Follow Your Dream - Music And Much More!

Arno Hecht is a saxophone star and the leader of The Uptown Horns, the NYC based horn section that has recorded or toured with a Who’s Who including The Rolling Stones, Chuck Berry, Robert Plant, Ray Charles, J. Geils and many more. Arno individually has played on the B-52s “Love Shack”, James Brown’s “Living In America”, Billy Joel’s “River Of Dreams”, Joe Cocker’s “Unchain My Heart”  and the sou...

John Jorgenson is a Grammy Award winning guitarist and multi-instrumentalist. His music spans country rock with the Desert Rose Band, guitar rock with the Hellecasters, and classical. He was a member of Elton John’s band for six years. He won the Academy of Country Music “Guitarist of the Year” award for three consecutive years. He’s also toured or recorded with The Byrds, Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson...

Marcus “Da Fingaz” Manderson is a composer and producer of hip hop, pop, R&B and other genres. He has composed music for Disney’s theme parks. He’s had placements on Starz, MTV,  BET and other networks. And he’s composed music for museum exhibits for National Geographic and The Smithsonian. My featured song is “Cousins” from the album Trippin’ by my band Project Grand Slam. Spotify link .  -------...

Rod Argent is the superb keyboard player in The Zombies, one of the greatest bands of the British Invasion era of the 1960s. They had massive hits with “She’s Not There”, “Tell Her No” and “Time Of The Season” - all written by Rod - and they had a sound and a sophistication that was unlike any other band at that time. Rod and the band were inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 2019. Rod...

Jim Wilson has had a crazy, unique career ride. He’s gone from being a piano tuner to the Stars including Paul McCartney, Elton John, Chick Corea and Barbra Streisand, to a tech entrepreneur with a MIDI piano invention, to a top Billboard recording artist with 10 albums and two PBS specials, to an Author with a new memoir.  My featured song is “Riding The Berks” from the album Play by my band Proj...

Lee Shapiro was the longtime keyboardist and musical director for Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, one of the greatest vocal groups of the rock era. He arranged two of their biggest hits, “December 1963: Oh What A Night” and “Who Loves You”. He went on to have a career doing jingles for Budweiser, Coke and others. He created the Rock ‘n Roll Elmo doll for Fisher-Price, which sold 4 million unit...

Welcome to my first Joint Interview! My Co-host is Gary Puckett, ‘60s Superstar with Gary Puckett and the Union Gap, as we interview another music Superstar, Jerome Gourdine, better known as Little Anthony of Little Anthony and the Imperials.  Little Anthony and the Imperials was one of the few artists who bridged the doo wop era of the 1950s and the rock era of the 1960s. They had one hit after a...

Welcome to a Very Special Episode of the podcast celebrating the show’s 3rd Anniversary!  I started the podcast in March 2021 during the depths of the pandemic, when musicians like me couldn't play live. It was a bleak time for all of us. I needed to find a creative outlet and so I started this podcast. From the beginning it grew quickly and exponentially. It's been ranked for some time now in the...

John Cowan is an All-Star Singer and Bassist. He’s a longtime member of the Doobie Brothers and previously with New Grass Revival with whom he was inducted into the Bluegrass Hall Of Fame. He’s played with a Who’s Who including Bela Fleck, Alison Krause, Huey Lewis, Chris Hillman and Leon Russell. And he’s currently performing with legendary fiddler and singer Andrea Zonn, longtime member of James...

This episode is the World Premiere of Robert’s new single, “The Rich Ones”, with guest artist Randy Brecker, world renowned trumpeter and original member of Blood Sweat & Tears.  “The Rich Ones” is a Crossover instrumental - a return to my musical roots. Randy plays a wonderful flugelhorn solo and adds some lovely touches at the end. The track was produced by Tony Carey, singer-songwriter and keyb...

Fay Claassen is an acclaimed Dutch singer who has been called the “Dutch Power Woman Of Jazz”. She’s released 11 albums and won 4 Dutch Grammys. She’s toured Europe and Asia. She’s performed with Toots Thielemans, Mike Stern, Paquito D’Rivera and several Dutch big bands and orchestras. My featured song is my cover of Joni Mitchell’s version of Charles Mingus’s “The Dry Cleaner From Des Moines” fro...

Texas Scratch is a fiery Texas Blues and Blues Rock band formed by Jim Suhler, longtime member of George Thorogood and the Destroyers, and Bud Whittington, who played with John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers for 15 years. Together they have captured Texas blues with their new album Texas Scratch. My featured song is “Annie And Leni” from my album Bobby M and the Paisley Parade. Spotify link .  -----------...

Roger Cook writes hits including “Long Cool Woman In A Black Dress” for the Hollies, “You’ve Got Your Troubles” and “Here Comes That Rainy Day Feeling Again” for the Fortunes, and “I Believe In You” for Don Williams. He has written hits for Gary Lewis, Englebert Humperdinck, Deep Purple, Andy Williams among many others. And he wrote hit commercials like “I’d Like To Teach The World To Sing” for Co...

