Anna Brinker has recently self-released an album, Lessons I've Learned, on all streaming platforms. We love her idea to put out this acoustic project, and in this episode we asked her to share how she did it. She also had a cool marketing approach for the release. 

Anna is "A small-town Arkansas girl chasing her dream of playing the Ryman someday." 

You can find Anna Brinker's info on her website: www.annabrinker.com

In this episode, we interview Grace Stormont. Cliff and Grace wrote a duet together, "Middle Ground", and it releases on October 28, 2022. We love Grace and her career has wonderful momentum. She has has 10 career nominations with the Arkansas Country Music Awards. She won the 2020 Acoustic Act of the Year and Song of the Year for "On Your Own". She also won 2021 Americana Artist of the Year and Album of the Year for "On Your Own".

We are honored to know and work with Grace. 

Follow her GRACE STORMONT FACEBOOK

Don't miss out on the chance to join our Entertainers Academy in our beta launch. Listen to this episode to hear what we have up our sleeves!

#independentartists #musicbusiness #musicindustry

In this episode, we are excited to share the news of our Entertainers Academy we are launching and providing resources to fellow artists on how to have a profitable and successful music career.  From songwriting and release, to marketing, and what we know to be the greatest way to make money in the music business - doing cover shows. Who wouldn't want to grow your fanbase, travel the world, hone your performance skills all while making a great living. 

Listen now and check out our www.instagram.com/cliffandsusan click on the link in bio and follow the resources we have there!

Website coming soon:  www.entertainersacademy.com

Mathew Pruss knew Cliff before Susan met him. Susan knew Mathew before Cliff met her. He introduced us! Mathew is the Deputy Director of NAMI Arkansas, and most importantly a dear friend whose mission is to "End The Stigma" of Mental Illness. We sat down with Mathew and told our story then transitioned into mental illness awareness and Susan's struggles with it. Join us in a very candid and open discussion. We'll have you laughing, thinking, and learning why we think it's important to talk about mental health.

Today I [Susan] sat down with Abbie Gunther, a dear friend and rockstar event planner here in Little Rock, Arkansas.  Abbie is the Event Manager with the Arkansas Times, and we chatted about all of the events she has throughout the year. This will give you a behind-the-scenes view of how we plan events.

Yadaloo Music & Arts Festival is proud to have worked with the Arkansas Times, and we will be helping promote the upcoming Tacos & Tequila event in North Little Rock on May 12 from 6:00 - 8:00 PM. 

Abbie is a super-connector, and we are so thankful for her involvement and hard work to bring fun events to our community.

Follow her Instagram - www.instagram.com/eventsbyabbie

Our friend and fellow chamber member, Chad Williams, with Computer Hut, came in today to our studio and we chatted about the importance of being a chamber member in your city. Listen to us talk about how we leveraged our membership and grew relationships in our community, which is one of the reasons our Yadaloo Music & Arts Festival has been a success. 

Chad is a great guy, and we are so thankful for his support and work he does in our community and our great state of Arkansas.

Check out Computer Hut at www.comphut.com. 

In this episode, we begin by talking about what A&R/Labels look for when finding artists to sign in 2022 based on what our friend and industry expert, Bobby Borg, just posted on his latest YouTube video: https://youtu.be/zad1oRnjESk.

There were 3 tips on what labels look for, and not surprisingly, but super exciting for us to hear was one of them is HAVING A GREAT LIVE SHOW.

So, in the episode we focus on how much money you can make with live shows, but begin by discussing the topic: Do I Need a Label Deal in 2022?

Our philosophy? Once you've figured it out as a small business on your own, only the right deal is what you would need to catapult to the next level. You may not even need the deal.

It's been a large minute since we last recorded a podcast. This is our first ever video podcast. That means we have a video of this podcast you can find on our Cliff & Susan Youtube, Facebook, and Instagram channels. Today we focused on The Pulaski County Fair. Susan was up at dawn to be on KARK4 NEWS to promote the upcoming fair next week. 

Learn more about the fair at www.thepulaskicountyfair.com.

It's a lot. Just listen!  :) All of our projects we've been working on in the past 6 weeks broken down into 30 min. Follow us at www.facebook.com/cliffandsusan