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Welcome to another episode of In Search of Excellence! My guest today is Kelly Hansen, the lead singer of the legendary rock band Foreigner, which has had five platinum records and sold more than 80 million albums. He was also a lead singer of the heavy metal band Hurricane – one of the most popular bands in the 80s. Kelly is a great musician with an amazing life story.  00:00 Kelly's Family and Growing Up- A vivid picture from his childhood of his parents carrying albums under their arms- Mom had a GTO convertible- At school, he sang in the school choir – a part of the curriculum- Discovered that he can sing almost accidentally- Didn't know how to use his voice, took some singing lessons- Realized he could do that as his job 09:55 The Beginnings of Kelly's Singing Career- The first gig was at teen dance night- He was a part of a cover band- Later, they played at high school dances- Ended up playing all over Southern California- Played a military base in Yuma, Arizona- Music requires a lot of sacrifices and hard work- The band Hurricane- Parents were supportive 18:00 After High School- Left the high school band- Had his own bands - Kelly Hansen band, The Last Tango- Played around LA- His father was his manager- Also started doing sessions- Played in a couple of cover bands- Played 5-6 days a week- Tried to connect to the audience- Played with Ross Bolton, a great guitarist- The Guitar Institute of Technology - GIT 23:39 The Rise and Success of Hurricane- Met the drummer of the band- Later on, met bassist Tony Cavazo and guitarist Robert Sarzo- Started making music together- Found a new drummer - Jay Shelton- That's when they really became Hurricane- Did some demos with the producer called Kevin Beamish- Mixed them themselves- Sent them around to record labels- Made an EP with the producer Max Norman- The record label noticed them- Went on a tour- Went on the road- Made their second record- The third record- Continued doing shows and making songs- Doug Aldrich came to the band- Enigma records- Doing shows on the road, trying to sell records- Canceling the rest of the tour 41:48 Becoming a Foreigner's Lead Singer- In the early 90s, a new style of music was coming in- Tackled the other aspects of the recording business that he loved- Album production started to slowly sank down as technology advanced- Realized he had to go back to what he does best - being the lead singer- Foreigner was trying to get back together- Set up a meeting with Tom Gimbel of Foreigner- Back and forth conversation with management of Foreigner- Received 5 Foreigner tracks - the original recordings, but without any vocals- Mick Jones got to hear that CD in New York- Kelly was one of the first ones to jam with the guys- He got into the band- Printed lyrics of songs and was memorizing 24/7Sponsors:Sandee | Bliss: BeachesWant to Connect? Reach out to us online!Website | Instagram | LinkedIn

Colabora Con Biblioteca Del Metal: En Twitter - https://twitter.com/Anarkometal72 Y Donanos Unas Propinas En BAT. Para Seguir Con El Proyecto De la Biblioteca Mas Grande Del Metal. Muchisimas Gracias. La Tienda De Biblioteca Del Metal: Encontraras, Ropa, Accesorios,Decoracion, Ect... Todo Relacionado Al Podcats Biblioteca Del Metal Y Al Mundo Del Heavy Metal. Descubrela!!!!!! Ideal Para Llevarte O Regalar Productos Del Podcats De Ivoox. (Por Tiempo Limitado) https://teespring.com/es/stores/biblioteca-del-metal-1 Racer X fue una banda estadounidense de heavy metal y speed metal fundada en 1985 en Los Ángeles, California. Liderada por el guitarrista Paul Gilbert, lograron un importante reconocimiento en los bares de la ciudad californiana debido a su estilo rápido y técnico. Más tarde, con la inclusión de Bruce Bouillet crearon una armonía sincronizada de guitarras que llegó a redefinir su sonido gracias al disco Second Heat de 1987. A pesar de que su popularidad iba al alza a finales de la década, en 1988 Gilbert optó por renunciar a la agrupación para fundar junto con el bajista Billy Sheehan la banda Mr. Big, que significó que en 1989 Racer X cesara sus actividades. En 1999, Racer X volvió a los escenarios con su clásica formación integrada por Jeff Martin como vocalista, Gilbert en la guitarra, Juan Alderete en el bajo y Scott Travis en la batería, mientras que Bouillet no quiso participar de esta reunión. En esta segunda etapa lanzaron dos álbumes de estudio y dos en vivo, hasta que a finales de 2002 decidieron separarse indefinidamente para enfocarse en sus respectivos proyectos musicales. La historia de la banda se remonta a 1982 cuando Paul Gilbert envió una maqueta a la revista Guitar Player, que atrajo la atención de Mike Varney —productor y dueño de Shrapnel Records— que por ese entonces escribía su columna «Spotlight». Dos años después se trasladó a Los Ángeles para inscribirse en el Guitar Institute of Technology (G.I.T.), en donde conoció a los también estudiantes Juan Alderete y Harry Gschoesser. ​ Al poco tiempo los tres decidieron crear una banda, pero al no tener vocalista, Gilbert solicitó la ayuda de Varney para que les consiguiera uno. Finalmente, gracias al productor estadounidense conocieron a Jeff Martin, que por ese entonces era cantante de la banda Surgical Steel.​ Luego que Gilbert se graduó del G.I.T. en 1985, la banda se enfocó en grabar su primer álbum con Varney como productor. Como Martin aún vivía en Phoenix, por ende no podía ser parte de las grabaciones de las canciones en Los Ángeles, el resto de Racer X grababa las maquetas y se las enviaba a su casa para que él escribiera las letras. Al final, el cuarteto musical se trasladó a Cotati, California, para registrar su disco debut Street Lethal que salió al mercado el 1 de enero de 1986 a través del sello Shrapnel.Tras la publicación de su primera producción, Racer X rápidamente llamó la atención de los distintos bares del Sunset Strip de Los Ángeles, mientras que Gilbert pronto fue llamado como uno de los nuevos exponentes del metal neoclásico.Después de la publicación de Street Lethal, Gilbert optó por seguir enseñando en el GIT con el objetivo de asegurar mejores ingresos salariales. En su calidad de profesor conoció a varios estudiantes, pero Bruce Bouillet le llamó la atención por su talento y por lo rápido que aprendía cada técnica que él le enseñaba. Debido a ello, Gilbert lo invitó a unirse a la banda y creó una armonía sincronizada de guitarras que llegó a redefinir el sonido de Racer X.​ Por su parte, en 1986 Harry renunció porque su visa había expirado, que lo obligó a regresar a su natal Austria. En primera instancia, contrataron a Todd DeVito para suplantar su puesto, pero finalmente optaron por Scott Travis, que por ese entonces tocaba la batería en la banda Hawk.Conformada esta segunda alineación, todos sus integrantes se trasladaron a los estudios Prairie Sun Recording de Cotati para grabar su segundo álbum Second Heat, publicado en febrero de 1987 por Shrapnel.Luego del lanzamiento de Second Heat la popularidad de Racer X aumentó, llenando en varias ocasiones los recintos The Roxy, The Trobadour y Contry Club de la ciudad californiana, en donde se grabó material para las futuras producciones en vivo Extreme Volume Live (1988) y Extreme Volume II Live (1992).​ A pesar de que la popularidad y los conciertos iban al alza, Gilbert renunció a la banda para formar una nueva agrupación junto con el bajista de Talas, Billy Sheehan, la que se concretó en 1989 con el nombre de Mr. Big. Su repentina salida llevó al resto de Racer X a contratar a Chris Arvan como nuevo guitarrista, que también pertenecía a Shrapnel pero que nunca lanzó un álbum con el sello.Al poco tiempo Martin también se alejó de la banda, por ello se les unió el vocalista de Lynch Mob, Oni Logan, para completar las últimas presentaciones ya firmadas. Tras ello, Racer X optó por separarse a mediados de 1989.Con la separación de la banda cada uno de los integrantes inició posteriores proyectos musicales. Jeff Martin formó una banda de corta duración llamada Bad Dog, junto con el baterista Todd DeVito y al exguitarrista de War & Peace, Russ Parrish, conocido por ser miembro de Fight y Steel Panther. Tras la separación de la banda, Martin se unió como baterista a Badlands del guitarrista Jake E. Lee, labor que siguió en distintas agrupaciones con el pasar de los años. Por su parte, Juan Alderete, Bruce Bouillet y Scott Travis se asociaron con el exvocalista de Angora, John Corabi, y fundaron Black Cloud, que más tarde pasó a llamarse The Scream. A los pocos meses después Martin le comunicó a Travis el interés de Judas Priest de contratarlo como sustituto de Dave Holland, que renunció a la banda por problemas personales. Con la ayuda de Martin, Travis grabó un vídeo tocando tres canciones clásicas de los ingleses y se envió a España donde se encontraban los integrantes de la banda. A los pocos días ingresó oficialmente a Judas Priest a fines de 1989, que significó su salida de The Scream.En 1997, Gilbert renunció a Mr. Big para iniciar una carrera como solista con el disco King of Clubs (1998), que contó con la participación de Bouillet en la guitarra, Alderete en el bajo y Martin en la batería en algunas canciones. Esto motivó a los músicos para reunirse después de diez años, aunque Bouillet fue el único que no quiso participar. En 1999 salió a la venta su álbum de reunión Technical Difficulties, que recibió buenas críticas por parte de la prensa especializada y una buena recepción comercial sobre todo en Japón. Al año después pusieron en el mercado Superheroes, que contó con un concepto extraño de vestimenta ya que cada uno de los músicos creó un personaje de ficción: Gilbert se convirtió en Electric Bat, Martin en Motorman, Alderete en The X-tinguisher y Travis en Cowboy Axe.El álbum fue promocionado con una gira por diversos recintos, cuyo primer concierto de su reunión se celebró el 25 de mayo de 2001 en el Whisky a Go Go de Los Ángeles, el que fue grabado y lanzado como álbum en vivo con el título de Snowball of Doom. En enero de 2002 se presentaron en cuatro ciudades japonesas en donde se grabó el doble álbum en vivo Snowball of Doom 2, que salió a la venta en diciembre del mismo año en Japón. Además, en el mismo año se puso a la venta Getting Heavier, que hasta entonces es el último álbum de la banda, ya que al poco tiempo optaron por tomarse un receso indefinido.Después del lanzamiento de Getting Heavier sus miembros optaron por separarse en buenos términos para enfocarse en sus proyectos personales. Gilbert retomó su carrera en solitario y ha publicado una serie de discos con gran éxito en Japón; Martin ha grabado y girado como baterista junto a otros artistas como George Lynch, Kevin DuBrow y Michael Schenker, y en 2006 inició su carrera como solista con el álbum The Fool. Alderete se unió a The Mars Volta en 2003 con los que grabó varios álbumes, hasta que en 2012 se tomaron un receso, mientras que Travis continuó su trabajo con Judas Priest. El 17 de enero de 2009 la alineación conformada por Gilbert, Martin, Alderete y Travis dieron un concierto único de reunión en el Sheraton Park Hotel Ballroom de California, en el marco del show NAMM 2009. El evento fue realizado por la fábrica de guitarras Ibanez, en conmemoración del 20 aniversario de la PGM Guitar fabricada exclusivamente para Gilbert en 1989.

