COUNTRY MUSIC SINGER DREW RYDER SMITH AND AWARD WINNING SONG WRITER, PRODUCER, ENGINEER & AUTHOR JOINED HODGEPOD TO TALK MUSIC AND MORE

HODGEPOD with Rob Fredette

COUNTRY MUSIC SINGER AND AWARD WINNING SONGWRITER DREW RYDER SMITH JOINED HODGEPOD TO TALK ABOUT HIS MANY FACETS OF MUSIC IN NASHVILLE, TN. THIS EPISODE WAS FUN TO DO.

DREW RELEASED AN EP EARLIER THIS YEAR SELF TITLED "DREW RYDER SMITH" WHICH IS AVAILBALE ON APPLE, SPOTIFY. AMAZON, YOUTUBE.

-HIS START IN MUSIC AND THE DIFFERENT INFLUENCES THAT MADE HIM THE SUCCESS HE IS TODAY.

-WHAT BANDS AND GENRES INFLUENCED DREW

-THE PROCESS AND WORK THAT GOES INTO WRITING A SONG AND DOING AN ALBUM. REAL INTERESTING.

-TREMENDOUS INSIGHT ON THE COUNTRY MUSIC SCENE IN NASHVILLE

-A GREAT STORY PLAYING AT THE RYMAN AUDITORIUM "THE MOTHER CHURCH OF COUNTRY MUSIC"IN NASHVILLE FOR THE FIRST TIME. DREW GAVE GREAT INSIGHT.

-THE PROCESS OF WRITING HIS SONGS AND THE WORK THAT GOES INTO IT. THIS WAS FASCINATING.

-ROB AND DREW TALKED A LITTLE ROCK AND ROLL ESPECIALLY NIRVANA, FOO FIGHTERS, TOM PETTY AND MORE

- A LITTLE ELVIS PRESLEY , HIS DEATH AND THE MOVIE "ELVIS" FROM 2022.

-AND MUCH MORE

YOU CAN FOLLOW DREW ON

INSTAGRAM @drewrydersmith

X FORMERLY KNOWN AS TWITTER @drewrydersmith

FACEBOOK -DREW RYDER SMITH

TIKTOK @drewrydersmith

YOU CAN LISTEN TO HODGEPOD ON APPLE , SPOTIFY, I HEART RADIO, AMAZON MUSIC AND THE AUDACY APP.

PLEASE GIVE A LISTEN, RATE AND A FOLLOW

YOU CAN EMAIL ME AT [e-mail]

RECORDED THURSDAY OCTOBER 12, 2023