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Is your critical voice getting in the way of doing what you really want to do? Steve speaks with artist/songwriter Mark Oblinger about getting back to your art, how limitations can serve you, and the magic that music brings to visual media. Now available on vurbl https://vurbl.com/station/obj1fRcphj/
"Don't judge it. Just let it be, and see where it goes. 'Cause that's the whole thing about judging your own material - terrible idea." - Mark Oblinger
From high-energy anthems to deeply introspective ballads, Mark’s songs are a soulful, eclectic blend of diverse musical textures, inspired by icons including Paul Simon, Peter Gabriel and current influences such as Gregory Alan Isakov and Maggie Rogers. Mark’s lyrics paint vivid pictures of both personal loss and rebirth—and the courage to stand ones ground when left without easy choices.
“Riveting and haunting songwriting, flawless musicianship, masterful production, and soaring above it all the golden throat of Mark Oblinger.”—3-time Grammy winning producer Tom Wasinger
Mark’s national performing roots include stints with chart topping country rock stalwarts Pure Prairie League (“Amie”) and Firefall (“Cinderella,” “You Are the Woman”). From there, Mark’s had the good fortune to work with Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Richie Furay (Buffalo Springfield, Poco) Garth Brooks, Amy Grant, John Oates, Jeff Hanna (Dirt Band) and more.
A 5-time Emmy winning producer/composer with multiple works featured on the Oprah Winfrey Show, Mark was a 2012 Grammy Finalist for his Children’s Jazz Symphony JumpinJazz Kids—A Swinging Jungle Tale, featuring the great Al Jarreau.
Since 2015, Mark’s toured the country with Indie/Folk powerhouse Rebecca Folsom, where he began to write and showcase the songs that would become his own High Water Line.
Released July 15th, 2019, and followed by a sold-out concert at the Gordon Gamm Theater in Boulder Colorado on August 9th, High Water Line has garnered a host of national reviews, press and radio airplay on both commercial and noncommercial Americana and AAA formats.
Links
markoblinger.com
www.facebook.com/MarkOblingerMusic
www.instagram.com/markoblingermusic
twitter.com/markoblinger1
www.youtube.com/channel/UCIrX4ztulLN2SW-BvwZkqpQ
soundcloud.com/arkblinger
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Are you being honest with yourself about your greatest strengths? Zion Brock, songwriter/producer, discovered success by admitting his weakness and re-focusing attention on his strengths. Listen as Steve and Zion discuss the hidden benefits of co-creating, giving up the corporate job, and getting real with yourself.
Zion is a songwriter and producer out of Phoenix Arizona, has written and produced for many sync artists, as well as his own folk/pop artistry called Fan Fiqtion. In the last year several songs he’s written or co-written have been licensed to 4 TV spots, as well as a commercial spot for the makeup brand Sephora. As a former drummer, his music is steeped in strong rhythmic grooves no matter what genre he may be writing to. Zion is the founder and co-owner of The Triple Threat Artist Online Course that teaches singer-songwriters to start producing their own music. His message to all songwriters and artists is to build production skills in order to be competitive in this new music world. Zion writes, produces and now masters all his music from a bedroom in his home, and he loves teaching others to do the same. He’s currently writing and producing for serious sync artists all across the world, and has his music currently being pitched by 12 separate licensing agents.
You can check out his work here: www.FanFiqtion.com/music
If you’re interested in becoming a Triple Threat:
www.TheTripleThreatArtist.com
If you would like the RED ZONE Production Timeline that Zion spoke about in the podcast, go to the Triple Threat Artist home page and scroll to the bottom to sign up.
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Do you know how to get the rights you need when you record or use a cover
song in your creative works? Aaron Green from Easy Song Licensing speaks
with Steve about respecting copyright by getting the right licenses, music
karma, and doing business old school.
Aaron Green is Vice President and co-founder of EasySongLicensing.com, a 3rd party music licensing agent specializing in music clearance for any type of permission, for any type of use; kind of like your one-stop music nerd Swiss Army Knife!
