John Oates was in the Music Business Radio studios today.  We talked about his start in the music business, establishing Hall and Oates, life on a major label, his last 12 years as an independent artist, songwriting, putting a great band together, keeping a great band together, working with T-Bone Wolk, working with Nile Rodgers, his new album, why he loves Philadelphia, why he loves Nashville, finding yourself musically, cover songs, samples, and his new songwriting event, 7908 The Aspen Songwriters Festival.

John also shared some great Hall and Oates stories as well as the stories behind his hit songs "She's Gone" and "Maneater."

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Dan Miller is the author of No More Mondays: Fire Yourself -- and Other Revolutionary Ways to Discover Your True Calling at Work.

This episode covers the changing job market within the music industry, change within the industry itself, what to do when your job is coming to an end, reinvention, self-development, the difference between employees and entrepreneurs, and more.

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Legendary drummer, Clinn Rippy, was in the Music Business Radio studios today for a rare radio appearace.  He was joined by film director Shance Ryan Brentham, who has been documenting his story for the last four years.  Also in the studio was Dr. Darren Hicks, who has been studying Clinn for the last several years, looking at what makes him the amazing musician he is.

Clinn has played with a multi-genre list of musicians ranging from Elvis Presley, to Snoop Dogg, to Celine Dion.  His music has been sampled by dozens of artists including Notorious B.I.G., The Chemical Brothers, and Daft Punk.  The total number of records his music appears on has been verified by the RIAA at 170,000,000, but it is estimated to be over 250,000,000, because of numerous bootleg albums and "white label" dance mixes that haven't been officially tracked.

We talked about how Shance connected with Clinn, what he's learned since he started filming, and more.  Dr. Hicks gave insight into Clinn's super-human musical talent.  This episode also included an in-studio performance from Clinn.

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Daisy Dern and Dave Gibson of Savannah Music Group were in the Music Business Radio studios today.

Daisy came to Nashville from San Francisco and got a deal with Mercury Records in 2001.  We talked about getting the deal...and losing it.

Dave is a songwriter with cuts by artists including Joe Diffie, Confederate Railroad, Tanya Tucker, Alabama, Pam Tillis, and Montgomery Gentry.  We talked about his move from Chicago to Nashville and what it took for him to break in.

The two came together to form Savannah Music Group, which is an independent label and publishing conmpany.  We talked about that.

And of course, we reviewed demos sent in from around the world...

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Ben Glover and Neilson Hubbard are next on Music Business Radio.  This episode talks about Ben's new album, Through the Noise, Through the Night.  It also includes two performances from him, backed by Neilson Hubbard.

We talk about Ben's move from Belfast, Ireland to Nashville, how he got Vince Gill to perform on his debut album, his current album, what it was like to work with Neilson Hubbard, and more.

Thanks to Big Studios for the hospitality and Will MacMorran for engineering.

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Here's the episode with singer, songwriter, producer, and critically acclaimed guitarist, Rusty Anderson.

Rusty’s career spans four decades with stints in several successful LA based bands as well as a solo career on Columbia records. He is best known as lead guitarist with Paul McCartney with whom he is currently on a world tour, but has worked in the studio and on stage with an extensive list of artists including Gwen Stefani, Steven Tyler, Regina Spektor, Dido, Elton John, Willie Nelson, Jewell, and the Bangles, just to name a few.

On this episode, Rusty talks about his early career in LA, the recording and writing process for his current solo album “Born on Earth,” and, of course, touring with a Beatle.

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Here's an interview David Hall did with Josh Ritter as well an in-studio performance.

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Here's an interview Dan did with Old Union as well as an in-studio performance.

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Colorfeels joined Dan in the studio for a live performance as well as a conversation about their upcoming album.

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Jack Purcell dropped by the Music Business Radio studios today.  Jack is VP of Promotion for Big Machine Records.  Before that, he was at Warner Brothers for 17 years.

Between Big Machine acts, like Taylor Swift, and his career at Warner Brothers, he's worked with dozens of successful acts, including Garth Brooks, Faith Hill, David Ball, Little Texas, Travis Tritt, and Steel Magnolia.

Jack talked about his career at Warner Brothers, which started in the mail room, shared plenty of radio promotion stories, gave advice for artists seeking radio airplay, and more.  Full show notes are below...

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