My guest today is someone who’s spent the last 35 years on a mission to protect the hearing of musicians, audio pros, and music lovers alike. Dr. Michael Santucci is an audiologist and the founder of Sensaphonics, a custom in-ear monitor compan
My guest today is country music author and historian, and a member of the Western Music Hall Of Fame Don Cusic.Don is the author of over 30 books, including biographies of Roger Miller, Eddy Arnold, Gene Autry and Chet Atkins.He’s also written
My guest today is my good friend for many years, Engineer Dennis Moody.Dennis was my first guest way back on Episode #1, and he’s been on the podcast almost every year since. Dennis is unique in that he does live sound as well as studio recordi
My guest today is composer, orchestrator, and CEO of Budapest Scoring, Balint Sapszon. Trained at the prestigious Bartók Conservatory and Liszt Academy of Music in Hungary, Bálint holds a Master’s Degree in Composition, Jazz Arrangement, and Mu
My guest today is is one of my oldest and dearest friends – Los Angeles studio bass player Paul ILL.I’ve known Paul for such a long time that I sometimes forget what a heavyweight musician he is, as he’s played with a wide variety of great arti
My guest today is musician, book and magazine publisher, and artist Mike Lawson, who also happens to be my book publishing champion.Mike was the person who took a chance on me to publish my first book, and then most of my subsequent 20+ books a
In this week’s episode, I had the pleasure of speaking with Rich Thomson, the founder and CEO of Dreamliner Luxury Coaches, a leading provider of tour buses and logistics in the United States.Rich's journey in the industry began in 2020 with ju
My guest today is engineer, mixer, and podcaster Matt Boudreau.Matt’s musical journey began in the late '80s as a band member and drummer, eventually transitioning into the world of audio recording in 1994. Since then, he’s developed expertise
My guest today is Grammy-nominated producer, songwriter and music tech entrepreneur Sidney Swift. Sidney is a 10x platinum producer with major credits like Beyoncé, Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj, Drake, Sabrina Carpenter, and many more.In 2019, he sta
In this episode of the podcast, I had the pleasure of speaking with Mimi Camara, an accomplished entertainment attorney known for her work with rising artists such as Soulja Boy, Gracie's Corner, and Young N' Ace. With a background in business
My guest today is Grammy-nominated producer/mixer/composer, Richard Tozzoli. Rich may be the most prolific television composer anywhere, as his work has appeared in an astounding 1800 TV series, 20,000 episodes, in 40 countries. His unique styl
My guest today is renowned musician, composer, and inventor of the groundbreaking Mutantrumpet Ben Neill. Ben’s Mutantrumpet is a hybrid electro-acoustic instrument that combines 3 trumpets and a trombone into one. It then incorporates interact
In this week’s episode, I sit down with the brilliant hip hop artist, producer, and designer James ‘Homebwoi’ Maddox.Homebwoi’s work has been featured on 10 major label albums, 2 major motion pictures, and 3 commercially released video games.Ho
In this week’s episode, I sit down with the amazing Norman Varney of AV RoomService.Norman is an acoustic consultant who has designed over 500 critical listening rooms around the world, starting back to when he owned an audio retail store. Afte
In this week’s episode, I sit down with Chandler Kinchla (commonly known as Chan), the guitar player for Blues Traveler and his new band W4RHORS3.Born in Ontario, Canada, Chan moved to Princeton, NJ where he met his Blues Traveler bandmates. Af
In this week’s episode, I sit down with singing coach to the stars, Eric Vetro.Eric has a client list that’s a “who’s who” of music celebrities, including Ariana Grande, Katy Perry, Rita Ora, John Legend, and Shawn Mendes, as well as the lead s
Last week, I broke down every single important (and interesting) piece of music news for 2024. And today, like last year, I’ll be making my own predictions for music in 2025.Listen in to learn all about them, from why I think young audiences wi
In this week’s episode, I sit down with… myself. Yes friends, today, I go solo for this special episode of the podcast.In it, I’ll be reflecting on the major stories that shaped the music industry in 2024. In this special year-in-review episode
In this week’s episode, I sit down with Constantine Roussos, the founder and CEO of the DotMusic top-level domain name.Constantine is a Greek-Cypriot musician, songwriter, producer, engineer, and entrepreneur whose dream of having a “.music” do
In this week’s episode, I sit down with the brilliant John Mlynczak, the president and CEO of the National Association of Music Merchants (also known as NAMM).John started in the music business as a hotshot trumpet player in New Orleans with a
In this week’s episode, I sit down with the amazing Steve Einzig, an A-list booking agent and the CEO of bookingentertainement.com. bookingentertainement.com specializes in booking big name A-list musicians and entertainers such as John Legend,
In this week’s episode, I sit down with the brilliant Nick Bottini, a multi-instrumentalist, consultant, and performance coach for musicians.Nick is a well-studied musician who taught at various levels, eventually rising to the Head of Music Lo
In this week’s episode, I sit down with acoustician and studio designer Hush Paz.Hush’s company Sense and Sound offers an exclusive “Studio in a Day” service, where they design, install, and calibrate their customers’ studio acoustics in just o
In this week’s episode, I sit down with the brilliant Paul Wiltshire, a music technology entrepreneur and the CEO of Songtradr.Songtradr is the only open and automated licensing marketplace of its kind with all types of music users from indepen
In this week’s episode, I sit down with the amazing Emmy-winning producer, songwriter, and publisher, Michèle Vice-Maslin.Michèle has had numerous hit songs and cuts all over the world as well as over 6,000 music placements.Winning an Emmy for