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Season 1

April 14, 2021

Attom: Remixing Hits, Committing to Creativity, and Growing an Organic Fanbase

This week's guest is artist, producer, and remixer Kyle Stern, better known by his moniker Attom. Kyle has built a following in the electronic music realm with his blend of chill and house with a heavy pop music influence. …
April 7, 2021

Bill Appleberry: Teamwork, Opportunity, and the 5 P's of Preparation

Today’s guest is the multi-platinum awarded producer, mixer, and musician Bill Appleberry. Bill has worked on Republic Records' and NBC's hit TV show The Voice for the last decade. He has produced and mixed the studio record…
March 31, 2021

Travis Ference: Live Six Month Anniversary AMA Episode

This week's guest is our very own host Travis Ference. To celebrate six months of Progressions: Success in the Music Industry we invited our prior interviewee, Damian Taylor, to guest host a live Ask Me Anything episode. Dam…
March 24, 2021

Jerimaya Grabher: Being Proactive, Connecting the Dots, and Working with People You Believe In

Today’s guest is entrepreneur and creative music executive Jerimaya Grabher. Jerimaya is a co-founder of and principle manager at Global Positioning Services, a full service music management company that currently looks afte…
March 17, 2021

Matt Lange: Organized Chaos, Trailer Music, and Having a Conversation with Music

This week's guest is Los Angeles based producer, composer and artist Matt Lange. Matt has made a name for himself in the electronic music world both as an artist and as a producer. In addition to releasing his own music, he’…
March 10, 2021

Dave Green: A Song a Day, Landing Syncs, and Finishing Every Idea

Today’s guest is Dave Green, the front man of the Los Angeles based band The Filthy Souls. In addition to fronting his own project Dave also writes for an uncountable number of artists, brands, and TV shows, as well as plays…
March 3, 2021

Chris Gear: Tinkering with Sound, Working with Intention, and Showing Up

This week's guest is sound design wizard, entrepreneur, and tech enthusiast Chris Gear. Chris is a co-founder of the hugely popular ADSR Sounds as well as the owner of both OhmLab and SoundFreqs. He’s known throughout the in…
Feb. 24, 2021

Jesse String: Good Vibes, Never Cracking, and Turning Pro

This week’s guest is veteran recording engineer, mixer, and golf enthusiast Jesse String. Jesse began his recording career at the legendary Henson studios, and eventually went freelance where he would stack up credits with …
Feb. 17, 2021

Ian Dowling: Creative Flow State, Starting a Label, and When Art Becomes Art

Today’s guest is Grammy award winning engineer, mixer, producer, and songwriter Ian Dowling. Ian is based out of the UK and has worked on an uncountable number of gold and platinum records for artists such as Adele, Kasabian…
Feb. 10, 2021

Charles Burchell: Diplomacy, the Illusion of Perfection, and Paying it Forward

Today’s guest is multi-instrumentalist, producer, composer, and educator Charles Burchell. As a producer and musician Charles has worked with artists such as Talib Kweli, Christian Scott, and Braxton Cook as well as his own…
Feb. 3, 2021

Maurizio Borgna: Translating Emotion, Checking Your Ego, and Moving Faders

Today’s guest is Grammy and Oscar nominated mixer Maurizio Borgna. Based out of Italy, Maurizio has been working throughout Europe as an engineer, mixer, producer, and label manager since 2003. His credits include tv, film…
Jan. 27, 2021

Will Hatton: Lo-Fi, YouTube, and Being Consistent

Today’s guest is London based producer, composer, session musician, and sound designer Will Hatton. Will’s main focus is producing and releasing music under the moniker Hush Child, but he’s got an array of other things on h…
Jan. 20, 2021

Martin Cooke: Career Arc, Logistics, and Understanding How to Listen

Our guest this week is Grammy nominated recording engineer and mixer Martin Cooke. Martin’s resume reads like a who’s who of alternative and rock n roll. He's worked with artists such as Death Cab for Cutie, Of Monsters an…
Jan. 13, 2021

Noël Jackson: Integrity, Detroit Techno, and the Early Internet

This week’s guest is Detroit based producer, artist, mixer, and mastering engineer Noël Jackson. Noël has worked with various artists and labels including Warner Records, Superfreq, David Guetta, Kevin Saunderson, and Mr. C…
Jan. 6, 2021

Ian Kagey: Remodeling a Classic Studio, Learning to Teach, and the Importance of Problem Solving

This week's guest is Ian Kagey, the Director of Operations for Power Station NYC, a historic and classic recording studio in the heart of NYC now currently run by Berklee College of Music. The mix of skills that Ian learned…
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…