The FM Podcast

On this week’s show, I’m talking to Vancouver singer-songwriter Haley Blais about her transition from YouTube influencer to musician. 

This was a super interesting chat but it wasn’t without its challenges because Haley did the interview from her tour van in Austin, Texas. This obvs made things a bit more exciting - so you’ll get some nice background colour on this one! 

We talked about how things started with her YouTube channel and how musicians these days have to be content creators on their socials on top of creating music, which can be so overwhelming. It was a great chat and I hope you enjoy it!

FRESH CONTENT LINKS
Haley recommends: Sarah Harmer - Basement Apartment
Jen recommends: Wind of Change podcast 

SOTW
Haley Blais - Coolest F*cking B*tch In Town

Learn more about Haley at haleyblaismusic.com
And learn more about Fritz Media at fritzmedia.ca

This week’s show is all about branding for musicians and joining me on the show is musician AND designer - Alexis Young.

Alexis and I had a great conversation about how important branding is for musicians and since she’s a musician - she’s the lead vocalist in Blonde Diamond - as well as a designer, we talked about how her musical creativity influences her design creativity and vice versa.

We had a really great chat and there's lots of great tips in this one, so get ready to take some notes!

FRESH CONTENT LINKS
Alexis recommends: Yoko Ono exhibition at the VAG
Jen recommends: Doja Cat's cover of Celebrity Skin

SOTW
Blonde Diamond - Strange Times

Learn more about Alexis at blondediamondmusic.com
And learn more about Fritz Media at fritzmedia.ca

This week’s show is all about musicians creating art in other spaces. And joining me on the show is musician and podcaster Jolene Higgins, who is also known as Little Miss Higgins. 

Jolene and I had a great conversation about her new project The Fire Waltz which is both a 5-part mini-series podcast and a full length album. The final episode of The Fire Waltz podcast was posted yesterday (March 14th) which also just so happened to be the release day for the album! Good timing, right? We talked about what it’s like creating things that aren’t music and how that can help the creative process overall.

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

FRESH CONTENT LINKS
Little Miss Higgins recommends: Movies Dark City + Stage Door Canteen
Jen recommends: Music from the TV show The Dropout 

SOTW
Little Miss Higgins - Flock In My Head

Learn more about Little Miss Higgins at littlemisshiggins.com
And learn more about Fritz Media at fritzmedia.ca

Welcome to Season 3 of the podcast! We're so excited to be back!

For our Season 3 premiere we’ve got a good one for you! I'm talking to Adam Bentley who is a music publicist and the owner of Auteur Research, and we’re talking all about the state of music publicity in 2022. We had a really great conversation which I’m sure you can tell judging by the length of this episode. It’s always nice to talk to someone who does the same thing as you do because you can totally speak the same language and commiserate about the same things!

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

FRESH CONTENT LINKS
Adam recommends: Nala Sinephro - Space 1.8  /  Yellow Magic Orchestra  /  Allegories - Constant (Adam's band!!)
Jen recommends: Mark Lanegan - Wedding Dress

SOTW
Keanu Ienco - I Still Shine

Learn more about Fritz Media at fritzmedia.ca

The topic of this week’s show is a roundup of social media + digital marketing tips and trends for musicians. And joining me on the show are 2 ladies who’ve been on the show before - Danielle McNeill + Phoenix Bain from The Social Circle.  

Danielle, Phoenix and I have worked together on many social media + digital marketing projects here at Fritz Media and we’ve definitely learned a lot over the last couple of years, and we thought it would be great to share some of that wisdom with you. 

Oh and just a quick note that this episode is the final episode for Season 2! We'll be taking a short break but will be back in March with more music industry wisdom for you!

FRESH CONTENT LINKS
Danielle recommends: @CanadaMusicMemes + @WorkInSocialTheySaid
Phoenix recommends: Cartel Madras - Dream Girl Concept  
Jen recommends: Buy some art from your favourite band!

