Kyler Clark’s official title is Management Assistant to Alice Cooper but his duties go well beyond that.  He’s also Alice’s personal assistant, social media administrator, photographer, live show extra and more. With his intimate knowledge working for the legendary rocker over years of touring coupled with a degree in music business management from the Berkeley College of Music, Kyler shares his unique insights on some of what goes on behind the scenes of a bonafide rock and roll hall of famer.

Drew Fortune has written for Rolling Stone, Spin, Pitchfork, Billboard and Vanity Fair to name a few. He's spent the day at Paul Westerberg's house, fished with Dean Ween and had a misunderstanding with Ryan Adams. He's currently in the process of writing a book called No Encore which documents the most infamous gigs as told by Wayne Kramer, Robert Pollard, Alice Cooper and countess others.

Most music fans know Riki Rachtman as the host of MTV's Headbangers Ball from 1990-1995. Since then he's provided hosting duties for World Championship Wrestling, The VH1 Rock of Love series and it's spinoffs and for the last 15 years he's been the driving force behind his own NASCAR themed syndicated radio show called Racing Rocks with Riki Rachtman. He's had quite a journey going from a punk rock loving kid to a hard rock icon.

Bill Szymczyk is a Grammy winning producer best known for overseeing the recordings of B.B. King's The Thrill is Gone and The Eagles Hotel California. His adept sense of hearing took him from a Navy sonor operator during the height of the cold war to in-demand producer whose credits (Eagles, Joe Walsh, The Who, Elvin Bishop, Jay Ferguson, Rick Derringer) were the staples of album oriented rock radio in the 70's and beyond.

Composer Mitch Davis and producer Scott Brittingham of Pull Music + Sound provide original music, sound design and music supervision for brands like Apple, Nike and ESPN. They've also written, produced or recorded with U2 (Songs of Innocence), L.A. Guns, Stephen Malkmus, Billy Squire and many others since opening shop in lower Manhattan shortly after the attacks of 9/11/01.

Billy Ryan is the guitarist for The Bogmen who became a must-see live act in the early 90's while playing clubs, colleges and bars around the Northeast which eventually led to a record deal with Arista. And while mainstream success proved elusive their regional popularity never wavered as they continued to play to capacity crowds in New York City well into the 2000's.

Jeff Slate is a journalist and a musician in his own right who writes about music, TV and film for Esquire magazine and has interviewed a who's who in popular culture including Tom Petty, Jimmy Page, Roger Waters and Willie Nelson to name a few. He also actively leads the band Jeff Slate and Friends in which the friends happen to be some legendary musicians.

Jesse Clasen is one half of the electro-pop duo Foreign Air. Along with band mate Jacob Michael, Foreign Air burst onto the national scene in 2015 with the release of their debut single "Free Animal" which racked up envy inducing numbers and landed on a massively popular Spotify playlist. Since then the duo continues to record and release music on their own as they hone their live show performing to festival crowds in addition to supporting the likes of Phantogram, BORNS and the X Ambassadors.

It could be argued that Merge recording artist Benji Hughes has reached cult status with two critically acclaimed albums, a bevy of celebrity friends, collaborators and admirers and a penchant for disrobing during his live shows. He's accumulated an eclectic resume that includes working with the likes of Alice Cooper, Jeff Bridges and Burt Bacharach and has received high praise from the likes of NYTimes music critic Jon Pereles and pop culture writer Chuck Klosterman.

Part 2 of my talk with renowned producer, musician and studio owner Mitch Easter. In part 2 we explore some of his other recording credits and discuss how he navigated the rapidly shrinking music industry.