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Robert's award winning Follow Your Dream Podcast is ranked in the Top 1% of all podcasts with listeners in 200 countries! Each episode is like taking a World Tour! Robert is a professional musician who followed his youthful music dream later in life and became a Rock Star after he turned 60! Since then he has released 13 acclaimed albums including a Billboard #1, has millions of video views and streams, and has performed at festivals and concerts around the world. He also started this podcas ...
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Tony Platt is a legendary UK recording engineer. He pioneered working in reggae with Bob Marley and with Toots and the Maytals, and he worked on rock sessions with Traffic, Free, The Who, The Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin. He worked on AC/DC’s classic albums “Highway To Hell” and “Back To Black”. He also produced and engineered Iron Maiden, Motor…
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Ara Dinkjian is a master of the oud, an ancient Middle Eastern fretless lute. Ara is of Armenian descent. He and his band, Night Ark, have recorded four CDs and given concerts in 24 countries throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. His compositions have been recorded by various singers in 16 different languages. His composition …
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Ariadne Trujillo Durand is a powerhouse Cuban-born, Grammy nominated, virtuoso pianist and singer, one of the world’s leading Latin Jazz musicians. She began performing at age 14 with Cuba's top symphonic orchestras. She’s worked with Paul Simon, Paquito D’Rivera, Wynton Marsalis and Esperanza Spalding. Her vocal technique ranges from opera to jazz…
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Giora Schmidt is a virtuoso American-Israeli violinist. He has appeared as a soloist with many prominent symphony orchestras around the globe including the Atlanta, Chicago, Cleveland and Philadelphia symphonies and the Toronto, Vancouver and Israel Philharmonics. He has performed at Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Center and The Metropolitan Museum of …
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Martin Porter and David Goggin are the authors of “Buzz Me In: Inside The Record Plant Studios”, which chronicles the history of the famous Record Plant recording studios. This studio was the hit factory of the 1970s, where Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon, Bruce Springsteen, the Eagles, Prince and many others recorded. In 1976 alone the studio recorded t…
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Julian Schwarz is a Grammy nominated cellist. He’s won several competitions. He made his concert debut at 11. He made his U.S. touring debut with the Moscow State Radio Orchestra. He’s toured China as a recitalist. He performs frequently with his wife, pianist Marisa Bournaki. He’s a founding member of the New York touring ensemble “Frisson” and wa…
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Andrew Gerle and DJ Salisbury are musical theater stars. They operate as a team. They develop the story together. DJ writes the book and Andrew contributes the music and lyrics. And they share thoughts and ideas with each other. Andrew has served as musical director and pianist for Jennifer Holliday, Brian Stokes Mitchell and Leslie Uggams. DJ’s ba…
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Chris Walden is a 7x Grammy nominated, German-born, composer, arranger and conductor. He’s scored more than 40 feature and TV films. He’s written more than 1,500 orchestral and big band arrangements for artists including Michael Buble, Aretha Franklin, Paul McCartney, SEAL, Stevie Wonder, Rihanna, Barbra Streisand and Josh Groban, and orchestras li…
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Laurence Juber is an extraordinary, Superstar British guitarist and 2x Grammy winner. He played for three years with Paul McCartney in Wings, Paul’s post-Beatles band in the ‘70s and ‘80s. His first project after graduating from college was working with George Martin, the Beatles’ producer, on an album for Cleo Laine. He also worked with Charles Az…
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This is a Tribute episode to Allan Sherman, one of the greatest song parodists who ever lived. He emerged from nowhere in the early 1960s to become one of the biggest selling musical artists in the pre-Beatles era. His album, “My Son, The Folksinger”, released in 1962, shot to the top of the charts, and became the fastest selling record of its time…
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Asta Bria is a Lithuanian-born Pop Star and Virtuoso Violinist. She grew up under a Communist regime in Vilnius, Lithuania, only able to catch snippets of Western pop music on the radio. Her journey led her to freedom in the UK after the fall of Communism in Lithuania. My featured song is my reimagined version of “Free” by the band Phish, from the …
