Behind Their Music
60 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsA podcast for musicians, aspiring musicians, or those who just love music. Singer, songwriter, and host Laura Powers interviews musicians and those affiliated with the music business to provide inspiration, insights, and tools for those who are in work in music. For more information on Laura Powers, you can go to her website www.laurapowers.net.
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Episodes
PR for the Music Biz with Louie La Vella
December 23, 2016 16:56 - 26 minutes - 6.11 MBLaura speaks with Louie La Vella, Music Branding Expert. Louie La Vella’s clients are entertainment personalities, nightclubs, concerts and festivals, and he creates brand and marketing strategies to engage and connect with their audience. Working within the ‘shark infested waters’ of the nightlife and music industry as a marketing and branding consultant, La Vella has been delivering high profit solutions to both live entertainment events, musicians and venues for years. With 20+ years’ expe...
Music Licensing with Bentley Foy from Songtradr
December 19, 2016 19:35 - 28 minutes - 6.42 MBBentley Foy is the Creative Manager at Songtradr and a DJ/Producer at large. He is an expert on music licensing and discusses his work at Songtradr with Laura Powers in this segment. Songtradr is the B2B marketplace platform for trading and licensing music rights. The platform solves the difficulties and problems associated with rights transactions and provides creators and owners with a single destination to manage their business. You can find out additional information about Songtradr at...
Musician and Songwriter Lia Farrington
December 14, 2016 20:07 - 34 minutes - 47.9 MBLia Farrington began singing at an early age. The New Jersey native has a rich classical background that helps give her the versatility, vocal power and the stamina needed to maintain her soulful, rock-infused crooning. Described by her peers as a "heartfelt poet with a rock and blues, melancholy way", Lia cites her biggest inspirations as Fiona Apple, Jack White, The Smashing Pumpkins, and Radiohead. Lia's father was an avid lover of rock n roll, and after his death, she gained more inspirat...
Indie Music with Jay Warsinske of Indie Power
December 02, 2016 19:20 - 37 minutes - 8.57 MBJay Warsinske is the longtime Industry Visionary, Founder and CEO of INDIEPOWER, as well as other major ventures worldwide in entertainment & media. A 40+ year music industry executive & marketing veteran, Warsinske helped market and break such musical LEGENDS as DR. DRE, U2, 2PAC, METALLICA, SNOOP DOGG, EMINEM, BLACK EYED PEAS, LIL WAYNE, GUNS N’ ROSES, MADONNA, T.I., RAMONES, AC/DC, GREEN DAY, N.W.A, RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS, NIRVANA & many more. He has assembled the GREATEST All Star team of ...
Getting Your Music Heard with Kevin Breuner of CD Baby
November 09, 2016 17:40 - 1 hour - 15.4 MBAfter meeting at the ASCAP I Create Music Conference, Laura asked Kevin to be on the show to talk about music distribution. CD Baby’s VP of Marketing, Kevin Breuner, has spent over 18 years working in the music business, both as an artist and an industry professional. A San Diego native, Kevin went east to attended Belmont University in Nashville, TN where he studied Music and Music Business. After college, he joined the Atlanta based band Smalltown Poets who later signed a recording contract...
Tara Divina and Mystical Music
September 12, 2016 21:44 - 23 minutes - 5.39 MBTara Divina is a singer-songwriter who makes healing, mystical music with a World flavor. She was born in Ottawa, Canada and is now happily based in sun-soaked, spiritually rich California. After spending over a decade as a successful record label executive, she decided to leave the corporate world to pursue her own artistic calling, and rediscovered her creative gifts. In 2016 she released her fully-crowdfunded debut album, True Beauty. For information on Tara and her music, you can go to he...
Cody Qualls from Face Vocal Band
July 28, 2016 15:59 - 27 minutes - 6.32 MBIn this interview, Laura talks with Cody Qualls from the band Face Vocal Band. Face is a rock acapella band and that also does pop and many other genres. Cody was formerly in a band called Kindred for 10 years. He started with Face and they built a large following quickly. Fifteen years later they are doing it full time. Face was on season 1 off The Sing Off. Unlike some acapella groups, none of Face band members are acapella nerds, they listen to pop and other mainstream music. Some of the b...
Trends in the Music Business with Ritch Esra from The Busine
June 09, 2016 19:13 - 50 minutes - 45.9 MBIn this podcast, Laura interviews Ritch Esra from The Music Business Registry. We discussed how the model has shifted from a copy model to an access model (from cd’s to streaming for example). Ritch addressed how musicians and artists really need to figure out what their aims are in terms of music. We also discussed how the industry is changing so quickly and it is really important for artists to understand what is happening in the industry in order to be successful. It is currently difficul...
Sexy and Unforgettable with Cuchi
April 27, 2016 01:51 - 19 minutes - 18 MBIn this podcast, Laura interviews artist, musician, and songwriter Cuchi. He is a rock, indie, and folk singer from Mexico City. We talked about musical inspiration and how Cuchi plays he guitar more like a drum. We also posed the question, if your life had a soundtrack, what would it be? It was a fun interview! You can find Cuchi on Spotify and Facebook by searching for Cuchimx. Cuchi’s website is www.cuchimusic.com. You can connect with Laura and learn more about her at www.laurapowers.net
The Bass Lady Christine Webb
April 27, 2016 00:53 - 24 minutes - 22.2 MBIn this podcast, Laura interviews singer, bass player, songwriter and musician Christine Webb. Christine started playing bass before it was very common for women to play bass. We talked about her story, being a female bass player, the International Blues Challenge and her groups she currently plays with including Papa Juke and Fifty Shades of Blue. You connect with Laura and learn more about her at www.laurapowers.net.