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Ep#41: Overcoming Your Limiting Beliefs with Lisa MacKenzie

Be Radical Make Music - December 29, 2022 15:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Today on the podcast I chat to singer, songwriter and Radical Songwriting Academy Alumni Lisa MacKenzie about their journey from the darkness into the light.  From deeply rooted limiting beliefs and how she overcame them (with some Radical help!) to fully step into her light and joy and become t...

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The Authentic Music-Preneur

Modern Producer Secrets - December 27, 2022 13:52 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Are you on the brink of giving up on your dreams of being a professional music producer?  Are you tired of the everlasting struggle of losing steam just as you feel like you’re starting to reap some success?  Then stay tuned as Cameron dives into the final episode in the miniseries on Mindset to...

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EP#40: How Making Music Improves Your Relationships with Jen O'Brien

Be Radical Make Music - December 22, 2022 13:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
You know the phrase ‘you cannot pour from an empty cup’?   This week's guest Jen O'Brien talks about how she fills up her cup, is a better mother, partner, friend and creative human when she makes the time for her music and honest self-care time (which for Jen involves more mud than it does bub...

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Whitehorse on Unlikely Inspirations, Looping Headaches, and Writing in Lockdown

Canadian Musician Podcast - December 21, 2022 14:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
This week, we bring you our first episode hosted by Manus Hopkins, one of Canadian Musician's editors, who has taken up the mantle of podcast host from Mike Raine. We're sad to see Mike go and know he'll be missed, but the podcast will go on, and we hope you'll all continue to tune in each week....

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EP#39: Make Music With Authenticity in conversation with Ant Thomas

Be Radical Make Music - December 15, 2022 08:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
By writing with authenticity you plant a seed 🌱 and that seed multiplies as you share your work with courage 🌲 Go get inspired by this week’s conversation with rapper, writer and musician Ant Thomas.​ Ant is one of those people that just oozes creative authenticity. Whether that be through po...

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Menno Versteeg on How Royal Mountain Records Accidentally Became the Best Indie Label

Canadian Musician Podcast - December 14, 2022 15:46 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
So, this is it, Mike Raine’s last episode as host of the Canadian Musician Podcast. Mike kicks off the show by introducing you to Manus Hopkins, one of the editors at Canadian Musician who you’ll be hearing on the podcast from now on. And then, Mike shares his last interview for the Canadian Mus...

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21 Days of Abundance

Modern Producer Secrets - December 13, 2022 14:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
We have just weeks before the new year is upon us.  If you’re eager to make some life-changing commitments and take 2023 by storm, this episode in the mini-series is a must-listen.  Cameron shares how bad habits can form bad personalities and how the abundance mindset can shift your entire belie...

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EP#38: Manifest Your Life With Songwriting in conversation with Carla Gover

Be Radical Make Music - December 08, 2022 08:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
In this episode I am chatting with Carla Gover who is a Kentucky songstress, dancer and inspiring educator!   Carla and I discuss the comparison trap, subjectivity of art, how to define your own success and what that actually looks like in real life as well as casting spells through songs… mani...

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Velveteen Music's Brad Simons on a Modern Approach to Creation for Musicians & Producers

Canadian Musician Podcast - December 07, 2022 16:40 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
On this week’s episode, Canadian Musician Editor-in-Chief Mike Raine chats with Brad Simons. Brad is a man of many hats — he is a musician, computer scientist, Juno-nominated producer, and the owner of Edmonton-based studio and artist services company Velveteen Music. Brad tells Mike about his l...

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EP#37: *BONUS* Why Every Music Release Counts with Mike Nisbet

Be Radical Make Music - December 05, 2022 09:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
** BONUS EPISODE! ** Listen in as I chat with prolific songwriter and music artist Mike Nisbet about his work and thoughts around releasing music, why it is important and why every release counts. It's a fun and interesting conversation PACKED full of advice, knowledge and support for songwri...

