The Career Musician

Derek DOA Allen is an award winning, musician, songwriter and producer. Raised in Sacramento, California, at the age of 5 Derek discovered his love for playing the bass guitar. At the age of 8 he tour...

19 Aug 201951min

Nate Morton (born December 30) is an American drummer. He is the drummer for the house band on NBC's TV show The Voice. In 2005 and 2006 Morton appeared on the Mark Burnett's Rock Star: INXS and Rock ...

12 Aug 201951min

Michael Raphael has composed music for over 1,000 television and film projects, including Adam Sandler films. He has also co-written songs with various types of artists and received platinum and gold ...

6 Aug 20191h 4min

Elvin Ross, an award winning composer, owner and executive producer of E. Ross Studios, is well known and widely respected in the television and music industries. For the last twenty years he has comp...

30 Juli 201959min

Hoop is back for part 2 of his fun filled interview! Dave Hooper with Possible Chops is talking with me at my studio here in LA - Nomads Place. Whether you like drums or not, he's worth listening to j...

15 Juli 20191h 1min

Dave Hooper is not only a first call LA session ace and touring drummer, but also a great teacher of the drumming chops he's so diligently cultivated. With the launch of his new site Dave breaks down ...

11 Juli 20191h 7min

As a long time union member himself, host of The Career Musician - Michael NOMAD Ripoll, speaks with John Acosta, the long standing president of Local 47 in Burbank, CA. John and Nomad share a similar...

24 Juni 201957min

Marty Schwartz can be defined as an all around nice guy with a totally chill personality. But his passion for teaching and playing guitar far exceeds the relaxed temperance he exudes. With 1.4 million...

11 Juni 20191h 16min