A graduate from the rigorous Guitar Institute of Technology, Jennifer Batten found herself at an audition of a lifetime for Michael Jackson's Bad Tour. A standout – she booked the job and went on to work for him for two subsequent tours. She's played for Jeff Beck, Cirque Du Soleil and more. Finding that the joy of music doesn't have to involve other people...she continues her pursuit – most recently featured on Survivor's Jim Peterik & World Stage's latest album - “Tigress - Women Who Rock The World”.

Grammy-winning guitar virtuoso, Frank Gambale, is a world-renowned guitarist, composer, and has 40 years of experience in guitar education industry. In the '80s, he moved from Australia to LA where he became a member of the faculty at Guitar Institute of Technology, started playing for Chick Corea and touring the world, and eventually entered the world of online teaching. He has shared his passion for music with hundreds of thousands around the globe with his music and educational resources. In this episode, Frank tells us more about his journey and experience, his educational resources, how he did it, his transition into online teaching, and of course, some insightful tips and advice for aspiring artists and teachers today. Frank shares his story of moving from Australia to LA in the '80s. His experience of becoming a member of the faculty at GIT. Fulfilling his dream of playing with Chick Corea. Frank tells us more about the educational resources he released and how he did it. The changes in the field of musical education and guitar education industry over the last couple of decades. What prompted Frank to go online and create his own music school. Transitioning into online teaching and running his school virtually. His philosophy when it comes to teaching and guitar education. Frank shares more about inventing his own system of tuning – Gambale Tuning. His future plans. The processes he follows for composition from start to completion. Tips for aspiring artists who want to have a music career in this current year, new age, post-pandemic digital world. One final piece of wisdom that Frank wants to impart on guitar players and guitar teachers.   Guest Links Frank Gambale Website Frank Gambale Online Guitar School   Guitar Teaching Resources Mentioned Free Guitar E-book Resources   Today's Guest Grammy-winning guitar virtuoso, Frank Gambale, exploded on the L.A. scene in the early '80s. His meteoric rise to fame is a testament to his passion-powered playing – a style Rolling Stone magazine called “ferocious!” Gambale is an inspired songwriter with more than 300 songs published on 20+ albums. His music touches on many styles from rock, funk and jazz, to R&B, and some Latin and Brazillian influences. As a legendary guitarist, Grammy Award Winner and three times Grammy Nominated, Gambale is an undisputed genius who originated the “Gambale Sweep Picking Technique” (an economy picking technique and a new way to play the instrument) and elevated it to a precise art form now standard in the guitar lexicon. The “Gambale Sweep Picking Technique” continues to inspire generations of musicians. Jazz, rock, metal and progressive artists alike are united in their awe of Frank as both an amazing technician and an unsurpassed musician.   Click here to find out more about TopMusicGuitar Membership.

Shaun Baxter B.A (Hons). ILTHE. M.Mus (Dist). Apart from being a player of international renown, Shaun Baxter is the UK's most experienced and respected rock guitar teacher. He was a founder member of The Guitar Institute in London in 1986 (a partner of The London College of Music), where he taught every week for twenty years. He then went on to become Head of Guitar at Guitar-X in London before, in 2003, becoming an owner and the Academic Director of The Academy of Music and Sound (the UK's biggest national provider of instrument-specific pop/rock tuition, with seven schools in both England and Scotland). Shaun composed the World's first Grade 8 Guitar syllabus for Trinity College; wrote the UK's National Operational Standards (NOS) for music performance; has, as a music journalist, written for magazines like The Guitar Magazine, Guitar World & Metal Hammer, and was a monthly columnist for Guitar Techniques magazine from 1994 to 2021. Through his teaching, Shaun helped pioneer popular music education in the UK and taught many guitar players and teachers who have gone on to find fame in the music industry. In 1993, Shaun recorded a ground-breaking album entitled Jazz Metal. He has also toured the World and recorded with artists such as Princess, John Sloman (Gary Moore/Uriah Heep) and Carl Palmer of Emerson Lake and Palmer, and was ranked in the Top 50 of the World's most Influential guitarists by Guitarist Magazine. For details https://www.facebook.com/shaun.baxter.musician https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCm8IWQHarZo1wYklEuuHorQ To support the podcast and get access to features about guitar playing and song writing visit https://www.patreon.com/vichyland and also news for all the creative music that we do at Bluescamp UK and France visit www.bluescampuk.co.uk For details of the Ikaro music charity visit www.ikaromusic.com Big thanks to Josh Ferrara for the music

In this episode of the ArtistWorks Music Roundtable, our Director of Content and Production, Marcus Luscombe, is joined by critically acclaimed guitarist and ArtistWorks blues guitar instructor, Keith Wyatt, and world-renowned music educator and jazz guitar virtuoso, Don Mock. Together, they discuss the origins of the Guitar Institute of Technology (where Keith and Don both taught), their shared history as music educators, how guitar learning methods have evolved over the decades, and their musical development as guitarists in Los Angeles.For more information on special guest Don Mock, visit: http://www.donmockguitar.com

In the final episode of 2021, Alex welcomes guitarist David Becker to talk about working with the legendary jazz guitarist Joe Diorio. David tells Alex about attending the Guitar Institute of Technology, where he first met Joe when he was a student, and shares stories of recording and touring with Joe over the years. The two discuss Joe's book, Intervallic Designs, and the influence he had on guitarists like Pat Metheny.David Becker is a Grammy and Emmy nominated guitarist, composer, and producer. For more than three decades, he has continued to define himself as one of the best and most unique voices in jazz and contemporary music. He has led the critically acclaimed DAVID BECKER TRIBUNE for over 20 years, performing for a worldwide audience.Joe Diorio is a jazz guitarist who has performed with Sonny Stitt, Eddie Harris, Ira Sullivan, Stan Getz, Pat Metheny, Horace Silver, Anita O'Day, and Freddie Hubbard. In recent years, he has recorded with performers such as Robben Ford, Gary Willis, David Becker and Mick Goodrick. He taught at the University of Southern California and was one of the first instructors at the Guitar Institute of Technology. Moods & Modes is presented by Osiris Media. Hosted and Produced by Alex Skolnick. Osiris Production by Kirsten Cluthe and Brad Stratton. Editing and mixing by Justin Thomas (Revoice Media). Music by Alex Skolnick. Artwork by Mark Dowd. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Episode 201- Joel Hoekstra!!! Joel has quite an amazing resume! He currently plays in Trans-Siberian Orchestra, as well as Whitesnake and with his own Joel Hoekstra's 13. He has also been a member of Night Ranger and toured with Cher. He has some great stories of all the musicians he's worked with, as well great advice and insight on his success. I really enjoyed chatting with him- one of my favorite interviews of the year!00:00 - Intro01:13 - Live Shows Now03:17 - Whitesnake Farewell Tour 04:10 - Guitar Lessons & Early Gigs 05:48 - Joel's Step by Step Career Climb 08:40 - Lot of Work for Little Money 11:25 - Joining Night Ranger 13:28 - Making Mistakes & Playing with Distractions 17:25 - Joel Hoekstra's 13 & Writing Songs 21:45 - Classical Music Vs Rock Music 24:05 - Guitar Institute of Technology 26:30 - Working  at Cherokee Studios & Big Bands 28:24 - Rick James & Screaming 31:05 - Other Gigs & Musicians Played With 36:12 - Working with Hugh Jackman & The Tony's 38:21 - Joel's Climb & Networking 40:46 - Crossing Names Off the Bucket List 42:55 - Project with Michael Sweet & Future Plans 44:57 - Salvation Army 45:52 - Wrap Up Joel Hoekstra website:http://joelhoekstra.com/news.htmlSalvation Army website:https://www.salvationarmyusa.org/usn/Chuck Shute website:http://chuckshute.comSupport the show (https://venmo.com/Chuck-Shute)

Paul Gilbert is one of those instantly recognizable guitar players of our generation. He picked up his first guitar when he was 5 years old. By the time he was 15, he was featured in Guitar Player magazine. After graduating from the Guitar Institute of Technology (GIT) in Los Angeles, Paul immediately joined the faculty [...]

