On today's episode of the show I talk with Louisiana Rock Legend, Derrick LeFevre.Derrick is an American born musician who has had quite an amazing career as a lead vocalist - he is currently the frontman/singer for the monstrous 'Rock Show Nola', local favorites 'Contraflow' and several others. He was also in the hard rock band 'Lillian Axe' from 2004 to 2010 and continues to show up as the vocalist of choice for an array of established rock and metal acts.Derrick and I talk about life as a career musician, traveling, KISS, voice health and trying to stay off smart phones.You can view a video version our our conversation by visiting -https://www.youtube.com/@musicians-mentor (please subscribe while you're there).For more information on Derrick or any of the projects he's involved in, simple google 'Derrick LeFevre' or visit - www.rockshownolarocks.comAs usual, thanks for checking out the channel and if you're getting anything useful from my content, please feel free to comment, like, share and subscribe, thank you.Additionally, for those interested - don't forget to check out our affiliate page with the lovely folks over at - 'Soundbrenner' - https://www.soundbrenner.com/pages/affiliate-travis-marc
In episode 81 of the show I chat/interview drumming icon, Jason Sutter. Jason is an American born drummer/musician who has performed/recorded/toured with an array of diverse artists/bands during the course of his career. Some of these include Chris Cornell, Foreigner, New York Dolls, Smash Mouth, Cher, Marilyn Manson, American Hi-Fi, Butch Walker and many, many more. Currently Jason is on the road with Joe Perry of Aerosmith.We dive deep into Jason's musical journey as well as some of his overall mindsets in regards to the music business. He also talks to me about his influences, being present in the moment, working side jobs and navigating relationships within the music industry. You can view a video version our our conversation by visiting -https://www.youtube.com/@musicians-mentor (please subscribe while you're there).For more information on Jason Sutter, the projects he's involved in or his current endorsements, please visit - www.jasonsutter.comAs usual, thanks for checking out the channel and if you're getting anything useful from my content, please feel free to comment, like, share and subscribe, thank you. Additionally, for those interested - don't forget to check out our affiliate page with the lovely folks over at - 'Soundbrenner' - https://www.soundbrenner.com/pages/affiliate-travis-marc
In this weeks episode of the podcast I talk with Carson Station singer/songwriter - Mark Carson and lead guitarist - Timmy Baudier.Mark Carson is an accomplished songwriter who has had over 40 of his songs recorded/cut by various other artists over the years - including Chapel Hart and John Papa Gros.Timmy Baudier is his right hand man in the band and has worked in a variety of bands as a sideman and guitarist in New Orleans and it's surrounding areas. Together they lead the band Carson Station, who recently released their amazing "Ghosts Of New Orleans' record which I cannot recommend highly enough.In addition to talking about the record, we also chat about band chemistry, songwriting, gigging and overall life balance. As mentioned over the last few weeks, we are on Youtube now, so if you'd like to view the video conversation of this interview please consider visiting (and subscribing) here - https://www.youtube.com/@musicians-mentorFor further information on Mark, Timmy or Carson Station, please visit - www.facebook.com/carsonstationFor further information on Travis Marc or the Musicians-Mentor, please visit - www.musicians-mentor.comLastly, please check out our affiliation with the lovely folks over at Soundbrenner by clicking the link below - https://www.soundbrenner.com/pages/affiliate-travis-marc
In this weeks episode of the show, I talk to one of my absolute all time favorite drummers - Nate Morton.An American born musician, Nate currently holds the drum throne for 'NBC's The Voice', but has also worked/performed with an array of diverse artists during the course of his career, some of these include - Vanessa Carlton, Paul Stanley, Madonna, Chaka Chan and many many more. Nate first came to my attention in the early 2000's when I saw him playing on the Mark Burnett reality show, 'Rockstar Inxs and I've been following him ever since. We talk about the above mentioned topics and so much more, including his time at Berklee, getting fired from gigs, and being open to different styles musically. As mentioned over the last two weeks, don't forget that you can watch video versions of these interviews via our newly launched Youtube channel now, via this link - https://www.youtube.com/@musicians-mentor (please do us a favor and subscribe), thank you.Lastly, don't forget to check out our affiliation with the folks over at Soundbrenner, by visiting them here - https://www.soundbrenner.com/pages/affiliate-travis-marc?srsltid=AfmBOoou22cReCsTOmTaCMKQMUqDUBKqhsKeOvBZStjr2Hm3A8b9E4iHFor further information on Nate Morton, please visit - www.natemorton.com and follow him across all socials.For further information on Travis Marc or the Musicians-Mentor website, please visit - www.musicians-mentor.com
