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He has been called “a musician’s musician.” He has become known as the “Nashville Guitar Guru” for his work as a teacher and coach to professional performers, hit songwriters, and the next generation of Nashville’s rising stars. Six months ago, he released an album of twelve instrumental tracks and now he’s getting ready to release an online guitar course series. In 2019 he put out a book called,...

He is not only a musician, but he is the new President & CEO of the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM). Previously he served as Vice President of Music Education & Technology at Hal Leonard, and he is the immediate Past-President of the Technology Institute of Music Educators. He has taught online graduate courses at VanderCook College and served as Director of Education for PreSonus A...

A Los Angeles-based musician, filmmaker, writer, and podcaster. He was lead singer and autoharpist in a band called The Acres, which had a large following in Europe, Australia, and Latin America, and did a mix of bluegrass, hymns, and neo-folk. He still plays autoharp for guest appearances on albums, with his latest appearance being on an album by Omewenne. His film “La Lucha” was an official sele...

A singer, songwriter, guitar player who is also part of an all-female Aerosmith tribute band. She has toured Australia, Japan and beyond, and has gotten accolades from the likes of Guitar Player Magazine, American Songwriter Magazine, Guitar World, and Vintage Guitar Magazine. She is having success with both video and audio streaming to the tune of over 1.2 million video views on her YouTube chann...

A singer/songwriter who hails from Colombia, though she now lives in Miami. She was nominated for a Latin Grammy in 2021 for best singer-songwriter album, which was for her debut release. She has performed in New York, Florida, California, and the Bahamas and sings in four different languages. Her YouTube videos have over a quarter of a million views, and she is getting ready to release her second...

A singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist who recently gave a TedX talk and has some songs coming out this summer, with hopes of doing some touring. She has over 30,000 monthly Spotify followers and one of her songs has been streamed over four million times. In addition, she has over a million views on her YouTube videos. Based in Los Angeles, she is a mental health advocate in the LGBTQ com...

A singer, songwriter, international performer from Los Angeles, who got her start busking on the streets in the LA area, but has also played festivals around the world, including South Korea, where she placed fifth in the 2022 Buskers World Cup. Her YouTube channel has amassed over 800,000 video views and she has released several albums as an unsigned independent artist, including two that were cr...

He is a storyteller who is passionate about helping artists achieve their unique creative vision. He achieves this mission as a record producer, audio engineer, educator, and the owner of The Record Shop, a recording studio and multimedia production company in Nashville. He has worked with artists ranging from John Legend and Juicy J to Big & Rich and Tim McGraw to Zakk Wylde and The Wallflowers....

Los Angeles-based singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and international touring artist who is currently in the studio recording a new album. Her catalog includes an EP that she recorded with GRAMMY Award-winning producer Dom Morley – a past guest on this show – and her top five songs on Spotify have a combined total of close to three quarters of a million streams. Meanwhile, the content on...

Nashville-based singer, songwriter, guitar player who has a new single coming out as well as a video series. She is performing regularly in Music City as well as online and has even performed at the world famous Bluebird Café in Nashville. She has had endorsement deals with Recording King Guitars and LR Baggs and was recently featured as the Artist of the Month by Steve Clayton Custom Guitar Picks...

A multi-platinum, two-time GRAMMY-nominated songwriter who will be honored next month at the 11th annual She Rocks Awards in California. She has written for and with the likes of The Pretenders, Keith Urban, Britney Spears, Brandy, Selena Gomez, Demi Lovato, Celine Dion, Michelle Branch, Natasha Bedingfield, Bebe Rexha, and more. Her songs have appeared in hundreds of films and TV shows, including...

On-location in Las Vegas with a singer, multi-instrumentalist, tribute artist, content creator, influencer, and producer. She has been portraying Lady Gaga for 13 years, seven of which she has performed for the world-renowned tribute show, “Legends in Concert.” Most recently she has produced her own show, “Lady Winehouse,” which debuted early this year in what has been called the entertainment cap...

