I Love Music Podcast with Jen Fodor

Jeremy Levy is a Los Angeles based Grammy-Nominated Composer & Orchestrator for the track Uranus: The Magician off of his album The Planets: Reimagined. We talk about orchestrating Netflix's “The Queen’s Gambit,” Disney’s “Frozen 2,” touring with the Brian Setzer Orchestra, and what went into creating his album “The Planets: Reimagined.” If you are interested in composing, orchestration, and many more tips check out this interview! 

Brian Elmquist & Justin Glasco are longtime friends & collaborators. After touring the world together they created a new project called JOYCLUB. Recently they released their new EP “Just a Dream.” We discuss the new EP, life on the road with The Lone Bellow, to their first time on Letterman. It’s a fun discussion filled with great stories, songwriting, & producing tips. Check it out!

Nadia Vaeh is a Los Angeles based artist & songwriter. We have a great discussion about her latest single & new music video “Anxiety.” We talk about the songwriting process, upcoming releases & life during the pandemic. What a fun time to catch up with Nadia & hear her story. Check it out!

Zach Hurd known for his project Bay Ledges is a Los Angeles based artist & producer. On Friday August 21 he releases his new six song EP called “New Daze.” The EP is full of dreamy indie-pop goodness. We talk about his journey, new music, songwriting process & challenges he has had along the way. Check out this great interview!

Lindsay Wolfington & Laura Webb are music supervisors. They have worked on the Netflix rom-com trilogy To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before & won Best Music Supervision in a Television Limited Series or Movie at the Guild of Music Supervisors Awards. Lindsay is known for her work on One Tree Hill where she featured over 1700 songs from breaking artists. Laura has worked on Siren, Teen Wolf, Sacred Lies, Resident Alien & The Purge. Check out Warrior Nun on Netflix, Linsday was the music supervisor & features music from Lykke Li & Billie Eilish. This conversation was so insightful for artists who want to get their music placed & for people who want to be music supervisors. Check it out!

Daryl Simmons is a Grammy Award Winning songwriter & producer. He has worked with Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson, Toni Braxton & TLC along with so many legendary artists. He co-wrote and co-produced Boyz II Men's most successful song to date, “End of the Road” that won a Grammy Award for “Best R&B Song” in 1992. We had such a great conversation talking about his journey about how he met and worked with LaFace Records production duo L.A. Reid & Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. We also cover songwriting, working with Whitney and Michael & so many more great stories. Check out this interview!

Charlie Barnes is an artist & musician from England. We had a great discussion about the process of recording his new album “Last Night’s Glitter” being released on Superball Music on July 3rd. In this interview we talk about the process of recording the stripped-down versions of the songs. We nerd out about studio set ups, songwriting, performing, being a multi-instrumentalist for Bastille & discuss some of the last live shows before the coronavirus hit. So great to have Charlie back on the show & catch up. Be sure to check out his previous episode as well!

The tables are turned in celebration of my 50th episode. My friend Julie Belle asks me, Jen Fodor questions about my journey in music & working in film/television. So many topics are covered including talking about being an artist manager, songwriting, & life on the road. Check out this episode!

Nick Reinhart is a Los Angeles based artist & musician. Getting his start in the three-piece Sacramento band Tera Melos, we talk about his new project Disheveled Cuss. The self-titled debut album comes out June 12th on Sargent House. We talk about Nick’s music journey, songwriting, touring, new album, & working with Best Coast & Portugal. The Man. Check out this fun interview!

Ryan Kattner also known as Honus Honus from Man Man has a new album “Dream Hunting in the Valley of the In-Between” that drops May 1st on Sub Pop Records. We talk about the song writing process, music videos, and what it’s like to be a musician during these uncertain times. It was so fun to catch up with Ryan again & be sure to check out his previous interview as well!