How can songwriters and artists grow comfortable with not only sharing openly, but becoming comfortable monetizing their craft into a business? We're joined by Jillian Dawn to discuss the incredible year she's had, her new single "Fender Bender," and how she's learned to navigate intuition, building a business, and remaining genuine in relationships.

Groundbreaking is a FRNDLY original podcast highlighting corners of the music industry to explore the creative forces moving it forward. Hosted by singer/songwriter/entrepreneur Jake Brewer, new episodes air every Tuesday. You can support the show by subscribing on your favorite platform.

Connect with our Guest, Jillian Dawn:

Listen to "Fender Bender": http://found.ee/fenderbender

Instagram: http://instagram.com/jilliandawnmusic

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Website: ⁠⁠http://frndlymedia.com⁠⁠

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Creating a community and creating as a community are slightly different, but Danny Ross has pioneered both. As the founder of the Anti Social Camp (and the camp!), an engineer, producer, and newly a professor at Berklee NYC, Danny isn't only proving the power of collaboration in New York's indie music community, he's making it impossible to deny it. With Hulu and Apple credits to his name and now hundreds of creatives gathering at his events annually, Danny is with Groundbreaking today to discuss how he built a community that has collected billions of streams and multiple Grammys, and the mentalities as an artist, producer, and leader that are guiding him the right direction.

Groundbreaking is a FRNDLY original podcast highlighting corners of the music industry to explore the creative forces moving it forward. Hosted by singer/songwriter/entrepreneur Jake Brewer, new episodes air every Tuesday. You can support the show by subscribing on your favorite platform.

Connect with our Guest, Danny Ross:

Anti Social Producers: https://www.antisocialproducersclub.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dannyrossmusic/

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Website: ⁠http://frndlymedia.com⁠

Instagram: ⁠http://instagram.com/frndlymedia⁠

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Website: ⁠http://jakebrewer.com⁠

Instagram: ⁠http://instagram.com/jakebrewermusic⁠

TikTok: ⁠http://tiktok.com/@jakebrewermusic⁠

Pride in being an independent artist has definitely grown recently, but alongside that has also developed a doubt and frustration with standard record label practice. Do artists today still need record labels? Are record labels really trying to trick artists? How do we even begin to look at a record deal?

All of these questions are being discussed in this episode with Bucky Driedger, Label Manager at Birthday Cake Records and artist, engineer, booking agent, and more. Over an impressive career of writing, building, touring, and leading, Bucky sees the music industry from multiple perspectives - a strength and muscle he's leveraging as he steps into his latest role to help build the careers of other artists.

Groundbreaking is a FRNDLY original podcast highlighting corners of the music industry to explore the creative forces moving it forward. Hosted by singer/songwriter/entrepreneur Jake Brewer, new episodes air every Tuesday. You can support the show by subscribing on your favorite platform.

Connect with our Guest, Bucky Driedger:

Birthday Cake Records: https://birthdaycakemedia.com/

Royal Canoe: https://www.instagram.com/royalcanoe/

Explore FRNDLY:

Website: ⁠http://frndlymedia.com⁠

Instagram: ⁠http://instagram.com/frndlymedia⁠

Connect with Jake:

Website: ⁠http://jakebrewer.com⁠

Instagram: ⁠http://instagram.com/jakebrewermusic⁠

TikTok: ⁠http://tiktok.com/@jakebrewermusic⁠

The best working relationships in music have one thing in common: trust. However, it's not as easy to build it as you may think. An artist needs to trust their team often with difficult, personal decisions - and the best relationships are built on a mutual trust that takes time to develop. Today, we're meeting with Nashville-based artist manager Claire Sojka to discuss how she builds trust in her working relationships, what others can do to build their own, and the evolving role of the artist manager.

Groundbreaking is a FRNDLY original podcast highlighting corners of the music industry to explore the creative forces moving it forward. Hosted by singer/songwriter/entrepreneur Jake Brewer, new episodes air every Tuesday. You can support the show by subscribing on your favorite platform.

Connect with our Guest, Claire Sojka:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/user/cksrpzirg0mvjmi63dpaqh081?si=67c661686e5e4020

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/clairesoyboy/

Explore FRNDLY:

Website: ⁠http://frndlymedia.com⁠

Instagram: ⁠http://instagram.com/frndlymedia⁠

Connect with Jake:

Website: ⁠http://jakebrewer.com⁠

Instagram: ⁠http://instagram.com/jakebrewermusic⁠

TikTok: ⁠http://tiktok.com/@jakebrewermusic⁠

Playlist curators are the new "influencers" of music - so far how does that influence go? For artists, discoverability means being playlisted, so this week we're going right to one of today's most influential curators: Sam Weisband. With Jake, Sam discusses how curators are using TikTok as a tool of their own and the realities of now working as a bridge between musician and listener.

Groundbreaking is a FRNDLY original podcast highlighting corners of the music industry to explore the creative forces moving it forward. Hosted by singer/songwriter/entrepreneur Jake Brewer, new episodes air every Tuesday. You can support the show by subscribing on your favorite platform.

