Behind The Notes

On the newest episode of Behind the notes, we welcome the incredible Jennifer Eklund! Jennifer Eklund holds both a bachelor's and master's degree in music from California State University, Long Beach. She is an avid arranger, composer, and author of the Piano Pronto method book series as well as a wide variety of supplemental songbooks. Her F.M. Sheet Music brand features hand-friendly, performance-ready arrangements of popular music favorites for pianists of all ages and levels.

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This week's episode features Dr. Matt Endres of the UW Madison!

Dr. Endres accepted a faculty position at the University of Wisconsin in 2017. Here he acts as professor of drum set, jazz history, and is the drumline coordinator for the UW Marching Band.

Dr. Endres received his Bachelor of Music at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, his Masters of Music at the University of Illinois, and his Doctorate of Music and Ethnomusicology at the University of Illinois.

Dr. Endres has been adjudicating music festivals and competitions extensively throughout the United States over the last decade. He has performed as a sideman and band leader in national and international venues. He has appeared on multiple albums including the "Old Style Sextet" self-titled album under “BluJazz Records” (2014), “It’s About Time” (2013) with the Adrian Barnett Septet, “120” with Chris Beyt (2015), “Bird with Strings: The Lost Arrangements” with the Clark Gibson Studio Orchestra under “BluJazz Records" (2015), “High Ceilings” with the Derick Cordoba Group (2021), “A Trio for 3” with the Chris Beyt Trio (2019) under the “eyes & ears Records”, “Places” with Gate Check (2021), and Chris Rottmayer Quintet featuring Rufus Reid (2024)Dr. Endres has worked with a number of successful, well-known artists including Doc Severinson, Robert Irving iii, Rufus Reid, Brad Leali, Chris Brubeck, Charles McPhearson, Frank Gambale, Marquis Hill, Sharel Cassity, Tom Garling, Greg Ward, Michael Dudley, Victor Garcia, Michael Blum, Shawn Purcell, Darden Purcell, Oliver Nelson Jr, Jim Pugh, Jeff Halsey, Peter Dominguez, Dave Pietro, Grammy award winner Charles “Chip” McNeill, Ron Bridgwater, Dave D'Angelo, Carlos Vega, Larry Gray, Glenn Wilson, Richard Drexler, Mark Colby, Alex Graham, Tom Lippincott, Clark Gibson, Tito Carrillo, John “Chip” Stephens, and Adrian Barnett.

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In this week's episode of Behind the Notes, Lucas and Jillian dive into the art of arranging as they create their own version of "Amazing Grace" using a Musicnotes Singer Pro.

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Doug Sisemore plays keyboards and

guitar and is music director for country superstar Reba McEntire on tour. He is

a Grammy and Dove award winner as music producer and an Emmy award winning

composer for TV and film. Doug’s songs and compositions have been featured in

feature films, TV as well as a variety of artist's projects. Upcoming he’s on

board as composer for the NBC sitcom “Happy’s Place to air fall of 2024.

He has performed on stage, in concert and on TV with such artists as Reba, Kelly Clarkson, Justin Timberlake, Brooks & Dunn, Faith Hill, Dolly Parton, Jason Aldean, Miranda Lambert, Steven Tyler and many others and has been the music director for several CMT TV specials, including "Giants", Crossroads”, "2008 CMT Music Video Awards and “2019 CMT Artist Of The Decade”. As a session player Doug has appeared on albums by Reba, Casting Crowns, Linda Davis, Tom Kimmel, Disturbance, Henry Lee Summer to name a few.

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On this week's episode of "Behind the Notes", Lucas and Jillian explore the different types of musical cadences and the ways in which to use them. From classical to pop, blues to jazz, every genre of music uses cadences to create phrases.

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This episode, we welcome the amazingly talented Tabitha Meeks! Tabitha is a Singer/Songwriter in Nashville as well as a fantastic composer with extensive experience in the world of sync licensing. In the episode, we discuss life as a musician in Nashville, the influence of jazz and classical music on modern commercial music, and the steps needed for a composer to license their music.

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John Philip Sousa was the most famous composer of marches in the United States. In this special 4th of July episode, we discuss his life as a student, performer, inventor, soldier, and band leader!

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This episode of Behind the Notes features our very own Maddey Johnston!

Maddey works for Musicnotes as the Licensing and Product Coordinator and graduated from Belmont University with a degree in Music Business and an emphasis in International Business. Although music is her passion, she has a heart for mental health advocacy and helping others.

In this episode we discuss being an entrepreneur in the music industry working behind the scenes to promote and produce live events, and how to deal with the mental and emotional stress that comes with working as a musician.

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Join Lucas and Jillian on Episode 11 of Behind the Notes as they explain and demonstrate two essential blues progressions that every new musician should know. Perfect for practicing chords, cadences, and improvisation

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Darrell Smith is an amazing pianist known for his work with Stevie Knicks, Janet Jackson, Elton John, and Cher. His stories and insights are truly inspiring!

Darrell released his debut album, TIME + SPACE, in 2018.  He has composed music for Telepictures TV and took over for Greg Phillinganes' Music Director duties for Cirque du Soleil's Michael Jackson's Immortal World Tour.

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