HomeGrownHits.com Radio

Tony and Jim turn their website sensation into a Radio show. Shows include a (sometimes opinionated) countdown of the HomeGrownHits.com Top Ten. Add into the mix interviews tips and tricks with professional songwriters, artists, producers, and other music makers, and you have a radio show that any budding home recording artist would die to hear!

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Episodes

Episode 11: James Michael

For our eleventh episode, we kick the dial up to eleven! Tony and Jim are joined in studio by Producer/Songwriter/Rock Star extrordinaire James Michael to run down the HomeGrown Hits Top Ten. James brings his songwriting and production sensibilities to bear on our charts, giving a short commentary on each song. He drives home the point that songwriting and song structure should always trump production quality when crafting and recording a tune. James Michael is the producer, songwriter, and mixe...

Jan 08, 2015•1 hr 14 min

Episode #10: Catching Up With The Winners

We made it to Episode #10! To celebrate, Tony and Jim count down the winning songs of our 7 contests over the past 2 years on HomeGrownHits.com. To help us introduce each of these spectacular contest-winning tunes, we talk to as many of the winners as we could get a hold of to see what they've been up to! In this episode, we feature: Kevin Woodburn from Half Hour City (" The Season "/Free Gear for Leap Year, Feb 2012) http://www.halfhourcity.com Julian Shah-Tayler from The Singularity (" Talking...

Feb 11, 2014•55 min

Episode #9: British Invasion

Appropriately for Episode "Number Nine," the top of the Charts has four great songs by British bands, leading to the #1 song "Giving Up" by Joe Lamb. In this episode Tony and Jim outlaw the word "amazing", and still manage to properly praise the Top Ten songs on HomeGrownHits.com. [Recorded November 26, 2013]

Nov 29, 2013•54 min

Episode 8: Tony's Turn

Tony takes over as producer, and we move to his garage studio (air conditioning!). It's all about the music this episode, and what great music there is at the top of the HomeGrownHits.com Charts! Tony and Jim count down the Top Ten songs on the site, ending with #1: "Another Song" by This Must Be Thursday. [Recorded June 18, 2013]

Jun 20, 2013•54 min

Episode 7: Sonic Surgery with Joe Solo

Tony and Jim pick the brain of producer, songwriter, composer, and music industry veteran Joe Solo . We explore the vast expanse of Joe's experience producing both major label and independent artists. Joe helps us count down the Top Ten songs on the HomeGrownHits.com charts, commenting sagely on quite a few of them. We build to a finish at new Number One song " You And I for Now ", by Renee Winter . [Recorded May 2, 2013] Joe Solo discovered recording artist Macy Gray, and has worked with Michae...

May 06, 2013•1 hr 6 min

Episode 6: Ted Wulfers' Words of Wisdom

Tony and Jim are joined on the phone by singer-songwriter and rootsy rocker Ted Wulfers to ponder the philosophy of musicmaking, and to listen to the incredible tunes on the HomeGrownHits.com Top Ten. The countdown culminates with this week's number one song, " We Come Alive ", by James Nagel . [Recorded April 12, 2013]

Apr 14, 2013•55 min

Episode 5: Taking Us Higher

HomeGrownHits.com Radio is back, better than ever! Tony and Jim play and discuss today's Top Ten and announce our latest "KICK-ASCAP 2" song contest, which has been underway for a couple of weeks. It all builds to the Number One song, "Higher" by The Hot Rocks. [Recorded March 28, 2013]

Mar 29, 2013•55 min

Episode 4: Make Music Mambo

This one has it all! Interviews with artists and promoters at Make Music Pasadena , the largest free music festival on the West Coast (June 16, 2012)! A discussion with the winner of our HomeGrown Summer Hit Contest, Paul Nicoll , on the genesis of his #1 song Gringo Mambo ! And of course Tony and Jim do the Top Ten on the HomeGrownHits.com Charts! That's too many exclamations, but hey, we're excited! (Tony is always excited, but this time even Jim is too.) Thanks to Black Flamingo , Elaine Faye...

Jun 26, 2012•58 min

Episode 3: Pounding a Beat with Tony Palermo

In between recording Papa Roach 's upcoming studio album and going out on tour, drummer Tony Palermo took the time out to visit us in the studio and hang out! Tony and Jim ask him about how he got started drumming, and what the songwriting process is like for a super-hot rock band. We also contemplate how the music business has changed in recent years, and the future of radio. All this, plus the HomeGrownHits.com Top Ten, with new Number 1 song, Gringo Mambo by Paul Nicholl ! [Recorded June 7, 2...

Jun 11, 2012•1 hr 2 min

Episode 2: We've Come Undone

The HomeGrownHits.com Top Ten, accompanied by Tony and Jim's signature banter. Plus our Song Picks of the Week. Featuring the Number One Song, "Come Undone" by The Singularity . (Recorded May 23, 2012)

May 25, 2012•1 hr 13 min

Episode 1: Justin Gray's Anatomy of a Hit Song

Tony and Jim turn their new website sensation into a radio show! They ask producer/songwriter Justin Gray what it takes to make a hit single these days, and what kind of gear and techniques he uses in the studio. Also on this episode: Why we Created HomeGrownHits.com, Tony and Jim's Song Picks of the Week, and our sometimes opinionated countdown of the Top Ten songs on HomeGrownHits.com. (Recorded May 14, 2012)

May 18, 2012•1 hr 21 min

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