Real Life Musician

Nick Clark

Hi everybody, I'm very excited to release my new podcast out with Nick Clark. Apologies for the delay between podcasts. We moved into our new home a few weeks ago which has been great, but very time consuming! Nick is an old friend from Austin, TX and is quickly becoming a big deal in the music industry. He is bassist and producer, who’s expanding his work into TV and film (there’s also a Masters in Physics from Texas State University on his resume, in case you were curious), has performed with several of the best musicians in Austin and beyond, from Tameca Jones (Tameca LaVon) to Carrie Rodriguez, Jackie Venson, Progger, H.E.R, Jojo and this dude named Kanye West, if that rings a bell… If you like, please rate and share [https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/teb/2/16/1f642.png] thanks for the support!

Brett Canning

Brett Canning is a musician based in norther NSW, Australia. He has performed and/or recorded with a range of artists including Missy Higgins, Ross Wilson, Elle Greenwich, Pete Murray, Ben Lee and Ian moss. He is composer and Musical Director for the stage show, BPM Beats Per Minute. BPM have enjoyed sell-out seasons at the Sydney Opera House, Chapel Off Chapel, Adelaide Festival and the Pasadena Theatre in Los Angeles. In 2009, he was nominated for an APRA award (Blues and Roots Song of the Year) for his work with Josh Cunningham of the Waifs. He currently performs and records with the multi-ARIA award winning band, The Audreys. Brett's playing can be heard on several commercial recordings including; Missy Higgins 'Special Two Ep', The Audreys ARIA award winning, 'Sometimes the Stars' & 'Till My Tears Roll Away' and Dave Ross McDonald (Wiafs) 'Knuckled, Brassed and Bone'. His TV and DVD appearances include; Waveaid (live at the SCG), MTV live from Darling Harbor. CDUSA, Max Sessions, O2 Wireless Festival (UK), Hey Hey its Saturday and Rove Live. Brett is a graduate of the University of Melbourne's Victorian College of the Arts (Improvisation stream) and is currently completing a Masters Degree (Research). Brett’s debut EP is due for release in 2016.

Chris McQueen

Check out https://www.chrismcqueen.com/ [https://www.chrismcqueen.com/] Thanks for listening! More about Chris. Chris McQueen has been playing, writing, and recording music since 1994. Along with Henry Hey he co-leads the explorative, groove-oriented instrumental band Forq, which has released four albums, and he has an acoustic guitar duo project with Matt Read that released its debut Western Theatre and is preparing a second album. He is an original and current member of 3-time Grammy winning band Snarky Puppy and Grammy-nominated world music group Bokanté as well as a frequent member of Banda Magda. He has performed with Lucy Woodward, Lizz Wright, Nikka Costa, Myron Butler & Levi, and Alejandro Escovedo. He has been featured in several rock musicals, including David Bowie’s Lazarus at New York Theater Workshop (featuring Michael C. Hall) and The Rocky Horror Show at The Dallas Theater Center. Chris grew up in Austin, TX and started playing guitar and recording songs on a 4-track Tascam around age 10. At 13 he joined RedHeaded Stepchild, a western swing kid band, and started gigging around Austin and learning how to solo from bandmate and guitar prodigy Will Knaak. This interest in improvisation led to a fascination with jazz; he joined and composed for the Westlake High School jazz band, and attended the University of North Texas to study with Fred Hamilton. In 2005-2006 he played in the One O’Clock Lab Band and wrote the piece “Foe Destroyer”, which was recorded for the band's Lab 2006 album. Chris remained in the Dallas area for four years after college, co-leading the rock band Oso Closo with singer/songwriter Adrian Hulet, and studying music with Bernard Wright and other members of the Dallas R&B/jazz/Gospel scene. Oso Closo performed on stage in The Who’s Tommy at the Dallas Theater Center and released two albums. After Oso Closo broke up, Chris and fellow band member Danny Garcia joined with singer/songwriter Cade Sadler to form the rock band Foe Destroyer. Foe Destroyer created an eponymous album, toured for several years, and performed on stage in Dallas and NYC in the musical Fly By Night. In recent years Chris has expanded beyond guitar playing to focus on music arranging, mobile app building, and video editing. He writes frequently for string quartet, big band, and horn/string sections. He co-arranged a piece on the Grammy-winning album Sylva by Snarky Puppy with the Metropole Orchestra. He has transcribed and engraved sheet music for Snarky Puppy, Bill Laurance, and his own groups, and he created arrangements and MainStage sounds for the musical Bunkerville. He has created two iPhone apps: Guitar Note Atlas, which helps guitar players visualize the guitar neck, and Set App for creating and sharing set lists. And he has edited and directed music videos for Forq and the Read/McQueen guitar duo. Chris lives in Austin, TX with his wife Erin and their bunny Georgia.

Jordan Burchill

Hi everybody, I hope that you enjoy my discussion with long time friend and collaborator, Jordan Burchill. Jordan is an amazing musician and maybe the nicest guy in the world. We discussed having his music feature in an academy award winning Spike Lee film, our mutual love for John Mayer, being a jazz musician playing alt -country folk, coming form a VERY musical family and much more. Sorry about the occasional audio glitch. I had some issues with skype. Ryan Murphy Jordan's bio * Jordan is a University of Texas Graduate, guitarist, vocalist, and award-winning songwriter living in Austin, Texas. * He is one half of song writing duo Beth James. One of their songs was recently featured in Spike Lee’s academy-award winning film, BlacKkKlansman. Massive! * He has toured the US playing big festivals like festivals all over the country * As a side man he's worked with Grammy award-winning artists like Avant (a-vont) and Ndambi (en-dam-bi), and White Denim.