Easy Song Licensing's work involves helping indie artists, record labels, online aggregators (such as CD Baby), filmmakers, studios, video production companies, entertainment lawyers and corporate clients with all their music licensing needs by brokering music clearance deals with music publishers and record labels. These types of permissions include:
•Mechanical song licensing (re-recorded cover versions of copyrighted material for audio-only releases)
•Video synchronization (commercial/advertisements/branding/TV/film/DVD/Video-On-Demand/internet streaming/public display, etc.; any video or visual use of copyrighted material)
•Master rights (use of an original master sound recording)
•Theatrical rights (live stage/musicals/dramas)
•Print licensing (digital and physical print publications, sheet music arrangements)
They are a bootstrapped company who started in 2005 around the dining table in Robbinsdale, MN, and now they have a user base of over 76,000 clients and growing! In 2018, they grossed $2.5M, and are happy to report a 30% increase so far in 2019.
Links
www.easysonglicensing.com
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How do you rock a “slash career” in the music industry? Rick Clark, music supervisor for film and television, including current project The Good Lord Bird for Showtime, has also earned success as a musician/composer/producer/writer/photographer and more. Rick speaks with Steve about bringing what the moment requires, the power of saying yes, and creating a musical language.
Rick Clark is a music supervisor known for his work on Up In The Air (2009), Hell on Wheels (2011), Greenleaf (2016) and Hap and Leonard (2016). His award winning career includes experience as a radio show host, music journalist, music producer, musician, and music curator. Clark creates and produces additional music for shows and films under the name of Deliverance Sisters. He is currently working on composing, arranging and producing music for the Showtime drama starring Ethan Hawke titled The Good Lord Bird.
Links
https://www.facebook.com/RickClarkProductions/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mrblurge
https://twitter.com/mrblurge
https://www.instagram.com/rickclarkmusic/
https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/rick-clark/
https://open.spotify.com/artist/6ftpzBQ7C4FA9rp4lJ7ytf?si=bYhr57tIRh--NSVVR0Hb8g
https://www.patreon.com/rickclark
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Are you leveraging the right tools for your goals in the music industry? Joel T. Jordan, founder of Synchtank, speaks with Steve about using the right tools to make good work great, the strengths and weaknesses of machine learning, and micro licensing.
Joel T. Jordan is the Founder and President of Synchtank, a cloud based software as a service (SaaS) platform that broadcast, film, music, and TV companies use to manage their compliance, licensing, rights and metadata, maximize revenue, and efficiently organize marketing and sales processes.
Synchtank has hundreds of creative media clients from top music publishers and record labels to composers and producers, distributors, managers, advertising agencies, film and TV production companies, broadcast networks, and more, supporting some of the best-known catalogs and largest brands in the world.
Over 25 years ago, Joel started well-known punk and hardcore label, Watermark, with his identical twin brother, Jason, releasing vinyl records out of his parents’ South Jersey basement. This later developed into a diversified master catalog and a prolific joint venture publishing company with Rykomusic. Today he continues to enthusiastically sign artists to his new publishing company, and runs his collectible digital and vinyl-only indie labels.
Joel still firmly sticks to the DIY ethos of his early years by enabling content creators and rights owners to be entirely self-reliant in the management, marketing, licensing and exploitation of their catalogs under their own unique brands.
Clients include Disney, Sony Pictures, British Telecom and BT Sport, VICE, CD Baby, Music Sales, WarnerMedia, Warner Music Group, Cutting Edge, peermusic, Position Music, and many others.
Links
https://www.synchtank.com
https://www.synchtank.com/blog/
https://twitter.com/synchtank
Micro Licensing Links
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What is the quickest way to get a start making cents from your songs? Nick Sullivan of Consonance Publishing and The Keep Recording Studio chats with Steve about production music, registering your work correctly, and the ever changing face of the music industry.
Nick Sullivan, a native of Steamboat Springs, CO has earned a long tenured reputation of success wearing many hats within the music industry. From being a Grammy nominated audio engineer to being an in demand live sound engineer, Nick (who was named one of Denver’s best audio engineers by Westword Music in 2019) has not only earned industry accolades as an Engineer/Producer but also as a musician and performer in the bands American Relay and Peña. Currently Nick is Co-owner of The Keep Recording and Consonance Publishing and Licensing in Denver, CO
http://consonanceproductions.com
http://thekeeprecording.com
https://robbies-hope.com
Killer Tracks is now Universal Production Music.
https://www.universalproductionmusic.com/en-us
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How do you find the right place for your songs? Join Steve as he speaks with Tamara Bubble, #BubbleOnDeck, prolific songwriter, artist and content creator who has recent placements on HBO and Hulu. Tamara reveals her techniques for working effectively, building successful co-writes and finding the perfect opportunity for your songs.