Who is behind the voice of our podcast introduction? Who edits The VBAC Link podcast episodes? Meet Brian Albers, The VBAC Link's secret weapon! Listen to this episode to find out why Brian has earned this title time and time again. We also learn some fun secrets and ask him some of your burning questions. But in all seriousness, we are SO grateful for all Brian does for us. He is a quality, genuine guy that they just don't make these days anymore!   Additional linksThe VBAC Link on Apple PodcastsHow to VBAC: The Ultimate Prep Course for ParentsThe VBAC Link Community on FacebookThe VBAC Link ShopFull transcriptNote: All transcripts are edited to correct grammar, false starts, and filler words. Meagan: All right, you guys. Guess what? This is an episode that I know you guys have all been waiting for since we posted a picture of our secret weapon wearing, “Don't be all up in my perineum.” If you haven't seen the post, go scroll back in our Instagram. We have Brian, who is our secret weapon. Julie started calling him that, I don't know, forever ago.Julie: Because he is.Meagan: He really is. He has proven it. So we today are going to be recording an episode about Brian. Brian is the voice of our intro on our podcast. Review of the WeekMeagan: We have a review, and Julie is the best review reader. We all know this. I can't read.Julie: Oh my gosh.Meagan: She can. So Julie, go ahead and read your review. I hope you picked a big one. I think strategically, you probably pick the big ones knowing that I can't read them.Julie: Yeah. That's exactly what I do, actually. I pick the bigger ones and leave the smaller ones for you.Meagan: I always hope. I always hope.Julie: We have so many. I don't even think we are going to get through them all, so I am trying to pick more recent ones because I know that you pick older ones and so I feel like maybe we have a little bit of both worlds in our review reading. All right. This review is from Apple Podcasts and it's from carrie.vic so we can totally Facebook stalk her if necessary.Her title is, “OMG, the best VBAC resource out there” and then she says, “Thank you so much to Julie and Meagan for this podcast! I began listening to it right after my C-section in August 2018. Then, when I found out I was pregnant in June 2020, I re-listened to every episode. So. Much. Information. So much positivity and hope. I had my VBAC on 02/11”That was just this year.“and I don't think I could have done it without The VBAC Link. This podcast helped me ensure I had the most supportive birth team and provider, provided so much useful information, and all of these mamas made me truly believe in my capability to do this!“Thank you, thank you, thank you a million! Sending so much love to all you mamas out there! ❤️”I love the heart emojis. I love the reviews. I love carrie.vic from Apple Podcasts. Thank you so much and congratulations on your VBAC.Meagan: Yay. Congrats, congrats. I love when we hear the reviews and we don't have to go stalk them. So if you leave a review or if you have left us a review and then gone on to have your baby, let us know how things are going because we kind of stalk you on Facebook, not on Facebook Facebook but on our Facebook community to see because we love following up and hearing about the stories. So leave us a review and if you have already had your baby, drop us an email or tag us on Facebook and let us know.Julie: Yeah, because we really need closure on these things. Like the ones from last year that you read, I'm like, “Oh my gosh, they had their baby eight months ago. I don't know what happened.” Closure is always good.Meagan: Okay, without further ado, we are going to have Brian give us the intro.Brian: All right, here comes the music. You are tuned into The VBAC Link podcast with Julie Francom and Meagan Heaton, VBAC moms, doulas, and educators here to help you get inspired for birth after having had a C-section. Together they have created a robust VBAC preparation course, along with this uplifting podcast, for women who are preparing for their VBAC. Although these episodes are VBAC specific, they encourage expectant moms to listen and educate themselves on how to avoid a Cesarean from the get-go. The purpose of this podcast is to educate and inform. It is not meant to replace advice from any other qualified medical professional. Here are your hosts, Julie and Meagan after we hear from today's sponsor.Julie: “Here are your hosts, Julie and Meagan”Meagan: Yay. I love it.Julie: I love it. Brian is amazing. I call him “our secret weapon” because he is our very first person that we ever paid to do anything from The VBAC Link. He literally saved my life because when we first started, I was editing our podcast episodes using a free program that I downloaded, and every Tuesday night I would be in a rush trying to get-- I'd spend two hours editing, and trying to crop out “um's” everywhere, and putting the intro and the exit there, and get it in the right spot, and get it uploaded, and get everything posted in time for our Wednesday podcast runs, and then Meagan connected us with Brian.Meagan, you're going to have to tell the story because I don't even remember how you guys met. But then he literally saved two hours of my week and that's why he is our secret weapon. But not only that, he is our video guy. He records the videos for our courses and we also give him a whole bunch of random audio/video stuff to do here and there for us. So he is called “our secret weapon” because he saved our lives and we want to keep him nice, quietly tucked away in our own little package so nobody else can use him because he is ours.Meagan: Brian, you belong to us.Brian: Yep.Julie: We will lock you in a dungeon with a computer and some audio equipment just in case you ever decide you want to stop editing.Brian: And honestly Julie, what you described Julie, just cutting out the um's-- that's pretty much what I do. That's the bulk of it because there are so many, really.Julie: Yeah, because me and Meagan don't know how to not say “um.”Brian: Well, I mean, everybody says “um”.Julie: I know.Brian: It's just a natural, normal part of speaking, but when you're trying to present it as a podcast, you want to sound as pro as you can. And cutting out those “um's” is working towards that goal.Meagan: Yes.Julie: Yeah, and then not saying “um” is another step.Brian: Yeah.Meagan: Yeah.Julie: Maybe when we are grown up we will stop saying “um”.Meagan: It's seriously one of the most, it's one of the hardest things for me. What's funny though is I don't recognize myself saying “um” or “uhh” but I totally recognize anybody else saying “um”. I'm like, “Oh my gosh that person says--” like I recognize “um's” more, but in myself, I don't. I don't know why that's a problem.Julie: Until Brian sends us a message that says, “You guys are saying ‘um' a lot more than usual. Just pay attention.”Meagan: “Can you guys drop the ‘um's?”Julie: And then we are texting each other during podcast episodes and saying, “Oh my gosh I am saying ‘um' so much.” No, but I have learned that I replace that with “so”.Brian: Uh-huh, or “and”.Julie: Yeah. And “and”. Yeah, and “so”. That's awesome.Brian: And that's okay. That's okay too.Julie: Yeah. So let's get going. Um, we-- see? There I did. Oh my gosh, I just said it.Brian: Yep.Julie: You'll probably have to edit that out.Brian: I'll leave that one in.Julie: Yeah, you can leave that one in because, um-- oh my gosh. Now I am going to be so hyperaware. Oh, this is not going to go well.Meagan: Oh my gosh. Okay, so I was just reflecting back on how I got a hold of Brian and I feel like-- okay. So I had a client who, crazy enough, yeah. Anyway. So I had a client and he does video and then his wife does sound. I asked her, I sent her a text or something. I was like, “Hey, do you know about anybody or do you know anybody?” And she was like, “Yeah.” I can't remember if she sent Brian to me directly or if she sent me to someone else, but I'm pretty sure she sent--Brian: You're talking about Michaela, right?Meagan: Michaela, yeah.Brian: Yeah.Meagan: Michaela knew you, right? I thought she sent me directly to you. She was like, “Yeah. I know someone.”Brian: Yeah, because I work at the NPR station here in Salt Lake City and Michaela does as well. She is a weekender and that's how I know her. She still does work there and I still do work there so we still do know each other.Meagan: Yes, yes.Brian: And so she approached me and she asked me if I was interested in helping out some friends of hers start a podcast or do a podcast or something. I don't know if she just didn't have the details or just didn't give me the details, but I had no idea what anything was about. I just knew it was something about audio editing and a podcast and I said, “Yeah, sure.” I love doing audio and I love helping people if I can pursue what they want to pursue. If I can help out, I will help out. Especially when it comes out to audio stuff because I've been doing audio forever. And so I said, “Yeah. Throw them at me. Give them my email. Whatever happens, happens.” And that just got the ball rolling.Julie: And then you became our secret weapon.Meagan: Yeah. She sent me your email. That's right. I was like, “I was pretty sure it was direct.” And then I sent it to you. I remember emailing you and it was such a big step for Julie and I because Julie was our editor before and she did a wonderful job, but she was tired of it. And we are not professional. We are not professional. It's not easy.Julie: It was so much work. Oh, well and Brian can edit a podcast episode in 30 minutes that takes me two hours to do.Meagan: Unless we say “um” all the time and then it's two hours. But yeah. But no, it was just such, I don't know. The stars aligned so perfectly. I will forever be grateful for her and we are forever grateful for you, Brian, and we are so excited that you are with us.Brian: And that was when? That was the fall of 2018?Meagan: Two years, mhmm.Julie: Yeah. Right about that.Brian: And you hadn't done too many episodes before I came on board, right?Julie: I think we were 30 episodes in.Meagan: I was going to say, I think it was 30 or 40.Brian: Wow.Julie: Yeah.Meagan: We really hadn't done that many and they were a mess.Julie: Brian was like, “You guys really need to find a studio and I actually know one that might be available.”Meagan: Yeah. He's like, “You need to have better audio.” So it's just been so awesome and then we were like, “Oh, we are going to do this online course. Hey Brian, do you know how-to video?” “Yeah.”Brian: “Yeah.”Meagan: And you guys, he spent an entire Sunday--Julie: It was like, 10 hours.Meagan: Yeah. With us in an empty duplex sitting there as we were just talking about-- like seriously, yeah. It was amazing and yeah. I am so grateful for you.Brian: And actually, videoing is the easy part. It's all the editing and post-production that takes forever.Julie: And so you know so much about birth, and Cesareans, and VBAC--Brian: And do you want to know? The funny thing is when I started editing the podcast, I, first of all, didn't know it was a birth thing.(Meagan and Julie laughing)It was just a podcast. Seriously, I had no idea--Meagan: He didn't know.Brian: --what it was about until I heard the first audio. I had no idea what a VBAC was. I had no idea what a VBAC was. I had no idea what a doula was. I had to look that stuff up.Julie: And now you know way more than you ever thought you would know about birth.Brian: Oh, I know way more than I thought I would ever know.Julie: Probably way more than you would ever care to know.Meagan: You could be a doula, Brian.Julie: I want to read your bio really fast.Brian: Oh, go for it.Julie: You wrote out a really well-thought-out bio and I want to read it because I think it is transitioning to what we are talking about right now, but I want you guys to know a little bit more about Brian and then we can talk some more, and share some really embarrassing stories, and all that fun stuff.But Brian is a SoCal native which-- I did not know that about you. Meagan probably did. Meagan is a bigger people person than I am. But you moved to Salt Lake City in the summer of 2015. You are a lifelong musician and we have seen some of your stuff on YouTube. It's pretty amazing. You have been an audio engineer since the early 90s. You worked in radio, big-time nationally syndicated stuff as well as small-time local stuff as an engineer and on-air host since the mid-90s. He is currently an on-air host at 90.1 KUER NPR Utah, headquartered in Salt Lake City, heard throughout Utah, and video editor in marketing at Salt Lake community college. I did not know that either.You run Humorless Productions. That's his business name. Remote audio, video recording, and post-production, primarily concert recordings, primarily noisy undergroundy, aggressive, electronic music. Obviously, not recording too many concerts these days. You are an avid skier. I did know that. Avid road bicyclist-- also knew that, and hard-core introvert. Also knew that.And let me tell you, people, Brian‘s never married and has no kids. Brian is such-- this is why I call him “our secret weapon”, right? He literally edits a birth podcast. He has never had kids. He has never seen somebody or helped somebody have a baby, but he is sitting over here being the biggest trooper for us. He came to our first birthday party and took pictures with us in our little made-up photo booth. He is just always so willing to help out and is just so-- I don't know. I just think you are a good-quality, genuine guy. They just don't make people like you anymore. I don't know if that makes sense.Brian: Well, if you think about it though, if you put yourself in my position, I mean, I don't really have to know anything about birth specifically. I'm just doing the audio.Julie: That's true.Brian: You know? I just pull it up on my computer and put it in my editing program and start editing. At that point it's not about birth, it's about audio and it's about making the people sound good.Julie: Which you do a great job of.Brian: So the podcast could be about anything and I'm still going to do the same process.Meagan: Right.Julie: Yes.Meagan: But at the same time, you are so willing to go the extra mile to do so many other things. In fact, even wearing your “Don't get all up in my perineum” shirt.Julie: “Don't be all up in my perineum.”Brian: The perineum shirt.Julie: Actually, can we talk about that shirt? I'm going to have that available in our VBAC Link shop. So if you go to thevbaclink.com/shop, you can see exactly what we are talking about and buy your own. “Don't be all up in my perineum” shirt straight from our VBAC shop. So by the time this episode airs, I will have it up there and live for you. I am pretty sure we can include a picture of Brian rocking it. In fact, that might just be our main product image.Meagan: Yes. Yes. I love it. Okay so, Brian. What got you into-- I mean, you've been doing this for such a long time. What sparked your interest in this? Like as a kid, what did you do as a kid? Did you want to do stuff like this as a kid? Like in editing and audio and video and all that?Brian: No, I mean, as a kid, like as a teenager, I would ride my bike around the neighborhood or ride my bike just as much as I could, so that's always been a lifelong thing. I started playing guitar at 12 or 13 years old and that pretty much instantly became my main focus forever. I wasn't good at it instantly. I wasn't a prodigy, but I got fairly good at it in some short amount of time. I was sort of a natural musician. It was just a language that I understood.Meagan: Yeah, it just came to you.Brian: It just kept going and going from there. I was in bands back in the 80s which-- we didn't go anywhere. We didn't record anything. But I was always playing and I was always getting better. Eventually, the first thing I did out of high school was, I went to a guitar school in Hollywood. It's the premier West Coast guitar school via Musicians Institute and the Guitar Institute of Technology. I graduated in 1990 and from there, that's what got me interested in audio. In playing guitar, and playing with bands, and playing with other people and recording as well, I was interested to know how exactly. You know, you mic up a guitar and why does it sound different if you put the mic here or if you put the mic here? Or if you use this microphone or that microphone? I was interested in that sort of stuff. I just dove into it headfirst while all along being a musician, but also being interested in audio.Once I eventually went to proper college, I was a music major at first, but then I switched to audio engineering and graduated as an audio engineering major. That was in the mid-90s. That's when I started in radio. I eventually did my own music shows in LA and I was an engineer for some big radio shows in LA. It all just came together and that's how it's been since then.Meagan: That's awesome. I didn't know that about you.Julie: Yeah. You're pretty good at it. You've got a natural talent.Meagan: Yeah. Oh my gosh.Julie: Alright.Brian: Isn't that what they say about kids? Because I'm a middle kid. I have an older brother and a younger brother.Julie: Aw, that makes sense too.Brian: Isn't the middle kid supposed to be the artsy one?Meagan: You know, my middle kid is. She is very artsy. I mean she seriously, she was 18 months old and I remember we were in this group of people and there were some coloring books. She sat down and started coloring and this lady was like, “Oh my gosh” because she was color blending and coloring in the lines so perfectly. She was like, “What in the deal?” And then now, she can just look at something and she just draws it. And she's like, “Look, this is--”. The other day, she brought home-- it was Cat in the Hat, Dr. Seuss's birthday, or whatever, and she brings me this Cat in the Hat picture. I am like, “Oh my gosh.” She is so good that way, and then she is really good in the arts like dance, and music, and things like that. She is really good at the piano and she is six. So, yeah. I would say my middle kid is good at it.Brian: Cool.Julie: I have two middle kids and I would say my third is definitely the more artsy one. But again, they are three, four, six, and seven. My seven-year-old has really mild cerebral palsy so he has always hated handwriting. He's always hated coloring because it's hard for him because of his right hand. It's his right side that is affected. He's not severely disabled or anything. It's really, really mild cerebral palsy, but it affects his right extremities and so he is forced to be left-handed when his brain operates in a right-handed way. He's never been good at that type of thing. I wonder if that's true. I don't know. We will see. We will see as my kids get older I suppose.Meagan: So tell us something else unique that no one would know about you that we don't even know.Julie: Yeah. Behind the scenes.Brian: About me?Meagan: Yeah, because you are. Like we said, you are just like this secret weapon. You just have all of these hidden talents. What is something that you-- I don't know. What is something secret?Brian: Well, I have a good one. I don't know if I have told you before, but I lived-- so I am from Southern California. That's what I say. That is the short answer. But the long answer is I was born in San Diego and I grew up in San Diego. But I lived all of my adult life in LA and so LA feels more like my home, which sounds sort of weird than San Diego, but if you press me, if you asked me where my home city is, I will say LA. But then, I also moved to Austria twice.Julie: What?Brian: Yeah. I lived there for most of 2005 and then I moved back to LA, and then I moved back to Austria from late 2009 to late 2010, so another year there for no reason. It wasn't a work thing. It wasn't for anything, I just wanted to live there. So twice, I sold all my stuff and quit all my jobs, and moved.Meagan: Oh my gosh.Julie: Oh, to be free.Meagan: That's amazing. That's amazing.Brian: Yeah. I didn't really know the language too much. I mean, I took some classes beforehand just so I was a little bit familiar, but I went over there and that's actually where Humorless Productions started my mobile audio/video recording system. That's where I really cut my teeth because there were so many more shows over there at that time that I could record as opposed to LA, at least for the music that I was interested in recording. And so I went over there, and I brought some equipment, and I would record all sorts of shows every month. It wasn't easy, but I worked out a system. It's evolved over the years and now I have a really good system.Actually, the first time I lived in Austria was in Vienna. The second time I lived there was Linz, which is a smaller town about an hour and a half west of Vienna. But if you really asked me if there's anywhere in the world that feels more like home than anything else, I would say it's Austria.Meagan: Really?Brian: Yeah. I have five more friends even today in Austria than I do in the States.Meagan: Wow.Julie: That is super cool.Brian: Yeah.Julie: Gosh, I used to travel so much when I was single. I guess maybe it was because I was in the military. I lived in a couple of different places and then once or twice a year before I got married, I would just travel somewhere on a plane. I was just talking to Nick the other night about this and I just miss that so much. You know, you get married, and you have kids, and you're just stuck forever until your kids get old enough to travel with you. I love that.Brian: And actually when I was over there, I wasn't really intent on traveling or going around, but that just ended up where the shows were that I would record. Vienna is fairly centrally located, so I would hop on a train and go up to Prague, or Budapest, or to Venice, or to Zurich, or to Munich, or to Berlin, or wherever. So it was all sorts of fun.Meagan: That's awesome. So cool. Yep. I did not know that.Julie: Yeah. I did not know that either.Q&AMeagan: So I posted on our Instagram what questions people have for you and a couple have come in. Can I ask them to you?Julie: Yeah.Brian: Yeah.Meagan: One, what is the most interesting thing you have learned from this podcast?Brian: I've learned all sorts of stuff. What's the most interesting thing? I don't know the most interesting thing.Meagan: What's something that stands out to you that you've learned? Obviously, you learned what a VBAC is in general.Brian: Yes, in general.Julie: Maybe if somebody asked you, what is The VBAC Link? What would you say?Brian: Well, here's the thing. For anybody listening, Julie and Meagan don't necessarily want you to have a VBAC. They want you to have the birth that you want. If you want a Cesarean, that's super great. More power to you. The thing is, you're going to learn stuff. Even if you do a Cesarean, you will learn stuff for your pregnancy that will benefit you if you listen to this podcast. If you are a first-time mother, you will benefit. You will learn stuff from this podcast. It doesn't matter if you have never had a Cesarean, doesn't matter if you have never