The FM Podcast

Welcome to Season 5 of the podcast! I’m so happy to be back! I really missed you guys!

For our Season 5 premiere, we have our very first return guest to the podcast! This week, I’m talking to Tyler Bancroft who is a guy that wears many hats in the music industry - he’s the lead singer of Vancouver indie rock band Said The Whale and he’s also a music industry professional who runs a record label and manages artists, among many other things. And we’re going to talk about where we think the industry is headed this year, as we each do our music industry predictions for 2024.

Now full disclosure, I was planning to get the season started a few weeks ago but it didn’t turn out that way. So, 1 - if our references feel about a month old, that’s why. It’s crazy how quick things move these days! And 2 - I apologize for having a 2024 predictions episode in March but here we are.

At any rate - it was a really great talk + I hope you enjoy it!

FRESH CONTENT LINKS
Tyler recommends: Mk.gee - Are You Looking Up
Jen recommends: Kacey Musgraves - Deeper Well

SOTW
Said The Whale - Never Grow Up

Learn more about Tyler at saidthewhale.com
And learn more about Fritz Media at fritzmedia.ca

Hello! Just a quick check-in to let you know that we're back baby! Season 5 of The FM Podcast will premiere next week - on Tuesday, March 12th. I've really missed y'all, so make sure you tune in + join us!

The topic of this week’s show is CARVING OUT YOUR OWN SPACE and joining me on the show is Toronto musician Sandra Bouza.

Sandra and I had a great chat about how it can be hard to find your place in the music industry when you don’t fit into one specific genre. And how she decided to carve out her own space by SPOILER ALERT: just being herself.

I really felt a connection with Sandra on a lot of her experiences, you know just by being a woman in the music industry, so it's a great conversation and I think you’ll really like this one!

Oh and just a quick note that this episode is the final episode for Season 4. I’ll be taking a short break but I’ll be back soon with even more music industry wisdom for you!

FRESH CONTENT LINKS
Sandra recommends: Leon Bridges - Gold-Diggers Sound 
Jen recommends: Taylor Swift - Speak Now (Taylor's Version)

SOTW
Sandra Bouza - Good Vibrations

Learn more about Sandra at sandrabouza.com
And learn more about Fritz Media at fritzmedia.ca

The topic of this week’s show is THE ROLE OF MUSIC LAWYERS and joining me on the show is musician and entertainment lawyer - Kurt Dahl.

Kurt and I had a great talk about what exactly it is that a music lawyer does, when is the right time to hire a music lawyer, and how being a musician shapes his work as a lawyer. (ICYDK, Kurt is also the drummer in Canadian rock band One Bad Son.) 

It was a really great chat and I hope you enjoy it!

FRESH CONTENT LINKS
Kurt recommends: Joni Mitchell at Newport Folk Fest 2022
Jen recommends: Christine and the Queens - Paranoïa, Angels, True Love

SOTW
One Bad Son - Retribution Blues

Learn more about Kurt at lawyerdrummer.com
And learn more about Fritz Media at fritzmedia.ca

The topic of this week’s show is KEEPING A POSITIVE MINDSET and joining me on the show is Vancouver musician and all around positive person - Beau Wheeler. 

Beau and I had a great conversation about how hard it can be to stay positive as an artist in the music industry and how music helped them to overcome struggles in their life!

It was a really great talk and I hope you enjoy it!

FRESH CONTENT LINKS
Beau recommends: Charlotte Cornfield - Cut and Dry / New Boygenius album
Jen recommends: Little Simz - Gorilla video

SOTW
Beau Wheeler - Flying Colours

Learn more about Beau at beauwheeler.com
And learn more about Fritz Media at fritzmedia.ca

 The topic of this week’s show is PRODUCING MUSIC ON A BUDGET and joining me on the show is record producer, songwriter and recording artist Winston Hauschild, who works out of The Treehouse Studio on Bowen Island here in BC.

Winston and I have known each other for a long time, so prepare yourself for a good ol’ back in the day discussion from us, and we also talk about how to stretch your budget when producing an album or single. 

It was a really great talk and I hope you enjoy it!

FRESH CONTENT LINKS
Winston recommends: 60 Songs That Explain The 90s podcast
Jen recommends: Blur - The Narcissist

SOTW
Winston - Lonely

Learn more about Winston at winstonhauschild.com
And learn more about Fritz Media at fritzmedia.ca

The topic of this week’s show is THE IMPORTANCE OF CAMPUS RADIO and joining me on the show is Jasper Sloan Yip, who is the Programming Director for CITR here in Vancouver and he’s also an indie artist himself.

We had a great chat about whether Campus Radio is still relevant in 2023 and he gives us some great tips about how to pitch and service campus radio here in Canada.

It was a really great talk and I hope you enjoy it!

FRESH CONTENT LINKS
Jasper recommends: Devours - Homecoming Queen
Jen recommends: Bully - Lucky For You

SOTW
Jasper Sloan Yip - Gin Fizz

Link to Jen's prom photos on IG at #FritzysProm

Learn more about Jasper: jaspersloanyip.com
And learn more about Fritz Media at fritzmedia.ca

So the topic of this week’s show is SURVIVING AS A WORKING CLASS ARTIST and joining me on the show is Montreal-based musician Russell Louder who just released their new single Movie Queen a couple months ago and has a new album coming out this summer. 

We had a really great conversation and talked about how hard it is to survive as an independent artist in 2023. We both get fired up and pretty radical, idea-wise, on this one - so brace yourself!

It was a great talk and I hope you enjoy it!

FRESH CONTENT LINKS
Russell recommends: Music documentary Et tu, Dude?
Jen recommends: 60 Songs That Explain The 90s podcast

SOTW
Russell Louder - Movie Queen

Link to Cadence Weapon article about touring HERE

Learn more about Russell HERE
And learn more about Fritz Media at fritzmedia.ca

The topic of this week’s show is CONTENT CREATION FATIGUE and joining me on the show is Vancouver musician Ché Aimee Dorval, who released her new full-length album The Crowned earlier this year. And since she’s just coming off a cycle of album promotion, she definitely knows a thing or two about having to churn out content to promote an album. 

We had a great conversation and discussed how hard it can be for indie musicians to do all of the things that come along with promoting your music on social media. 

It was a great talk and I hope you enjoy it!

FRESH CONTENT LINKS
Ché recommends: The Sadies - Colder Streams
Jen recommends: Tina Turner documentary TINA

SOTW
Ché Aimee Dorval - The Crowned

Learn more about Ché at cheaimeedorval.com
And learn more about Fritz Media at fritzmedia.ca

So the topic of this week’s show is HOW TO WRITE A MUSIC GRANT and joining me on the show is Jessica Hoefsloot who writes a lot of funding applications through her company Sad Kids Collective - an artist-friendly management company offering services from digital marketing, grant writing and day-to-day business management for artists & industry. And by day - Jessica is also an Account Executive for Influencer Marketing at Viral Nation. 

We had a great conversation and discussed many tips and tricks for writing a successful music grant, managing artist expectations and a whole lot more. 

It was a great talk and I hope you enjoy it!

FRESH CONTENT LINKS
Jessica recommends: Corook - If I Were A Fish TikTok trend
Jen recommends: Janelle Monae - Lipstick Lover

SOTW
Dust Cwaine - 90's Darling

Learn more about Jessica at sadkidsco.com
And learn more about Fritz Media at fritzmedia.ca