What does a producer do exactly, and why would I need one? In this episode, the guys talk about the kind of questions you should ask potential producers and how to prepare for your recording project.

Episode 36: What's in an Intro?

Sep 10th, 2017 44m 10s

Tyler and Scott talk all about songwriting and the importance of a good intro and how it affects a song's success. They also talk about radio tours, chat roulette, and being on the road.

Episode 35: To co-write or to write alone, that is the question!

Sep 4th, 2017 47m 57s

In this episode, the guys talk about the pros and cons of co-writing songs versus writing alone. They also talk about how co-writes work in Nashville, music publishing, the Rolling Stones, and bands splitting writing credit.

Episode 34: Tyler and Scott

Jul 14th, 2017 49m 21s

Tyler and Scott talk about buying new gear to get out of a musical rut, seeing musical idols at the Nashville Airport, horror movie music, and Scott talks about trying to be comfortable at big music festivals.

Episode 33: Tyler and Scott

Jul 4th, 2017 42m 57s

Celebrate the 4th of July with Tyler and Scott. In this episode, Scott has some unique ideas about patriotism, Tyler talks about recording with Fred from the B-52s, and the guys talk about recording studio technology and paths to success in mu

Episode 32: Parker Gispert of the Whigs

May 10th, 2017 1h 2m

The Whigs singer/guitarist Parker Gispert talks about rock costumes, how to make a record on the cheap in a frat house, Instagram, touring with the Kings of Leon, living on his farm, and his upcoming solo record.

Episode 31: Fastball

May 2nd, 2017 51m 42s

When we heard that Fastball was coming through Nashville on tour, we knew that we had to get them on the podcast. Tony and Miles from the band stopped by the studio to talk with us about their new album "Step Into Light" and their current tour

Episode 30: Misa Arriaga

Apr 3rd, 2017 1h 40m

Our friend Misa Arriaga stopped by this week to come talk with us. He's a great musician here in Nashville who has toured the world with Kasey Musgraves and has produced her & Willie Nelson as well. He tells us some stories about being on the

Episode 29: Tyler and Scott

Mar 24th, 2017 33m 12s

The guys talk about music production, approaches to drum programming, making the bad guy lovable in a lyric, and the Nashville co-writing process.

Episode 28: Tyler and Scott

Mar 14th, 2017 31m 13s

In this episode, the guys talk about seeing musical legends at the hardware store, the work of Quincy Jones, and rockstar genes. They also listen to and analyze an older soul track and a newer pop song.

Sarah Buxton performing "Angels Singing" live on the podcast

Apr 9th, 2015 57m 53s

Sarah Buxton performing "Angels Singing" live on the podcast

Charlie Worsham "Running My Own Race" live on the podcast

Apr 3rd, 2015 3m 39s

Charlie Worsham performing "Running My Own Race" live on the podcast.

Jamie Dailey "In the Garden" live on the podcast

Mar 29th, 2015 2m 23s

Jamie Dailey performing "In the Garden" live on the podcast

Episode 10: hit mix engineer Justin Cortelyou

Feb 18th, 2015 1h 17m

On today's episode we have audio engineer Justin Cortelyou. Justin is known around Nashville for being an in-demand mix engineer. He's spent the past five years working with legendary producer Bob Ezrin, with whom he's recorded Alice Cooper,

Episode 9: song publisher Ree Guyer Buchanan

Feb 6th, 2015 1h 6m

Ree is a person who hires songwriters. She has run her own super successful independent music publishing company for upwards of 30 years. She has published hits for artists including Blake Shelton, Band Perry, Miranda Lambert, Jason Aldean, Ga

Episode 8: musician & songwriter Kyle Whalum

Jan 13th, 2015 1h 6m

This week bass player, ultra marathoner, and all around interesting guy Kyle Whalum chats with us. Tyler and I met Kyle when we were all Freshman in college. We tell stories spanning our younger days of drunken buffoonery to Kyle's recent eng

Episode 7: Tyler and Scott

Sep 9th, 2014 45m 40s

In this episode, Scott and I talk about everything from Willie Nelson being misunderstood, to Garth Brooks' comeback world tour, to commercial songwriting in Nashville, some cool local music events, and the transition from an artist career to p

Joshua Scott Jones "Howlin' at a Neon Moon" live on podcast

Sep 7th, 2014 3m 1s

Joshua Scott Jones performing "Howlin' at a Neon Moon" live on the podcast

Episode 6: recording artist Joshua Scott Jones

Sep 6th, 2014 1h 3m

Joshua Scott Jones, one half of nationally acclaimed country duo Steel Magnolia and now solo artist, dropped by the studio today to talk with Scott and I. He came in with a bunch of jokes about animals, and left with an awesome acoustic perfor

Recording the Music.People.Podcast. theme song

Sep 2nd, 2014 24s

We made a fancy little video of the recording of the Music.People.Podcast. theme song a few nights ago. We wanted to see how much rock we could squeeze into 14 seconds…

Zach Casebolt Performing "Harmonic Labyrinth" live on the podcast

Sep 1st, 2014 2m 47s

Episode 5: musician Zach Casebolt

Sep 1st, 2014 1h 6m

All you aspiring musicians tune into to this episode! Zach Casebolt is a world class violinist who was on a path to becoming a top player in the classical world studying with greats Ani Kavafian and Isaac Stern when he took a 180 degree turn an

Meghan Linsey performing "Cocaine and Jesus" live on podcast

Sep 1st, 2014 4m 6s

Episode 4: recording artist Meghan Linsey

Sep 1st, 2014 53m 17s

This week, the lovely, talented Meghan Linsey is on the show with Scott and I. She happens to be my awesome girlfriend, but she also has a really exciting career as a recording artist in Nashville. She went from winning the TV show Can You Duet