Pod Castanova

Jamie Dailey performing "In the Garden" live on the podcast

 

 

Jamie Dailey is half of the Grammy nominated bluegrass group Dailey and Vincent.  He joins us on the podcast to talk about the groups rise to success, how they navigated the music industry to build a successful, sustainable career, the feeling of playing Carnegie Hall, growing up in a one stop light town, and chatting with Ryan Seacrest on the Red Carpet (for a Grammy that Scott and I think they should have won).  Jamie even plays a really great version of an old Gospel classic at the end.

Scott and I have some cool friends.  Our buddy, Jimmy Stafford joined us this week on the show.  He has been the guitarist and founding member of the band Train for over 20 years.  They've enjoyed the success of over a half dozen international hits, huge tours, and appearances on pretty much all the major TV shows.  He tells us what it's like being on Howard Stern, the rise of Train from playing to one guy in a bar to playing huge shows, and how he gets confused for Howie Mandel.  Also, he talks about the recording process of some of Train's biggest hits and being on an episode of Family Guy!

Today John Osborne stopped by the studio to talk with us, and it ended up being one of the most fun podcasts to date.  To those not in the know, John is a killer player and member of the CMA nominated country duo “Brothers Osborne.”  John talks about touring with Eric Church, being called on to Dwight Yoakum’s tour bus and recording with producer Jay Joyce. We talk about how playing music at Nashville’s Country Music Marathon is like being in a reverse marching band, how photo shoots largely consist of people asking you to be cooler than you are, and how you should be able to campaign to win a CMA once you’ve been nominated, including negative campaign ads.

We talk about Uptown Funk, wearing two monocles, how singing only showcases one aspect of being an artist, and what a track guy is in LA or Nashville.

On today's episode we have audio engineer Justin Cortelyou.  Justin is known around Nashville for being an in-demand mix engineer.  He's spent the past five years working with legendary producer Bob Ezrin, with whom he's recorded Alice Cooper, Paul McCartney, Johnny Depp, Joe Perry and many more.  He talks about the relationship between a producer and an engineer, some tricks of the trade, and what it's like to star in an eHarmony commercial.  This is a great one for anyone who wants to hear a successful audio engineer talking about his approach to recording.

Ree is a person who hires songwriters.  She has run her own super successful independent music publishing company for upwards of 30 years. She has published hits for artists including Blake Shelton, Band Perry, Miranda Lambert, Jason Aldean, Gary Allen, Dierks Bentley, and Ashley Monroe, and she definitely has her finger on the pulse of the industry.

Also, her father INVENTED the game Twister AND Nerf, and she tells us  how the game industry is really similar to the music industry.  Also, you can check out her publishing company at www.reynsong.com

This week bass player, ultra marathoner, and all around interesting guy Kyle Whalum chats with us.  Tyler and I met Kyle when we were all Freshman in college.  We tell stories spanning our younger days of drunken buffoonery to Kyle's recent engagement.  He talks about performing with Steven Tyler, growing up on Green Day albums, and we share examples of how Kanye West has life figured out.  Tyler and Kyle even delve into  "strange game," their own theory of how to approach women in a way you won't hear anywhere else.

In this episode, Scott and I talk about everything from Willie Nelson being misunderstood, to Garth Brooks' comeback world tour, to commercial songwriting in Nashville, some cool local music events, and the transition from an artist career to producing.  We end the episode with some stuff to check out from local artists to gear for musicians.

Joshua Scott Jones performing "Howlin' at a Neon Moon" live on the podcast