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Making Sound with Jann Klose

111 episodes - English - Latest episode: 21 days ago - ★★★★★ - 33 ratings

Making Sound is a new podcast show hosted by singer and songwriter Jann Klose. Shows are centered around Jann chatting with fellow artists, friends and colleagues from entertainment, tech and travel world. The setting is informal and relaxed and episodes are available on all major podcasting platforms and makingsoundpodcast.com

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Derek Frank

March 29, 2024 14:00 - 1 hour - 47 MB

EPISODE 109: After years of touring the world with artists such as Gwen Stefani, Shania Twain, Shakira, Air Supply, and others, veteran LA bass player Derek Frank decided it was time to take a slight detour from the life of a “hired gun” musician and focus on his own instrumental quintet. Described as “Seventies-Inspired Funky Instrumental Jams With Fewer Bass Solos Than You Would Expect”, Derek and his band blend funk, blues, soul, jazz, southern rock, and seventies soundtrack music into a ...

Jeffrey Lee Campbell

March 16, 2024 13:00 - 1 hour - 48.4 MB

EPISODE 108: Jeffrey Lee Campbell, originally from North Carolina, is a guitarist, composer, and producer. He has been a professional musician for over forty years—thirty and counting in New York City. In addition to touring the world with Sting, he’s performed with artists including Sammy Davis Jr., Aretha Franklin, Michael Bublé, and Jon Bon Jovi. A grateful journeyman, Jeffrey has played guitar on countless recordings, jingles, and Broadway shows, currently performing in "MJ - The Musical...

John Zaika

February 23, 2024 20:00 - 1 hour - 42.6 MB

EPISODE 107: John Zaika is a Dallas, TX based producer, songwriter and engineer currently working on "Kite On A String: The Bobby Kimball Story" that tells the story of the TOTO front man's life, work, career and struggle with dementia. John was born in Dearborn, MI and has worked on numerous projects with Grammy Award winning producer Jeff Lorber. johnzaikamusic.com  Contact us: makingsoundpodcast.com Follow on Instagram: @makingsoundpodcast Follow on Threads: @jannklose Join our Facebook ...

Tony Pulizzi

February 19, 2024 16:00 - 1 hour - 50.6 MB

EPISODE 106: Tony Pulizzi has been a leading guitarist in the Los Angeles area for over a decade now and enjoys a music career filled with versatility and experience. Within a year after relocating to LA, Tony quickly made his impact on the west coast and became the house guitarist on American Idol. He parlayed that gig into numerous appearances on Dancing With The Stars, The Voice, BET Awards, and other TV network award shows / movie soundtracks. He has performed and/or recorded with top ar...

Simon Kirke 2

February 04, 2024 15:00 - 1 hour - 42.9 MB

EPISODE 105: Simon Frederick St George Kirke (born 28 July 1949) is an English rock drummer best known as a member of Free and Bad Company, the latter of which he has been the only continuous member since their inception. In addition to his work with Free and Bad Company, Simon has guested on a long list of recordings by other artists over the years, including albums by Wilson Pickett, Faces, Gov’t Mule, Jim Capaldi and Ron Wood, among countless others and he is often found drumming live on ...

Max ZT

January 26, 2024 17:00 - 51 minutes - 35.1 MB

EPISODE 104: House of Waters is the confluence of multiple streams. With immersive studies in India, Senegal, Japan, the Americas, and beyond, House of Waters has synthesized a new and unique sound. For sixteen years, Max ZT (hammered dulcimer) and Moto Fukushima (six-string electric bass) have carefully crafted a combined voice. Their rare instrumentation allows for the two prolific composers to create a distinct sound, and a compelling and captivating style. For their brand-new, GRAMMY® no...

Martina Radwan & Ruchi Mital

December 22, 2023 14:00 - 1 hour - 41.6 MB

EPISODE 103: Martina Radwan, a German/Syrian, based in New York City more than two decades, is award-winning cinematographer and filmmaker. “Saving Face,” the 2012 Academy Award Winner for Short Documentary and Emmy winner, earned her an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Cinematography in 2013. Her recent work includes Food & Country, Boys State, Inventing Tomorrow, The Final Year and more. Martina has directed two award winning shorts, Spring In Awe and Aliens Among US. Tomorrow, Tomorrow, To...

