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Conner Smith is a country singer-songwriter from Nashville, Tennessee. He signed his first publishing deal at 16 and released his debut album, Smoky Mountains, in 2024. His breakout hits include “I Hate Alabama” and the Gold-certified “Take It Slow.” He has toured with artists like Thomas Rhett, Cole Swindell, Chase Rice and Parker McCollum. He is currently signed to Big Machine Records' Valory label. In the episode, we discuss Conner's early introduction to songwriting, the success of the viral hit “I Hate Alabama,” the struggles of breaking through on country radio and much more.New Episodes every Tuesday.Find the host Troy Cartwright on Twitter, Instagram. Social Channels for Ten Year Town:YoutubeFacebookInstagramTwitterTikTokThis podcast was produced by Ben VanMaarth. Intro and Outro music for this episode was composed by Troy Cartwright, Monty Criswell, and Derek George. It is called "Same" and you can listen to it in it's entirety here. Additional music for this episode was composed by Thomas Ventura. Artwork design by Brad Vetter. Creative Direction by Mary Lucille Noah.

fWotD Episode 2774: You Belong with Me Welcome to Featured Wiki of the Day, your daily dose of knowledge from Wikipedia’s finest articles.The featured article for Sunday, 8 December 2024 is You Belong with Me."You Belong with Me" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift and the third single from her second studio album Fearless (2008). Big Machine Records released the song to radio on April 20, 2009. Swift was inspired to write "You Belong with Me" after overhearing a telephone call between a touring band member and his girlfriend; she and Liz Rose wrote the lyrics, which discuss an unrequited love. Swift and Nathan Chapman produced the track, which has a banjo-led country pop production and incorporates fiddle, mandolin, and rock-influenced bass and electric guitars. Although the single was promoted on country radio, some critics categorized it into 1980s pop subgenres such as pop rock and power pop.Early reviews of the song generally praised its radio-friendly production and the emotional engagement of the lyrics, although a few deemed the songwriting formulaic. Some feminist critics took issue with the lyrics as slut-shaming but retrospective opinions have considered "You Belong with Me" one of Swift's signature songs. At the 2010 Grammy Awards, the song was nominated in three categories, including Song of the Year and Record of the Year. The single reached the top 10 on several charts and received certifications in Australia, Canada, Japan, and New Zealand. In the United States, it peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100, and was the first country song to reach number one on both the Hot Country Songs chart and the all-genre Radio Songs chart. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) certified the single seven-times platinum. Roman White directed the song's music video, which stars Swift as both the antagonist—an unsympathetic, popular brunette cheerleader—and the protagonist—a sympathetic, blonde girl next door who yearns for the antagonist's boyfriend. The video premiered on CMT on May 4, 2009, and won Best Female Video at the MTV Video Music Awards; Swift's acceptance speech was interrupted by Kanye West, which caused a controversy widely covered by the press. Following a 2019 dispute about the ownership of Swift's back catalog, she re-recorded the song as "You Belong with Me (Taylor's Version)" for her album Fearless (Taylor's Version) (2021). As of 2024, "You Belong with Me" has been included in the set lists of five of Swift's six headlining tours.This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 00:30 UTC on Sunday, 8 December 2024.For the full current version of the article, see You Belong with Me on Wikipedia.This podcast uses content from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.Visit our archives at wikioftheday.com and subscribe to stay updated on new episodes.Follow us on Mastodon at @wikioftheday@masto.ai.Also check out Curmudgeon's Corner, a current events podcast.Until next time, I'm standard Russell.

Jesse Starcher, Robert Cooper, Mik Wanamaker and Mark Radulich present their Motley Crue Cancelled EP 2024 Album Review as part of the MHOD Jukebox!Cancelled is an EP by the American heavy metal band Mötley Crüe, released on October 4, 2024, through Big Machine Records. It is their first release with guitarist John 5, who replaced Mick Mars following his retirement from the band in October 2022.On April 19, 2023, Mötley Crüe announced that they had begun working on new music with record producer Bob Rock. Bassist Nikki Sixx released a statement a month later, stating that it had finished production and had begun mixing the new material. In July 2023, frontman Vince Neil confirmed that the band recorded three brand new songs. Two months later, guitarist John 5 confirmed the title of a new song as "Dogs of War", and also revealed that the band had recorded a cover of "(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!)" by Beastie Boys.On April 23, 2024, it was announced that Mötley Crüe had signed a deal with Big Machine Records, and three days later the band released "Dogs of War", their first song in five years and their first with John 5. Neil told Billboard that same month that additional music from Mötley Crüe could be released by the end of 2024 or in 2025, but also stated that new material could result in "a few songs here, a few songs there" rather than a full-length album. Drummer Tommy Lee did not rule out releasing a new Mötley Crüe album, but stated that "recording and writing some stuff that you're feeling right at the moment and releasing it is, for us, a lot more a lot more fun and sort of a time stamp of where we're at right now." Sixx said that the band had recorded two other new singles that were ready to be released.On August 23, 2024, Mötley Crüe released their cover version of "(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!)" as a single, and announced on the same day that a new EP, titled Cancelled, would be released on October 4.All of that plus video reviews of Motley Crue The Dirt, Motley Crue Dogs of War, Rammstein - Sonne, OZZY OSBOURNE - Shot In The Dark and Morbid Angel - God of Emptiness.All of that plus a discussion of Clown Core!Clown Core (stylized as ClownC0re) is an American musical duo. It is composed of two anonymous artists who wear clown masks, speculated to be drummer Louis Cole of the indietronica/jazzfunk band Knower and Sam Gendel, a saxophonist and frequent Cole collaborator. Their eponymous album Clown Core was released in 2010. The album Toilet followed eight years later. Their album Van was released in 2020. The EP 1234 released in 2021. Their projects are all self-released.Disclaimer: The following may contain offensive language, adult humor, and/or content that some viewers may find offensive – The views and opinions expressed by any one speaker does not explicitly or necessarily reflect or represent those of Mark Radulich or W2M Network.Mark Radulich and his wacky podcast on all the things:https://linktr.ee/markkind76alsohttps://www.teepublic.com/user/radulich-in-broadcasting-networkFB Messenger: Mark Radulich LCSWTiktok: @markradulichtwitter: @MarkRadulichInstagram: markkind76RIBN Album Playlist: https://suno.com/playlist/91d704c9-d1ea-45a0-9ffe-5069497bad59

Originaire de Pendleton, dans l'Indiana, Alex Williams a grandi en écoutant du Heavy Metal des années 80, pour finalement se tourner vers la country classique à la fin de son adolescence. Il s' inscrit à l'Université Belmont à Nashville après avoir obtenu son diplôme d'études secondaires. Rapidement il abandonne ce cycle de formation et commence à se produire dans ‘'Music City'', retournant parfois dans son État d'origine, l'Indiana et au Texas. Alex Williams se produit en solo sur Brooklyn Avenue à Nashville et il finit par monter un groupe. Julian Raymond, un producteur qui travaillait également chez Big Machine Records (label majeur qui a lancé Florida Georgia Line et Taylor Swift) a remarqué le talent d'Alex Williams et lui proposa un contrat séparément du groupe

AC/DC ouvre des pop-up bars dans 5 villes européennes pour sa tournée, à Londres, Gelsenkirchen en Allemagne, Seville, Munich, Londres et Paris. Comme annoncé, Motley Crue a sorti un nouveau titre, ‘'Dogs Of War'' de quoi célébrer le nouveau contrat du groupe avec Big Machine Records de Nashville. L'ancien guitariste de Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, dévoile une série de 4 singles dont "I Pray" produite par Bob Rock. Robert Plant serait-il en train de réenregistrer un classique de Led Zeppelin ? Les neuf membres du groupe de nu-metal de l'Iowa, Slipknot, a donné son premier concert avec son mystérieux nouveau batteur. Les Rolling Stones ont annoncé les groupes qui ouvriront leurs dates de concerts dans le cadre de la tournée américaine ‘'Hackney Diamonds'' qui a débuté hier. Mots-Clés : groupe, esprits, occasion, Europe, été, éphémère, concerts, chanteur, Vince Neil, réalisé, Bob Rock, école, ambiance, old school, Nikki Sixx, bassiste, cool, studio, fans, aimer, chanson, Livin' Alone, Songs That Wrote My Life, Believe (In Miracles), vie, heureux, joie, posts , mystérieux, projet, studio, Wolverhampton, ville, Birmingham, concert, intime, bar, barbecue, Pappy, Harriet's, Pioneertown, Californie, licenciement, Jay Weinberg, Sepultura, Eloy Casagrande, identité, visite, Amérique du Nord, Canada, Gary Clark Jr, Kaleo, Belgique, Stade Roi, Philadelphie,The Pretty Reckless , Joe Bonamassa, Antonella Gambotto-Burke, propriétaire du studio, Gavin Monaghan a également évoqué sur les médias sociaux cette nouvelle session, laissant présager que Plant aurait revisité plus d'un classique de Led Zeppelin pour ce projet mystérieux. --- Classic 21 vous informe des dernières actualités du rock, en Belgique et partout ailleurs. Le Journal du Rock, chaque jour à 7h30 et 18h30. Merci pour votre écoute Pour écouter Classic 21 à tout moment : www.rtbf.be/classic21 Retrouvez tous les contenus de la RTBF sur notre plateforme Auvio.be Et si vous avez apprécié ce podcast, n'hésitez pas à nous donner des étoiles ou des commentaires, cela nous aide à le faire connaître plus largement.

Une guitare sur laquelle John Lennon a joué plusieurs titres des Beatles, longtemps considérée comme disparue, a été retrouvée récemment dans un grenier au Royaume-Uni, l'instrument sera mis en vente à la fin du mois de mai aux États-Unis. La vidéo partagée de Deep Purple dans laquelle on voyait la batterie de Ian Paice et le clavier de Don Airey, en plus d'une équation algébrique animée qui apparaissait en arrière-plan donne pour résultat le chiffre ‘'1'' titre du prochain album.Paul McCartney and the Wings vont sortir pour la première fois leur album studio live de 1974, ‘'One Hand Clapping'' enregistré en août 1974, aux studios Abbey Road en conditions live. Un album de chansons inédites de Johnny Cash, intitulé ‘'Songwriter'', sortira le 28 juin dont voici déjà le single "Well Alright". Motley Crue a signé un nouveau contrat avec Big Machine Records en amont de la sortie du prochain single, "Dogs of War", pour ce vendredi 26 mai. Mots-Clés : Framus 12 string Hootenanny, photos, enregistrements, Help, vedette, prix, vol, Angleterre, Gordon Waller, manager, confirmer, info, earMUSIC, film, documentaire, réalisateur, David Litchfield, versions pirates, sortie officielle, sessions, Nashville, John Carter Cash, fils, voix, original, musiciens, père, collection, chansons, changement, line up, départ, Mick Mars, arrivée, guitariste, John 5, label, single, vacances. --- Classic 21 vous informe des dernières actualités du rock, en Belgique et partout ailleurs. Le Journal du Rock, chaque jour à 7h30 et 18h30. Merci pour votre écoute Pour écouter Classic 21 à tout moment : www.rtbf.be/classic21 Retrouvez tous les contenus de la RTBF sur notre plateforme Auvio.be Et si vous avez apprécié ce podcast, n'hésitez pas à nous donner des étoiles ou des commentaires, cela nous aide à le faire connaître plus largement.

Earnestness. Authenticity. These are the things Nashville-based guitarist Tobin Dale relates to when he considers his chosen craft as a guitarist and playing the music he loves. A true student of rock‘n'roll guitar, Dale has been at it since discovering the Beatles and subsequently picking up the guitar around age 12, growing up in Orlando. In music circles, he's become known as a go-to sideman for touring and sessions when artists are seeking the much-admired weave sound of guitars made popular by the likes of Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood of the Rolling Stones and heard in the sounds of bands like The Faces, Humble Pie, the Black Crowes, Dan Baird projects and more. He first began life as a working musician in Los Angeles after following the cross-country voyage taken by one of his heroes, Tom Petty, who went from central Florida to LA. In California, he first joined the band the Nasty Souls, playing his first live show at the famed Roxy on Sunset at age 21. It was there that the likes of Bob Marley, Aretha Franklin, John Lennon, Bruce Springsteen, Linda Ronstadt, Patti Smith, Prince and more had played prior. Alcohol and drugs, of course, were ever-present in the LA music scene. In particular, booze became a particular vice when playing with Caldwell Jack & the Six Pack during a residency at the Kibitz Room. Dale had a wakeup call during an East Coast tour that helped Dale find sobriety. He ultimately moved to Nashville with the love of his life and began finding bigger opportunities through encounters with the likes of Alejandro Escovedo, through producer Julian Raymond at Big Machine Records, touring with Brock Ganyea and ultimately hooking up with the legendary Ray Wylie Hubbard. Dale's relationship with Hubbard started during his time playing on tour with Ganyea, who was opening shows for Hubbard. The iconic Texas songwriter approached Dale after a few performances and asked him to come up on stage to join him on the song “You Got to Move.” Dale asked Hubbard if he wanted, “the Fred McDowell or the Rolling Stones version.” A kinship was formed and the bond has only solidified since. It didn't hurt, of course, that Dale quickly found chemistry with Hubbard's son and bandmate Lucas—the two weaving their guitars seamlessly—and Dale continues playing with Hubbard's band today, such as his recent gigs on the Sirius XM Outlaw Country Cruise (where Dale also played with Andrew Leahey and the Homestead) and at Red Rocks in Colorado. It would seem, at just age 34, Dale is only getting started. He has a big summer ahead, touring with Tuk Smith & the Restless Hearts, picking up gigs here and there in Nashville and across the U.S. But with every consideration, Dale seemingly comes back to his fundamental tenants—particularly, authenticity. We discuss all of this and more on a terrific edition of The Load Out Music podcast with guitarist Tobin Dale. Enjoy!

WHY DO YOU WANT TO GROW YOUR PODCAST? If you're like most podcasters, one of your biggest challenges you want to overcome is how to grow your podcast. I hear it often. Today, I want to help you dive deep into audience growth. IMPORTANT LINKS Here are links to those resources mentioned in this episode:   Libsyn – Audio host for podcasters – https://libsyn.com The Feed – the official podcast of Libsyn – https://thefeed.libsyn.com Alex Hormozi – https://www.acquisition.com/bio-alex Dan Kennedy – Magnetic Marketing – https://magneticmarketing.com Taylor Swift – https://www.taylorswift.com Big Machine Records – https://www.bigmachinelabelgroup.com Podcast Strategy Call – https://podcasttalentcoach.com/podcast-review-questionaire/ Send me an email at coach@podcasttalentcoach.com.   MAKE THEM CARE In this episode, we dive deep into the challenges faced by many podcasters when it comes to growing their listenership. You receive invaluable insights into why some podcasts stagnate and what you can do to overcome these hurdles. We start with the critical importance of making your audience care. Provide unique value in your episodes. Infuse each episode with authenticity and stay true to yourself. We discuss strategies to build a relationship with your listeners, such as cleverly weaving your episodes together and harnessing specific tactics designed to not only attract but also retain a dedicated audience. TWO SIDES There are two sides to the audience growth equation. To grow, you must spend time attracting new listeners. Then, invest time keeping your current listeners coming back episode after episode. Maintain regular contact with your existing listeners to keep them invested in your podcast. Reach out frequently. While many podcasters dream of reaching a staggering 5,000 downloads per episode to successfully sell ads, the sobering statistic is that only 7% of podcasts hit those numbers. That is according to Rob Walch at Libsyn. QUALITY OVER QUANTITY The quality of your audience is more significant than sheer numbers. Therefore, it starts by identifying your ideal client. Identifying your ideal target listener and developing content specifically tailored to their interests and needs is key to cultivating a meaningful connection. I share a few stories from my radio career, illustrating the importance of forging a genuine bond with listeners. It starts by being your authentic self, as mimicking others won't create the same loyal following. Being relevant, interesting, and true to your identity are the cornerstones of developing a consistent audience that returns each episode. You can't please everyone - it's better to focus on resonating deeply with the right people. STRATEGY VS. TACTICS You need a strategic approach to audience growth. There is a big difference between having a strategy – an overarching plan – and the tactics – the individual actions within that plan. I'm creating a workshop to help you grow your audience. I want to ensure it is extremely powerful for you. When it comes to increasing your downloads, what is your biggest challenge? Send me an email and let me know at coach@podcasttalentcoach.com. Let's grow your show the right way and for the right reasons.  

