“Now Hear This Entertainment” is a weekly podcast featuring interviews with guests who are having success in entertainment – primarily music. A new episode has been delivered on-time, every week since February 2014. The show has gotten listeners from 165 countries around the world and is one of the top two percent most popular shows out of more than 3.2 million podcasts globally. “Now Hear This Entertainment” has had multiple placements in the iTunes Top Ten (Music category) and the show has received two honors and been nominated for three other awards. In late spring of 2021 it was in the "20 Best Entertainment Podcasts of 2021," as published by Welp Magazine.
Guests on NHTE have ranged from Roy Orbison, Jr. to the keyboard player for Aerosmith to the lead guitar player for Garth Brooks to the fiddle player for Taylor Swift to the drummer for Cheap Trick to the bass player for P!NK to the trumpet player for Billy Joel, plus, seven GRAMMY Award winners, two Rock & Roll Hall of Famers, a Las Vegas headliner, three Emmy Award winners, and even participants from “American Idol,” “The Voice,” “America’s Got Talent,” and “The X Factor” (including one singer who won “The Voice”). Guests have come from an array of genres and locales (the latter to include 17 different countries).
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NHTE 60 Laila Berzins
A voice-over artist, professional singer, jingle writer, and copywriter, she talks about how Robin Williams inspired her to get into voice-over as well as recognizing this as and the challenge of running a small business on your own. She also tells of being headed for her very first album. Hear about her move to Los Angeles as well as why she is such a proponent of learning improv. Unlike other episodes of NHTE that feature two original songs by the guest, an e-learning song and a gaming demo are the bookends around this interview.
NHTE 59 Whitney Doucet
A singer/songwriter who sang on-stage with Keith Urban during one of his concerts, she has won titles as Female Vocalist New Country, Traditional Country and Gospel as well as Female Entertainer of the Year. Based in Boston, she has performed throughout the New England area and hopes to be recording her first EP in a couple months in New York. She also talks about her experiences auditioning for various reality shows.
NHTE 58 Aubryn
A singer/songwriter working toward the release of her debut album, she lives and plays in Nashville but has also already done shows in a handful of other states. Plus, the days after this episode launched she was to play an unofficial SXSW showcase in Austin, Texas. This episode launched on the day her crowdfunding campaign started, which she talks about, in addition to her weekly online show that she hosts. As always, there are two songs played by this episode’s guest, who talks about them both.
NHTE 57 Ron Modell
Trumpeter, music educator, author, and now funny-man Ron Modell talks about his good friend Quincy Jones as well as working with the likes of Phil Collins and countless other big names, plus his book, his advocacy for music education, doing stand-up comedy, plus advice for aspiring musicians.
NHTE 56 Dominick Pages
Engineer, producer, mentor, songwriter, performer Dominick Pages makes a return to the show to talk about a new show his studio is launching – an online concert series that’s a cross between house concerts and the show “Daryl’s House.” Plus he talks about a big show upcoming for his band and gives tips for up-and-coming musicians as well as insights on which guitars he’s playing and hardware & software he’s using in the studio.
NHTE 55 Roy Yokelson
An Emmy Award-winning sound designer, recording engineer, and producer with extensive credits on IMDB, he talks about working on numerous Woody Allen films, as well as his experiences with the likes of Julia Roberts, Goldie Hawn, and Christopher Plummer, among others. He will be a speaker at next month’s “VO Atlanta” event and gives advice to those pursuing voice-over work. Since he is also a SAG-AFTRA approved audio book producer, he touches a bit on that media as well.
NHTE 54 Roger Jaeger
Having moved to Nashville twice but lived in India for one year between those moves, this singer/songwriter talks about the musical instrument he learned in the Asian country, his new single, his successful crowdfunding campaign, plus his hiring of a booking agent resulting in shows coming up in Nashville, North Carolina, Georgia, and Oklahoma, and other aspects of his rejuvenated career.
NHTE 53 Amanda Page Cornett
Singer/songwriter who has had a song placed on a national TV show and also appeared – singing – in a movie that starred Vivica A. Fox. She talks about the album she’s working on, filming her music video at the home of the Florida Gators, co-writing a song with the world-renowned cartoon artist for the nationally syndicated comic “Nancy,” plus her goals for 2015.
NHTE 52 Alyssa Jacey
Fresh off her 31-show, 24-city tour last Fall in support of her “Destined” album, singer/songwriter Alyssa Jacey is interviewed one day after making a huge announcement. She talks about her big news plus the new song she’s recording, co-hosting “Balcony TV,” last year’s shows and release (which included players from Taylor Swift, The Band Perry, and LeAnn Rimes), and much more.
NHTE 51 Daniel B Marshall
He plays over 250 shows a year, produces, writes, has released two CDs, and does music full-time between Tampa and Nashville. As he was leaving college he played guitar for Nick Carter from the Backstreet Boys. Daniel started playing in clubs when he was 16 and talks about a moment he shared with Celine Dion, taking care of your body and voice too, and his opinion of social media and approach to Twitter.