Hitmakers Exposed

Lee Dannay has over twenty five years experience in the music industry, including 15 years at Sony Music, as a senior A&R executive for both Epic and Columbia Records, plus five years at Warner/Chappell Music Publishing. While at Sony, Lee signed, developed and worked with a variety of artists including John Mayer, Shawn Mullins, Five For Fighting, Anna Nalick and General Public. Lee also work...

Michelle Escoffery is a powerhouse in the music industry, celebrated as an award-winning singer-songwriter and an inspiration to all who cross her path. With an impressive career spanning over three decades, Michelle has proven herself time and again as a force to be reckoned with.  She has been honored with prestigious accolades such as the Ivor Novello Award and Brit Award, which stand as testam...

From an abusive school  environment as a dyslexic, angry young man to music mogul who worked his way to the top following his passion and gut instinct. A fascinating intimate and honest conversation with one of the hardest working people in the music business, now tech entrepreneur, Guy Holmes. Guy Holmes is a business strategist, venture capitalist, and music industry veteran based between London...

A lifetime in music has led Charlie Dore from being a Billboard Top 20 artist with her hit song Pilot Of The Airwaves to selling tens of millions of records writing songs for Celine Dion, Tina Turner , Lisa Stansfield, Paul Carrack, Ricky Ross and Jimmy Nail, notching up Top 10 hits in Italy, Germany and France, a US No 4 and a UK No 1. Follow her life in this podcast, with stories of being charme...

A lifetime in music has led Charlie Dore from being a Billboard Top 20 artist with her hit song Pilot Of The Airwaves to selling tens of millions of records writing songs for Celine Dion, Tina Turner , Lisa Stansfield, Paul Carrack, Ricky Ross and Jimmy Nail, notching up Top 10 hits in Italy, Germany and France, a US No 4 and a UK No 1. Follow her life in this podcast, with stories of being charme...

Known affectionately as Mo Pleasure, this renowned multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and producer, began playing acoustic piano at the age of four and by his early teens already mastered several instruments including bass, trumpet, guitar, drums and violin. He has played with Ray Charles, Michael Jackson, Christian Aguilera, Mary J. Blige and Earth, Wind & Fire. Upon receiving his Bachelor of...

Mark Garfield is a drummer, producer, songwriter and music publisher – founder co owner of Pop-Up Music a UK a music publisher and sync agent. He has drummed, produced and written for artists including, Glen Matlock (Sex Pistols), Dr Fink (Prince), Eddie Kramer (producer Jimmy Hendrix, Led Zeppelin…), Pete Brown (Cream), Mo Foster (Jeff Beck, Phil Collins), Clem Burke (Blondie), Neal X (Sigue Sigu...

The stories behind the life of global hit songwriter Pam Sheyne. Now based in Los Angeles, New Zealand born Pam Sheyne’s career has resulted in a number of globally recognised hit records, major film end titles, sales of 50+ million records, 100+ platinum, gold and silver sales certifications, 7 BMI Pop airplay citations and a prestigious Ivor Novello award. Whilst best known for the global breakt...

In this inspiring interview, Paddy reveals the ups and downs of being a creative, how to maintain the positivity and self belief, and shares the stories behind the hits. Paddy Byrne is a multi million selling British songwriter, musician and producer known for working in a variety of genres with multi platinum and developing artists alike such as Snakehips, Paloma Faith, Ella Eyre, Tom Grennan, Ol...

In this inspiring interview, Paddy reveals the ups and downs of being a creative, how to maintain the positivity and self belief, and shares the stories behind the hits. Paddy Byrne is a multi million selling British songwriter, musician and producer known for working in a variety of genres with multi platinum and developing artists alike such as Snakehips, Paloma Faith, Ella Eyre, Tom Grennan, Ol...

Sie is a Grammy, Mercury Prize and MOBO nominated Producer, Songwriter, Mixer, and Engineer with 28 years of professional experience in the music industry and 14 years as a Sony ATV Publishing in house songwriter. The last few decades have seen Sie constantly produce, write and mix music with artists and labels at every level. Sie sees his longevity in the industry down to his insatiable thirst fo...

Part 2 of 2 | Includes Live Performance of Wrecking Ball Hit songwriter and producer Sacha is best known for co-writing James Blunt's hit singles "You're Beautiful" and "Goodbye My Lover" as well as Miley Cyrus' hit song "Wrecking Ball". He has worked with artists such as Adele, Lana Del Rey, Jason Mraz, Tears for Fears, Duffy and many more. In this liv...

