The Singers Talk

A bonus, filmed episode of The Singers Talk that you can watch now on Volume.com. This special episode features a conversation with Laura Davidson from Shure Microphones. Shure is not only our partner, but they’re the mic company I use onstage and for this podcast. But why? Well, Laura is not only a microphone rep, she’s a singer as well. So she gonna tell us why, and take you through a tour of al...

Welcome to “The Top Five!” A bonus, filmed episode of The Singers Talk that you can watch now on Volume.com. This little sideshow allows me to speak with some of my favorite people about their top five favorite singers of all time. I’m interested in seeing what voices they gravitate towards, and what that may reveal about their own personalities.  My guest today is Kerri Kasem, my sister from anot...

Welcome to “The Top Five!” A bonus, filmed episode of The Singers Talk that you can watch now on Volume.com. This little sideshow allows me to speak with some of my favorite people about their top five favorite singers of all time. I’m interested on seeing what voices they gravitate towards, and what that may reveal about their own personalities.  My guest today is one of my best friends in the wo...

Welcome to The Singers Talk Podcast based on my book of the same name. This episode has been filmed and can only be viewed over at Volume.com, where you’ll see my conversation with the legendary six-time Grammy Award Winner and recent Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee who has sold over 100 million records…Ms. Dionne Warwick! Volume.com/thesingers In this exclusive filmed episode, Dionne talks to...

Welcome to The Singers Talk Podcast based on my book of the same name. This week you’ll hear my conversation with Platinum Selling Artist Billy Squier. You heard right! One of the great singers of the MTV generation of rock! And I get to ask him where the hell he’s been… and tell him how much he’s missed.   In this episode you’re gonna hear us talk about some pretty powerful stuff, like taking on...

Welcome to The Singers Talk Podcast based on my book of the same name. This week you’ll hear my conversation with Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee Geddy Lee from Rush.   Have you ever tried to sing with blood gushing from your nose, down your face, in front of 20,00 people? Well, Geddy’s gonna tell you all about it. In this episode you’re gonna hear us break down what it takes to be the guy who...

Welcome to The Singers Talk Podcast based on my book of the same name. This week you’ll hear my conversation with Johnny Rzeznik from the Goo Goo Dolls. Johnny and (bassist/vocalist) Robby Takac formed Goo Goo Dolls in Buffalo, New York in 1986, and since then, they’ve had 19 top ten singles on various charts, and wrote some of the biggest hits you’ve ever heard with songs like “Name – Broadway –...

Welcome to The Singers Talk Podcast based on my book of the same name. This week you’ll hear my conversation with Grammy Award Winner Patty Griffin. One of the few people who can make me cry just by the sound of her voice.   In this episode you’re gonna hear us talk about the often lonely, boring life a singer leads if they truly care about their voice. Patty opens up about surviving cancer and ha...

Welcome to The Singers Talk Podcast based on my book of the same name. This week you’ll hear my conversation with the legendary Sam Moore.   Sam Moore and the late Dave Prater came together in 1961 and formed one of the greatest vocal duos of all time: Sam & Dave. “Soul man,” Hold On! I’m Comin’,” Wrap it Up,” “I Thank you.” Just listen to their catalog and you’ll know exactly why they were induct...

Welcome to The Singers Talk Podcast based on my book of the same name. This week you’ll hear my conversation with Al Schackman on Nina Simone. As Nina’s guitarist and musical director, she was more like a sister than anything. But this wasn’t just any sister. This was the mercurial, controversial, enigmatic, “high Priestess of Soul.” And with that comes incredible stories of her immense talent and...

Welcome to The Singers Talk Podcast based on my book of the same name. This week you’ll hear my conversation with Jim James of the critically acclaimed, Americana, psychedelic, experimental, rock and roll band ~ My Morning Jacket. And by the way, none of those labels or genres I just mentioned can define who this man is, and what he sounds like. Because he’s always changing, striving and evolving,...

Welcome to The Singers Talk Podcast based on my book of the same name. This week you’ll hear my conversation with Emmylou Harris. A Country Music Hall of Fame Inductee. Winner of 14 Grammy Awards, plus a Lifetime Achievement Award. An absolute legend. And one of my favorite voices of all-time.   In this episode you’re also gonna hear us talk about the shimmer that a song should have. What she lear...