Some of the subjects in our courtroom may require a little jog of the memory when you first hear of the person, others not so much.  And unless you've been living under a rock or in a coma for the last 10 years, Taylor Swift is a name you probably have heard much about, regardless of your taste in music.  The hardworking star has been topping the charts for about a decade, and probably the most remarkable thing about her, is that she has seemed to avoid that one big blowup.  But are there stories behind Tay Tay that the public isn't in the know about that may cast a different light on her?  How did she get her big break?  Did Travis Kelce really put her on the map when he decided to be her boyfriend?  We'll dive into these questions and more in this episode of AHC Podcast.       Intro music credits: Modern Pop / Rock Instrumental (Journey Guitars) NEW 2021 [prod.by Percy Arnold] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOktAsWl3oI https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8VsDGNJit-E1Zu7fJCY1rg     Citations: Coroneos, T. (2012, June 5). Did Taylor swift's dad buy her career? Saving Country Music. https://www.savingcountrymusic.com/did-taylor-swifts-dad-buy-her-career/  Dailey, H., & Aniftos, R. (2023, December 21). A timeline of Taylor swift's generosity. Billboard. https://www.billboard.com/lists/taylor-swifts-charity-donations-gifts-timeline/january-2015-a-lucky-fan-gets-some-help-paying-for-student-loans/  Nardino, M. (2023, July 28). Taylor Swift controversies through the years: Lawsuits and more. Us Weekly. https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/pictures/taylor-swift-controversies-through-the-years-lawsuits-and-more/  Stayse, N. (2018, April 3). The Shady Side of Taylor Swift. Nicki Swift. https://www.nickiswift.com/7466/shady-side-taylor-swift/  Torn, S. (2022, August 3). What all of Taylor Swift's exes have said about her. Nicki Swift. https://www.nickiswift.com/951862/what-all-of-taylor-swifts-exes-have-said-about-her/  Wikipedia contributors. (2023a, July 3). Toby Keith (album). Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Toby_Keith_(album)&oldid=1163228628  Wikipedia contributors. (2023b, December 10). Big Machine Records. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Big_Machine_Records&oldid=1189153633  Wikipedia contributors. (2024, January 13). Taylor Swift. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Taylor_Swift&oldid=1195359345 

To say Taylor Swift had an incredible 2023 is an enormous understatement - between taking the world by storm with The Eras Tour and breaking records with the “Taylor's Versions” of her albums “Speak Now” and “1989”, the past year helped cement Taylor's legacy as an artist unlike any other… but what if she never re-recorded her first six albums in response to Scooter Braun by Big Machine Records (and in turn buying her albums' masters)? Would we be having the same conversations about Taylor Swift if solely focused on creating new music?   That's what Matt and Zach discuss during a new episode of "What If?" In this podcast series, we analyze hypothetical scenarios surrounding moments in music history that nearly happened, and hypothesize what the outcomes could've been if that “what if” became a reality.   Want to buy some exclusive Epic Footnote merch, or listen to our episodes on another streaming platform? Visit https://linktr.ee/epicfootnote    Sponsored by Lucky 13 Beard Co.: head over to https://lucky13beardco.com/ and listen to this episode for a special code that will give you 10% OFF your order of quality, made-to-order beard care products! And also try our VERY OWN beard oil inspired by the legendary Lemmy Kilmister:  https://lucky13beardco.com/products/1oz-beard-oil-lemmy   #WhatIf #TaylorSwift #TaylorsVersion #TheErasTour #TaylorSwiftTheErasTour #1989TaylorsVersion #SpeakNowTaylorsVersion #Swiftie #SwiftNation #TravisKelce #BruceSpringsteen #ScooterBraun #BigMachine #Podcast #MusicPodcast  

fWotD Episode 2408: White Horse (Taylor Swift song) Welcome to featured Wiki of the Day where we read the summary of the featured Wikipedia article every day.The featured article for Friday, 8 December 2023 is White Horse (Taylor Swift song)."White Horse" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift and the second single from her second studio album, Fearless (2008). Big Machine Records released the track to US country radio on December 8, 2008. Swift wrote "White Horse" with Liz Rose and produced it with Nathan Chapman. An understated country pop ballad, the song is driven by a finger-picked guitar and includes piano and cello accents. The lyrics incorporate fairy-tale imagery of princesses and white horses: a narrator is heartbroken on realizing that her boyfriend is not an ideal figure like she thought, and in the end she leaves her town with hopes of finding somebody more worthy.Music critics lauded "White Horse" for what they deemed a somber production and a portrayal of universal feelings arising from heartbreak, but some found the lyrics uncreative. At the 2010 Grammy Awards, the track won Best Country Song and Best Female Country Vocal Performance. In the United States, the single peaked at number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number two on the Hot Country Songs chart, and the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) certified it double platinum. The song also charted in Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom; it received certifications in the first two countries.Trey Fanjoy directed the song's music video, which depicts Swift reliving memories with her ex-boyfriend and her discovery of his infidelity after having ended their relationship through a phone call. The video premiered on February 7, 2009, on CMT, and it became the first video to debut at number one on the network's countdown. Swift performed "White Horse" live at the 2008 American Music Awards, on her Fearless Tour (2009–2010), and on certain dates of her later tours. Following the 2019 dispute regarding the ownership of Swift's back catalog, she re-recorded the song as "White Horse (Taylor's Version)" for her 2021 re-recorded album Fearless (Taylor's Version).This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 01:01 UTC on Friday, 8 December 2023.For the full current version of the article, see White Horse (Taylor Swift song) on Wikipedia.This podcast uses content from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.Visit our archives at wikioftheday.com and subscribe to stay updated on new episodes.Follow us on Mastodon at @wikioftheday@masto.ai.Also check out Curmudgeon's Corner, a current events podcast.Until next time, I'm Stephen Neural.

This Friday, we're talking about the deification of Dolly Parton, or, as we like to call her, Saint Dolly. Her new release Rockstar comes out today – a 30-track rock album that features duets with artists such as Paul McCartney, Sting, Elton John and Stevie Nicks on cover versions of their classic songs. The album feels a bit like a karaoke album, but we had a lot of fun listening to it – partially because Parton is so easy to love. So how did Parton become such a cultural icon? What does she represent? And why do we want a Saint Dolly? Lilah is joined by US media correspondent Anna Nicolaou and FT Magazine's food and drink editor (and long-time Dollyhead) Harriet Fitch Little. -------We love hearing from you. Lilah is on Instagram @lilahrap. You can email her at lilah.raptopoulos@ft.com.-------Links (all FT links get you past the paywall): – Rockstar by Dolly Parton is available to stream now, on all music streaming platforms. – Here's the FT's review of Rockstar, by our pop critic Ludo Hunter-Tilney: https://on.ft.com/3ufuiql – Harriet unpacks the history of Parton's hit ‘9 to 5' for the FT column Life of a Song: https://on.ft.com/49F9Uiz– Anna is on X @annanicolaou, Harriet is on X at @HarrietFL and Instagram at @huffffleMore or less: – Harriet recommends Jury Duty, available to stream free on Amazon Prime– For great local-feeling restaurants in New York, Lilah has a hundred recommendations, but here are three: Claud, a wine bar in the East Village, Names in Prospect Lefferts Gardens, and (the classic) Frankie's in Carroll Gardens– Here's the article Harriet mentioned, ‘The UK's 19 cosiest winter restaurants – according to FT writers': https://on.ft.com/3MNmZwy– Anna hates grey wood floors-------Special FT subscription offers for Life and Art podcast listeners, from 50% off a digital subscription to a $1/£1/€1 trial, are here: http://ft.com/lifeandart-------Original music by Metaphor Music. Mixing and sound design by Breen Turner and Sam Giovinco. Clips courtesy of Big Machine Records.Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Friday was a big day for Taylor Swift. She released the reimagined version of her 2014 album 1989, and was declared a billionaire by business news outlet Bloomberg. So this weekend we're listening back to our conversation with The Sunday Times' resident Swiftie, Charlotte Ivers. What is it about the pop princess that has the power to influence an entire generation and their politics?This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today: thetimes.co.uk/storiesofourtimes.Guest: Charlotte Ivers, Sunday Times columnist and Times Radio political correspondent.Host: Manveen Rana.Clips: NBC, PBS, BBC, ABC, Billboard, Fox, ET, SVT, CNBC, TikTok.Music excerpts: Love Story/Better Than Revenge - Taylor Swift, Big Machine Records, LLC. Blank Space/New Romantics - Max Martin, Taylor Swift, Shellback, Big Machine Records, LLC. Outta the Woods - Jack Antonoff, Taylor Swift, Big Machine Records, LLC. Betty/Delicate/Man/You Need to Calm Down/Only the Young - Taylor Swift, Universal Music Group. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"Taylor Swift is re recording all the albums she recorded with Big Machine Records. She is not the first. Not even close. We have a long list of songs and reasons bands and artists re recorded their music."

Picture this: tens thousands of fans screaming from the top of their lungs for more content from you, the B2B marketer.It may sound more like how people react to superstars like Taylor Swift; there are tactics she uses in her branding that inspire intense fandom, like how Swifties can wear red lipstick, make beaded bracelets or decode hidden messages in her Instagram posts to own a bit of her brand for themselves. It's all a part of a culture that Taylor Swift and her team of amazing marketers have meticulously cultivated over time. But who's to say B2B marketers can't borrow a bit of that marketing magic? In this episode, we're turning to the artist with more #1 albums than any other woman in history: Taylor Swift, and seeing what new B2B marketing ideas we can learn from her. What about her brand has inspired such passion; the kind of passion that is expected to bring in more than $1 billion in ticket sales from her current tour? Joining us is Senior Director of Content Marketing at Lob, Kim Courvoisier. Together, we're talking about the marketing behind Taylor Swift's record-breaking tour, creating a shareable brand, and refreshing content to give your audience even more value. So layer on your Swifty bracelets and maybe a little something sparkly for this episode of Remarkable.About LobLob is the only direct mail automation platform for the digital age. Lob's platform automates the direct mail execution process for enterprises at any scale - from creation, printing, postage, delivery, and sustainability with end-to-end analytics and campaign attribution. Over 12,000 businesses trust Lob to transform their direct mail into intelligent mail. Founded in 2013 and based in San Francisco, Lob is venture-backed by Y Combinator, Polaris Partners, Floodgate, and First Round Capital.About Taylor Swift and The Eras TourTaylor Swift is an American singer-songwriter who has more #1 albums than any other woman in history after her album “Speak Now (Taylor's Version)” debuted at #1. The 33-year-old artist from Pennsylvania who was originally known for country music is known for her musical versatility and reinventing herself as an artist. As a cultural figure, she has had several high-profile news stories, including her dispute with Big Machine Records over ownership of the masters of her first 6 studio albums which led to her re-recording all of them, and another legal battle with Apple in 2015 over protecting artists' rights to fair compensation for their work. She currently has 10 albums, and has sold 114 million albums worldwide. She's won 12 Grammys, 19 Billboard Music Awards (the most of any woman), 40 American Music Awards, and more.  She has many trademarks, including hiding messages in her content, frequently using the number 13, wearing red lipstick, and going barefoot. Her fans call themselves Swifties.The Eras Tour is a journey through all of Taylor Swift's studio albums. It's 131 concerts across five continents, and is expected to be the highest grossing tour in history. Tickets bring in more than $13 million a night, for an expected $1 billion+ overall. The average ticket costs $254. The Philadelphia Federal Reserve even reported that the tour is boosting economic growth, specifically related to hotel revenue. Taylor Swift has a 44-song set list and the concert is 3-hours long. The tour started on March 17th in Glendale, Arizona which was officially renamed “Swift City” for two days. The tour will wrap up on November 23rd, 2024 in Toronto.About our guest, Kim CourvoisierKim Courvoisier is the Senior Director of Content Marketing at Lob, the only direct mail automation platform for the digital age. Kim is an experienced senior-level digital marketing leader with over 12 years of experience in SaaS marketing, specializing in B2B and B2C content marketing, social media, email marketing, customer lifecycle marketing, AI, and SEO. She is based in San Francisco, California.What B2B Companies Can Learn From Taylor Swift and The Eras Tour: Re-use, recycle, repurpose your classic content. Look back at your past marketing content that did really well and see if you can get more juice out of it. Kim says, “A lot of times, I'll write an ebook, and it's like, ‘Okay, that was great for that campaign. Moving on,' And I'm like, ‘No, no, no. That's all perfectly relevant content. We should reuse that, we should recycle it, we should repurpose that.' And that's exactly what Taylor Swift is doing when she is re-releasing these albums because she's now driving eyeballs or ears back to that content.” So make the most of the content you've invested time and effort in in the past, and refresh it to give your customers added value today.Create a shareable culture around your brand. For Swifties, it's making beaded bracelets, wearing the number 13, going barefoot, putting on red lipstick. And it inspires fans to create their own content or even make their own bracelets and sell them. Kim says, “It's helping this whole little generation become entrepreneurs, which I think is so incredible. I talk about marketing and [Taylor isn't] keeping it for herself. She's sharing it with everyone, and I think there's no greater power as a marketer than to empower others. And she's absolutely doing that.” So extend your brand to include free elements that fans can own, get added value from, and make their own.Quotes“If your content isn't adding value, then you're just creating more noise.” - Kim Courvoisier “When [Taylor Swift] re-releases an album, she actually adds new content to it. Like content from the vault that wasn't on the original edition. And so it's adding more value. So that would be like if I took an old ebook that I had written and then put on an extra bonus chapter and re-released it. So I think there's a ton of lessons we can learn as marketers to go back and refresh and repurpose our content. And I get a ton of inspiration from that.” - Kim CourvoisierTime Stamps[0:54] Meet Kim Courvoisier, Senior Director of Content Marketing at Lob[1:32] Why are we covering Taylor Swift?[4:04] Tell me more about Taylor Swift[10:32] Learn more about the record-breaking Eras Tour[16:54] How do you create a shareable culture?[22:39] What are marketing lessons we can learn from The Eras Tour?[24:58] How to repurpose classic content and give your audience added value[33:55] How to make content appeal to people who aren't currently in the “buying mode”[36:34] How does Kim think about the ROI of content?[42:57] What are Kim's favorite pieces of content she's made at Lob?[45:15] Tell me more about Lob's 2023 State of Direct Mail and Consumer Insights ReportsLinksListen to Taylor SwiftLearn more about The Eras TourConnect with Kim on LinkedInLearn more about LobAbout Remarkable!Remarkable! is created by the team at Caspian Studios, the premier B2B Podcast-as-a-Service company. Caspian creates both non-fiction and fiction series for B2B companies. If you want a fiction series check out our new offering - The Business Thriller - Hollywood style storytelling for B2B. Learn more at CaspianStudios.com. In today's episode, you heard from Ian Faison (CEO of Caspian Studios), Colin Stamps (Podcast Launch Manager), and Meredith Gooderham (Senior Producer). Remarkable was produced this week by Meredith O'Neil, mixed by Scott Goodrich, and our theme song is “Solomon” by FALAK. Create something remarkable. Rise above the noise.

