The Career Musician

Get ready for an insightful conversation with special guests Jed Elliott from the rock band The Struts and executive life coach Chelsea Sabo founder of Verbal Courage on Episode 169 of The Career Musician Podcast. Host Nomad leads a discussion on the highs and lows of being a musician, from playing for thousands alongside rock legends to struggling financially and taking odd jobs to make ends meet.

Jed shares his band's journey, including the pivotal moment of opening for the Rolling Stones in Paris, which led to increased success and a diverse, multigenerational fan base. The conversation also delves into the importance of mental health and well-being for musicians, with Jed and Chelsea offering advice on handling mistakes, resolving conflicts, and maintaining a strong foundation for long-term success.

Chelsea brings her expertise as a life coach to the table, discussing the key principles of confidence, communication, work-life balance, and emotional intelligence. Together, Jed and Chelsea introduce their platform, The Musician's Journey, which combines Jed's music industry experience with Chelsea's knowledge of mindset and personal growth to provide proactive mental health support for musicians.

Tune in for an engaging discussion on navigating the music industry, the significance of self-care and communication, and a lighthearted story about Jed's experience playing Uno with Dave Grohl and Taylor Hawkins of the Foo Fighters. Don't miss this jam-packed episode of the Career Musician Podcast, recorded at PA Rehearsal Studios in Los Angeles.

https://parehearsalstudios.com/

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This episode explains EXACTLY how to submit your music for a chance to be featured on Radio Ready –The Career Musician's new show only on Dash Radio, powered by Smash Haus!

Nomad and Tito Daniel explain the process in detail, which btw is very easy...3 steps and you're in!



Plus, they breakdown various the pain-points that musicians face today with getting their music heard to climb the charts and ladder to success.

Use this exclusive link developed specifically for any and ALL Career Musician submissions for Radio Ready. The coolest part is that once you submit your two music links to be considered, you'll automatically be creating your free Smash Haus dashboard account. This is the ideal platform for any artist, composer, producer, etc looking for opportunities in the world of sync licensing for film, tv, gaming, and all other multimedia platforms!

Submit your music now, to get your music heard! SUBMIT HERE

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Sherilyn is a Singer-Songwriter, Producer, Podcast Host, and Music Career Coach. After working in the CCM/Worship scene, she set out as an independently published pop alternative artist and launched her own record label & publishing company, Starboard Stride.

After touring as a solo artist through the U.S., Australia, Italy, Switzerland, and Brazil, Sherilyn settled on the Central Coast of California and built a home studio where she writes and record her own music, as well as help develop other artists, vocalists, and songwriters.

In 2022, Sherilyn took all of her artist development experience and launched an international, online Release Music Like a Pro Bootcamp for aspiring singer-songwriters. It provides step-by-step personalized coaching to give songwriters the tools and guidance that they need to record, publish, and promote their music professionally by the end of the 12-week program.

https://sherilynmusic.com/bootcamp

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Jody Friedman is an award-winning songwriter/producer, music supervisor, music publisher, and music licensing coach.

He is the co-founder of Elite Music Coaching, an online platform available for independent musicians interested in learning how to have a thriving career in music by consistently licensing their songs to films, tv shows and ads.

His career began working for CNN in Atlanta, NYC & California. While working as an Audio Operator, he composed a theme song in 2004 for the show “Nancy Grace” which was his foray into the world of Music Publishing. 

Since then, his company, HD Music Now, has grown become a well respected licensing & supervision company, licensing their catalog since 2006 with over 10,000 placements, having collaborated with and become a go-to resource for major film studios, advertising agencies, trailer houses and television networks.

His companies, HD Music Now, Collaborate Music & Ocho Music Group have worked in a variety of capacities with the major film studios, advertising agencies, trailer houses and television networks. His music supervision & clearance projects include projects such as defining the sonic branding for ASICS Shoes, “Won’t You Be My Neighbor (Focus Features)”, “Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner” (Netflix), “Ugly Delicious“ (Netflix), “Outer Banks” (Netflix), “Velma” (HBO Max)", “Barry” (HBO), “Fleischman is in Trouble” (Hulu), “Generation” (HBO Max)", “Strangers, Season One” (Facebook Watch), “Trinkets” (Netflix)”, “Ingress: The Animation” (Netflix + Fuji TV), “They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead” (Tremolo Productions + Netflix) & more. He is an active member of the Guild of Music Supervisors. 

