Michael Abdow is an American guitarist whose playing is a mix of traditional and modern progressive elements. After spending a decade touring nationally and internationally, he arrives well-versed in jazz, all forms of rock and metal, and is recognized for his soulful character and technical ability. He has played the role of sideman, studio musici…

Guitarist, vocalist and songwriter Cory Young is 23 years old and was born and raised in California. His raspy voice, and blues guitar riffs grabs the attention of many. He was featured on Season 2 of American Idol. Cory is currently releasing several singles throughout 2020.By Alex Raykin

Caio Kehyayan is a Brazilian guitarist, composer, and mixing & mastering engineer best known for being the session/touring lead guitarist of Vital Remains, lead guitarist of Dovas, and founder of the Symphonic Metal band FireWing. Caio is also a Berklee College of Music graduate in Music Production & Engineering and has been working with recording,…

Lee Litvin, or better known as Leezythegifted is an independent artist and producer from The Bay Area, CA. He fully produces all of his own music. He learned production in an effort to gain full control over the process of making his music. Leezy has also made it his mission to help entrepreneurial musicians achieve their dreams.…

Adrienne Cowan is an American metal vocalist, poet, and musician best known for being the lead vocalist and orchestrator in the band, Seven Spires. She also sings for Avantasia, Masters of Ceremony, and plays keyboards in Winds of Plague. Adrienne is a Berklee College of Music graduate who has toured internationally and maintains a prodigious music…

Born in 1990 in Caracas, Venezuela, Tracy Lambertucci began playing guitar at age 15 and started performing at 16. After studying with some of the best jazz artists in her country, she moved to LA to where she graduated from Musicians Institute with honors in Performance with a minor in Audio Engineering. Tracy has since been an active touring arti…

Bassist Damian Erskine has played in the studio or on the stage with artists such as Peter Erskine, Vince Mendoza and the WDR Big Band, The Jaco Pastorius Big Band, Les McCann, Jeff Lorber, The Buddy Rich Alumni All-Star Band, & many others. He is an adjunct professor at Portland State University in Portland, Oregon. In addition, he regularly teach…

Shauna Fallihee is a Classical new music specialist and voice teacher in the San Francisco Bay Area. She's a two-time marathoner and instructor of alignment-focused Barre and Indoor Cycling. In addition to her M.M. in Vocal Pedagogy, Shauna holds certifications in Yoga, Myofascial Release, and deep meditation studies in the Theravada tradition. She…

Kenny Werner is a Grammy nominated pianist and composer and a 2010 Guggenheim Fellowship recipient. He has performed with jazz greats such Dizzy Gillespie, Charles Mingus, Bobby McFerrin, John Scofield, and many others. Kenny put out over 30 CDs as a leader & composer for many major Jazz Orchestras worldwide, including the BBC orchestra. He wrote "…

Born in 1980, Marco Sfogli is credited as one of the most influential and followed progressive rock and metal guitar players of the last few years. he’s worked with artists such as James LaBrie, Jordan Rudess, Mike Mangini, Bryan Beller, Guthrie Govan, Kiko Loureiro, Stu Hamm, Virgil Donati and many others. Many know him as the guitarist for the Ja…

Dr. Benjamin Hardy is an organizational psychologist and bestselling author of Willpower Doesn’t Work. His blogs have been read by over 100 million people and are featured on Forbes, Fortune, CNBC, and many others. He is a regular contributor to Inc. and Psychology Today and from 2015-2018, he was the #1 writer, in the world, on Medium.com. He and …

Andy Timmons is a world renowned guitarist who toured the world with Danger Danger opening for Kiss and Alice Cooper, sold over a million records worldwide, and had two #1 videos on MTV, plus amassing a discography of 7 solo releases that range from blazing guitar instrumentals, to blues, and even a Beatles/Elvis Costello-inspired collection of pop…

Dani Rabin was born in 1985 in La-Jolla CA and grew up in Rehovot, Israel. He moved back to the states in 2003 to study at Berklee College of Music. in 2007 he met Danny Markovitch and started the band Marbin. Marbin is a progressive jazz-rock band based in Chicago, touring extensively since 2011. Through word of mouth, Marbin has gained hundreds o…

Austin Lucas is an accomplished second generation songwriter, and Muay Thai enthusiast from Bloomington, Indiana with a rich history in the music industry for over 20 years. His last album, Immortal Americans was written after a tumultuous period that found Austin getting sober, losing 100 lbs, supporting his partner through a battle with cancer, a…

Brianne Borden is a trumpeter on an international level. As a certified yoga instructor, Brianne teaches and regularly leads trainings through CorePower Yoga. Brianne melds her two passions and is a devoted researcher in the field of wellness for musicians. She has published multiple articles and created workshops on ways to incorporate yoga into a…

Sarah Draper is a multi-instrumentalist and artist currently based in Baltimore MD. She founded, does vocals and plays guitar in the progressive band Anchor Thought. When shes not playing guitar, she enjoys oil painting and being active outside. Look out for a new LP from Anchor Thought in late 2020!…

Wyatt Stav is a drummer and content creator from Toronto, Canada. His rapidly growing YouTube channel features content ranging from drum covers to lessons, interviews with other drummers, product reviews, reactions, and fitness. His story is one of sheer dedication and hard work. The video that caught my eye was titled “Why I wake up at 2am”, where…