Connect with our Guest, Sam Weisband:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/user/cksrpzirg0mvjmi63dpaqh081?si=67c661686e5e4020

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theweisestband/

Explore FRNDLY:

Website: ⁠http://frndlymedia.com⁠

Instagram: ⁠http://instagram.com/frndlymedia⁠

Connect with Jake:

Website: ⁠http://jakebrewer.com⁠

Instagram: ⁠http://instagram.com/jakebrewermusic⁠

TikTok: ⁠http://tiktok.com/@jakebrewermusic⁠

We all know it takes "a team" behind any show, and this weeks' guest Peter Fox knows that best. A producer, engineer, tour manager, and more, Peter works with all kinds of artists. With Jake, they discuss what it takes to build collaborative relationships on the road (and quickly!) and how everyone (no matter their role) can learn from the reality of tour managing.

Groundbreaking is a FRNDLY original podcast highlighting corners of the music industry to explore the creative forces moving it forward. Hosted by singer/songwriter/entrepreneur Jake Brewer, new episodes air every Tuesday. You can support the show by subscribing on your favorite platform.

Connect with our Guest, Peter Fox:

Website: ⁠http://www.peterfoxrecording.com/

Explore FRNDLY:

Website: ⁠⁠http://frndlymedia.com⁠⁠

Instagram: ⁠⁠http://instagram.com/frndlymedia⁠⁠

Connect with Jake:

Website: ⁠⁠http://jakebrewer.com⁠⁠

Instagram: ⁠⁠http://instagram.com/jakebrewermusic⁠⁠

TikTok: ⁠⁠http://tiktok.com/@jakebrewermusic⁠⁠

How does co-writing help you grow? What really goes on in a writing session? This week, Jake is joined by Nashville-based songwriter Tamara Laurel to dive into the headspace of a songwriter and discuss the realities of the evolving definition and pressures of songwriting, and the credit that sometimes those in the role don't receive.

Groundbreaking is a FRNDLY original podcast highlighting corners of the music industry to explore the creative forces moving it forward. Hosted by singer/songwriter/entrepreneur Jake Brewer, new episodes air every Tuesday. You can support the show by subscribing on your favorite platform.

Connect with Tamara:

Instagram: http://instagram.com/tamralaurel

Explore FRNDLY:

Website: http://frndlymedia.com

Instagram: http://instagram.com/frndlymedia

Connect with Jake:

Website: http://jakebrewer.com

Instagram: http://instagram.com/jakebrewermusic

TikTok: http://tiktok.com/@jakebrewermusic

Are your future "favorite songs" already picked? If they are, Kasey has them. This week, Jake is joined by the creator of Kaseys Playlist, Kasey Gelsomino, to explore how she built her brand as a music curator, what platforms and labels should and are doing in reaction to the rise of the new "influencers of music," and how she's already pushing the curator role into new areas to support creatives all of all kinds.

Groundbreaking is a FRNDLY original podcast highlighting corners of the music industry to explore the creative forces moving it forward. Hosted by singer/songwriter/entrepreneur Jake Brewer, new episodes air every Tuesday. You can support the show by subscribing on your favorite platform.

Connect with our Guest, Kasey Gelsomino:

Spotify Playlists: https://open.spotify.com/user/kngelsomino?si=7e9ec97ba5b4432f

Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/kaseys.playlist

https://www.instagram.com/kasey_gelsomino

Explore FRNDLY:

Website: ⁠http://frndlymedia.com⁠

Instagram: ⁠http://instagram.com/frndlymedia⁠

Connect with Jake:

Website: ⁠http://jakebrewer.com⁠

Instagram: ⁠http://instagram.com/jakebrewermusic⁠

TikTok: ⁠http://tiktok.com/@jakebrewermusic⁠

Sometimes, creativity can be isolating. But often, creativity is best enjoyed with community... so where does the balance exist? In an industry so crowded, why is it hard to find community? Are we looking in the right place, or does it just not exist?

Today, we're sitting down with Lindsey Lerner, Host of Learning with Lerner and Founder of the Mobile Social Club, to discuss why people need community and how we're sometimes preventing it. Lindsey, also a tour manager, has traveled the country and shares the lessons learned from close relationships and how she builds community based not only on commonality.

Groundbreaking is a FRNDLY original podcast highlighting corners of the music industry to explore the creative forces moving it forward. Hosted by singer/songwriter/entrepreneur Jake Brewer, new episodes air every Tuesday. You can support the show by subscribing on your favorite platform.

Connect with our Guest, Lindsey Lerner:

Learning with Lerner: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/learningwithlerner

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lindseylerner/

Explore FRNDLY:

Website: ⁠http://frndlymedia.com⁠

Instagram: ⁠http://instagram.com/frndlymedia⁠

Connect with Jake:

Website: ⁠http://jakebrewer.com⁠

Instagram: ⁠http://instagram.com/jakebrewermusic⁠

TikTok: ⁠http://tiktok.com/@jakebrewermusic⁠

Groundbreaking is a FRNDLY original podcast celebrating and sharing the stories of young creatives across the music industry embarking on their own journeys in an effort to bring more aspects of music business to listeners. Each episode we feature a new up-and-comer, discuss their work, and make sure we leave you with a takeaway, too. New episodes air every Tuesday beginning August 1, 2023.

Connect with FRNDLY:

Website: http://frndlymedia.com

Instagram: ⁠http://instagram.com/frndlymedia

Connect with Jake:

Website: ⁠http://jakebrewer.com

Instagram: ⁠⁠http://instagram.com/jakebrewermusic

TikTok: http://tiktok.com/@jakebrewermusic