The Musicians Mentor

In episode 65 of the podcast I speak with the incredibly talented Chilean-American multi intrumentalist and producer - Alain Johannes.

Easily one of my favorite musicians, Alain and has had an amazing music career working with artists like Queens Of The Stone Age, Them Crooked Vultures, PJ Harvey, Arctic Monkeys, No Doubt and late greats Chris Cornell and Mark Lanegan.

He also had an amazing debut into the 'band scene' along side nu...

In this weeks episode I talk with American drummer/producer/singer and career coach - Matt Starr.

A true pro (in every sense of the word), Matt is an extremely motivational musicians who has performed/played or toured as a drummer with some of the biggest names in Rock music - including Ace Frehley, (KISS), Mr Big, Michael Des Barres and Kevin DuBrow (Quiet Riot).

Additionally, Matt is a gifted singer and producer and al...

In today's episode of the podcast I talk with the very talented (and highly accomplished), multi-instrumentalist/singer/songwriter -St. Paul Petterson.

Among the huge list of St. Paul's credits you will see some massive 'superstar' type names like - Morris Day, Darryl Hall, George Benson, The Corrs and Peter Frampton, but the thing that needs to be brought to your attention (at least in my opinion), is the fact that...

Happy New Year and welcome to the first episode of Season 4 of the podcast.

In todays episode I talk with Victoria Theodore - an American pianist/music director/singer/songwriter and producer, best known for her work as keyboardist for multi platinum selling artist - Beyoncé, and keyboardist and background singer for music icon -Stevie Wonder.

Victoria was also the keyboardist and singer on the 2013 version of the Arsenio Hall ...

It's Christmas time and what better way to celebrate the end of the year than by finishing the years podcast content by talking to the one and only - Steve Newman.

In addition to his many solo releases - Steve is a South African born composer/guitarist/musician who rose to fame with his trio, 'Tananas' in the late 80's until the early 90's until the tragic untimely death of their bassist, Gito Baloi. As well as his frequent colla...

Surprise Episode !

We thought it would be fun to release an extra episode this month and what better way to do it, than to put out this collaborative-joint interview/chat with our friend Bree Noble from the popular 'Profitable Musician Podcast'.

In addition to the educating content Bree releases under the 'Profitable Musician Podcast', she also runs the 'Woman Of Substance' website and is the resident worship leader at her church...

In todays episode of the podcast I speak with 'Rock and Roll - Hall Of Fame inductee' - Mr Kenney Jones.

Kenney is a British drummer/musician who rose to fame in the 60's as part of the famous 'mod scene' with his group 'The Small Faces', eventually went on to play alongside Ronnie Wood and Rod Stewart in 'The Faces' and even took up the drum position in 'The Who', after the unfortunate passing of original drummer Keith Moon.

I...

Roy Burns was an American born drummer and percussion manufacturer who sadly passed away back in 2018. He would have been 89 years old this week, so to celebrate all things Roy and thank him for years of personal inspiration I decided to use an unpublished/archived interview that I had done with him many years ago for episode #58 of the podcast.

Roy was the second person to grace the cover of the world famous Modern Drummer magaz...

In this weeks episode of the podcast I thought I'd change things up slightly from our usual types of conversations, and talk with musician turned tech/tour manager/lighting and audio engineer - Jo Coz

As a crew/tech type individual Jo has worked with some of the best in the industry on both a local and national level, some of these artists include - Eddie Money, Sebastian Bach, Rock Show Nola, Drowning Pool and many many more.

W...

In this weeks episode of the podcast I speak with Portland based guitarist/musician extraodinaire - Shawn Sonnenschein.

Many of you will know of Shawn from his band member role as lead guitarist for Alternative Rock band Trapt, but he also spent many years recording and touring with bands like Black N Blue, Ten Pound Rain and Plum

I thought it would be interesting to talk with Shawn about all things music, life on the road and ...

In this weeks episode we celebrate our official two year podcasting anniversary by talking to one of our favorite musicians - Josiah Mazzaschi.

Josiah is a multi instrumentalist/engineer/producer/songwriter who made quite a name for himself in the Chicago area before eventually settling in Los Angeles where he now works as a producer and songwriter.

Many of you will know of Josiah from his bands like Childseat, Light FM, Bizou a...

In episode 54 of the podcast I speak with Montana based composer, drummer, educator and songwriter - John Wicks. 
John talks to me about life as a touring musician while still a member (and songwriter) with his previous band 'Fitz and The Tantrums" as well as how he juggles his newer projects like Fluffy Bunny and his constant collaborations with Pearl Jam bassist, Jeff Ament.
We also talk about how he ended us as a songwriter on rec...

In this weeks episode of the podcast I talk with South African born, New Zealand raised and now LA based musician super power - Andrea Lisa.

Andrea has a really interesting story which has led her to touring the world as a musician with musician Kirk Whalum, contributing guitar to Kool and the Gang and even living on more continents than me (which doesn't seem to happen too often ha ha)...

Her debut album 'Silver ...

In today's episode of the podcast I talk with Louisiana based drummer/engineer/producer - Brian Brignac.

Brian has been playing professionally since age 15 and during his years has amounted a huge number of mentionable credits to his name, some of these include - Fats Domino, Sonny Landreth, Jimmy Buffett, Tab Benoit, Joel Sonnier and Waylon Thibodaux to name a few.

He also owns and operates a beautiful studio called ...

In today's episode of the podcast I speak with Grammy Award Winning Drummer/Educator and Author - Billy Ward.

Billy is a highly accomplished musician/drummer based out of New York City and has recorded and toured with some of the biggest names to ever grace the music industry including - B.B King, Carly Simon, Ace Frehley, Richard Marx, The Knack, Yoko Ono, Joan Osborne, Rick Springfield, Jimmy Webb and Robbie Robertson an...

Stoked to announce that my guest on episode 50 is none other than composer/educator/guitarist - Joe Elliott.

Most of you may know of Joe because of his Fretboard Biology videos and website but he has also performed with some of the best musicians in the world and has been an active music educator for decades of his life.

Formally with the Musicians Institute in Hollywood, where he eventually held the vice president and d...

In this weeks episode of the podcast I was lucky enough to speak with LA based composer/drummer - Sarab Singh.

Sarab is an extremely talented drummer/musician who has worked with numerous artists over the years, including - Charlie XCX, Natasha Bedingfield, Sara Bareilles, Joji and a host of others. Currently Sarab is involved with Alt/Pop band Muna.

In addition Sarab also has his own project called Klver Grl and has a ve...

In episode 48 of the podcast I speak with LA based multi instrumentalist/musician, Rosh Roslin.

Rosh is a guitarist, drummer, producer and tech who in addition to his own playing and touring responsibilities also programs amps and rigs for some of the biggest artists/bands in the world including artists like Bush, Papa Roach, Steve Vai, Melissa Ethridge, Maroon 5 and a host of others, to name just a few.

Rosh also put up ...

In todays episode (after recommendation from my pal Taylor Tatsch), I speak with Fort Worth, Texas based singer, songwriter - Garrett Owen.

Garrett is an extremely talented musician who had a fascinating upbringing, toured all over his base city, written some amazing songs and even done an incredible cover of Nirvana's, 'Heart Shaped Box'. Listen here - https://garrettowen.bandcamp.com/track/heart-shaped-box

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