I like ear worms.  I like something that gets caught in your head.

Many people in Dayton know Zac Pitts as a television news anchor on WDTN.  I know him as an encouraging supporter of local music, a songwriter, and musician. Zac has finished his debut album Midwest Romance, and will officially present it to the public via a show at Yellow Cab Tavern on Saturday, 10th December.  In advance of the show, Zac agreed to talk to me about the album, his songwriting process, how he got started making music, and…

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…

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…

One of the things I appreciate the most about a lot of music that I like is this incredible pop sensibility... these fantastic poppy little melodies underneath all of that dissonance....

Brian Greaney is a versatile Dayton musician with both guitar, keyboard, drum, and accordion skills. His enthusiasm for playing and listening to music is infectious. You will find Brian to be a jovial conversationalist. He was also kind enough to provide one of the remixes to my "Hold the Wick" single. 

Here are some…

This was my first time producing, mixing, and mastering all on my own...

Rich Reuter becomes my first repeat guest on this episode, and with good reason.  He is a songwriter, musician, and recording artist from Dayton, Ohio, and has added engineering, mixing, mastering, and production to his skill set. Tomorrow, on Thursday 24th February, he releases a brand new EP, Endless Parade. Why might it be possible to consider this to be a concept EP? What inspired the creation of these songs? What kind of work…