Music Business Radio

Episode #99 - Maura O'Connell

Here's the episode with Sugar Hill Records recording artistMaura O'Connell.  In this episode, she talks about her 20+ year music business career as well as her new album, Naked with Friends.

Maura has worked with a number of artists over the years, including Van Morrison, The Chieftains, Dolly Parton, Alison Krauss, Shawn Colvin, and Robert Earl Keen.

This episode covers creating longevity in the music business, niche marketing, building relationships, the importance of picking good songs, and more.  Maura also  performs live in the studio.

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Next on Music Business Radio... Maura O'Connell

Sugar Hill Records recording artist Maura O'Connell is next on Music Business Radio.  She'll talk about her 20+ year music business career as well as her new album, Naked with Friends.

Maura has worked with a number of artists over the years, including Van Morrison, The Chieftains, Dolly Parton, Alison Krauss, Shawn Colvin, and Robert Earl Keen.

We'll talk about longevity in the music business, niche marketing, building relationships, the importance of picking good songs, and more.  Maura will also perform live in the studio.

Here's a blooper from the show, which won't air on the radio...

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How Long Does It Take to Get a Record Deal?

Dan was backstage at Bonnaroo this week getting more great interviews, so we didn't run a new episode on broadcast.  Instead, we decided to revisit this episode with Chris DeTray of Dryve Artist Management as well as Dave Barnes, an artist signed to Razor and Tie Records.

We talked about building relationships, the steps bands and musicians should take to get managers interested in them, different kinds of record deals, and more.  Also...Dave gives a "timeline" and the exact process of how he went from a guy in college to playing music for a living.

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Bonus Content... Will Hoge

Here's a bonus interview with Will Hoge that David Hall did.  In this interview, Will talks about his new album, new tour, and recovery from a scooter accident last year which almost killed him.

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Episode #98 - Nathan Chapman

Nathan Chapman is best known as the producer for Taylor Swift, the top selling recording artist of 2008.

This episode talks about how Nathan got started in the music business, making genre-specific mixes for different types of radio formats, and more.  We talk about his current projects with Sara Evans and Point of Grace, his work ethic, and his advice for upcoming producers.

Nathan also gives information on how upcoming artists and songwriters can get demos to him.

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Bonus Content - JJ Grey

Here's a bonus interview with JJ Grey that Dan just did.  He talks about his growing up in Florida and its influence on his music, hanging out with the Isley Brothers, Southern Rock, his new band lineup, word-of-mouth marketing, and his new album. JJ also plays "Brighter Days" live in the studio as well as a brand new song, "King Hummingbird."

More information on JJ Grey and Mofro.

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Next on Music Business Radio... Nathan Chapman

Nathan Chapman is next on Music Business Radio.  Nathan is best known as the producer for Taylor Swift, the top selling recording artist of 2008.

This episode talks about how Nathan got started in the music business, making genre-specific mixes for different types of radio formats, and more.  We'll talk about his current projects with Sara Evans and Point of Grace, his work ethic, and his advice for upcoming producers.

Nathan also gives information on how upcoming artists and songwriters can get demos to him.

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Bonus Content - Chicago

Here's a bonus interview with Lee Loughnane of Chicago that Dan did. They discuss how the band was founded, moving the band from Chicago to Los Angeles, recording the band's first album, longevity in the music business, life on the road, charity, and the secret to keeping a band together for 40+ years.

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In the Studio... Maura O'Connell

Sugar Hill Records recording artist Maura O'Connell dropped by the Music Business Radio studios to talk about her 20+ year music business career as well as her new album, Naked with Friends.

Maura has worked with a number of artists over the years, including Van Morrison, The Chieftains, Dolly Parton, Alison Krauss, Shawn Colvin, and Robert Earl Keen.

We talked about longevity in the music business, niche marketing, building relationships, the importance of picking good songs, and more.  Maura also performed live in the studio.

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Episode #97 - Noble Things

The parallels between the music business and the movie business are greater than they're ever been, and that is the focus of this episode with the cast and crew of the feature film Nobel Things.

On this episode...

DOMINIQUE SWAIN - Known for her role in the movie Lolita.  Dominique has been been in several films including Face/Off and Alpha Dog.

BRETT MOSES - Writer and Co-director of Noble Things, Brett was born and raised in Southeast Texas. Well-known music artists Clay Walker, Mark Chestnut, Tracy Byrd, Tex Ritter, George Jones, Janis Joplin, and ZZ Top have also called this corner of the Lone Star state home.

DAN McMELLEN - Writer and Co-director of Noble Things, grew up in the small town of Mission, Kansas. At the age of 19, Dan began his filmmaking career writing, producing, editing and directing, “L’dor V’dor” (From Generation to Generation). A documentary that tells the story of how local Jewish family’s lives were affected by their Synagogue.

RUBEN NEUBAUER - Producer of Noble Things is a filmmaker who hails from Wiesbaden, Germany. After graduating with degrees in the Arts and in English Literature, Ruben traveled extensively throughout Europe and the United States, Morocco, Turkey, and Cuba before moving to Los Angeles in 1991 to pursue a career in film.

JASON GREENE - Songwriter and Supervising Music Producer raised in Beaumont Texas, Jason began songwriting at age 18 and signed his first professional writing deal just eight years later. His first break came in co-writing the hit song ‘Rumor Has It’, the title cut and first single from Clay Walker’s fourth Platinum selling album. The song went to No. 1 on both R&R and Billboard where it spent two weeks at the top and was also Billboard’s No.6 most played country song of 1997. The song achieved national acclaim and was awarded BMI’s prestigious Million Air Achievement award.

This episode focuses on putting together a team, getting funding, marketing, selling the vision, the importance of music in film, and more.

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