had a vaginal birth. There is just so much good information that you will learn in this podcast.Meagan: I would agree. So another question is, do you share what you have learned with any expectant parents in your life?Julie: Wait, wait, wait. Hold on a minute. Hold on a minute. Thanks for that Brian. That was really nice of you to say. I really like that.Brian: Yeah.Meagan: That really was.Julie: Thank you.Meagan: So to me, Brian, you just answered it a little bit, right? Because that's one of the most interesting things you have maybe learned, right? We're pro VBAC, obviously. That's why we are here and that's why we created the course, and the podcast, and the blogs, and all of that jazz, but you nailed it. It's not that we want you to have your VBAC. It's that we want you to have the birth experience that you want, whether that be a VBAC or not. So I totally love that so much and that seems like the answer to me too. Maybe it's not the most interesting, but it is something that you have definitely taken away and realized that through editing our podcast, that's what we are here for. That is exactly what we are here for is to help these people get the birth that they desire no matter what that may look like to them.Brian: And one other thing, it might sound like not the best way to say this, but a lot of these women who come on the podcast have learned lessons the hard way. They want to share their experiences of learning things the hard way so that other women don't have to learn the hard way themselves. You know? You never ever want to say, “Well, I told you so I told you so,” but I think that's one of the best things about this show is that women don't have to go through all the trauma and all the pain that these other women have gone through, not unnecessarily. You know how birth goes. You never can plan it out 100%.Julie: You know how birth goes now.Brian: Yeah, more than I used to.Meagan: Yeah, and I love that. Yeah. I don't think it was saying it like that or anything. It's true. We have all learned things in hard ways a lot of the time and that for sure was me with my second provider. I didn't switch and I learned the hard way to follow my gut. I didn't follow it the first time. I had to follow it the second time. I am glad that I did so I had the outcome and the experience that I had. So, yeah. I love that.Do you share what you have learned through this podcast with expectant parents in your life? Do you have many expectant parents in your life?Brian: Yeah, I would in a heartbeat. I have only had one friend who had a kid last year sometime in 2020 and I definitely recommended it to her when she was pregnant. I said, “Hey if you want to learn some stuff, listen to this podcast.” I don't know what her plans were as far as her birth plans, but yeah. I said, “There is all sorts of stuff that you will learn listening to this podcast.”Meagan: That's awesome.Brian: And she was a first-time mom.Meagan: Yeah. I know, I think that's something that is so interesting. A lot of the times it's like, “Oh, I have had a VBAC so I don't need to listen to that,” but really like you said, the first-time parents can almost learn just as much, if not more, than the people who have had Cesareans. Right?Brian: I mean, how many episodes do you have on the pelvic floor? That is something that every first-time mother can use.Julie: Yeah. At least four I think.Meagan: Exactly. Mhmm. Yeah. And chiropractic care and working through your fear.Brian: Yep.Julie: And big babies.Meagan: Oh yeah and big babies. Things like that and learning what is evidence-based. You know, we really focus on a lot of evidence-based. So yeah. I love that. I love that you referred us. Thank you for referring us. Do you know how her birth turned out?Brian: I don't know.Meagan: Did she talk to you about that? Most people, probably not.Brian: She hasn't talked to me about it. I've seen pictures of the baby on Facebook and everything looks like it's rolling just perfectly.Meagan: Going really well. That's awesome.Brian: Yep.Meagan: So you said you have two siblings. You are the middle child. Did you say, two brothers?Brian: Yes.Meagan: Are they married?Brian: Both of them are. Older brother has no kids. Younger brother has two kids.Meagan: Oh awesome. Do you know how his wife's experiences went?Brian: I don't know. I haven't asked her.Meagan: Right. It's not really something you probably would. I was just so curious if now--Brian: I mean, I don't think she'd hesitate to tell me if I asked because she's an adult. I'm an adult. Yeah. But I just haven't asked.Meagan: Yeah. Okay, what other questions do you have, Julie? Or what else do you want to tell us, Brian?Julie: I mean, I guess unless you want to embarrass us or roast us, I am so disappointed that there is not going to be any roasting. Throw us under the bus. What kind of dirt do you got on us? Tell the whole world.Brian: I don't have anything embarrassing about you. I have something embarrassing about me.Julie: Okay sure.Meagan: That's the thing is, I want to know more about you. I want this episode to be about you. So tell everyone about you.Brian: Well, here's one thing. First of all, I said in my bio there that I am a hard-core introvert and that's 100% true. This story sort of reflects that a little bit. It was when I first started the podcast. I think I had met Julie and I had met Meagan maybe once. I forget. Maybe not at all at this point, but one of you called me. I forget who it was. One of you called me on some afternoon and just wanted to say, “Hi. I just wanted to chat on the phone for a little bit.”Julie: That was definitely Meagan. I don't do things like that.Meagan: Probably me.Brian: I felt so bad because when you called me, I was at the main library and I couldn't really take a call. I couldn't really talk but I was totally whispering. I felt bad because I wanted to talk. I wanted to say “hi” but I was just not in a position where I could do any of that because there were people all around, and I was in the middle of something, and you can't make a whole lot of noise in the library. And so the call ended up being 30 seconds. It was like, “Yeah, hi. Thanks. Okay. That's cool. Okay, bye.” That was more impersonal than I usually am. You know, in the first place, I really am not the most personable person. I am not friendly at first.Meagan: Really? I think you were. You were friendly.Brian: But I felt bad about that call. But now we all hang out and we are all cool.Meagan: Yes. Now it's like, “Brian!”Julie: COVID has put a serious cramp in our style. We don't get to see you anymore.Meagan: I know.Brian: Yeah.Julie: One day. One day, maybe.Meagan: I know. COVID. Darn COVID. How've you been during COVID Brian? What have you been up to during it?Brian: It's been pretty great for me. I call it “working from home”, but at the same time I have been an essential worker at both of my jobs, and so I have really not changed my schedule at all too much. But it's been great for me as an introvert because everybody else in the office doesn't show up. They are all working from home.Julie: So you get to be all alone and enjoy being an introvert.Brian: So at both of my jobs, I pretty much have the whole building to myself. I can work at my own pace and I can play music as loud as I want. So it's been okay.Meagan: That's good. Have you taken on any side projects or anything other than everything that we send you?Julie: Everything that we send you?Brian: Everything you throw at me? No, not really. I mean, I have all my regular stuff. I have about a dozen blogs and a dozen side projects. I have always a thousand music projects at home which don't really have a deadline, so I have a mountain of stuff I can always work on. Sometimes I get to it. Sometimes I don't. Right now it is ski season, so I am skiing every Saturday and every Sunday for months on end. I am working both my jobs quite a lot these days so I don't have much time to do much of anything.Meagan: Where do you like to ski, Brian?Brian: Well, living here in Salt Lake City is pretty much the center of the universe. We have all sorts of good skiing here. I have one of those multi-resort passes so I have gone to Big Sky Montana this year. I've gone to Steamboat Springs this year. I actually have weekends coming up for both of those coming up shortly. I don't think I will hit Jackson Hole this year. I don't think I will hit Sun Valley this year. I don't think I will hit Aspen this year, but I have skied all over the West Coast.Meagan: What's your favorite resort here in Utah? What resort would you suggest of someone to come to Utah and try out?Julie: Megan is our skier. She probably wants to go catch you on the slopes one day.Meagan: Yeah.Brian: It's probably not the one that most people would come up with as the number one resort here in Salt Lake City at least, but I go to Snow Basin.Meagan: Snow Basin is awesome.Julie: I like Snow Basin.Meagan: That's the first place I go.Brian: At least for me. I was going to say, Snow Basin is better than any of the four here close to town. We have Snowbird, Alta, Brighton, Solitude. But Snow Basin is the one I prefer. Just got the best terrain for me. I am an advanced skier. I've been skiing my whole life.↔Julie: You got a lot of that in SoCal huh? Just kidding. I'm sure the slopes were amazing in Austria.Brian: Yeah. Yeah. I went skiing at St, Anton in the alps for a week. I skied Kitzbühel.Julie: Aw, what a dream.Brian: I skied the racecourse. The Hahnenkamm racecourse at Kitzbühel a week before the race. It was the day before they actually shut down the course for the race, which was totally cool. So I skied the Hahnenkamm in Austria.Julie: That's pretty cool.Meagan: That's super cool. I just started skiing this year.Brian: Really?Julie: Did you? For some reason, I thought you've been skiing for a while. I used to snowboard back in the day when I was cool and now I'm just a boring mom. I still have my snowboarding boots. I used to go to Brighton because it was the cheapest one. You could buy a half-day pass for only three of the lifts and it was only $40 instead of having to pay $90 for a full resort pass and so me and my friend would go up almost every weekend. We would go boarding and then we would go to the Porcupine Grill at the face of the canyon afterward and have nachos and hot chocolate which you wouldn't think go together but after you go snowboarding, they definitely do go together.Meagan: Oh wow. That's in my neighborhood. Yeah. No, I actually begged to snowboard as a kid. I begged my mom every year. “Mom, I want to snowboard. I want to snowboard” and she was like, “Nope, nope, nope. Too dangerous. Too dangerous” and refused. And so this year for Christmas, my husband surprised us with also a multi-pass and said, “We are--” because you guys probably know I hate winter. I hate it. I hate it. I hate being cold. I like being at the pool feeling the sun and going outside on hikes, and sports, and obviously, as of last year I really took up cycling, and so I just like to be on my bike. So yeah. “We are going to make your winter better.” I will just tell you right now, if you haven't ever skied before and you have snow In your area and you are listening, go skiing. It has changed my winter life completely. So I love that you ski, Brian. I always remember we would always try to get the podcast recorded at the end of December, or really November, so we weren't driving in the winter and we would try to get enough through February because we were like, “We don't want to drive to the studio in winter.”Julie: The studio is an hour away from my house. In some of the snowstorms, it took me two hours to get home, and then there was that one time Meagan made me run out of gas on the freeway.Meagan: Yes.Julie: That was at midnight. It was awful.Meagan: Yeah. We were recording with Brian. This is how much of a champ Brian is. He would literally stay with us at the studio until 11:30 PM. It's insane what this man does for us. So we just are overly grateful for you. But I always remember he was telling me-- I swear there was two years or something that you were like, “Yeah. I'm going to Jackson this week.” And you would go and ski in Jackson. It's one of my dreams to go and ski because we have a cabin there and now that I ski, I want to go skiing there because I have heard it's amazing. I've also heard it's pretty steep though. Is it steep?Brian: Great one. Yeah. They have something for everybody.Meagan: Good, because I am still not as advanced or confident. My husband says I am a really really good skier. I just lack confidence.Julie: We need to get your confidence for skiing just like we want people to have their confidence for birth.Meagan: I know. Okay, one last thing. What advice would you give to parents listening to the podcast? What do you feel is one of the most important takeaways from listening to all of the stories?Brian: The biggest takeaway, and it's the most obvious thing in the world. Birth is not easy. It is a monumental challenge. You can only be as prepared as you can. You could write down every single thing that you think is going to be a part of your birth plan and both Julie and Meagan will tell you there is not a single birth plan in the existence of the history of the universe that didn't go 100% according to that birth plan. There's always going to be some curveball in there that you were not prepared for. It's impossible to prepare. You can't prepare for absolutely everything. You can make a birth plan. You can make a backup plan. You can make a backup backup plan. The best thing you can do is just learn, research as much as you can, listen to the podcast, I don't know what else to tell you. You can't be prepared for everything but you can just try.Julie: And trust your intuition.Brian: Yeah. And the other thing is that-- I'm sure you've said this Meagan or Julie in the past on one of your episodes and I know it's easy for me to say, “Well, keep this in mind.” But keep in mind that you are the mother. You are in charge. All the nurses, doctors, the providers-- they can tell you, “Okay. We need to do this,” and if that doesn't line up with your birth plan, you say, “No, wait a second. I am doing it this way.”Julie: Boom.Brian: “I'm doing it this way.” You say it twice. You say it loud if you need to. “I'm doing it this way.” And if they say, “Okay. We'll work with this.” It might get to a point where they say, “You know what? This is medically unsafe or medically unwise.” At that point, you say, “Okay. I will listen to what you have to say.” Otherwise, you are saying, “I'm doing it this way. I'm doing it my way.”Meagan: Yeah. And it's okay to say, “Why is this medically unwise?” It's okay to question that.Brian: Yeah. You are in charge. Not them.Julie: Love it.Meagan: Okay. You're awesome, Brian. We love you. We love you so much.Julie: Yep. Don't ever go anywhere. We are going to keep you forever as our secret weapon. Our not-so-secret weapon anymore but I am still going to call you our secret weapon.Brian: Awesome. Okay.Meagan: If you ever decide to go back to Austria, are you still going to stay with us, or are you going to be like, “Peace out Meagan and Julie?”Brian: Well I mean, we haven't actually ever been in the same building for a year now.Julie: Yeah, so I'm pretty sure it doesn't matter where he lives.Brian: And we're still making a podcast, so whether I'm in Salt Lake City or in Vienna, we can still work it out.Julie: Boom.Meagan: Perfect. All right, okay. Well, if you guys want to know more about Brian after this episode, message us and we will get your answers. And Brian, seriously, you are just a miracle in our lives. So, we love you. We appreciate you. Thanks for joining us today and telling us more that we didn't know about you. And for the ski trips.Brian: Totally awesome.Julie: Wonderful.ClosingWould you like to be a guest on the podcast? 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Marc Bonilla is an American guitarist and composer. He has worked with Keith Emerson (including on 1995's Changing States and in 2006-2016 was featured in the Keith Emerson Band), Ronnie Montrose, Glenn Hughes (on Addiction (produced, co-written and performed), The Way It Is, 1999, also playing keyboards), David Coverdale (late 2000 live band) and Kevin Gilbert (Toy Matinee live band). He also appears on the Emerson, Lake & Palmer tribute album Encores, Legends & Paradox (Magna Carta Records, 1999) and a spoken word album with comedian Bobby Gaylor for Atlantic entitled "Fuzzatonic Scream" including the controversial single, "Suicide" in 1998.     *******SUBSCRIBE/RATE/REVIEW!!! www.richredmond.com/listen   The Rich Remond Show is sponsored by: Big Dot Lighting - Commercial LED Lighting Specialists   -and-   Bruce Cline Home Loans & Mortgage Refinance | Movement Mortgage www.musiciansmortgage.com           He has released a number of solo albums. Among them, EE Ticket (Reprise, 1991), and American Matador (Warner Brothers, 1993), which includes covers of "A Whiter Shade of Pale" and "I Am the Walrus" with guest Ronnie Montrose.   Bonilla currently plays in California Transit Authority,[3] a project led by former Chicago drummer, founding member and Rock n' Roll Hall of Famer Danny Seraphine, featuring some updates to early Chicago songs as well as new material and has currently completed the follow-up album of all original material. He has also produced, co-written and performed with the Keith Emerson Band's new album. In addition, he tours with Eddie Jobson's UZ Project as singer, guitarist and bassist.[4] Bonilla is originally from the San Francisco Bay area and, along with Joe Satriani, was one of the preeminent rock guitar teachers in the Bay area during the 1980s. Bonilla moved to LA in the early 1990s to work on TV and movie scoring working with James Newton Howard, John Debney, and others, earning an Emmy nomination in 2001. In addition, he had cameo roles in the 1997 television series Nightman about a crime-fighting sax player, for which he was the musical director and acted as a performer (with his band) in several episodes under the alias Marc Bonilla and Dragonchoir. He has done guitars for numerous films such as The Replacements, The Scorpion King, Spider-Man 2, Iron Man 2, Green Lantern, The Bourne Legacy, and composed and performed the music on the hit series, Justified, on FX channel, with keyboardist Steve Porcaro (Toto). He also composed for Comedy Central's The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore. He also lectured at LA's Guitar Institute of Technology (GIT). He now lives in Los Angeles with his wife and son and has recently completed a new ground-breaking album with Keith Emerson titled The Three Fates Project with the Munich Radio Orchestra, conducted by Maestro Terje Mikkelsen and has finished work on an album Beyond The Stars - Keith Emerson with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields and also the follow-up long-awaited third guitar instrumental album called Celluloid Debris available exclusively at marcbonillamusic.com. He also currently tours with Harry Shearer (aka Derek Smalls from Spinal Tap) playing guitar, bass and mandolin.   Aside from his work as a musician, Bonilla was also a graphic artist, who did album cover designs for Ronnie Montrose, with his 1986 solo album Territory and with his band Montrose, the 1987 album Mean.   Some Things That Came Up:    -Marc’s NFL Helmet Collection completed after a 37 year commitment  -A tour of Marc’s Studio  -Creating a vacuum for future successes -Meeting Ronnie Montrose and Keith Emerson at a young age  -Working with Toy Matinee and then James Newton Howard  -Recording on films like Falling Down, Waterworld, etc.  -Emmy Awards and Theme Songs  -Our mutual love of drummer Denny Carmassi  -Inspiration is a river that flows through you from the Universe  -Creativity flows from a relaxed state of mind  -Composers, Foley Artists and Music Editors all working as a team  -3 Fates Project and The Munich Orchestra  -Music and Tapping Into Spirituality  -All Star Tribute to Keith Emerson concert available NOW! Fanfare For The Uncommon Man:   A new concert film and album documenting the May 2016 tribute show honouring the late Keith Emerson. The Official Keith Emerson Tribute Concert is available as a four-disc set featuring DVD and two CDs capturing the entire two-and-a-half-hour event and a disc of Bonus interviews.Available at: www.cherryred.co.uk. The show featured a roster of rockers including Steve Lukather, Steve Porcaro, Eddie Jobson, Jordan Rudess,  Brian Auger, Jeff “Skunk” Baxter, Vinnie Colaiuta, Marc Bonilla, Gregg Bissonnette, CJ Vanston, Troy Luccketta, Rachel Flowers, Terje Mikkelsen, Philippe Saisse, Travis Davis, Ed Roth, Mike Wallace, Mick Mahan, Karma Auger, Rick Livingstone, Jonathan Sindelman, Joe Travers, Kae Matsumoto, Aaron Emerson, Dan Lutz, and Michael Fitzpatrick. All proceeds from the release will benefit the Dystonia Medical Research Foundation, a charity that focuses on treating and finding a cure for dystonia, a debilitating neurological ailment that Keith battled. -A new skillset and revenue stream as a voice actor for Kubota, Ford, Chevy and major feature film trailers. -Turning negative into positive and staying prepared and empowered.  Get the DVD here:  cherryred.co.uk   The HD Digital Download is available at:  fanfarefortheuncommonman.com/   -The Balance of Power Guitar Book    Follow: www.marcbonillamusic.com IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0094633/         The Rich Redmond Show is about all things music, motivation and success. Candid conversations with musicians, actors, comedians, authors and thought leaders about their lives and the stories that shaped them. Rich Redmond is the longtime drummer with Jason Aldean and many other veteran musicians and artists. Rich is also an actor, speaker, author, producer and educator. Rich has been heard on thousands of songs, over 25 of which have been #1 hits!   Rich can also be seen in several films and TV shows and has also written an Amazon Best-Selling book, "CRASH! Course for Success: 5 Ways to Supercharge Your Personal and Professional Life" currently available at:   https://www.amazon.com/CRASH-Course-Success-Supercharge-Professional/dp/B07YTCG5DS/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=crash+redmond&qid=1576602865&sr=8-1   One Book: Three Ways to consume....Physical (delivered to your front door, Digital (download to your kindle, ipad or e-reader), or Audio (read to you by me on your device...on the go)!   Buy Rich’s exact gear at www.lessonsquad.com/rich-redmond   Follow Rich: @richredmond www.richredmond.com   Jim McCarthy is the quintessential Blue Collar Voice Guy. Honing his craft since 1996 with radio stations in Illinois, South Carolina, Connecticut, New York, Las Vegas and Nashville, Jim has voiced well over 10,000 pieces since and garnered an ear for audio production which he now uses for various podcasts, commercials and promos. Jim is also an accomplished video producer, content creator, writer and overall entrepreneur.   Follow Jim:   @jimmccarthy www.jimmccarthyvoiceovers.com    

