Songwriter Soup is a frank discussion about how to make it in the music industry as a songwriter. It takes grit and a lot of patience, but also sound financial advice. Laura Veltz is a Four-time Grammy-nominated songwriter and is teaming up with Tracy Hackney, a seasoned financial advisor for musicians, to bring you the tips and tricks of the industry. Joined by host and producer, Kevin Sokolnicki, the trio has interviews with some of the most prominent and up-and-coming songwriters and artists in the music industry. Songwriter Soup airs every Monday where you get your podcasts.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 1 day 10 hours 12 minutes
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episode 1: Season Three-ever begins! Let's Talk Commerciality: Taking Your Songs From Your Bedroom To Billboard
Kevin, Laura and Tracy delve into the initial humility that it takes to learn the craft of commercial songwriting by unlearning how you did it before. Ouch! It takes a minute and it feels weird for a bit, but it gets better!
episode 2: Sisters, Dusty Prayers & Why Nashville? A Conversation With Allison Veltz Cruz
Laura’s sister and fellow hit songwriter, Allison Veltz Cruz (“Prayed For You”Matt Stell, “Somebody Like That” Tenille Arts, “Let Your Boys Be Country” Jason Aldean) joins the trio for a candid conversation about the sisters’ unique childhood and what lead them to songwriting after their family band broke up.
episode 3: Millions Of Ways A Perfect Song Can Die (That Have Nothing To Do With The Songwriter)
Songwriters always blame themselves (or the song) when something stops the process of it becoming a hit. But does it have anything to do with the song? Most of the time, IT DOES NOT.
episode 4: Fomo, Envy & Protecting The Daily Joy of Writing Songs: A Conversation with Jessie Jo Dillon
On this week’s episode, Laura, Tracy & Kevin sit down with one of Laura’s best friends, critically acclaimed hit songwriter, Jessie Jo Dillon (“10,000 Hours” Dan & Shay, Justin Beiber, “Halfway To Hell” Jelly Roll, “Lies, Lies, Lies” Morgan Wallen).
episode 5: (Song)writer's Block, Suffering for Your Art & Where Ideas Might Be Hiding
What’s blocking you? This week, the trio discusses this ironic possibility: it might be that you’re taking this dream job a little too seriously. We all do it! At all stages, in fact. Take breaks, change the subject, nerd out on other people’s hits, or do songwriter exercises— Laura discussed many of her favorite ways to shake her brain loose.
episode 5: What Lifelong Hospitality, Humility & Curiosity Looks Like: A Conversation with One of Music’s Patriarchs, Mike Elizondo
Songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist, Mike Elizondo ("In da Club" 50 Cent, "The Real Slim Shady" Eminem, "Cowboy Casanova" Carrie Underwood, The Encanto Soundtrack with Lin-Manuel Miranda) is simply synonymous with modern music.
episode 27: Commercial Songwriting, But Make It Dirty: A Conversation With Jaren Johnston
Songwriter & lead singer of The Cadillac Three, Jaren Johnston ("5 Foot 9" Tyler Hubbard, "Raise Em Up" Keith Urban feat. Eric Church, "Meanwhile Back At Mama's" Tim McGraw) knows how to pull a heartstring but can not help but put his southern rock energy into his songs. With a rock essence you can clearly sense from his contribution to the country genre, Jaren helps pull our platform somewhere new AND classic at the the same time...
episode 28: Letting The Commercial Music Catch Up To You: A Conversation With Daniel Tashian
Songwriter, multi-instrumentalist & producer, Daniel Tashian (Kacey Musgraves Albums Golden Hour, Star Crossed & Deeper Well) took the long way around to massive success. Like many of us, his musicality was simply way ahead of its time. On purpose or by accident, Daniel managed to stick it out long enough to witness his own Golden Hour and we are all better for it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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