Musicians And Beyond Podcast

Born and raised in the North East region of Italy, Emanuele Pistucchia followed his heart and musical dreams and relocated to The USA in 2001. A self taught guitarist, Emanuele found success at an early age and even released a 4 song EP at the age of 13. Through the many years of climbing the ladder of success, he has made a big name in the music industry as an incredible artist and a humble and k...

Dean Ford, best known for his Nationally recognized PRINCE tribute band "Dean Ford And The Beautiful Ones" joined Musicians And Beyond for an action packed afternoon consisting of music, laughs, inspiration and gratitude. Dean even tells us that one of PRINCE's original band members Matt "Doctor " Fink has joined him to play at multiple shows. Dean Ford is also a very succe...

Musicians And Beyond just keeps digging deeper into the stories from the mouth of Ernie Cefalu. Ernie tells us in this episode about a original Rolling Stones tongue piece that was "lost" for 53 years and how he recently reunited with it a month ago. Humor, facts and storytelling are Ernies traits as he reflects his 50 plus years of working with so many well known musicians. Although he is known f...

Our final "Under The Covers" episode part, but surely not the last time M&B will be working with the legendary Ernie Cefalu. In this episode, we chat with the Godfather of Album covers about future news in the making! Ernie has the largest Original album art collection and numerous art pieces. We walk through the recent past as he paints a picture of recent Art museum shows including...

All it took was singing along to Garth Brooks in his mothers station wagon for Derek Randall to find his direction in life. MnB really enjoyed chatting with Derek who currently splits his time between Nashville and Grand Rapids. Derek credits the different make up of each individual band member for the success and sound of his band. They are currently experiencing the transition towards the big ti...

M&B got to chat with the humble, grateful and talented Harmoni Kelley. Harmoni, a self taught musician has fought her way up the musical ladder and is now in her 8th year playing bass and touring with Kenny Chesney. Listen in to hear in her own words about the not so graceful day auditioning for her current position. Harmoni is inspired by many and is an inspiration herself to the future of mu...

Sex, Drugs and Rock n' Roll! We hit them all in our enlightening conversations with the renowned graphic artist, Ernie Cefalu. Ernie is the founder of Pacific Eye And Ear, an advertising agency in California. As his career as taken a change in course, he takes us down the road of his his new career in the marijuana and CBD industry. Ernie is part owner of a very successful facility that grows...

It doesn't matter what day of the week it is for this group of talented musicians. Everyday is WHENZDAZE! This Green Day inspired music is sure to get you up on your feet and dancing around and maybe even crowd surf! Members came in studio and shared great inspirational words for musicians to be. They peel back the layers of a couple songs and tell us about their songwriting process. These guy...

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What an episode ! The vibrant and talented Kirstie Kraus chats with M&B and enlightens our listeners to so much, This proud new aunt to a beautiful baby girl shares her talents, advise, songwriting techniques and gratitude . We play 2 of Kirsties songs "Just One More" and "Something New". She digs deep and reflects on the inspirations to the lyrics and songwriting process. Who is the ideal Artist...

Believe it or not, Ernie gets deep "Under The Covers" in this part of our multipart series. Ernie Cefalu, a renowned graphic designer has had success in both the corporate advertising world and in the crazy world of rock n' roll music. He tell us about wrestling control of the album cover industry from the hands of the record labels. He talks about the artist vision vs. the client&#3...

A monumental episode! We are proud to say we have 50 episodes in the books, and we couldnt have celebrated it with a better guest. Brendan Ahern came into M&B Studios and shared stories about his "Converse Outlet Band" and his super successful "Pulling The Cork" podcast. Brendan breaks out his weathered and worn, musically precise acoustic guitar and shares some tunes with us. His stories, humor a...

Not only are there 1000's of corporate pieces and 250 Album artwork that were used, there were quite a few great iconic art and lettering that were not used for various reasons.

