Welcome Michael Beinhorn to the Compared To What POdcast family. For those of you who don’t know who Michael is, here’s a brief rundown. A young boy in Queens sells ice cream from a cart, saves his money, buys a micro-moog. He then meets Bill Laswell and helps make one of the most important sampling/synth/drum programming records ever with Herbie Hancock. “Rock it” from “Future Shock” defined an era. Michael was an absolutely integral part of its creation. Then he decided to continue producing a...
May 28, 2015
Part 2 of the Tommy LiPuma and Matt Pierson Conversation. The fellas get started RIGHT where they left off. More stories from an incredible life in music. Tommy Lipuma!
May 20, 2015
Episode 27 had Matt Pierson joining the CTWP family when he sat down with Charlie and told some incredible stories. Now we get the absolute joy of having a former guest sit down with a new member of the CTWP crew. Matt sat down with music business legend Tommy Lipuma. Tommy has produced so many artists its hard to break it down. George Benson , Diana Krall , Miles Davis , Natalie Cole , Paul McCartney and Joe Sample just to name a few. The two sat down and recorded 3 ghouls of conversation this ...
May 11, 2015
Question: Who has worked with Miles Davis,Roger Troutman,Marcus Miller,Meshell NdegeocelloJesse J,Kelly Clarkson and written 12 tone music/dodecaphonic jams with disco breakdowns? Answer: The one and only David Gamson! (If you answered correctly please proceed to the bonus round!) David Gamson is a song writer/Producer who first came to fame as a major part of 80’s Synth Pop funk band Scritti Politti. With the smash hit “Perfect Way” leading the way Scritti made some astoundingly great albums. T...
Mar 12, 2015
Johnny Vidacovich is a legend in New Orleans. Name any artist down there and he’s probably worked with them. He’s an Educator , a Poet , a philosopher and probably the only drummer we can think of that breathes like a horn player when playing through the melody. This year during some time down in New Orleans for a gig Charlie got to sit down with his old friend Johnny and talked about such a wide variety of things that we’d be actually hard pressed to explain it in any sort of sensical way. John...
Mar 04, 2015
This episode marks the very first time we’ve opened up the show to a guest host. Please welcome Bassist,Producer and good friend Greg Bryant to the CTWP family. Very happy to have him sit down with Charles “Wigg” Walker…….take it away Greg! Charles Walker is a soul singer and native of Nashville, Tennessee. He came up through the ranks and earned his stripes among the who’s who of cats. Charles recorded his first single in 1959 for Nashville-based soul label, Champion records. By the time he was...
Feb 24, 2015
How do you start off a new year of episodes?? With a bang so without further ado please welcome…….(Cue dramatic Las Vegas show room tympani roll)…..Marcus Miller to the Compared To What Podcast Family. Mowo! sits down with Marcus and the two cover a wide range of topics. The two have been friends since late 1986. Mowo! first reached out to Marcus as a fan at the age of 15 writing him a letter only to be astonished about 8 months later when he received a phone call from his idol (run on sentence ...
Jan 10, 2015
Your fearless leaders meet up again in Los Angeles and discuss a world of topics. A state of the union if you will. CTWP is rapidly approaching its first birthday and Charlie and Mowo! sit down to discuss what’s coming,what’s happened and government cheese. Charlie happens to be in LA playing with his good buddy, drummer Scott Amendola so why not take this time to sit down and talk about Mowo!’s dearly departed Nigerian Uncle Linus. Charlie’s shares his love of mankind with all. A magical series...
Dec 13, 2014
Howard Smiley……..what can we say? He was so behind the scenes in the record business that the only photo we could find of him is one in the kitchen of him making some fried matzoh! Without further ado let us introduce you to Mr. Howard Smiley the man behind the man next to the guy behind the guy…….but don’t let his anonymity fool you. Howard worked some of the biggest records ever as a one man wrecking machine for Henry Stone’s TK Records.The home of artists such as George McCrae , Betty Wright ...
Dec 09, 2014
Joining us this week is the incredible pop songwriter and actual writer,writer Shelly Peiken.She recently had a piece on Huffington Post cause a big stir and her blog “Confessions Of Serial Songwriter” (she’s also writing a book with the same title) http://www.shellypeiken.com/confessions-of-a-serial-songwriter/ is a read you’ll always look forward to after you visit the site (THIS IS NOT A PROMOTION but a tool for creatives to find inspiration) .She writes from her heart. You may know Shelley f...
