Making It with Chris G.

Kohrey is a digital marketing strategist and expert and one of the co-founders of Brandman Network and Contrabrand Agency. His agency is focused on building artist brands with real followers with real video views, Spotify streams, and engagement across social platforms. Based in Atlanta, GA, Kohrey and his partners have been able to generate thousands to hundreds of thousands of views and streams with real people on platforms such as YouTube, SoundCloud, Facebook, Instagram, Spotify, and TikTok.

In this conversation, we discuss digital marketing, influencer marketing, promoting concerts, and how DIY artists can build powerful music brands.

To learn more about Kohrey visit https://www.contrabrand.agency/.

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Credits: Host: Chris GoyzuetaProducer: Jason TrosclairExecutive Producer: ONElive Creative Agency Music: Emily Kopp

Kendall Corso is the Co-Founder and COO of Backline. A company focused on the mental health of the people working behind the scenes of tours and festivals. Backline offers many services from referrals for counseling, courses in meditation, yoga, nutrition, support groups, and much more. Kendall got her start in the music industry in the touring and festival world and has first hand witnessed the struggle with mental health and issues such as depression, addiction, anxiety, suicide, and more.

In this conversation, we talk about signs for mental health issues, getting help, how to have open talks with your leadership, and much more.

To learn more about Kendall Corso visit https://backline.care/.

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Credits: Host: Chris GoyzuetaProducer: Jason TrosclairExecutive Producer: ONElive Creative Agency Music: Emily Kopp

Micah Davidson is the founder and CEO of Charlotte, NC based Midwood Entertainment. His company has multiple divisions in the live concert production realm. Starting as a Booking Agency whose team of agents now represent over 20 artists, and growing to producing music festivals and representing music venues as Talent Buyers across the United States. Micah has booked and produced thousands of shows throughout his career, and that comes with a lot of experience for artists and people interested in getting a career on the business side of the industry.

In this conversation, we discuss his journey, being and becoming an agent, how to get a booking agent, how to get the attention of talent buyers and venues, and much more.

To learn more about Micah Davidson visit https://midwoodentertainment.com/.

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Credits: Host: Chris GoyzuetaProducer: Jason TrosclairExecutive Producer: ONElive Creative Agency Music: Emily Kopp

Andrew Duhon is a singer-songwriter based in New Orleans, LA. His second album, 'The Moorings', was Grammy Nominated for the best-engineered album. Duhon has been touring the United States and the UK for the last decade, starting completely DIY. Since COVID-19, he learned how to quickly pivot his business, and created alternative revenue streams through live streaming and Patreon, offering a new experience and value to his fans. In this conversation, we discuss how Andrew Duhon built relationships with people at venues while on tour to further expand his touring business, going on a vacation to the UK that lead to touring the country, how he's built revenue streams with live streaming and Patreon, and much more.

To learn more about Andrew Duhon visit https://www.andrewduhon.com/.

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Credits: Host: Chris GoyzuetaProducer: Jason TrosclairExecutive Producer: ONElive Creative Agency Music: Emily Kopp

Chris Goyzueta is the host of Making It with Chris G and founder of the Making It Academy. For the 100th episode, the tables have been turned and producer Jason Trosclair interviews Chris on his journey in the music industry. We share stories and lessons from having produced and promoted over 2,500 shows with the world's biggest promoters, Live Nation and AEG Presents, and also having promoted hundreds of shows independently. You'll also learn from his experience in artist management, and adventure into teaching at Full Sail University that lead to the launch of the podcast and teaching at many other universities in Florida.

Show notes for this episode are available at http://www.makingitwithchrisg.com/podcast/100

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Credits: Host: Chris GoyzuetaProducer: Jason TrosclairExecutive Producer: ONElive Creative Agency Music: Emily Kopp

Ryan Murphy is the President of Huntsville Venue Group and Head of Amphitheaters and Venues for Venue Group. His company is currently working with the city of Huntsville, AL to design, construct, and operate the Huntsville Amphitheater, an 8,000 seat venue. Prior to working with Venue Group, Ryan was the General Manager of St. Augustine Amphitheater and Director of Cultural Events Division for St. John's County. He's also the founder of St. Augustine's Sing Out Loud Festival. Ryan has toured in Punk Rock bands, has promoted many concerts with a DIY philosophy, worked for a record label, organized festivals, and run one of the most prestigious Amphitheaters and venues in the United States.

