Room Tone

William Garrett's ROOM TONE Interview with singer/songwriter Sasha Dobson. She touches on her musical upbringing, shifting from Jazz to Rock/Pop/Folk, her creative process, hanging out with Wilie Nelson and current projects including the band Puss n' Boots with Norah Jones and Catherine Popper.

William Garrett's ROOM TONE interview with Ilan Averbuch. A sculptor of international acclaim, Averbuch talks about his path to art, isolation and impatience as a creative force, how the landscape around you creates your artistic pallet, and how a Persian King from 600 BC connects to a modern day Los Angeles public art competition.

William Garrett's ROOM TONE interview with world renowned chefs, restaurateurs and owners of Al Forno in Providence, RI, Johanne Killeen and George Germon. The conversations touches on how art school makes you think, a cross dressing coffee roaster, what music and great food have in common, and that sometimes, it's just all about lust.

William Garrett's ROOM TONE interview with Tony Maserati, Grammy winning producer/engineer/mixer. Tony talks about early influences, working up from the bottom, Hip Hop's dawn in NYC and bringing music back to mixing.Smart, humble and funny, Tony tells a great story...and he remembers EVERYONE"S name!!!

William Garrett's ROOM TONE interview with Rob Fusari, Producer, Songwriter and Performer. From Destiny’s Child to Lady Gaga to Cary Nokey, Rob has had a most interesting life in the music world.  In this interview they trace Rob's path and talk about the influence of his prizefighter father’s up and down career, hearing his first #1 hit on the radio for the first time, the good, the bad and the ugly of mega success and how drag queens suddenly make your wardrobe totally obsolete.

William Garrett's ROOM TONE interview with composer/musician Pat Irwin. Pat discusses being exposed to great musicians through journalism on a post college trip to Paris, forming Eight Eyed Spy and The Raybeats, composing for cartoons, documentaries, film and TV including Rocko's Modern Life, HBO's Bored to Death and Showtimes's Nurse Jackie, a three week gig with the B-52's that lasted 18 years, and playing a pine cone with iconic composer John Cage.

William Garrett's ROOM TONE with Video DJ, Remixer, Music Producer, film and Video Director MIKE RELM. They talk about getting started as a DJ, a technology breakthrough on a trip to Japan, Mike's youtube channel Relmvision with over 200,000 followers, how each new creative outlet feeds the others, and making it big; being served a steak by a naked woman.

William Garrett's ROOM TONE interview with singer/songwriter Aimee Mann. From Til Tuesday to Magnolia to The Both, Grammy and Oscar nominations, Aimee talks about High School Drama Club, heading to Boston from small town Virginia, breaking up with the giant corporate music business before it was hip, and how we need to google "crust punk".