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Dec. 30, 2020

Andrew Johnson: Anticipating Notes, Ghostwriting, and Impressing Your Audience Before Your Peers

This week's guest is film and television composer Andrew Johnson. Andrew started his career as an assistant for composer James S. Levine at Hans Zimmer's Remote Control facility. While there he worked on hit shows such as Gl…
Dec. 23, 2020

Fernando Lodeiro: Over-Delivering, Gear Manuals, and the Importance of Staying in Touch

This week’s guest is two time Grammy winning recording engineer and mixer Fernando Lodeiro. Fernando is a New York based engineer who came up through Avatar studios. His credits include Esperanza Spaulding, Vampire Weekend…
Dec. 16, 2020

Brian Zarlenga: Marketing Your Music as a Product, Setting Milestones, and Staying True to the Brand

This week’s guest is Brian Zarlenga, general manager of the revolutionary music software and technology company Output. Brian's career in the music business has taken him from the sales team at a major label to handling lic…
Dec. 9, 2020

Corey Britz: Living Anti-Luck, the Art of Restraint, and Touring the World

Our guest this week is bass player, producer, songwriter, and artist Corey Britz. In addition to being the bass player for the band Bush, Corey also fronts his own project as well as produces and writes for numerous alternat…
Dec. 2, 2020

Jesse Ray Ernster: Mixing Remote, Teamwork, and Living the California Dream

Our guest this week is Grammy nominated mixer Jesse Ray Ernster. Jesse has made a splash since his arrival in Los Angeles with quick chart success engineering for Kanye West and mixing for Burna Boy. We have a great chat a…
Nov. 25, 2020

Dan Johnson: Preserving Music History, Analog Tape, and 90s No Sleep Studio Life

This week's guest is Dan Johnson, owner and chief engineer of Audio Archiving Services based out of Hollywood. Dan has become one of the leading experts on the archival of analog tape and has dedicated his career to preservi…
Nov. 18, 2020

Erin Barra: LifeLong Learning, Creating Musical Moments from Chaos, and the Anti-To Do List

Our guest this week is producer, songwriter, tech educator, entrepreneur, and activist Erin Barra. Currently Erin is the Director of Popular Music at Arizona State University. Prior to that she wrote multiple courses for B…
Nov. 11, 2020

Wayne G Miller: Clarity in Choice, Scarcity Mindset, and Why the Song Always Wins

This week's guest is producer, bassist, musical director and songwriter Wayne G Miller. Wayne has performed with or acted as musical director for a range of artists including Mike Posner, Christina Perri, AlunaGeorge, and Sn…
Nov. 4, 2020

Cameron Lister: Earning Trust, Taping Jam Bands, and Never Letting Pride Outweigh Hard Work

This week's guest is recording engineer and mixer Cameron Lister. Cameron has spent most of his career in the engineering hot seat for indie and alternative records from artists such as The Fratellis, OK GO, KT Tunstall, Bet…
Oct. 28, 2020

Shoshana Bean: Leaning into Your Fear, Broadway, and Being Authentic

This week’s guest is the amazingly talented vocalist and broadway veteran Shoshana Bean. Shoshana and I have a great conversation about the progression of her career from being a singing and dancing two year old to holding …
Oct. 21, 2020

Keith Jeffery: Viral Success, Finding Great Collaborators, and Atlas Genius

Our guest this week is Keith Jeffery, lead singer and guitarist for the band Atlas Genius. I chat with Keith about the viral success of their hit song "Trojans" and the ensuing whirlwind of attention and excitement that foll…
Oct. 14, 2020

Damian Taylor: Precision Editing, Building Community, and Where Productivity Intersects Creativity

Our guest this week is six time Grammy nominated producer, mixer, programmer, songwriter, and all round good human Damian Taylor. Damian found himself in heavy demand early in his career after becoming one of the first maste…
Oct. 7, 2020

Introduction: Welcome to Progressions

Welcome to Progressions: Success in the Music Industry! In this brief opening episode, I decided to give you an introduction to myself and the reasons why I chose to start a podcast. In this episode, we'll dig in on... What …
Sept. 17, 2020

Progressions Show Trailer

Launching in October of 2020!