The Career Musician

Learn the secrets of the music industry and how to build a lasting career!

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#68: Erskine Hawkins | You Might Remember Me Fr...
Music director, keyboardist and producer – Erskine Hawkins is a seasoned pro who knows a thing or two about playing keys on the road and in the studio.
94 min
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#67: Kevin Chokan | Back In Love With Guitar
Funk/RnB guitar master Kevin Chokan talks about how he's made a solid career and reputation for himself.
84 min
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#66: Michael Elsner | Real Musicians Don't Starve
Michael Elsner has over 2,000 placements in the Film and TV licensing world. Listen as he tells you how you can achieve the same!
68 min
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#65: Chloe Flower | Keeping It Classy With Cardi B
Classically trained pianist Chloe Flower bridges worlds with her original music, and she's a dedicated philanthropist with a mission to end human trafficking once and for all.
61 min
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#64: Joe Augello | NY Guitar In An LA World
Nomad's guitar-slinging brother from another mother, Joe Augello, speaks about his experiences as a go-to guitar man in NYC and L.A.
42 min
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#63: Sunna Wehrmeijer | The Voice Of Hunger Games
Sunna Wehrmeijer reflects on the journey that brought her to the silver screen and beyond.
50 min
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#62: Norwood Fisher | West Coast Hybrid
Norwood Fisher of Fishbone has accomplished a lot for himself since he helped form the band in 1979.
67 min
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#61: Jason Hartless | Young Gun Drums
This career musician is hitting his stride at the ripe age of 25, drumming for rock legend Ted Nugent and other big stars!
66 min
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#60: Dwayne Smitty Smith | Deep Pocket Bass
Dwayne Smitty Smith on coming up in the industry. He shares his personal experiences and unique insight he's gained after years of working amongst pros.
51 min
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#59: Carl Rydlund | Movie Magic Musician
Carl Rydlund has achieved so much and specialises in two unique sectors of the music industry.
76 min
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#58: Tariqh Akoni | Guitar Sophisticate
Nomad's good friend Tariqh has earned a lasting reputation in the music industry.
85 min
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#57: Steve Postell | The Immediate Family - Ren...
As the third guitar slinger of The Immediate Family band, Steve Postell unveils the secrets of his success in the music biz as a heavy hitter session cat, composer, producer and much more!
67 min
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#56: Waddy Wachtel | The Immediate Family - W²
Legendary studio & touring guitarist, composer, producer extraordinaire Waddy Watchel talks about his illustrious career in the big game!
73 min
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#55: Danny Kortchmar | The Immediate Family - K...
Legendary songwriter, producer, guitarist and now frontman of The Immediate Family, "Kootch" talks about the gems he penned, the sessions he played, and the stages he graced with the greats!
55 min
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#54: Nicole Row | Panicked At The Discotheque
Bassist for Panic! At The Disco, Nicole Row, tells us what it's really like to be a modern day rock star!
101 min
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#53: Raul Ferrando | The Muse From Argentina
When you hear strings in the background of a track and actually recognize the emotional power they have, that's what Raul does!
65 min
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#52: Daryl Simmons | Silent Partner
Daryl Simmons, Grammy Award-winning R&B songwriter, musician, record producer and music consultant who is best known for his association with the LaFace Records production duo of L.A. Reid and Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds.
40 min
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#51: Xander Smith & Baron Grafft | Managing You...
With a rock-star name like Xander, half the battle has already been won! But seriously, Xander discuses the music biz with mutual good friend Baron Grafft and Nomad .
113 min
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#50: Christian Swain & Jerry Danielsen | Panthe...
Without The Pantheon Podcast Network you might not be hearing this podcast at all! Nomad talks with one of the founders Christian Swain and the technical director for the network Jerry Danielson in this hilariously entertaining episode!
46 min
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#49: Kevin Martin | It's Called Rock 'n' Roll
Kevin Martin lead singer of 90's rock band Candlebox amongst others, talks about the realities of shooting straight up the charts and selling millions of records.
93 min
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#48: Dmitry Gorodetsky | From Russia With Groove
Bassist for Charlie Puth and a star studded list of others, Dmitry Gorodetsky is every bit of a Career Musician from the World Tour arena to the elite Hollywood Studios!
99 min
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#47: Derek Jones | Making Mega Trax
Derek Jones of Megatrax gives us the inside scoop on music libraries/catalogues, TV and film music, and how to generate your own work and demand!
82 min
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#46: Tim Stewart | Lady Gaga's Gentleman Guitarist
If you've seen a Lady GaGa concert, or Rhianna, or a whole slew of other top notch celebrity artists, then you've seen Tim shredding on guitar to arenas and stadiums across the globe!
82 min
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#45: Jack Piatt | Modern Renaissance Man
Jack Piatt gives us a peak under the hood into JAMMCARD, how to build camaraderie in the music industry, and that time he got tasered at Frank Sinatra's house!
102 min
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Pandemic Resources with Jessi Campo
In this TCM News Brief special episode, Nomad talks to South FL Career Musician Jessi Campo about helpful resources available to the music community during the COVID-19 crisis.
23 min