Quint Starkie is an English musician originally from Accrington, Lancashire. After living and performing in Los Angeles in the 80's he now resides in Stockholm, Sweden. In our conversation we discuss how Quint's passion for playing the guitar inspired him to move to Hollywood to study guitar with some of the world's best musicians at the Guitar Institute of Technology. We hear how he played famous venues such as the Whisky-a-go-go and Caesars Palace in Las Vegas backing The Supremes.After settling in Stockholm Quint tells us about his career writing and producing hundreds of jingles for commercials including some famous ones for McDonald's, Toyota, Diners Club, Heineken and others.After years of writing songs for other artists , in November 2016 he released his first solo album Ghost in My Heart, which has been very well received around the world. Overseen by executive producer Francis Dunnery, (It Bites, Robert Plant,Santana, Lauren Hill). The 14 songs on the album capture life growing up in a Northern town in the 70's/80's. He continues to play in his own band and prior to the pandemic opened for Francis Dunnery's It Bites UK Tour. He is currently working on his next album due out later in the year.Quint's links:http://www.quintstarkie.net/https://www.facebook.com/superquintstarkiehttps://www.instagram.com/quintstarkie/  Undercurrent Stories links:https://www.undercurrentstories.com/https://www.instagram.com/undercurrentstories/https://twitter.com/UndercurrentSt1