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Carl Miller is the author of the book “Backstage Chronicles”, about his long career as a tour manager for Cat Stevens and many others including Ginger Baker, Uriah Heep, Iron Maiden and even the Kirov Ballet. A fascinating discussion of the backstage antics of the rock stars. My featured song is my version of Skip James’ “I’m So Glad” popularized b…
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Claudia Acuna is an exquisite Chilean jazz singer. She is a Latin Grammy Nominee and an npr Tiny Desk Concert artist. She blends South American folk music with Jazz and World Music. She’s collaborated with stars like Branford Marsalis, George Benson, Kenny Barron and Herbie Hancock. She’s released five albums, and was the first Latin American vocal…
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I call Tracy Silverman “The Jimi Hendrix of the violin”. He’s no ordinary violinist. He plays a 6 string electric violin with loops and pedals and effects. He plays everything from violin concertos to rock, jazz and hip hop, and that included Hendrix and Miles Davis. He’s performed with the jazz group Turtle Island String Quartet, the Los Angeles P…
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This is a Tribute episode to Tom Lehrer, who passed away last week at age 97. For anyone unfamiliar with him and his music, he was a brilliant musical satirist who wrote incredibly clever, interesting and topical songs in the 1950s and 1960s. He was not a full-time musician. His true love was mathematics and he was employed for years as a professor…
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Juancho Herrera is a World Music star. He’s a Latin Grammy nominated guitarist, producer, singer-songwriter and vocalist. His background is Colombian and Venezuelan. His music combines Latin, world music, jazz, blues, African and electronica. He’s performed in Canada, Colombia, Ecuador, US, Spain, France, Hungary and Venezuela. And at major venues …
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Martha Kato is an acclaimed Japanese jazz pianist, composer and arranger. She’s performed at all the major jazz clubs including the Blue Note, Dizzy’s and Smalls. She;s released two celebrated albums. And she’s won a whole bunch of honors and awards. My featured song is “March Of The Diplomats” from the album Trippin by my band Project Grand Slam. …
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Lucas Richman is a Grammy winning composer and conductor. He’s the Music Director for the Bangor Symphony Orchestra and previously for the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra. His work spans classical music, ballet and opera, film scores and pop music. His film conducting includes “As Good As It Gets” and “The Manchurian Candidate”. As a composer his work…
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Scott Bernard is a sensational Nashville-based guitarist and vocalist. He’s performed with Kenny Loggins for 17 years as guitarist and background vocalist, and as musical director for the past 7 years. Recently, he’s also appeared with Kansas, the classic rock band, And he’s deep into Christian music too. My featured song is “Ma Petite Fleur” from …
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Magos Herrera is the extraordinary 2x Grammy nominated Mexican jazz singer-songwriter, activist and educator. She’s known for her vocal improvisation and for combining contemporary jazz with Ibero-American melodies and rhythms. She’s released 11 albums including “Aire” her latest. She’s performed at top venues like Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, th…
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This is an Encore Presentation of my May 2022 interview with Chuck Rainey, one of the greatest electric bassists of all time and studio musician extraordinaire. He’s played on over a thousand recording sessions resulting in so many hit records. He’s revered for his legendary work in the ‘60s and ‘70s with artists like Aretha Franklin, Steely Dan, T…
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Alexa Constantine is an L.A.-based collaborative pianist. She’s the pianist in Take3, the phenomenal classical crossover trio. She’s also a staff pianist at UCLA. And she is the accompanist in the National Trumpet Competition. My featured song is “Stinger” from my 1996 album Prisoners Of Love by The Robert Miller Group. Spotify link. --------------…
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Steve Beck is a virtuoso classical pianist known for his brilliant technique and wide-ranging repertoire. He has performed with the New York Philharmonic and the National Symphony among others. He’s a regular at the Mostly Mozart Festival and at Bargemusic, where each Christmas Eve he performs Bach’s Goldberg Variations. And he also performs all 32…
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Marshall Terrill is a celebrated author of more than 30 books covering Hollywood, Sports, Music and Murder. They include biographies of Steve McQueen, Elvis, Johnny Cash, basketball legend “Pistol” Pete Maravich, boxers Ken Norton and Earnie Shavers, and music stars like Ruth Pointer of the Pointer Sisters and Laurence Juber, who played with Paul M…
