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I definitely was not thinking about writing a book for people who teach music lessons, but it's funny how these weird little intentions... if we keep following the thread, we can get to it...

Lesley Barth is a singer, songwriter, recording artist, musician, author, teacher, and mom who is currently based in Nashville. She released her second full-length album, called Big Time Baby, in May 2020. We talk about the album and some of the songs on it.  (Many of them have music…

I want people to think about their own life and how rich each of our individual lives can be...

John Henry Sheridan joins me for this episode.  He's a musician and author from Brooklyn, New York.  I was a guest on his podcast Music Philosophy & More in 2021, so here he is reciprocating on my podcast.  We talk about podcasting and writing songs in our conversation, as well has getting into how he got started making music.  John also inadvertently helps me to find a new question that I plan to ask every…

Mike Thome is still tastefully named, and becomes my first three time guest with this episode.  Why is he here?  Well, we're a bit past halfway through the baseball season.  We talk about his beloved Minnesota Twins.  Will they be able to win the AL Central?  We talk about my beloved Atlanta National League Baseball Club.  Will they be able to win the NL East?  Will the Mets continue to make us all say "lolMets"?  (#lolmets)   Mike brings up the bigger gap between the elite power hitters and everyone…

It's really all about me exposing myself honestly... exposing my heart, exposing real life experiences and challenges that I've gone through... exposing lessons from those challenges... 

This episode keeps us in the Gem City.  Mariah J is my guest.  She's a singer/songwriter, poet, dancer, artist disruptor, cultural strategist and overall creative being who has just released an album titled Unfolding.  How did Mariah learn how to sing? How long did it take her to make this album?  How does she know…

Lo más importante... lo que quiero demostrar es el dialogo cultural... es como a través del arte, a través de la cultura, podemos generar espacios hermosos...

Ana Barajas is back on the podcast, as she has a new single out.  It's called "Ojos Bonitos", and is a cover of an old Andean folk song.  We talk about the song, the recording of it, and the video in this conversation.

Es mi placer dar la bienvenida otra vez a Ana Barajas, una música colombiana quién ahora vive en Texas.  En este plática…

Voilà ça c'est vraiment ce que savent faire les américains, écrire une chanson très très emotionnel sur un souvenir...

Franz Robert Wild is a songwriter, musician, vocal coach, and all-around music industry professional from Toulouse, France.  We had this conversation in French. For you English-speakers, we'll have another chat in English later.

Franz Robert Wild est auteur, compositeur, musicien, coach vocal et professionel de musique qui vient de Toulouse. Quand est-ce qu'il a commencé à jouer la…

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Music journalist Taylor Ruckle makes his triumphant return to the podcast, and we talk about our favorite albums released in the second quarter of 2022. Just like our previous conversation we break down the albums in varying degrees of detail and go full-on music nerd for your listening pleasure. The albums we selected are as follows:

Taylor

Florence & the Machine - Dance Fever
Jasmyn Burke - In the Wild
Joyce Manor - 40 ounces to Fresno
Billy…

that train has sailed...

Brandon Berry makes his triumphant return to the podcast for this episode. He directed my latest music video, which was released on Tuesday, June 21st.  The idea behind this conversation was for us to talk about that, but as you'll soon see, our conversation went in all sorts of completely different directions. In the links below, you'll find several of my videos that Brandon directed.

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Music Video for "Str8 Up Downhill From Here"

Music Video for "Hold the Wick"

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Joe is from Richmond, Indiana, just a little bit West of Dayton on I-70. He is a singer-songwriter who performs as Achilles Tenderloin. In this episode, he becomes the first guest to play a song live on the podcast, an exclusive that you can't find recorded anywhere at the moment. You'll hear us talk about his songwriting process, building community around music and giving back.  You'll also learn about his two newest singles and plans for an upcoming album. He is a thoughtful lyricist, and that…

Rachel Rosen is a journalist, and this is a career that piques my curiosity, so you'll hear me asking a bunch of questions about that in this conversation.  Rachel Rosen is also a musician, as you can see from the above picture.  We'll find out how she got started playing music, what her songwriting process is like, and what her childhood smells like. In addition to that, well, this is a wide-ranging and meandering conversation that goes into a bunch of different places, including an epic tale of being…