On this episode of Roger the Wild Child Show: Nashville edition, we are joined by award-winning songwriter & artist, Ashley Jordan!ASHLEY JORDAN When it comes to writing slice of life songs and then singing them from the heart, Ashley Jordan is in a league of her own.  Born and raised in the tiny town of Harvard, MA, Ashley spent her summers in the Ozark Mountains with her grandparents, listening to and singing country music. She credits her late grandfather as “the light of her life” and it is clear that his influence as a country-folk singer/ songwriter is part of her DNA. At only 13, Ashley convinced her parents to allow her to travel to iconic Harvard Square in Cambridge where she and her guitar set up shop on a street corner.  While a family member stood by, crowds gathered and her tip jar filled to the brim.  The shy girl came to life in front of an audience and Ashley found her voice and her calling. By the time she was 16, Ashley was touring New England with her first album of original songs. Four albums later, Ashley Jordan is a seasoned live performer who has played to crowds as large as 40,000 opening for everyone from Trace Adkins to The Beach Boys, to Billboard Chart hit-maker Jimmie Allen, to the legendary Charlie Daniels Band. She has scored major market airplay, a first-round Grammy nomination, two unprecedented back-to-back Country Artist of the Year wins at the Boston Music Awards and was twice named a top 10 finalist on Nash Next, where she performed for Scott Borchetta of Big Machine Records, Kix Brooks and music legend Desmond Child.  With the upcoming release of her fifth album of original music recorded in Nashville and produced by Jeff Huskins of Little Texas fame, Ashley Jordan is perched at the edge of stardom. Blessed with a powerhouse voice that moves effortlessly from pure country to an authentic pop vibe, Ashley Jordan is on fire and ready to roll. ******Roger the Wild Child Show: Nashville is streamed live every Wednesday night 9pm ET/ 6pm PT on Facebook, YouTube and Twitter. The show is rebroadcasted on 20+ different podcast platforms. Each week they talk with up-and-coming artists, legends of country music and other influencers to the Nashville scene. Roger is joined by co-hosts Megan Bennett, Patrick James and Kristen Kae.  Wanna know what's the nitty gritty from music city?  Elise Harper has your Nashville Music News! Check out the video/audio podcasts and the rest of our linksLinkTree https://linktr.ee/wildchildradio

David Nathan is an acclaimed music executive who has worked with Columbia Records, Island Records, Republic Records, and Big Machine Records, before creating his own label, Happy Jack Records, to honor the legacy of his late son, Jack. He shares stories from decades in the industry and how his new label helps fulfill Jack's dream of providing artists with mental health support.  On this episode, David talks to Matt about: How he got started working in the music industry and went from radio stations to record companies. Helping to build Republic Records and being the go-between for Big Machine and Republic. Working with Taylor Swift at the start of her career and helping her cross over to pop. Witnessing stars like Amy Winehouse and Prince suffer from drug addiction. His son Jack's struggles with mental health and Jack's commitment to raise money for charities and support youth with mental health issues. Jack's tragic death from an accidental overdose and David's commitment to continuing his design company, Happy Jack, in his honor. Joining forces with DJ Sam Koch to realize Jack's dream of creating Happy Jack Records, a label that focuses on developing and supporting artists who suffer with mental health issues. The importance of providing proper mental health services for artists in the music industry and beyond. And More!   Follow @HappyJackRecords on Instagram or visit www.happyjackrecords.org to learn more about Happy Jack Records.   This episode is sponsored by The Salvation Army Adult Rehabilitation Centers – one of the oldest residential drug and alcohol rehab programs. ARC is a non-profit and was hit hard financially as a result of COVID. For more information, and to donate or sign up for their quarterly newsletter, visit thechanceto.org. About David Nathan David Nathan is a well-known and respected veteran in the entertainment/music industry who has worked and developed the careers of multiple A-list talents throughout his career such as Taylor Swift, Amy Winehouse, Ariana Grande, Florida Georgia Line, The Weeknd, Thomas Rhett, Shawn Mendes, and Cash Money, to name a few. With over three decades of experience and a contact list of elite and sought after names in the music, film, television, and sports industries, Nathan possesses the experience, skills, and connections required to successfully negotiate, secure and navigate the most desirable and highly paid deals. In 1996, Nathan was hired as the seventh employee at the new “start-up” label and spent 21 years there, rising through the ranks to SVP of Promotion and Artist Development. He was an intricate piece of building Republic Records into the #1 Record Label in the world. In conjunction with his promotion and marketing initiatives and responsibilities, he also worked on branding, marketing, social media and touring, allowing him to forge and build lasting relationships between diverse communities on behalf of his clients.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Scott Borchetta, owner of Big Machine Racing and CEO Big Machine Records, joins Lisa Dent to talk about what you can expect if you plan on attending Chicago’s NASCAR Street Race this weekend. Also, Borchetta talks about latest music you can expect from Big Machine Records. Follow The Lisa Dent Show on Twitter:Follow @LisaDentSpeaksFollow @SteveBertrand […]

This week I am talking with Richard Casper of CreatiVets in Nashville, TN. Richard is a military veteran that suffered a brain injury in the war and has since found healing through music. He co-founded the non-profit CreatiVets to help other veterans write songs with hit songwriters that help them communicate their thoughts and feelings to start the healing process. Richard also co-founded the songwriting app We Should Write Sometime that allows writers from all over to connect with other songwriters.  We are discussing learning to write music to cope with trauma, starting multiple music related companies, changing the way music is accessible and how your anxieties and depression have to be outweighed by your excitement when writing. Sponsors: Edenbrooke Productions - We offer consulting services and are offering listeners a 1-hour introductory special. To request more info on consulting services, email Marty at contact@johnmartinkeith.com.  In this episode we discuss: *Being in the military and guarding the President. *Losing friends in combat and suffering a brain injury. *Taking art and creative writing in college to help with the brain injury. *Learning to write music to cope. *Connecting with Nashville writers at a songwriter's round in Chicago. *Meeting and writing with songwriter Mark Irwin and how that began the healing process. *Bringing vets to Nashville to write with pro writers who can help them communicate their thoughts and feelings to help the start healing. *Bring in people around you to be successful. *Starting the non-profit CreatiVets. *CreatiVets helps wounded veterans heal through arts and music. *The importance of networking with people in the industry. *Creating a partnership with Big Machine Records to release music. *Starting We Should Write Sometime app. *Changing the way music is accessible. *We Should Write Your Song - custom songs for people. *weshouldwritesometime.com *How writers can write for We Should Write Sometime or We Should Write Your Song. *CreatiVets' goal is trying to end veteran suicide. *Your anxieties and depression have to be outweighed by your excitement. *www.creativets.org *You need to be in a music town to do this professionally. *Have one person who will champion you. *https://creativets.org/ BIO: RICHARD CASPER | Co-Founder & Executive Director Richard co-founded CreatiVets and currently serves as the CreatiVets organization's executive director.  Richard served four years as an infantryman in the United States Marine Corps, with a combat deployment in Fallujah, Iraq.  During his deployment, he was hit by four IEDs in just four short months, causing him to suffer from a traumatic brain injury.  Upon returning home, Richard found it hard to adjust and suffered from PTS until he discovered the healing power of music and art.  After experiencing firsthand the impact music and art had on his own recovery, Richard co-founded CreatiVets to help other veterans who are suffering. CreatiVets' goal is to offer opportunities for relief and healing for the men and women who have sacrificed so much for our country.  Our purpose is to use various forms of art, including songwriting, visual arts, music, and creative writing, to help disabled veterans cope with service-related trauma (i.e., post-traumatic stress, or PTS) by fostering self-expression in a way that allows them to transform their stories of trauma and struggle into an art form that can inspire and motivate continued healing. Through compassion, we are helping veterans live again. Veterans suffering from PTS re-experience traumatic events years and even decades later, reliving the helplessness, fear, and horror associated with their traumatic event. Such strong, negative reactions often lead to anxiety, sadness, anger, depression, guilt, shame, irritability, behavior changes, and thoughts of suicide. These feelings can cause the individual to avoid environments that trigger reminders of the trauma, resulting in isolation and withdrawal from society and often leading to marital problems, difficulty in parenting, job instability, drug and alcohol abuse, violence, and even suicide. CreatiVets has served veterans from 49 states!   According to the Department of Defense, one in five veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars are diagnosed with PTS – over 300,000 veterans by the end of 2012. The social and economic costs of PTS are immense, and a study posted by the Military Times in 2015 found that the veteran suicide rate in the United States is 20 suicides per day and 14 of those don't seek help from the VA. Veterans now account for 20% of suicides in the United States. Creative art forms like those offered by the CreatiVets' programs have shown tremendous effectiveness in reducing PTS symptoms, reducing the severity of depression that often accompanies PTS, and improving the quality of life for veterans and their family members. Over the last two decades, researchers and clinicians have found the relief and healing provided by expressive writing, music and art is possible because these forms of expression do not necessitate exposure to the facts of the trauma, and also allow the individual to avoid the stigma of receiving mental health treatment. In modeling the CreatiVets programming, we have structured our sessions in a way that allows the participating veterans to express their thoughts and feelings without having to verbalize or directly confront the trauma. Our artistic outlets focus on creating an environment in which the veteran feels safe, providing an expressive medium that does not threaten that feeling of safety and helping veterans live again in turn.

On the Season 3 premiere of IDEA GENERATION, Scooter Braun takes us on a journey from his days as a college dropout and party promoter in Atlanta, to becoming one of the most successful music executives on the planet. From his time as manager of Justin Bieber and Asher Roth, to his part in acquiring Big Machine Records, to selling his own company for $1 billion, Braun has built one of the most impressive resumes in music. And it all started with one idea. Subscribe to IDEA GENERATION on YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok and tune in for new episodes every Friday. Credits Noah Callahan-Bever Creator & Host, Idea Generation Starring: Scooter Braun Executive Producer: Helena Ox Producer: Jack Erwin Lead Editor, Creative Director & Sound Designer: Sarathi Garimella Producer / Editor: Xan Marsella

This year, Taylor Swift is set to embark on her biggest and most expensive world tour. Fans flew into a frenzy when tickets went on sale after several thousand couldn't get hold of them following technical difficulties. What is it about the pop princess that has the power to influence an entire generation and their politics?This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today: thetimes.co.uk/storiesofourtimes.Guest: Charlotte Ivers, Sunday Times columnist and Times Radio political correspondent. Host: Manveen Rana. Clips: NBC, PBS, BBC, ABC, Billboard, Fox, ET, SVT, CNBC, TikTok. Music excerpts: Love Story/Better Than Revenge - Taylor Swift, Big Machine Records, LLC. Blank Space/New Romantics - Max Martin, Taylor Swift, Shellback, Big Machine Records, LLC. Outta the Woods - Jack Antonoff, Taylor Swift, Big Machine Records, LLC. Betty/Delicate/Man/You Need to Calm Down/Only the Young - Taylor Swift, Universal Music Group. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Country artist Tyler Rich has such an incredible connection with his fans, and you'll see why in this episode. Enjoy moments of laughter and meaning as Tyler expands on the work it took to become a world-famous songwriter and country artist.Also in this episode:Pumpkin Pie, Salmon, and Quail Eggs; a critiqueRadio tour and the challenging yet rewarding experience it isWhat's more intimidating? 15, 50, or 500-person audiences?Tyler's various childhood introductions to live musicThe many influences that shape Tyler's musicFrom the Casino Circuit to Nashville, TennesseeA dream, a business card, and a lie6 Hour French lesson produced a Top 10 Billboard HitAbout Tyler:Northern California-raised, Nashville-rooted Tyler Rich found his love of music gathered around a Christmas tree alongside family singing holiday classics and Creedence Clearwater Revival. Fast forward to graduating college with a degree in Economics, Tyler moved to LA to pursue a different game of numbers–music–exploring various genres with songwriting and bands before taking the leap as a solo artist. Since, he has been named a 2018 CMT Listen Up artist, 2019 Pandora Artist and Rolling Stone touted him as “the newest member of country music's radio-minded incoming class, with a homecoming king's swagger and a valedictorian's songwriting smarts. ”Amassing over 394.4M+ total global streams with his debut album TWO THOUSAND MILES (The Valory Music Co.), featuring GOLD-certified “The Difference,” plus subsequent releases “Better Than You're Used To” and The Cadillac Three's Jaren Johnston-produced “A Little Bit of You.” With “Thinkin' We're In Love,” an English and French duet with one of Canada's most successful bilingual singer-songwriters, Marie-Mai, Tyler has announced a headline tour of the same name. Tickets are on sale now for his headline THINKIN' WE'RE IN LOVE TOUR. His music embodies the feelings all people have in common –the need for acceptance, devotion and a place to call their own–and that empathetic spirit extends to animals too. With Rich Rescues, Tyler visits local shelters while out on the road to raise awareness for pet adoption.https://www.tylerrich.comEpisode sponsored by: Habana Cubawww.GaryScottThomas.com

