Tim holds qualifications from Armstrong University and the Berklee College of Music. He has also pursued studies at the Debrecen Conservatory (Debrecen, Hungary) and Royal Holloway (London, England). He has served on faculty at the Community Music School (Philadelphia, PA), Heritage Christian Academy (Lexington, SC), and Ben Lippen High School (Columbia, SC). Tim has served at a number of churches including the Hunter Army Chapel (Savannah, GA), Trinity Reformed Baptist (Joppa, MD), Lexington Presbyterian Church (Lexington, SC), Christ Presbyterian Church (Nashville, TN), and Covenant Presbyterian Church (Nashville, TN), where he currently serves as a liturgist and the director of music. Tim has served in many other roles over the years including whitewater guide, textbook author, choral conductor, and freelance designer. Tim enjoys reading the Atlantic, Coldplay, jazz, MLB baseball, reading, international travel, and any chance to be outdoors. He is married to Sandra and they have three children, two dogs, and a parakeet.

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Episode 66: Tim Nicholson

Jay Newman is an Arkansas boy who has spent his adult life as a music promoter, manager, songwriter, and missionary. He has a reputation of agitating people particularly on issues of theology. You can follow Jay on twitter at @big_dread, even though he hasn't had dreadlocks in over five years.Joshua Stump is a pastor, church planter, licensed spiritual director, and owner of the Smoker's Abbey cigar lounge. Josh has spent his life in ministry on the margins, bringing the gospel to the disenfranchised corners of culture and empowering the gifts of those discarded in the dark corners of culture. Josh likes to discuss enneagrams and has been called a modern mystic monk. You can follow Josh on twitter at @monkstump.

Episode 65: Musical Missionaries - Jay Newman & Joshua Stump

With her signature sound, attitude, and unmatched versatility on the instrument, Lindsey Miller has enjoyed a successful career as a touring and session guitarist based in Nashville, TN.Growing up in Prairie Village, KS (a suburb of Kansas City) Lindsey picked up her first guitar at age ten. Although first inspired by Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, the Beatles, and 90s alternative rock, it was her discovery of hometown guitar hero Pat Metheny that initiated her into the world of jazz. Lindsey’s talent and ever growing interest in jazz improvisation earned her a scholarship to attend the University of North Texas where she performed in the Two O’Clock Lab band and earned a bachelor’s degree in Jazz Studies. She then went on to complete a Masters Degree in Music from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.In 2012, Lindsey relocated to Nashville, TN where she has quickly become a welcome addition to both the live and recording community. Just in the last few years she has toured with award winning major label artists and appeared on national tv shows. She has worked with some of the best musicians in the recording industry at studios such as Ocean Way, Watershed, Layman Drug Co.,Warner Bros., DRR&P, Wildwood, Sound Emporium, and Eclectic. She often works for clients such as Broadway Jr and Hal Leonard Music Express as well as various artist recording projects. Her ability to read music notation at a highly advanced level and interpret any genre or style imaginable has given her an edge in a competitive and ever changing environment.https://lindseymillerguitar.com

Episode 64: Guitarist, Lindsey Miller - Faith and Staking a Claim in Nashville

Tim Calhoun is a professional guitarist in the Nashville area and is also an adjunct professor at Trevecca Nazarene University. Born and raised in PA, where Tim started to play guitar at 13. By the time he turned 16, his impressive focus on developing his craft as a guitar player secured his position as guitarist for the Jack Windows band. This band was the tri-states busiest show band playing the Sheraton/Hilton hotel circuits. After High School, Tim left his home state of PA to attend the University of Miami majoring in Studio Music and Jazz. Toward the end of his sophomore year he had gained enough skill to allow his professors and upperclassmen to recommend him for work outside the university.  After this foundational development Tim spent the next 25+ years as both a performing guitarist and session musician in both NY City and then Nashville. Tim has shared the stage with and/or recorded with CMA, ACM, GMA and Grammy nominated/winning artist such as Jo Dee Messina, Trisha Yearwood, Kathy Trocolli, Mylon Lefevre, Ronnie McDowell, Bo Didley, The Temptations, Phil Keggy, Jon Secada, Jo-El Sonnier and many others. His guitar work has been featured on TV commercials for Coke, Kroger, Macy’s and Six Flags to name a few. Also, his productions were used for the TV show One Tree Hill and the movie Drive me Crazy (from a record he produced by the Electric Farm).  Tim has been married to his High School sweetheart for 30 years. Together they raise their two wonderful boys and attend their home church Grace Chapel in Leipers Fork, TN where Tim also serves on the worship team.

