Bill Schneider is a CA Bay Area based musician and band manager who has been involved with the SF music scene since the late 80’s. Not only has Bill played in bands such as Pinhead Gunpowder, The Influents, and Dead Sound, Bill has worked as a premier amp/ guitar technician (Joe Satriani, Green Day), managed multiple music shops (Broken Guitars, Black Market Music, Univibe), and is now working as a part of the management team for the legendary Green Day. Bill has played an integral part of de...
31 Mar 2026
Episode 9 - Richard Hoover
In this episode of Soundwall we interview Richard Hoover, the founder and Head Luthier of Santa Cruz Guitar Company. We discuss Richard's beginnings as a luthier, his philosophy on how to build the best sounding acoustic guitar, and the 50th anniversary of Santa Cruz Guitar Company.
10 Mar 2026
Episode 8 - Chris Dugan
Chris Dugan is a grammy winning recording engineer from Northern California. Although Chris is most known for his recordings and live Audio/Video productions with Green Day, he is a highly sought after engineer and mixer who has worked with the likes of Weezer, Alanis Morrisette, Fall Out Boy, Gaslight Anthem, Matt Nathanson, and Charger. In this Episode of Soundwall, we discuss going from recording in garages to major studios, great microphones that don’t break the bank, using plugins, and...
17 Feb 2026
Episode 7 - David Victor
David Victor is an amazing musician from the Ca East Bay Area. Although he is best known for Recording and Touring with Boston, David has committed his life to a host of other musical endeavors. In this episode, we discuss David’s journey to playing arena shows, his charitable work in “Harmony and Healing”, and starting protributebands.com
3 Feb 2026
Episode 6 - Andy Powers
In Episode 6, Adam interviews Andy Powers. Andy is CEO, President, and Chief Guitar Designer at Taylor Guitars in El Cajon, CA. Andy recently created Powers Electric, featuring a brand new electric guitar called the "A-Type", which has been an incredibly popular guitar at Danville Music! In this interview Andy discusses his beginnings tinkering in his Father's garage, making a living doing guitar repair, how he became an integral part of Taylor Guitars, and the process of creating a bra...
27 Jan 2026
Episode 5 - David Benson Part 2
In this episode, Adam interviews David Benson. David Benson is an incredibly talented musician, producer, and engineer hailing from California. His impressive list of artist he's worked with include Michael Jackson, Don Henley, Barry Manilow, Stevie Nicks, Barbara Streisand, and many, many more. His story was so interesting, we had to break the podcast into 2 parts. In Part 2, David discusses being a producer for American Idol, Clive Davis, and the television productions he's currently wor...
6 Jan 2026
Episode 4 - David Benson Part 1
In Episode 4, Adam interviews David Benson. David Benson is an incredibly talented musician, producer, and engineer hailing from California. His impressive list of artist he's worked with include Michael Jackson, Don Henley, Barry Manilow, Stevie Nicks, Barbara Streisand, and many, many more. His story was so interesting, we had to break the podcast into 2 parts. In Part 1, Dave discuss his musical beginnings, his experiences as a keyboard tech and stage manager, starting a record label in Ru...
11 Dec 2025
Episode 3 - Guitars for Vets
This episode is an interview with Mike Kelly and Mark Yowe. Mike and Mark volunteer for Guitars for Vets in Martinez, California. Guitars for Vets (G4V) is a non-profit organizarion that serves at-risk United States Veterans impacted by PTSD and other service-related trauma. Through their unique, 10-week structured guitar instruction program, we put the healing power of music in the hands of our nation’s heroes, helping to foster renewal, connection and community. Visit guitars4vets.org for ...
25 Nov 2025
Episode 2 - Jeff Tamelier
Jeff Tamelier is an established artist, musician, producer, and educator who has enjoyed playing with and producing artists from all walks of life, including Alternative, Country, Rock, Funk, Hip-Hop, R&B, Smooth Jazz, and Techno. Jeff has performed and toured as lead guitarist for Tony Lindsay, Eddie Money, Tower of Power and with Mickey Thomas and ‘Starship’, while endorsing Dunlop, Fender, and Monster Cable. He learned the fundamentals of playing guitar at age 9 from blind teache...
7 Nov 2025
Episode 1 - John Lucasey
As founder of the legendary Studio 880 in Oakland, John hosted recordings for Green Day, Beyoncé, The Killers, The Black Keys, and countless others. He led Walmart Soundcheck as Director of Audio Production, producing national concert events and helping define the corporate concert experience. John was responsible for personally mixing for artists like Beyonce, Bruno Mars, Keith Urban and many more for the in store and online releases of this series.. He’s also designed permanent sound system...
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