The Business Side of Music is an interview show designed to help independent artists and songwriters better understand and navigate the music industry. 45-year industry veteran, Bob Bender talks to successful guests from every corner of the industry about their careers to discover the things they did right as well as the lessons they learned from any mistakes they made. businesssideofmusic.com
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 8 days 22 hours 13 minutes
Making Music Touches The Soul
What does music have to do anything with Foster childern? Foster kids, once they age out of the system (typically around 18 years old), have an unemployment rate of 47%. Nearly 50% of former foster children are homeless with 18 months of release from...
Vincent Plays His Part
Winner of the Miss Virginia title, and going on to compete in the Miss America Pageant, Meghan Shanley discovered an insatiable appetite for meeting fans and making new friends during a life on the road that saw her traveling over 3,000 miles a month...
Creating an Artist Experience
The youth of today, are our future in the music business. Brandon Pankey has created a program to help assist high schoolers and college students get a foot in the door. As Vice President of Business Development & Operations for Live Nation Urban,...
A Good Song Is Not Going To Make It
As a songwriter, you know that a good song isn’t going to make it in such a competitive field anymore. Your creation has to be a great song. Something so stellar, that its far above anything else out there when it comes to capturing the attention of...
It's Our 250th Episode!
“Success in the music business begins with a dream, a vision. This podcast will give you the listener the insight and tools to turn that vision into a reality. Meet the industry professionals who work day by day behind the scenes, helping to make...
#249 - An Old Dog Learning New Tricks
Performing since the age of 9, singer/songwriter/performer Doug Robertson knows a thing or two on how to craft a song. He learned at a very young age writing songs by taking a Beatles tune, and changing the lyrics, or vice versa, keeping the lyrics,...
Women In Music
Women in Music. We all know about the superstars. Taylor Swift, LeAnn Rimes, Alicia Keys, Beyoncé, Carrie Underwood. We see them every day in the news and on the charts. But how did they get there? What did they have to sacrifice to make it in what...
#247 - It's All In The Red Carpet
Meet Al Bowman. He started out working in the LA Music Scene owning, and driving limos for such superstars as Whitney Houston, who introduced him into the world of celebrity seat filling. That provided an introduction to such luminaries as Patti...
#246 - From Classical To Dramatic Pop
Denver-born, and recently relocated from NYC to Nashville, AJ Smith’s unconventional path to becoming a pop artist is reflected throughout his music, which has the uncanny ability to evoke a nostalgic desire for dramatic pop of decades past while...
#245 - Those Christmas Memories
It’s that time once again, our annual Christmas special. This year we have in the studio with us, special guest Jack Sharkey, who is Senior Technical Engineer for KEF Speakers, and co-host of the upcoming podcast series “Between The Notes”. This...