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EP#36: How To Give Yourself Permission in conversation with Mima Merrow

Be Radical Make Music - December 01, 2022 08:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Dear Songwriters! This week, I invite you to sit back, relax, take a moment to stretch out time by getting super present.   Pop your headphones on 🎧 and listen to this week’s podcast episode which is an inspiring and really honest conversation with successful Irish singer songwriter Mima Merro...

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EP#36: How To Give Yourself Permission To Create in conversation with Mima Merrow

Be Radical Make Music - December 01, 2022 08:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Dear Songwriters! This week, I invite you to sit back, relax, take a moment to stretch out time by getting super present.   Pop your headphones on 🎧 and listen to this week’s podcast episode which is an inspiring and really honest conversation with successful Irish singer songwriter Mima Merro...

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Sound Royalties Brings Its Funding Solutions to Canadian Indie Artists

Canadian Musician Podcast - November 30, 2022 16:36 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Joining Canadian Musician Editor-in-Chief Mike Raine on the podcast this week is Vanessa Thomas, who was recently tapped to lead Sound Royalties’ Canadian operation. Sound Royalties offers a unique royalty advance model for independent artists and small music companies. Vanessa is a respected ...

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Mozart in the Jungle Pilot Recap: BONUS Episodes

The Musician Centric Podcast - November 28, 2022 06:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratings
Stories? Questions? Thoughts? TEXT us here! And now for something completely different! As a big fan of reality show podcast recaps, Steph convinced Liz to dive into the MITJ universe. Neither of us have watched this series or heard much about it, and you can bear witness as our innocence is ri...

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EP#35: Four Commitments Every Songwriter Needs To Make

Be Radical Make Music - November 24, 2022 08:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
In the first module of my signature online program Radical Songwriting Academy, I ask every single student to commit to themselves using a guided 4-promises exercise. DOWNLOAD THE FOUR PROMISES WORKBOOK HERE When I started to ask songwriter’s to do this exercise I saw a huge impact on people’s...

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Sakamoto Agency President Paul Biro’s Approach to Business & Relationships in Live Music

Canadian Musician Podcast - November 23, 2022 18:50 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 rating
On the podcast this week, Mike Raine chats with award-winning artist agent and event promoter Paul Biro. He is the co-founder, president, and operating partner at the Sakamoto Agency, one of the top companies in Canada’s live country music industry. He has also helped lead Sakamoto’s expansion w...

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How to Balance Your Music Business With Your Day Job

Modern Producer Secrets - November 22, 2022 14:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Have you been waiting to go from a soul-sucking 9-5 to your dream career as a music producer? In this episode, Cameron distills some of the most critical life lessons and provides eight excellent tips to build a side business as you work a day job. He also shares some of the most common misconce...

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Bands on the Rise: Goodnight Sunrise & Les Shirley

Canadian Musician Podcast - November 17, 2022 14:09 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 rating
This week on the podcast, Canadian Musician Editor-in-Chief Mike Raine speaks with two rising Canadian rock bands who he’s become a big fan of, Goodnight Sunrise and Les Shirley. First up, Mike chat with Vanessa Vakharia and David Kochberg of Toronto-based band Goodnight Sunrise about their ne...

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EP#34: Listen To This Before Your Release Your Next Song

Be Radical Make Music - November 17, 2022 08:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Music Release Strategies are a HOT TOPIC 🔥 There are hundreds of YouTube videos, online courses and podcasts all giving you the low-down on whats working now, algorithms, play-listing strategies, facebook ad methods... So I wasn’t surprised when I asked the songwriters inside the Radical Songw...

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Bulletproof with Noa Kageyama

The Musician Centric Podcast - November 14, 2022 05:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratings
Stories? Questions? Thoughts? TEXT us here! If you are/were a music student or have taken an audition in the past 12 years, you know our guest, Noa Kageyama! Through his blog “The Bulletproof Musician” and more recently his podcast of the same name, Noa has made the field of performance psychol...