Links
http://tamarabubble.com
https://twitter.com/TamaraBubble
https://www.instagram.com/tamarabubble/
https://www.facebook.com/TamaraBubble/
https://www.tunefind.com/
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How do you position yourself and your music to stand out among the noise? Ben Holst, musician/composer/producer who also holds a degree in advertising, speaks with Steve about leveraging your strengths, building your confidence and making big asks. Ben and his team at Tunewelder Music Group are accomplished in the sync world, with placements in advertising, film and television.
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How much do you allow "the rules" to impact your creative songwriting and mixing choices? What is the right balance? Listen in on the continued conversation with audio engineers and educators John March and David Bondelevitch while they discuss naming conventions, finding the right team, and the challenges of starting a career in the music industry.
"Don’t try and be everything all at once. You know, it took me 40 years to be a good session musician, a good mixer and producer to the point where I'm comfortable doing any of those roles. But when you're starting, figure it out and get a good team around you. Collaborate with people."
Guest Host: David Bondelevitch
David Bondelevitch is an Emmy-award winning sound editor and re-recording mixer. He has also won two Motion Picture Sound Editors Golden Reel Awards and has been nominated twenty-six times. He is Associate Professor at the University of Colorado Denver. David is Past President of the MPSE and spent 14 years on the board of the Cinema Audio Society. He holds an MFA in Cinema Production from USC.
He is also a member of the Television Academy, the Recording Academy, AFM Local 47, Film Independent, and the International Documentary Association.
Recent Work by David:
Southwest of Salem: The Story of the San Antonio Four
https://tinyurl.com/yxenamma
The Trauma of Sanctuary by Deborah Esquenazi
https://tinyurl.com/yxbnvnxh
John March – AV Media Consultant and Producer, Sound Mixer, Sound Designer and Social activist.
For the last 40 years, John has been working freelance as an audio craftsman/technologist, Producer, and A/V technology consultant, as well as a session musician in multiple areas of expertise and development. He is currently focused entirely on creating opportunities that utilize his aggregate skill-sets and diverse professional experience to help solve problems that serve the greater good, and supports the community. In collaboration with ALOC Media, ALOCMedia.com, he works as a freelance Senior Producer and consultant. He is entirely focused on creating affordable high-quality media and content for Non-profits, educational institutions, artists, musicians/bands and entrepreneurs.
www.zenavguy.com
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Are you overlooking sync opportunities in your local community? Craig Snyder, director of industry relations at ReverbNation, chats with Steve about who you know and how to get to know who you don't, choosing the right team, getting organized, how a scene grows, and working with major brands.
Craig Snyder is a New York-based marketer, curator, artist manager, and podcaster who oversees the artist development program at ReverbNation. His efforts have reinvented the artist discovery process at ReverbNation through combining algorithms with a team of 35 industry expert curators to help uncover the next big emerging artist. Craig received his rock n’ roll masters degree while working at Little Steven’s Underground Garage and producing radio talents including Little Steven Van Zandt, Andrew Loog Oldham, Joan Jett and Kim Fowley. Craig curated one of the largest radio playlists that celebrated everything that influenced the Ramones and everything that was influenced by the same band. Craig also produces podcasts including The Outpost Podcast, Le vital corps Salon and his latest collaboration with Andrew Loog Oldham, Sounds & Vision.
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Podcasts Produced by Craig:
Sounds & Vision https://tinyurl.com/yxvd45rl
Outpost in the Burbs https://tinyurl.com/y6jbfe8s
Le Vital corps Salon https://tinyurl.com/y63bvu8c
http://www.craigsays.blog
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Have you ever thought about best practices for creating your sound recordings for film and television? Guest host David Bondelevitch joins Steve to speak with musician and audio technician John March about music and audio for film and TV. Join the conversation with two seasoned audio engineers who bring a wide range of experience, from music production to feature length films.
"And then the one thing I tell everybody who works for me is never ever give a demo to anybody, or a recording or a mix, to anybody that isn’t the absolute best possible representation of who you are. Don’t rush, don’t just try and get it out of the door. "
~John March
Guest Host: David Bondelevitch
David Bondelevitch is an Emmy-award winning sound editor and re-recording mixer. He has also won two Motion Picture Sound Editors Golden Reel Awards and has been nominated twenty-six times. He is Associate Professor at the University of Colorado Denver. David is Past President of the MPSE and spent 14 years on the board of the Cinema Audio Society. He holds an MFA in Cinema Production from USC.