Sunny Sweeney is country singer-songwriter who released her fifth studio album, Married Alone, on Sept. 23, 2022, through her own Aunt Daddy Records label. Her music has the sounds and storytelling typical of classic country and Americana roots music. She cites Loretta Lynn, Waylon Jennings, Tom Petty and Stevie Nicks as her biggest inspirations. Her 2006 debut, Heartbreaker's Hall of Fame, was self-released and reissued by Big Machine Records. The follow-up, Concrete from 2011, came out through Republic Nashville and featured the song "From a Table Away," which reached No. 10 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Married Alone's beautiful title track is a duet with the legendary Vince Gill. In this episode, we focus on Sunny's Oct. 15 show at The Loft at City Winery in Philadelphia, PA. The 16-song set included the new track "Tie Me Up" and the Randy Weeks' song "Can't Let Go" that Lucinda Williams recorded for her breakthrough 1998 album Car Wheels on a Gravel Road and Sunny included on her 2014 album Provoked. Links: Sunny Sweeney's home page Sunny Sweeney's tour history at Setlist.fm Jay Gilbert @ Label Logic Glenn Peoples @ Twitter Billboard podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jake Gyllenhaal. Kanye West. Scooter Braun. Listen back as Hoja, Kiki, and Mohanad chronicle the many men who've needed to apologize to Taylor Swift over the years. They go through all her toxic exes, the decade-long drama between Taylor and Kanye, and her recent battle with Big Machine Records that led to her re-recording her albums. Plus, they investigate where ‘the scarf' is today, and Hoja shows off her pipes with her rendition of “Teardrops On My Guitar (Hoja's Version).”    Please note, I'm Sorry contains mature themes and may not be appropriate for all listeners.    You can find out more about our show @lemonadamedia on all social platforms, or follow us on Instagram @imsorry_podcast.    Joining Lemonada Premium is a great way to support our show and get bonus content. Subscribe today at bit.ly/lemonadapremium.   Click this link for a list of current sponsors and discount codes for this show and all Lemonada shows: https://lemonadamedia.com/sponsors/    For additional resources, information, and a transcript of the episode, visit lemonadamedia.com.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Amie Lou Shaw is a singer-songwriter who simply compels you to listen. With her evocative, distinct voice, as described by one reviewer, her accomplished vocals will ‘mesmerise' you. Throughout her childhood and teens, Amie performed in many shows and musicals. Having written songs since the age of 13, her vocal and song-writing style has been shaped by her earliest to present-day musical influences; some of her main influences include Tori Amos, Kate Bush, Lucie Silvas, Delta Goodrem, Celine Dion, Trisha Yearwood, Faith Hill, Mariah Carey, and all styles of music from across a broad range of genres. Her song 'Travelling' was included in a Hollyoaks episode. Amie has also won a competition (and was personally chosen by Tat) to have her song "Simple Things" recorded by Tat Tong of T2 Productions, who has gone 60 times platinum and charted at number one in 66 countries. After first appearing on DE 28, she's back again with another hit single, “On My Mind”.  So strap up your seatbelts, and let's take a ride to the  UK on this episode of the dHarmic Evolution podcast. As a Preview   In this episode, we have Amie Lou Shaw discuss songwriting. She talks about her multiple songwriting processes, and James chips in some pro-advice too. She talks about teaching the flute and song analysis with her student and how that has become a positive feedback loop. We celebrate some of her latest achievements by inking a record deal with leopard music and also discuss her summer plans. Simply put, this episode was a mixture of learning and fun, all here on the dHarmic evolution. podcast   Quotes   Beginners can teach you to be very clear and concise with your music- Amie I really like the therapeutic side of music; I love helping my students write songs that can help them get through whatever they are facing-Amie If you want to understand something better, teach it-James You can't rush the process of music… As an upcoming musician, the most important thing is a connection with your audience.-Amie Songwriting gets easier when you have a strong subject; it doesn't matter whether it is a person or place.-James Am I using the best words, the best lyrics? Am I passing this in the clearest way possible?-Amie When your antenna is up, you can pick up the most incredible things-James When I was thirteen, I used to think I'll just throw a song together, but now I've realized this takes real craftsmanship-Amie Songs are timeless; it doesn't matter when they were written, they will always have some value.-James If there is a song in your heart, you've got to write it-Amie   Time Stamps   04:01 Amie's longtime dream fulfilled 07:01 What does Amie teach? 08:36 Amie's teaching experiences 13:00 Breaking down a song with a vocalist 14:00 Why Amie believes music can't be rushed 15:10 Broken Man from Amie plays 20:36 Behind Broken Man 21:56 James thought about ‘why you can't rush the process of music.' 23:56 Amie's approach to songwriting 28:17 Amie's secret about eavesdropping 34:19 Another writing pro-tip from master singer-songwriter James 36:46 On my mind from Amie plays 40:10 What has been on Amie Lou's mind? 45:00 Amie shares her summer plans 46:40 The title of Amie's new album 47:13 Amie's vinyl plan. 50:20 Amie inked a deal with Leopard Music 54:02 Amie's last word 55:10  Ride On by James Kevin O'Connor plays Amie's Bio: Amie Lou Shaw  Biography 2022 Amie's music is a blend of Acoustic, Singer-Songwriter, Country & Folk. Amie has been coached by Kelly Bryan (Eternal) and Eliot May (Basement Jaxx)  Amie worked on a song written by Simon Bailey called ‘You Gave Me My Wings' who has been opening act for Many big names including Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston on her final gig. Amie's song ‘Travellin' was played on an episode of Hollyoaks.  Amie won a competition (as was selected personally by Tat himself), to have her track ‘Simple Things' recorded by Tat Tong of T2 Productions. Tat has gone 60 X Platinum and charted at number 1 in 66 countries. The track was mastered by Earle Holder who has mastered for Public Enemy, Candice and Tamaeko Star among many others he is considered to be one of the top mastering engineers worldwide.  One of Amie co-writers is working with a producer that works closely with Big Machine Records. He works with a team of writers that have pitched songs to Amanda and have had a top 10 hit in the Billboard charts with a song called ‘Burn.'  Amie has written with Maggie K De Monde who was in a band called ‘Scarlet Fantastic' and ‘Swan's Way' and had a hit in the 80's with a song called ‘No Memory.'  Amie had recent play on BBC Introducing and plans to record at Abbey Road studios this year  Amie co-wrote a few songs with Andy Ross of A Star Studios in Manchester, Andy was a Mercury Prize nominated winner and has had his music published by Clipper's Music. Neil Fairclough who has played for Queen played bass. Simon Moore played drums, he has played for for Jocelyn Brown, Shaznay Lewis, former stone roses front man Ian Brown and Steve Power as part of the production team with Robbie Williams ‘Millenium' amongst other artists.  Amie has written a song with Kelly Fitzgerald, who has toured all over the world as a solo and ensemble performer. She and her band have shared stages with artists such as John Hyatt, Shelby Lynn, Nancy Griffith, Cheap Trick, Eddie Money, Vonda Shepherd and Ben Taylor amongst others. Her writing partner Brian Pothier (who has also shown an interest in working with Amie on a few tracks) co-wrote and recorded the song ‘Thank you' with Christina Fulton, which premiered on MTV's ‘The Jersey Shore'. She recorded one of her albums with Jack Douglas (John Lennon, Aerosmith, Cheap Trick)    Amie has just been featured on radio show IWW Radio and has taken advice on her music from the host, Fred May, who's records have now gone 1.5 million platinum. He is keen to feature Amie again on the show in a few months.    “I came across She Knows Me on the BBC Introducing uploader and I've picked it as BBC Sussex & BBC Surrey's BBC Introducing Track of the Day. It'll be played at around 3.40pm on Friday.' Melita Dennett” - Melita Dennett, BBC Introducing “Amie's music is warm, moving, spiritual and exciting… potent tonic for the senses.” Earle Holder – Chief Mastering Engineer Hdqtrz Mastering Studios   Spotify Playlist:   Make sure you're not missing out on all our “Rising dHarmic Stars Spotify Playlists”. We already have four (4) playlists where you can find over a hundred songs from our very own dHarmic Evolution alumni. Don't forget to share them with your family and friends, and let the world support these fantastic indie artists! Check out the links here:   dHarmic Rising Stars: Aquila   https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4loDaYF0OuWRjZeMXvEjK4   dHarmic Rising Stars: Orion   https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5CnL9tl0xbU4oDh6jtJBZx   dHarmic Rising Stars: Lyra   https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1ov0OqNMJmPhHrxZjsXthS   dHarmic Rising Stars: Scorpius   https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5oQ4Sc4LAJSexsDgDcixt8   dHarmic Evolution links:   Stay up-to-date with our new releases! You just need to go to dharmicevolution.com and subscribe to your favourite podcast platform – there is much to choose from! Let me know what you think as well by leaving comments or reviews! And if you're digging this show, please share it with somebody on social media or just forward it to a friend and let them join the growing community of dHarmic Evolution!   Hey, do you know someone who is suffering from anxiety and depression? Please help them out by suggesting the book “7 Steps to Mental Freedom.” It will be an excellent read for them. You can easily find it as well on the main page of the website, or you can just send them to 7stepstomentalfreedom.com.   Keep yourself updated with what's going on with dHarmic evolution; check out our Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/dharmicevolution. If you are an artist, an author, or a keynote speaker, who is trying to find a safe place to post your content, you can check out our own Facebook community page and let the world support you! Check out the link here: dHarmic Evolution Community.    Connect with Amie   Website Tiktok Youtube Twitter Special Links and Mentions DE 28 Abbey Road Studio Mark Shephard Broken Man by Amie Lou Shaw On my Mind by Amie Lou Shaw Ride On by James Kevin O'Connor Object Writing Bob Dylan Leopard music Progressive Music Management  

Taylor Alison Swift (born December 13, 1989) is an American singer-songwriter. Her discography spans multiple genres, and her narrative songwriting—often inspired by her personal life—has received critical praise and widespread media coverage. Born in West Reading, Pennsylvania, Swift moved to Nashville, Tennessee, at the age of 14 to pursue a career in country music. She signed a songwriting contract with Sony/ATV Music Publishing in 2004 and a recording deal with Big Machine Records in 2005, and released her eponymous debut studio album in 2006.Swift explored country pop on the albums Fearless (2008) and Speak Now (2010); the success of the singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me" on both country and pop radio established her as a leading crossover artist. She experimented with rock and electronic genres on her fourth studio album, Red (2012), supported by the singles "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" and "I Knew You Were Trouble". Swift eschewed country on her synth-pop album 1989 (2014) and its chart-topping tracks "Shake It Off", "Blank Space", and "Bad Blood". The media scrutiny on Swift's life inspired Reputation (2017), which drew from urban sounds. Led by "Look What You Made Me Do", the album made Swift the only act in MRC Data history to have four albums each sell over a million copies in a week.Parting ways with Big Machine, Swift signed with Republic Records in 2018 and released her seventh studio album, Lover (2019). Inspired by escapism during the COVID-19 pandemic, Swift ventured into indie folk and alternative rock styles on her 2020 studio albums, Folklore and Evermore, receiving plaudits for their nuanced storytelling. Following a dispute over the masters of her back catalog, she released the 2021 re-recordings Fearless (Taylor's Version) and Red (Taylor's Version) to universal acclaim. The number-one songs "Cardigan", "Willow" and "All Too Well (10 Minute Version)" made Swift the only act to simultaneously debut atop the US Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard 200 charts three times. Besides music, she has played supporting roles in films such as Valentine's Day (2010) and Cats (2019), released the autobiographical documentary Miss Americana (2020), and directed the musical films Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions (2020) and All Too Well: The Short Film (2021).With over 200 million records sold worldwide, Swift is one of the best-selling musicians of all time. Eight of her songs have topped the Hot 100, and her concert tours are some of the highest-grossing in history. She has received 11 Grammy Awards (including three Album of the Year wins), an Emmy Award, 34 American Music Awards (the most for an artist), 29 Billboard Music Awards (the most for a woman) and 58 Guinness World Records, among other accolades. She has featured on Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time (2015), Billboard's Greatest of All Time Artists (2019), the Time 100 and Forbes Celebrity 100 rankings. Having been honored with titles such as Woman of the Decade and Artist of the Decade, Swift is regarded as a pop icon due to her influential career, philanthropy, and advocacy for artists' rights and women's empowerment.

We had the pleasure of interviewing POSEY over Zoom video.Canadian Billboard charting goth-pop meets whimsical alt rock artist POESY. Entitled "Still Breathing", the song is the first single off of her forthcoming full length. While the first half of the album touches on a lot of life's anxieties as we move through trauma, "Still Breathing" realizes the power in forging ahead after a challenging time. Paired with punk-rock guitars and a soaring chorus, POESY procroclaims: “cause you're nothing, and I'm still breathing.” POESY has received acclaim from Billboard, Nylon, Ones to Watch and was chosen to write the original anthem for the Canadian Games 2022. POESY is the solo project of classically trained singer, songwriter and pianist, Sarah Botelho. She was discovered after she appeared on the first season of hit Canadian music competition show, THE LAUNCH. Her incredible breakout performance propelled POESY to new heights yet unseen, landing her a major label deal with Big Machine Records and an opportunity to collaborate with esteemed composer and producer Stephan Moccio (Celine Dione, Avril Lavigne) on her debut single ‘Soldier of Love' . This release charted in the Billboard Top 40 and was followed by a four-track long EP entitled Glass Box Confessional. Her singles “Body Language” and “Strange Little Girl” debuted in the Top 20 at Rock Radio. Classically trained in both singing and piano from the tender age of 4, the musical world has become POESY's playground, having had vast experience in musical theatre, numerous rock bands and even operatic singing. By pairing inspiration from her favourite novels with an air of vulnerability from her own experiences, POESY unleashes her signature siren sound, filled with big drums & bittersweet melodies. POESY has had the recent honour to write and record an original anthem for Canada Games 2022, which she will perform at the opening and closing ceremonies this summer. Her most recent project - her debut LP I Exist - was made in collaboration with UK producer Stephen Lipson (Annie Lennox, Billie Eilish) and explores themes of betrayal and the journey back to one's truest self. Her live show is a choir girl gone rogue – with her whimsical outfits and charming storytelling, she commands your attention and pulls you headfirst into every song. We want to hear from you! Please email Tera@BringinitBackwards.com.www.BringinitBackwards.com#podcast #interview #bringinbackpod #POSEY #StillBreathing #NewMusic #zoom Listen & Subscribe to BiB https://www.bringinitbackwards.com/follow/ Follow our podcast on Instagram and Twitter! https://www.facebook.com/groups/bringinbackpod

We had the pleasure of interviewing Meghan Linsey over Zoom video!No. 1 Billboard recording artist, Meghan Linsey, recently released her latest single, "If You Need Me Don't." This project is bringing The Voice alum back to her soulful, blues-driven New Orleans roots. Linsey recruited a stellar lineup of musicians for the track.. The single was produced by Linsey's husband and GRAMMY-nominated producer, Tyler Cain (Gramps Morgan, Ashley Monroe, Aloe Blacc). About Meghan Linsey:With her soulful voice and unique ability to rattle the rafters with gritty vocals, Meghan Linsey knows no boundaries in the realm of music. Linsey captured the hearts of America along with the ear of Scott Borchetta, a judge on the CMT reality singing competition Can You Duet. She won the show and Borchetta, the head of Big Machine Records, immediately signed the country-soul duo Steel Magnolia to his label. Success came quickly after the debut single “Keep on Lovin' You” catapulted to the Top 5 on Billboard. The pair toured with superstar acts including Brad Paisley, Bob Seger and Reba and appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman and Jimmy Kimmel Live. Linsey embarked on her solo career writing and releasing two EP's before getting a call in 2015 from a producer for NBC's Emmy award-winning show, The Voice. During her time on The Voice, Linsey landed at No. 1 on the Billboard Christian chart with her rendition of "Amazing Grace" and had multiple No. 1's across all genres of the iTunes chart. She was crowned the season eight runner-up and was the first contestant in The Voice history to perform an original, self-penned song on the show's finale. We want to hear from you! Please email Tera@BringinitBackwards.com. www.BringinitBackwards.com #podcast #interview #bringinbackpod #MeghanLinsey #CanYouDuet #TheVoice #IfYouNeedMeDont #NewMusic #zoom Listen & Subscribe to BiB https://www.bringinitbackwards.com/follow/ Follow our podcast on Instagram and Twitter! https://www.facebook.com/groups/bringinbackpod

Get ready for CRASH COURSE 101 with Rick Barker. He is a music industry executive and the former artist manager for Taylor Swift. He is a keynote and motivational speaker for rising industry professionals who want to break into the music or entertainment industry. He is the author of $150,000 Music Business Degree, https://rickbarker.com/. This book is relatable to people who want to pursue the music business route or the artist performance route. He is also the host of The Music Industry Blueprint podcast, https://rickbarker.com/welcome-to-the-music-industry-blueprint-podcast/. He provides tips to rising industry professionals and artists. We will hear about his experience growing up in Santa Barbara, CA to working at KISS FM (one of LA's biggest radio stations) to working at Big Machine Records and managing and making Taylor Swift the artist who she is today. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/forbs-west2/support

Check out I'm Sorry, another podcast from Lemonada Media.    Jake Gyllenhaal. Kanye West. Scooter Braun. On this week's episode of I'm Sorry, Hoja, Kiki, and Mohanad chronicle the many men who've needed to apologize to Taylor Swift over the years. They go through all her toxic exes, the decade-long drama between Taylor and Kanye, and her recent battle with Big Machine Records that led to her re-recording her albums. Plus, they investigate where ‘the scarf' is today, and Hoja shows off her pipes with her rendition of “Teardrops On My Guitar (Hoja's Version).” See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Taylor Swift has a list of stalkers longer than her stadium tour setlists. One drove over 900 miles to hand-deliver his “love” letters to her then-record-label, Big Machine Records. Others have showed up to her homes bearing rope, lock picks, and tools to break her windows. The threats on her life have become so persistent that her security team once installed facial recognition software at the venues she performed in, specifically to distinguish her stalkers from her fans. While making some of the most recognizable pop songs in music history, Taylor Swift also became one of the most recognizable women in the celebrity sphere – a title that on many occasions has nearly cost her life.This episode contains themes that may be disturbing to some listeners, including descriptions of stalking and sexual assault.To hear all episodes of Disgraceland for free, visit amazon.com/disgraceland. Show notes are available at disgracelandpod.com. Follow us @disgracelandpod on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook for music news, bonus episodes, and more.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Country singer Justin Moore, who signed to Big Machine Records imprint Valory Music Group and has released six studio albums, is an avid supporter of the Arkansas Razorbacks. Moore joined Pat Bradley this week to talk everything from Arkansas basketball to Moore's extraordinary music career thus far. You thought 30 Minutes of Hell was great? Well, get ready for an hour of hell with this week's episode!!

