Selling Sheet Music

Today's guest is one of my favorite artists, singer, songwriter, fellow "Nashvillain", and French Horn enthusiast Cody Fry, whose unique blend of songwriting and classical music has created a passionate fan base and helped bridge the gap between pop and classical music for millions of people.

He's been on a hot streak lately with three Grammy nominations for best arrangement, a busy travel schedule performing with top symphony orchestras all over the country, and most recently the premiere of his "Symphony no.1: The Unlikely Mariner", a 16-minute multimedia work recorded in a 2,000-gallon water tank in front of a 130 ft LED wall.

Longtime listeners of the show will know that I've long been an advocate for artists to release their own sheet music, and Cody is one of the best at that. There's so much that we cover in this episode and I think you'll really be blown away by Cody.

Garrett's arrangements of Cody's music:
Go
What If
Photograph
Want Me Back
Pictures of Mountains

Today's show takes a look at the modern band movement, an increasingly popular force in music education that brings modern styles of music like pop, rock, and hip-hop into the classroom. My guest is Dr. Tom Zlabinger, associate professor of music at New York College, a board member of the Association for Popular Music Education, and the creator of Dr. Tom's Charts, his unique method of notation for modern band ensembles. We talk about his scores, the modern band movement, and the organizations that support it. If you're a music educator interested in bringing these tools into your classroom, then this episode is a great place to start.

Mentioned in this episode:
Dr. Tom's Charts
Music Will
Association for Popular Music Education

Katie O'Hara LaBrie is a cellist, music educator, and a prolific composer for educational string orchestra, having published with Alfred Music and Randall Standridge Music, where she also serves as the orchestral division editor. She's also the author of a new warmup method "Getting in Gear." We had a great conversation about the basics of writing for strings as well as how to adjust your compositional style to fit the grade level of the perfomring ensemble. At the end of the show we'll also share two recent compositions of hers for string orchestra: "Atoms" and "Unbridled Spirit."

Brian Balmages is a world-renowned composer and conductor, as well as the director of Make Music Publications and Digital Education for Alfred Music. Today we are taking a deep dive into his compositional process as well as the world of Concert Band Music. His approach to the role of a composer and his philosophy of music is very refreshing and I think composers and music educators especially will get a lot out of this episode.

He also introduces two of his works for us to listen to, "Sunset Suspended" and "Love and Light."
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Today's guest has been on my interview "wish list" since day one! He's racked over 100 BILLION streams of his cinematic music, as well as 17 platinum and 26 gold certifications as a producer for artists such as Migos, Avril Lavigne, Josh Groban, and NF.

His Christmas Album "Birth of a King," plays nonstop in my house from Thanksgiving to New Year's and the live concert version featuring 20 artists, a 60 piece orchestra, and a 100 voice choir will be playing this weekend to a sold out crowd at Bridgestone Arena in downtown Nashville.

Please welcome to the show, the one and only, Tommee Profitt!