Musician Podcast Andrew Lipow

Tim Denbo Is an active session bass player and in-demand live bassist.  We discuss his recording rig, growing up in Indianapolis playing classical music, buying a bass from the J.C Penny catalog and studying bass at Berklee.

Mike Ewing has been producing for over ten years. He started off in the Beat Battle world. His first major record was on MMG Self Made Vol. 3 The track, “My Man” featured Rick Ross, Meek Mill, and Rockie Fresh. He has since produced Gladys Knight and Danileigh, Villz, Kaby, and Mike Floss. We talk about the emerging new Nashville Sound, making records with minimal gear, his production style and signing with Soul Kontrollaz.

Danny Pratt is a Nashville-based drummer who splits his time between touring with his band, The Flying Buffalos, and performing in town with various groups, including Pageant.  We talk Chicago, Nashville, Neo-Soul, Whiplash, and what it means to practice.

Andy Ellison stays busy as a touring pedal steel guitarist while maintaining a heavy workload of recording session work both in Nashville and online.  He has spent the last three years touring with country artist, Jon Pardi, and is currently on the road with him as a supporting act for the Dierks Bentley Burning Man Tour.  We talk about his move to Nashville, college audio engineering programs, online session work and learning pedal steel on Youtube.

Adam Puff averages over 400 gigs a year playing drums in downtown Nashville. We talk work, debut albums, Tom Waits, meditation and the bachelorette party apocalypse in Nashville.

In 2018, Grady Saxman reached several personal milestones.  He tracked over 100 recording sessions at his studio, overdubbed over 100 drum tracks, produced 50 singles and played on his first #1 single, “One Number Away,” by Luke Combs.  We discuss what makes a good studio musician and engineer, how to constantly be learning, how to make connections in Nashville and the importance of being reliable.