Jake Gyllenhaal. Kanye West. Scooter Braun. On this week’s episode of I’m Sorry, Hoja, Kiki, and Mohanad chronicle the many men who’ve needed to apologize to Taylor Swift over the years. They go through all her toxic exes, the decade-long drama between Taylor and Kanye, and her recent battle with Big Machine Records that led to her re-recording her albums. Plus, they investigate where ‘the scarf’ is today, and Hoja shows off her pipes with her rendition of “Teardrops On My Guitar (Hoja’s version).” Please note, I’m Sorry contains mature themes and may not be appropriate for all listeners. You can find out more about our show @lemonadamedia on all social platforms, or follow us on Instagram @imsorry_podcast. Need help saying sorry? Got any public apology fodder? Email us at imsorry@lemonadamedia.com or send us a DM on Instagram. Joining Lemonada Premium is a great way to support our show and get bonus content. Subscribe today at bit.ly/lemonadapremium. Click this link for a list of current sponsors and discount codes for this show and all Lemonada shows: https://lemonadamedia.com/sponsors/ For additional resources, information, and a transcript of the episode, visit lemonadamedia.com.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Taylor Swift's re-release of her Red album is here and so is my rejuvenated hatred for Jake Gyllenhaal. I take a second to re-cap her departure from Big Machine Records (why she is re-recording her albums) and dissect the infamous 10-minute version of All Too Well. Swifties unite

18 year old Callista Clark has a lot to say in her music - and people are listening! Clark is a singer, songwriter, and musician with a Soulful Southern delivery and her music videos have over 70 million views...Clark's Country Music roots come from growing up in her hometown of Zebulon, Georgia...and she's taken those roots to Nashville to work with Big Machine Records and some of the biggest names in Country Music… but she is still a Georgia Girl and we hear she LOVES the Atlanta Braves See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

18 year old Callista Clark has a lot to say in her music - and people are listening! Clark is a singer, songwriter, and musician with a Soulful Southern delivery and her music videos have over 70 million views...Clark's Country Music roots come from growing up in her hometown of Zebulon, Georgia...and she's taken those roots to Nashville to work with Big Machine Records and some of the biggest names in Country Music… but she is still a Georgia Girl and we hear she LOVES the Atlanta Braves See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, Sam and Peter go back to their normal format and dive into a throwback country song and reminisce about concerts.Warning to your ears, Peter's song starts out loud!Special shoutout this week goes to Cereal and Beer!Our songs for this week:Next Girl by Carly Pearce, from her 2021 EP 29 released via Big Machine Records.When I Lost My Bet by The Dillinger Escape Plan, from their 2013 album One of Us is the Killer released via Party Smasher Inc. and Sumerian Records.Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/2songs1couple)

Taylor Swift's experiences with Scooter Braun and Big Machine Records revived a much older question: must artists always own their work? In this episode, we look at a brief history of Taylor Swift's problem with her masters, the different sides of the issue (we tried to be as fair as we could!) and why that matters not just to swifties, but for many other content creators and artists that try to navigate a world where bigger entities tend to put them in potentially disadvantageous long-run positions. (PS: We mentioned copyright a few times and noted how complicated that field of law could be. We recommend Tom Scott's video on the subject- https://youtu.be/1Jwo5qc78QU)

The Jackin' Around PODCAST, presented by Lone Star Dry Goods, is hosted by a 2-time Academy of Country Music awarding-winner and host of the nationally syndicated TV show Texas Music Scene, Jack Ingram.  Join Jack weekly as he welcomes your favorite music, sports, and entertainment personalities on YouTube and your favorite audio platforms.  Visit www.JackinAroundPODCAST.com to access the most up-to-date podcast information and audio, social media & YouTube links, including links to access all past episodes plus more.   ✅ JACK INGRAM (host bio & links) Jack Ingram's (https://jackingram.net/) music career spans over four decades and includes 18 records, 6 top #20 singles, including a #1 hit, on the Country Billboard charts.  Most recently, in May of 2001, Jack, alongside fellow singer/songwriters Miranda Lambert and Jon Randall, released The Marfa Tapes.  According to Lambert, The Marfa Tapes stems from a fruitful songwriting partnership that has already resulted in the 2018 ACM Song of the Year “Tin Man” (Ingram / Lambert / Randall). Additionally, Jack is no stranger to the airwaves as a TV host of the Texas Music Scene, a half-hour weekly program that airs in over 70 U.S markets and has won 22 Telly awards and 2 People's Choice awards.  In 2013, Jack teamed up with actor Matthew McConaughey and football coach Mack Brown to create an annual multi-day fundraiser, golf tournament, & concert, MJM. Since its inception, MJM has raised nearly $20 million for children's charities. ✅ RAY WYLIE HUBBARD (guest bio & links) Singer/songwriter Ray Wylie Hubbard grew up in Oak Cliff in southwest Dallas, Texas, and attended W. H. Adamson High School with Michael Martin Murphey and B.W. Stephenson. In the 1970s, Hubbard wrote “Up Against the Wall, Redneck Mother,” first made famous by Jerry Jeff Walker's 1973 recording.  In 1976, he signed with Warner Bros. Records.  The result was “a botched sound” that Hubbard disapproved of vehemently, but the album was released despite his attempts to block it. Throughout the 80's and '90s, Hubbard recorded albums for various other labels but struggled with the sales of his mix of country, folk, and blues.  Eventually, a steady following began to re-discover Hubbard's music, and he has been recording steadily since.  His guitar technique uses a strumming by the left (fretting) hand that is very old but not frequently seen in double time without changing the right-hand beat. Since 2000, Hubbard has released ten records, including ‘Snake Farm' in 2006.  Most recently, in 2020, Hubbard signed his first major-label release since 1978 on Big Machine Records.  ‘Co-Staring' is a set of collaborations featuring Ringo Starr, Joe Walsh, Don Was, and Black Crowe's frontman Chris Robinson.  Learn more about Ray by visiting RayWylie.com. ✅ LONE STAR DRY GOODS (podcast partner info & links) A truly unique shopping experience geared towards men. Handcrafted, handmade American brands, providing top quality gear since 2016!  Our World Headquarters is in the heart of downtown Abilene, TX, with the first satellite location in Willow Park, TX. Visit Lone Star Dry Goods today by visiting LoneStarDryGoods.com. ✅ CONTACT INFO Matt Peveto, Executive Producer • (713) 859-3929 • Matt@MattPeveto.com • Connect on Linkedin Linkedin

This is the story about the fight for fair compensation and creative freedom. Taylor Swift recently released the re-recording of her 2008 best-selling album Fearless, in an attempt to have control over her own music, after a long and exhausting battle with former music label, Big Machine Records and entrepreneur Scooter Braun. But, Swift is not the first one to re-record an entire album or entire songs because of a dispute with her music label, several other artists from Def Leppard to JoJo to Blondie and even Frank Sinatra have done the same thing in order to gain full control of their own recordings… and sometimes, because of plain greediness. Welcome to Uncovering the Cover, the podcast where we tell the stories of the songs that have captured our imagination… throughout several generations. I'm your host Diego Pinzón, and today we're doing things a bit different. We're going to explore re-recordings - which one could argue is a form of covering your own music -, how it has been shaping the music industry and how Taylor Swift will completely reshape how record labels treat master recordings ownership clauses in the future. This is Uncovering the Cover, Taylor's Version of the music industry. If you want to listen to the episode while reading a FULL TRANSCRIPT of this episode, just CLICK HERE! To listen to every single song featured on this episode, CLICK HERE for our Spotify playlist about this episode. -- This is the episode we make a reference to: "I Will Always Love You, from Dolly Parton to Whitney Houston". Follow us on Instagram @uncoveringthecover --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

The Jackin' Around PODCAST, presented by Lone Star Dry Goods, is hosted by a 2-time Academy of Country Music awarding-winner and host of the nationally syndicated TV show Texas Music Scene, Jack Ingram.  Join Jack weekly as he welcomes your favorite music, sports, and entertainment personalities on YouTube and your favorite audio platforms.  Visit www.JackinAroundPODCAST.com to access the most up-to-date podcast information and audio, social media & YouTube links, including links to access all past episodes plus more. ✅ JACK INGRAM (host bio & links) Jack Ingram's (https://jackingram.net/) music career spans over four decades and includes 18 records, 6 top #20 singles, including a #1 hit, on the Country Billboard charts.  Most recently, in May of 2001, Jack, alongside fellow singer/songwriters Miranda Lambert and Jon Randall, released The Marfa Tapes.  According to Lambert, The Marfa Tapes stems from a fruitful songwriting partnership that has already resulted in the 2018 ACM Song of the Year “Tin Man” (Ingram / Lambert / Randall). Additionally, Jack is no stranger to the airwaves as a TV host of the Texas Music Scene, a half-hour weekly program that airs in over 70 U.S markets and has won 22 Telly awards and 2 People's Choice awards.  In 2013, Jack teamed up with actor Matthew McConaughey and football coach Mack Brown to create an annual multi-day fundraiser, golf tournament, & concert, MJM. Since its inception, MJM has raised nearly $20 million for children's charities. ✅ RAY WYLIE HUBBARD (guest bio & links) Singer/songwriter Ray Wylie Hubbard grew up in Oak Cliff in southwest Dallas, Texas, and attended W. H. Adamson High School with Michael Martin Murphey and B.W. Stephenson. In the 1970s, Hubbard wrote “Up Against the Wall, Redneck Mother,” first made famous by Jerry Jeff Walker's 1973 recording.  In 1976, he signed with Warner Bros. Records.  The result was “a botched sound” that Hubbard disapproved of vehemently, but the album was released despite his attempts to block it. Throughout the 80's and '90s, Hubbard recorded albums for various other labels but struggled with the sales of his mix of country, folk, and blues.  Eventually, a steady following began to re-discover Hubbard's music, and he has been recording steadily since.  His guitar technique uses a strumming by the left (fretting) hand that is very old but not frequently seen in double time without changing the right-hand beat. Since 2000, Hubbard has released ten records, including ‘Snake Farm' in 2006.  Most recently, in 2020, Hubbard signed his first major-label release since 1978 on Big Machine Records.  ‘Co-Staring' is a set of collaborations featuring Ringo Starr, Joe Walsh, Don Was, and Black Crowe's frontman Chris Robinson.  Learn more about Ray by visiting RayWylie.com. ✅ LONE STAR DRY GOODS (podcast partner info & links) A truly unique shopping experience geared towards men. Handcrafted, handmade American brands, providing top quality gear since 2016!  Our World Headquarters is in the heart of downtown Abilene, TX, with the first satellite location in Willow Park, TX. Visit Lone Star Dry Goods today by visiting LoneStarDryGoods.com. ✅ CONTACT INFO Matt Peveto, Executive Producer • (713) 859-3929 • Matt@MattPeveto.com • Connect on Linkedin Linkedin

Three time Daytona 500 Winner Denny Hamlin says he wants to run more late model races this year,culminating with snowball derby in December. Big Machine Records started a nascar team,and they have tapped Jade Buford to drive the #48 Chevorlet for the xfinity series in 2021 is approved to run all races except the Daytona opener and its Beef.Its What's For Dinner 300. Landon Castillo's returns to JD Motorsports for another season with that team after running four races with Shepherd Racing in the #89 Chevorlet. He will be full time this year in the #4 Chevorlet. Mike Harmon Racing has secured a 10 race sponsorship with FeraDyne Outdoors in 2021.

Scott Borchetta of Big Machine Records joins the Hammer & Nigel Show to talk about the mood in Nashville and how people can help the businesses involved in the Nashville bombing. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Together with American Songwriter and Sean Ulbs of The Eiffels, we had the pleasure of interviewing Emily Hackett over Zoom video!Emily Hackett is the rare songwriter who doesn’t just pour her heart into her lyrics. She inspires every listener to reach a deeper honesty in their own lives. With her easy candor and stunningly detailed storytelling, the Nashville-based artist bravely sheds light on the countless liabilities of being human: all the insecurities and secret longings, fears and frustrations and irrepressible dreams. And as her radiant voice captures the most nuanced of emotions, Hackett ultimately transforms even the most painful feelings into something glorious.It’s exactly that alchemy that recently found Hackett named one of CMT’s Next Women of Country Class of 2019, a distinction hat’s helped launch the careers of luminaries like Kelsea Ballerini and Maren Morris. That announcement followed the release of By the Sun: a five-track EP that marks the first half of Hackett’s debut album, hailed by Rolling Stone as a “smart meeting-point between early-Aughts pop, country’s current genre playfulness and the one-name women of the Nineties (Faith, Trisha, Shania).” Featuring the acclaimed singles “Good Intentions” and “Nostalgia” (two tracks in frequent rotation on Radio Disney Country and CMT), By the Sun also channels the boundless energy that Hackett’s long brought to the stage. Throughout By the Sun, Hackett endlessly blends all different genres, offering up everything from the soulful swagger of “Good Intentions” to the Irish-folk balladry of “Yours.” From song to song, By the Sun reveals the vibrant musicality that Hackett’s honed her entire life.Growing up outside Atlanta, she realized her passion for music as a little girl, thanks largely to her father—a former rock critic whom Hackett describes as “a total music junkie, that quintessential dad who’s always bringing a guitar to the campfire.” Through her father’s record collection, Hackett discovered singer/songwriters like Joni Mitchell and Paul Simon.After hearing Hackett sing along to Aretha Franklin’s “Respect” and noting the then-five-year-old’s preternatural vocal command, her father asked if she had any interest in learning a musical instrument. Although she first took up flute—inspired by Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson, no less—Hackett soon moved on to guitar and in sixth grade began writing songs of her own.When it came time for college, Hackett headed to Belmont University to study songwriting but later shifted her focus to the business side of the music industry (“It had a lot to do with fear—I felt like I had to have a backup plan,” she says). But not long after landing an internship at Big Machine Records, her trajectory took a major turn when a friend asked Hackett to write a song for his wedding. Through a string of serendipitous events, she ended up recording the track with Parachute’s Will Anderson (and with producer/songwriter Mikey Reaves, whom she eventually married).Almost immediately after Anderson shared “Take My Hand (The Wedding Song)” on social media, the 2014 ballad hit #4 on the iTunes Singer/Songwriter chart and, in under two months, garnered over 50k streams on Soundcloud. And in a burst of inspiration true to her visionary spirit, Hackett put out a call for couples to submit footage from their own weddings, then used those clips to create the “Take My Hand” video (a beautifully poignant piece that’s amassed over 24 million YouTube views).Emboldened by the success of “Take My Hand”—now at 3.5 million plays on Spotify, and so wildly popular as a wedding song that Hackett’s begun selling sheet music on her website—Hackett put out The Raw EP in 2015. But when she set to work on her debut album, Hackett decided to expand that sound and show the full scope of her musical identity and sensibilities. To that end, her forthcoming By The Moon EP includes emotionally thorny offerings like “Easy,” a song about owning up to past infidelity.Emily Hackett just released her new single, "Can't Help Myself" featuring her friends in the band Harcastle.We want to hear from you! Please email Tera@BringinitBackwards.com.www.BringinitBackwards.com#podcast #interview #bringinbackpod  #foryou #foryoupage #stayhome #togetherathome #zoom #aspn #americansongwriter #americansongwriterpodcastnetworkListen & Subscribe to BiBFollow our podcast on Instagram and Twitter! 