Episode 63: Tim Calhoun - Professor and Professional Guitarist

Perhaps to best understand the musical and lyrical vision of four-time Grammy winning singer Kevin Max, it is necessary to turn to the musings of Nick Cave, another great minstrel of the rock and roll scene: “In the end, I am not interested in that which I fully understand, songs I have written over the years are just a veneer. There are truths that lie beneath the surface of the words—truths that rise up without warning like the humps of a sea monster and then disappear. What writing is to me is finding a way to tempt the monster to the surface. To create a space where the creature can break through what is real and what is known to us. This shimmering space where imagination and reality intersect, this is where all love and tears and joy exist. This is where we live.” Kevin Max too lives in such an intersection of truth and mystery, creating spaces that ponder the wilderness that is the human condition. In his own words: “I challenge and test the spirits when I write, because we all have to go on that journey of understanding what we believe in over and over again.” For Kevin, like Nick Cave before him, the process of writing a song becomes a fusion of questions and observations, both from his own life and from those to whom he has born witness in his journey as a singer, a poet, an actor, a novelist. He remains a storyteller whose fountain of artistry never seems to run dry and always challenges his audience to search for meaning in their own journeys.

Episode 62: Kevin Max - Grammy Winning Singer

Chester Thompson is a renowned percussionist, highly regarded for his ability to move seamlessly between genres. Thompson’s known best for his work with Weather Report, Frank Zappa, Genesis and Phil Collins. He’s shared the stage and/or studio with notable legends such as Freddie Hubbard, Ahmad Jamal, Wayne Shorter, Rodney Franklin, Kirk Whalum, Taj Mahal & Keb’ Mo’, Michael McDonald, Santana, and many others. In 2015, The Chester Thompson Trio released their second album, Simpler Times, which rose to #4 on the JazzWeek Charts. Their first CD, Approved (2013), made a memorable first impression rising to #6 on the JazzWeek Charts. It exemplifies Thompson’s creative direction as bandleader and prompted a successful European tour. The trio formed after being hired as the rhythm section for the International Trombone Festival. They performed every Monday for a year at the Commodore Lounge near Vanderbilt in preparation for their first album. When Chester is not busy with live performances, studio recordings, clinics, writing, he teaches percussion lessons in the Greater Nashville Area. For 20 years, 1998-2018, Thompson taught applied drum lessons at the esteemed Belmont University in Nashville, TN. He is a well regarded clinician and can be found teaching classes at the Nashville Jazz Workshop. Thompson was honoured in 2008 with the Sabian Lifetime Achievement Award at the 32nd Percussive Arts Society international Convention (PASIC). This award recognizes the contributions of the most highly regarded leaders in percussion education. Born and raised in Baltimore, Chester started playing in local nightclubs at age 13. Between tours Thompson’s accomplishments brought him to live in cities including Los Angeles, London and his current home, Nashville. Chester Thompson currently endorses DW Drums, Sabian Cymbals, Regal Tip Sticks, Remo Drum Heads, Beyerdynamic Microphones and Meinl Percussion.

Episode 61: Chester Thomson - Renowned Percussionist

Rico Thomas is a guitarist who started playing from the age of 7 in LA. Currently based out of Nashville, TN he has been working in the CCM industry for many years, with some of the top recording and touring artists. Rico has enjoyed a 5 year career, recording and touring with pop star Michael Damian, and has many solo projects under his belt. Writing and Producing has also been a part of Rico’s career over the years and he has been a member of Grammy-nominated CCM group NewSong, as a guitarist/Mando/Uke/Banjo/Lap steel player. NewSong has had 20 number 1’s over the years and have founded The Winter Jam Tour and “This is Winter Jam” movie.

