Subject: Hit the charts without a label or manager ft. Darlene Koldenhoven on my latest Podcast
Hit the charts without a label or manager ft. Darlene Koldenhoven on my latest Podcast
June 30th, 2026 at 10:30 am PDTHi Friend, On this week's podcast episode, session vocalist Darlene Koldenhoven tells us how her music hit #4 on the Billboard classical crossover chart with no manager or agent. The common assumption that a major-label infrastructure is required ...
Why Chasing Algorithms Is Killing Your Music Career ft. Keith Jopling on my latest Podcast
June 23rd, 2026 at 12:05 pm PDTHi Friend, On this week's podcast episode, I speak with Keith Jopling about what separates artists who last from those who burn out chasing the wrong metrics. Keith spent 25 years inside the business, including time at Spotify, before interviewing ...
Dr. Bill Evans and the Virtual Audio Workstation on my latest Podcast
June 16th, 2026 at 9:45 am PDTHi Friend, On this week's podcast episode, I speak with Dr. Bill Evans, audio scientist, producer, educator, and inventor of the Performance Restoration methodology. Bill believes that drum recording has always involved a painful tradeoff, but it ...
How female producers regain control with Xylo Aria on my latest Podcast
June 9th, 2026 at 10:49 am PDTHi Friend, Female artists who hire producers risk losing creative control before a single song is released. On this week's podcast episode, Xylo Aria, founder of Music Production for Women (MPW), tells us how she learned this the hard way, by pay ...
The Cars guitarist Elliot Easton on my latest Podcast
June 2nd, 2026 at 1:45 pm PDTHi Friend, On this week's podcast episode, Elliot Easton, guitarist for The Cars and Creedence Clearwater Revisited, takes us through his journey with the band and beyond. Easton looks back at The Cars' origins, from getting a label deal the old f ...
The latest music business and production news on today's Podcast
May 26th, 2026 at 9:27 am PDTHi Friend, Is the music industry heading into another major reset? On this week's solo podcast episode, I break down the biggest shifts happening across the music business and music production. In This Episode: Why streaming subscription prices ...
Talking postproduction with Gary Gray on my latest Podcast
May 19th, 2026 at 9:30 am PDTHi Friend, What matters more in the music business, mastering every plugin, or becoming the kind of person people want to hire again? On this week's podcast episode, I talk with songwriter, producer, engineer, and educator Gary Gray about music li ...
Rebuilding Les Paul's original super-advanced recording studio on my latest Podcast
May 12th, 2026 at 9:15 am PDTHi Friend, What can Les Paul’s original recording studio reveal about the way modern music production really began? On this week's podcast episode, I talk with with Tom Camuso, Director of Engineering at The Les Paul Recording Studio, and Micha ...
Creator of the Distressor Dave Derr on my latest Podcast
May 5th, 2026 at 9:33 am PDTHi Friend, What makes the Empirical Labs Distressor such a lasting studio classic? On this week's podcast episode, I sit down with Dave Derr, founder of Empirical Labs and creator of the Distressor. Among the things we talk about analog compressio ...
The business side of singing with Patrice Peris on my latest Podcast
April 28th, 2026 at 9:20 am PDTHi Friend, What separates a talented singer from an artist who can actually build a career? On this week's podcast episode, I talk with vocal coach, singer, songwriter, and artist developer Patrice Peris about contemporary vocal technique, emotio ...