On the Season 2 premiere of The Quack Report, we discuss Team USA’s World Juniors roster and the Ducks players at their camp, and talk about Taylor Swift in "The Quack Report: Unplucked”. Also, how thick is Ryan Getzlaf, compared to other NHL captains? Ducks News - 7:54 Taylor Swift - 23:35 What’s Quacking? - 1:00:57 Season 2 of The Quack Report starts now! New episodes will be available every Monday AND Thursday on your favourite podcast streaming platform. Presented by The Hockey Podcast Network. Every Team, Every Where. TQR will also be live streaming full episodes on Sunday afternoons on Twitter and on THPN’s YouTube channel and Facebook page. Tune in to get live discussion and engage with us through comments. Finally, subscribe to TQR on YouTube for clips of your favourite segments every weekday! Check out all our socials here —> https://linktr.ee/quackreportpod For more hockey content, check out the other shows on The Hockey Podcast Network, where you’ll find a podcast for each of the NHL’s 31 teams. Also, you can find other shows, including ones hosted by former NHL players. On Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @HockeyPodNet and The Quack Report can be found on Twitter and Instagram @QuackReportPod. All Taylor Swift audio clips included in this episode are published by Big Machine Records or Republic, both divisions of UMG Recordings Inc., and are utilized by The Quack Report for the purposes of reviewing and critiquing under fair dealing. Please support the artists and entertainers you love by checking out their full works using your favourite method of media consumption.

On the Season 2 premiere of The Quack Report, we discuss Team USA's World Juniors roster and the Ducks players at their camp, and talk about Taylor Swift in "The Quack Report: Unplucked”. Also, how thick is Ryan Getzlaf, compared to other NHL captains? Ducks News - 7:54 Taylor Swift - 23:35 What's Quacking? - 1:00:57 Season 2 of The Quack Report starts now! New episodes will be available every Monday AND Thursday on your favourite podcast streaming platform. Presented by The Hockey Podcast Network. Every Team, Every Where. TQR will also be live streaming full episodes on Sunday afternoons on Twitter and on THPN's YouTube channel and Facebook page. Tune in to get live discussion and engage with us through comments. Finally, subscribe to TQR on YouTube for clips of your favourite segments every weekday! Check out all our socials here —> linktr.ee/quackreportpod For more hockey content, check out the other shows on The Hockey Podcast Network, where you'll find a podcast for each of the NHL's 31 teams. Also, you can find other shows, including ones hosted by former NHL players. On Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @HockeyPodNet and The Quack Report can be found on Twitter and Instagram @QuackReportPod. All Taylor Swift audio clips included in this episode are published by Big Machine Records or Republic, both divisions of UMG Recordings Inc., and are utilized by The Quack Report for the purposes of reviewing and critiquing under fair dealing. Please support the artists and entertainers you love by checking out their full works using your favourite method of media consumption. Find out more at https://the-quack-report.pinecast.co Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/the-quack-report/22e910c9-a76b-4197-b418-ae41348b5e85

Are you confused about the process of publishing your own songs, and wondering how that is supposed to work? In this episode of the Rustic Songbird Podcast, host Lydia Walker interviews TC Courtney, who has years of experience working at one of the top performing rights organizations, BMI, and also works in publishing for Big Machine Records. TC breaks down how the publishing side of things works, to help you keep your songs organized and make sure your music is registered correctly.

It was #Halloween over the weekend and although it wasn't as big of a holiday as we usually get because of the pandemic that did not stop people from dressing up at home and some celebs pulled out all the stops. Lizzo dressed up in multiple costumes. One of them being the fly that landed in Mike Pence's hair during the Vice Presidential debate and she also had a creative take on dressing up as a WAP by wearing a costume that looks like water and some cat ears - very creative. Lil Nas X was unrecognizable as Nicki Minaj, The Weeknd fully embraced the Nutty Professor, Céline Dion dressed up as Nanny McPhee, and #ShawnMendes and Camilla Cabello had a little less effort put into their costumes. Shawn went as himself but beat up - alright and Camilla was dressed as a Miami witch. While most people dressed up to celebrate Halloween at home, a bunch of them all decided to party together thanks to #KendallJenner. Kendall is turning 25 years old tomorrow and decided to celebrate over the weekend with a Halloween party with more than 100 people in attendance including people like Justin Bieber, The Weekend, Doja Cat and Jaden Smith.  Entertainment Tonight reported that all guests had a rapid COVID test done before they were allowed to enter the party but the fact that no one was wearing a mask or social distancing while they were celebrating together is not cool. Someone also shared a photo from the party saying there was a no social media rule. No one really listened to that rule including Kendall's sister Kylie Jenner who shared multiple videos on her story from the night just proving how how packed the party was. Fans have been celebrating Taylor Swift by sharing the hashtag #TaylorIsFree on Twitter after news came out that Taylor is now allowed to re-record her original music. Taylor Swift has been prevented from the rights to her own musical catalog after it was sold to Scooter Braun's company from Scott Borchetta, the head of Big Machine Records as part of a $300 million deal.  Taylor was open with her fans about everything that was going on and expressed her sadness and disgust over the deal she said she had no control over. Taylor did explain at the time that she is able to re-record her old albums starting in November 2020. Taylor Swift also lent her music out to be used in a Biden-Harris 2020 Campaign Ad as she continues to endorse him for presidency. She allowed her song “Only The Young” from her Miss Americana Netflix documentary to be used in the ad that talks about issues such as the #MeToo movement, LGBTQ+ rights, racial injustice and the coronavirus pandemic. Now that Halloween is over, the Queen of Christmas has announced the holiday seasons has officially began, #MariahCarey that is. She shared a video on her social media of a man dressed in a halloween costume entering a room where she is surrounded by Christmas decorations announcing that it's time! Last year “All I Want For Christmas Is You” climbed back up on the Billboard Hot 100 reaching all the way to number one. You can hear Mariah Carey's 'All I Want For Christmas is You' and MORE on iHeart the Holidays that just launched today! LISTEN To iHeart The Holidays on iHeartRadio: https://www.iheart.com/live/iheart-the-holidays-8451/  Kendall Jenner Criticized for Halloween-Themed 25th Birthday Party Amid COVID: Photos By Kathy Campbell November 1, 2020 https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/pictures/kendall-jenner-criticized-for-halloween-25th-birthday-party-amid-covid/  Music Stars Get Into Spirit Of Halloween by John R. Kennedy, November 2, 2020: https://www.iheartradio.ca/news/music-stars-get-into-spirit-of-halloween-1.13858990   Taylor Swift fans celebrate as musician free to re-record original music By Elizabeth Aubrey 1st November 2020 https://www.nme.com/news/music/taylor-swift-fans-celebrate-as-musician-free-to-re-record-original-music-2806547   Taylor Swift Lends Her Song To Biden-Harris 2020 Campaign Ad By Regina Star October 31, 2020 https://www.iheart.com/content/2020-10-31-taylor-swift-lends-her-song-to-biden-harris-2020-campaign-ad/   Mariah Carey's Christmas Video: www.twitter.com/mariahcarey  Watch New Episodes of #TheFilter Every Monday and Thursday! Follow Us:  Twitter: https://twitter.com/iHeartRadioCA  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iheartradioca/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iheartradioca  TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iheartradioca 

Ace is a former guitar student, Belmont University grad, and shares her experience interning for Big Machine Records in Nashville

Caught up with Brooke Diaz of Big Machine Records! We discuss Rascal Flatts’ cancelled farewell tour (11:21), a surprising fact about superstar trio Midland (15:31), what it’s like working with Tim McGraw (18:24), that one time she stalked Olivia Benson (21:32 )and lots more.

Richard Casper, Co-Founder and Executive Director of CreatiVets, who shares his personal story of sustaining a traumatic brain injury and losing his best friend while serving in combat as a U.S. Marine, the power of art in healing and how that lead to starting the organization, and how the organization is now using art and music to help veterans around our nation share their story and heal, as well. During the conversation, Casper highlights their new 11-track album, Veteran Songs, which has been released by Big Machine Records. Amazon Music listeners can access the album by saying, "Alexa, play music by veterans.CreatiVets is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation whose mission is to provide combat veterans struggling with post-traumatic stress and traumatic brain injury with opportunities to use art, music, and creative writing to heal their unseen wounds or war.The CreatiVets songwriting program pairs veterans with accomplished songwriters and music artists to allow them the opportunity to creatively express their story through a song.  The songs are written to capture the veteran's personal story so that it is their voice talking about their experiences, but in a way that captures certain universal experiences that others can understand and often relate to.CreatiVets is now LIVE!! We will be streaming art and music content from guitar classes to songwriting classes to sculpting, painting and drawing. We will be inviting some of the world's best artists, CreatiVets staff, and even Grammy award-winning songwriters to host and teach these classes!! CreatiVets Veteran Songs - Listen Now!Learn more:Website:                 https://creativets.org/Facebook:             https://www.facebook.com/creativeteransInstagram:             https://www.instagram.com/creativets/Twitter:                    https://twitter.com/creativets1