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THIS SPECIAL EPISODE introduces “WHAT’S UP!”, my new compilation album featuring 10 of my recent singles. The songs run the gamut from instrumentals to a few vocals, and they cross genres from Jazz to Rock to Pop and Fusion. This episode features excerpts from the songs. “Rough Rider” captures a cool, 1960s, Spaghetti Western kind of vibe. You can …
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This is an Encore Presentation of my July 2024 interview with Steve Gadd, World Class Drummer who has played and/or toured with a Who’s Who of Superstars including James Taylor, Paul Simon, Eric Clapton, Chick Corea, Frank Sinatra and Luciano Pavoratti. He’s played on countless hit records including Paul Simon’s “50 Ways To Leave Your Lover” and “L…
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Bruce Wolosoff is an acclaimed American pianist and composer known for his integration of classical, jazz and blues. He likes to compose in response to visual art. His music has been performed by the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and many others, and his compositions span ballet, opera, chamber and orchestral music. My featured song is my…
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George Meyer is a Nashville born Bluegrass fiddler and classical violinist and composer. He’s equally at home playing classical music and fiddle music. He’s toured with Sam Bush. He’s performed at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival, the 92nd St. Y and at many other venues. And he’s got new music upcoming with the U.S. Army Strings. My featured song i…
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Andrew Constantine is a renowned British classical conductor who is celebrated for his powerful artistry and passionate interpretations. He’s the Music Director of the Fort Wayne Philharmonic and the Reading Symphony Orchestra. He has conducted major orchestras across Europe and the United States, including the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Baltimore…
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David Bedford and Andrew Phillips are Beatles experts and the authors of “WHAT IF?”, which discusses a number of hypothetical scenarios where The Beatles story could have turned out very differently. Some events would have had minor consequences, but other events could have been catastrophic and changed everything. David hails from Liverpool. He wa…
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This is an Encore Presentation of my October 2021 interview with Joey Dee, star of Joey Dee and the Starlighters. Joey wrote and sang “The Peppermint Twist”, a #1 song in 1962 that became part of the worldwide “twist” dance craze phenomenon. He and the band were the house band at The Peppermint Lounge in NYC, where people lined up each night to get…
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This is an Encore Presentation of my December 2024 interview with Musical Superstar Christian McBride. He’s a renowned Bassist, Composer, Arranger and 8x Grammy Winner. His playing covers Jazz, R&B, Pop, Hip Hop and Classical. He’s performed or recorded with just about everyone including Freddie Hubbard, McCoy Tyner, Herbie Hancock, Pat Metheny, Ch…
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Chase Morrin is a pianist who plays both jazz and classical music. He’s also a composer and educator. He’s the winner of 10 DownBeat Awards and 4 ASCAP awards. He’s performed with artists like John Patitucci. He’s the founder of the Ize Trio. He is a professor at Berklee College of Music. My featured song is “Take Me” from the album PGS 7 by my ban…
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Inbal Segev is a virtuoso Israeli-American cellist. She has been characterized as “a cellist with something to say”. She’s performed with the Helsinki, Dallas and London orchestras among many others. She frequently commissions and champions new works. Her playing can be heard in the 2005 movie “Bee Season” starring Richard Gere and Juliette Binoche…
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Eamon McLoughlin is a Grammy Nominated British born fiddle player. He’s a member of the Grand Ole Opry house band. He specializes in Country, Bluegrass and Americana music. He tours with EmmyLou Harris and Rodney Crowell. And he’s backed many artists including Vince Gill, Nina Simone and the Oak Ridge Boys. My featured song is “My Love” from the al…
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Shawn Okpebholo is a Grammy Nominated Nigerian-American classical composer. He combines his classical training with his African roots. His music has been described as “devastatingly beautiful” and “fresh, new and fearless”. He was named 2024 Chicagoan Of The Year in classical music. He’s won numerous awards. His music has involved themes of Negro S…
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This is an Encore Presentation of my July 2024 interview with Livingston Taylor, renowned singer/songwriter for over 50 years and the brother of James and Kate Taylor. In this interview Liv discusses his family, opening for Joni Mitchell and Jethro Tull, collaborating with Carly Simon and much more. My featured song is “New York City Groove” from t…
