Indie Insider

Indie Insider

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Indie Insider episodes

  • Ep 3: Independent Record Deals

    Charlotte Carpenter from Babywoman Records talks to Big Indie Records all about independent record deals. How many times have you say records in one sentence? Wow. Are you a DIY artist wondering about your next move? Do you want to get signed? Aaron Watts from Big Indie talks to us about what they're up too and when is the right time for an artist to think about that move. 

    Follow Charlotte Carpenter

    https://www.instagram.com/ccarpentermusic

    Follow Babywoman Records

    https://www.instagram.com/babywomanrecords

    Check out Big Indie

    https://www.bigindie.com/

    Follow Aaron Watts 

    https://www.instagram.com/aaronwatts147

    The music in this episode is by Orla Gartland and it's the instrumental to her newest single 'More Like You' - check it out!


    57 min
  • Ep 2: Making Money From Music In 2021

    Join Charlotte Carpenter from Babywoman Records talk about some ways you can make some money from music in 2021. With yet another year looking pretty bleak for touring and streaming royalties looking the same, how can we make some money? This episode explores ways you can utilise Bandcamp Friday, joining Patreon and things to consider when creating your tiers, how you should treat virtual gigs like real gigs and a chat with Amy from Sunflower Thieves about ways of getting savvy with merchandise. 

    Follow Charlotte

    https://www.instagram.com/ccarpentermusic

    Follow Babywoman Records

    https://www.instagram.com/babywomanrecords

    Follow Sunflower Thieves

    https://www.instagram.com/sunflowerthieves

    Discover Patreon

    https://www.patreon.com

    Discover Bandcamp 

    https://bandcamp.com/

    https://daily.bandcamp.com/features/bandcamp-fridays-2021


    40 min
  • Ep 1: Orla Gartland

    Charlotte Carpenter from Babywoman Records talks to Orla Gartland about her journey in music from working with different producers, her patrons, co-writing and why being an independent artist gives you so much more control. Join Charlotte as she speaks to one of the leading names amongst independent artists today. 

    Follow Charlotte 

    https://www.instagram.com/ccarpentermusic

    Follow Babywoman Records

    https://www.instagram.com/babywomanrecords

    Follow Orla Gartland

    https://www.instagram.com/orlagartland

    The music used in today's episode is 'More Like You' from Orla Gartland


    58 min
  • Ep. 20: Changing Your Mind

    Charlotte Carpenter from Babywoman Records closes season 1 of Indie Insider with the topic of changing your mind. Why do we, as artists, feel so compelled to stay down one path? Are we stumping our own growth? 

    This is the podcast for artists, by artists. 

    Follow Charlotte 

    https://www.instagram.com/ccarpentermusic

    Follow Babywoman Records

    https://www.instagram.com/babywomanrecords

    12 min
  • Ep. 19: How To Boss Your Soundcheck with Matthew Daly

    How To Boss Your Soundcheck with Matthew Daly

    Charlotte Carpenter from Babywoman Records talk to Matthew Daly about being a sound engineer! Have you been intimidated by sound checks? Have you spent the entire time not really knowing what to say to get it right? This episode explores what we can do, as artists, to make it all a little more painless. 

    Follow Charlotte Carpenter

    https://www.instagram.com/ccarpentermusic

    Follow Babywoman Records

    https://www.instagram.com/babywomanrecords

    Follow Matthew Daly

    https://www.instagram.com/matthewdebdaly


    1 hr 12 min
  • Ep. 18: Myths Of Playlisting

    Myths Of Playlisting

    Charlotte Carpenter from Babywoman Records shares her thoughts on streaming playlists and how musicians should avoid judging their own art by numbers. This is an opinion. None of this is factual. This is simply one artist airing some views and maybe some of you will resonate. 

    Follow Charlotte here

    https://www.instragam.com/ccarpentermusic

    Follow Babywoman Records here

    https://www.instagram.com/babywomanrecords


    30 min
  • Ep. 17: In Conversation with Roxanne de Bastion

    Charlotte Carpenter from Babywoman Records hosts Indie Insider. The podcast for artists, by artists. In this weeks episode Charlotte has some DMC with fellow independent singer/songwriter Roxanne de Bastion. This episode is a deep dive into a whole host of indie musician musings including expectations vs reality, struggles with the sound engineer and some insider scoop into the FAC (Featured Artists Coalition). Make a brew and join in. 

    Follow Charlotte here

    https://www.instagram.com/ccarpentermusic/

    Follow Babywoman Records here

    https://www.instagram.com/babywomanrecords

    Follow Roxanne here

    https://www.instagram.com/roxannemusic

    Check out FAC here 

    https://thefac.org/


    1 hr 25 min
  • Ep. 16: Why Aren't We Celebrating?

    Charlotte Carpenter from Babywoman Records explores why, as artists, we are so terrible at celebrating our achievements? This episode explores the idea of setting realistic expectations and taking yourself less seriously. 

    Follow Charlotte Carpenter

    https://www.instagram.com/ccarpentermusic/

    Follow Babywoman Records

    https://www.instagram.com/babywomanrecords/

    Buy your life balance journal

    https://www.sighh.co/products/daily-balance-a5-desk-pad

    20 min
  • Ep. 15: Music & Parenthood with Hazel Wilde (Lanterns On The Lake)

    Music & Parenthood with Hazel Wilde (Lanterns On The Lake)

    Charlotte Carpenter from Babywoman Records talks to Hazel Wilde from Lanterns On The Lake about what it takes to be a woman in music as well as a mother. Spoiler: you can have it all. 

    Follow Charlotte Carpenter

    https://www.instagram.com/ccarpentermusic/

    Follow Babywoman Records

    https://www.instagram.com/babywomanrecords/

    Follow Hazel

    https://www.instagram.com/hazel.wilde/

    Follow Lanterns On The Lake

    https://www.instagram.com/lanternsonthelake/

    30 min
  • Ep. 14: Luck Doesn't Exist

    Luck Doesn't Exist

    Charlotte Carpenter from Babywoman Records talks about the danger of the word luck. Do you often hear the phrase  "All you need is a little bit of luck."? Charlotte shares her ideas on why luck doesn't exist within the music industry and how you can use this mindset to better your work ethic. 

    This is the podcast by artists, for artists.

    Follow Charlotte Carpenter

    https://www.instagram.com/ccarpentermusic/

    Follow Babywoman Records

    https://www.instagram.com/babywomanrecords

    Watch the trailer for Joy 

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uR-2TiQVY-k


    16 min

About Indie Insider

From the publisher's feed

Hosted by Charlotte Carpenter from Babywoman Records, Indie Insider is a deep dive podcast into the independent music industry. In these podcasts Charlotte interviews artists, industry pros, decision makers and shares tips, stories and experiences on being an independent musician.