Zoomin in from Ireland, Colm Gavin was a "Brilliant" guest to have on and hear his stories. Gavin brings us into his life as a child and reveals that he remembers listening to his moms favorite artist, Elton John as a child.  These memories have created inspiration to hopefully share the stage with Sir Elton at some point in Colms lifetime. Colms knowledge of the actual workings of music is t...

Mark and John dont get starstruck often. Imagine Mick Jagger coming into the studios of Musicians And Beyond? Well, he didnt but the next best thing did. The guys of the ultimate Rolling Stones tribute band, 19th Nervous Breakdown came in studio and played some songs and told stories and jokes.  It was great having these energetic and talented guys in. Be sure to check out their social media...

Dont let her age fool you. 18 year old Lauren Mahoney came into the studio and just totally floored us with her talents and knowledge of music. She is a singer, performer, musician and now can call herself a songwriter. Lauren was bubbly and grateful for the opportunity to use Musicians And Beyond Podcast to debut he hot off the press song. Her genres are vast and future is extremely bright. We pr...

And the journey continues with the legendary & iconic Ernie Cefalu when we go "Under The Covers". In this part of our multipart series, Ernie reveals how his creative process is only a small part to his success. Ernie credits many around him for their contributions to his pieces and how together, they have created some of the most recognizable album cover art in the World. His album covers are...

Natalja & Gene Sticco came in and shared their stories and inspirations. Natalja, born in Latvia, has been into music since a very young age. After attending an Opera at a newly renovated venue with family, she knew that this was her dream and passion.  She is a Opera and Classical Crossover singer, who was a 7 year performing artist in the Latvian National Opera & Ballet. Throughout her career ,...

Kevin Alexander "Guitarzan" Herrera joined us and became a new friend. Kevin enthusiastically told us about his past, present and future musical plans. Kevin is currently touring internationally with "Foreigners Journey" and playing with "The Long Run." At the young age of 15, Kevin found himself playing as a professional musician in iconic LA clubs like "The Whiskey" and "The Roxy". Nicknamed “Gu...

In our special multi part series "Under The Covers" with Ernie Cefalu, Ernie chats with Mark and John all about how the idea of his business, Pacific Eye And Ear was born. This small business quickly became the "go to" designer for corporate work as well as iconic music album covers.  Ernie reveals some "never been told stories" as he recalls his 50 years in the indus...

Musicians And Beyond chatted with the multi-talented and bubbly Chloe Caroline. Chloe takes us on an adventure and tells us how her being born into a musically talented family was just the launch pad for her  successful career. With hundreds of original songs written, Chloe finds herself as a favorite act to watch when she is out playing. Chloes talents go way beyond singing and songwriting....

It was an ending fit for a Rock star! Seabrook Idol, Season 2, under the direction of Francoix Simard, brought together 50 applicants which turned to 18 contestants and through the process revealed the winner. Hosted by the Drivas Family, Reds Kitchen and Tavern and Ray Bourque. Local artists competed over a five week span. They took the stage and really made the judges earn their money. The talen...

We go "Under The Covers" again with Ernie Cefalu as part of our multipart series.  Ernie and Pacific Eye & Ear may be best known for their 250 album cover designs. These opportunities would have never have come to fruition without the solid foundation of corporate pieces. This series part talks about some of his album cover designs and his factual timeline on his design of the first Rolling Stones...

Lets go "Under The Covers" with Ernie Cefalu. As expected, this is an action packed behind the scenes look to some of the many iconic corporate pieces in Ernies portfolio. His freelance & corporate work is only a piece to the whole puzzle of Ernies life. Scholastic books, The Garden Of Eden, Jazz On Grass, New York Life, Waring Mixers, Omega watches and Ralston Purina are just a handful of his...

Starting with over 50 applicants, this episode highlights the incredible 8 last standing artists. We listen in and chat with each contestant. There are some celebrity guest appearances through out this podcast. You can find out who moves on to the finals that only consists of 3 of these incredible artists.  Listen in and support the great local and greater artists. Chrystal Marie, Lee Biddle...