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A conversation series that extracts the performance and preparation thought process from world class musicians; leaving you with wisdom and exercises to level up your musical journey.
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Wednesday Jun 19, 2019
Wednesday Jun 19, 2019
Friday Jun 14, 2019
Friday Jun 14, 2019
Saturday Jun 01, 2019
Saturday Jun 01, 2019
A special treat for MM listeners, today we interview Dave!
You're in for a treat with sage advise from the Jedi drummer and his story of crafting a career as a full-time musician.
You can find Dave online at www.davejohnstone.com and on social media @johnstonedrums. Sign up for your free Possible Chops account at https://possiblechops.com/ref/8/ and use the coupon code “podcast” for a month of free premium membership!
Monday Dec 31, 2018
Monday Dec 31, 2018
Kate O’Sullivan, MA, LMFT, SEP
Kate is a licensed psychotherapist in the State of California
and a Somatic Experiencing™ practitioner
and has a private practice in Burbank, California.
Kate grew up taking piano lessons and was involved in
theatre in high school. Kate now sings in her church choir
and is one of the members of the Worship Team.
You can find her on the Psychology Today’s website under
‘Find a Therapist’. To reach her directly you can call her at
818.429.4407
Dave and Jason can be reached here:
www.guitarninjas.co
Monday Dec 24, 2018
Monday Dec 24, 2018
Tina Aldana is a 24 year old singer who has been performing for audiences since the tender age of 6. At age 19, Tina set her mind on succeeding in entertainment, and made the move from Texas to Los Angeles. Through hard work and dedication, Tina has performed in many established and well-known venues across the U.S., such as The Kodac Theater, The Belasco Theater, The House of Blues, The Galaxy Theater, and many casinos in Las Vegas. Tina has performed in many musicals, and has shared the stage alongside many theater legends such as Tony Award winning actor Obba Babatunde, and Oscar nominated Keith David. Tina has most recently appeared on FOX and Telemundo alongside Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony in the Latino Show "Q'Viva!", and was the only talent from the U.S. picked to represent her country. Tina is also currently working on her debut album where she is excited to show off her songwriting abilities!
Jason and Dave can be reached by websites!
Monday Dec 17, 2018
Monday Dec 17, 2018
If you are an aspiring pro musician this is the episode to listen to. Steve is the zen master and provides nuggets of wisdom to level up your game.
As a bassist, Steve Billman has been playing for over 40 years. Working with some of the finest musicians in the world, he has played with such greats as Frank Gambale, Tak Matsumoto, Mike Stern, Billy Cobham, Daniel Ho, Chester Thompson and Brian Bromberg.
Steve has been involved with education for over 30 years. For 23 of those 30 years he has been connected with Los Angeles College of Music (formerly Los Angeles Music Academy), where he has been teaching in the Bass department as well as many of the All School Classes; teaching such subjects as Harmony and Theory, Ear training, Jazz Bass, Jazz History (which he wrote the online curriculum), Rhythm Studies, Ensemble Classes, Music Notation, Beginning Piano and Sight Singing for vocalists. He has also taught private lessons for most of his career, not only to bass players, but also drum and guitar students.
Not only has he written the online Jazz History course for LACM, he has also written 6 quarters of Jazz curriculum for the bass department and 2 quarters of a bass “Rhythm Studies” class. This class deals with everything rhythmic, including odd meters, building the inner clock and exploring polyrhythm and metric modulation.
Steve is passionate about his students. He has developed a teaching style that is all his own. He gives students the essential tools they need not only to be great musicians, but more importantly, he gives them the skills to be good people and to be successful in life. He encourages them to reach for their dreams and to be the best they can be. He gets them to establish a centered and focused work ethic that will serve them the rest of their days, helping them to discover who they are and helping them find their own musical voice, which is one of the reasons why he is so perfect for this podcast.
Jason and Dave can be reached at
Monday Dec 10, 2018
Monday Dec 10, 2018
Femke Weidema is a Grammy winning producer and songwriter. After one year at Berklee College of Music in Boston, the Dutch native decided to try her luck in the Los Angeles Film and TV music scene after she graduated from her Masters in Commercial Music at CSULA.
