HomeGrownHits.com Radio

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 alw

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

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]

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]

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

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]

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]

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 he

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 t

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)