Four To The Floor

Welcome back to The Four to the Floor Podcast!  Life gets busy sometimes so the bar talk has to get put on the back burner BUT boy do we have a great episode for you.  On this episode we get to talk with our good friend Patrick Clifford the so named Pope of 5 Points.  Patrick has been a large part of the music business in Nashville and abroad since 1978 and it's because of his love and generosity towards creatives and artists that earned him the name Pope of 5 Points.  Join the talk as we interview Patrick from his home just off of 5 Points in East Nashville, where he gives us an incredible timeline of his life and work in the music business.  The podcast covers everything from The Romantics to John Prine and even Enzo the Wonder Dog.  Cheers!

Join our trip down Amnesia Ave. as we go back to the beginning and talk about our musical journeys as music listeners and lovers, but also as musicians.  We encourage you to think about where the love for music started and where it has brought you in this life.  What a great exercise in rediscovering the soundtrack to your life!

We are back from an extended break with a brand new episode of Mood Ring.  So far in this series we have explored Happy songs and this time we are jumping into Active songs.  We are not completely sure what your experience will be with the playlists we will launch with this episode, but we are positive that you will either be able to work out to them or just do really dumb...........Enjoy!https://linktr.ee/fourtothefloorpodcast

Sorry for the length on this one folks!  But we haven't been able to have our bar talk in a long time between vacations, work and technically difficulties but we are back with a vengeance.  This episode takes a peek at the world of Rhythm Sections and their importance to recorded and live music.  Our goal, as always, is to invite you to a musical bar talk and, although we hope to avoid being too "musiciany," we do nerd out from time to time.   We cover everything from Metal to Motown on this episode so the companion playlist is going to be INCREDIBLE!  Check out our link tree below for direct access to the Spotify playlists.  https://linktr.ee/fourtothefloorpodcast

Welcome to halftime at Four to the Floor.  This episode is just a nice little catch up with us as we dive into the 2nd half of the year and all new content.  Brad is about to go on his first cruise so we decided to make a little vacation playlist with all the great songs about sailing and the open ocean.  This will be a great episode playlist for your vacation! 

We love a good turn of phrase.  There are tons of great songwriters in the world but some of them, because of one reason or another, just get overlooked.  On this episode of 4TTF we take a closer look at some of the greatest wordsmiths the world never credit to!https://linktr.ee/fourtothefloorpodcast

Join the talk as we pay homage to our home town of Nashville, TN.  However, we are aren't going to talk about country music.  Tonight we talk about the other side of Nashville.  Our incredible guest, THE Joey Ritchie, helps us dive into the rich, beautiful diversity of R&B, Funk and Soul music in Nashville.  A music scene that dates back to the 2nd World War and a single street that hosted live music from the likes of Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, Jimi Hendrix, Etta James and Little Richard.  

Well the ever popular Mixtape is back!  But this season all mixtape episodes will be tied together under the theme of Mood Ring.  Each episode's mixtape will explore a certain mood and we are forbidden to Captain Kirk this one.  So get ready to BE HAPPY, HAPPY, HAPPY, HAPPY.......https://linktr.ee/fourtothefloorpodcast

This is it.  Welcome to MetalSode:  The Beginining where we FINALLY dedicate a full episode to Heavy Metal Music.  And this is just the surface where we, quite honestly, jump around into what got us into Metal Music, some of the first music we were hip to and how it made us feel.  Please expect many more MetalSode's in the future where we will deep dive into certain areas.  We liked how raw this episode is that we didn't even censor Jon.  https://linktr.ee/fourtothefloorpodcast

This episode is a look at that way music and the arts fit into the current and past education models.  We interview an amazing musician and teacher who gives us the 411 on the future melody makers and how important music is to brain development......and well, not being a jerk.  https://linktr.ee/fourtothefloorpodcast

Welcome to Season 2 of the Four to the Floor Podcast!  Nope this episode isn't about Top Gun, Kenny Loggins or Tom Cruise but before you completely turn it off, it's all about stepping outside of your comfort zone.  We each did an experiment where we picked genres of music that we normally don't listen to and then organically dove into random playlists and then made note of things we actually liked.  It's important to keep an open ear and mind because you could be missing out on some fantastic music.  Welcome to the talk!https://linktr.ee/fourtothefloorpodcast

Happy New Year!  This is our last episode for season 1 and for the year 2021.  Join us as we create the ultimate New Years Rockin' Playlist with a twist.  Bor this playlist we decided to "phone a friend" and get a little help.   Join the talk and get ready to  party with us!https://linktr.ee/fourtothefloorpodcast

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Festivus for the Rest of Us......etc.  It's good to be at the end of the another year and it's time to celebrate with the warmth of kith and kin.  But when it comes to the subject of Holiday or Christmas music the house can definitely be divided.  Join us as well talk about some of our favorite traditions and dive into some of our favorite AND least favorite Holiday songs.  https://linktr.ee/fourtothefloorpodcast

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!Jon and Brad take a minute in this episode to be thankful and reflect on everything Thanksgiving.  They talk turkey, tradition, gratitude and how there are actually some amazing songs to play at Thanksgiving other than Christmas songs.  https://linktr.ee/fourtothefloorpodcast