SOTW
Lovecoast - Motion

Learn more about Danielle + Phoenix at thesocialcircle.ca
And learn more about Fritz Media at fritzmedia.ca

The topic of this week’s show is globalization and collaboration in the music industry and joining me on the show is Teon Gibbs. 

Teon is a rapper and producer based in Vancouver, who is quickly becoming one of the most recognizable and influential voices in Western Canada. Born in Botswana, Teon lived all over the globe before settling in Vancouver and he’s been involved in production, sessional musician work, songwriting and engineering for almost 10 years. Teon recently released a collab EP with IAMTHELIVING who is a musician from South London who now also lives in Vancouver, so I thought he would be a great person to talk to about globalization and collaboration. 

We had a great chat and I hope you enjoy it!

FRESH CONTENT LINKS
Teon recommends: Dacey - Bitter
Jen recommends: Music from Yellowjackets

SOTW
IAMTHELIVING x Teon Gibbs - Puppa

Learn more about Teon Gibbs at teongibbs.com / 100collective.ca
And learn more about Fritz Media at fritzmedia.ca

The topic of this week’s show is one that I’ve had many people ask me to do. We’re going to be talking about NFTs in the music industry + joining me on the show is "Parkside" Mike Renaud.

Parkside is the Executive Creative Director at Hidden Pony Records & Management and he’s also a consultant for Slaight Music, and he has a lot of insight into why NFTs matter for the music industry.  

This was a really interesting and informative chat and I hope you enjoy it!

FRESH CONTENT LINKS
Parkside recommends: Theo Tams - One Last Chance
Jen recommends: Haim's Instagram content 

SOTW
Anita Eccleston - Long Nights

You can learn more about NFTs at nftschool.dev
Learn more about Parkside at hiddenpony.ca
And learn more about Fritz Media at fritzmedia.ca

The topic of this week’s show is Release Planning and Strategy and joining me on the show is artist manager Jeff Ojeda from Phase Management.

Jeff and I had a great discussion about the best ways to plan and release your new album or new single or new video or whatever you're releasing! And there’s definitely a lot of great tips, so if you’re an artist with new music but don’t know where to start when it comes to releasing it - this is the show for you.

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

FRESH CONTENT LINKS
Jeff recommends: Don Amero - Nothing Is Meaningless
Jen recommends:  The Beatles: Get Back documentary

SOTW
Kyle McKearney - Devil Water

You can learn more about Jeff at phasemgmt.com
And learn more about Fritz Media at fritzmedia.ca

Hello! The topic of this week's show is LGBTQ representation in the music industry and joining me on the show this week is actor, musician and filmmaker Sunny Chen who is also known as Sad China for their music projects. 

Sunny and I had a great chat where we talked about more than just LGBTQ representation. Because they are a non-binary Asian Canadian, their experiences in the music industry involve more than just their gender identity - so we covered a lot!

We had a really great chat and I hope you enjoy it.

FRESH CONTENT LINKS
Sunny recommends: x/o - Red Alert
Jen recommends:  Wet Leg - NPR Tiny Desk Concert

SOTW
Sad China - hum人n

You can learn more about Sad China at bysunnychen.com/music
And learn more about Fritz Media at fritzmedia.ca

The topic of this week's show is How To License Your Music For Film + TV which I’m sure will be of interest to all of the musicians out there - since it’s one of the only ways to make money as a musician these days! 

And joining me on the show is Music Supervisor Kaya Pino - a music supervisor and curator at The Wilders in Toronto. Kaya and I had a great discussion about how there’s so many film + TV licensing opportunities out there due to the amount of streaming content we have these days. And she gives us some good tips on the best way to approach a music supervisor with your music.

We had a really great chat + I hope you enjoy it!

FRESH CONTENT LINKS
Kaya recommends: DOECHII - Yucky Blucky Fruitcake  + Superfruit - GUY.EXE 
Jen recommends:  Aimee Mann - Queens of the Summer Hotel

SOTW
The Hillties - Tell Your Friends

You can learn more about Kaya at thewilders.tv
And learn more about Fritz Media at fritzmedia.ca