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An interview recorded on-location in Alabama at the 4th Lake Martin Songwriters Festival, this guest is a Nashville-based singer, songwriter, guitar player who just put out a seven-song release less than three weeks ago. She has been featured by Rolling Stone, NPR, CMT, and more, and her music has gotten over 650 thousand streams on all platforms AND been featured on Spotify and Apple Music playlists. So far this year she had three songs featured in the film, “God’s Country Song” AND had a music video debut on CMT. She has performed at notable venues, including the famous Bluebird Café up in Music City.

Nashville-based singer, songwriter, guitar player, and CMA Member who has a new single coming out next week Friday, August 2nd. He has opened for some of country music’s hottest names, including Chris Stapleton, Walker Hayes, Jake Owen, Cole Swindell, Brothers Osborne, and more. Presently he is doing exactly that, playing live, with upcoming dates from Tennessee to Georgia to both Carolinas and even over in Denmark, plus the Pensacola Beach Songwriters Festival in the Florida panhandle, followed by a date in Alabama. His top five songs on Spotify alone have a combined total of over one million streams, and similarly, he has a combined total of over 1.1 million video views on his official YouTube channel. Send your questions or comments about this episode via https://featuredup.com/nhte

New York City-based singer, songwriter, guitar player who released a new album last month. Over the past 15 years he has created an extensive body of work totaling eight full-length albums and eight EPs in his solo catalog alone. His music has been featured on SiriusXM and last year two of his songs were featured in the movie “Sid is Dead.” Along the way he has also not only been reviewed by Huff Post, but, his on-stage journey includes performances in England, Denmark, across the U.S., and, sharing a bill with acts ranging from Wang Chung to Nelly to Beatles offspring James McCartney, and more. He is also a two-time finalist in the prestigious John Lennon Songwriting Contest. Send your questions or comments about this episode via https://featuredup.com/nhte

A singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, music director, and record producer who is releasing a full-length album at the end of summer and a video for the title track, featuring work by a GRAMMY-winning mix engineer who is also working on another album being recorded, which is likely to be a double album in 2025. He has performed internationally and with some very notable names in music. Through Gold Record Productions he has produced four artists with a singer that he is in a duo with. Together they did a music video that has over 100 thousand views on YouTube. Send your questions or comments about this episode via https://featuredup.com/nhte

Miami-based singer, songwriter, and recording artist who just released a new song this past Friday, marking already her fifth single release this year, working with a multi-GRAMMY Award-winning producer along the way. She is the co-owner of an independent music label called Muy Bueno and two years ago one of her songs hit #3 on the Portugal Pop Chart and Top 40 in Portugal All Genres Charts. Another song of hers, from the year before, hit Top 5 on iTunes pop charts and 15 overall in South Africa. Meanwhile, she has more than made her mark on social media, with more than 15-and-a-half million combined video views on her official YouTube channel and 3.7 million followers on TikTok alone. Send your questions or comments about this episode via https://featuredup.com/nhte

Las Vegas-based singer, songwriter, piano player, and comedian who has a new comedy special that just came out two months ago on Apple TV, Amazon Prime, and YouTube. She was featured on “America’s Got Talent” and has been named “Best Comedian” by the Las Vegas Review Journal and “Best One Woman Show” by Las Vegas Weekly. She has performed across the country, from Los Angeles to Times Square in New York, and, of course, there in Las Vegas. She has built an amazing online following with 2.4 million on TikTok alone, plus almost 270 thousand on Instagram. Meanwhile, she has approximately 219 thousand monthly listeners on Spotify – where her top track has more than 25 million streams – and she has more than five million combined video views on her official YouTube channel. Send your questions or comments about this episode via https://featuredup.com/nhte

A recording and mixing engineer who has worked with the likes of Justin Bieber, Snoop Dogg, Meghan Trainor, Poo Bear, and Kehlani, among others. Based in Los Angeles, his work has brought him all over the world and earned him multiple platinum records. He has not only worked with incredible talent in music but also run professional recording studios, worked for publishing companies, worked on shows for major television networks, worked on sports broadcast teams for ESPN, recorded hundreds of audiobooks, worked in live sound, and dabbled in just about every form of professional audio during his journey. He has been featured in Sound On Sound and Tape Op Magazine, among other industry publications. Send your questions or comments about this episode via https://featuredup.com/nhte

A producer, songwriter, artist, and engineer who has worked on GRAMMY-nominated and platinum projects with a long list of artists including Nick Jonas, Bella Poarch, Benson Boone, Gucci Mane, Salem Ilese, and several others. Based in Los Angeles, he has been written about in major music media such as Billboard and Rolling Stone. Last year there were more than 233 million streams on Spotify alone of songs that he wrote. Send your questions or comments about this episode via https://featuredup.com/nhte

A music director, producer, session drummer, composer, and mix engineer. He has worked with the likes of Scott Weiland, Bebe Rexha, Tori Kelly, Hailee Steinfeld, Nick Lachey, Disney, and many others. He has appeared on TV shows such as Good Morning America, The View, The Arsenio Hall Show, Late Night with Seth Meyers, and Last Call with Carson Daly. He has achieved multi-platinum success as a drummer and engineer as well as music directed multiple major label tours. And, he has composed, recorded and produced songs for feature films, movie trailers and TV shows. Send your questions or comments about this episode via https://featuredup.com/nhte

Nashville-based singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist whose latest single just came out two weeks ago, with an album coming in mid-August. To date, he has recorded five critically acclaimed albums. His 2022 album charted “Number 1 Added” on NACC Folk, as did his 12-song release at the end of last August. On the heels of THAT project, he amassed one hundred thousand monthly Spotify listeners and over two million cumulative views across Vevo and YouTube. In addition to being a poet, he also has had a career as an entrepreneur that he talks about here, including its impact on his music career. Send your questions or comments about this episode via https://featuredup.com/nhte