He is a also member of the Television Academy, the Recording Academy, AFM Local 47, Film Independent, and the International Documentary Association.
Recent Work by David: Southwest of Salem: The Story of the San Antonio Four
https://tinyurl.com/yxenamma
John March – AV Media Consultant and Producer, Sound Mixer, Sound Designer and Social activist.
For the last 40 years, John has been working freelance as an audio craftsman/technologist, Producer, and A/V technology consultant, as well as a session musician in multiple areas of expertise and development. He is currently focused entirely on creating opportunities that utilize his aggregate skill-sets and diverse professional experience to help solve problems that serve the greater good, and supports the community. In Collaboration with ALOC Media, ALOCMedia.com, he works as a freelance Senior Producer and consultant. He is entirely focused on creating affordable high-quality media and content for Non-profits, educational institutions, artists, musicians/bands and entrepreneurs.
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What can you do to prepare yourself for that first sync licensing agreement? Listen in while Ted Hudson, founding member of The Damnwells and ColorWheel Music, shares the business side of the music licensing agency. The episode is Part 2 of our conversation with Ted.
Ted has spent the past eight years negotiating music, footage, and photo licenses for use in dozens of Oscar-winning documentaries and original programming at HBO. Previous to his work at HBO, Ted founded and played bass in The Damnwells, who toured with acts including The Dixie Chicks, Cheap Trick, and The Fray. Ted also worked on two tech startups in NYC, Hunch and Milewise, which were acquired by EBay and Yahoo! (respectively).
www.thedamnwells.com
ColorWheel is a music licensing agency started by Oscar and Grammy-nominated musicians to create an authentic sound for your next project. Based in Denver and Nashville, we’re able to draw from an unrivaled roster of emerging artists as well as established world-famous musicians to compose original songs, tracks, and scores, because they are our friends and ongoing collaborators; a dream team of artists who still fill international arenas. Collaborate with one of our award-winning composers on a custom piece or license an existing track from our burgeoning collection. For us, music is music, and its power should move you whether it’s on the radio, on stage or on a screen.
www.colorwheelmusic.com
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How do you know when it's time to move to a music hub? Maybe you don't. Find out why Ted Hudson, founding member of The Damnwells (bassist) and music licensing agency ColorWheel Music, believes you might be better off staying put.
Ted has spent the past eight years negotiating music, footage, and photo licenses for use in dozens of Oscar-winning documentaries and original programming at HBO. Previous to his work at HBO, Ted founded and played bass in The Damnwells, who toured with acts including The Dixie Chicks, Cheap Trick, and The Fray. Ted also worked on two tech startups in NYC, Hunch and Milewise, which were acquired by EBay and Yahoo! (respectively).
www.thedamnwells.com
ColorWheel is a music licensing agency started by Oscar and Grammy-nominated musicians to create an authentic sound for your next project. Based in Denver and Nashville, we’re able to draw from an unrivaled roster of emerging artists as well as established world-famous musicians to compose original songs, tracks, and scores, because they are our friends and ongoing collaborators; a dream team of artists who still fill international arenas. Collaborate with one of our award-winning composers on a custom piece or license an existing track from our burgeoning collection. For us, music is music, and its power should move you whether it’s on the radio, on stage or on a screen.
www.colorwheelmusic.com
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How can you find success in music through collaboration, giving back and creating community? Join the conversation as Elysha Zaide, aka ill-esha, shares her experience in her diverse and inventive musical career.
Vancouver-born and Colorado-based music producer, artist and DJ ill-esha has crafted a long-standing soundscape of electronic bass music throughout her career, continuously evolving her musical stylings and bridging gaps between hip-hop, dubstep, R&B and future bass music. ill-esha is recognized as an extremely rare and diverse, burgeoning artist in the EDM scene, as her live set showcases her incredible talent to sing, DJ, and simultaneously rock her keytar. She is one of few electronic artists to blossom throughout the progression of different musical trends while still focusing on her artistic vision and authenticity. Constantly evolving a dynamic stage show, ill-esha is a perfect example of electronic music’s transition towards live instrumentation and indie pop sensibility.
ill-esha homepage: http://ill-esha.com
EDMP Discord: https://discordapp.com/invite/edmp
https://www.tribalgathering.com/
Launching Soon:
http://weouthere.live/
WeOutHere.live is a video content network focused on topics relating to electronic music culture. It is managed by a collective of talented and funny women who bring free music production & education to underserved demographics. We encourage creativity for women, female identified persons, transgender individuals and youth. We aim to break social stigmas and empower both men and women towards a common goal of equality.
