Fri, Jul 17, 2015
The Producer's Room interviews Jay McDowell , a founding member of the Grammy-nominated Country group Br549 and is currently the Multimedia/Assistant Museum Exhibit Curator at Nashville's Musician's Hall of Fame and Museum. Additionally he has worked extensively in post-production for music videos.
Fri, Jul 24, 2015
Join Mac Gayden, best known as Nashville session player and guitarist for albums such as Bob Dylan's "Blonde on Blonde" and 100s of others. Mac is also writer of the megahit "Everlasting Love".
Sun, Aug 9, 2015
The Producer's Room interviews L. Russell Brown, a lyricist and composer known for penning such iconic hit songs as "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree", "Knock Three Times", "C'mon Marianne", "Sock It To Me Baby!", and "I Woke Up In Love This Morning". Brown's songs have sold millions of time and have been recorded by the likes of Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, Perry Como, Lesley Gore, Johnny Mathis, Donny Osmond, The Four Seasons, and Tony Orlando & Dawn.
Sun, Aug 30, 2015
Join Dave Tough as he speaks with composer, songwriter, producer and musical director Michael Farrell. Farrell is known for his work with Macy Gray, Morrissey, Vanessa Carlton, Alanis Morissette, and Vanessa Brown.
Sun, Oct 25, 2015
The Producer's Room interviews Jason Lehning, a Nashville-based producer, composer, musician and engineer who has worked on over 350 tracks by some of the most known names in music. Jason has contributed to songs from such artists as Chris Cagle, Sixpence None the Richer, Randy Travis, Brad Paisley, Mat Kearney, Reba McEntire, Darius Rucker, Toby Keith, Josh Turner, and Dolly Parton. He has won two Grammy Awards as an engineer and was nominated for the Best Engineer Grammy in 2004.
Mon, Nov 23, 2015
The Producer's Room interviews Dan Huff, a guitarist, songwriter, and record producer famous for his work with Michael Jackson, Whitesnake, Steven Curtis Chapman, George Benson, Whitney Houston, Faith Hill, Megadeth and Rascal Flatts. He has won the Country Music Association's award for Musician of the Year in 2001, 2004 and 2016, while additionally winning the Academy of Country Music's Producer of the Year award in 2006 and 2009.
Fri, May 18, 2018
The Producer's Room with Dave Tough interviews producer, mixer, and tracking engineer Jeff Stevens. Stevens, named a Billboard "Hot Country Producer," has written and/or produced over 40 Top Ten country hits since his first in 1984, including one of George Strait's standards "Carrying Your Love With Me", Tim McGraw's #1 "Back When" and Luke Bryan's three week #1, "Drink A Beer". Known mostly as a writer/artist until 1999 when he produced Jerry Kilgore's "Love Trip" album, Jeff has enjoyed a long career as one of Nashville's most constant and current hitmakers, producing all six of two-time CMA and ACM Entertainer of the Year, Luke Bryan's albums, including the current smash "Kill The Lights" and the RIAA certified double platinum "Crash My Party," which won Billboard's "Top Country Album Award." All six of the singles released from Bryan's "Kill the Lights" album, reached number one on the Billboard Country Airplay Chart, making Bryan the first artist in the 27-year history of the chart to achieve six number one singles from one album. Jeff co-wrote Luke's #1 hits "Someone Else Calling You Baby", "Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye" and the debut single "All My Friends Say".
Thu, Dec 17, 2015
The Producer's Room interviews Tim Nichols, a Country Music singer and songwriter, who has penned hits for major artists including Tim McGraw, Trace Adkins, Faith Hill, Ronnie Milsap and Alan Jackson. In 2004, Nichols and Craig Wiseman won a Grammy Award for "Best Country Song" and the Academy of Country Music's "Song of the Year" for Tim McGraw's "Live Like You Were Dying". That song also reached #1 in the Billboard Country Charts.
Mon, Jan 18, 2016
Dave Tough interviews Paul Moak at his Smoakstack Studio in Nashville, TN. Paul Moak is a five-time Grammy-nominated, ASCAP Award winning, producer, engineer, mixer, songwriter, and musician based in Nashville, Tennessee. With this multi-faceted approach, Paul has amassed credits on more than 500 albums. Spanning a wide variety of genres, this impressive roster of artists includes: Joy Williams, Mat Kearney, Lovedrug, The Weeks, John Paul White (of The Civil Wars), Marc Broussard, Caitlyn Smith, Gabe Dixon, Green River Ordinance, Relient K, The Vespers, Leagues, The Blind Boys of Alabama, Martha Wainwright, Trent Dabbs, Madi Diaz, House of Heroes, Matt Maher, Imelda May, Sarah Brightman, Third Day, Jennifer Knapp, Goodbye June, The Lonely Biscuits and Matthew Mayfield, just to name a few.
Sun, Nov 22, 2015
The Producer's Room interviews Dan Huff, a guitarist, songwriter, and record producer famous for his work with Michael Jackson, Whitesnake, Steven Curtis Chapman, George Benson, Whitney Houston, Faith Hill, Megadeth and Rascal Flatts. He has won the Country Music Association's award for Musician of the Year in 2001, 2004 and 2016, while additionally winning the Academy of Country Music's Producer of the Year award in 2006 and 2009.