May 21, 2021
Episode #110 – The Podcast:(also on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, & Spreaker)
Loren Gold is the longtime keyboardist for The Who and Roger Daltrey solo, and has also toured with Kenny Loggins, Don Felder and many others. Loren and I deep-dive his impressive and diverse musical resume as a touring keyboardist, singer/songwriter, and musical director for Pop acts such as Selena Gomez, Demi Lovato, and American Idol’s Taylor Hicks. Loren has also recorded several solo instrumental albums, written music instruction books, and like me, has a deep appreciation of the artists and bands from the 60’s and 70’s among others. This was a fun and wide-ranging conversation with a very talented music industry insider and very cool guy to boot.
Inside the Interview:
- Growing up in a musical family
- Piano lessons
- The power of The Beatles
- Singer/songwriters of the 60’s and 70’s
- Artist “development” these days
- Music technology
- Musical Director for Selena Gomez & Demi Lovato
- Playing and personality
- Touring with Roger Daltrey and The Who
- Working with Kenny Loggins and Don Felder
- Loren’s solo catalog
- Working with Taylor Hicks from American Idol
- Cover of the “Pina Colada Song” and others
- Touring post-Covid
- Approach to songwriting when collaborating
- Loren’s instructional books
- Songs for film and television
- The past pandemic year
- Baseball enthusiast
- Advice he’d give his younger self
Connect with Loren Gold:
Facebook: www.facebook.com/lorengold
Instagram: www.instagram.com/lorengold
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