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This is an Encore Presentation of my January 2023 interview with Kate Taylor, the female star of the Taylor family which includes her brothers James and Livingston. Kate became a star with her 1971 debut album “Sister Kate” produced by Peter Asher. She took time off to raise her two daughters. Her most recent album is called “Why Wait” again produc…
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Paul Hanson is considered the World’s Best Jazz Bassoonist. He’s played with a Who’s Who including Bela Fleck, Jon Batiste, Wayne Shorter and a number of stars who have been guests on this podcast: Billy Cobham, Peter Erskine, Randy Brecker and Jeff Coffin. He also plays with Raze The Maze, a progressive rock duo, and he plays sax too. My featured …
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Terry Gibbs is a legendary jazz vibraphonist. He’s 100 years young. He played with most of the greats in jazz music beginning in the Bebop era of the 1940s, including Benny Goodman, Buddy Rich, Woody Herman, Charlie “Bird” Parker and Dizzy Gillespie. He’s won 3 major jazz polls, and he’s recorded 65 albums, his last when he was 94. My featured song…
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Bruce Hanifan is the King of Reality TV Show music! His music has shaped some of reality TVs biggest hit shows including Deadliest Catch, Ice Road Truckers, Swamp People and Pawn Stars. He’s written music for films too. And he started out as a piano tuner and technician to stars like Bob Dylan, Barbra Streisand and Steely Dan. My featured song is “…
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Helen McCookerybook is a ‘70s UK Punk Rock Star with The Chefs and Helen and the Horns. She became an author of two music-themed books: “The Lost Women Of Rock Music”, about female punk musicians, and “She’s At The Controls”, about women producers and sound engineers. And she’s now a touring solo artist. My featured song is “I Just Want To Love You…
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Robert Pinsky is a Rock Star Poet! He’s the 3x United States Poet Laureate. He’s won many awards and was a Pulitzer Prize finalist. As Poet Laureate he created the “Favorite Poem Project” where everyday Americans would select and read poems they admired by the greats including Emily Dickinson and Langston Hughes. He’s performed with Bruce Springste…
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This is an Encore Presentation of my March 2021 interview with MY FIRST GUEST, “Cousin Brucie” Morrow, the greatest radio personality of the Rock Era. He has remained on the air steadily from the ‘60s when he was the lead disc jockey on WABC-AM in New York City. He went on to work at WCBS-FM, Sirius/XM and now back to WABC-AM. He introduced The Bea…
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This is an ENCORE TRIBUTE PRESENTATION of my February 2024 interview with the great Lou Christie, who passed away last week at 82. Lou was a Hit Machine in the 1960s with his distinctive falsetto voice and songs like “Lightnin’ Strikes” (a #1 smash), “The Gypsy Cried”, “Two Faces Have I”, “Rhapsody In The Rain”, and More. He was featured in Dick Cl…
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Eric Silberger is a virtuoso violinist. He’s a winner of the Tchaikovsky Competition. He’s a soloist, recitalist and chamber musician. He’s performed all over the world at the most prestigious venues and festivals, including the London, Mariinsky, San Francisco and St. Petersburg orchestras and with Itzhak Perlman. He’s the co-founder of the Hawaii…
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Paul Strickland is a Professional Storyteller and theater artist. His repertoire consists of over seven hours of stories including reupholstered folk tales, fairy tales for adults and future adults, tall tales and historical stories that never happened. He was featured at the 2023 National Storytelling Festival. He made his Off Broadway debut in “1…
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Sara Gazarek is a 2x Grammy Winning Jazz Vocalist. She has recorded five albums and done world tours. She has collaborated with luminaries like Kurt Elling, Fred Hersch, Larry Goldings and Billy Childs. She is a founder of Saje, the all-female vocal group. And she is the Jazz Voice Professor at the Eastman School of the University of Rochester. My …
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As Monty Python used to say: “And now for something completely different.” Mohamed Bouabdallah is a French Diplomat. He is the Cultural Counselor of France in the United States. His job is to promote the arts and education between France and the U.S. And he also is responsible for recommending recipients of the prestigious “Arts and Lettres” awards…
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This is a SPECIAL EPISODE. After 500+ interviews over 4+ years it’s now Robert’s turn to be interviewed. And by none other than Ivor Davis, the renowned Journalist, Investigative Reporter and Author. Over a 60 year career Ivor has covered stories involving music, murder, politics and Hollywood. He traveled with The Beatles on their 1964 American to…
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