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EP#33: Set Your Songwriting Goals For The New Year

Be Radical Make Music - November 10, 2022 08:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Welcome back to the podcast!   Download Your Songwriting Goals Workbook: https://expert-originator-680.ck.page/19511e7145 I want to help gently guide you towards your ambitions, dreams, fantasies and desires with as much cuddle-energy as I can.  So, I have designed a really beautiful goal-sett...

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4KORNERS on Being the Toronto Raptors’ Official DJ & Throwing the World’s Greatest Party

Canadian Musician Podcast - November 09, 2022 21:34 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Producer and Toronto Raptors official DJ, 4KORNERS, tells his story, from journalism student to DJing NBA games and parties for A-list celebrities. He has just released his highly anticipated debut full-length album 4KORNERS of the World . This new album is destined to make waves not just throug...

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Ignorance is NOT Bliss

Modern Producer Secrets - November 08, 2022 14:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Are you approaching the end of the year in disappointment or frustration over your music career ambitions? The winter holidays are perhaps the slowest season for the music industry, so now is the time to be planning how to start next year strong. Get candid with Cameron as he shares his trials a...

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EP#32: This One Tool Will Bullet-Proof Your Songwriting

Be Radical Make Music - November 03, 2022 08:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
For this tool... no thinking required!  Oh how difficult this is!  The Friday 15-minute Free Write is a judgment-free zone, a space for you to truly express, in whatever way that may come out onto the page. Come join in: www.facebook.com/groups/radicalsongwriting It’s a once a week opportuni...

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David Strickland’s Pioneering Life in Hip-Hop Production

Canadian Musician Podcast - November 02, 2022 20:21 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
On the podcast this week, Canadian Musician Editor-in-Chief Mike Raine welcome David "Gordo" Strickland, one of the pioneers of hip-hop production and recording in Canada. He’s an Indigenous, Toronto-born and based award-winning engineer, mixer, producer and DJ. Known for being behind the boards...

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Freelancing and Unionism with AFM Local 77 Leadership Team Ellen Trainer and Marjorie Goldberg

The Musician Centric Podcast - October 31, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 31 ratings
Stories? Questions? Thoughts? TEXT us here! In this episode, we learn about what happened when two freelancers: Ellen Trainer and Marjorie Goldberg, started a movement for change in the Philadelphia Musicians’ Union: Local 77. A true story of grassroots organizing in the musician community, Ell...

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Thompson Egbo-Egbo Has the World at His Finger Tips

Canadian Musician Podcast - October 26, 2022 20:10 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
This week on the podcast, Canadian Musician Editor-in-Chief Mike Raine welcomes Thompson Egbo-Egbo, a celebrated and internationally acclaimed pianist and composer from Toronto. His new album, What Remains, is out this Friday, October 28, via MNRK Music. Born in Nigeria, moving to Canada at age ...

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Cultivate Your Success (with Duck The Bass)

Modern Producer Secrets - October 25, 2022 14:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Do you dream of building a business or career in the music industry but keep talking yourself out of starting?  Suppose you’re holding your ambitions of being in the music industry as a professional but are still unsure how to make it happen. In that case, this episode is one you’ll want to hear...

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Roblox, The Metaverse & A New Frontier in Music

Canadian Musician Podcast - October 19, 2022 20:04 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Joining Mike on the podcast this week is Josh Neuman, the president and co-CEO of MELON, a powerhouse metaverse game development studio focused on Roblox. Josh explains why Roblox offers a lot of untapped potential for virtual music events, as well as a platform for audience growth and engagemen...

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Isabel Hagen on Changing Freelance Careers and Facing Performance Anxiety

The Musician Centric Podcast - October 17, 2022 04:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratings
Stories? Questions? Thoughts? TEXT us here! In this episode, we talk with someone (way) funnier than us: stand-up comedian and classically trained violist Isabel Hagen! From her appearance on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon to her headlining gig at the American Viola Society Festival in June...