Middle Class Musician

Today's guest is Amy Peters, who is a pop singer / songwriter and producer based out of Nashville.

I was in a songwriting bootcamp with her and was blown away but her tracks, so I wanted to bring her on. This conversation is a great look into the mind of someone who is extremely talented, and pretty early in her career. I think it will be really helpful to many of you.

We cover topics like...

• the benefits of mastering one piece of gear at a time instead of trying to learn everything at once

• how she got her music video funded as an indie artist

• the benefits of doing a studio based training program over a college degree in music

• the exiting growth of female representation in the music industry

• how she broke into nashville without college as a buffer

• how growing up with a dad who was a music professional changed her life

• her side hustle of doing voice overs for commercials

• what it's like listening to music with synesthesia

• why she stopped producing (and why she eventually came back)

• the difficulty of separating her art from herself

 

and much more!

 

Find Amy Online:

@amypetersmusic on socials

https://www.amypetersmusic.com/

This episode is sponsored by DistroKid - the best way for artists their music on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon, etc. Get 30% off your yearly membership when you use our link to sign up: http://distrokid.com/vip/mcm

Figuring out a direction for your music career can be tricky. Unlike many "traditional" jobs, you don't always know what a clear path to success looks like in music.

That's why Seth Mosley (and the rest of the crew at Full Circle Music) created a roadmap for artists, broken into "baby steps". We wanted to have Seth on the podcast to talk about his journey in music and to share his advice for artists looking to make a career of their passion.

Topics we hit on in the conversation:

• the dangers of jumping full time into music before you're ready

• why most artists search out record deals at the wrong point in their career

• how to use altruism to create better music

• why he decided to come off the road and dive fully into the production and business side of music

• why he cofounded Full Circle Music

• why you shouldn't try to do it all at the same time (how to harness the power of "baby steps" instead)

 

 

Get access to a free resource from Seth:

fullcirclemusic.com/pro

 

This episode is sponsored by DistroKid - the best way for artists their music on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon, etc. Get 30% off your yearly membership when you use our link to sign up: http://distrokid.com/vip/mcm

 

Have you ever tried to play music in real time with others over a zoom call? 

If so, you probably quickly found that latency (the delay between the time you play a note and they hear you and vice versa) made that task all but impossible. 

Today's guest, Mike Dickey, solved this problem and we wanted to get him on the podcast to share the amazing implications this has for the future of online collaboration. 

We talk about: 

• How and why Mike created a device that allows you to play music with others with no noticeable latency
• What really is latency? And what causes it?
• How latency happens even when you're "in person"
• Why the question of latency is more complicated than just internet speeds
• How Mike sees this tool and technology being used in the future music industry
• how to get started using this new tool / technology 

Find Mike Online: 

https://www.jacktrip.org/

This episode is sponsored by DistroKid - the best way for artists their music on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon, etc. Get 30% off your yearly membership when you use our link to sign up: http://distrokid.com/vip/mcm

When Webster Tileston first heard about Dolby Atmos (also known as "Immersive Audio") he was fascinated as an audio engineer... but ultimately he assumed it would soon pass along like many other audio trends. But when word that Apple Music, TIDAL and many others were interested in adding Dolby Atmos streaming to their platforms, he took a second look. 

Now Webster and his business partner run a Dolby Atmos Enabled Mixing and Mastering Group in Nashville and he took the time to sit down with us and explain what you need to know about this new exciting technology. 

Find Webster Online:  https://axis.audio/

This episode is sponsored by DistroKid - the best way for artists their music on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon, etc. Get 30% off your yearly membership when you use our link to sign up: http://distrokid.com/vip/mcm

Many have said that finding the right songwriting partner is very similar to the process of finding a romantic partner.

So what if we could use an app to find fellow songwriters simply by swiping? That's what Richard Casper and Kevin McCarty bet on when they created We Should Write Sometime - an app referred to as "tinder" for songwriters.

On today's episode, I chat with them about this game-changing app and the many implications for songwriters and artists all across the globe. 

 

Download the app: https://weshouldwritesometime.com/

This episode is sponsored by DistroKid - the best way for artists their music on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon, etc. Get 30% off your yearly membership when you use our link to sign up: http://distrokid.com/vip/mcm

 

This episode we sit down to talk with Stephen Day about his new album, "The Shapes I'm In".

Our conversation covers: 

• the scattered nature of our digital lives affecting the art we create
• the differences in self producing verses the traditional studio workflow
• how Covid led him to find the "why" behind being an artist
• why he thinks it is important to put yourself fully into the work you create
• how to explore multiple genres while keeping an album cohesive

Listen to "The Shapes I'm In": https://stephenday.lnk.to/theshapesimin

Check out Stephen on tour this fall:

http://stephenday.org/tour

@heystephenday

This episode is sponsored by DistroKid - the best way for artists their music on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon, etc. Get 30% off your yearly membership when you use our link to sign up: http://distrokid.com/vip/mcm

 

These days, terms like “hustle culture” and “the grind” are being thrown all the time. But are these concepts helping or hurting your creative output? 

Host Andrew Galucki and this week’s guest Ryan Waczek explore the dark side of “hustling” and how it may be hurting your creative process. 

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Find Ryan Online: 

Ryan's Music

Indie Music Academy

Youtube

How do you stay creative during super stressful times? 

Vian Izak did just that and created an album in one of the most stressful years... well, ever. 

Our conversation covers:

• collaboration vs working alone
• the art of creating a purpose for an album
• the importance of holding your vision loosely to allow the project to find its own voice
• how to take advantage of remote collaboration to take your music to new levels 
• how to stay creative during stressful times 
• and a LOT more (seriously, it's a great conversation)

 

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Find Vian online: 

vianizak.com 

vohnicmusic.com 

Itheairecords.com

Covid got you thinking about new ways to cowrite songs?

Today we dive deep into the process of cowriting a song when you're not in the same room as your cowriter. Here to share his experiences with us is longtime friend of the show, Bryce Cain.

We cover: 

• We cover topics like the necessity of vision for a cowrite
• Must have tech tools going into a cowrite 
• The importance of creative constraints 
• The pros and cons of remote vs being in the same room 
• The inherent vulnerability of cowriting 
• Why setting the “vibe” for a cowrite matters
• What you should come to a cowrite with (creatively speaking) 
• And a lot more. 

Start cowriting new songs today by booking Songwriting Sessions with your PRO Membership: www.nashvilleforhire.com/pro

 

Find Bryce on the interwebs: 

brycecain.com

@kid.elliot 

 

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