William Garrett's ROOM TONE interview with legendary singer/songwriter John Waite. Growing up in Lancaster, England, John went to art school there and a secession of bands led him to his first big time break with The Babys, a band that hovered at the edge of stardom. Then as a solo artist, John hit it big with "Missing You", a worldwide hit and a s…

William Garrett's ROOM TONE interview with entertainment industry executive, lawyer, two-time Grammy nominee and social entrepreneur, Paul Katz. After working at EMI London in business affairs, Katz joined the fledgling entertainment company Zomba, eventually landing in NYC as a leader of Zomba's US operations. There, he grew the record label Jive,…

a ROOM TONE EXTRA: To find out how the music was made for HBO's hit TV series Vinyl, ROOM TONE's William Garrett gets the scoop from veteran bass player Sal Maida, who plays on tracks by the show's fictional band, The Nasty Bits, fronted by James Jagger, Mick's son. Vinyl's producers (including Martin Scorsese and Mick Jagger) put an amazing team t…

William Garrett's ROOM TONE interview with super talented, always hilarious and charming DJ/Producer duo Peking Duk. Hailing from Canberra, Australia, Adam Hyde and Reuben Styles met as skateboarders and formed a musical alliance that has gone on to top the Australian charts. Conquering the world with sets at festivals like Coachella and Lollapaloo…

William Garrett's ROOM TONE interview with legendary recording engineer and producer Al Schmitt. A twenty three time Grammy Award winner, Al has a mind blowing list of credits and has recorded the soundtrack of the last sixty years. At 85, he is still that humble guy from Brooklyn, currently working with the likes of Bob Dylan and Michael Bublé. In…

a ROOM TONE EXTRA: How does it feel to win (or lose) a Grammy Award? ROOM TONE's William Garrett unearths some interesting Grammy facts and speaks with a winner and a non winner (loser is to harsh!) on their experience at the Grammys in this ROOM TONE EXTRA.

William Garrett's ROOM TONE Interview with Hollywood Super Agent Louise Ward. Getting her start on FM radio in Boston, Louise craved a path through Hollywood to become one of today's top agents. She's a terrific storyteller and also a serious advocate for her clients and the industry. With clients like Channing Tatum (Burt Gurney in Hail Caesar) an…

William Garrett's ROOM TONE interview with The Borough President of Queens NY, Melinda Katz. Borough President since 2014, Katz is the lead advocate for New York's largest and most diverse borough. From a very creative and civically active Queens family, she brings a cultural and creative prospective to the office that helps to shape a bright futur…

William Garrett's ROOM TONE interview with guitarist, composer and voice over artist Eric Schermerhorn. An elite sideman to stars like David Bowie, Iggy Pop, SEAL and Lucinda Williams to name a few, Eric talks about his musical career and how, weary of the road, he made a successful career switch to an in demand voice over talent while still remain…

a ROOM TONE EXTRA - Guitarist and elite sideman Eric Schermerhorn talks to ROOM TONE's William Garrett about how working with David Bowie and the band Tin Machine, changed his career path and started him on the road (literally) for stints with music greats Iggy Pop, Lucinda Williams, SEAL, THE THE, Paula Cole and many more. Check out Eric's incredi…

William Garrett's ROOM TONE interview with The Bangles co-founder, singer/songwriter and all around creative force, Susanna Hoffs. From an intellectual and enlightened family from LA, she grew up surrounded by Hollywood's creative elite. Hoffs discovered punk rock in college, then co-founded The Bangles and made music history with worldwide hits. S…

William Garrett's ROOM TONE interview with artist, musician and digital media entrepreneur Bob Holmes. Holmes shakes his family's judicial past, studied art at Rhode Island School of Design and was a founding member of the Grammy nominated 80's country punk band Rubber Rodeo. From there to producing tracks with the likes of David Bowie and KD Lang,…

William Garrett's ROOM TONE interview with musician, music educator and author Warren Zanes. Zanes joined the Del Fuegos at 17, then jumped back into school earning two masters and a PhD. A VP at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Zanes now is Director of Steven Van Zandt's Rock and Roll Forever Foundation. Zanes's latest project is his new book, Pett…

William Garrett's ROOM TONE interview with Candace Stewart, legendary recording studio manager and den mother to the LA recording scene. Candace followed her trio of recording engineer brothers from Charleston SC to LA and joined the vibrant LA music scene. For over 30 years she has facilitated and been a witness to music history. Candace tells som…