Welcome to The Singers Talk Podcast based on my book of the same name. This week you’ll hear my conversation with Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Destructee, and one of the iconic founders of Punk Rock: John Lydon (PiL, The Sex Pistols).   In this episode you’re gonna hear us talk about his unique approach to being a singer, and his philosophy behind the inner workings of the voice. We speak about his...

Welcome to The Singers Talk Podcast based on my book of the same name. This week you’ll hear my conversation with Grammy Award Winning, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee.   In this episode Sammy’s gonna give you such a great vocal lesson. There’s a lot to learn here, so many cool little tricks to make it work. I love when people are vulnerable and honest, and talk about their flaws, and we go de...

Welcome to The Singers Talk Podcast based on my book of the same name. This week you’ll hear my conversation with Peter Albin (the bad ass bassist of Big Brother and the Holding Company, talking about the legendary voice of his old bandmate Janis Joplin. In the episode Peter and I discuss that place. Her wild side, her sweet side, and the tragic side, but most of all, we talk about that voice that...

Welcome to The Singers Talk Podcast based on my book of the same name. This week you’ll hear my conversation with Joe Elliott from Def Leppard. A Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee who has sold over 100 million records, but more importantly to me, he’s a childhood hero!   In this episode you’re gonna hear us talk about about being imprisoned by the songs you write when you’re younger, and the sol...

Welcome to The Singers Talk Podcast based on my book of the same name. This week you’ll hear my conversation with Grammy Award Winning, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee, Thom Yorke.   Through Radiohead, The Smile, Atoms for Peace, and his solo endeavors, Thom’s voice has blown our minds. In this interview you’re gonna hear us talk about his reluctance to even be a singer, losing your self-consc...

Welcome to The Singers Talk Podcast based on my book of the same name. This week you’ll hear my conversation with LeAnn Rimes. I mean, she was only a multi-platinum selling artist, and Grammy Award Winner at the age of 14. And she’s still kickin’ ass with a new album called God’s work.   In this episode you’re gonna hear us talk about LeAnn’s hard work, her A&R skills as a child, the brutal world...

Welcome to The Singers Talk Podcast based on my book of the same name. This week you’ll hear my conversation with Tom Morello on the earth-shattering voice of Chris Cornell (Soundgarden / Audioslave).   We first met Tom as the guitarist of the legendary Rage Against the Machine, but soon after they disbanded, he joined together with Chris Cornell to form Audioslave, which saw both men reach new he...

Welcome to The Singers Talk Podcast based on my book of the same name. This week you’ll hear my conversation with Michael Stipe, the iconic singer of R.E.M. For me, the mark of a great vocalist isn’t just someone who can sing a tune. It’s about the personality the singer gives the vocal—that distinctive tone that lets you know who’s calling on the line. And when Michael Stipe calls, you know damn...

Welcome to The Singers Talk Podcast based on my book of the same name. This week you’ll hear my conversation with Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Belinda Carlisle. The legendary lead singer of The Go-Go’s. In this episode you’re gonna hear us talk about all the different phases and styles and characteristics inside of Belinda’s voice, everything she does to prepare for a show, the important le...

Welcome to The Singers Talk Podcast based on my book of the same name. This week you’ll hear my conversation with Perry Farrell (Janes Addiction, Porno for Pyros, Satellite Party) The man helped reinvent the sound of rock music forever. A visionary and a poet, Perry tells us how he got where he is today, connecting with his heart, exploring the sound of his own voice, and throwing it out to the cr...

Welcome to The Singers Talk Podcast based on my book of the same name. My guest this week is too insane to believe. Because his name is Roger Daltrey. Who???? That’s right. The iconic singer of one of the most legendary, influential bands of the 20th century. In this episode you’re gonna hear us talk about the unforgiving nature of being a front man, how he and Pete Townsend work out their songs,...

Welcome to The Singers Talk Podcast based on my book of the same name. In this special episode I had the honor of speaking of with legendary songwriter, guitarist, producer, and iconic member of Prince & the Revolution: Wendy “Is the water warm enough?” Melvoin. I got to ask her questions I always wanted to know about Prince - some of them deeply personal - and Wendy was just so lovely and cool, I...

Welcome to The Singers Talk Podcast based on my book of the same name. This week you’re gonna hear my conversation with Grammy Award Winner, Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, Simon Le Bon. The lead singer of Duran Duran, who has sold over 100 million records, and who is about to give you a master class on singing. Filled with some amazing , in-depth, vocal exercises, you’re also gonna get some incredib...