Todd Leiter-Weintraub (Hop on Pop)

#ChicagoParents
I've started teaching #GuitarLessons! Available for kids in grades K-12, in Chicago's #WestSuburbs. I'll travel to you.
Experience with #neurodiverse kids!

Episode 43 - Campfire Songs Episode 43 of Campfire Songs with Fust, Ed Dowie, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Shame, Unrest, The Feelies, Robb Young, Ron Sexsmith.

#MusicSky
The new episode of #CampfireSongsPodcast dropped this week!
Check it out - Episode #43 with music from Fust, Ed Dowie, #BonniePrinceBilly, Shame, Unrest, The Feelies, Robb Young, and Ron Sexsmith.
#podcast #MusicPocast
www.buzzsprout.com/1460920/epis...

How does one lose an entire #guitar case but still have the guitar?
#greatmysteries

Say You Will (Hop On Pop)

The full story behind the song and an exploration of its writing at this link. It's a podcast about songwriting.
open.spotify.com/episode/7KSk...

Say You Will (A Reluctant Soldier's Plea)

I hope you'll consider this song of mine: open.spotify.com/track/6IoZEA...
Protest/political/anti-war. May not be what you are looking for, but I thought I would throw my hat into the ring.

I fit the bill.

Seeing @willoldham.bsky.social in a couple of weeks.
Listening to the new one in prep.

Favorite? That's a mood thing.
But "Home Base" is 80s and 90s indie rock.

If You Knew, by Hop On Pop from the album One By One

#currentmood
hoponpop.bandcamp.com/track/if-you...

#MusicSky
This song. A ballad that is about the closest thing to an anthem that I've written.
"Written under the influence of @themagfields.bsky.social recorded under the influence of #therollingstones
#songwriting #indierock

hoponpop.bandcamp.com/track/we-mad...

Tortured Artist, by Hop On Pop from the album Chicken On a Bicycle

#MusicSky
I wrote a song called "Tortured Artist" a little while ago. It's on the second Hop on Pop record and I think it's kinda fun. Especially the last little bit, which makes me giggle.
It's fun to be clever.
hoponpop.bandcamp.com/track/tortur...

Hop On Pop Currently recording and releasing 1 song at a time, for the ever-evolving HoP album One-By-One. Album updates at http://www.facebook.com/hoponpopchicago and http://twitter.com/HopOnPopMusic Hop On Po...

#MusicSky!
Happy #BandcampFriday!
I have nothing new to offer, but the same 4 or 5 albums that have been up for a little while.
I cover a bunch of styles: #IndiePop, #Americana, #punk, #IndiePop and more.
Please support indie artists, whether it's me or someone else. Thanks!
hoponpop.bandcamp.com

Episode 42 - Campfire Songs Episode 42 of Campfire Songs with Dandy Livingstone, Slap Happy Humphrey, Skaggs, Hurray for the Riff Raff, Dubinski, The Cannanes, Horsegirl, Peter Holsapple.

The new episode of my #podcast just went live! With conversation and great tunes from Dandy Livingstone, Slap Happy Humphrey, Skaggs, Hurray for the Riff Raff, Dubinski, The Cannanes, Horsegirl, and Peter Holsapple.
#musicpodcast #indiemusic #MusicSky
www.buzzsprout.com/1460920/epis...

After a hiatus, getting together on Friday to record the next episode of the Campfire Songs #podcast. No guest this time, but I did start a running list of the guests that we HAVE had join us.
And here is a link to the show: www.buzzsprout.com/1460920
Hope you check it out.
#MusicPodcast #MusicSky

Spinning, Standing Still, by Hop On Pop from the album One By One

#MusicSky
Today's song of the day. Maybe I tried to do too much with the production/arrangement? I still think it's one of my better compositions - I mean, 9-TRACK GUITAR HARMONY!
#Indie #songwriting #guitar
hoponpop.bandcamp.com/track/spinni...

3/3
“Before every surgery, I go to church and pray.” It was reassuring.

“This is my guy,” I thought as I drifted off.

2/3
“How are you?” he asked in his thick Albanian accent. I thought of my wife, parents, and young children. Had I seen them for the last time? I got angry.

“My life is about to change. For you, it’s another day at the office.”

Dr. Mrkidichian frowned empathetically. He looked me in the eye.

1/3
A writing exercise I did a few months ago: tell the story of 5 minutes in your life in EXACTLY 100 words.

“This is My Guy” (100-word memoir)

I was having brain surgery.

In prep, as the sedative creeped into my veins, the surgeon appeared; a serious, hard-faced man of 60 years.

Whiskey, by Cash Cow from the album rBGH

#MusicSky #songwriting
Reminiscing about when I started writing. I really wanted to be #JayFarrar from #UncleTupelo (and #SonVolt). You can hear it clearly -- maybe too clearly. But I still think the songs were pretty good.
hoponpop.bandcamp.com/track/whiskey

#MusicSky
List of #RecordStores. Please add your own.
CHICAGO:
- Dusty Groove - Esp. for jazz, blues, soul, & int'l
- Reckless Records - Classic indie/underground stores
- Laurie's Planet of Sound - Cute local store
- Vintage Vinyl (Evanston) - Overpriced but it's your spot for hard-to-find UK stuff

Tortured Artist, by Hop On Pop from the album Chicken On a Bicycle

#MusicSky #IndieRock
Just cuz I want you to have a listen. I hope you like it.
hoponpop.bandcamp.com/track/tortur...
Let me know what you think, if you do.

I Got Nothing, by Todd Leiter-Weintraub from the album Well-Enough Alone EP

#MusicSky #IndieRock #Americana #Songwriting
Solo-acoustic recording of a song that I really want to re-record with a full band. I'll get to it soon.
hoponpop.bandcamp.com/track/i-got-...

...until you have to POOP!!!

I saw Whale opening for Blur on the headliner's 'The Great Escape' tour. Really good, fun live band!

Stolen from a friend:
If you are angry we have Pride Month, you are the reason we have Pride Month.
#pride2025

The posturing does not match the reality.

I love the song!
It is a bit odd, however, to see the core members of the band looking like a bunch of grannies and grampas, trying to look and act sexy. Not that they shouldn't; it just intrudes upon my memory of them when they were young and actually sexy (to me).

Hop On Pop Currently recording and releasing 1 song at a time, for the ever-evolving HoP album One-By-One. Album updates at http://www.facebook.com/hoponpopchicago and http://twitter.com/HopOnPopMusic Hop On Po...

Another thing that I put into the world that will still be around after I am gone. Even if nobody listens to it, it's out there:
hoponpop.bandcamp.com

Maybe the greatest artistic statement about early adulthood ennui that exists. I'm 54 years old and it still resonates and brings me back. A masterpiece.

Even if I never become a "high achiever."
Even if I struggle for the rest of my life.
I have put something into the world that I am proud of.
My kids.
Two decent, fundamentally good people who will make their own impact on the world around them.