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Did you know that your song royalties are a commodity that you can leverage for cash? DeDe Burns joins Steve to talk about auctioning off your royalties (without giving up your copyright!), cue sheets, and balancing your creative side with business moments. Learn about free tools that will help you track your royalty streams.
Prior to joining Royalty Exchange, DeDe Burns spent 13 years working in membership services and strategic operations at ASCAP, culminating in the position of VP of Global Member and Society Services. While there, Burns modernized key areas of the organization’s distribution system, market research activities, and developed additional value-added membership services.
Earlier in her career, she served as a copyright administrator at Warner/Chappell Music Publishing, and is a former board member of the California Copyright Conference and member of the Association of Independent Music Publishers and Songwriters Hall of Fame.
DeDe Burns plays a key role in developing Royalty Exchange’s account management and customer service programs, as well as artist and industry relations. Artists turn to Royalty Exchange to raise money and take control of their financial future by connecting them with private investors through the world’s first online marketplace for buying and selling royalties.
Royalty Exchange is offering free valuations of your royalty earnings at worth.royaltyexchange.com.
https://www.royaltyexchange.com/about-royalty-exchange
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Where does that sync licensing mailbox money come from? Join Steve as he speaks to Randy Chertkow about revenue streams, split sheets, cover songs, types of music supervisors, and didjeridoos.
If you’re out there trying to make money with music, the number one thing to do is to understand who’s doing business with you and what their problems are. If you can solve their problems, that’s when they pay you. You are actually actively helping them out.
Randy Chertkow
About the Authors
Randy Chertkow and Jason Feehan are musicians, authors, journalists, public speakers, instructors, and consultants. Their recently released book, Making Money With Music (Macmillan), shows musicians how to tap over 100+ revenue streams, grow their fan base, and thrive in today’s music environment. They also wrote the The Indie Band Survival Guide (1st & 2nd Editions, Macmillan), The DIY Musician (Random House), are columnists at Electronic Musician Magazine, and write a newsletter at MakingMoneyWithMusic.com. They professionally speak and consult on music business and musician revenue development at conventions, music organizations (The Recording Academy — grammy.com), cities, and schools, including speaking at venues such as Carnegie Hall. Their band, Beatnik Turtle, released over 500 songs spanning 20 albums, licensed music to Disney and Viacom, and wrote music for TV, films, and theater including Chicago’s Second City. In 2007, they released a song every single day of the year.
Links:
Website: https://makingmoneywithmusic.com
Newsletter: https://makingmoneywithmusic.com/newsletter
Recent Article: Collect All The Revenue Your Recorded Music Can Earn: Pt. I
Amazon: Making Money with Music
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What does an independent artist need to know to find success in the world of sync licensing? Michael Donaldson of 8DSync and 8sided.blog shares his experiences as an artist with sync placements spanning the past couple of decades.
Michael Donaldson is best known in the music industry as Astralwerks/Virgin Records recording artist Q-Burns Abstract Message. Under this name, Michael wrote and produced four acclaimed albums and performed around the world. With Q-BAM songs licensed to the likes of Sex and the City, BMW, Spike Lee’s The 25th Hour, and the video game Test Drive 6, Michael fortuitously learned the ins-and-outs of music licensing. He used this knowledge to raise the licensing profile of Eighth Dimension Records, an influential label on the US electronic music scene that Michael co-founded in 1994. In 2011, Eighth Dimension transformed into 8DSync, allowing Michael to capitalize on his taste-making prowess, licensing expertise, and access to a distinctive and inspiring music catalog. He continues to expand his roles in music publishing, content licensing, and industry consultancy. Michael also writes about music’s place in the 21st century on his thought-provoking blog: www.8sided.blog
For questions or information about Michael’s workshops, contact Michael at www.8sided.blog/about
Michael Donaldson on LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/mdonaldson8d
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