WITF Music: Defiant

Rockstars on-stage, regular guys off-stage.

• Joe Ulrich/WITF
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  Joe has been interested in audio and music since he was a kid. What started as a fascination with his parents’ vinyl records and cassette tapes turned into a love of both performing and recording. He grew up in Elizabethtown, Pa. and moved to Pittsburgh in 1999 where he majored in Photography at the University of Pittsburgh.
  
  In 2004, he attended the Conservatory of Recording Arts & Sciences in Tempe, AZ. He returned to Pittsburgh to work at a recording studio.
  
  In 2008, Joe arrived at WITF, where his skills have found a good home as an on-air host, audio engineer and producer of WITF Music. In 2016, Joe earned a National Edward R. Murrow award for Best Use of Sound.

 Joe Ulrich / WITF

(l-r) Paul Cochran, Joe Defiant, Albert Halterman, Paul Barlowski

The members of Defiant discuss their journey as a band, from their formation in 2018 to their latest musical endeavors. They talk about various topics including their early gigs, the support from their families, the challenges of balancing personal life and music, and the evolution of their sound and lyrics. The band also shares funny anecdotes, their love for different music genres, and the intricacies of performing and touring. The full interview and performance videos are available below.

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