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The Career Musician — 210 episodes

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#205 Before the Oscars: Performing with Miles Caton at the HMMA Awards
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#204 Do You Even Gig Bro? pt2
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#203 Do You Even Gig Bro? pt1
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#202 Art of the Pivot | Awards Show Shuffle

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#201 The NAMM Show | TCM Pro Guide

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#200 Ways To Win as a Career Musician

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#199: Still Making New Year’s Resolutions? Serious Musicians Do This Instead
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#198: Year In Review | Top 10 Episodes of 2025 Wrapped!
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#197: Crash 'n Crunch with the Beatqualizer
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#196: LA's Bass Guy Next Door

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#195: Power Of BRAND with Ron Paul Perry
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#194: The Ultimate Guide to Playing in a Hollywood House Band | The HMMAs
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#193: Real World Guitar Ace from Great Britain to LA
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#192: Dynamic Duo of Music and Business — The Imaginaries

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#191: From LA Studios to Seoul Charts: Carly Lyman’s Global Music Journey
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#190: Composer & Sync-Licensing Powerhouse – Devin Powers on Making Music Work
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#189: Invite to Disneyland—That Was the Audition!
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#188: Never Lose the Gig! New Season w/co-host Joel Meza

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#187 Band Together for Community Not Competition

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#186: 4 Rules of Networking

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#185: I Need A Gig

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#184: Ghosted 3 Strikes

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#183: Insincere Sincerity

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#182: Existential Music Crisis

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#181: Music Is Not For Musicians

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#180: Play The Changes

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#179: Payday Friday | Gig Work Don't Come Easy

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#178: Creative Flow State | Optimize Your Home Studio
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#177: Music Publishing 101 | A Few Things To Know
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#176: Mining the Gigs You Want | A Fresh Perspective
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#175: What Makes A Pro Musician in 2025? | 3 Things to Know if YOU are a Pro
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#174: Grammys For The Win? | Art vs. Sport

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#173: CYO | Master your Money as a Musician by Doing this One Thing

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#172: Should You QUIT The Music Industry?
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#171: NAMM President John Mlynczak | Industry, Growth and Networking
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#170: Why Time Is Every Musician's Secret Weapon
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#169: The Musician's Journey of a Rockstar | Jed Elliott & Chelsea Szabo
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#168: Tito Daniel | Get Your Music Heard on Dash Radio!
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#167: Sherilyn | Stop Faking It And Release Music Like A Pro
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#166: Jody Friedman | Insider Secrets to Placing Your Music in TV and Film Revealed!
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#165: Eric Baines | Come From A Small Town? No Problem! You Can Still Win In The Music Biz!
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#164: Belle Johnson | Are You Doing Everything You Can To Stay Employed As A Musician?
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#163: The NAMM Show Pt. 1 | Feat. Chris Lord-Alge and Asadi
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#162: Big Swede | How Do You Stand Out And Get Your Music Placed In TV And Film?
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#161: Michael Walker | Explode Your Music Fanbase And Make A Profit Online
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#160: Tangelene Bolton | Here's How You Can Earn A Living Writing Music For Film As A Young Musician
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#159: Michelle Sabolchick | Here's How You'll Never Be Strapped For Work Again As A Musician
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#158: Dylan Berry | How To Avoid Failing As An Indie Songwriter And Win The Music Game
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#157: Music's Biggest Names Selling Out
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#156: What Do Music Awards Really Mean For Artists?
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#155: Garrett Hope & Arthur Breur | Ultimate Music Business Summit
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#154: Scott Page | Pink Floyd to NFTs
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#153: Henry Donahue | Save The Music
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#152: X. ARI | WisdoManiaFest
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#151: Diversify Or Die
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#150: Leslie Odom Jr. | Tony Award Winning Career Musician

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#149: Ric Feliciano | Mighty Bone

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#148: Ralph T. Lofton | Gospel Music B3 Guru

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#147: Bill Oakley | It's A Shure Thing

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#146: Big Mike Hart | Bigs and Bangs Dynamic Duo

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#145: Tod Weidner | Music of The Soul

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#144: Erin Alden | Sleeping Giant Songwriter

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#143: Richie Peña | Drums Around The World From Home

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#142: Jerry Navarro | Pit Boss of the Muzik Mafia

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#141: Chris Thigpen | All About That Bass

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#140: Scott Frankfurt | Sonic Haven

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#139: Vi | In the Studio with EWF

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#138: Joel Andrew | President of CD Baby