John Mahon 3

December 16, 2023 21:00 - 1 hour - 60.2 MB

EPISODE 102: Percussionist, Drummer and Vocalist John Mahon has been playing with Sir Elton John since 1997. He has performed over 2000 shows with the superstar,  in over 70 countries in front of millions. John was voted #3 Percussionist by Modern Drummer Magazine 2010 Readers Poll. He has recorded numerous albums with Elton John, achieving both Gold and Platinum Grammy winning success. “Playing and recording with Elton John for 20 years has given me the opportunity to play amazing music nig...

Jonathan Wales

December 08, 2023 14:00 - 1 hour - 44.3 MB

EPISODE 101: Jonathan Wales is a British born sound designer and re-recording mixer for numerous feature films including Get Out, Memento, Gaga: Five Foot Two and many others. His latest project is the new Netflix series, The Fall of the House of Usher. Born in London he now lives and works in Los Angeles, California. Jonathan Wales is an award winning re-recording mixer based in Los Angeles. After producing records in his native London, Jonathan moved to LA to work in the movie business. Ha...

Matt Cusson, Mark Andes, Mark Farner

November 10, 2023 16:00 - 59 minutes - 40.8 MB

EPISODE 100 SPECIAL: Matt Cusson is a Grammy nominated pianist, singer, writer, producer and arranger known for his work with luminaries such as Christina Aguilera, Brian McKnight, CeeLo Green and many others. mattcusson.com Mark Andes started his musical career in the mid 1960s. He was an original member of Canned Heat, formed Spirit, Jo Jo Gunne, and Firefall. He was a member of Heart from 1982-1992. Toured with Stevie Nicks, Dan Fogelberg and a host of Texas artists. runrunrundocumentary...

Tormod Ringnes

November 05, 2023 14:00 - 1 hour - 44.4 MB

EPISODE 99: Tormod Ringnes is the supervising sound editor, re-recording mixer and sound designer for TIFF '23 feature Songs of Earth. He is based in Oslo, Norway. Songs of Earth is a documentary guided by the director's 84-year-old father and his relations to his Norwegian mountain home. The film travels high and wide for both majestic scenery, symphony, and story, and was recently selected as Norway’s entry into the International Feature category for the Oscars. His past projects also incl...

Erene Mastrangeli

October 27, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour - 44.5 MB

EPISODE 98: Italian-born Erene Mastrangeli, a dynamic pop/folk artist, mastered classical guitar in Italy before relocating to NYC. Her music blends American and Italian styles, earning her the moniker the Italian Joni Mitchell. Erene has graced iconic venues worldwide and has collaborated with Brad Roberts (Crash Test Dummies) on her upcoming album, Loveshine, due out on November 17, 2023. erenemusic.com  Contact us: makingsoundpodcast.com Follow on Instagram: @makingsoundpodcast Follow on...

Raul Midón

October 20, 2023 16:00 - 1 hour - 47.7 MB

EPISODE 97: Raul Midón is a blind singer songwriter guitarist with an international following. He has received numerous accolades, highlights which include the Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Miami & the Disability Rights Advocate Award. He has collaborated with artists from Bill Withers to Jason Mraz.  In 2020 he decided to forgo the traditional record label relationship to create his own label ReKondite ReKords.  His first release on Reko Reko is “Eclectic Adventurist” wh...

Nicole Zuraitis

October 13, 2023 14:00 - 1 hour - 44.1 MB

EPISODE 96: Nicole Zuraitis is a GRAMMY-nominated jazz singer-songwriter, pianist and arranger, vocalist for the Birdland Big Band and winner of the prestigious 2021 American Traditions Vocal Competition Gold Medal. Her newest jazz vocal album How Love Begins, co-produced with eight-time GRAMMY-winner Christian McBride, released July 7th, 2023 featuring all original music.  She has headlined iconic jazz clubs like Dizzy’s Club at Lincoln Center, The Blue Note, Birdland, The Carlyle (with Dar...