On today's episode of the show I talk with the highly talented, guitarist/singer/songwriter - Gary Larsen.Many of you may know of Gary from his time as frontman with Louisiana based indie/pop band Royal Teeth, who had mega hits with songs like 'Wild, 'Heartbeats' and 'We Can Glow'. The band were also signed to numerous labels during their existence, including Dangerbird and Electra.Now days - Gary writes and releases music under the 'Larsen Music' banner and has already released numerous singles this year, including 'Cloudy', 'Red Flags' and the forthcoming 'Aint Life Fun' - all which I cannot reccomend enough. Gary is also our first 'official Youtube guest', something new we're trying out - please make sure you check that out (and subscribe) here - https://www.youtube.com/@musicians-mentorFor more on Gary Larsen please visit his instagram profile -www.instagram.com/larsen_music. Also, please ensure that you follow him across all socials.For more on Travis Marc or the Musicians Mentor, please visit - www.musicians-mentor.comFor our partnership with our friends over at Soundbrenner, please visit - https://www.soundbrenner.com/pages/affiliate-travis-marc
On this week on the podcast, I talk with Grammy award winning, UK based drummer/musician/tutor - Robert Brian.Rob has had an amazing career, who during his time as a professional musician has done sessions, tours and/or work with artists like Siouxsie Sioux, Goldfrapp, Loreena McKennitt, Peter Gabriel, Simple Minds, Miles Kane and many more. As it has been for me in the past, talking with Rob again for this interview was an absolute pleasure.As usual with this show, with Rob - we talk about early music inspirations, gigging, networking, playing in front of huge crowds and even some money management suggestions for musicians.For more on Robert please visit www.robertbrian.co.uk. and make sure you follow him across all socials.For more on Travis Marc or the Musicians Mentor, please visit - www.musicians-mentor.comFor our partnership with our friends over at Soundbrenner, please visit - https://www.soundbrenner.com/pages/affiliate-travis-marc
This week on the podcast, I talk to session guitarist/producer/songwriter - Brian QuinnBrian is a career musician who has travelled the world performing in front of thousands of people at some of the worlds most high profile events and venue and, up until recently (and for almost a decade) was lead guitarist for multi-platinum Alt/Rock band Candlebox as both a touring and recording member, performing on their 'Disappearing In Airports', 'Wolves' and 'The Long Goodbye' records. Additionally, Brian is part of Rock band 'Octane', has been involved with Foster Child (which featured members from Fuel and Tantric) and among many other ventures often guests with the American Vinyl All-Star Band. We talk about early music inspirations like KISS, life on the road, band life, leaving bands, his contribution articles for the always informative 'Guitar Thrills Magazine" and how for one Christmas he even asked for a stage.For more on Brian Quinn please visit www.brianquinnguitar.com and make sure you follow him across all socials.For more on Travis Marc or the Musicians Mentor, please visit - www.musicians-mentor.comFor our partnership with our friends over at Soundbrenner, please visit - https://www.soundbrenner.com/pages/affiliate-travis-marc
In todays episode of the podcast, I talk to Nashville based (but English born), Country-Pop singer/songwriter and actress - Twinnie Lee Moore. Known professionally as - 'Twinnie'.Originally from York, England - Twinnie started down the show business path at a young age and has always been involved in entertainment in some shape or form. As an actress she has won a BCMA best newcomer award, appeared in British television staples like 'Hollyoaks and Emmerdale and has even acted alongside A-Listers like Glenn Close and Christian Slater. Her singer/artist career is equally impressive and in this interview we explore more of that side as we talk about her first two solo records, general music life, writing credits with artists like Bryan Adams and Kylie Minogue (among others), relocating state side and performances at iconic music venues like the Grand Ole Opry and the Country Music Hall Of Fame.For more on Twinnie please visit www.twinnieofficial.com and make sure you follow her across all her socials.For more on Travis Marc or the Musicians Mentor, please visit - www.musicians-mentor.comFor our partnership with our friends over at Soundbrenner, please visit - https://www.soundbrenner.com/pages/affiliate-travis-marc