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#137: Nathan Furst | Real World Composer

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#136: Tony Morra | Studio Drums From Home

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#135: Viktor Krauss | All Basses Covered

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#134: Eric Darken | Margaritaville Percussion

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#133: Scott Francisco | Working On Malcolm In The Middle

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#132: Ashley Jarmack | Premier Session Woodwinds

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#131: Jordan Seigel | The Piano Behind Snoopy In Space

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#130: Jeremy Levy | The Planets: Reimagined

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#129: Joseph Wooten | Nashville Hands of Soul

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#128: Gorden Campbell | Conversations with Gorden

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#127: Andy Wood | The Woodshed Guitar Experience

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#126: Tony Shepperd | Legendary Engineer Producer

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#125: Carlos Rafael Rivera | Scoring The Queen's Gambit

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#124: Christine Hufenbecher and Kenny Moran | Mobile Sessions

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#123: Jennifer Smith | Founder And Music Supervisor At Rat Dance Party

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#122: Rich Redmond | Drummer For Jason Aldean And So Much More

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#121: Lili Haydn | Composer and Violinist Extraordinaire

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#120: Lisa Dondlinger | All Star Violinist With An All Star Resume

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#119: Dani Felt | Music Industry Mastery

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#118: Michael Goldwasser | Producing Jason Mraz's Favorite Album

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#117: Melanie Taylor, Terry Wollman, Althea Waites | A Family of Career Musicians

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#116: Chastity Ashley | Neon Pony

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#115: Ray Chew | Dancing With The Stars MD

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#114: Cheryl B. Engelhardt | In The Key of Success

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#113: JP Castillo | On Tour With J.Lo

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#112: Joe Willis & David Garcia | Lights, Camera, Success

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#111: Russ Kunkel | The Immediate Family

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#110: Rick Barker | Monetize Your Music Fan Base

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#109: José Elias & Richie Peña | The Power of Positivity

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#108: Alfred Nomad | Everything Will Be Alright

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#107: Brandon Waddles | Dr. Waddles, I Presume

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#106: Nathalie Bonin | String Sessions From Anywhere

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#105: Stevie Ray Hernandez | From John Williams To Camila Cabello

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#104: Fil Eisler | Scoring "Empire" From Home

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#103: Richie Gajate-Garcia | Phil Collins' #1 Percussionist

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#102: Low Cut Connie | Elton John's Favorite New Band

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#101: Dave Koz | A New Day

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#100: Nomad | The Career Musician

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#99: Harvey Mason Jr. | Legendary Producer and President of The GRAMMYs

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#98: Kristina Benson | Sweet On Top Sync

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#97: Zito | From Setting Up The Show To Rolling Out The Dough

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#96: Chris Lisle | Lighting The Stage for Robert Plant & Keith Urban

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#95: Victor Indrizzo | Drummer for Alanis Morissette, Scott Weiland & Many Others!

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#94: Damon Thomas | Hot 100 Mega Producer

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#93: Keith Nelson | David Foster House Band

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#92: Mac McDonnell | When Johnny Cash Calls

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#91: Molly Miller | Jason Mraz' Guitar Doctor

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#90: KEM | Love Always Wins

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#89: Matt Rollings | 2x Grammy Win With Willie Nelson

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#88: Matthew Weiss | Akon's Right-hand Engineer

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#87: Lucy Woodward | Songstress From Holland

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#86: Walfredo Reyes Jr. | From Santana to Chicago

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#85: Brian Frasier-Moore | Madonna And Beyond

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#84: Errol Cooney | Stevie Wonder's Guitar Ace

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#83: Sandro Rebel | From Bossa To Samba To Stage

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#82: Jae Deal | From Janet to Gaga and More!

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#81: Wavy Wayne | YouTube University Engineering Secrets

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#80: Michelle Elkin | The Career Dancer

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#79: John Stoddart | Grammy Nominated Producer & Artist

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#78: T. Bear | Out Of Hibernation

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#77: Ulises Bella | Ozomatli

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#76: Marta Sofia Honer | Beyoncé's Secret Weapon

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#75: Sean Hurwitz | Smash Mouth Guitar-Star

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#74: Curt Chambers | Dr. Dre's Countryman

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#73: Ericka Guitron | On Tour With Jason Derulo

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#72: Steve Sinatra | Same Name Different Game

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#71: Maysa Leak | The Queen of Jazz Funk

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#70: J. Que Smith | I Wrote That