Part 1 of 2 | Includes Live Performance of You're Beautiful Hit songwriter and producer Sacha is best known for co-writing James Blunt's hit singles "You're Beautiful" and "Goodbye My Lover" as well as Miley Cyrus' hit song "Wrecking Ball". He has worked with artists such as Adele, Lana Del Rey, Jason Mraz, Tears for Fears, Duffy and many more. In...

Live from The Songwriting Academy International Conference in London 2019, legendary record producer Trevor Horn talks about his life in music from early days learning bass as a youngster to making global hit records for Seal, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Grace Jones, Rod Stewart and more...and of course Trevor shares the story behind the iconic  Video Killed The Radio Star. Still as passionate as e...

From a huge country music career writing for Faith Hill, George Strait, Waylon Jennings and many more of the greats, to penning "Never Give Up On A Good Thing" for George Benson, to global pop success with Jennifer Lopez' "Waiting For Tonight". Michael has done it all, or you'd think so...but he still has huge dreams, new goals and is working as hard as ever creating...

Paul Statham is a multi platinum selling songwriter and producer who has been published by Warner Chappell Music for over 20 years. Paul co-wrote with Dido the breakthrough single “Here With Me” and the title track of her first album No Angel, selling over 20 million records. Paul also wrote two tracks on Kylie’s massive album “Fever” Kylie as well as songs for The Saturdays, Matt Cardle, Gabriell...

Join host Martin Sutton and 12 special guest hit songwriters, producers and music business leaders discussing the impact that A.I. has, and will have on the music business and its creatives. Guests (in order of appearance): Kevin McCove Andrew Rollins Jeff Franzel Shane Whalen Helienne Lindvall Vincent Corver Ally McErlaine Jonathan Li Sie Medway-Smith Rob Wells Nick Evans Charlie Dore The best ad...

Talking about life, music and making hit records with the multi-platinum award winning songwriter and producer behind the music of artists including  Ariana Grande, Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez, Adam Lambert, Nick Lachey, Mika, Katharine McPhee, Backstreet Boys, Paloma Faith, Nelly Furtado, Big Time Rush, Cyndi Lauper and many more. Rob talks about his life in music, his approach to making records...

Responsible for over 100 Top 40 hits in the UK alone, STOCK AITKEN WATERMAN ruled the pop charts in the 1980s and provided the soundtrack to a generation... Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman – better known collectively as Stock Aitken Waterman – are amongst the most successful songwriters, arrangers and producers in the history of pop music. ​Stock Aitken Waterman wrote and/or produced wel...

Legendary record producer Chris Neil talks about his decades of experience producing global hit records for Celine Dion, Rod Stewart, Cher, Mike & The Mechanics, Sheena Easton and many more household names. What makes a hit song, a great artist and a great record? This plus solid advice for emerging artists and producers on how to carve a career in today's music business. The best advice...

Prepare to be inspired! Vocologist and Singing Rehabilitation Specialist Carol-Lynne shares invaluable advice on how to find your voice, keep your voice and the empowerment of respecting your true sound. From coaching Juno Award winning artists to complete beginners, Carol-Lynne, also known as CQ, combines athletic voice science with soulful connection. https://www.cqvoice.com Instagram and Tik To...

The fascinating story of Michael Walker, CEO of Modern Musician, who started in a struggling indie punk band surviving on peanut butter wraps, but then found a way of "Tour Hacking" which immediately catapulted their sales and visibility. Now a highly regarded mentor and music tech entrepreneur, Michael shares some key secrets to indie artist success in today's music marketplace. Th...

Describing herself simply as a ‘modern English musician’, Eliza Carthy is one of the most recognisable faces in British folk.  She has received an MBE; numerous BBC R2 Folk Awards; two Mercury Prize nominations; was the first English traditional musician to be nominated for a BBC R3 Award for World Music, and in 2021 became President of the English Folk Dance & Song Society. Born into a formid...

Multi-million record selling songwriter and pianist Jeff Franzel shares his stories about playing piano for Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Junior in front of audiences including President Ford and writing life changing songs for Hollywood blockbuster movies. Jeff gives stellar advice on how to stay  inspired, how to get a song started and how to be authentic every time you create. Make sure you lis...

Andrew Rollins opens up about his tough childhood, 30 years of sobriety and becoming one of the most sought after songwriters on the scene. Andrew is an Emmy award winner who has played guitar with music legends including BB King, Jose Feliciano and Dionne Warwick. He has had nine of his songs placed in ABC's Nashville TV show and has a music publishing company with his long term friend Randy...