nashville producer

What if we weren’t afraid to try? 

In this episode we sat with the kind and courageous Christian and Leah Hale to talk about being individual business owners as a musician/producer and web designer, respectively. 

The Hale’s are great examples of pursuing creative careers even when it’s scary. They tell the stories of transitioning from corporate work, investing in their crafts, not being afraid to change directions, and how to get away from trading dollars for hours.

They’re also passionate about careers not being the sole focus of life and putting their relationship first and share a lot of fun hobbies they do together as a couple.

Christian and Leah will inspire other freelance business owners and/or couples feeling stuck in work being the sole focus of life. Enjoy!

Links mentioned in the episode:

Vota

Soy Bistro

“Pivot” Friends Scene

Dann Huff on Being a Producer

Guest Links:

Virtue Design Co. (Leah’s Main Website)

Virtue Design for Bands

Valor Music (Christian’s Production Website)

Leah’s Instagram

Christian’s Instagram

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It was such a privilege talking with Jon Randall on this week's podcast about everything he's been through since making the move from small town Texas to big city Nashville right out of High School. Jon is best known for his production work on songs for Dierks Bentley, Brothers Osborne, Pat Green and so on. He is also the co-writer of "Whiskey Lullaby" and many other beautiful songs AND he's released two records of his own just this year. His first solo album in 15 years as well as The Marfa Tapes with Miranda Lambert and Jack Ingram.

Find Jon's music, tour dates and merchandise HERE

Hear his new single "Keep On Moving" + many other great Texas Toast features on our TEXAS TOAST Spotify Playlist HERE

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Intro song: "The Ride" by Jon Stork
Outro song: "You Can Go To Hell" by Phineus Reb

In this week's interview, I sit down with Paul DeFiglia. Paul is currently the owner and operator of the Daylight Recording Studio located in Nashville. Tennessee. Previously, Paul was the bass player for Langhorne Slim and The War Eagles. Next, he temporarily stood in as the Avett Brothers' bass player before landing a full-time position on the keys, touring for several years. In the last 2020-2021, Paul played bass on and co-produced Langhorne Slim's, "Strawberry Mansion" and produced his first full-length solo album, "In Daylight." In part one of this two-part episode. We discuss Nashville's rough year, the improvements and progression of Paul's recording studio, and the inspiration which led Paul to decide on a making cover album. We also discuss the incredible players he chose to include on his record.  Please enjoy part one of my discussion with Paul DeFiglia.