When he was only 13 years old, Joe Vana’s life was forever changed through a chance meeting with Survivor’s Jim Peterik. As Joe will tell you, Jim taught him everything he knew about music and the music business.
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Philadelphia native Jim Beard’s path to music success was inevitable. His interest in music flourished when he was very young, with jazz being the centerpiece of his palate.
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Amy Holland has been surrounded by music since the day she was born. Her mother was a singer and performer and her father was also involved in the music industry.
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Six years ago, Inside MusiCast discovered an incredible band out of Minneapolis called Terramara. When we heard their music, we just knew we needed to invite the band’s front man, Rob Meany, to be a guest on our show.
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On this episode of Inside MusiCast, we welcome back Jon Herington to discuss his new album, “Adult Entertainment” that will be released tomorrow - June 14. This is Jon’s first studio release since “Time On My Hands”, which was released four years ago.
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Since 1992, Don Breithaupt has steered his band Monkey House on a path of musical progress.
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On this episode of Inside MusiCast, we welcome one of the greatest voices in the history of popular music, Jon Anderson.
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n cooking, there’s always that secret ingredient that make a dish special. In the LA music scene, Lenny Castro has been that secret ingredient for decades.
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Michael Sherwood hails from a deep lineage of musicians, and similar to his family members, Michael has formed a solid career in the music industry.
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While Inside MusiCast has focused on bringing you the legendary musicians who have helped to shape the world music, we’re always keeping our ears peeled for the next generation of musicians who will keep this spirit alive and ongoing.
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Call it divine intervention, but when Shawn Lee and Andy Platts met for the first time back in 2008, they knew they had a special musical chemistry.
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Great musicians make great albums, but when you add a world class recording engineer and producer to the mix, you can take your project to another level. For nearly six decades, this is exactly what Al Schmitt has done for the world of music.
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When we last spoke to Keiko Matsui in March of 2011, she had just released “The Road”, which featured an incredible lineup of musicians, such as Vinnie Colaiuta, Richard Bona, James Hara and Kirk Whalum.
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The influence of West Coast AOR runs deep in the souls of many career musicians. Ask any studio or touring musician about their inspirations and you’re bound to hear an answer that would include the talented players who laced the liner notes of the great albums from the 70’s and 80’s.
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Tom Canning. You know him best for his excellent writing, arranging and for his amazing keyboard touches on most of Al Jarreau’s music.
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Tom Canning. You know him best for his excellent writing, arranging and for his amazing keyboard touches on most of Al Jarreaus music.
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Sometimes being an incredibly talented musician is only half the battle when you want to make it into the music industry. Drummer Tom Brechtlein’s rise to success is the classic tale of hard work, perseverance and self-promotion.
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On this episode of Inside MusiCast, we welcome back Steve Porcaro. When we first interviewed Steve in 2009, he broke the news to us that he was working on his first solo album project. If you heard the interview, you were also treated to two demos that Steve allowed us to share.
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Bill Maxwell’s talents stretch far beyond his drumming skills. Over the years, the Oklahoma native has become a first call LA session drummer, arranger, composer, and producer whose career began in a blues band and continued to a producer/drummer role with Andraé Crouch and The Disciples.
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Jimmy Haslip is a renaissance man who hasn’t let boundaries define him. As an original band member of the Yellow Jackets, his pronounced influence over the past 3 decades is seen in musicians today.
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