Archive for the ‘songwriting’ Category
Tuesday, January 31st, 2012
Jeff Talmadge is steeped in the Texas songwriting style of Guy Clark and Townes Van Zandt. Always eloquent, never flashy. Many of the songs have layers that peel back after every listen. Strong images and a sense of freshness and familiarity at the same time. We talked about festivals, making records, writing and guitars.
jefftalmadge.com
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Friday, December 16th, 2011
David Leonard and I got together one day for a chat and talked about songwriting, recording, arranging and various experiences we had over the years. His web site is revealaudio.com
NSAI
Paris Recording System
Pro Tools
Russ Berger
Linda Davis Some Kind of Woman
Kinleys Takin Our own Sweet Time
Drawing on the Right side of Your Brain
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Monday, December 5th, 2011
Don Conoscenti is a fascinating guy and a great musician and writer. His photographs are amazing. We talked about the musician’s life and living in Taos New Mexico making it as an artist.
We talked about:
Kerrville
Ellis Paul
Eddie’s Attic
Sloppy Joes
Berklee
John Prine
Steve Goodman
David Mamet
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Friday, October 7th, 2011
Jaime Michaels and I talked over Skype about gigs, touring, songwriting. He was in Santa Fe and I was in Atlanta.
Some mentions in the show include
Jeff Talmadge
Don Conoscenti
Jono Manson
Jonatha Brooke
Greg Greenway
Moira Smiley
Christopher Smith
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Folk Alliance
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Tags: gigs, paul simon, songwriting
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Tuesday, October 4th, 2011
Pat Terry’s songs have been covered by B.J. Thomas, Travis Tritt, Tanya Tucker, The Oak Ridge Boys, Kenny Chesney. We talked about playing, writing, the music business, faith, family and Smyrna, Georgia, Pat’s hometown.
Sonny Lallerstedtf
Randy Bugg
Kenny Chesney
B.J. Thomas
Travis Tritt
Tanya Tucker
Oak Ridge Boys
Hugh Prestwood
Wilco
James Casto
Canine Assistants
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Monday, July 18th, 2011
Ralph Taylor had me on his radio show on July 7, 2011. I played some songs and told some stories, talked about my songwriting process. Ralph and i became great friends soon after this meeting. Seems like we had known each other for many years instead of a few minutes. Ralph does the show every Monday from 6 to 7 PM EST and you can check it out on the web site: http://www.brenau.edu/.
We talked about songwriting, Berklee, Steve Vai, guitars, David Wilcox, Kerrville Festival, Planet Bluegrass, my local gigs like Brookwood Grill and Goldfish, world travel and a whole bunch of other stuff.
It was a great time!
http://prettygoodgig.com/mp3/20110718PGGtaylorkahler.mp3
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Monday, June 13th, 2011
Charles Williams is an interesting and talented guy. A great guitarist, he also does an incredible amount of writing. I always figure if the conversation interests me, it will interest someone else. We talked about a bunch of stuff including:
Bonaventure Quartet
MEX Strat
http://www.warmoth.com/
Bernadette Seacrest
guitar modification
gigging in France
Jimmy Herring
Chinese Les Paul
Hendrix
Stevie Ray and Jimmy Vaughn “Stevie never played the same thing once!”
Caroline Herring
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Wednesday, June 8th, 2011
Brian Ashley Jones is a really great singer songwriter musician whose music covers a bunch of styles and venues. Brian is at home playing blues, jazz, Americana and a bunch of other stuff. He talks about working with Donna Hopkins and songwriting. It’s an interesting road he’s been on and continues to travel! He currently is touring with Tisha Simeral, who is a fantastic bassist. One interesting aspect of this conversation is the idea of working in different markets to keep the schedule full – a different take on multiple income streams.
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Monday, May 23rd, 2011
What a great weekend it was at SERFA! Loaded with music everywhere, workshops, concerts and showcases. Great networking and great fun as well. This year it was held at the Montreat Conference Center in Black Mountain, N.C. Folk Alliance is an organization promoting Folk Music and Traditions.
Artists at the conference were many but here is a partial list, many of whom participated in this show:
Al Pettiway
Amy White
Chuck Brodsky
Greg Trafidlo
Gary Mitchell, Molasses Creek
Steve Warner
Andy Cohen
Jeff Talmadge
Rob Lytle
Chris Rosser
Charlie Pilzer
Robert George
Fran Snyder, Concerts in your home
Elise Witt
Kari Estrin
Kim Richardson
Lauren Sheehan
Jon Shain
Austin Nash
Eliza Lynn
Joe Carlson
Sarah Schaffer, Adelle Cotton
Jacob Johnson
Todd Hoke
The Cloers
Lorraine Conard
Aiden Quinn, Friction Farm
James Durst , Star of the Podcast, check Facebook to see what he looks like today!
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Friday, February 11th, 2011
Rob Platner is the leader of Jango Monkey, a classic rock style, original band with plenty of improvisation. He talks about his songwriting and leading a band. Jango Monkey’s new album is called Magic Whoosh and can be previewed at the Magic Whoosh site. You can listen to the entire album for free or name your own price to download it or order a physical CD. Big things are coming up for Jango Monkey including an appearance at Floyd Fest this summer.
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Tags: festivals, jam bands, songwriting
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