Song Writing, Guitars and Cycling with Mary Spender

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Song Writing, Guitars and Cycling with Mary Spender

FromBackstage Journal Podcast with Rhett Shull

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Sep 11, 2019

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One of my favorite parts of being a YouTube creator is the friendships this platform has opened up to me. Mary is one of those people who I can chat with at length about all things musical and more, in this week's episode we do just that.

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Sep 11, 2019

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Backstage Journal is a podcast about musicians and their lives on stage & off. Hosted by guitarist/YouTube creator Rhett Shull, each episode features a different guest, from guitarists, producers, songwriters and other content creators.

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Episode 1: LA Session Guitar Legend, Tim Pierce: Rhett Shull Interviews LA guitar legend Tim Pierce by Backstage Journal Podcast with Rhett Shull
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Song Writing, Guitars and Cycling with Mary Spender: Mary is back on the BSJ to talk all things musical and more this week. by Backstage Journal Podcast with Rhett Shull
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Guitar Hunting With Jeremy Sheppard: Jeremy Sheppard has bought and sold over 3,000 guitars in his time as a player. Today we talk about the ups and downs of life in the guitar trade. by Backstage Journal Podcast with Rhett Shull
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Our Best And Worst Shows with Noah Guthrie & Good Trouble: We're podcasting from the van on our way to a july 4th festival, discussing our best and worst gigs among other things by Backstage Journal Podcast with Rhett Shull
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Married To A Musician, Tilly Shull: A discussion on the ups and downs of being married to a musician by Backstage Journal Podcast with Rhett Shull
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Bass Playing For Guitarists & Why You Might Not Need Music School with Philip Conrad: Philip Conrad is one of my oldest and best musical friends, we've played together since music school and have seen plenty of change together over the years. by Backstage Journal Podcast with Rhett Shull
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Loud Amps, Les Pauls and Nashville Guitar Stores with Mythos Pedals: I sit down with Zach from Mythos Pedals to discuss the early days of his pedal company and some of our favorite gear of all time. by Backstage Journal Podcast with Rhett Shull
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How To Be A Pro Musician with RJ Ronquillo: This week I sit down with one of the best guitarists I know to talk about the do's and don'ts for a career in music. by Backstage Journal Podcast with Rhett Shull
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Your Questions, Our Answers with Rhett and Tilly: Our first Q&A episode! by Backstage Journal Podcast with Rhett Shull
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Working 4000 Miles Apart with Mary Spender: What Its Like Working with a Fellow Musician That's an Ocean Away by Backstage Journal Podcast with Rhett Shull
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Playing Stadiums to Producing Albums, Kenny Greenberg Is A Guitar Hero: Kenny Greenberg is one of the unsung guitar heroes of our time, he tours the world with legendary artists as well as writes and produces records for some of Nashville's best. by Backstage Journal Podcast with Rhett Shull
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Dave Onorato Is My Guitar Sensei: My friend Dave Onorato is the most knowledgeable person I know when it comes to anything guitar related. by Backstage Journal Podcast with Rhett Shull
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How Jessy Wilson Made Her Own Way In Music: From touring the world with John Legend to starting her solo career, I talk with Jessy about the ups and downs of life as a black artist in Nashville. by Backstage Journal Podcast with Rhett Shull
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Dennis Fano Master Guitar Builder & Designer: Dennis Fano is my favorite guitar builder and designer, and the man behind Novo Guitars. by Backstage Journal Podcast with Rhett Shull
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Live From The Tour Van 2: Life On The Road: The second episode to take place on tour with Noah Guthrie & Good Trouble by Backstage Journal Podcast with Rhett Shull
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Preparing For The Biggest Tour Of My Life (so far): This week Im flying solo, and I decided to talk through my tour prep processes, as well as looking back on my experience at Crossroads Guitar Fest by Backstage Journal Podcast with Rhett Shull
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Three Notes That Changed Zapata's Life Forever: In this week's episode I sit down with Eric Zapata from Gary Clark Jr's band to discuss gear, playing and life as a world touring musician. by Backstage Journal Podcast with Rhett Shull
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Study & Practice, The Key To Everything with Rick Beato: Rick Beato has been one of the most influential mentors I've had in music, today we talk about everything music. by Backstage Journal Podcast with Rhett Shull
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Making The Move To Nashville with Ross Campbell: Ross Campbell is a killer Scottish guitar player who is trying to make the move to Nashville TN by Backstage Journal Podcast with Rhett Shull
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The End Of Season 1 and When Should You Go Pro?: We wrap up season 1 of the podcast by rambling about random topics and answering a few listener submitted questions. by Backstage Journal Podcast with Rhett Shull
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Let's Talk Gear! Your Questions My Answers: Its time we got into some nitty gritty details in the gear world, so this week we're doing a Q&A. by Backstage Journal Podcast with Rhett Shull
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How Tom Quayle Became One Of The BEST Guitarists On The Internet: Tom Quayle is one of the best and longest running guitar players on YouTube, in this episode we talk about why some guitarists are fearful of theory, finding your voice on the instrument and what we love about modeling amps. by Backstage Journal Podcast with Rhett Shull
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Playing Guitar For Some Of Music's Biggest Stars | Rod Castro: Rod Castro is an LA based session and touring guitar player, working with some of music's biggest stars, like Beyonce by Backstage Journal Podcast with Rhett Shull
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Adam Neely On The Music We Love And Hate: Adam explains his views on the future of social media in music, the responsibility of having a massive audience and why we hate the music we do. by Backstage Journal Podcast with Rhett Shull
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How Is COVID-19 Affecting Musicians?: Tilly Shull and I sit down and give our take on the COVID-19 pandemic and how its hitting musicians and other working creatives. by Backstage Journal Podcast with Rhett Shull
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Best Gear For Church Players & How Your Parents Influence Your Musical Taste: Its a Q&A episode with Rhett and Tilly! We get caught up on our backlog of voicemail questions, as well as a few from our discord audience. by Backstage Journal Podcast with Rhett Shull
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Mark Agnesi On The Past, Present & Future Of Gibson Guitars: Mark Agnesi talks about how he got into the vintage guitar world, and his new role at Gibson guitars. by Backstage Journal Podcast with Rhett Shull
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Talking To John Mayer's Guitar Teacher, Tomo Fujita: Tomo Fujita is a Berklee professor and incredible jazz, blues & funk guitarist who moved to America from Japan to study guitar over 30 years ago. by Backstage Journal Podcast with Rhett Shull
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Brett Papa Is The Coolest Guy On The Internet: Brett Papa a.k.a. Papastache was one of the original guitar YouTubers , this week we talk the future of guitar youtube and why we love Divided By 13 amps. by Backstage Journal Podcast with Rhett Shull
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Song Writing, Guitars and Cycling with Mary Spender

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