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#69: Larry Klenc | Artist Rep With Purpose

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#68: Erskine Hawkins | You Might Remember Me From TV

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#67: Kevin Chokan | Back In Love With Guitar

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#66: Michael Elsner | Real Musicians Don't Starve

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#65: Chloe Flower | Keeping It Classy With Cardi B

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#64: Joe Augello | NY Guitar In An LA World

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#63: Sunna Wehrmeijer | The Voice Of Hunger Games

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#62: Norwood Fisher | West Coast Hybrid

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#61: Jason Hartless | Young Gun Drums

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#60: Dwayne Smitty Smith | Deep Pocket Bass

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#59: Carl Rydlund | Movie Magic Musician

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#58: Tariqh Akoni | Guitar Sophisticate

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#57: Steve Postell | The Immediate Family - Renegade Music

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#56: Waddy Wachtel | The Immediate Family - W²

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#55: Danny Kortchmar | The Immediate Family - Kootch

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#54: Nicole Row | Panicked At The Discotheque

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#53: Raul Ferrando | The Muse From Argentina

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#52: Daryl Simmons | Silent Partner

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#51: Xander Smith & Baron Grafft | Managing Your B(r)and

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#50: Christian Swain & Jerry Danielsen | Pantheon Podcast Network

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#49: Kevin Martin | It's Called Rock 'n' Roll

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#48: Dmitry Gorodetsky | From Russia With Groove

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#47: Derek Jones | Making Mega Trax

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#46: Tim Stewart | Lady Gaga's Gentleman Guitarist

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#45: Jack Piatt | Modern Renaissance Man

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Pandemic Resources with Jessi Campo

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#44: DJ K Yung | Turnin' The Tables

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#43: Florian Simmendinger | Who's Got The Time

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#42: Tim Davies | The Hollywood Score

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Trailer | Why The Career Musician

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#41: Derek Frank | The Low Down

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#40: Manuel Romero | Aquí Me Tienes

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Trailer | Who Is Nomad Pt. 2

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Trailer | Who Is Nomad Pt. 1

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#39: Richie Pena, James Agnew, Rashid Williams & more! | Drummers Unite

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#38: Rick Watford | Gospel Guitar Guru

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#37: DW3 | A New Face For RnB

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#36: LA Williams | Miracle Guitar Man

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#35: Philip Lassiter | Philthy Phunk

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#34: Rodney Alejandro | The Script of the Grammys

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#33: Clifton Williams | Yes Cliff Will

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#32: Darryl Williams | Here To Stay

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#31: Ziggy Diaz | Diversify With Ziggy Beats

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#30: Frank "Third" Richardson | Who's On Third?

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#29: Rickey Minor | The LA-List Premier Musical Director

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#28: Nathan East & Tom Keane | A-List Perspective

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#27: Wayne Linsey | A Song Without Words

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#26: Catharine Wood | Planetwood Studios

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#25: Derek DOA Allen | Bass Player To Hit Record Maker

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#24: Nate Morton | I’m Not Only A Drummer, I Play One On TV

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#23: Michael Raphael | From Jailhouse to Production House

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#22: Elvin Ross | Rise Up and Compose

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#21: Possible Chops | Dave Hooper Pt. 2

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#21: Dave Hooper | Possible Chops Pt. 1

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#20: John Acosta | United We Stand AFM

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#19: Marty Schwartz | Going Viral

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#18: Doug E. Fresh | The Human Beatbox

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#17: Adam Blackstone Covers the BASS-ics

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#16: Josh Pegram | The Main Dot Connector

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#15: Jason Land | The Ultimate Guitar Ninja

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#14: Michael Manson | The Bottom Line

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#13: Cecil Guyton | Know Where You're Going

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#12: Mark Phillips | The Black Operator

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#11: Babyface Cast & Crew | Behind The Scenes

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#10: Jason Moss | Super Sonic Noise Maker

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#9: Kirk Whalum | The Gospel According to Jazz

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#8: Dale & Mark Ranz | Flying High

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#7: Tommy Sims | Changing The World

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#6: Ruslan Sirota | Award Winning Pianist and Composer

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#5: John Powell | Virtuoso Film Composer

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#4: Bernie Boyle | Legendary Tour Manager

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#3: Joel Stevenett | Drummer to the Stars

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#2: Tyrone Mattner & Gareth Katzew | Healthy Road Life

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#1: Kenny Babyface Edmonds Band | Rules of the Road

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