Music Matters with Darrell Craig Harris

(Switcher Studio IOS App camera aspect view 1) Music Matters with Darrell Craig Harris (pro-bassist) Livestream this time is at the Pioneer Saloon with singer/songwriter Chris Heer s - This Las Vegas native has songs that have been featured in movies, TV, Xbox, and Wii Country Dance Video Games, and on worldwide radio charting several top 100 songs in the USA and as high as number one in Europe.  ...

(Switcher Studio IOS App camera aspect view 1) Music Matters with Darrell Craig Harris chats with singer-songwriter Philena Carter Philena Carter Music talking about songwriting, living and working in Las Vegas, her band Stanley Ave and more! Philena plays a couple of her fav singer/songwriter songs for us as well :) Our podcast series is available on all major podcast outlets, search for “Music M...

Georgina (a.k.a - George) Agombar and I first connected via Instagram - While I was impressed by her website and music, after chatting with her, I was very heartened to hear what George had to share. Listen in as we chat about how George has naturally discerned for herself at a young age what it takes to provide collaboration to support musical talent in helping them to personally identify what ac...

In the first episode of our new season three - I reconnect and chat with Graham Russell of the iconic duo - Air Supply. We chat about meeting in Japan while both touring in our respective shows. Graham shares his thoughts on songwriting, touring, life, and we even chat about Graham's deep spiritual beliefs! This was a great time spent with this fascinating individual. I hope you'll really enjoy th...

I met Tim way back when we toured on the Queen Symphony Show. Tim is well-known as the featured guitarist for NBC’s Emmy Award-winning Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert televised special. And, School of Rock The Musical. Tim has also performed alongside Alice Cooper, John Legend, and Dee Snider, as well as recording with multi-platinum selling producers such as Rob Cavallo and David Bottrill....

It is great to connect with another bass guitar player and get into some details. Marten Andersson originally from Stockholm, Sweden, has lived for many years in Hollywood and on the outskirts of Los Angeles, California. He's a real heavy metal and hard rock nice dude. Well-known for playing with many famous bands - Steelheart - Lizzy Borden - Lynch Mob - Starwood - Legacy. In 2016, Marten Anderss...

I had the pleasure of touring with Gary Puckett for a number of years and it was great to re-connect with him again - Just like old times. As you'll hear we covered a lot of ground in the hour that we spent chatting. I hope you enjoy this podcast as much as I did in making it. Below is a summary of the fantastic achievements that Gary has attained thus far in his impressive musical career. GARY PU...

In this episode, I chat with one of my long-time friends Niki Westerback . Niki was discovered and encouraged to develop her singing skills by well-known vocal coach and record producer - Tracy Lipp of Helsinki Records. Since their first studio meeting, Niki has never looked back. Both her solo career and as the lead singer of the all-female heavy rock group - Barbe-Q-Barbies .  Over the CV19 lock...

My chat with Waylon Revis, vocalist for 'A Killer Confession' and former 'Mushroomhead' vocalist was great fun while at the same time insightful. This is one happily married dude living in Florida. When listening to this chat I am sure like me you'll feel the clear sense that having faced personal adversity nothing now is gonna stop him from his razor-sharp focus to move forward in life.  We cover...

  It's great to chat with Bucky Heard. He joined with  'The Righteous Brothers' in 2016 at the invitation of Bill Medley, who said he'd found not only an amazing voice, he also found the right chemistry pairing up with Bucky. Above and beyond singing with the Righteous Brothers, Bucky offers an online vocal singing coaching method he's developed called Vocal PREP Metrix . Working on a strong found...

My special guest on this episode is a global legend with 14 top 40 hits, 5 Top 10 Hits, and 2 x number 1 Hits - a massive Talley of Gold and Platinum records, also he has over 30 million sold records to his credit.  It was a real pleasure to chat with Mark Farner. A Flint, Michigan native, husband, father, and the all-American frontman and guitarist for 'Grand Funk Railroad'.  Plus Mark brought me...

What great fun and a real pleasure to chat with Edna Martinez Who is both a journalist and public radio station host on the public Radio Universidad Cuauhtemoc station. Her popular radio show - "MONITOR" offers vital up to date information on all elements of arts, culture and political commentary in the northern region of Chihuahua.  Edna and I covered a lot of ground in a very short space of time...

It was great to hang out with the three members of Dylan 'N' Alice - Michael, Dylan and Tommy...what great guys, talented  and mega following on their social media channels.  Dylan the lead vocalist is well known for his YouTube, TikTok, Facebook videos, as well as several tv show appearances! His most popular video has over 115,000 million views...awesome music!   Check out their website = Dylan...