This week on the podcast I talk with percussionist, composer, improv artist, multi media specialist, educator and cultural diplomat - Tom Teasley.Tom is an American born musician who has lead a truly unique life as a career musician - working as both a drummer/percussionist and a composer. He started his music journey on a simple block of wood and has even represented the USA as a cultural diplomat across the world, where he has showcased his rhythmic skills. Additionally Tom is a five time WAMA (Washington Area Music Award) winner, performed at the Kennedy Center several times and even recently released a new album called Lunch Break. We talk about music, travel, recording, staying creative and even his time studying with the late great Joe Morello. Check out our chat now...For more information on Tom Teasley please visit www.tomteasley.com or visit his bandcamp page at tomteasleymusic.bandcamp.comFor more on Travis Marc or the Musicians Mentor, please visit - www.musicians-mentor.comFor our partnership with our friends over at Soundbrenner, please visit - https://www.soundbrenner.com/pages/affiliate-travis-marc
In todays episode of the podcast I talk with hit songwriter - Clay Mills. Clay is an Nashville based songwriter originally from Mississippi who has had his songs recorded by artists like Lady A, Reba McEntire, Trisha Yearwood, Diamond Rio and Darius Rucker. In fact he even had number one hits for both of the last mentioned artists. During the course of Clay's career he has had over 200 songs recorded worldwide, received 20 ASCAP awards, numerous Grammy nominations and in addition to his day to day songwriting gig even runs an amazing songwriting training business called song-town alongside fellow hit songwriter -Marty Dodson.We talk about all the usual music industry related topics associated with this show, as well as breakdown numerous songwriting myths and questions.For more information on Clay Mills or Song-Town, please visit, www.claymills.com or www.songtown.comFor more on Travis Marc or the Musicians Mentor, please visit - www.musicians-mentor.comFor our partnership with our friends over at Soundbrenner, please visit - https://www.soundbrenner.com/pages/affiliate-travis-marc
Today on the show, I talk with Swedish born digital music/tech visionary - Nick Holmsten.Nick is a musician turned businessman who is the former 'Global Head of Music' at Spotify as well as the author of a great book entitled 'Fan Powered Futures'. He recently launched 'Belong' - a platform that aims to reward music super fans in a ever changing music world ,and is constantly looking to empower musicians on revolutionary ways to build their careers.We talk a little about musician life, content creation, digital marketing, play-listing how to create super fans and so, so much more, check out the full interview below.As usual, please remember to rate, review, like, share and/or follow as we continue to create content for you all, thank you. For more information on all things Nick Holmsten please visit - www.nickholmsten.comFor more on Travis Marc or the Musicians Mentor, please visit - www.musicians-mentor.comFor our partnership with our friends over at Soundbrenner, please visit - https://www.soundbrenner.com/pages/affiliate-travis-marc
In this special bonus episode of the podcast I'm proud to share part one of a conversation that my friend David Trahan from the 'New Orleans Musicians Dot Com' Podcast had with Mandeville, Louisiana born singer/songwriter - Karen Waldrup. Karen was a top 5 finalist on Season 25 of NBC's 'The Voice', has been featured in forms of media like 'Rolling Stone Magazine, Netflix and the Hallmark Channel. Her debut album 'Justified' even debuted at #4 on the Billboard charts.In this part of the interview David talks with Karen about culturally diversity, how Louisiana inspires as an artist, discusses the parallels between contrasting music styles and even shares some of her childhood experiences that moved her closer to path toward, a beautiful life in music.As usual, please remember to rate, review, like, share and/or follow as we continue to create content for you all, thank you. For more information on all things Karen Waldrup please visit www.karenwaldrup.comFor more information on David Trahan or the New Orleans Musicians dot com Podcast, please visit - www.neworleansmusicians.comFor more on Travis Marc or the Musicians Mentor, please visit - www.musicians-mentor.comFor our partnership with our friends over at Soundbrenner, please visit - https://www.soundbrenner.com/pages/affiliate-travis-marc
