Great Exposure

Sammi Martinez is a 22-year-old singer/songwriter from Chandler, Arizona. She started singing for audiences and playing the piano when she was just 4 years old. At age 11 she taught herself guitar and started writing songs at age 12. Sammi has competed in several talent competitions including being a finalist Alice Cooper's "Proof is in the Pudding." She was selected to perform at Tempe Center for...

Tanner and Brittney are back for another hot take episode. We discuss Tanner going to a Creed concert and how we feel about entertainers using their public platform to preach.

Recent guest, Kash Jaeger, is currently on tour with Laur Elle, supporting the band Emarosa. Kash was nice enough to introduce Laur Elle with Tanner for episode #54! If she’s not on your playlists already, be prepared to be obsessed with Laur Elle — as a singer-songwriter who has always been enamored by the power of words, the indie pop artist is a true, multi-talented self-starter through and thr...

Born in Irving, Tx and exposed to the Honky-Tonk scene from a young age, Jaty has been singing and playing guitar for over 25 years. Jaty started his career as a professional musician in Columbus, Ohio, where he won the Rude Dog Music Competition, the Buckeye Lake Winery Battle of the Bands, and was the winner of the Columbus Songwriters Association: 2014 Songwriters Showdown. At the end of 2015 h...

Kash Jaeger is a drummer, musical director, and producer based in Phoenix, AZ. Known for his versatility, Kash has collaborated with a range of artists, including recent American Idol winner Abi Carter, the legendary emo band Scary Kids Scaring Kids, Carr, Laur Elle, Sorry X, and many more. At just 27, he has performed on stages from intimate club settings to grand arenas. Kash's greatest stre...

On episode #51 Brittney and Tanner get into "Brat Summer" and how house music is now made its way into main stream pop. We also continue our past topic of mixing in key, and how Tanner is struggling with the learning curve of doing just that.

Whether it's experiencing heartbreak from a young age or her nostalgia for youth, the 18-year old singer-songwriter Alex Krimm transcends the ideas of modern day grief through her songs. While this may sound heavy, Krimm beautifully writes about her experiences in a way that captivates you from the start. Her music creates a sense of peace within the chaos of her emotions. Alex Krimm was born...

Nikki Shue is a gigging veteran that started off learning how to gig at open mics and coffee shops. Her story is enlightening with the struggles of making it a full time living, and overcoming different obstacles.

We're so back. Episode #48 with firefighter, paramedic, and country sangin', classic rock guitar slangin', Jake Jones. enjoy.

I am sorry that the podcast has not been super consistent lately. Here is an update on what's going on!

On this week's episode, we dive into making the decision of playing music as a full time living, and what you should consider before doing so.

Visiting AZ his entire life, his love for the desert made the move from Chicago in 2022, looking to share his knowledge and style of DJing with Arizona. We get into the differences of the music business from state to state.

Deal James is one of the most unique artists Groove Booking has worked with. His funky style and remix of songs has led to him being a favorite in any city that he performs in. Most recently, Deal moved to New York City to play music full time, and is now splitting time between NYC and Arizona once again. We chat a lot about what it takes to not only perform, but simply live in NYC.

Co-Host Brittney Novelli is back for another episode. On #44, we got into the topic of music license companies coming after establishments harder than ever, making it harder to even offer live music to clients.

Randy Daniel is a professional DJ, singer, and owner of a production company. He has performed at hundreds of nightclubs, restaurants, and weddings, with most recently putting his great singing voice to use on the same sort of gigs.

Aaron Menezes is a multi-taltented vocalist, guitarist, producer, and musical director. Originally from LA, Aaron is now one of Groove Booking's most booked Phoenix artists. Be prepared for lots of John Mayer talk, because we are both fan boys. We also get into being a church MD, as well as what being a "producer" really is.

Originally from Michigan, Jenn McMillan brought her musical talents to Arizona in 2017. I really enjoyed getting to know Jenn. We cover topics about how easily the music industry can be devalued, the importance of booking agencies, and the unfortunate occasional gig where no one shows up 😬

Phelan Parker has been a professional DJ, sax, and flute player for 20+ years. I enjoyed getting to sit down and chat about his expertise and stories of the music business.

Jacob Morris is back in town visiting from Nashville for a weekend full of shows in the Phoenix area. We cover what it's been like for Jacob being a full time working artist in Nashville, his story of performing in the country of Turkey, promoting yourself on social media as an original artist, and other complete nonsense.

Phoenix based singer songwriter Kurtis Adair was born in Bellingham, WA and raised in Arizona. He has been putting on solo performances and working as a multi-instrumentalist in various groups across the western U.S. specializing in alternative, rock, folk, and americana.

Welcome back for episode #37 of Great Exposure with Tanner Siegfort and Brittney Novelli. We first recap Tanner's first music festival experience. Brittney has questions about backing tracks after attending a live show, and we get into the Drake and Kendrick diss tracks.

Katherine Garcia is a licensed professional therapist, and owner of White Lotus Therapy Services, and Black Clover Enterprises; business coaching. Mental health has always been very important to Tanner. "I've struggled with anxiety for the majority of my life, and as I've become a professional in the music industry, I've realized many other creative people struggle in the same way...

Tanner and Brittney are back for episode #35. Tanner is going (went) to Sick New World festival in Las Vegas. We get to talking about ins and outs of attending massive music festivals, and other random topics.

Shane Travis is a singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. Fresh off the road with artist Evan Honer, I had lots of questions to ask about touring, and the quick rise to popularity through social media.

For the second time, the front man of Vinyl Station, Matt Thornton. From being hypnotized, to ideas on how to fix making money from streaming, we seemed to cover a lot. And getting off topic, a lot.