Left Of Nashville: A Music Documentary |DIY| Songwriting| Indie Music

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Documentary where a struggling songwriter learns from hit writers for Tim McGraw and Kenny Chesney and entrepreneurs (Seth Godin). Follow this roller coaster journey of one man's attempt to make a living with his music. Hosted by Brandon Barnett.

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07.02.2021 Left Of Nashville-Vignette Episode: Hunter Cross Meet Musician Hunter Cross in a new venture I have started--Left Of Nashville-Podcasts For Business I am creating podcast episodes for business owners, non-profits and creatives to better connect with their audience. Contact: [email protected]
01.28.2017 Left Of Nashville Season 3 New Intro The new intro for Season 3 of LON. New Sound, New Stories, Same Struggle
10.19.2016 Bonus Episode: Side Hustle-Voice Over/Music Project Sometimes, we have to do other things to pay the bills until our dreams become a reality. If we have enough self-awareness, we might be able to make some "get by" money implementing the skills we have learned as we ...
09.26.2016 Searching For Ghosts: The Disappearance Of Cayce Lynn McDaniel-Promo (New Series From LON Podcast Network) From the creator of Left Of Nashville: Teaser from the upcoming podcast Searching For Ghosts: The Disappearance Of Cayce Lynn McDaniel. Milan, Tennessee is a town of about 8,000 people. It is located in the Western part of the state, ...
09.15.2016 Bonus Episode: Americana Music Triangle-There's Something In The Water Here Aubrey Preston is a musician,philanthropist, business man and developer from Leiper's Fork. You may know him best as the man who saved RCA Studio A in the eleventh hour. He has brought back the town of Leiper's Fork and made ...
08.07.2016 LON Special Report: June 30, 2016-The Day The Music Died? Ep.2 The DOJ v. Joe Songwriter with Bart Herbison of NSAI In this episode, we hear from Bart Herbison, the Executive Director of Nashville Songwriters Association International or (NSAI). NSAI is a not-for-profit trade organization for songwriters with chapters all over the world. Bart talks about the recent DOJ ruling concerning ...
07.28.2016 SPECIAL REPORT: June 30, 2016: The Day The Music Died? The DOJ v Joe Songwriter, Ep.1 Sarah Schuberth, Esq. (Music Law Chick) Jonathan Singleton-The Getaway Brandon Barnett-Your Everloving Arms Department Of Justice Contact Page Article I, Section 8, Clause 8 of the United States Constitution reads as follows: “To promote the progress of science and useful ...
06.24.2016 GENESIS: Outtakes From The Birth Of Left Of Nashville:Bonus Episode Special episode with outtakes of the birth of Left Of Nashville. Including never heard footage of the co-write with Jonathan Singleton where we almost made the chorus the verse. Left Of Nashville
06.13.2016 New Song In-betweenisode: Make Believe Here's a bonus episode featuring my latest recording, 'Make Believe.' Enjoy! Left Of Nashville
05.09.2016 Season 2, Ep.21:FINALE EPISODE-A Time To Read The Writing on the Wall And Become What You Are As creative entrepreneurs, we are blessed with many ideas. We have project ideas pop into our heads while we are in the shower or mowing the yard. This can be a beautiful thing. But it is also a double edged ...
05.03.2016 Season 2, Ep.20: Losing My Mojo, Procrastination and Utterly Failing With The Song A Week Project…Or Did I?--Yours & Mine It’s been about four weeks since I last released an episode of Left Of Nashville. So What happened? Well, the short answer is Everything and nothing. I had to get my taxes done. I live on nine acres and it’s ...
04.07.2016 Season 2, Ep.19: The Song A Week (Sort Of) Experiment--Behind The Scenes This is the first time in 19 weeks that I have not made my deadline of releasing the podcast late Sunday night/early Monday morning. And I beat myself up about it for a couple of days. It put me in ...
03.27.2016 Season 2, Ep.18: The Song A Week Experiment--Any Other Way For my next collection of songs, I wanted them to be even more stripped down than the Left Of Nashville EP if that’s even possible. Simplicity is beautiful. And honesty is simple. But that doesn’t mean that honesty is easy. ...
03.20.2016 Season 2, Ep.17--The Final Act Of Season 2: A Time To Pivot Let me start out this one by giving you a little bit of an inside look at the production side of Left Of Nashville. When I begin a season, I try to have some episodes banked to relieve some of ...
