Chuck Wicks recently began taking the country format by storm with his hit debut single, “Stealing Cinderella,” which was the fastest rising country single of 2007.
Wicks
spent several years
paying his dues by parking cars and writing songs. At one time, he was
writing over 100 songs per year. He developed his songwriting by
apprenticing with some of the top songwriters on Music Row. That
hard work can be heard on “Starting Now,” his RCA Records debut as well
as on his tour opening for Brad Paisley.
As
a music business veteran for nearly 25 years, Monty Powell has
successfully honed his craft and found his niche as a
songwriter/producer. His work appears on over 50,000,000 records.
He's worked with Keith Urban, Chris Cagle, Rascal Flatts, James Otto, Diamond Rio, and many more…
We
talked about how he and Chuck connected, his role in helping Chuck find
his voice as an artist, and what it takes to make it in the music
business today.
We've got in-studio performance with Chuck and
Monty, reviews of demos sent in by Music Business Radio listeners, and
a call by Monty for the "next big thing" he is looking for and
information on how Music Business Radio listeners can get packages
directly to him.
For those not on the podcast...
Really enjoyed this show. It was both informative and a little scary listening to some of the songs you reviewed. I am working as a songwriter and not concerned about my strength as a singer to convey the meaning of a song as I am writing them to shop to artist who will define the songs with their own interpretation, so would be weary of sending you a sample.
I really valued the input from Monty and was very impressed by his humbleness and preparedness to share his knowledge and experiences, even to the extent of inviting people to find him on MySpace. His confidence and depth of knowledge reminded me of Ralph Murphy who I had the pleasure of meeting and learning from in Sydney Australia ealier this year.
I found your show through Dave and the Musicians Cooler and wish that I had found you sooner, but of course that is the beauty of podcasting that you can go back and listen to earlier shows.
Anyway, thanks so much for a great show, which I will recommend on my blog at http://aboutsongwriting.wordpress.com
Posted by: Luigi Cappel | October 16, 2008 at 01:40 PM