Kevin So

October 06, 2023 15:00 - 1 hour - 55.3 MB

EPISODE 95: Kevin So has garnered the attention and respect of 5-time Grammy award winner Keb' Mo', singer/activist Billy Bragg and Tony Award winning playwright David Henry Hwang, and has built a loyal fan base around the world for the past 30 years. He has performed at Carnegie Hall, as well as Hollywood Bowl, Wiltern Theatre, and The Ryman in Nashville. In 2007, Kevin was proud recipient of the NYC International Fringe Festival Award (Best Music & Lyrics) for “Great Wall” – a musical loos...

Felix Cavaliere 2

September 29, 2023 14:00 - 58 minutes - 40.2 MB

EPISODE 94: Butterflies symbolize change, hope and transformation. They also represent pure joy. Through all his musical journeys, Felix Cavaliere has never lost that same delight. It wasn’t the structured, precise sounds his piano teacher taught him so long ago – for Cavaliere, one of the founders of GRAMMY winning and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees The Rascals - he can still recall the moment he heard rock and roll for the first time. Ensconced by its loose, soulful sound, Cavaliere ...

Jim Caruso

September 22, 2023 14:00 - 56 minutes - 38.7 MB

EPISODE 93: Jim Caruso made his Broadway debut singing Kay Thompson arrangements alongside Liza Minnelli in the Tony Award-winning Liza’s At The Palace.  He has performed at The Carlyle and Algonquin Hotels, Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, the United Nations, and the White House, winning numerous MAC, Nightlife and Bistro Awards. For the past twenty years, he has produced the Broadway at Birdland concert series and celebrated talent at "Jim Caruso’s Cast Party" at Birdland in New York City, a...

Howard Bloom 4

August 24, 2023 16:00 - 1 hour - 53.7 MB

EPISODE 92: Says former chairman and CEO of Mercury Records, Danny Goldberg in his book Bumping into Geniuses, Bloom’s “interest in rock and roll had more to do with the study of mass psychology in action than furthering the aggrandizement of spoiled rock stars. He approached PR as an applied science.” In fact, Bloom used his science to invent simple correlational techniques and no-cost market research tools.  He joined the resulting data to what he calls “tuned empathy” and “saturated intui...

Kara Talve & Anže Rozman

July 25, 2023 19:00 - 59 minutes - 40.8 MB

EPISODE 91: Kara Talve is an in-demand composer and multi-instrumentalist for film and television and, as a leading composer at Bleeding Fingers Music, has strengthened a variety of projects through her extraordinary talent and keen collaboration abilities. Most recently, she scored Apple TV+’s Prehistoric Planet alongside Hans Zimmer and  Anže Rozman, which was narrated by David Attenborough and produced by Jon Favreau in conjunction with BBC Studios’ Natural History Unit. The score, which ...

Howard Bloom 3

July 14, 2023 18:00 - 1 hour - 43 MB

EPISODE 90: Howard Bloom (born June 25, 1943) is an American author. He was a music publicist in the 1970s and 1980s for singers and bands such as Prince, Billy Joel, Michael Jackson and Styx. He has published a book on Islam, The Muhammad Code, an autobiography, How I Accidentally Started The Sixties, and three books on human evolution and group behavior: The Genius of the Beast, Global Brain, and The Lucifer Principle. Bloom was born to a Jewish family in Buffalo, New York. He became inter...

Joe Deninzon

June 23, 2023 14:00 - 1 hour - 46 MB

EPISODE 89: Joe Deninzon has been hailed by critics as “The Jimi Hendrix of the Violin”. Joe is the new violinist/guitarist in the band “Kansas”. He has worked with Sheryl Crow, Bruce Springsteen, The Who, Renaissance, 50 Cent, Peter Criss from Kiss, Ritchie Blackmore, NY City Ballet, and Jazz at Lincoln Center. Joe is also the lead singer and violinist for the prog band, Stratospheerius, and member of the Sweet Plantain String Quartet. A renowned composer and educator, he has published a bo...

