Christian recording artist and songwriter Julianna Zobrist discusses the new music she’s working on, the book she co-wrote with her husband, and managing time between L.A., Nashville, and Tampa, where her two children and Major League Baseball playing husband is.

Having already opened for national Christian recording artist Kutless, this young band based on the Kansas-Missouri border is now taking on country music and playing shows in cities all the way up as far as into Washington State. Twin brothers Mason and Micah Marrs discuss highlights, lessons they’ve already learned, and the new release they’re working towards.

An adoptee who grew up in a family of eleven in Florida, this singer/songwriter was a U.S. Black Hawk helicopter pilot in Iraq and has gone on to a career in country music in Nashville highlighted by playing at the recent CMA Fest and opening for the likes of George Jones, Blake Shelton, Craig Morgan, Montgomery Gentry, and Trace Adkins.

Texas-based singer/songwriter who has overcome drug and alcohol addictions and quintuple bypass surgery to release 10 CDs, a book, and get song placement on an ABC Family show and SiriusXM, and now he’s developing a reality TV show. He talks about all this plus playing at the House of Blues in New Orleans during Mardi Gras, and more.

Blues Hall of Famer, drummer, and radio show host who has played behind artists ranging from Bryan Adams to members of The Who, Kiss, Aerosmith, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and more, and recorded with members of The Cult and Heart, among others.

With 30 years in the radio business, this episode’s guest provides do’s & don’ts for up-and-coming artists (and even shares a marketing highlight), all while telling first-hand dealings with the likes of Rush, Sammy Hagar, David Lee Roth, Kiss, Garth Brooks, and even MLB and NHL players.

He has performed in 32 countries, gets radio airplay, has released 16 albums, and is a veteran blues man who sings, songwrites, and plays guitar and harmonica. The conversation brings out some of his highlights as well as some lessons learned from being in the business and on the road so long.

What qualifies this guy to host this podcast every week and speak to the music business? What are his credentials and who are all these guests that he has been talking to over the first 14 episodes? The Now Hear This president creates a teaching opportunity from this episode’s scheduled guest canceling at the last minute and also answers the questions posed in this paragraph and uses his insights and experience to give out several tips along the way. (NOTE: opening song is by Shawna P, closing song is by Lindsay McCaul)

Her music has been heard on two ABC-TV shows and another on the CW, as well as on SiriusXM. John Mayer called her music, “Gorgeous. Simply gorgeous.” She has shared the stage with Paula Cole and Shawn Colvin, to name just two. She talks about all that, plus attending Berklee College of Music, moving to Nashville, the dramatic shift in her songwriting craft over the last month, and much more.

A singer/songwriter who has just signed a publishing deal and is about to release her newest album as well as go on a long tour in Alaska. Among her countless live shows, she has played at CMA Fest.