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Joe Olnick Interview – Mid Tenn Listens Podcast

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman June 11, 2017 8:00 am Tagged With: ambient, Experimental, Instrumental, Jazz, Rock

Joe Olnick Defiant Grooves Album Cover

Changing musical gears and moving from recent ambient experiments back into the instrumental rock/groove/jam aisle, it’s the highly anticipated follow-up to the Up All Night CD.

Soulful and funky, Joe’s fifth album is a new collection of original music recorded in 2016 mastered by Grammy award winner Reuben Cohen of Lurssen Mastering in Burbank, CA for exceptional sound quality.

Joe Olnick‘s music combines classic elements into new explorations of sound and rhythm. His albums are instrumental and improvisational, with an emphasis on jazz/rock/groove and ambient atmospheres. Seemingly random patterns are arranged into unique modern statements that communicate the soul in his art.

In this interview, we chat with Joe about his latest release, influences, navigating the digital music world and more.

Listen to the full audio below. Scroll down for a full list of podcast subscription options. You can also listen on Apple Music, Google Play, Stitcher Radio and TuneIn.

Visit Joe’s website for links and more music.

Defiant Grooves, the new album, is available on Spotify.

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About Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman

Joshua is a Music Business Consultant currently serving as COO of Unlimited Sounds, a boutique publishing admin & consulting firm based in Sacramento, California. He also serves as COO of Pac Ave Records. He is an archivist via Indie Music Discovery.com, co-founded with C Bret Campbell in 2011 in Manchester, Tennessee. He is also a Father of 3 and an all purpose Jedi... but before any of this, he was and still creates as an indie/DIY artist. Connect on IG. Read full bio.

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