Dominic Fallacaro

June 10, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour - 44.7 MB

EPISODE 88: Dominic Fallacaro is a Producer, Composer, and multi-instrumentalist based in Brooklyn, New York. His productions and performances have been featured on numerous albums, and across film and television. He is the Musical Director, and provided additional orchestrations for “& Juliet” - a new musical featuring the music of Max Martin, now on Broadway. He won a Grammy in 2015 for Producing the Best Children’s Album, received a nomination in 2018, and his works have been featured on ...

John Cusimano

May 29, 2023 16:00 - 59 minutes - 41 MB

EPISODE 87: John Cusimano is an American singer, musician, actor and film producer. He is the lead singer of The Cringe and now Fastest Land Animal. He has been married to Rachael Ray since 2005. Fastest Land Animal is an energetic punk rock band consisting of native New Yorkers, Screamin’ Jack Novak [vocals, guitar, synths] aka John Cusimano, Alfonse Castillo [guitar, bass] aka Jonny Blaze and Shark Samuels [drums] aka Andrew Meskin. Formed during the worldwide shutdown, FLA took recording ...

Charlie Rosen & Bryan Carter

May 15, 2023 16:00 - 1 hour - 44.5 MB

EPISODE 86: Charlie Rosen is a Grammy Award and Tony Award winning multi-instrumentalist, composer, performer, arranger, orchestrator, music director, and producer whose music has been heard worldwide across many stages and screens around the world. Some recent Broadway orchestration credits include: Some Like it Hot, A Strange Loop, Be More Chill, Moulin Rouge, Prince of Broadway and many more. charlierosen.com Bryan Carter is an American drummer, vocalist, composer, arranger, orchestrator...

Elliott Murphy

March 24, 2023 13:00 - 50 minutes - 34.8 MB

EPISODE 85: Living in Paris for over 30 years as an expatriate New Yorker, veteran rocker and author Elliott Murphy’s career in music and literature is more active than ever. He has released over 35 albums, still performs shows all over Europe as well as the U.S. and Japan, is a prolific author of fiction (as well as his autobiography JUST A STORY FROM AMERICA) and most recently starring in the feature length film BROKEN POET. Nearly five decades have passed since the release of Elliott’s cl...

Dr Neal Barnard

March 19, 2023 15:00 - 56 minutes - 38.7 MB

EPISODE 84: Raised in North Dakota’s cattle country, Neal Barnard grew up studying piano and cello. Barnard started composing and recording songs in the 80s. With a penchant for the avant-garde, Neal constantly writes songs that defy any genre categorization. He chooses unconventional time meters as well, in order to “tilt the song ever so slightly and give you that little jolt between the ears,” as he puts it. Barnard launched CarbonWorks at a 2016 event at New York’s Metrograph, hosted by ...

Robert Burke Warren

March 10, 2023 15:00 - 1 hour - 54.1 MB

EPISODE 83: Robert Burke Warren is a writer, performer, teacher, and musician, author of novel Perfectly Broken and one-man show Redheaded Friend, and editor of Cash on Cash: Interviews & Encounters with Johnny Cash. His work appears in Salon, Longreads, AARP, Texas Music, Brooklyn Parent, The Woodstock Times, Paste, The Rumpus, The Bitter Southerner, and the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, among others. You can find his music on albums by RuPaul, Rosanne Cash, and rockabilly queen Wanda Jackson; ...

Liah Alonso

February 19, 2023 22:00 - 1 hour - 49.4 MB

EPISODE 82: Liah Alonso, musical amazon, wields her guitar wherever she goes and lights up the room with her smile. Her memorable lyrics and catchy melodies evoke a quirky loveliness you can’t help but adore. Although she has been known to write a fierce, tear-jerking break-up song now and again, she much prefers to portray the irony of our society and the strange times we are living in with humor and soul. Memorable songs like “The High Heel Blues”, “Self-Help Guru Goddess”, “Unsolicited Di...