Angela McCuiston is a Certified Personal Trainer and Corrective Exercise Specialist, Senior Fitness Specialist and Cancer Exercise Specialist and owner of Music Strong, a business that specializes in personal fitness training for musicians. She is also an avid flutist with a Masters of Music in Flute Performance from Florida State University. Among…

This episode is Rusty Osborne. Rusty helps musicians lose weight and feel great forever, so they can look, feel, and perform their best on and off the stage. After overcoming obesity and unhealthy habits for himself and numerous clients, he knows first hand what works and what doesn't work when it comes to getting healthy amid the chaos of a musici…

Craig Stickland is a singer and instrumentalist who has performed in front of millions. We spoke about the importance of finding a manager, acting, modeling, bartending, working with an M.D. on his voice, training on tour and in venues, building and touring in a sustainable sprinter van, being an entrepreneur and building his own studio furniture c…

I spoke to Coby Linder, a former drummer of a major band called Say Anything, about his personal health transformation and transition into being an online health coach. We spoke about your fitness impacting your musicianship, having workout equipment on tour, feeding your brain with good books, focusing more on giving, not caring with others think,…

Christian "Chrism" Pulkkinen is a progressive metal keyboardist, audio/video engineer and producer with Dark Noise Productions, a company that he founded. We plays in numerous projects. We spoke about exercise for mental benefits, drinking casually, marketing music, building audience, getting to know your fans, negative comments, stretching, traini…

Lorelei McBroom is a singer who has worked with A-listers like Billy Idol, Pink Floyd and Rolling Stones. We spoke about her fundraiser, jewelry business, turning down big opportunities to raise her child properly, doing session work, parental consistency, homeschooling, music business, alternative marketing methods, being political online, her fat…

Amelia Rosenberger is a trombonist and yoga teacher who has dedicated her career to helping musicians relieve tension, pain, and performance anxiety through the practice of yoga. We spoke about yoga, breath work, getting through being an undergraduate music major, intuitive eating, staying hydrated, mindful moments, meditation, fear of judgement an…

Ray Hearne is one of the top drummers in progressive metal, playing with Haken. I spoke to Ray about touring relentlessly, freelance work, climbing, being vegan on and off the road, impact of touring on relationships, relating to band members like being in a marriage, teaching on tour, hot sauce, meal timing on tour, teaching philosophy, pre-show w…

Ryan Van Poederooyen is a world-class drummer, best known for his work with Devin Townsend. Among other things, Ryan is an educator and motivational speaker. He spoke about negativity in music, calculated risk, shooting high, basing success on happiness level, living with purpose, goals, healthy food shopping, tour riders, coffee, beer, recovery, w…

Mats Haugen is the guitarist and a founding member of Circus Maximus, He also plays with some of the top rock, pop and hip-hop artists in Norway. He spoke about family, video games and how they influenced his writing, performing and producing for other genres and artists, equipment endorsements, beer, and more!…

Steve Soboslai is a founding member of the top charting rock band Punchline. He has a marketing company called Craft Services. Steve spoke about starting his band in high school, his career evolution, dieting, supplementation and training on and off the road, intermittent fasting, cold and heat exposure, Wim Hof breathing, flow, his daily routine, …

Ben Cohen, a Berklee College of Music grad, plays guitar for Video Game Metal band Powerglove and modern progressive metal band Lattermath. They tour regularly with bands such as Dragonforce, MC Chris, Symphony X, and Sonata Arctica. We discussed Ben’s moving to LA and establishing himself, being in two bands, being taught by Joe Stump, Berklee, te…

Sahil Makhija is the front-man of Demonic Resurrection, and host and chef of Headbanger’s Kitchen which has 400k+ subscribers at the time of this writing. His show mostly features him cooking food for the keto diet while having metal music on. We spoke about his new cookbook, YouTube, the keto diet, his band, realizing he needs to make money outsid…

Matthew Dylan Diana is an American vocalist, musician, song writer, and lead singer of Message to the Masses. He also runs a meal prep business, eats extremely healthy, and works out daily. He discussed his meal prep company, deciding to go solo, utility of having a recording setup at home, meal tracking, band marketing, being proactive with eating…

Rusty Cooley is one of the fastest guitarists in the world. We discussed his new solo record for having material to tour with. He also discussed teaching, diet & fitness and being a “hard-gainer”, accountability, motocross, his childhood, being a night owl, touring, fans, meditative guitar practice, martial arts philosophy, social life of a musicia…

Leslie is an extraordinary singer and performer who has reached the semi-finals of American Idol, performing for millions on live TV. She has her own record label, several solo albums with star artists, and front-woman of prog rock band District 97. She shared about her focus on diet over medication in treating ailments. She also discussed how she …

Casey Grillo is a world-class drummer, most known for his work with Kamelot, and now Queensrÿche. He also has an LED drum skin company Drumstatic which has produced skins for many A-list artists. Casey has a long list of prior accolades as well. He shared his thoughts on many things including parenting, gaming, learning music quickly, diet & exerci…

Neal Morse is a star multi-instrumentalist and singer in the progressive rock world, mostly known for his work with Spock’s Beard, a prog supergroup called Transatlantic as well as his solo work. Neal shared his thoughts on diet & exercise, addiction, fun he likes to have outside of music, his faith in God and the Bible, gratitude, social media, re…