She won the ASCAP Harold Adamson award, studied with Lin Manual Miranda for a short summer at Chicago's North Western University with the Johnny Mercer Foundation, worked for Richard Gibbs, Don Grusin while also working at Hans Zimmer's Prestigious Remote Control studios in Los Angeles.
She has written with the writers behind the hits of Miley Cyrus, Taylor Swift, Celine Dion, Whitney Houston, Lady Gaga and many more.
Jason and Dave can be contacted at
Monday Dec 03, 2018
Monday Dec 03, 2018
A rock singer-songwriter/multi-instrumentalist/producing engineer/film composer, Dale Turner is also an instructor at Hollywood's Musicians Institute, and author of 50+ instructional books/transcription folios (his latest being "Power Plucking - A Rocker's Guide to Acoustic Fingerstyle Guitar"). He writes a monthly acoustic guitar column for Guitar World magazine, and is featured in their "Lick of the Day" app for iPhone/iPad. A Los Angeles resident, Turner owns/uses an assortment of old, weird, rare, and/or exotic instruments—unique stringed, percussion, and synthesizer "scoring tools" (some are featured in WEEDS, an animated short he recently scored for 40 Disney artists). His most recent CD, Mannerisms Magnified, was praised by Guitar Player magazine for its "Smart pop tunes that are crammed with interesting guitar parts and tones ... Like what the Beach Boys might do if they were on an acid trip that was on the verge of getting out of control. Yeah!"
Dave and Jason can be found here:
www.guitarninjas.co
Monday Nov 26, 2018
Monday Nov 26, 2018
Ryan Brown is a professional drummer and percussionist in Los Angeles, California. In addition to his gig as the drummer for Dweezil Zappa, he plays with Los Angeles-based bands The Young Royals, Black Belt Karate, SexTapes, AM/FM, The Fuxedos and Madras, and in the bands of artists Arrica Rose, Karem Malicki-Sanchez, Colin Armstrong, Josh Canova, Space Oddity and rapper J Naugh-T.
He has toured with Taiwanese pop star Chyi-Chin and L.A. bands OWL and Ultraviolet, performed on “Last Call with Carson Daly” with Ingrid Michaelson and played the Bern Jazz Festival in Switzerland with R&B artist Niki Haris. He has recorded tracks and albums with producers Marti Frederiksen, Mark Hudson, Mikal Reid, Russ Irwin, Rob Seals, Glen Laughlin, Rob Shrock, Brian Dobbs, Klaus Derendorf, Brian Paturalski, Billy Morrison, Larry Crane and David Weisberg, including the hit single “The Real Thing” from Bo Bice.
Ryan can also be heard on releases by Foreigner, Circus Diablo, Hannah Montana, Clay Aiken, Cassie Davis, Nick Lachey, Jesse McCartney, Heather Graham, Suzie McNeil (Rock Star INXS) and Stephanie McIntosh, as well as on the movie soundtracks for Ice Age: Continental Drift (Adam Schlesinger), Kung Fu Panda (Hans Zimmer and John Powell) and The Dark Knight (Hans Zimmer). He’s performed on recordings with Alex Lifeson, Earl Slick, Elliot Easton and Rudy Sarzo.
Ryan has also appeared as a sideline musician in numerous TV shows and movies, including Pirates of the Caribbean 3: At World’s End, Desperate Housewives, Jag and Samantha Who?. He plays all styles of music, including rock, R&B, jazz, ska, funk, blues, folk and country. He is on the drum faculty at Musicians Institute in Hollywood, Calif., and teaches private lessons as well. A native of Denver, Colorado, he has played drums and percussion since he was 11 years old. Ryan graduated from Indiana University with a degree in jazz studies and percussion.
Jason and Dave can be found at
Monday Nov 19, 2018
Monday Nov 19, 2018
David Arana is a professional musician living and working in the Los Angeles area. He has played for many groups whose interests and beliefs are wide-ranging and colorful, and in general speak to the better part of the human experience. For this reason, he attributes his long-standing position as the "go to accompanist for the unusual" to his ability to fit in with the many faith-based and social-service-oriented organizations for whom he has worked.
He has shared the stage with such notable artists as Mel Tormé, Liza Minnelli, and The Supremes and is currently serving as pianist/musical director for Engelbert Humperdinck.
Jason and Dave can be reached at