Hitmakers Exposed
Hitmakers Exposed
Martin Sutton | The Songwriting Academy
The best in the music business open up about their lives in music, the stories behind the hits, and give straight-talking advice and success hacks for emerging songwriters, artists and producers. Hosted by Martin Sutton, founder of The Songwriting Academy and multi-platinum award winning songwriter and producer.
James Bryan | On happiness, heart, highs, and hit records
Grammy & Juno award winning songwriter/producer behind Drake, Nelly Furtado, Shawn Mendes, Prozzak and many more. He began his career in 90’s Canadian acts Philosopher Kings and Prozzak, both achieved platinum sales, top 20 radio success and a dedicated fan base across Canada. James’ passion for collaboration grew into a global songwriting and recording career with top artists including Drake, Nelly Furtado, Shawn Mendes, Luis Fonsi, Martin Garrix, Yuna, Lisa Marie Presley and many more....
Sep 9, 2024
1 hr 12 min
Alex Pasco | 6x Grammy Award winner shares "pinch me" moments
Alex shares some special, surreal, moments from his journey through music: From kid Pasco, fiddling with hand-me-down devices and watching Paul McCartney on Tv to, becoming 6x Grammy Award winning audio engineer, mixer and producer, working with Paul McCartney and other major artists in person. Alex won Grammy Album and Record of the year awards in 2016 for his work on Adele’s ‘25’, Alternative Album and Best Engineered awards in 2018 for his work on Beck’s Album ‘Colors’, Best Enginee...
Apr 25, 2024
1 hr 11 min
Nathan C | Grammy Nominee with over ONE BILLION streams on one song
A totally inspiring interview with Grammy nominee and music entrepreneur Nathan Cross. How to ride the highs and lows of the music business and still stay a good person. Nathan is an acclaimed Music Producer & DJ from London, UK. Over the last few years his work has been championed by many of the world’s biggest DJ’s. His work has featured on many reputed independent Dance labels amongst the majors too. Having co-written 2019’s biggest dance hits ‘Piece of Your Heart’ by Meduza and offic...
Mar 16, 2024
1 hr 3 min
Tiamo De Vettori | A new way to make serious money from music
Carving a unique place in the business world with his Keynote Concerts, Tiamo has identified a way to make a great living doing what he loves most...making music. Tiamo De Vettori has spoken to over 100,000 people on 250+ stages at conferences and seminars and combines speaking with original live music to deliver “Keynote Concerts”. Tiamo was named L.A. Music Award’s “Singer/Songwriter of the Year”, is a #1 best selling published author, appeared as a guest on Jimmy Kimmel’s stage, and was f...
Mar 2, 2024
1 hr 7 min
Cody Partridge | The Indiana Jones of Music Supervision
Cody Partridge is the President and Lead Music Supervisor at Pear Tree Music Supervision. With close to a decade of experience in the industry, his 150+ credits help demonstrate his versatility in navigating Music clearances and placements over all forms of Media. Cody prides himself on being an Indiana Jones of music clearances, constantly finding the hidden gems, and never allowing rights holders to go undiscovered. In addition, he is also well versed in navigating Unions implications...
Feb 23, 2024
57 min
Jonas "Moonchild" Zekkari | Writing hits for the Asian Music Market
Jonas ”MoonChild” Zekkari is a highly accomplished Swedish-Moroccan songwriter, co-producer, and music publishing label owner. With extensive experience in the music industry, MoonChild has established a successful career in Japan and South Korea, working with many high-profile recording artists, including J-Soul-Brothers, Nissy, Generations, Exile the Second, Ryuji Imaichi, Alisa Ueno, Jay ’Ed, Dance Earth Party, and many more. MoonChild’s songwriting discography is impressive, boasting four...
Feb 17, 2024
35 min
Andrew Roachford MBE | Legendary solo artist and front man of Mike & The Mechanics
Join me as I talk to one of the nicest and most talented men in the music business, Andrew Roachford, who has one of the finest voices I have ever had the pleasure of working with. Andrew shot to fame with his solo project Roachford, having a string of success throughout the 1990s, becoming Columbia's biggest-selling UK act for ten years, including the massive hit record Cuddly Toy. He subsequently went on to become one of the frontmen of Mike & The Mechanics, and still tour...
Feb 10, 2024
1 hr 1 min
Keith Ames | A lifetime of fighting for musicians rights
He's a songwriter, musician, bandleader and all round top guy, who has a history of 25 years fighting for the rights of musicians with the Musicians Union in the UK. Keith shares some of the best advice on building a career and a network, for emerging songwriters, musicians and artists everywhere. Listen and learn! The best advice out there, raw and uncensored, from experts who have walked the walk through the music business 🔥 To find out how we can help you, come and talk to our profession...
Feb 1, 2024
1 hr
Frankie Pine | Top Hollywood Music Supervisor behind Nashville, Daisy Jones And The Six, Ocean's 11, Army Wives and more!
Emmy nominates and Grammy nominated Frankie Pine has, after 25 years in the business, become one of the most highly respected and sought after music supervisors. Her résumé includes hit TV shows Nashville, Daisy Jones & The Six, Army Wives and movies Ocean's 11, 12 and 13, Traffic, Magic Mike and many more besides. Her attention to detail is inspiring, from creating songcamps for sync projects, to making sure the scene and performers match the authenticity of making real musi...
Jan 25, 2024
54 min
Rob Davis | I Just Can't Get You Out Of My Head and other hits!
From his early days touring the working men's clubs with Glam Rock band Mud to writing and producing the global hit sensation "I Just Can't Get You Out Of My Head" for Kylie Minogue, Follow the journey of one of the best loved songwriters and record producers in the business. Although Davis wrote many of Mud's songs, he achieved songwriting success after the band disbanded. Following a chance meeting with Paul Oakenfold, in the late 1980s, he shifted genres from rock to writing club an...
Jan 19, 2024
31 min
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