In this episode, we talk about Ryan's journey, the importance of running a venue that's mindful of its local community, and stories from his adventures throughout his journey.

To learn more about Ryan Murphy visit https://www.venuegroup.com/ and https://www.huntsvilleamphitheater.com/.

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Credits: Host: Chris GoyzuetaProducer: Jason TrosclairExecutive Producer: ONElive Creative Agency Music: Emily Kopp

Rick Barker is one of the leaders in the DIY Musician space. He is a phenomenal speaker, music business coach, mentor, digital marketer, and content creator. Rick has over 30 years of experience in the music industry having worked at the highest level in radio, with record labels, and artist management. He's the former manager for Taylor Swift and a consultant for Sony Music. People call him the Gary Vee of the music business, because of the volume of content he shares online and the amount of impact he has on independent artists. His podcast, The Music Industry Blueprint, is one of the leading podcasts in the music business category, and he offers courses and resources to help independent musicians to get to the next level in their music career.

In this conversation, you'll learn how Rick Barker got started in the music business, his philosophies on touring, coaching, songwriting, marketing, and much more.

To learn more about Rick Barker visit https://rickbarker.com/.

Show notes for this episode with links and resources to all the things we talked about are available at http://www.makingitwithchrisg.com/podcast/098.

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Credits: Host: Chris GoyzuetaProducer: Jason TrosclairExecutive Producer: Making It AcademyMusic: Emily Kopp

Derek was a professional touring musician, who was looking for a way to release his music online. At the time, the only way artists could sell their music online was being on a major label or a label that had distribution through a major. This inspired him to the creation of CD Baby in 1997, which for the first time gave all musicians an opportunity to release their music online, and has become the biggest distributors and seller of independent music. In 2008, Derek sold CD Baby, giving the proceeds to a charitable trust for music education. Since, Derek has written several books, articles, frequent TED Speaker, has become a master programmer, philosopher, teacher, and inspiring creative thinker.

In this conversation, you'll learn about Derek's story, philosophies and strategies on how an artist can approach the music business in new and creative ways, and much more.

To learn more about Derek Sivers visit https://sivers.org.

Show notes for this episode with links and resources to all the things we talked about are available at http://www.makingitwithchrisg.com/podcast/097.

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Credits: Host: Chris GoyzuetaProducer: Jason TrosclairExecutive Producer: ONElive Creative Agency Music: Emily Kopp

Ari Herstand returns to the show with another exciting episode filled with strategies and wisdom for DIY Musicians. In December 2019, he released the 2nd Edition of his book, "How to Make It in the New Music Business," the book that's required for my Music Business 1010 students, and I recommend to all aspiring artists, managers, producers, concert promoters, record labels, or anyone that is interested to learn about the Music Business. This book goes beyond just being a great resource for musicians. It's the book everyone should read first when getting into the music industry.

To learn more about Ari Herstand, visit his website https://aristake.com/.

Show notes for this episode with links and resources to all the things we talked about are available at www.makingitwithchrisg.com/podcast/096.

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Credits: Host: Chris GoyzuetaProducer: Jason TrosclairExecutive Producer: ONElive Creative Agency Music: Emily Kopp

Kattie Zaccardi is a wellness and career coach that's also an musician, songwriter, music industry professional, and certified yoga instructor. In her journey, she has been very open about her own experience with generalized anxiety disorder, which lead her to the discovery of the urgent need of having conversations around mental health and self-care within the music industry. Katie offers coaching that's focused on self-care, mental wellness, but also traditional career coaching on how to successfully market yourself as an artist and build a career at being an artist. She also has her own podcast, The Out to Be Podcast, and is also the COO of Women Crush Music.

In this episode, we discuss some marketing tips for artist, her journey in the music industry, dealing with anxiety, tips for mental wellness and self-care, and much more.

To learn more about Katie Zaccardi visit http://katiezaccardi.com/

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Credits: Host: Chris G. Producer: Jason Trosclair Executive Producer: ONElive Creative Music: Emily Kopp