Episode 60: Guitarist Rico Thomas Returns

Jan Volz is a bassist and a founding member of the Contemporary Christian rock group, the 77’s. Jan was also Executive Producer at Exit Records in Sacramento, California. After more than a decade with the ’Sevens", he left the group in 1992 and relocated to Nashville, Tennessee to pursue a different course in the music business. Once in n Nashville, he started his career in Artist Management and Tour Management and Accounting, a career that he still flourishes in today.Jan has been Tour Manager for Grammy winning artist Charlie Peacock. renowned illusionist David Copperfield, Rich Mullins, Dolly Parton, Kieth Urban, Alison Krauss, and many more. He was also Tour Accountant for AEG Presents touring with Kid Rock, Brad Paisley, Bill Gaither, Reba McEntire, Kelly Clarkson, the Veggie Tales live stage show and numerous other AEG artist.In 2012, Jan became Tour Manager for Rascal Flatts, the most rewarded country artist in history, with 22 million records sold and 18 number one hits, and is preparing to embark on his eighth touring season with them starting May 16, 2019.

Episode 59: Jan Eric Volz - Bassist for the 77's

Katy Bowser Hutson is a singer, songwriter and writer. She is a founding member of Indelible Grace, co-creator of Coal Train Railroad (jazz for kids) and Rain for Roots, songs that tell God’s big story to families. Katy has just released her first collection of poetry, Now I Lay Me Down to Fight, poems written during her treatment for cancer. She is married to instrumentalist and producer Kenny Hutson and homeschools their two kiddos.http://igracemusic.com/ 

Episode 58: Katy Bowser Hutson - Songwriter, Founder Indelible Grace

Sandra McCracken is a prolific singer-songwriter and modern-day hymn writer whose songs like “We Will Feast In The House Of Zion,” "God’s Highway" and “Thy Mercy My God” have settled into regular rotation in churches internationally. Her music has been featured by All Sons And Daughters, ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy, Audrey Assad, Indelible Grace, BiFrost Arts, Caedmon’s Call and others. She has also been a guest contributor for The Gospel Coalition, Christianity Today, She Reads Truth, Art House America Blog, Relevant Magazine and other publications. After releasing Steadfast Live, a live CD/DVD shot at Art House in Nashville, TN in 2017, Sandra released Songs From The Valley in early 2018. This album was written during the same season as the songs from Psalms and are narrative songs, companions to David’s comforting words. They are songs of friendship, sorrow and comfort. At home in Nashville, with her two young children chiming in, Sandra contributes to Rain For Roots, producing timeless, gospel folk-songs for God’s children of all ages.  

Episode 57: Sandra McCracken - Hymn Writer

Episode 56: Erick Cole - Grammy Winning ArtistErick Cole is a professional musician, songwriter, and artist originally from Nashville. Upon graduation from Belmont University, in typical tight-knit Nashville fashion, the debut CD of Erick’s band other ended up in the ears of Christian music powerhouse dc Talk. One thing lead to another, and Erick began co-writing and recording with vocalist Kevin Max. Soon after, he toured the U.S. on dc Talk’s Solo Tour. That partnership lead to a Grammy win with their song “Be” which was on the Rock Gospel Album of the Year, ‘Solo EP’ by dc talk.Erick spent the next years touring the world with Kevin Max, as well as writing and playing on six of his solo projects. Through that relationship, he also had the opportunity to work with the renowned guitarist Adrian Belew (Frank Zappa, David Bowie, Paul Simon), co- writing and earning the title “multi-instrumentalist’ by playing the unusual instruments balalaika and theremin on Belew’s Side Two record. He toured for three and half years with artist and producer Richard Swift (also of The Shins/Black Keys/Arcs), worked on a film score at Skywalker Ranch (for the independent film Dear Mr. Cash, nominated for best score at the Nashville Film Festival), continued to play shows with Kevin Max, and toured with Brenton Brown, all while having an artistic collaboration with musician Travis Taylor in a small studio near Santa Monica, CA.Besides recording sessions for other artists, Erick also co-produced five ep’s for artist and professional skateboarder Josh Harmony, and he enjoyed a role for a few years as Music Director of Calvary Church in Pacific Palisades, California. He adds, “I enjoy everything I do, whether it’s touring, songwriting, recording. I like them all. Music can be a business like anything else, but the ability to diversify keeps it fresh.”After recently relocating back to Nashville, he has been busy songwriting, recording in his home studio, and touring; including just finishing a national tour with artist Matthew Perryman Jones.He’s quick to add that, for him, “There’s a simple joy that’s derived equally from playing guitars at home, in the studio, or in front of an audience.”