In this weeks episode of the podcast I talk with Lafayette, Louisiana based saxophonist/manager/entrepreneur - Dave Mouton. Dave currently owns and manages the musical group Souled Out, which in addition to their own shows also acts like somewhat of a revolving door for a vast amount of local musicians, he also performs with his contemporary Jazz group, 'The Dave Mouton EXPerience' and even works as a sideman when he can fit it in. Dave was also one of the first musicians I met when I relocated to Louisiana back in 2020 and even did a guest appearance on a song called 'Blue' by my band 'Deep Sleep Atlantic'.We talk about musician life, teaching, answering the phone, content creation, getting and keeping gigs and so, so much more, check out the full interview below.As usual, please remember to rate, review, like, share and/or follow as we continue to create content for you all, thank you. For more information on all things Dave Mouton please visit www.facebook.com/davemoutonsaxFor more on Travis Marc or the Musicians Mentor, please visit - www.musicians-mentor.comFor our partnership with our friends over at Soundbrenner, please visit - https://www.soundbrenner.com/pages/affiliate-travis-marcAlso, if you're visiting from the New Orleans Musicians Podcast, welcome, it's good to have you here.
In today's episode of the podcast I talk with New Jersey based drummer/musician - Jon Loree. Jon currently plays for Alt/Rock bands Tantric, Smile Empty Soul and Billy Wilkins (from Dragonforce), runs a successful drum teaching studio and even makes hilarious social media content for the wonderful RTOM corporation, which can be seen via his instagram profile - @Jonsdrumstudio. We talk about touring, teaching, content creation, getting gigs and so much more, check out the full interview below.As usual, please remember to rate, review, like, share and/or follow as we continue to create content for you all, thank you. For more information on all things Jon Loree head to www.jonsdrumstudio.comFor more on Travis Marc or the Musicians Mentor, please visit - www.musicians-mentor.comFor our partnership with our friends over at Soundbrenner, please visit - https://www.soundbrenner.com/pages/affiliate-travis-marc
I'm beyond excited to announce than my guest on today's episode of the podcast, is former 'The Smashing Pumpkins' guitarist - Jeff Schroeder.Jeff is a California based musician, who in addition to being a composer, producer and songwriter had been recording and touring alongside Billy Corgan for the last 16 years, until his recent departure (which we do talk about). He has also been involved with acts like 'The Lassie Foundation' as well as 'The Violet Burning', which do come up during this conversation - as does narrowing down your dreams, comparative literature and even his recently released (and beautifully crafted solo record) - 'Metanoia'As usual, please remember to rate, review, like, share and/or follow as we continue to create content for you all, thank you. For more information on all things Jeff Schroeder related, please visit www.jeffkimschroeder.comFor more on Travis Marc or the Musicians Mentor, please visit - www.musicians-mentor.comFor our partnership with the lovely folks over at Soundbrenner, please visit - https://www.soundbrenner.com/pages/affiliate-travis-marc
In today's episode I talk with the extra talented multi instrumentalist/producer/composer/song-writer - Mr Dave Tweedie. No stranger to the music business, Dave is a California based musician who has written music for a number of high profile television shows - including, 'So You Think You Can Dance', Nashville, Paris Hilton's My New BFF", Nash Bridges and many, many more. Additionally he has played and/or recorded with artists like Norwood Fisher (Fishbone), David Immergluck (Counting Crows), No Doubt and Akon. And also has his own project with previous podcast guest - Victoria Theodore, called EnSpirits. As usual, please remember to rate, review, like, share and/or follow as we continue to create content for you all, thank you. For more information on Dave Tweedie or Envisions, please visit www.DaveTweedie.com or www.envisionsmusic.comFor more on Travis Marc or the Musicians Mentor, please visit - www.musicians-mentor.comFor our partnership with the lovely folks over at Soundbrenner, please visit - https://www.soundbrenner.com/pages/affiliate-travis-marc