What a pleasure to chat with and hear sing the unmistakable soulful voice of Finnish musician, composer, arranger and vocal coach Charlotta Kerbs. (also affectionately known as) Charlotta Curves.   I've been following Charlotta on YouTube and social media for sometime, and she's always amazed me with the versatility of her voice, with its deep expression and amazing tone. As I mentioned it's one o...

What a pleasure to reconnect with this Finnish Pop superstar, kind and lovely personality. I've travelled to Finland fifteen times now.  It's people, the landscape and the energy have a special part that lives within me. Listen in as Jannike shares some fascinating insights about her start in music which is very much a vocation for her. Jannike also shares some updates and whats on her immediate h...

It's a real pleasure to chat with actress, singer and show producer – Erin Baltsar.  This ladies career path has taken her right across both the continental United States, Europe and beyond. Performing in off broadway and regional shows and onto New York. Erin is currently starring in FRIENDS! The Musical Parody which pivots to Paris Las Vegas to continue its successful off-Broadway run that pokes...

Listen in on this episodes with our special guest  Alan Hewitt - the Moody Blues keyboardist since 2010. Darrell and Alan chat about Alan's latest grammy nominated group  - Alan Hewitt and One Nation. They also chat about  Alan playing with Earth Wind and Fire, One Nation, The Moody Blues.  Alan was originally a drummer and switched to keyboard when he realised the wide-ranging scope it provided h...

On this episode 07 - Season 2 of Music Matters Podcast...Darrell Craig Harris guest is Internationally known vocalist, actress, show producer and good friend Anne Martinez. Listen in and hear about the lessons that Anne has learnt along the way to maintain and grow her highly successful career. Working with well known entertainers, producing and creating shows, and working through the corvid lockd...

Our guest today is Dr Michael Santucci an audiologist, president and founder of Sensaphonics a globally known audio company based in Chicago, Illinois, USA.  Making custom molded in-ear monitors, earplugs, and hearing protection for musicians, sound engineers, industrial use, motor sports and for aircraft pilots and even space shuttle astronauts. Listen in as audiologist Dr. Michael Santucci chats...

J-pop and K-pop Mega hit songwriter Mayu Wakisaka chats with Darrell on Music Matters Podcast. Speaking from her home in Tokyo.  Mayu and Darrell chat about her tremendous success as a songwriter and as a popular singer. J-pop and K-pop are very different because of their respective languages, and Mayu explains how things are done. Mayu shares  information about Darrell's involvement in the launch...

My special guest on this episode is Billy Amendola, the editor at large of the long-time popular magazine 'Modern Drummer'.  Billy graciously shares personal facts for the first time. His growing friendship with Ringo Star since meeting at Saturday Night Live (SNL). His early music career, the forming in 1974 of the New York City based band 'Mantus'. Achieving three top ten dance singles with a wo...

It was a real pleasure to chat with Denny....his Dad and Mom inspired and taught me a lot through my interactions with them both at music school in California. So, when I had a chance to chat with Tommy's son Denny about the wonderful film - 'The Wrecking Crew' I couldn't wait to hear about some of the interesting history behind how the film came to life as well as some insight into Denny's own ci...

Darrell was introduced to Yuri through Darrell's performance connection with the well-known traditional Bon Daiko drummer Isaku Kageyama. YURI KAGEYAMA is a poet, fiction writer, essayist, journalist, filmmaker and songwriter of bilingual and bicultural (Japanese and American) upbringing chats with Darrell Craig Harris on Music Matters. Yuri shares her thoughts on current daily life in Tokyo and s...

Music Matters is a podcast series hosted by globally published music journalist, pro musician, published Getty Images photographer Darrell Craig Harris. Music Matters is based in Las Vegas!   The series is produced by the Music Matters team which includes Darrell Craig Harris and voiceover artist and co-producer Nigel J. at MusicTribesUnite. Media based in the south of France!  The podcast series...

In this episode, Darrell chats with his good friend  Rodney Hall,  who is the president of the FAME Recording Studios in Muscle Shoals Alabama.  Rodney is also the co-owner of FAME Publishing.  Rodney's father - Rick Hall along with Billy Sherrill and Tom Stafford founded  Florence Alabama Music Enterprises in 1959. Rick Hall took over as the sole owner in 1960 and renamed the recording studio wit...