Oct 24, 2014
Leo Sidran, musician, producer, and composer SORT of joins the show this week. You see, Leo is the host of an incredible podcast called “The Third Story” and he got in touch with us recently with a brilliant idea to have a conversation about our two shows and each other. Mowo! took the call and sat down in Brooklyn at Leo’s studio. Leo’s father is Ben Sidran an incredible artist composer and producer and also a friend of Mowo!’s dad Joel Dorn. Leo – Drummer , Mowo! – Bassist……it was meant to be....
Oct 14, 2014
Charlie sits down with Vernon Reid in a bookstore in Staten Island or “North Shaolin” as Vernon calls it. You probably know Vernon as the driving force behind the incredible band Living Colour . Charlie and Vernon touch on a wide ranging variety of topics including Vernon having given Charlie one of his first big gigs opening up for Living Colour. The advent of the Saxophone , The Importance of Eddie Harris , Leonard Bernstein’s knowledge and focus on jazz as a composer , The inconvenience of ge...
Oct 08, 2014
Peter Bunetta joins “the merry mix up” this week here at Compared To What. Peter has produced many hit records from the mid 80’s on. Patti Labelle , Smokey Robinson , Kenny G. (Just remember the classic W.C. Field’s line from the mother of the little obnoxious girl in “The Bank Dick” …”I bet you’d like a nose that big full of nickels!” ) , Matthew Wilder , and many many many more. He’s also the father of Julian Bunetta , currently one of the biggest producers in the game of Pop music ( One Direc...
Oct 01, 2014
Al Kooper and Charlie Hunter get together and Al makes Charlie an amazing hotdog. They chomp on chips and talk about ………..well we don’t wanna get ahead of ourselves. Let’s welcome Al Kooper to The Compared To What Podcast. For those of you who know Al Kooper no real introduction is needed. For those of you who do not you are about to hear from one of the real legends of music. Period. Al has written massive hit songs, played on some of the most incredible records ever. Produced classic recording...
Sep 09, 2014
Mtume….Musician,Producer,Composer,Political Activist,Radio Show host. Mtume is not someone that can be put in one box. That’s just not gonna happen. Mowo! had the absolute pleasure of being able to sit down with Mtume after Mtume finished his weekly radio show. 8am on a Sunday morning in NYC made MOWO! think of the famous Lenny bruce bit where Lenny gets called at 8 am and the caller says “Did I wake you up Lenny?” and Lenny says “Of course not, I always get up 14 hours before I go to work……”. T...
Sep 03, 2014
Steve Berlin learned it the right way. Some of you may know Steve from his being a member of Los Lobos. He’s also been a member of The Blasters and Top Jimmy And The Rhythm Pigs. He was born in Philly and subsequently moved to LA and cut his teeth working on just about every style of music you can mention. His resume as a producer and sideman is incredible Angelique Kidjo, John Lee Hooker , Smithereens, Willy Nelson , Sheryl Crowe, Pual Simon , Rickie Lee Jones , Buckwheat Zydeco , Doug Sahm the...
Aug 18, 2014
Here we go again. Mowo! and Hal continue their previous conversation and cover a lot more ground. we open up on Hal doing an impersonation of Marianne Faithful. With nothing but love in his heart but its kind of stellar. The conversations settles after a couple of minutes into Hal’s long loving relationship with Lou Reed. Another great addition to the CTWP library. Hope you guys enjoy it! “you’ll never work in this town again!” ( just remember that quote ) http://www.comparedtowhatpodcast.com/wp...
Aug 05, 2014
Harry Manx is best described as where East meets West musically. “Mysticsippi”. Harry plays an instrument called the Mohan Veena the invention of Vishwa Mohan Bhatt a very unique stringed instrument with 20 strings. Charlie sits down with Harry and talks about the incredible world of busking and being a street musician. For Charlie and Harry to sit down is kind of incredible. They both play and have mastered instruments that they basically pioneered. A very unique interaction between two incredi...
