The Best Music Podcast #1 | Gregg Hollister — Bass | Rock Follies, Living a Creative Lifestyle... The Best Music Podcast

The Best Music Podcast Facebook: https://ift.tt/2KCFiYj Blog: https://ift.tt/3a1rJdU Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/thebestmusicpod Instagram: https://ift.tt/3qKi3Lu The Best Music Podcast #1 | Gregg Hollister — Bass | Rock Follies, Living a Creative Lifestyle, Music is its Own Reward Gregg Hollister Gregg's Facebook: https://ift.tt/3c4mVqC Gregg Playing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owGAYN6KRh4 The Brian Drux Project: https://ift.tt/3c3dBDu Gregg has toured recorded or performed with Al Kooper, Richie Havens, Ron Dante, Tommy James, The Rockspurs, Paul Schaefer, Max Weinberg, Bernard Purdie, Phoebe Snow, Ian Hunter, Tico Torres, Joey D, Vicki Sue Robinson, Anthem, Masayoshi Takanaka, Terry Silverlight, Ben E. King, Cory Daye, Tom Verlaine, Paul Schaefer, and Richard Lloyd to name a few. Commercial work includes jingles such as Sony, Kodak, Budweiser, Lifesavers, Mars Candy, Club Med, Yamaha Motorcycles, GM, Ciba Geigy, Schering Plough, and Hertz. TV and film work includes work for PBS the made for TV CBS documentary Julissas Hands (the craigslist killer) movie work such as the Bad Lieutenant and the Driller Killer with Joe Delia/Abel Ferrar and countless musical projects supplying background vocals including Austin Powers movie trailers and Grownups with John Stamos. Gregg can currently be seen and heard playing with Hollister & Friends and The Brian Drux Project. 0:00 Intro 1:46 Warm-Up Questions 4:47 How Gregg Got Into Music 8:55 Rock Follies 1 & The Value of Owning Your Master Recordings 11:50 Perfume Commercials and Bad Contracts 12:55 How Music Publishing Works, How the Money is Divided 16:30 Rock Follies 2 & Managers Stealing from the Band, Getting Robbed 22:41 Joe Delia and the Rockspurs 24:31 Rock Follies 2.5 and 3 26:30 The 80s and Chaka Khan 31:23 The Darryl Canada Project & Rock Follies 4 & What is a Showcase? 34:22 Getting Smart, ASCAP 36:17 What is an Artist Showcase? 38:20 Rock Follies 5 41:56 Phoebe Snow and Al Kooper 45:00 What is a Spec Deal? 47:00 Shopping the Record - Yamaha 51:00 Ben E. King & Background Singer Session Work 52:07 Masayoshi Takanaka 56:00 How Gregg Makes Jingles & Brushing Philip Glass 1:01:30 Music is a Part of Me 1:02:15 Jimmy Leahey, The Brian Drux Project, Hollister and Friends 1:14:35 Enter Drew Nagal 1:16:14 Max Weinberg Jukebox 1:19:22 Greatest Hits 1:24:20 Lifestyle: Sleep 1:31:54 Lifestyle: Mindfulness and Meditation 1:33:28 How Trans Siberian Orchestra Discovered Ashley Hollister 1:34:54 Paying Your Dues Past vs. Present 1:37:03 Creativity is a Lifestyle 1:40:22 Creativity: The Great Outdoors 1:41:42 Practice: How Many Hours a Day? 1:43:37 Practice: How much Time is Effective? 1:48:05 Performance: Performance Anxiety 1:50:48 Burn out Logo, Intro Video, and Branding: Arron Leishman Audio and Video: Zach Ramey zacherylramey@gmail.com Video Thumbnail: Jean Tomasulo https://ift.tt/360HAb5 Dan's Thumbnail Photo: John Mollura Photography

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