RJ Curtis is the Executive Director of Country Radio Seminar (CRS). RJ spent the first half of his career working in radio stations on the West Coast. He then moved to Nashville to work in journalism, and would become the Nashville Editor for the All Access Music Group. As the current head of CRS, RJ oversees every aspect of the conference. We talk about what it takes to pull it off, RJ's rise in the industry, the history and future of radio and so much more.

Steve Schnur is the Worldwide Executive of Music for Electronic Arts, the largest video game producer in the world. Not a piece of music makes it into an EA game without his approval. We talk about how he builds some of the most influential playlists in games like Madden, how the music and gaming industry will continue to collide, why Nashville is important to him and so much more. The Gaming industry today is bigger than the film and music industry combined. Tune in to find out why.

Jon Cohen is the co-founder of Vagrant Records. Throughout his legendary career as a label head, Cohen signed bands like The 1975, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes, Dashboard Confessional, Alkaline Trio and so many more. Now Cohen has created a brand new company called Big Noise Music and recently signed Nashville star Travis Tritt. If you want to know how to build a label from the ground up, from someone who has done it twice, then this episode is for you!

Craig Balsam is the co-founder of Razor & Tie. Originally a lawyer with a love for music, Craig went from creating compilation CDs in an apartment, to building one of the most successful indie label brands of the modern music industry. Hear about the company in the early days, how Kidz Bop was created, his current career as a Tony Award winning Broadway Producer, and so much more!

Joe Galante ran RCA Records and Sony Music Nashville. In his legendary career, he worked with and signed acts like Waylon Jennings, Dolly Parton, Alabama, Kenny Chesney, Brad Paisley, and so many more. Listen to how a guy from Astoria New York became a power player in Nashville Tennessee.

Thomas O'Keefe is the current tour manager for Weezer. Before that, he was out with Train, Ryan Adams, Third Eye Blind, and Sia. Thomas talks about life on the road, how he got his start with Ryan Adams, and how a punk rocker from Connecticut ended up touring with some of the biggest acts in the world.

David Ross is the founder of Music Row, one of the most prolific trade magazines in Country Music. Hear Ross' story about creating the publication, running it for over 30 years, meeting a young Taylor Swift, and ultimately selling the company to get back to his original passion, writing songs.