Who doesn't LOVE a great love song?  In this Episode Brad and Jon, along with guest host Ania Hammar from Sirius XM, dive into the wonderful world of romance in music.  Join the talk but more importantly pull up the Spotify Companion Playlist, light some candles and let the wooing begin!https://linktr.ee/fourtothefloorpodcast

It's time for the second installment of Mixtape!  This time we are diving in to making mixtapes of our favorite Halloween themed songs.  Tis the season for everything creepy and we hope these mixtapes provide you with soundtrack to your Halloween festivities this year.   Feel free to send us your selections!  Definitely check out our Spotify companion playlists on this one!https://open.spotify.com/user/9qa3f4i845xpq047zfssvcga9?si=LAOaeypGT7Ox5pmJV1O-Yg&dl_branch=1

Let's be honest.  If you've listened to any of our podcast it's quite clear......we are nerds.  And that's ok because the word nerd also has a TON of positive connotations to it these days.  This episode drives us back to simpler times when we were recipients of wedgies and got made fun of for listening to Rush all day long.  But in reality we do discuss some nerdy things and the psychology behind it and of course.....music.  So....grab your 12 sided dice and join the talk!https://open.spotify.com/user/9qa3f4i845xpq047zfssvcga9?si=8e0a079dc5cd4e88

Has there ever been a song that you heard and it forever changed you?  And then every time you hear it just takes you back to that moment in time?  I think we all have those songs that for whatever reason, never get old.  We never get tired of hearing them.  Join the talk as we share some of our all time favorite, feels like the first time, songs.  And bonus you get to hear Jon sing guitar riffs and bass lines to almost everything!As always click the link to our companion Spotify playlists to hear all the songs.https://open.spotify.com/user/9qa3f4i845xpq047zfssvcga9?si=LAOaeypGT7Ox5pmJV1O-Yg&dl_branch=1

One of the most subjective and hotly debated music topics around.  Cover Songs!  Some people love em, some people hate em.  We discuss our favorite cover songs, why the music business loves to push them on their artists, bad cover songs and songs that you never knew were actually covers.  The companion Spotify playlist on this one is going to be epic including many versions of the same songs so you can choose which one is YOUR favorite.  Join the talk!https://open.spotify.com/user/9qa3f4i845xpq047zfssvcga9?si=825ef4ebc7164fff

We can't say enough about the relationship between film and music.  This is a subject we could have spent a week on but no respectable establishment would let us hang out that long. We are so excited that our guest this week is someone that we have spent COUNTLESS hours with waxing poetic at our favorite places.  Not only is he a great friend but he's an incredible DJ, Producer, Musician, Filmmaker......yadayadayada.   This is a bar talk you don't want to miss and the Spotify companion playlist will be one you don't want to miss! Don't forget to check out our companion Spotify playlists for every episode! https://open.spotify.com/user/9qa3f4i845xpq047zfssvcga9?si=KbIQzNZaTDC0S6PBhIMTJQ&dl_branch=1

It's not just one of our favorite Jackson Browne songs!  In this weeks bar conversation we talk about music and traveling.  We feel that music is, often times, inspired by travel and seeing new places.  At the same time music often imprints upon our memories the places we travel to and see.  We have a very well travel guest on this go around so join the conversation and hear about the songs that keep us going when we're running on empty.  

We are in the middle of festival season so we thought it would be a great time to dive into some of our favorite festival experiences.  In this episode we talk a little festival history and about the unity and psychology of festival attending.  And finally we each make a 3 day fantasy festival draft.  And as always you can find ALL the music on our companion playlist Spotify account under Four To The Floor Podcast.  Thanks for listening!

Hang on tight!  This long episode deep dives into so many areas.  As we think about pop culture, sports and music we explore the differences between being an underdog and when something is underrated.  This discussion leads us into a beautiful world full of underrated Indie artists,  so prepare yourself for an amazing companion playlist on Spotify to check out some new music.  Also if you're interested in philosophical views on money and bitcoin.......this is the podcast for you!  

In the words of Rob Gordon, "the making of a good compilation tape is a very subtle art.  Many do's and don'ts.  First of all, you're using someone else's poetry to express how you feel.  This is a delicate thing."  For those of us that remember spending an agonizing amount of time picking songs and recording them to cassettes this is the podcast episode for you!  If you're a bit young for all that this is still the podcast episode for you because it's really all about music and the different ways songs can be pieced together.  So join us as we dive into the emo world of making the ultimate mixtapes!

Join us as we walk down amnesia avenue and talk about the glory days of prime time television and the amazing theme songs that were associated with them.  

Welcome to the first episode of Four To The Floor.  This podcast was initially recorded over two different periods of time.  The beginning was recorded in the middle of the Covid 19 pandemic and explored how the concert and event industries were being destroyed by the shut down.  Much later we were able to interview our friend Adam "Tico" Hernandez who is the Music Director and guitarist for country artist Lauren Alaina, and in this interview we explored not only the shutdown, but how things are now opening back up for the touring industry.