He just last month released a 16-song children’s album, which includes three interactive bonus tracks. He is a record producer, film and TV composer, songwriter, arranger, musical director, and bandleader who splits his time between Music City and Los Angeles. On Spotify alone he has well over 213 thousand monthly listeners and his top five tracks on there have gotten a combined total of over 41 M...

A Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee, GRAMMY Award-winner, and the original drummer and co-founder of the legendary band Chicago. Critically acclaimed as an instrumentalist and a composer, Rolling Stone magazine has ranked “the father of jazz rock” as one of the top 100 drummers of all time. His storied career has also included producing, as well as working with a variety of Broadway musical and th...

Singer songwriter, guitar player who just released a new single less than two weeks ago and has an EP coming out in May. Just over four months ago she released a single whose music video premiered on CMT and features a notable collaborator. Already in her young career she has performed at notable venues such as the Hotel Café in Los Angeles, the Bitter End in New York City, and she has done shows...

Based just south of Los Angeles, he is a singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist who just released his eighth album at the end of January. He has gotten radio exposure from Mexico to Portugal to the UK to, of course, here in the U.S., and has an amazing story about being befriended early in his career by the road manager for The Beatles. In addition to all that he has done in music, he has worke...

The nine-year anniversary episode of the podcast, featuring an award-winning singer, songwriter, guitar player and author who released a single last month and has a new album coming out this Spring. He is in his 40th year of being a full-time independent artist, and his autobiography is called, “Off The Record - The Trials and Tribulations of a Travelin' Troubadour.” His music has gotten widesprea...

He spent ten years living and working in Nashville at the start of his music career. Now based in Kansas City, Missouri, he is a singer, composer, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and arranger who is in the process of releasing (beginning of March) a new album featuring 24 songs. In addition, he is working on a new body of work, plus he has a film production company (doing 70+ films a year), for w...

Alabama-based singer, songwriter, guitar player who has a tour starting next month. He has recently signed with Aurally Records, which is a Sony Music subsidiary label and is currently in the studio recording a new album. He has performed at numerous venues and events across Texas, Alabama, and Florida, including having opened for the likes of Craig Morgan, The Charlie Daniels Band, and many more....

Minneapolis-based singer, songwriter, model, and actress who has a new single coming out in just over three weeks AND will be releasing a full album soon as well. Last year she released three singles as well as covers of two Christmas songs. One of her songs alone on Spotify has been streamed over 133 thousand times. She has planned and directed most of her own high-concept music videos, several o...

Seattle-based composer, singer, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter who splits his time between the Pacific northwest and Los Angeles. His latest album – a ten-song release – came out last August, and almost one year ago to the day he had a 31-track release that was an original television soundtrack. He has a new album in production, targeted for release in late spring or early summer. A regular...

Originally from England but now based in Boston, he’s a podcaster, author, composer and producer who is the first missionary to become an EDM artist. In 2022 he put out a six-song EP, PLUS seven other singles and he’s targeting the middle of next month for his next release. As a minister he has preached to eighty thousand people and as a DJ Producer has performed to thousands more. On Spotify alon...

A multi-instrumentalist whose punk/alternative band, Area 52, has been recording an EP that will be released very soon. They performed at a number of venues around the Tampa Bay area last summer and fall after having taken the stage in Orlando last May at Podfest Multimedia Expo. He is also the founder of DAW Junkie, a music production training website that has a companion YouTube channel. He is a...

Based in England, a musician, composer, record producer, and filmmaker who two months ago released a single that has had all kinds of success on the charts, not only in the UK but in the U.S. and elsewhere. There is a new music video coming in January for that song, plus he has an EP on the way in March as well as a live album in April or May. He has a combined total of almost three-quarters of a...

Award-winning guitarist, songwriter, singer, composer, producer, radio and TV personality, music columnist, educator, and sound engineer. He was featured on a Christmas song that came out last month and was also featured on a single that was released in July. He is the subject of a mini-documentary that came out a year-and-a-half ago that talks about his blindness and other medical challenges and...