John Penman on Anxiety, Imposter Syndrome and Doing It Anyway
Armada Lodge drummer John Penman on taking a deliberate pay cut to buy back brain space, whiteboard systems, letting ad data pick your song’s best section, anxiety as the real friction, and the cold email that made this episode exist.
Episode 028 – John Penman | MAKE // BREAK
John Penman, drummer for Detroit hard rock band Armada Lodge, took a pay cut on purpose — leaving restaurant management to stock shelves so every spare thought could go to the band. On MAKE // BREAK, he tells Lance Marwood how the trade works: affirmations on the bathroom mirror, a rolling whiteboard planning Armada Lodge six months out, section-testing songs with ads until the data humbles you, and RuneScape as nervous-system maintenance. It’s the most practical systems conversation the show has aired — and it only exists because Penman sent a cold email and refused to treat silence as a no.
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