Sonja Kristina

February 03, 2023 14:00 - 1 hour - 53.6 MB

EPISODE 81: Sonja Kristina is a singer, actress and songwriter known has a member of the original cast of the musical "Hair" and as the lead singer for the progressive rock group, Curved Air. Kristina was born in Brentwood, England as Sonja Christina Shaw, daughter of a criminologist and granddaughter of Swedish actress Gerda Lundequist. Kristina first appeared on stage at the Swan Folk Club in Romford at the age of thirteen. Her first professional gig was at a Folk Festival in Southgate, Lo...

Roger Neill

December 16, 2022 18:00 - 1 hour - 50 MB

EPISODE 80: Roger Neill is a film and television composer, best known for his scores for the films “20th Century Women,” “Don’t Think Twice,” “Beginners,” and his work on television series such as Amazon’s “Mozart in the Jungle,” CBS’s “Mom” and the long-running Fox animated series “King of the Hill.” Most recently, he composed the score for “Darby and the Dead,” which is now streaming on Hulu. Neill, who holds a PhD from Harvard in music, has a vast award-winning music catalog, including th...

Mike James Gallagher & Anthony Vanchure

December 09, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 45.5 MB

EPISODE 79: Sound Editor Mike James Gallagher and Supervising Sound Editor Anthony Vanchure, whose collaboration on the documentary Lucy and Desi earned the pair an Emmy nomination for “Outstanding Sound Editing.”  Mike and Anthony most recently worked on the biopic Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, which premiered at TIFF and is now available on Roku. Mike worked as the film's main Sound Designer and Sound Editor, and Anthony worked as the Supervising Sound Editor. The film stars Daniel Radclif...

Ian Eisendrath

December 02, 2022 15:00 - 47 minutes - 32.6 MB

EPISODE 78: Ian Eisendrath is an Olivier Award-winning and Grammy-nominated Music Producer, Music Supervisor, Conductor and Arranger for theatre and film. Ian most recently served as the Executive Music Producer on Apple’s SPIRITED (starring Ryan Reynolds, Will Ferrell & Octavia Spencer) and Sony’s LYLE LYLE CROCODILE (starring Shawn Mendes, Javier Bardem & Constance Wu). He also worked on Disney’s upcoming live-action musical SNOW WHITE (starring Rachel Zegler & Gal Gadot). Additionally, Ia...

Frank Myers

November 18, 2022 15:00 - 1 hour - 58 MB

EPISODE 77: Frank Myers is an American country singer, songwriter and producer who has had 12 No. 1 hits, including "I Swear" which was released by John Michael Montgomery and All 4 One. Former member of the duo Baker & Myers, three-time ACM and CMA nominee for  “Duo Of The Year,” Frank Myers’ successes span more than 40 years in the music industry. He has written and produced songs recorded by more than 50 country and pop artists. Artist co-writes and productions feature work collectively w...

Angel Gates

November 11, 2022 15:00 - 1 hour - 47.1 MB

EPISODE 76: Angel was born and raised in the South Bronx before moving to the Hudson Valley in 2016. While his career started in the music industry as A&R for Columbia Records, he later embarked on a new path to deepen his love for film, which has since led to creating Angel Gates Productions and launching HUDSYTV. Growing up in NYC, Angel was able to experience the rich culture that exists within the boroughs' unique melting pot, allowing him to work seamlessly with individuals of all backg...

Mark Farner

November 04, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 52.3 MB

EPISODE 75: As one of the founding members, lead singer, lead guitarist, and wrote more than 90% of the Grand Funk Railroad music catalog, Farner has always been known as the energetic driving force on stage, the engine that pulled the original Grand Funk Railroad to the top of the charts. From his soulful voice and power rock riffs, to fueling the Funk with his atomic stage presence. His story and his imprint on music starts with Flint and since 1969 from his humble beginnings and a blue-co...

