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 21 hours 23 minutes
#233 - Did The Bean Counters Kill The (Classic) Rock Business?
In this episode, we have a special guest and a really cool guy, Jack Sharkey. Jack has a stellar career in the music industry, both as a performing drummer, and as Senior Technical Engineer at KEF Speakers. However, we take a different direction, as...
#232 - Press On - The Story of Selah
Meet Todd Smith and Allan Hall. They make up two thirds of the award winning Gospel Group “Selah”. Todd was a missionary kid who grew up in Africa, and Allan was an East Tennessee child from a small town. They met at Belmont University in...
#231 - An Aussie Rocker In Nashville Country
Richie Scholl was living a pretty cool life. Having moved from Queensland Australia to Nashville Tennessee to further his career in the music business in 2007, he was performing on a regular basis, sometimes 6 nights a week in Music City. While doing...
#230 - Anything Worth Doing is Worth Over Doing
When Adam Blank was forced to leave behind a scholarship and drop out of college to help his ailing father, he didn’t know what lay ahead. The Marietta, Georgia-based entrepreneur knew he had to pitch in, so he took a job at a recycling plant and...
#229 - There's No Participation Trophies In The Music Business
Not Everyone Should Get a Participation Trophy, nor does everyone get a record deal. What is the definition of talent? What does it take to be truly successful? And at what point should you walk away when you realize it's not going to happen to you?...
#228 - From Junk Food Junkie to Mountain Stage
Larry Groce’s career is quite an interesting and intriguing story. He attended high school with future recording artists Michael Martin Murphey, Ray Wylie Hubbard, and BW Stevenson. He became a regular performer at an NYC Upper West Side restaurant...
#227 - The Old Way Isn't Always The Best Way
The old way isn’t always the best way…as the David to the Goliath of a traditionally unfair industry, DICE is revolutionizing a space that has long taken advantage of fans. By going against the status quo, DICE has shown change is possible, while...
#226 - Are You Chasing The Dollar or Should The Dollar Be Chasing You
What gets you pumped to go out and play a gig? Is it the prestige? The adulation from the audience? Or is it the paycheck at the end of the night? Too often we find that the entertainer perceives themselves as someone who is either not worthy of...
#225 - The (Real) Wedding Singer
The Wedding Singer. We’ve all seen the movie with Adam Sandler. But in the real world, being in a wedding band is more than just playing the first dance. It’s about not only having the right setlist, but also having the right members of the band,...
#224 - Have Two Plan A's In Your Career
Nashville based based guitarist and entrepreneur, Phil Shouse has quite the story to tell. He's a Rock guitarist in a Country music town, who's toured with the likes of Gene Simmons and Ace Frehley of KISS, along with heading up his own band "Accept",...