Jul 30, 2014
Who’s the dude that wrote all that insanely cool music on the TV show “Breaking Bad” and writes like 40 minutes per episode on “The Black List” ?? Answer : Our good friend Dave Porter.( hearty round of applause ). Mowo! sits down with the composer who just won ASCAP’s “Tv Composer Of The Year Award” for “Best Tv Music” for his work on the aforementioned programs. Dave is not a man of many words he let’s his music do his talking for him. He and Mowo! cover many things as their friendship has span...
Jul 06, 2014
Mowo! and Charlie talk about Mowo!’s sit down with drummer Vince Wilburn. Vince is the nephew of Miles Davis……..so………well………….fun stories. http://www.comparedtowhatpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/ComparedToWhatPodcast-TheVinceWilburnMiniEpisode.mp3
Jul 05, 2014
Charlie sat down with old friend Monte Croft and Mowo! and Charlie get to talking about their conversation. http://www.comparedtowhatpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/ComparedToWhatPodcast-TheMonteCroftMiniEpisode.mp3
Jul 05, 2014
Mowo! and Charlie talk some Joe Henry. Mowo! had the chance to sit down with the Artist , Songwriter , Producer and the two touched on many topics. Fun times!
Jul 05, 2014
Mowo! and Charlie talk about Guitar genius and close friend of Charlie’s…….Jim Campilongo. Turns out Mowo! went to “Camp-Ilongo” sleep away camp as a child. http://www.comparedtowhatpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/ComparedToWhatPodcast-TheJimCampilongoMiniEpisode.mp3
Jul 05, 2014
Charlie sits down with the wife of jazz legend Rahsaan Roland Kirk to find out that Dorthaan is a legend in her own right! Mowo! and Charlie discuss the awesomeness that is Dorthaan! http://www.comparedtowhatpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/ComparedToWhatPodcast-TheDorthaanKirkMiniConversation.mp3
Jul 05, 2014
Charlie sits down with our good friend Eric Kalb and has what one would call a rather hysterical conversation about the adventures of Drummer Eric Kalb. Not to be missed!! http://www.comparedtowhatpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/ComparedToWhatPodcast-TheEricKalbMiniConversation.mp3
Jul 05, 2014
Charlie and Mowo! talk about Mowo!’s conversation with baseball writer and incredible american………Mr. Dan Epstein. http://www.comparedtowhatpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/ComparedToWhatPodcast-TheDanEspsteinMiniConversation.mp3
Jul 05, 2014
Sometimes on the show we just sit down with an old friend and have a funny conversation. Period. Enter Eric Kalb. Master drummer. Both Charlie and Mowo! have the pleasure of calling Eric an old friend. Eric has played with Charlie over the years , Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings and many incredible acts including John Scofield , George Porter Jr. , Melvin Sparks ,John Medeski and the band Deep Banana Blackout to name a very few. A great cat. An incredible player with the pocket of Joe Dukes and B...
Jun 30, 2014
CLICK THE LINK BELOW ITS INSANELY AWESOME http://www.comparedtowhatpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/ComparedToWhatPodcast-TheBradParkerConversation.mp3 Mowo! had the honor of sitting down with Brad Parker. The two had met just about 10 days earlier at a music business meeting of songwriters and composers. Brad is a musician, a songwriter, a progressive thinker , a lobbyist and problem solver. Brad has a real clear viewpoint on what ails the music business and the United States in general. ...
Jun 09, 2014
CLICK THE LINK BELOW…….AND GET THAT NIGERIAN INHERITANCE YOUR UNCLE LINUS LEFT YOU! http://www.comparedtowhatpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/ComparedToWhatPodcast-TheMattPiersonConversation.mp3 So you wanna go into the record business eh kid? Meet Matt Pierson. Matt has a long creative history in the record business. He got his start as the buyer for Peaches Records and Tapes in Miami in the early 80’s while attending the University of Miami on a full scholarship as a trumpet player. Born...
Jun 02, 2014
Vince Wilburn joins the show this week. Mowo! sits down with Vince and talks about growing up in Chicago around one of the richest most creative music scenes in the history of American music. Vince is the nephew of music Legend Miles Davis. He toured and played with his uncle for years following in the footsteps of legends (major shout out to Al Foster!! ) .That experience in and of itself is worth the listen. Nothing is funnier than the thought of Miles Davis sitting in his room after a show an...
May 20, 2014