Nathan Ruyle

October 28, 2022 16:00 - 1 hour - 55.9 MB

EPISODE 74: Nathan Ruyle is a Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor, Re-recording mixer, and founder of the independent post-production sound company, This is Sound Design. TiSD provides complete sound services for independent, mid-budget, and studio feature films and series, including recent releases by Universal, HBO, Sony, Fox Searchlight, Netflix, Blumhouseand Amazon. Nathan has designed and mixed over 70 feature films which have premiered at every major festival in the world, includi...

Colin Peterik

October 14, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 42.3 MB

EPISODE 73: The magnetic musician, singer, songwriter and producer Colin Peterik has that Chicago grit. His voice embodies The Windy City – tough but diverse in harmony. He’s bluesy at times and other in other moments he’s flexing his rock muscles. He’s not set in the past but you know he’s been ingesting rock and roll, jazz, blues and psychedelic rock since childhood. You might say he’s been destined to continue a musical legacy or at the very least be a conduit to the multitude of sounds a...

Elsten Torres, Essex County

October 07, 2022 15:00 - 40 minutes - 27.7 MB

EPISODE 72: BMI Songwriters Special Part 2. Elsten Torres is a musical pioneer, having been credited as one of the prominent creators of the Latin Alternative Rock sound of the late 90’s in the USA, this eclectic and unconventional musician has cemented his artistic fingerprints in the music industry for over 3 decades now. Elsten is a multicultural bilingual artist who has performed on stages all over the world as well as an award winning songwriter with major international hits. He has ear...

Yoel Cassell

September 30, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 45.4 MB

EPISODE 71: Yo-EL Cassell was born in Schenectady, NY with a nerve deafness and discovered that movement at the age of 3 was his organic expressive channel for his personal and creative identity. Instead of his hearing loss getting in the way, he allowed the loss to gratefully show him the way of connecting to all of the five senses (sight, hearing, touch, taste, smell) of human life. His mission, as a performer, director, choreographer, movement director, educator, mentor, and human being, ...

Kristian Bush

September 23, 2022 14:00 - 46 minutes - 32.1 MB

EPISODE 70: BMI Songwriters Special Part 1. Kristian Merrill Bush (born March 14, 1970 in Knoxville, TN) is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. Bush is one half of the country music duo Sugarland with Jennifer Nettles, and was a member of the folk rock duo Billy Pilgrim with Andrew Hyra. In addition to his work in these two groups, Bush has released one solo album, Southern Gravity, via Streamsound Records in 2015. Bush co-founded Sugarland in 2002, signed with Mercury Recor...

Asher Laub

September 16, 2022 14:00 - 50 minutes - 34.7 MB

EPISODE 69: Asher Laub is a NY-based DJ violinist, break dancer and songwriter. Asher began classical violin training at the tender age of 2 and had already performed with the Buffalo philharmonic by age 13. Asher’s expertise in trans-genre improvisation has led him to a career as a soloist in demand, performing at venues such as Madison Square Garden, Carnegie, Lincoln Center, the Jacob Javitz Center and across four continents. Asher has also been featured on PBS, and has made headlines on ...

Howard Bloom Part 2

September 09, 2022 15:00 - 1 hour - 42.4 MB

EPISODE 68: Howard Bloom (born June 25, 1943) is an American author. He was a music publicist in the 1970s and 1980s for singers and bands such as Prince, Billy Joel, Michael Jackson and Styx. He has published a book on Islam, The Muhammad Code, an autobiography, How I Accidentally Started The Sixties, and three books on human evolution and group behavior: The Genius of the Beast, Global Brain, and The Lucifer Principle. Bloom was born to a Jewish family in Buffalo, New York. He became inter...

Howard Bloom 2

September 09, 2022 15:00 - 1 hour - 42.4 MB

EPISODE 68: Howard Bloom (born June 25, 1943) is an American author. He was a music publicist in the 1970s and 1980s for singers and bands such as Prince, Billy Joel, Michael Jackson and Styx. He has published a book on Islam, The Muhammad Code, an autobiography, How I Accidentally Started The Sixties, and three books on human evolution and group behavior: The Genius of the Beast, Global Brain, and The Lucifer Principle. Bloom was born to a Jewish family in Buffalo, New York. He became inter...

