Music Business Radio

Episode #166 - Craig Havighurst

Craig Havighurst talks about his book, "Air Castle of the South: WSM and the Making of Music City," and his work as senior producer and show journalist for Music City Roots: Live from the Loveless Cafe, a syndicated weekly Americana radio show and webcast.

We talk about the similarities between sports journalism and music journalist, how radio helped to build the music industry in Nashville, the changing media landscape, the art of being a tastemaker, lessons from amateur musicians, how to build a scene, and more.

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Episode #120 - Jay Frank

Jay Frank is currently the Senior Vice President of Music Strategy for Country Music Television (CMT). He oversees the implementation of music across all platforms, including TV, web, mobile, and video on-demand.

On this episode, we talk about his book, FutureHit.DNA.  It's a road map for songwriters, producers, and artists, which outlining 15 points that must exist for a chart topping song. It shows how subtle changes to a song, which make little difference to music fans, can result in big differences in that song’s placement on the charts and royalty payments.

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Episode #113 - Wayne Kelly

Here's the episode with radio publicity expert Wayne Kelly.

Wayne is based out of British Columbia and we talk about media training and how musicians and others in the music business can get great publicity by doing radio interviews.  He shares tips on what makes as great radio interview (as well as what you should never do) and gives a 14-step process for how anybody can book an interview and have a great experience on the air.

Not interested in radio?  This stuff works for all forms of media, including magazines, newspapers, television, podcasts, and more.

For more information on Wayne Kelly and free publicity tips you can start using today, visit OnAirPublicity.com.

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Non-Commercial Radio - What Musicians Need to Know

Dan Reed is the Music Director and operations manager of WXPN-fm in Philadelphia.  He oversees WXPN’s production and programming operations as well as talent relations for the nationally syndicated program World Café. He is also founder and producer of the Triple A (AAA) NON-COMMvention, a yearly conference for non-commercial “Triple A” formatted radio stations.

On this episode, he talks about the changing face of radio, local music scenes, commercial and non-commercial radio (public radio), and his work with the successful World Café where he now serves as the primary liaison to the music industry on behalf of the station and World Café. World Cafe® has emerged as the “premiere public radio showcase for contemporary music serving up an eclectic blend that includes indie rock, singer-songwriters, folk, alternative country, blues, and world music.” The show takes “listeners on a unique journey of musical discovery and presents a mix of music from both new and legendary artists.”

We also talked about Dan's non-commercial radio convention, the Non-COMMvention. It is primarily for people involved in radio, but anybody is welcome, and it's a great way to get into the minds of radio people, for those who are looking to get airplay.

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Episode #89 - Jhani Kaye

Jhani Kaye is one of radio's preeminent programmers.  Since taking the helm as the Program Director at K-EARTH 101 in 2006, his unique approach has brought the station to the Top 2 in the Los Angeles market among general market adult listeners.

We talked about the business of radio, how musicians can get the attention of radio, and more.

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Episode #86 - Nick Forster

Nick Forster, host and founder of the syndicated radio show "etown" and began his career as a professional musician more than 30 years ago. He was a founding member of the world renowned bluegrass band, Hot Rize, and continues to work as a record producer, session musician, touring sideman, and as leader of the highly respected etown house band, the etones. Rolling Stone Magazine calls Nick "an exceptional songwriter ... unquestionably a virtuoso."

"etown" is a weekly radio broadcast heard from coast to coast on NPR®/public, commercial, and community stations. Like old-time radio variety shows, every etown show is taped in front of a live audience from Boulder, CO and features performances from many of today's top musical artists as well as conversation and information about our communities and our environment.

Nick has much to talk about including building community, mixing social responsibility with entertainment, and building a music business.

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Episode #70 - Dan Reed

Dan Reed is the Music Director and operations manager of WXPN-fm in Philadelphia.  He oversees WXPN’s production and programming operations as well as talent relations for the nationally syndicated program World Café. He is also founder and producer of the Triple A (AAA) NON-COMMvention, a yearly conference for non-commercial “Triple A” formatted radio stations.

He will talk about the changing face of radio, local music scenes, commercial and non-commercial radio (public radio), and his work with the successful World Café where he now serves as the primary liaison to the music industry on behalf of the station and World Café. World Cafe® has emerged as the “premiere public radio showcase for contemporary music serving up an eclectic blend that includes indie rock, singer-songwriters, folk, alternative country, blues, and world music.” The show takes “listeners on a unique journey of musical discovery and presents a mix of music from both new and legendary artists.”

We also talked about Dan's non-commercial radio convention, the Non-COMMvention. It is primarily for people involved in radio, but anybody is welcome, and it's a great way to get into the minds of radio people, for those who are looking to get airplay.

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Episode #64 - Tim Westergren

Tim Westergren founded Pandora in January 2000 and now serves as its Chief Strategy Officer. He is an award-winning composer, an accomplished musician and a record producer with 20 years of experience in the music industry.   He spends most of his time these days as Pandora's chief evangelist - traveling the country to meet with listeners to collect feedback, research local music, and spread the word of the Music Genome Project.

We talked about ways people find out about new music, the changing music industry, how to build a business, and more.

Demos Reviewed: Mieka Pauley, Hollywood, Mary Kathryn, and Frankie Cleary

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Episode #60 - Norm Winer

Norm Winer is the Program Director for WXRT and VP of Rock Programming for CBS Radio Networks.

This show was taped live in Austin, TX, during Austin City Limits Festival.  We talked about local radio, the future of radio, payola, music festivals, and more.

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Episode #30 - Dale Turner

Dale Turner was our guest on Music Business Radio this week.

Dale is VP of Promotion Administration for Lyric Street Records, home of Rascal Flatts, Shedaisy, Trent Tomlinson, Josh Gracin, and Bucky Covington.

Dale started his career over 30 years ago as a radio DJ.  We talked about how radio has changed, the process of breaking new artists today, how American Idol has affected the music business, and more.

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