{"id":6113,"date":"2015-03-12T13:10:22","date_gmt":"2015-03-12T18:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/audiotheme.com\/?p=6113"},"modified":"2022-11-25T14:17:08","modified_gmt":"2022-11-25T20:17:08","slug":"pat-mcgee-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/audiotheme.com\/blog\/pat-mcgee-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Pat McGee: New Album, Studio Legends, and Musician Advice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">We recently had the opportunity to chat with Virginia-bred and Rhode Island-based singer\/songwriter Pat McGee. Pat&#8217;s latest album is his 10th effort, and includes tracks with studio legends Russ Kunkel, Leland Sklar, Waddy Wachtel, Danny Kortchmar, and Jeff Pevar.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the studio details, Pat also discussed how he crowdfunded the album, his yearly self-hosted music festival, what he likes most about his AudioTheme website, and his best advice for musicians trying to make a name for themselves.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>Listen to the interview:<\/h2>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6113-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/audiotheme.com\/content\/uploads\/Pat-McGee-AudioTheme-Interview.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/audiotheme.com\/content\/uploads\/Pat-McGee-AudioTheme-Interview.mp3\">https:\/\/audiotheme.com\/content\/uploads\/Pat-McGee-AudioTheme-Interview.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>To learn more about Pat, visit his brand new website running on <a href=\"https:\/\/audiotheme.com\/view\/nowell\/\" title=\"Nowell\">Nowell<\/a> at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.patmcgee.net\">PatMcGee.net<\/a>. You&#8217;ll find more information on Down the Hatch and can pre-order his new self-titled album set for release on May 15th. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We recently had the opportunity to chat with Virginia-bred and Rhode Island-based singer\/songwriter Pat McGee. Pat&#8217;s latest album is his 10th effort, and includes tracks with studio legends Russ Kunkel, Leland Sklar, Waddy Wachtel, Danny Kortchmar, and Jeff Pevar. In addition to the studio details, Pat also discussed how he crowdfunded the album, his yearly &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/audiotheme.com\/blog\/pat-mcgee-interview\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":941,"featured_media":8297,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6113","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chatter","8":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Pat McGee: New Album, Studio Legends, and Musician Advice<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"We recently had the opportunity to chat with Virginia-bred and Rhode Island-based singer\/songwriter Pat McGee. 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