Mitch Towne, SRT Band / Terrace Martin / Aloe Blacc

Mitch Towne is a Grammy-nominated organ and piano player from Omaha, Nebraska USA. Mitch has a fascinating take on seeing success ‘later in life’ and has some great insights on his playing life more broadly. Enjoy! To listen / watch: * Audio-only: click on the play button in the audio player above, or: * Video: watch the embedded video below or check it and previous episodes out on our YouTube Channel   Discussion topics covered during the show (links will open in new tab): SRT Band  SRT in action  – Tal Shia Meeting John ‘JR’ Robinson and recording the album The benefits of therapy to improve approach to playing Discussion on left-hand organ bass playing. Yahoo Groups and AOL Sal Azarelli (who passed away 2016) Discussion on organ foot pedals Coming to a successful music career later in life Stepping up playing ability and playing with ‘better’ players Marcus Lewis, trombone player, in action Pat Bianchi – mentor  Working with Terrace Martin Mitch in action with Terrace Martin – Push ‘Whole-assing’ versus ‘half-assing’ Mitch’s go-to keyboards Tag a keyboard player: Pat Bianchi, Nick Semrad Desert Island Discs:  Snapshot – Joey DeFrancesco, Back to Oakland – Tower of Power, Speak No Evil – Wayne Shorter, 90125 – Yes, The Way It Is – Bruce Hornsby (Don’t forget to check out all our guest’s selections on this page) Thanks to our supporters for this episode: Brother Paul Brown, Midnight Mastering, Tammy Katchur’s Musical Stew, Musicplayer.com forums, and Radio Grande   Key links: Buy some keyboard related merchandise Drop us a line via the website, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter , TikTok or LinkedIn .