William Garrett's ROOM TONE interview with art and music critic, curator and poet Peter Frank. As art critic for the Soho Weekly News, The Village Voice, The LA Weekly and The Huffington Post, he has covered the art world on both coasts and beyond and as a curator, mounted shows at the Guggenheim Museum, PS/1 and many other museums and galleries. I…

William Garrett’s ROOM TONE interview with JC Chandor, Oscar nominated Film Director and Screenwriter. In five short years JC has written and directed the films Margin Call, All is Lost and A Most Violent Year, with Hollywood’s top actors bringing his scripts to life. Garrett and Chandor discuss his earliest films made with the family video camera,…

Check in with ROOM TONE's William Garrett for audio clips of this falls upcoming ROOM TONE interviews including Director/Screenwriter JC Chandor, Art Critic Peter Frank, Hollywood Super Agent Louise Ward, Record Producer/Engineer Ed Stasiun and the band Session Americana.

William Garrett's ROOM TONE interview with Vince Donovan, photographer, writer and computer systems/big data specialist. We talk about Vince's legendary store San Francisco photo studio, store and gallery Photobooth, discovering creativity through a childhood friend, the birth of the internet and how the puzzle pieces of our lives don't necessarily…

William Garrett's ROOM TONE interview with Composer and Filter Theater co artistic director Tim Phillips. Tim talks about his musical journey from Terrace, British Columbia to London, NYC and Hollywood. Listen in and hear about flying 1000 miles for guitar lessons, scoring one of England's biggest TV shows, scoring star studded films and the next g…

William Garrett's ROOM TONE interview with singer/songwriter Jesse Harris. The 2003 Song of the Year Grammy winner talks about penning hits for Norah Jones and others, post Grammy expectations, collaboration and co writing, and the realities of the modern music business.

William Garrett's ROOM TONE Interview with singer/songwriter Sasha Dobson. She touches on her musical upbringing, shifting from Jazz to Rock/Pop/Folk, her creative process, hanging out with Wilie Nelson and current projects including the band Puss n' Boots with Norah Jones and Catherine Popper.

William Garrett's ROOM TONE interview with Ilan Averbuch. A sculptor of international acclaim, Averbuch talks about his path to art, isolation and impatience as a creative force, how the landscape around you creates your artistic pallet, and how a Persian King from 600 BC connects to a modern day Los Angeles public art competition.…

William Garrett's ROOM TONE interview with world renowned chefs, restaurateurs and owners of Al Forno in Providence, RI, Johanne Killeen and George Germon. The conversations touches on how art school makes you think, a cross dressing coffee roaster, what music and great food have in common, and that sometimes, it's just all about lust.…

William Garrett's ROOM TONE interview with Tony Maserati, Grammy winning producer/engineer/mixer. Tony talks about early influences, working up from the bottom, Hip Hop's dawn in NYC and bringing music back to mixing.Smart, humble and funny, Tony tells a great story...and he remembers EVERYONE"S name!!!…

William Garrett's ROOM TONE interview with Rob Fusari, Producer, Songwriter and Performer. From Destiny’s Child to Lady Gaga to Cary Nokey, Rob has had a most interesting life in the music world. In this interview they trace Rob's path and talk about the influence of his prizefighter father’s up and down career, hearing his first #1 hit on the radi…

William Garrett's ROOM TONE interview with composer/musician Pat Irwin. Pat discusses being exposed to great musicians through journalism on a post college trip to Paris, forming Eight Eyed Spy and The Raybeats, composing for cartoons, documentaries, film and TV including Rocko's Modern Life, HBO's Bored to Death and Showtimes's Nurse Jackie, a thr…

William Garrett's ROOM TONE with Video DJ, Remixer, Music Producer, film and Video Director MIKE RELM. They talk about getting started as a DJ, a technology breakthrough on a trip to Japan, Mike's youtube channel Relmvision with over 200,000 followers, how each new creative outlet feeds the others, and making it big; being served a steak by a naked…

William Garrett's ROOM TONE interview with singer/songwriter Aimee Mann. From Til Tuesday to Magnolia to The Both, Grammy and Oscar nominations, Aimee talks about High School Drama Club, heading to Boston from small town Virginia, breaking up with the giant corporate music business before it was hip, and how we need to google "crust punk".…