Inside MusiCast

Inside MusiCast (insidemusicast.com) is a podcast devoted to the creative process of music making. At the heart of IMC are our in-depth interview podcasts.

NOW YOU'RE INSIDE THE MUSIC
Inside MusiCast (IMC) has provided music education, opinion, industry insights and music-news content since 2006. We’ve created and produced hundreds of insightful interviews with the music industry’s leading producers, musicians, singers and writers/composers—young and old. Our focus is also to point the spotlight to creators and collaborators who are often “behind th

e scenes” of the music-creating process. We help them tell their stories while working in the recording, film, education, audio and marketing arenas of music. Inside MusiCast is a non-profit program of Escala Foundation, a 501c3 entity. Your donations are tax deductible.

09/04/2026

So me and my family have this thing...of texting our Car Wash Jam videos to each other every time we take the cars through the car wash. And we TURN IT UP! Do you jam in the car wash?

09/03/2026

How cool was Dolly, you ask? How about Nile Rodgers & CHIC cool? Only Dolly could walk into a room full of funk, disco and swagger, flash that million-dollar smile, toss out a little Southern charm, and somehow be the coolest person in the room without even trying. Big hair, bigger heart, rhinestones for days… and cool enough to hang with Nile Rodgers & CHIC.

That was Dolly. One of one...
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Never before seen video of the amazing Dolly Parton preparing for h...

09/03/2026

Remembering Walter Becker, who left us on this day in 2017.

09/02/2026

Wishing Steve Porcaro a very happy birthday!

09/01/2026

Paul Carrack. Coming soon to Inside MusiCast!

09/01/2026

Wishing Toto‘s Joseph Williams a very happy birthday!

08/31/2026

Inside MusiCast is pleased to welcome Bonnie Hayes!

Music runs deep with Bonnie Hayes. Growing up, her home was filled with music, and two of her brothers also traveled down a musical path: Her brother Chris was lead guitarist for Huey Lewis & The News, and brother Kevin was the drummer for the Robert Cray Band. As a young musician, Bonnie's focus was jazz, and one of her first jobs was teaching music at the Blue Bear School of Music in the Bay area. From there, she sidetracked into punk and new wave and started The Punts in San Francisco, which later became Bonnie Hayes with the Wild Combo. If you've seen the 1983 movie "Valley Girl", you'll hear the song "Girls Like Me" at the start of the film, along with "Shelley's Boyfriend." However, songwriting and education became Bonnie's focus, both for herself and for other musicians. Many of her songs were picked-up and recorded by a variety of artists, including Bonnie Raitt, Cher, David Crosby, Natalie Cole, Adam Ant, Huey Lewis, Bette Midler and many others. In 2013, Hayes became chair of the songwriting department at Berklee in Boston. In 2022, she returned to the Bay Area to found a youth All Star Songwriting Program at Blue Bear School of Music. To talk more about her extensive career in the music business, Inside MusiCast is pleased to welcome Bonnie Hayes.

https://www.insidemusicast.com/musicasts/2026/31/08-bonnie-hayes

Bonnie Hayes: The musician, songwriter and educator comes full circle.

08/31/2026

Want to bring attention to what vocalist Hunter Hawkins has done with this 41-year-old song under the guidance of the co-composer and original artist, Kenny Loggins, in bringing “LOVE WILL FOLLOW” through a new door in 2026.

Album dropping soon.

Provided to YouTube by ONErpmLove Will Follow · Hunter HawkinsL...

08/29/2026

Today’s technology gives a band like HEAT, who was never given an opportunity to release a video back when their debut album was released in 1980, a chance to share with the public, not just what they looked like along with their sound, but their overall style.

THE BAND:
HEAT is: Tom Saviano, Jean Marie Arnold, and Joe Pizzulo

MUSICIANS & CREDITS:
Lead & Backing Vocals: Jean Marie Arnold, Joe Pizzulo
Rhythm section arrangements: Tom Saviano
Drums: James Gadson
Bass: Eddie Watkins Jr.
Guitars: Paul Jackson Jr., Thom Rotella
Fender Rhodes: Jai Winding
Percussion: Lenny Castro

THE HORN SECTION:
Horn Arrangements & Conducting: Tom Saviano
Trumpets: Chuck Findley, Steve Madaio, Jerry Hey, Judd Miller, Ralph Rickert
Trombones: Dick "Slyde" Hyde, Doug Wintz, Bill Reichenbach, Phil Teele

THE STRINGS:
Concert Master: Harry Bluestone
String Arrangements: David Wolfert

The official world premiere of "Just Like You" by HEAT. Stream/Do...

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