Don't miss this episode!!! Kraus talks about the similarities between the great Baroque composer Johann Sebastian Bach and '80s heavy metal music. There is a combo you didn't see comin'! So you want to shred on the guitar like '80s metal bands? Check out Piano and Guitar Institute to see their latest tuition specials.

Don't miss this episode where Kraus talk about the 4 composers that changed the world of music. Did your favorite composer make the list? How would you like to play some of the music composed by these guys? Check out Piano & Guitar Institute.

Welcome to an extraordinary journey! Kraus will be discussing many musical styles and the cultures created because of them. As well as discussing many genres of music that stem from what came before. This Multi-episode series will be a fascinating look into all forms of pop music from the 1950's to the present. Be sure to visit our sponsor Piano & Guitar Institute!

Ep. 34 Steel Panther guitarist Satchel is back with Benny, Siobhán and Cory to talk about his views on free speech, how he and the band leveraged cancel culture to create a successful side business, his experience at GIT (the Guitar Institute of Technology), being hated by Eddie Trunk and more. Satchel is best known as the bitchin’ guitarist for the greatest heavy metal band of all time, Steel Panther. steelpantherrocks.com FB/IG/YT: @steelpanther Twitter: @steel_panther - Follow the 2020'd crew: Benny Goodman - https://www.instagram.com/thebennygoodman/ Siobhán Cronin - https://www.instagram.com/siobhan_violin/ Cory Paza - https://www.instagram.com/corypaza/ - For more episodes, merch and more visit 2020-d.com Check out our band LostSymphony.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to an extraordinary journey! Kraus will be discussing many musical styles and the cultures created because of them. As well as discussing many genres of music that stem from what came before. This Multi-episode series will be a fascinating look into all forms of pop music from the 1950's to the present. Be sure to visit our sponsor Piano & Guitar Institute!