03.13.2016 Season 2, Ep.16: Dealing With Rejection Without Burning Bridges: The Pivot Hack This topic will tie a nice little bow on some of the things I have covered in previous episodes such as networking, finding our tribe, having multiple things going, doing things/telling people and picking yourself. In order to be able ...
03.06.2016 Season 2, Ep.15: Pick Me! Pick Me! A Look At Dating From The Left Of Nashville In this episode of Left Of Nashville, I talk about the struggles of dating when you're a musician on the come up. I’m six months out of my previous relationship and I’ve been out and about. And I’ve met some ...
02.28.2016 Season 2, Ep.14: We Are The Music Makers In the last episode of Left Of Nashville, I talked about Kevin Kelly’s blog '1,000 True Fans.’ It’s basically the theory that an artist can make a pretty nice living from 1,000 fans who will purchase everything that they produce. ...
02.21.2016 Season 2, Ep.13: 1,000 True Fans--The Market Has Changed In the last episode of Left Of Nashville, Brent Baxter talked about how everything has changed in this age of Spotify as it pertains to publishing deals in Nashville. Songwriters are either hugely successful or they don’t make enough to ...
02.14.2016 LON EP.12: Brent Baxter From Man Vs. Row—The Truth About Publishing Deals In Today’s World and The Multi-Hyphenate Songwriter Brent Baxter is a Nashville songwriter with cuts by Randy Travis, Lady Antebellum, Joe Nichols, Ray Stevens and most notably, the top five hit 'Monday Morning Church' for Alan Jackson. He is also a songwriting coach and his blog “Man ...
02.08.2016 Season 2, Ep.11: Still Crazy After All These Years--The War Of Time And Money In this episode, Brandon talks about the balance of having enough time and money to pursue one's dream. An unexpected job offer causes him to reflect on the past two years. Brandon talks about he left his career two years ...
01.31.2016 Season 2, Ep.10: The SOSstudio Experiment: L.A. Time Pt.2 In this episode, Jordan Woods-Robinson discusses the various services offered by SOSstudio. He explains how his recording service began as a personal project to write, record and release one song per week. He covers how the recording process works as ...
01.24.2016 Season 2, Ep.9: The SOSstudio Experiment: L.A. Time Pt.1 In this episode, Brandon takes Jordan Woods-Robinson, head of SOSstudio, up on his offer to record one of his songs. Brandon picks 'L.A. Time' which is a mainstream country song that he has been wanting to demo for some time. ...
01.17.2016 Season 2, Ep.8 Your Network Is Your Net Worth: How Not To Become The People In Episode 7 In this episode, Brandon discusses the difference between networking and using people. Thanks to this internet age of instant connectivity, the culture of networking has changed. With it being easier to contact complete and total strangers, successful people have their ...
01.10.2016 Season 2, Ep.7: In A Town This Size-Users and Trash Talkers In probably one of the most revealing episodes of Left Of Nashville to date, Brandon talks with Lauren Pritchard (LOLO) about users and trash talkers. After word got out that Lauren was going to be featured in Season 3 of ...
01.03.2016 Season 2, Ep.6 Crabs In A Bucket: You Are The Average Of The Five People You Associate With With the new year upon us, it is important to evaluate where we are versus where we want to be. This episode expounds on the Jim Rohn quote that states that "We are the average of the five people we ...
12.27.2015 Season 2, Ep.5 Sign On The Dotted Line--Licensing Deals and Impostor Syndrome: Faking It Until You Make It In this episode, Brandon talks about "Impostor Syndrome," the belief that we all have that we are not worthy when it comes to actualizing our dreams. He asks friends of his (Jonathan Singleton, Marty Dodson and Lauren Pritchard) who have ...
12.20.2015 LON Season 2, EP.4: Anatomy Of A Song: Your Everloving Arms In this episode, Brandon shamelessly rips off one of his favorite podcasts, "Song Exploder." Brandon dissects 'Your Everloving Arms' from both the writing and recording perspectives. A few years back, he found himself holed up in his house after his ...
12.13.2015 LON Season 2, Ep.3: Taylor Swift, Destin(y), & The Waiting Is The Hardest Part In this episode, Brandon discusses how patience is necessary in the music business. Yes Tom Petty, the waiting is the hardest part. Songs on modern country radio are on average, two years old before they are released. After a year ...
