Sure, we can sing all the words to every one of their songs, but did you know that many of the musicians you know and love have had (or still do have) day jobs? And, what's all the fuss about grits?  Well, in this episode, grits play an important part of one singer's transition out of the spotlight.  Not all celebrities have it all together, and some of them never wanted to be famous in the first place!  Robert Venable and Jake Jones tell it all in this behind the scenes podcast!

S3 Ep:01 Their OTHER Jobs!

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Which all-female singing group didn’t hear their own album until AFTER it was recorded? Who stole Mariah Carey’s songs? Who snuck Princess Diana into a gay bar after binging Golden Girls reruns? Listen as Jake and Robert, share a ton of random music industry facts!  Click Here to support Turned Up, get unreleased PRIVATE episodes, bonus content, and an even MORE behind the scenes look at the music industry!

S3 Ep:07 Wait... Is This Real?

Turned Up (A Little) is a shorter version of our full-length podcast episodes, but with the same fun facts and humor you have come to expect!   There are about 400 sounds in an average slot machine game, and each one is created to mess with your brain.  Does the tempo of the music REALLY have anything to do with how much you spend?  Who chooses casino music? Let's dive in... Listen as Robert uncovers the truth about casino sounds! Click Here to support Turned Up, get unreleased PRIVATE episodes, bonus content, and an even MORE behind the scenes look at the music industry!

Turned Up (A Little) : Winner Winner Chicken Dinner : Casino Sounds

With an FBI file the size of a large encyclopedia, Frank Sinatra had a lot of buzz around him. Winning Oscars and Grammys while getting banned from the White House. Was he secretly a Communist? Was he in the Mob? Listen as Jake and Robert, share the public and not-so-public life of Frank Sinatra!  Click Here to support Turned Up, get unreleased PRIVATE episodes, bonus content, and an even MORE behind the scenes look at the music industry!

S3 Ep:06 The Dark Secrets of SINatra

We've covered some of these fun facts about Christmas songs before, but we've added a lot more "WHOAs to the HO-HO-HOs! ...Including little known facts about the song "Christmas Shoes!" Listen as Jake and Robert, along with special guest Chad Green talk about it all, LIVE from the University of North Alabama!  Click Here to get unreleased PRIVATE episodes, bonus content, and an even MORE behind the scenes look at the music industry!

S3 Ep:05 Things You Didn't Know-Ho-Ho - Live from UNA... (Special Guest: Chad Green)

How old are the Kidz Bop "kids" in real life? What's it like on the road with a HUGE name in the industry? Faking it on stage?! We might get in trouble... again... for publishing the secrets in this episode. Listen as Jake and Robert, along with special guests Sean Michael Murray and Hayden Maringer of EVARIDE talk about it all!  By the way, this episode was recorded on location from JBL Fest, in Las Vegas, on the brand new AKG Lyra USB Microphone! Click Here to get unreleased PRIVATE episodes, bonus content, and an even MORE behind the scenes look at the music industry!

S3 Ep:01 Their OTHER Jobs!

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