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Daniel Seeff is a multi-instrumentalist, producer, song writer and the Program Director of the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz Performance at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. He also directs the Institute’s Los Angeles public school outreach programming, including Jazz in the Classroom and BeBop to Hip-Hop, and serves as an associate producer of the Institute’s annual International Jazz Competition. Dan also hosts a radio show in Los Angeles on Thursday nights on KJazz 88.1. Dan has worked with Jay-Z, Eminem, Aloe Blacc, The Game, Kendrick Lamar and MANY more.

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The second part of my conversation with bassist, songwriter, producer Jayme David Silverstein. 

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Jayme David Silverstein is a multi-platinum selling record producer, songwriter, multi instrumentalist and touring bassist who has worked with a variety of artists (both on stage and in the studio). These artists include: Miguel, Alicia Keys, J Cole, Wiz Khalifa, Snoop Dogg, Nico & Vinz, Estelle, Kaskade, Cher Lloyd, Jay Sean, Swizz Beats and many others. Silverstein has written and produced on albums such as: Miguel's Grammy nominated Billboard top ten albums Wildheart and Kaleidoscope Dream, Kaskade's 2016 release Automatic and Richard Orlinski and Eva Simons' 2016 Billboard #1 single Heartbeat. Jayme and I had a very real conversion about what it was like being in music school, and gritty aspects of being a working musician.

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Gary has performed and recorded at many prestigious recording studios, music festivals, concert halls and jazz clubs around the world for artists such as Quincy Jones, Matthew Morrison, The Manhattan Transfer, The New York Voices, John Hendricks, Monica Mancini, Bob Newhart, Joan Rivers, Don Rickles, Regis Philbin, Kathy Lee Gifford, Andre Watts, Jake Armerding, Liam Bailey, Peter Prince, Billy Martin, Fitz & The Tantrums, Stefon Harris, Jay Leach, The Sunshine Collective, The Percy Faith Orchestra, Western Standard Time Ska Big Band, Theodicy Jazz Collective, The Los Angeles Symphony, The Albany Symphony Orchestra, The Berkshire Symphony, various productions of musical theater and many more. Gary and I had a great talk about preparing for auditions, recordings, transcriptions and education.

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Barsh's work has received 3 GRAMMY Awards and 5 GRAMMY nominations, including the 2016 Award for Best Rap Album and nomination for Album of the Year for Kendrick Lamar's "To Pimp a Butterfly." He was the recipient of a 2015 BMI R&B/Hip-Hop Award and a 2015 BMI London Pop Award, and a nominee for the Ashford and Simpson Songwriter Award at the 2014 Soul Train Awards.His compositions have topped the charts in a number of different genres, scoring pop #1's with both Aloe Blacc's "The Man" (#1 UK Singles, 4 Million worldwide sales) and Kendrick Lamar's "To Pimp A Butterfly" (#1 Billboard 200, US Platinum), urban hits with Logic's "Incredible True Story" (#1 Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Albums), Ty Dolla $ign's "Free TC" (#4 Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Albums) and Anderson Paak's "Malibu" (#5 Billboard R&B Albums), and #1 albums in the dance and jazz genres with Aubrey O'Day and Robin McKelle, respectively. He also co-wrote and produced the single "Dealbreaker" for Norah Jones' hip-hop project, White on Rice, and has helped develop the sounds of emerging talents Sonreal, Sid Sriram and Dylan Chambers.

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LA bassist Lyman Medeiros discusses his undergraduate schooling with classical bassist Hans Strum, his work with Jazz vocalist Steve Tyrell and his new original projects.

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Gregg Cash is a Philadelphia born, Los Angeles based bass guitarist & Music Director best known as a current member of blues rock guitar player Jared James Nichols and the hard rock band Josh Todd and The Conflict alongside Buckcherry founder Josh Todd and Buckcherry guitarist Stevie D. The band’s debut album Year Of The Tiger was released September 2017. Cash is also known for his work as the former bassist in Dorothy (band) on Jay Z’s Roc Nation record label.

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Guitarist Peled discusses his upbringing and education in Isreal, his time at The New School, Ethiopian music and his band The Ambessa Orchestra.

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Guitarist/Bandleader Nadav Peled discusses his upbringing in Israel, his

move to NYC and studying jazz at The New School and his Ethiopian band

“Anbessa Orchestra”.