12.06.2015 Left Of Nashville: Season 2, Ep.2 "Let's Mix It Up!" In this episode, Brandon talks about the power that we all have in today’s age of technology. We have access to better yet less expensive tools than the Beatles had when they were at the top of their game. The ...
11.30.2015 Season 2 DEBUT Ep.1 It Takes A Damn Village In the Season 2 Premiere, Brandon talks about going completely broke, losing his girlfriend because of the hardships of choosing this journey and how Episode 9 of Season 1 almost never happened. Brandon has made himself unemployable. He has to ...
05.26.2015 Left Of Nashville Ep.9 Where Things Stand--A Look Into Overwhelm In the season finale, Brandon talks about being spread too thin and gives an update on where things are, including the Americana Music Triangle Project. Your Everloving Arms--Brandon Barnett (Intro music to LON) Man Who Tries--Brandon Barnett (Outro music for ...
05.18.2015 Left Of Nashville Ep.8 I'm Goin' To Jackson, Pt.2--A Look Into How Difficult Or Easy It Can Be For Decision Makers To Listen To Your Ideas Part 2 of a series, where Brandon continues to find a way to tie Americana Music Triangle to the burgeoning music scene happening now. Brandon eats a healthy dose of crow, going to the Jackson Area Chamber of Commerce. It ...
05.10.2015 Left Of Nashville Ep. 7 I'm Goin' To Jackson Pt.1--A Look Into The Americana Music Triangle And How It Relates To Left Of Nashville Brandon takes another long shot, this time, trying to secure gigs in his hometown of Jackson, Tn. He is wanting to use Left Of Nashville to help promote Americana Music Triangle, which he hopes will shine on a light some ...
05.03.2015 Left Of Nashville Ep.6 Connect The Dots, La, La, La, La--Dissecting Steve Jobs' Theory Of Connecting The Dots From Your Past To Help Get Through The Dip In the episode, Brandon retraces his steps to illustrate how little decisions can turn into big opportunities. Brandon used being an Uber driver to his advantage, getting a music video shot, and getting 'The State I'm In' over to Sony ...
04.26.2015 Left Of Nashville Ep. 5 Skinny Dipping--Entrepreneur Seth Godin Explains "The Dip" And How It Relates To The Music Business What does entrepreneurial startup-mastermind, Seth Godin, have to do with you making music? More than you might think. Hear Seth speak on "The Dip," which is when we as creatives think all is lost. Working through "The Dip" is what ...
04.19.2015 Left Of Nashville Ep. 4 Network News--Hit Songwriters Marty Dodson (Kenny Chesney, Billy Currington) & Jonathan Singleton (Tim McGraw, Josh Turner) Explain Networking In Nashville Brandon discusses what to do and what not to do when it comes to networking in Nashville. Hit writers Jonathan Singleton (Watching Airplanes, Diamond Rings and Old Barstools), and Marty Dodson (Let Me Down Easy, Everybody Wants To Go To ...
04.12.2015 Left Of Nashville Ep.3 Let's Write A Hit!--A Rare Look Into The Songwriting Room With Jonathan Singleton (Gary Allan, Tim McGraw, David Nail, Tyler Farr) In Episode 3, go behind the scenes into the writing room with hit Nashville songwriter, Jonathan Singleton (Gary Allan, David Nail, Tim McGraw), and learn how Brandon got the opportunity to write with him. Resources: Water Liars: http://www.waterliarsmusic.com/ , https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/water-liars/id779642997 ...
04.06.2015 Left Of Nashville Ep.2 You Only Know What You Know--Learn From My Mistakes In Sync Placements/Music Licensing In this episode, Brandon makes a rookie mistake as it pertains to getting his music licensed with a publishing company in Los Angeles. Brandon relays some tips he has received on whether or not to record music himself, and why ...
03.30.2015 Left Of Nashville Ep.1 Am I Crazy?--Insight Into Defeating Self-Talk And Societal Pressures When One Decides To Leave A Job Of "Financial Security" A documentary-style podcast that showcases the ups and downs of trying to make a living in music from the left of Nashville. Hosted by Brandon Barnett. In the debut episode of Left Of Nashville, Brandon takes you on a journey ...