Elaine Martone was a longtime Classical and Jazz producer for Telarc Records, including recordings by the Atlanta Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, Geri Allen, Oscar Peterson and McCoy Tyner. She’s a 5x Grammy winner. Elaine also ran the production department at Telarc where she managed more than 1,500 projects. And for seven years she produced the Ojai Music Festival. Now with her own company she ha...

“We Are The World” was a 1985 Mega-Hit song that featured a Who’s Who of Pop Music stars including Michael Jackson, Lionel Richie, Ray Charles, Bob Dylan, Diana Ross, Cyndi Lauper, Billy Joel, Bruce Springsteen and many more. The song raised $80 million ($240 million in today’s dollars) to fight African Famine Relief. A new documentary on Netflix called “The Greatest Night In Pop” chronicles the s...

Eliane Elias is an extraordinary and exquisite Brazilian jazz pianist, singer and composer. She is a multiple Grammy and Latin Grammy winner. She combines Brazilian music, jazz and classical into a remarkable repertoire. Her recordings run the gamut from The Doors to Antonio Carlos Jobim to Chick Corea to Classical to Man Of La Mancha to her original compositions. She has performed with a Who’s Wh...

Rob Stoner is an All-Star musician who played on Don McLean’s mega-hit “American Pie”, one of the most influential songs of the rock era. He also toured with Bob Dylan on his Rolling Thunder Review. He’s worked with a Who’s Who of artists including Chuck Berry, Joni Mitchell, Carlos Santana, Robert Gordon and Link Wray. My featured song is “I’m Falling Off Of The World” from the album East Side Se...

Ed Kessel is a multi-award winning musician, composer, producer, director. He creates music and videos for Broadway, TV, Movies and Jingles including “A Tale Of Two Cities”, the Olympics, Norwegian Cruise Lines and PBS. My featured song is “Saturday Morning” from my EP The Singles Project. Spotify link .  --------------------------------------------- The Follow Your Dream Podcast: Top 1% of all po...

Lou Christie was a genuine Hit Machine in the 1960s with his distinctive falsetto voice and songs like “Lightnin’ Strikes” (a #1 smash), “The Gypsy Cried”, “Two Faces Have I”, “Rhapsody In The Rain”, and More. He was featured in Dick Clark’s Cavalcade Of Stars and on all the major music television shows including Where The Action Is, Hullabaloo and American Bandstand. My featured song is “My Baby”...

This Music Day Episode features three of Robert’s “Wordless Vocal” songs. These are hybrid songs with melodies but without lyrics. This style of song can sometimes capture the meaning and mood of a song better than if there were lyrics. See for yourself.  When listening to “March Of The Diplomats” close your eyes and imagine a group of Diplomats like from the United Nations walking in unison like...

Philip Aaberg is a celebrated pianist and composer. He recorded 8 wonderful solo albums on Windham Hill Records known for their mellow “New Age” sound. He’s performed on hits like “Fooled Around And Fell In Love” (Elvin Bishop), “Shannon” (Henry Gross), and “Angel Of The Morning” (Juice Newton). He’s played with the Boston Pops, Peter Gabriel, the Doobie Brothers and on over 200 albums. And he’s r...

Denny Sarokin was an original member of Every Mother’s Son, the band that had a hit in 1967 with "Come On Down To My Boat Baby" which reached #6 on the charts. He went on to become the band leader for Rick Nelson and the Stone Canyon Band. And he wrote the song “Sanibel” which was recorded by Crosby Stills Nash & Young after a 17 year odyssey. My featured song is “The Ship” from my EP “The Singles...

Bert Berns and Nat Weiss are two giants of the music industry, yet both relatively unknown to the public. Bert Berns was one of the foremost songwriters and producers of pop and rhythm and blues in the ‘60s. His hits include “Twist And Shout”, which The Beatles took to international fame, “Piece Of My Heart”, Janis Joplin’s gigantic hit, “Hang On Sloopy”, the mega-hit for The McCoys, “Cry To Me”,...

Gary Talley and Rick Levy are members of The Box Tops, the band that hit the top of the charts in 1967 with "The Letter" which sold over 4 million copies. They followed it up with "Cry Like A Baby", a #2 hit in 1968. Gary is an original member of the band. Rick joined the band in 2015. We relive those great hits and talk about Alex Chilton, the original lead singer of the band. My featured song is...

Eclipse Darkness is a star of Production Music for television, films and gaming. His genres include Hip Hop, Rap, Big Bass, Big Drums and Trailers. He’s produced over 300 works and obtained more than 9,000 placements. My featured song is “It’s The Beat”. Spotify link .  --------------------------------------------- The Follow Your Dream Podcast: Top 1% of all podcasts with Listeners in 200 countri...