bit more today you know one day what happened sarah broadband and guess what happened radio revenue plummeted 50 i was 45 i had built this great tool kit and i'm like what do i do with my life now and i got a knock on the door to invest and be the ceo of school of rock which is a broken startup And I found this new passion.
Matt RossGUEST
So the next 20 years, the last 20 years have been about finding my purpose through creative education and inspiring people to find their magic and to sort of invest in themselves.
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