Download Your Free Guide To Master Endurance On Trumpet
Behind The Note Podcast

Behind The Note Podcast

Hosted by: Chris Davis

Trumpeter Chris Davis from Chicago, IL host BehindTheNote, a podcast that gives "Advice For A Successful Music Career" by interviewing professional musicians of various backgrounds including Grammy Award winning...

All Episodes

Episodes

BTNP 015 Pianist Will Delisfort Teaches Why Anything Is Possible

Will Delisfort is a versatile pianist that currently works in New York and abroad. He will teach us that anything is possible through sharing his experiences. Press Play, Enjoy, and Share!
View Episode

BTNP 014 Larry Brown Jr & Chris Davis Discussion

Larry Brown Jr, guitarist from the St. Louis area, is our first in-studio guest. We talk about the importance of marketing, planning your road, and diligent work. Press Play, Enjoy, Share!
View Episode

BTNP 013: The Chicago Catz Have a Unique Spin on the Corporate and Wedding Band Niche

Today's guest tells us why his band is unique. The Chicago Catz perform for weddings and corporate events but there is something a little different about this "wedding band" if one could call it that. There is a...
View Episode

BTNP 012: Michael Weatherspoon Gives Needed Advice For A Successful Music Career

Our guest, Michael Weatherspoon, gives solid advice toward a successful music career. Some points he teaches about are relationships and perseverance. This may go down as one of the all-time great episodes. Press...
View Episode

BTNP 011: Nir Felder Shares The Benefits Of Having Vision

Nir Felder is a guitarist from New York that has great experiences to share with the Behind The Note Audience today. He has also won a Grammy Award in 2013 while working with Terri Lyne Carrington as a sideman. ...
View Episode

BTNP 010: Learn How To Leverage Your Time Better With Steve Nixon

Private lessons and music lessons over Skype have their place but I'm sure that if you ever taught a class or private lesson that you quickly discovered that you teach the same things over and over. This episode will...
View Episode

BTNP 009: Drummer Rudy Royston Teaches How To Get Started In A New City

In this episode of Behind The Note Podcast we talk about how to balance a professional music career with having a family. We also talk about how to get a successful start in a brand new city.
View Episode

BTNP 008: Ulysses Owens Jr. On The Mindset That Leads To Success

Our guest today is a 2 time Grammy Award Winning Drummer. He also owns a charity that is called "Don't Miss A Beat!" In this episode he gives us insight on the mindset required to be a successful musician, and...
View Episode

BTNP 007: How To Market Your Music Right With John Oszajca

As musicians we are always busy with performances, rehearsals, and individual practice and tend to neglect the business required to stay working. Today we will learn how to increase concert attendance, album sales...
View Episode

BTNP 006 The Advantages Of Recording Your Own Album With Trumpeter Marquis Hill

Trumpeter Marquis Hill talks with us about his experiences with recording three albums in three years. He teaches about the process as well as the advantages this has allowed him. Marquis also talks about winning...
View Episode

BTNP 005 Jazz Legend And Bassist Rufus Reid Teaches How To Have A Solid Music Career

Rufus Reid is a true gentleman and he spoke with me about how to have a solid music career for a lifetime through performing, composing, and teaching music. Mr. Reid is 70 years old and a legend in jazz music and...
View Episode

BTNP 004: George Colligan Teaches How To Be A Great Sideman

George Colligan is one of the great pianist of our time and has played with many well know musicians. Today he teaches the concepts that he lives by that have allowed him to record over 120 albums as a sideman alone.
View Episode