James Cohen is the founder and primary song writer of his band, James Cohen and the Prairie Roots Rockers who are a Winnipeg-based roots rock group and whose debut album was released in October 2011 on Soccermom Records / Warner Music Canada. Their self-titled album produced one single “So Long Sweet Deception” which charted for 16 weeks in early 2012 on the Mediabase Canadian Active Rock Top 50 Chart peaking at #32. The song “These Long Nights” was also featured in the movie soundtrack of “Gone Tomorrow” released in 2016. James graduated from the prestigious Guitar Institute of Technology in Hollywood, California and spent years honing his guitar playing and song writing skills. After several demos and playing with various collections of skilled musicians, James achieved his dream of an album release on a record label after refusing to give up and keeping his eyes firmly on the goals he had set. Since the album release, James has performed with his band at Canadian Music Week, the 2015 Grey Cup Festival and is set to perform with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra in 2021. The band also plans on releasing an EP later this year featuring several new original songs. Follow Us: Instagram: www.instagram.com/crossborderpodcast/ Twitter: twitter.com/CrossBorderPod Facebook : www.facebook.com/CrossBorderInterviewPodcast/ Website: www.crossborderinterviews.ca/ Cross Border Interviews is owned by Miranda, Brown & Associates Inc.

Welcome to an extraordinary journey! Kraus will be discussing many musical styles and the cultures created because of them. As well as discussing many genres of music that stem from what came before. This Multi-episode series will be a fascinating look into all forms of pop music from the 1950's to the present. Be sure to visit our sponsor Piano & Guitar Institute!

Welcome to an extraordinary journey! Kraus will be discussing many musical styles and the cultures created because of them. As well as discussing many genres of music that stem from what came before. This Multi-episode series will be a fascinating look into all forms of pop music from the 1950's to the present. Be sure to visit our sponsor Piano & Guitar Institute!

Listen in as Kraus shares stories from years gone by about playing Christmas music with his students. If you are interested in learning to play the piano so you too can play Christmas music, check out Piano and Guitar Institute.

Welcome to an extraordinary journey! Kraus will be discussing many musical styles and the cultures created because of them. As well as discussing many genres of music that stem from what came before. This Multi-episode series will be a fascinating look into all forms of pop music from the 1950's to the present. Be sure to visit our sponsor Piano & Guitar Institute!

Welcome to an extraordinary journey! Kraus will be discussing many musical styles and the cultures created because of them. As well as discussing many genres of music that stem from what came before. This Multi-episode series will be a fascinating look into all forms of pop music from the 1950's to the present. Be sure to visit our sponsor Piano & Guitar Institute!

Welcome to an extraordinary journey! Kraus will be discussing many musical styles and the cultures created because of them. As well as discussing many genres of music that stem from what came before. This Multi-episode series will be a fascinating look into all forms of pop music from the 1950's to the present. Be sure to visit our sponsor Piano & Guitar Institute!

Welcome to an extraordinary journey! Kraus will be discussing many musical styles and the cultures created because of them. As well as discussing many genres of music that stem from what came before. This Multi-episode series will be a fascinating look into all forms of pop music from the 1950's to the present. Be sure to visit our sponsor Piano & Guitar Institute!

Welcome to an extraordinary journey! Kraus will be discussing many musical styles and the cultures created because of them. As well as discussing many genres of music that stem from what came before. This Multi-episode series will be a fascinating look into all forms of pop music from the 1950's to the present. Be sure to visit our sponsor Piano & Guitar Institute!

  Joe Elliott is a great friend of the show. Joe first joined us in 2017 to discuss his fantastic Truth Serum album. Since then, the former head of guitar at the world famous Guitar Institute in Hollywood has been developing a comprehensive online guitar course. Matt has been a beta tester, Greg Koch & Brett Garsed have given it the thumbs up and the course is now up and running.   Episode #145 Links Fretboard Biology Joe Elliott Guitar Guitar Speak Podcast #40 - Joe Elliott   Guitar Speak Podcast Links PayPal Tip Jar Visit us at guitarspeakpodcast.com Subscribe and find previous episodes at: Apple Podcasts Spotify Stitcher   Follow us on Facebook & Instagram Buy a T-Shirt! Contact us at guitarspeakpodcast@gmail.com

Agradece a este podcast tantas horas de entretenimiento y disfruta de episodios exclusivos como éste. ¡Apóyale en iVoox! La Tienda De Biblioteca Del Metal: Encontraras, Ropa, Accesorios,Decoracion, Ect... Todo Relacionado Al Podcats Biblioteca Del Metal Y Al Mundo Del Heavy Metal. Descubrela!!!!!! Ideal Para Llevarte O Regalar Productos Del Podcats De Ivoox. (Por Tiempo Limitado) https://teespring.com/es/stores/biblioteca-del-metal-1 Continuamos donde lo dejamos..... Una vez lanzado el álbum San Francisco Express (1997) y tras apoyar a la banda argentina La Renga durante su visita a España al año siguiente, Los Suaves viajaron a Argentina para ofrecer algunas actuaciones en enero de 1999 como invitados de La Renga y Almafuerte. Ese mismo año fueron el acto de apertura del concierto de The Rolling Stones en Santiago de Compostela. La banda continúa su trayectoria con los siguientes álbumes Víspera de todos los santos (2000), Un paso atrás en el tiempo (2002), Si yo fuera Dios (2003), El Siglo XXI recibe a la banda con cambios significativos en su formación. Ramón "Moncho" Costoya había anunciado su marcha del grupo por motivos personales en 1998, aunque ésta no se producirá hasta el año 2000. Es sustituido por Fernando Calvo, orensano, virtuoso guitarrista formado al igual que Alberto Cereijo en el prestigioso M.I. (Musicians Institute of Hollywood), recibiendo excelentes calificaciones en el departamento de G.I.T. (Guitar Institute of Technology). Fernando Calvo ya interviene en la grabación de Un paso atrás en el tiempo (2002) y en los discos y directos posteriores de la banda. En mayo de 2002 Tino Mojón toma el relevo de Ángel Barrio "Gelo" a la batería del grupo. Tino ya venía colaborando con el grupo desde el año 1996. Vinculado a la banda como músico de estudio en los discos San Francisco Express (1997), Víspera de todos los Santos (2000) y Un paso atrás en el tiempo (2002) coge las baquetas también en directo tras la marcha de "Gelo", aportando mayor implicación en la elaboración de los temas de los nuevos discos de la banda y manteniendo la contundencia rítmica que caracteriza a Los Suaves. Continuara.......Escucha este episodio completo y accede a todo el contenido exclusivo de Biblioteca Del Metal (Recopilation). Descubre antes que nadie los nuevos episodios, y participa en la comunidad exclusiva de oyentes en https://www.ivoox.com/podcast-biblioteca-del-metal-recopilation_sq_f1308558_1.html

Dave “Razz” Rasmussen grew up in a family that played music around the house all the time. His mother was a pianist who played piano until very late in life. His father played the gut bucket, and Razz’s brother and sister played music too. He remembers living in Hawaii at the Navy base where everyone was playing ukulele, but he liked guitar because it had two more strings. He was constantly playing gigs and with people, and when he was twenty-nine went to the Guitar Institute, which really opened up his playing.  Razz says that, “people come together through music … they can’t help themselves.” He says everyone can play some instrument, that it lowers personal barriers, and helps people get in the same harmonic resonance. He says that music can even relax animals, and Razz at one point remembers playing with a parrot named Wilbur, who would bob his head and whistle and sing along with the music! He believes that meetings of world leaders would be much more productive and beneficial if they started off conferences with jams to set the tone! Razz has wanted to implement a movement that he refers to as the Harmonic Unity Musical Ministry (HUMM), which would be a global network for musicians to hang out and play together in cities all over the world. Instruments would be provided to those who needed them along with screens and chord charts so everyone could play the same songs together. HUMM would also use, promote, and instill collaborative precepts so that players would be able to play and jam cooperatively, such as “those that know, help others to grow!”

We are honored this episode to sit down and talk with guitar extraordinaire Jennifer Batten. During this interview, Jennifer talks about her days at Guitar Institute of Technology, how it was being a girl playing guitar and touring three times with Michael Jackson. She also opens up about her thoughts on the Michael Jackson allegations recently resurfacing with the HBO film/documentary "Leaving Neverland." You will want to hear what Jennifer has to say about it and whole lot more during this interview. Out in Fresno, CA is where we are going this episode to hear the sounds of Haunt. Bringing a new face to traditional heavy metal, Haunt has a new album coming out on May 17th titled "If Icarus Could Fly." Well get ready to rock, because we have two songs off that album to showcase this episode. Join Randy and Troy, for this and every episode of Ouch You're on my Hair, and subscribe to the show on iTunes, Spotify, iHeartRadio, Podomatic, Podbean, Google Play, Stitcher, or Player FM. Also follow us on Instagram, Twitter @OuchYOMH and Facebook at www.facebook.com/OuchYOMH

Today we're joined on the show by John Hatcher, the founder of Blues Guitar Institute, a website and YouTube channel devoted to teaching acoustic blues guitar with a simple straight-forward approach.   John was the winner of TrueFire’s Next Top Guitar Instructor contest and over the last several years has been steadily growing a devoted following of keen blues guitarists. We have been struck by how John incorporates theory and ear training into his teaching and makes a genre that’s often seen as very specialised and exclusive into something welcoming and accessible - so we were keen to invite him on the show to share more about learning an instrument in a balanced way, and how to explore the blues.   In this conversation we talk about:   • Why chasing flashy instrument technique can harm your development as a musician • What the earliest blues musicians would have to say about the idea that you need to be “born with the blues” to play it • His innovative “Microlicks” approach to breaking free from formulaic solos and being more creative when you improvise   Naturally this episode will be of particular interest to guitarists and blues fans but there are lots of interesting ideas here for any musician, so we hope you’ll enjoy the conversation as much as we did.   Subscribe For Future Episodes! Apple Podcasts | Android | Stitcher | RSS | YouTube   Full Show Notes and Transcript: Episode 160   Links and Resources • Blues Guitar Institute • Blues Guitar Institute - YouTube channel • Microlicks tutorials   Enjoying the show? Please consider rating and reviewing it! Click here to rate and review