In episode 65 of the podcast I speak with the incredibly talented Chilean-American multi intrumentalist and producer - Alain Johannes. Easily one of my favorite musicians, Alain and has had an amazing music career working with artists like Queens Of The Stone Age, Them Crooked Vultures, PJ Harvey, Arctic Monkeys, No Doubt and late greats Chris Cornell and Mark Lanegan.He also had an amazing debut into the 'band scene' along side numerous eventual Red Hot Chili Peppers members called "What Is This" and eventually went on to form and co-lead the amazing band 'Eleven' alongside his very talented wife Natasha Shneider until her unfortunate passing.We talk the Sound City players, Desert Sessions, engineering, production, songwriting, band life and so much more, check it out.For more on Alain, his story and his music, please visit - www.alainjohannes.comFor more on Travis Marc or the Musicians Mentor, please visit - www.musicians-mentor.comFor our partnership with the lovely folks over at Soundbrenner, please visit - https://www.soundbrenner.com/pages/affiliate-travis-marc
In this weeks episode I talk with American drummer/producer/singer and career coach - Matt Starr. A true pro (in every sense of the word), Matt is an extremely motivational musicians who has performed/played or toured as a drummer with some of the biggest names in Rock music - including Ace Frehley, (KISS), Mr Big, Michael Des Barres and Kevin DuBrow (Quiet Riot). Additionally, Matt is a gifted singer and producer and also runs a succsesful 'coaching for musicians' type business where he advises musicians on how to navigate their own career paths. For all things Matt Starr - please visit, www.mattstarrmusic.com. Also, don't forget to check out our affiliate partnership with the lovely folks over at Soundbrenner by visiting - https://www.soundbrenner.com/pages/affiliate-travis-marc For all things Travis Marc or Musicians-Mentor related please visit - www.musicians-mentor.com
In today's episode of the podcast I talk with the very talented (and highly accomplished), multi-instrumentalist/singer/songwriter -St. Paul Petterson. Among the huge list of St. Paul's credits you will see some massive 'superstar' type names like - Morris Day, Darryl Hall, George Benson, The Corrs and Peter Frampton, but the thing that needs to be brought to your attention (at least in my opinion), is the fact that at only 17 years old, Paul was hand picked by the (now late, but always great) Prince to join 'The Time' for the Purple Rain movie. This of course led to many work related affiliations with Prince before St. Paul eventually became a successful singer and songwriter in his own right with labels like MCA and Atlantic. Paul also has his own podcast (with a similar theme to this one) entitled 'Music On The Run, which I strongly encourage you to check out. For further information on Paul, The Mpls Funk All Stars or any of his related projects, please visit www.paulpeterson.com or www.mplsfunkallstars.com For all things Travis Marc or Musicians-Mentor related please visit - www.musicians-mentor.com Also, don't forget to check out our affiliate partnership with the lovely folks over at Soundbrenner by visiting - https://www.soundbrenner.com/pages/affiliate-travis-marc
Happy New Year and welcome to the first episode of Season 4 of the podcast. In todays episode I talk with Victoria Theodore - an American pianist/music director/singer/songwriter and producer, best known for her work as keyboardist for multi platinum selling artist - Beyoncé, and keyboardist and background singer for music icon -Stevie Wonder. Victoria was also the keyboardist and singer on the 2013 version of the Arsenio Hall Show and in addition to the many different hats she already wears also releases music with her project - EnSPirits (a collaboration with multi-hyphenate artist, Dave Tweedie). Victoria is extremely well respected for her wide-ranging musical versatility and prowess and I found her energy to be contagious during this interview, please ensure you check her our and follow all things 'Victoria' related by visiting here website - www.victoriatheodore.com Also, don't forget to check out our affiliate partnership with the lovely folks over at Soundbrenner by visiting - https://www.soundbrenner.com/pages/affiliate-travis-marc For all things Travis Marc or Musicians-Mentor related please visit - www.musicians-mentor.com