Howard Bloom Part 1

June 24, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 58.6 MB

EPISODE 67: Howard Bloom (born June 25, 1943) is an American author. He was a music publicist in the 1970s and 1980s for singers and bands such as Prince, Billy Joel, Michael Jackson and Styx. He has published a book on Islam, The Muhammad Code, an autobiography, How I Accidentally Started The Sixties, and three books on human evolution and group behavior: The Genius of the Beast, Global Brain, and The Lucifer Principle. Bloom was born to a Jewish family in Buffalo, New York. He became inter...

Howard Bloom

June 24, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 58.6 MB

EPISODE 67: Howard Bloom (born June 25, 1943) is an American author. He was a music publicist in the 1970s and 1980s for singers and bands such as Prince, Billy Joel, Michael Jackson and Styx. He has published a book on Islam, The Muhammad Code, an autobiography, How I Accidentally Started The Sixties, and three books on human evolution and group behavior: The Genius of the Beast, Global Brain, and The Lucifer Principle. Bloom was born to a Jewish family in Buffalo, New York. He became inter...

NAMM 2022 Special Edition (Dick Boak, Rob Mitzner, Eyal Amir, Or Lubianiker, Pescaterritory)

June 18, 2022 16:00 - 50 minutes - 34.4 MB

EPISODE 66: On this first special edition of the podcast I speak to several artists attending the 2022 NAMM Show in Anaheim, California. Dick Boak talks about his new Martin Guitar model and reminisces on his time working artist relations at the famous guitar maker. Drummer Rob Mitzner talks about his new book and our collaborations on two of my albums. Eyal Amir and Or Lubianiker are two musicians and software engineers from Israel who talk about their new projects about to be released and ...

Anton Van Der Mere

June 02, 2022 16:00 - 1 hour - 42 MB

EPISODE 65: Anton van der Mere is a South African classical crossover tenor, songwriter, recording artist, actor, producer and director, based in Essex, United Kingdom. He has a law degree from the University of Port Elizabeth (NNMU), where he also studied classical singing, and studied acting and dance at the Stageworld Performing Arts School. He performed for Queen Elizabeth II as well as President Nelson Mandela when the Queen visited South Africa in 1995. Anton has also performed around ...

Clint Holley

May 25, 2022 16:00 - 1 hour - 44.5 MB

EPISODE 64: Clint Holley is the Owner and Chief Engineer of Well Made Music. Clint began a love affair with vinyl records when he was 12 years old. His parents would take him to local flea markets and with a few dollars, he was able to bring home stacks and stacks of wax! This passion for vinyl bloomed into a full-fledged career in 2009 when Clint was given the opportunity to cut master lacquers for Gotta Groove Records and start his own business as Well Made Music. Clint’s unwavering passio...

Felix Cavaliere

May 13, 2022 16:00 - 1 hour - 46.8 MB

EPISODE 63: Early in 1965, FELIX CAVALIERE formed the ‘Young Rascals’ with Dino Danelli, Eddie Brigati, and Gene Cornish. That October, they caught the attention of promoter/manager Sid Bernstein with their high-energy set at Long Island’s elite club, Barge. Signed to Atlantic Records, and now called The Rascals, the mega hit “Good Lovin’” struck No. 1 in February 1966. They followed suit with a string of hits like “I’ve Been Lonely Too Long,” “Groovin’(No. 1 in 1967), “How Can I Be Sure,” “...

Michael Veitch

April 29, 2022 16:00 - 1 hour - 47.3 MB

EPISODE 62: Michael Veitch is a Woodstock, NY based singer and songwriter and can be seen in the new PBS special "We Remember: Song of Survivors" which follows him collaborating with Holocaust survivors. Judy Collins covered his song “Veteran’s Day,” and he was mentored by both Shawn Colvin and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders.  His latest album, “Wachtraum” (“wake dream” in German) broke the top 20 on the Folk Radio Charts with “Valentine’s Day” hitting number one. Previously his song  “Pledg...

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