Episode 56: Erick Cole - Grammy Winning Artist

Ric Hordinski - “The rarest kind of virtuoso”For years, musicians in the know have recognized Ric Hordinski as the “guitarists’ guitarist.” For fans of acoustic music. Ric’s function as musical director (and producer) for artists like Phil Keaggy, David Wilcox, Over The Rhine and others has sometimes elevated him to a kind of underground mythic status.Ric has appeared on records with Jim James (my Morning Jacket) Bootsy Collins, Phil Keaggy, John Mayer, David Wilcox, Ben Harper, Richard Thompson, Tony Levin, Bill Kreutzmann (Grateful Dead), Victor Wooten, Victoria Williams. Robbie Fulks and many others. As a live performer he’s shared the stage with a dizzying array of musicians: Johnny Cash, Moby, Bob Dylan, My Morning Jacket, Indigo Girls, and many others. He’s produced award-winning records for a host of folks including Over The Rhine, Wilcox and Phil Keaggy. On his own, hiding behind the Monk moniker, he released six independent records that featured alternately the songwriting craft he honed during his eight years in OTR, the ambient guitar that garnered demand as a studio musician and the ear for songcraft that makes him an excellent producer. He seems to be one of the few musicians able to straddle comfortably the distance between ground-breaking avant-garde explorations (witness his association with people like David Torn) and truly beautiful pop music. Paste Music has called him ” the rarest kind of virtuoso, the kind who knows when not to play” this penchant for understatement has it’s rewards: ric received a Grammy nomination in 2003.

Episode 55: Ric Hordinski (Part 2)

Ric Hordinski"The rarest kind of virtuoso"For years, musicians in the know have recognized Ric Hordinski as the "guitarists' guitarist." For fans of acoustic music. Ric's function as musical director (and producer) for artists like Phil Keaggy, David Wilcox, Over The Rhine and others has sometimes elevated him to a kind of underground mythic status.Ric has appeared on records with Jim James (my Morning Jacket) Bootsy Collins, Phil Keaggy, John Mayer, David Wilcox, Ben Harper, Richard Thompson, Tony Levin, Bill Kreutzmann (Grateful Dead), Victor Wooten, Victoria Williams. Robbie Fulks and many others. As a live performer he’s shared the stage with a dizzying array of musicians: Johnny Cash, Moby, Bob Dylan, My Morning Jacket, Indigo Girls, and many others. He's produced award-winning records for a host of folks including Over The Rhine, Wilcox and Phil Keaggy. On his own, hiding behind the Monk moniker, he released six independent records that featured alternately the songwriting craft he honed during his eight years in OTR, the ambient guitar that garnered demand as a studio musician and the ear for songcraft that makes him an excellent producer. He seems to be one of the few musicians able to straddle comfortably the distance between ground-breaking avant-garde explorations (witness his association with people like David Torn) and truly beautiful pop music. Paste Music has called him " the rarest kind of virtuoso, the kind who knows when not to play" this penchant for understatement has it's rewards: ric received a Grammy nomination in 2003.quotes:"Hordinski shows himself to be the rarest kind of virtuoso - one who knows when not to play...and what not to play.... what makes Hordinski's music so compelling is that it transcends both notes and spaces, communicating to the listener something that transcends the literal." —Reid Davis, Pastemusic.com"...a remarkably talented & broadbanding pan-idiomatic artist, he's also proven to be a veritable dude ..." —David Torn"Ric is a painter, using the melodies of strings to communicate beautiful colors. He plays beautiful guitar." —Phil Keaggy"...complex and compelling. The melodies remain in my head while the lyrics circle in my memory. The words wear well as they leave room to dream. The message is good medicine, it makes me feel better every time." —David Wilcox"Ric Hordinski layers stark acoustic, twang grunge electric and pretty lap steel over ...confessional, confrontational vocals." —Guitar Player Magazine"Ric Hordinski plays and sounds like warm cashmere feels - and somehow performs a magic trick by keeping a luminous transparency in his production." —Rob Fetters"Listening to Hordinski at his best is like watching someone throw a really well worded fit. His work ...will leave you breathless." —Dave Canfield, Cornerstone Magazine

Episode 54: Ric Hordinski - The Guitarists' Guitarist.