Josh Sklair - Making It Beyond School as a Working GuitaristHear more shows like this at https://entertalkradio.com/makingitIn 1978 Josh Sklair attended Berklee School of Music (Boston, MA) and in 1979 graduated from the Guitar Institute of Technology (Musicians Institute) Hollywood, California..As an active guitar player in the Los Angeles Josh worked with composers and producers including Phil Ramone, Diane Warren, Lamont Dozier, John Snyder, Desmond Child, Randy Jackson, Albert Hammond & Barry Beckett.In 1979 Josh was hired as guitar player/Conductor by singer Jon Lucien, for his performance at Carnegie Hall and two nights at the Roxy Theater, Los Angeles that featured both Jon Lucien and Herbie Hancock with an all- star band.Josh toured the US in the early 80’s with Philadephia Internationalrecording artists the Jones Girls.Throughout the 80’s Josh also worked as the “house guitar player” for the Dick Clark Good Old Rock’n’Roll Show, backing legends like Chuck Berry, Bo Didley, Del Shannon, Little Anthony, the Shirelles, the Coasters, the Drifters, Mary Wells, Martha Reeves, Freddy Cannon and many more of the original pioneers of Rock’n’Roll and R&B.In 1985 Josh Sklair became guitarist and subsequently Musical Director for the legendary Etta James, co-producing over a dozen albums, including the Grammy-award-winning “Let’s Roll”, (Best Contemporary Blues Album, 2003) and “Blues to the Bone”( Best Traditional Blues Album 2004).Also playing guitar and handling pre-production on 4 Jazz album collaborations with the great Cedar Walton, including the Grammy Award-winning “Mystery Lady - a tribute to Billie Holliday”.Josh continues to tour and record with artists including Paul Anka, SophieB. Hawkins, the Blues Brothers, Jeffrey Osborne and Stevie Wonder.Through the 90’s, Josh also worked extensively on Movie & TV soundtracks including Melrose Place, Beverly Hills 90210, Models Inc., Pacific Palisades (the “Spelling” shows), also featured on the originalWalker Texas Ranger theme and has co-written for movies & television working with composers David McHugh, Steve Tyrell, Tim Truman and PJ Hanke.http://joshsklair.com/

Smith n Beebs go deeper down the shred hole and catch up with Dave Brons. They ask him about his experience learning at the Guitar Institute in London. The guys also discuss flying with guitars, and Beebee's upcoming trip to the magical Fibenare factory in Hungary.

This week on FretDojo, I’m happy to share with you an interview I recently held with internationally acclaimed jazz guitarist Howard Alden. Howard is one of the leaders of jazz guitar in the modern era. His accolades include: - Student the Guitar Institute of Technology in 1977-78 with Herb Ellis, Joe Pass, and Howard Roberts - Collaborations with Dick Hyman, Dan Barrett, Bucky Pizzarelli and many others - Alden recorded the guitar performances for Sean Penn‘s character Emmet Ray in Woody Allen‘s 1999 film Sweet and Lowdown – and taught Penn how to mime the performances for the film(!) - Recorded many albums with Concord Records as well as other labels, including four with the famed 7 string jazz guitar innovator George Van Eps - Has been the recipient of many awards, including: Best Emerging Guitar Talent, JazzTimes (1990), Guitar Player of the Year, American Guitar Museum (2003), Top 75 Guitarists, Down Beat (2008) Jazz critics have said of Howard Alden that “He may be the best of his generation” and “the most impressive and creative member of a new generation of jazz guitarists.” In the interview below, I go on a deep dive with Howard about his journey with jazz guitar from a youngster to where he is today. I also ask Howard to reveal his secrets for how to maximise the results you get in the practice room – there were some fantastic tips Howard gives in this interview that you should definitely pay attention to. Get a 14-day trial for just $1 by signing up here: https://www.fretdojo.com/signup-offer Podcast episode URL: https://www.fretdojo.com/alden/ *For more jazz guitar lessons, tips and free stuff, visit https://www.fretdojo.com

Den suveräne Jazzgitarristen Tomas Janzon flyttade till Los Angeles 1991 för att studera på Guitar Institute of Technology (GIT) och blev året därpå utsedd till: The Outstanding Player of the Year! Han lever kvar i USA idag och lever på sin musik men återvänder ofta till sverige för att spela. Mycket Nöje!   Guitar Geeks Podcast följer ni här: Android: Podbean  iPhone: Itunes Vi vill alltid veta hur vi kan bli bättre, ge er Feedback till oss i kommentarerna nedan! TACK för att ni Delar och Recenserar!   Like Download   Like Download

In episode 76, Brenton sits down with guitar legend Stu Gerrard. Stu G is a guitarist, songwriter, producer and soon-to-be author. Stu is best known as the guitarist for the British band Delirious?, who, for nearly two decades, penned many of the best known worship songs in modern Christendom. He was also a member of the distinguished CompassionArt songwriters collective, which also boasted heavy-hitters Paul Baloche, Darlene Zschech, Steven Curtis Chapman, and Israel Houghton.  Like countless wannabe rockstars, Stu G’s journey as a professional musician began in his bedroom, learning songs of his favorite bands - Queen, Rush, The Police, and Led Zeppelin. After studying at London’s Guitar Institute, he formed the Stuart David band, lighting up the London club scene in the late 80’s, before rebranding himself as The Treasure Park. Stu quickly emerged as a sought-after session guitarist, which eventually led him to a young Martin Smith, who was leading worship at youth outreach called “Cutting Edge”. The band changed its name to Delirious?, and after seventeen years and several world tours, they singlehandedly reinvented church music and the Christian entertainment-meets-worship experience.  Stu is currently a member of One Sonic Society, with Jason Ingram and Paul Mabury, whose single “Forever Reign” has been a mainstay on the CCLI chart and Christian radio. In 2014, Stu recorded and released his first solo project Of Burdens, Birds, and Stars, citing musical influences as Radiohead, U2, Smashing Pumpkins, Manic Street Preachers, Nick Cave, Blonde Redhead and Elbow. When not touring with Michael W. Smith, Stu is writing, recording, speaking, leading worship and working with JHS on a custom line of guitar pedals.  Stu lives in Nashville with his wife Karen, is writing his first book, and is always discovering new ways to express the truths he holds on to. “People are my energy and inspiration. It’s in people that I see why creation was such a good idea.” For more information on Stu, check out his website www.stugworld.com ⏪ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Movie Meltdown - Episode 357 This week Bryan is joined by... well Bryan. Bryan Johnson that is. You may know him as a comic book writer, or a podcaster, or a character on Comic Book Men or maybe just as Steve-Dave. But this week we sit down to talk with Bryan about the strange way he got involved in movies, how he ended up writing and directing his own movie Vulgar, his interest in cryptids and the paranormal and eventually we round things out with his pick for this week's Sofa Theater feature - Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer. Plus we hear Bryan's take on real world serial killers as well as his interactions with Michael Rooker over the years as well. And as we both realize we're "special" in our own way, we also mention... people would clam, Jeff Anderson, Session 9, John McNaughton, Brown's Requiem, being a contractor, the best reason to take Criminal Justice classes ever, playing silent foosball, Blue Velvet, still having a code, being a PA, Creepypasta, the room of steel, adding video technology to the mix, Guitar Institute of Technology, you kids stay off the train trestle, ritualistic, RST Video and Quick Stop, Waverly Hills, the end of anonymity, you guys are going to get walkie-talkies, the Jersey Devil, suicide... first day, Devil's Tower, Jeffrey Dahmer, In Search of..., Don't Go in the House, killing people back in the good ole days, escaped psychiatric patient, The Blair Witch Project, the 70's were a time of wonderment and then, as you get older, and you realize this is all bullshit, do you wanna be a getaway driver?, this is too much of a culture shock for some clam boy coming out of Highlands, Slenderman, the ankle bracelet program, doomed from the beginning, when crack hit real big, Dennis Rader, fallen into things, Tom Towles, necrophilia, the Zodiac killer and those creepy staged photos. "This is our modern day version of a monster. Who doesn't really know right or wrong. And like, does horrible things and just...continues on with their day." Listen to Bryan on Tell 'em Stave-Dave: http://www.smodcast.com/channel/tesdpodcast?audio=297 Watch Bryan on Comic Book Men: http://www.amc.com/shows/comic-book-men

It's another night of great tone and extraordinary technique. I am honored to have guitarist Dan Sistos on the show. A sought after session and touring musician, Dan has played with such notables as Christine Aguilera, Toni Braxton, Paulina Rubio, Macy Gray, Martina McBride, Juan Gabriel, Antonio Solis, and Shaila Durcal, to name a few. A graduate from the Berklee School of Music in Boston and the Guitar Institute of Technology in Hollywood, CA, Dan has been hailed as a "Spanish guitar master" and "the Carlos Santana for the next generation." Joining me as guest hosts for tonight's show are, amazing guitarists in their own right, Jim Stubblefield and Eric Hansen.

It's another night of great tone and extraordinary technique. I am honored to have guitarist Dan Sistos on the show. A sought after session and touring musician, Dan has played with such notables as Christine Aguilera, Toni Braxton, Paulina Rubio, Macy Gray, Martina McBride, Juan Gabriel, Antonio Solis, and Shaila Durcal, to name a few. A graduate from the Berklee School of Music in Boston and the Guitar Institute of Technology in Hollywood, CA, Dan has been hailed as a "Spanish guitar master" and "the Carlos Santana for the next generation." Joining me as guest hosts for tonight's show are, amazing guitarists in their own right, Jim Stubblefield and Eric Hansen.

It's another night of great tone and extraordinary technique. I am honored to have guitarist Dan Sistos on the show. A sought after session and touring musician, Dan has played with such notables as Christine Aguilera, Toni Braxton, Paulina Rubio, Macy Gray, Martina McBride, Juan Gabriel, Antonio Solis, and Shaila Durcal, to name a few. A graduate from the Berklee School of Music in Boston and the Guitar Institute of Technology in Hollywood, CA, Dan has been hailed as a "Spanish guitar master" and "the Carlos Santana for the next generation." Joining me as guest hosts for tonight's show are, amazing guitarists in their own right, Jim Stubblefield and Eric Hansen.