Jody writes & produces for trailers & ads through his company, Collaborate Music.  He’s written and/or produced music for trailer campaigns such as “Picard” (CBS) and “Fantasy Island” (SONY), “Big Sky” (ABC), ”The Handmaid's Tale” (Hulu), Eli Roth’s feature film, “Haunt”, in the tv shows such as Ray Donovan (Showtime), Victorious (Nickelodeon), Outcast (Cinemax) & many more.

https://www.jodyfriedman.com/

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Eric Baines is a singer, songwriter, and the current bassist for the legendary band Chicago! Eric's music has also been featured on MTV, VH1, NBC, ABCFamily and HBO. He has toured and recorded with country icon, Dwight Yoakam, but he’s taken some crazy turns to get there. After attending Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA, he moved back to his home town of Denver where he eked out a living playing blues in bars and nightclubs. He eventually was hired to play with contemporary jazz saxophonist, Nelson Rangell. Three years later he decided to make the move to Los Angeles, CA where he almost immediately started playing with artists like Lee Ritenour, Gregg Karukas, and Keiko Matsui who he spent 12 years on the road with as her Musical Director. These days, in between gigs, Eric hosts the podcast "Dive Bar Rock Star," wherein he interviews some of the heaviest cats in the biz!

https://divebarrockstar.com/

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Belle is a Grammy-nominated singer, songwriter, and artist with credits such as Kanye West, Jennifer Lopez, Miley Cyrus, Christina Aguilera, George Duke, Eric Benet, and Idina Menzel. In her off-time, Belle is always hustling to maintain her position in the biz as a Career Musician. Are you doing everything you can to stay employed? Listen as Belle reveals her secrets to longevity in the music industry.

https://www.iamtheonlybelle.com/

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If you're not familiar with NAMM, its the biggest convention for music gear manufacturers held in Los Angeles at the top of the year, and also in Nashville in the summer. This event is where musicians and music retailers go to make connections, whole sale distribution deals, and endorsement deals. Also, it's a great reunion for people in the business who may not have seen each other in a long while. So if you are lucky enough to get access to this event, go!

The Career Musician caught some pretty fun and insightful interviews from the attendees in passing. This episode features the one and only Chris Lord-Alge, famed mix engineer, and ASADI, young influencer on the rise, and killer Career Musician.

https://www.namm.org/

https://www.chrislordalge.com/

https://www.asadiworldwide.com/

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Big Swede is a Composer, Producer, Engineer, Sound Designer, Programmer, Multi-Instrumentalist, Remixer, DJ, Drummer, who maintains a prolific recording and production career, doing business as Palm Desert based BIG SWEDE STUDIOS. He makes a variety of styles, from Electronica to Rock, Club/Dance to Hip-Hop, Big Beat to Jazz, Metal to Soundtrack and beyond. Big Swede has had many sync placements throughout his career and now he's here to share his process! You'd be surprised how little of it has to do with your music, and how much of it has to do with your professionalism and your relationships.

https://bigswedestudios.com/

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Michael Walker is leading a revolution in today’s music industry. Having personally reached 17 million views on YouTube, working with Grammy Award-winning producers and touring internationally to perform for hundreds of thousands of fans worldwide - Michael is one of those rare mentors who has actually walked the walk of their own methodology.

Starting out with pure grass-roots techniques, he and his band Paradise Fears went from living out of their cars to selling 24,000 albums in 6 months and reaching #2 on the iTunes Alternative Charts.

Taking his clients through a 3-tier system, Artistic Identity, Passionate Fan Base and Revenue Multiplier; Michael provides artists with the tools necessary to create a lasting career in the music industry.

https://www.modern-musician.com/

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Tangelene Bolton is a Filipina-American film, TV, and media composer based in Los Angeles, CA. She first got her start working for A-list composers Hans Zimmer (The Lion King, Gladiator, The Dark Knight, Interstellar), Henry Jackman (X-Men, Captain America), and Bobby Tahouri (Game of Thrones, Iron Man).  

A Berklee College of Music Film Scoring graduate, Tangelene’s distinct music style is a mashup of Neoclassical, electronic, folk, and jazz. She boldly turns classic and traditional sounds into exciting and new territories.

Tangelene composed the music for the highly-anticipated second season of the Netflix original series Warrior Nun. The series, created and executive produced by Simon Barry (Continuum, Bad Blood, Ghost Wars, Van Helsing), follows an orphaned teen who wakes up in a morgue and discovers she has super powers as the chosen Halo Bearer for a secret sect of demon-hunting nuns. All episodes of Warrior Nun Season 2 are currently streaming on Netflix, and Tangelene's original soundtrack album is available on all major music streaming platforms.

https://www.tangelenebolton.com/

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