Ben Pearson - "Kabul24" Documentary DirectorBen Pearson is an acclaimed photographer and filmmaker with numerous awards, honors, and gallery shows to his credit. He has made his home in Nashville for the last twenty-eight years, where he lives with his wife Elaine. Besides his long standing career as a freelance photographer Ben co-wrote and directed the cinematography for the dramatic feature The Second Chance (2006 – Sony Pictures Releasing). In the fall of 2009 Pearson made his directorial debut with the feature-length documentary Kabul 24, a riveting account of the eight Western aid workers captured and held hostage by the Taliban in the weeks prior to 9/11. In 2012 he co-wrote and directed the cinematography for the screen adaptation of the New York Times best selling memoir Blue Like Jazz. Currently Ben is working on a series of paintings for an upcoming show in Memphis in 2019.

Episode 53: Ben Pearson - "Kabul24" Documentary Director

Episode 52: Coffee Jones - Grammy-Nominated Hip Hop ArtistHear more shows like this at https://entertalkradio.com/intersectCoffee Jones is a 2 time grammy nominated 5 time Dove Award winner with over 800,000 albums sold.0His platinum single OOH AHh was featured in The Fast and Furious Tokyo Drift, Big Momma's House 2 starring Martin Lawrence, and Mtv's The Buried Life...The GRITS song "Here We Go" was featured in the Jack Nicholson movie Something's Gotta Give.Social Media:fB/IG: officialgrits

Episode 52: Coffee Jones - Grammy-Nominated Hip Hop Artist

INTERSECT is a radio interview program that showcases interviews with musicians who were once/or still are prominent Christian music artist, discussing how their encounter with Christ not only influenced the direction and intent of their music, but also the direction and intent of their individual lives. The shows will be interesting, entertaining and inspirational as we learn how these musicians started, their experiences along the way and where they are now as artist and people.<br /><br />Aaron “The A-Train” Smith is a Nashville-based drummer and percussionist.<br />At the age of 20, Aaron Smith played drums on The Temptations‘ Grammy-Winning megahit “Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone“, and recorded with Ray Charles as well. In the fall of 1974, Smith toured with Czechoslovakian bassist Miroslav Vitouš in support of Miroslav’s Warner Bros. release Magical Shepherd. After that he studied under jazz drummer Alan Dawson in Boston, from there moving to San Francisco where he was a co-founder of the power funk trio Peter Bilt. From there he went on to join, Romeo Void, The 77s and Rich Mullins‘s A Ragamuffin Band.<br />Smith has recorded, performed and toured with dozens of other artists over the years, including Jimmy Abegg, Michael W. Smith, Margaret Becker, Vector, and many more. An autographed pair of Smith’s drumsticks can be found in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, next to a pair of sticks used by Beatles drummer Ringo Starr.

INTERSECT is a radio interview program that showcases interviews with musicians who were once/or still are prominent Christian music artist, discussing how their encounter with Christ not only influenced the direction and intent of their music, but also the direction and intent of their individual lives. The shows will be interesting, entertaining and inspirational as we learn how these musicians started, their experiences along the way and where they are now as artist and people.Aaron “The A-Train” Smith is a Nashville-based drummer and percussionist.At the age of 20, Aaron Smith played drums on The Temptations‘ Grammy-Winning megahit “Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone“, and recorded with Ray Charles as well. In the fall of 1974, Smith toured with Czechoslovakian bassist Miroslav Vitouš in support of Miroslav’s Warner Bros. release Magical Shepherd. After that he studied under jazz drummer Alan Dawson in Boston, from there moving to San Francisco where he was a co-founder of the power funk trio Peter Bilt. From there he went on to join, Romeo Void, The 77s and Rich Mullins‘s A Ragamuffin Band.Smith has recorded, performed and toured with dozens of other artists over the years, including Jimmy Abegg, Michael W. Smith, Margaret Becker, Vector, and many more. An autographed pair of Smith’s drumsticks can be found in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, next to a pair of sticks used by Beatles drummer Ringo Starr.

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