Get Exclusive Pop Culture Show video interviews, video content and bonus video exclusively from our Instagram. Sign up for our Pop Cult and be the first to get show announcements, free stuff and insider information only available to cult members.Watch the Droplabs Shoe experience segment here.Speaker 1 (00:00):Welcome to the Pop Culture Show with Barnes, Leslie and Cubby. Barnes (00:04):This is the severely damaged Pop Culture Show. Barnes, Leslie, Cubby on location in Framnash Vegas. Cubby (00:14):Love that, I'm a little jealous though because I am not there, I am in Bryant Cubby Jersey, New Jersey. Barnes (00:22):And we're all having cocktails, so who knows what's going to happen in this show. Cubby (00:26):Yes. Barnes (00:26):And Cubby's how many Jägers in? Cubby (00:28):Five, six maybe? A couple Jäger shots. Leslie (00:29):Are you serious? Cubby (00:30):Yeah, come on man. Barnes (00:31):Are you really? Leslie (00:32):So Cubby, just to say, I haven't seen Barnes in person since the reunion show. Barnes (00:37):The 99X Reunion about a year and three quarters ago? Leslie (00:41):Yeah, so here we are. Barnes (00:41):We are, cheers, cheers. Cubby (00:42):It feels like 1995 all over again, doesn't it? Barnes (00:45):Totally. And Leslie drinking, I mean we should probably put about 15 disclaimers on this show right now because I don't know what's going to happen. So, please rate and review and subscribe our little show. Our guest today, now all of a sudden we're Grammy winners every week. Kristian Bush from the band Sugarland among others, he's got about 57 different bands and one of them is Billy Pilgrim and they have a brand new release coming out, but it's not really that new. It's an interesting story, you're going to love it, so he's coming up. Leslie (01:17):Such a good guy. Cubby (01:18):We've got Bush, I hear his last name I think of Revenge of the Nerds, you know that one. Barnes (01:23):What are the odds that we have a guest two weeks in a row that have both won Grammys and both have songs called Stay. Leslie (01:30):Oh, that's true. Cubby (01:31):Wow, look at that, that's digging deep. And you know what, I got to tell you, we're really raising the bar each week, it's crazy. Barnes (01:36):We are. Cubby (01:37):Yeah. Barnes (01:37):And you know what, let's raise it again. Next week, someone who does not do podcasts, Dr. Oz. Cubby (01:43):All your COVID questions. Leslie (01:44):That's huge. Barnes (01:46):That is going to be awesome. Leslie (01:48):That is huge that he's on our show. Cubby (01:49):He's a good dude and I've had the honor of interviewing him several times and he is the best and I can't wait for him to join us next week. Barnes (01:56):As Cubby says, we're the little show that could. Cubby (01:59):We are, we really are. Barnes (02:00):We're just a little show that could. Cubby (02:01):We're three people doing the work of ten for the good of millions. Barnes (02:04):Yeah, we have a staff of 70 that backs us up. No, we have a staff of nothing. Cubby (02:10):You didn't tell people where we could be heard, you always mention that. Barnes (02:13):I was getting to that. Cubby (02:14):Okay, go ahead. Barnes (02:15):I was getting to that. Cubby, we can be heard on iHeartRadio's app and I've been hearing commercials for the Pop Culture Show which is cool on there. Cubby (02:21):Yup. Barnes (02:22):And also in Teslas and by the way if you're buying a Tesla, use my code, you'll get a thousand free miles. Cubby (02:28):No way, what is your code? Barnes (02:29):Yeah. Leslie (02:29):What? How does this happen? Barnes (02:30):Well, just hit me up on social ... it's just when anyone who has a Tesla, if you use their referral, they'll give you a thousand Supercharger miles and then you get a thousand and those come in handy. I use them to get here. Leslie (02:42):The Tesla's outside my front door. Barnes (02:44):You know who bought one? Mark Wohlers, Atlanta Braves All Star just bought a Tesla. He called me yesterday when he was ordering it, "Hey dude, what's your code?" And then I got a thousand miles. Cubby (02:55):I want one so bad, I'm already sold, I'm sold. Barnes (02:58):And where else are we besides Turks and Caicos, anywhere else? Cubby (03:03):Honduras? No, Japan. Leslie (03:05):Guatemala. Cubby (03:06):Guatemala, worldwide. Barnes (03:08):Worldwide. Cubby (03:09):Yeah, worldwide, come on. Barnes (03:10):We were charting in Japan, but then I don't know what happened. We went from 38 to like 150. Cubby (03:16):Why did we spike and then go down and then spike? Barnes (03:18):I don't know. Leslie (03:18):How we're doing in Canada? Barnes (03:19):Canada? We're in the 200s. They don't get us, like most people. Cubby (03:24):Right. Barnes (03:24):They're right in there. So Kristian Bush is coming up, Dr. Oz next week and we want to get into our How Was Your Week segment and I've got something. I want to go last because it's going to involve trying something. Leslie's going to try something of mine and we're going to all witness it live. Leslie (03:45):Cubby, I have no idea what I'm getting myself into. Cubby (03:47):Yeah. Barnes (03:47):You do because you see it and you've been asking a lot of questions and I'm not giving her any information, so we'll get to that in a few minutes. Cubby (03:53):And I mentioned how I wanted to be there, now I'm glad I'm not there. First I had FOMO about you guys being together in Nashville. Barnes (03:59):Why? Cubby (03:59):Well, I don't know what's going to happen or what Leslie's about to try on. Barnes (04:01):Oh, it's good, it's going to be fun. Cubby (04:04):All right. Barnes (04:04):I hope she reacts. I don't know what her verbal reaction will be, but. Leslie (04:10):Who knows after a glass of wine. Barnes (04:12):I can't wait to see it. Leslie (04:13):It'll be severe. Barnes (04:13):How was your week Fram? Leslie (04:15):So I had a little bit of a space out moment and I think it's because- Barnes (04:19):This is every week, Fram. Leslie (04:20):I have a feeling it's from too many Zoom calls. Cubby, I'm on Zoom calls all day as you know. Cubby (04:25):I know. Leslie (04:26):From 8, 9 AM until 6 or 7 at night, so. Barnes (04:28):She's a multimedia executive. Leslie (04:30):So the other day I had a one hour break and my husband was like, "Can you go with me, I've got to pick up," He has an old farm truck that was getting work done, "Can you go with me, follow me back home?" I'm like, "Absolutely." So I take him, long story short we get to the place, he picks up his keys, I'm like, "All right, I'll follow you back to the house." I'm following this white, old white truck, I'm in his car, we're going down the road, I'm following him, I'm following him, I'm following him. He takes a left so I'm like, "What street's he taking a left on at some neighborhood, some random neighborhood? Maybe he's going to somebody's house to pick something up?" Leslie (05:11):I go down the street, the car stops in the driveway of this house, I pull off on the side of the road and this woman gets out of the car and looking at me like, "Why the hell are you following me?" I realize that I'm following her. Barnes (05:25):Oh no. Leslie (05:28):I think I'm following a black SUV which is my car. Barnes (05:32):Oh my gosh, this is so Fram. Cubby (05:35):That is great. Leslie (05:36):She's looking at me like, "Are you here to rob me or something?" I'm like, "Oh my god." So, I start the car and act like I don't know why I stopped on the side of the road, I hit some dead end street so then I go down another street not familiar with dead end street. Now I'm going like, "Lenny's probably freaking out wondering where the hell is she?" And so I'm heading back to the farm, he doesn't have his phone, I'm like, "He's really going to be worried about me, I don't know what to do." This is like 20 minutes after I followed him. Finally I get halfway there, he is now coming the opposite way looking for me. Barnes (06:13):Oh my gosh. Cubby (06:15):You can't make this up. Leslie (06:18):Waving, waving, I'm okay. I can't it make up, so long story short, I just spaced out and was following the wrong car. Barnes (06:23):Fram what happens? Where is the disconnect? Leslie (06:26):I don't know. Cubby (06:26):Were you just paying attention to the color? Barnes (06:28):Were you on the phone? Leslie (06:30):I thought I was following my car instead of following his car. And again, some poor random lady is wondering why the hell I'm following her and stopping in front of her house. Cubby (06:39):Yeah. Barnes (06:39):Leslie, this is a trend. This is not just something out of the blue, this happens for 30 years. Leslie (06:44):I'm getting worried about myself. Cubby (06:46):Yeah, I mean it really is concerning actually. I mean, we should probably unplug her mic, to be honest with you. Leslie (06:51):Cubby, I need some of that Jägermeister you're drinking every day. Cubby (06:54):Yes. Barnes (06:54):Keep sipping that wine because you're going to need it in a few minutes Fram, I'll just tell you that. Wait until we get to me. Cubby (07:00):I can't top that story, man. I'm not even going to play in this game, that is funny. Barnes (07:05):Cubby, you've got nothing? Cubby (07:06):No. Barnes (07:06):I'll give you one, Cubby's such a dick to me. Cubby (07:10):Shut up. Leslie (07:10):What? Barnes (07:11):He says that I call him too much. Cubby (07:12):No, you've calmed down since I said that, but no, there are so many things that you could text and everything's got to be a call. I mean, you can just text it. Barnes (07:22):No, because I'm really not a phone talker. Cubby (07:23):No, you are, you're the only one. Barnes (07:25):But I'm really not, only you. Because it's show related and I feel like I don't want to type a soliloquy into my text and so I call. Cubby (07:33):Look, I agree, sometimes you need the phone just to get right to the point and talk it out, but a lot of your calls could easily have been a text. Barnes (07:40):Here's how it goes, I dial, here's Cubby, "Hello?" Leslie (07:45):Cubby, I need to ask you a question though. Cubby (07:47):Please. Leslie (07:48):Are you a little intimidated by Barnes? Barnes (07:51):For what? Leslie (07:52):Because with Barnes texts me and I don't get right back to him because I'm on a million Zoom calls a day, I'll go like, "Hey, let me call you back when I have a break." Barnes (08:02):Keep drinking. Leslie (08:02):Because I know, I know that he is like, "Where is she, why is she not calling me back, why is she not texting me back, why is she not calling me back?" Barnes (08:10):Keep drinking. Cubby (08:11):You're a hundred percent right, Leslie and even though Barnes is our friend, it's almost like a boss. Leslie (08:17):It is, it is hardcore. Barnes (08:19):So then this week my phone rings and I look down it says Cubby and I have this really funny picture for Cubby and I'm like, "Oh, now he wants to talk." Cubby (08:28):Right, yeah. Barnes (08:28):And then I pick it up he goes, "I know, I just want to know, can you give me some mic recommendations and I need some chair recommendations and a desk recommendation. And how do I plug in these headphones to the speaker?" I'm his personal Apple Genius. Cubby (08:42):Leslie, have you noticed Barnes is not very warm on text? Leslie (08:45):It's short. Cubby (08:46):It's very short, there's never- Barnes (08:47):You're welcome. Cubby (08:48):... never an emoji, not even a smiley face. Barnes (08:51):I give you the fist all the time. Cubby (08:53):Yeah, you do, you get the fist and then the pound I like that. Leslie (08:54):Did you like my little gifs that I send? Cubby (08:56):Yeah. Leslie (08:58):I'm trying to do funny gifs and I know Barnes hates that. Barnes (09:01):Okay, you're the two people with a real job and you have time for emojis. Leslie (09:06):Hey, I like my- Barnes (09:07):I just float around. Leslie (09:08):I like my Bitmoji. Barnes (09:09):Wow. Leslie (09:10):I think it looks cute. Cubby (09:11):Yeah, right. Barnes (09:11):So how was your week, Cubby? Cubby (09:14):You know what, it was much better than last week because you remember we had the tropical storm up here and so this week we were back to normal, normal work week. I will admit, I'm a lit nervous, I've got some butterflies in my stomach because my wife and I are taking our first road trip with our six-month-old baby. We're taking a six hour trip to Virginia Beach, Virginia, my home town and I'm not going to lie, I'm nervous about how it's going to go. I know the baby sleeps well in the car, but I know she's not going to sleep for six hours straight. I don't want any meltdowns, I want to be prepared, I want the wife to be happy, I'm worried about this trip. Barnes (09:46):If I was your wife, I'd be more concerned about you than the baby. Cubby (09:49):She said that actually, she said, "You're worrying more than me." And I even talked about this on the radio show and people said worry more when they're two or three years old because that's when it becomes are we there yet and you got to entertain them and all that. But she's six months old, she's probably just going to be chilling most of it, so I'm okay with it, but I don't know why, I'm just nervous about this whole weekend and everything. Leslie (10:11):I think you're going to be fine, I think you might need like a little DVD player for yourself. Cubby (10:15):As I'm driving? Leslie (10:16):Yeah. Barnes (10:16):You can sit in the back with the baby as you're driving. That would be fantastic. Cubby (10:22):So yeah, I'm looking forward to that, but guys, I mean I'm just excited that this show is really just moving along here. We are really getting some great numbers and some great feedback and I'm just very happy to be a part of this show, I'm really having a blast. Barnes (10:35):You're going to make me cry now, Cubby, gosh. Cubby (10:37):No, I really am having fun. I was very hesitant about doing this, but of course Barnes with that whole philosophy of scaring the shit of you, I'm like, "All right, all right, I guess I'll do it." Barnes (10:47):What the hell? Cubby (10:50):But I'm glad I said yes. Barnes (10:51):Okay, let's get into my week because it's about Leslie. Cubby (10:55):All right. Barnes (10:56):This week I got a gift. I got some new shoes and I love cool shoes. We talk about shoes sometimes a lot. I got what's called DropLabs and we're filming this segment also so we can put it on our social so you can see what's about to happen. These shoes are- Leslie (11:17):Big. Barnes (11:18):Well, these are mine, they're a size 12 and a half. Leslie (11:20):And I'm an 8. Barnes (11:22):And female which what about a 6 in male? They're going to look like clown shoes on Leslie, but the fashion statement is not what matters. They're black, black shoes, good looking shoes. Leslie (11:31):I like black shoes, yeah. Barnes (11:33):And what they have in them completely electronic soles that have technology that connect to your Bluetooth headphones and give you an entire body experience when you listen to music. Cubby (11:48):Oh my gosh. Barnes (11:49):And it's almost like wearing two subwoofers on your feet but more. Cubby (11:55):How long have these been available? Barnes (11:56):They just came out. Cubby (11:58):They just came out. Barnes (11:58):It's called DropLabs. Cubby (12:00):Never heard of it. Leslie (12:00):Have you done this? Barnes (12:01):It's the EP 01. Yeah, these are my shoes. Leslie (12:03):So what happened when you tried it? Barnes (12:05):I absolutely love it. Leslie (12:07):Okay, so here we go. Barnes (12:09):I purposefully have not done this, so I'm going to turn these on, look Cubby, you can describe what's happening. Cubby (12:14):Okay. Barnes (12:14):You see on the back? Cubby (12:16):Yeah, it's like a button, is that a button? Barnes (12:18):Yeah. Cubby (12:19):Yeah. Barnes (12:19):So I'm going to turn the shoe on. Cubby (12:21):On the heel of the shoe there's a button and now it's lighting up. Barnes (12:23):Yeah, so there's one shoe. Fram? Cubby (12:25):Is that the Bluetooth connecting or something? Barnes (12:27):I guess, yeah, everything's connected together. Leslie (12:29):Wow. This is really actually cool. So do you want me to. Barnes (12:32):Put on it on here, you don't have to tie, just put your feet in them. Leslie (12:35):That's the left? Okay. Cubby (12:36):If you wear them in the rain, will you die? Barnes (12:39):No. Cubby (12:40):Okay. Leslie (12:40):Thanks Cubby. Barnes (12:41):Yeah, you will survive. Leslie (12:44):All right, I have the left foot on. Barnes (12:47):All right, let me get the right one turned on. Put that on. Leslie (12:50):Okay. Barnes (12:50):I'm getting excited just thinking about what's ... okay, so- Cubby (12:53):So what is she going to experience again? Leslie (12:54):I have no idea. Barnes (12:55):Leslie, you're going to have to take those headphones off and you're not going to be able to hear Cubby. Leslie (13:00):All right. Barnes (13:01):But you're going to put these on. I just hope it doesn't start before. Cubby (13:04):Wait, are her feet, are they going to vibrate like she's at a concert? I don't understand. Barnes (13:09):So right now it looks like she's wearing clown shoes because she's got my size 12 and a halfs on. Cubby (13:16):Right, right. Barnes (13:16):And so you have the headphones on. Leslie (13:18):Are they on? Barnes (13:19):Yeah. So, we're filming this again so you can see the reaction. Now, I've got her headphones connected to my system, so let me just make sure. Yeah, it's on. Leslie (13:32):I just want to make sure. Barnes (13:33):Now, Leslie, I don't know if you're going to get the whole experience right out the gate, I think you might, so just tell us what happens. I don't know because you might just hear the headphones first, I have to make sure that I have it turned on correctly. Cubby (13:46):What kind of music you're playing? Barnes (13:46):I think I'm going to play Jack White. Leslie (13:49):Oh yes. Barnes (13:50):Let's do Seven Nation. Leslie (13:52):Yeah, Seven Nation Army. Barnes (13:53):Yeah. Cubby (13:53):Well here's my question real quick, does it matter if it ... will she get more of an effect if it's a bass-y song or does it really matter? Barnes (13:58):That's got a lot going on. Cubby (14:00):Okay. Barnes (14:00):Did you hear music right then? Leslie (14:01):Yeah, I heard the first and that was it. Barnes (14:04):Can I turn it up loud, you're good? Leslie (14:06):Yeah. Barnes (14:06):Okay, now watch her face, I'm about to turn the shoes on, hang tight. Leslie (14:10):It's happening. Cubby (14:17):Now Leslie can you hear me? Barnes (14:18):Do you feel it? Cubby (14:19):What's happening? Leslie (14:19):Yeah. Barnes (14:20):She can't hear you, hold on, let's let her- Leslie (14:22):This is amazing. Barnes (14:23):What's that? Tell people what's happening. Leslie (14:26):You can actually feel it through your entire body. Cubby (14:30):Oh my gosh. Leslie (14:31):I mean, this is amazing. Barnes (14:34):It sounds like Jack White is in the room underneath us and the whole band is playing. Leslie (14:38):You can feel the pulsation, it's almost like somebody's drumming on my feet and it's going through my whole body. Barnes (14:47):She's bouncing, you can see her bouncing in the chair. Leslie (14:49):This is really cool. Barnes (14:50):Now how insane is that? Leslie (14:52):I love it. Barnes (14:53):I knew you would love it. Here, let me give you another- Leslie (14:57):Okay. Barnes (14:57):... let me give you another song so you can feel some bass. Leslie (15:01):Cubby, you have to try this. Barnes (15:02):It's unbelievable. Leslie (15:03):It's incredible. Barnes (15:04):Here's some Dave Matthews, try this. Leslie (15:05):Okay, oh yeah. Barnes (15:09):Cubby, it's like wearing subwoofers as shoes. Cubby (15:13):Almost like the band, like you said, is rehearsing in a room next to you or below you. That's actually really cool. Leslie (15:18):Do you think that people are going to take this to like clubs and stuff? Barnes (15:20):Well, so think of it as concerts, think about it's called DropLabs, droplabs.com. And also gamers, so what was that game you played where you killed the people because you're violent? What's that game? Leslie (15:34):Mortal Kombat? Cubby (15:35):No, I got into Grand Theft Auto, yeah, Grand Theft Auto. Barnes (15:38):You'll be able to feel people walking up next to you in the shoes. Cubby (15:42):Can you ask the retail value? Leslie (15:44):This is amazing. Barnes (15:45):You have to go to the website, I don't know the exact cost. Cubby (15:48):Okay. Barnes (15:49):You can pull it up. Droplabs.com if you have a computer. Cubby (15:53):You're a great salesperson. Leslie (15:54):You feel it immediately. Barnes (15:54):No I'm saying you, I mean you can get your answer. I don't know, I don't have a computer in front of me, I have all hands in use right now. Leslie (16:00):This is really cool. I love it. Barnes (16:03):Fram, she's done, she's not going to be on the show anymore. Leslie (16:06):I'm still here. Barnes (16:07):It's all over. Cubby (16:08):I wasn't being sarcastic, I want to get a Tesla now and DropLabs all because of you. I'm serious. Barnes (16:13):But my problem now is what if I run out of juice in my Tesla and my shoes. I'm going to have no beat. Cubby (16:19):No beat all. Barnes (16:21):And I'm going to not be moving at all. Leslie (16:22):He's going to be stranded in my farm. Barnes (16:24):From here, Cubby, I'm sitting three feet from her and I can feel the floor shaking. She's tapping her feet now. Anyway. Leslie (16:32):It's really cool. Cubby (16:32):Can Leslie hear me? Barnes (16:33):No. Leslie (16:33):Especially the good drumming songs like Carter Beauford from Dave Matthews Band. Barnes (16:38):So come back to your regular headphones, party's over, all right, turn them off. Yeah, we have to do the show. How crazy is that? Leslie (16:44):It's amazing. Cubby (16:45):That is so cool and I have a question for her after she puts her headphones on. Barnes (16:48):She's going to put her headphones back, Cubby's got a question for you. Leslie (16:50):By the way, I'm still tingling. Barnes (16:54):It's unbelievable. Leslie (16:55):You finish and you're still tingling. Cubby (16:57):So, are you asking for a cigarette now? I mean. All right. Barnes (17:03):That's going to be the next thing, trying the shoes while you're having sex. Leslie (17:08):That is amazing. Cubby (17:08):Check this out, I'm on the website droplabs.com because I wanted to get a price. Leslie (17:13):That's incredible. Cubby (17:15):And I'm looking at- Leslie (17:16):That's incredible. Cubby (17:16):They're all sold out. Leslie (17:18):What? Barnes (17:18):They're about to get a new shipment. Cubby (17:19):Notify me when available, there's a button here for that, but there's no price and wow, compatible with all Bluetooth headphones. Barnes (17:26):It's unbelievable. Cubby (17:27):Compatible with iPhone, Android. Leslie (17:28):I'm surprised it took somebody this long to come up with this technology. Barnes (17:31):I'll let you know when ... and also artist mixing. So when you're mixing your record, you can feel the music. Or if you're a drummer, you can put the bass and whoever like your monitor. So you're feeling it in your feet and up through your body. Leslie (17:49):It's so cool. Cubby (17:51):That is so cool. I mean, just when you think they thought of everything, that is something that really gives you the feels and wow. Barnes (17:56):They're about to be in stock. Cubby (17:57):Yeah, it's got nothing but five stars, this is so cool. Leslie (18:01):By the way, it's great for the gift for someone who has everything. Cubby (18:04):Right. Leslie (18:05):This is the gift. Cubby (18:06):Yeah, because you know they don't have it. Leslie (18:07):You know what I'm saying? Barnes (18:07):Because no-one has it. Cubby (18:08):Right. And you know what, they look good. Barnes (18:10):What's weird though is people will look at you ... they're good looking. They're great looking shoes. Cubby (18:14):They really are. Barnes (18:14):I went into eat and the people were, I was like, "What are they looking at?" And I'm like, "Oh, because I sound like a car has come inside and you know when you pull up next to a car and it's like- Cubby (18:26):The annoying bass? Yeah, yeah. Barnes (18:28):Yeah, that's what you're noticed. Leslie (18:31):By the way they are actually good looking shoes though. Barnes (18:33):They are and they're comfortable. Leslie (18:35):Yeah. Cubby (18:35):Yeah. Barnes (18:36):So anyway, that was not a paid segment. Cubby (18:38):No. Barnes (18:38):That's just enthusiasm. Cubby (18:39):And you know what, we are called the Pop Culture Show so we're hip on new trends and stuff like that and there we go, that's a new one that I never even heard of. Barnes (18:47):Check them out. Leslie (18:47):Thanks Barnes. Barnes (18:47):Yup, droplabs.com. Cubby (18:50):I am reserving a pair right now. Leslie (18:53):Well let's dive into some Celebrity Sleaze. Poor Simon Cowell, did you hear about his six hour surgery about his back injury? Barnes (19:00):I've heard so many stories. Cubby (19:01):Yeah, I didn't know it was six hours though. Leslie (19:04):Bike crash, broke his back, six hour surgery. Had to put a metal rod in his back. Cubby (19:10):My buddy was on that show earlier this week. Micheal Yo, he was a comedian, he was on Monday night. Got voted off Tuesday night, but he was bummed out that he did the show and Simon wasn't there. Barnes (19:20):It's going to be weird because Simon was stiff already, now he's got a metal plate in his back. Cubby (19:25):Boom, Barnes with the jokes. Leslie (19:27):Hello. Barnes (19:27):I'm just saying. Leslie (19:30):Hello. Cubby (19:30):Yeah. Leslie (19:31):Well, Kelly Clarkson was filling in for him, so that's cool. So every week we talk about this about how Hollywood has lost ideas, here's another one. Jim Carrey reportedly returning for two more Mask movies. Barnes (19:42):Really? Leslie (19:43):Two more. Cubby (19:44):Is it because we're all wearing masks? Is that the main reason? Barnes (19:48):Hollywood's like, "Oh yeah, a movie about masks, yeah, do it." Cubby (19:51):Yeah, jump on it. Leslie (19:52):Here we go again, another reboot. Every week we talk about this, Saved By The Bell reboot. Barnes (19:57):I saw the trailer, much more dramatic. Cubby (20:00):Right, it's more like a Beverley Hills 90210. Barnes (20:02):Yeah. Cubby (20:03):Some serious moments, but I've always been a fan of Saved By The Bell, it's a great time, it's a great period. Leslie (20:09):So Barnes, our old buddy David Arquette, You Cannot Kill David Arquette has been released. I guess it's going to be video-on-demand with David Arquette? Barnes (20:17):It looks hysterical. I had no idea that the wrestling world was so freaked out about him. Leslie (20:23):Yeah, I had no idea either that he was in the wrestling world. Cubby, I don't know if you knew that or not. Cubby (20:28):Did not. Leslie (20:28):But we're old buddies with David Arquette, so we have to try to get him on this show. Barnes (20:33):Which I texted him and usually he texts right back which he must be just busy with promotion for the show, but he was apparently the WCW champ in 2000. It was a bit, but the wrestling world never accepted him. Cubby (20:50):Well, we keep bringing in these heavy hitters as far as guests go. You might want to work on that one. Barnes (20:54):I'm trying. Leslie (20:55):Here's something else that hit the internet that I absolutely loved and people are wondering what ever happened to Phil Collins. Well, In The Air Tonight has hit, again, after 39 years of being released, it's back on the chart because of these twins from Gary, Indiana and their spontaneous reaction to Phil Collins In The Air Tonight. Barnes (21:15):Oh, it's hysterical. Leslie (21:16):22-year-old twins Tim and Fred Williams and I guess when they get to the drum part, they just go crazy. I sent it to Barnes and he loved it. Barnes (21:25):Cubby, have you seen it? Cubby (21:25):Yeah, it's great. It reminds me kind of Hangover? Remember when Mike Tyson and the drums? Yeah. Barnes (21:31):And there's a bunch of people that do these type of videos, this one I would play a clip but it won't make sense because we're watching the screen and describing it. But to watch them and that big drum part that comes in five minutes in. Cubby (21:44):Right. Barnes (21:44):And they're just sitting there bobbing their head and then they both almost fall out of the chair and are like, "Who would drop a beat five minutes into a song?" Cubby (21:53):Which is a great point actually, but it's a classic. Barnes (21:56):They're like, Phil. Cubby (21:57):Have you seen the people doing the drums with the cupboards or in the kitchen and right when the beat kicks in, they close all the cupboard doors and they have to time it out perfectly? Barnes (22:06):Yup. Cubby (22:07):I love that on TikTok. Barnes (22:07):It's really good. Cubby (22:08):Yeah. Leslie (22:09):Now Cubby, you always do The Wayback Machine, do you remember who was in the original Three Men and a Baby? Because there's going to be a remake. Barnes (22:15):Tom Selleck. Cubby (22:16):John Travolta? Barnes (22:18):John Travolta and Martin Short. Leslie (22:20):Was Travolta in it? Was Tom Selleck? Barnes (22:22):I don't know. Cubby (22:22):Or am I wrong? Leslie (22:23):Ted Danson. Barnes (22:24):Ted Danson. Cubby (22:25):That's right, that's right. Leslie (22:25):And Steve Guttenberg. Barnes (22:26):Oh man, I was way off. Leslie (22:27):But anyway. Cubby (22:28):So there goes my cred. Leslie (22:29):Here we go, Three Men and a Baby, guess who's going to redo it? Zac Efron. Which I don't see that at all because he's a pretty boy. Cubby (22:36):Right, I don't see it either. Leslie (22:37):Which is nothing wrong with that. Barnes (22:39):Who are the other two? And does he play the baby? Leslie (22:40):It doesn't say. Cubby (22:45):Is there anything original anymore? Leslie (22:46):Maybe he should. No. Cubby (22:47):I'm pretty sad. Barnes (22:47):No. Leslie (22:48):Hey, by the way Barnes, you live in Atlanta, did you know that they're making Spider-Man 3 there? Barnes (22:53):They did not consult me on this one. Leslie (22:56):They need to, Spider-Man 3 apparently pre-production happening in the ATL again because Hollywood has no new ideas. Did you see the power list, the highest paid actor list from Forbes? Barnes (23:08):I did not. Cubby (23:08):I know, I know, I know, can I go? Leslie (23:11):Geez, yeah, go ahead. Cubby (23:12):No, I'm just excited because there's one thing you mentioned that I've actually read about and maybe I'm wrong, but I think it's The Rock. Leslie (23:17):Mm-hmm (affirmative) The Rock. Cubby (23:19):Which surprises me because I know he's done a lot, but what has he done lately? I don't know. Barnes (23:24):Well, a ton. He's always on something and they're usually hokey comedies and he's getting paid huge. Cubby (23:30):Maybe because I'm not a huge fan I don't even know, but yeah. Leslie (23:33):Maybe you're just not aware of his films, but apparently he made an estimated 87.5 million over the last year. Cubby (23:40):That's some good coin right there. Leslie (23:41):And there were some other people in there that I totally got like Mark Wahlberg, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Will Smith, Adam Sandler, Ben Affleck too by the way was in that list as well. Cubby (23:51):Right. Leslie (23:52):And I know he's been doing a bunch of stuff for Netflix. How about The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, a reboot there with Will Smith. Barnes (23:59):Come on, everything's a reboot. Leslie (24:02):Yeah, the show's based on, again, on Morgan Cooper's viral YouTube trailer with I guess Morgan Cooper also on board with Will Smith. Of course Will Smith has got to be involved, of course. Barnes (24:13):This looks more like Boyz n the Hood Leslie (24:16):Did it? I didn't see the trailer. Barnes (24:16):No seriously, it's very dramatic, very dramatic. It's not a comedy. Leslie (24:21):I thought this was very progressive for the Hallmark Channel. They will feature their first same-sex wedding. Barnes (24:30):That is a big deal for them and it's about time. Leslie (24:31):I thought so too. I mean, by the way, it's great, but I was really like wow. Barnes (24:35):Right, they're very conservative. Leslie (24:38):Now this was bizarre, David Blaine, you know David Blaine the magician? Cubby (24:43):Yeah. Leslie (24:43):To float through the air while holding balloons. Barnes (24:46):What the hell do balloons have to do with it? Leslie (24:46):His new special will stream on August 31st on his YouTube channel. Barnes (24:53):Seriously, am I missing something? Leslie (24:56):By the way Cubby, this is in your neck of the woods. Cubby (24:58):Yeah. Leslie (24:58):Follow Blaine as he attempts to float from New Jersey over the New York City skyline. Cubby (25:03):Yeah. Barnes (25:04):Come on. Leslie (25:04):What? Cubby (25:04):We talked about this on our show today and I think it's funny, it's only going to be on YouTube. David Blaine used to have specials on major networks, what does that say? Barnes (25:15):Well, I mean, YouTube's probably paying him a big nut. Cubby (25:18):Well yeah, you're right, I know YouTube's huge, but I used to remember David Blaine on NBC or ABC, it was a big deal. And he hasn't done anything in a while, so I guess I am curious. Leslie (25:29):Yeah, I'm curious about that and Barnes actually turned me on to this and it's quite funny, but another reason that 2020 continues to be weird, have you seen or heard Michael Jackson's Bad- Barnes (25:43):Oh, this is great. Leslie (25:44):... as a bluegrass song? Barnes (25:45):Have you seen it Cubby? Cubby (25:46):I have not and maybe I shouldn't be on this show because it's pop culture, I don't know about this one. Barnes (25:51):This one is good. I'm going to play part of it for you, I wish I could show you, but you can just Google it. Just Google Michael Jackson Bad bluegrass. Cubby (26:00):Okay. Barnes (26:01):Who did this, does it say who did it? Leslie (26:02):No, it doesn't. Barnes (26:03):It's unbelievable. Hearing it is pretty cool, but when you see that they've taken the original video and what I'm about to play for you, put it all together, it's insane (singing). Imagine the video, we all know the video. They're all running around, it's crazy. Cubby (26:33):I'm imagining Deliverance is what I'm imagining. Barnes (26:35):Yeah. Leslie (26:38):Good call on Deliverance. Cubby (26:40):Squeal like a pig. Barnes (26:40):It's really wild. Google that, you will love it. Leslie (26:43):So I'm sure the next time we talk, I'll talk more about more reboots coming out of Hollywood, that's your Celebrity Sleaze. Cubby (26:49):All right, I love it. Hey, I'm a little behind on my Netflix watching, I will admit. Are you guys watching anything on Netflix? Barnes (26:56):Let me get my app, standby, because I can't remember all of them. Hold on. Leslie (26:59):I told you I'm still watching Yellowstone on the Paramount network which is phenomenal. Kevin Costner. Barnes (27:05):Have you watched Dr. Foster yet? Leslie (27:06):No. Barnes (27:07):Damn it, Fram. Leslie (27:07):No, I'm sorry. Barnes (27:08):I give you recommendations because I care. Cubby (27:11):Well here's what I want to talk about. Barnes (27:14):Hold on, you asked me a question, let me answer. Leslie (27:16):He's actually looking up his Netflix app. Barnes (27:17):Well, because I'm trying to remember what I'm watching. Cubby (27:19):Yeah, chop the shit out. Leslie (27:19):You're not watching Selling Sunset are you? Barnes (27:22):No, it just came up with an ad, Fram. Leslie (27:24):Okay. Barnes (27:24):Slow your roll, I don't like doing this show with you in the same room. Leslie (27:26):Slow your roll. Barnes (27:27):I need my social distance. Leslie (27:29):Did he just say slow your roll? Barnes (27:30):You're looking over my shoulder like we're in an airplane seat and you're like, "Do you really watch Selling Sunset?" I have seen one episode. I'm watching Outer Banks. Leslie (27:42):Yeah, I have to watch that because everybody that I work with is like, "You got to watch Outer Banks." Barnes (27:47):And Charles Esten who's one of the stars is going to be on this show in I think three weeks right at the end of August? Leslie (27:52):Former start of Nashville, TV show Nashville. Cubby (27:55):Look at that. Barnes (27:56):Do you know a little bit about that do you? Leslie (27:56):Mm-hmm (affirmative) Barnes (27:58):Bloodline, there's another one. Leslie (27:59):I finished that a long time ago. Barnes (28:02):Oh well, why haven't you mentioned it? Leslie (28:04):I love Bloodline. Barnes (28:05):And Money Heist, I'm on the third section. Cubby (28:08):I have a fun Netflix fact for you. So, when you sign on to the streaming service, the logo appears and you hear that famous sound. Barnes (28:16):Love that sound. Cubby (28:18):So, the Netflix offices call that the Ta-Dum and it's very recognizable, but believe it or not, so Todd Yellin, Netflix's Vice President of Product, he recently revealed that one of the options considered for Netflix production logo was something else. And I got to tell you, I have three options here and I want you to see which one do you think they were considering. And this is no joke, by the way, they were considering one of these sounds and I want you to see if you know which one it is. Is it A? Speaker 6 (28:49):Ladies and gentlemen, please take your seats. The show is about to begin. Cubby (28:54):All right or is it B? Or is it C? Barnes (29:06):Wow. Leslie (29:06):Okay. Cubby (29:06):Of the three you heard, which one do you think they were actually considering as the beginning of the logo on it? Barnes (29:11):This is for real, one of those three as going to be the Ta-Dum? Cubby (29:15):One hundred percent. Leslie (29:15):I'm going to say B. Cubby (29:17):You're going to say B and that was- Barnes (29:19):Which was the cartoon sounding thing? Cubby (29:21):Right, that was the cartoon sounding thing. Barnes (29:23):I would say the ladies and gentlemen, please take your seats like it's showtime. Cubby (29:28):That's what I thought, guys. But believe it or not. Barnes (29:33):No way. Leslie (29:34):There's no way. Barnes (29:34):A goat? Cubby (29:35):The sound of a goat was on the shortlist of possible sound options to go along with their logo and they said that it felt like a riff of another famous production logo. Todd says, Todd Yellin, the Netflix Vice President of Product, he said he liked the sound of the goat because it was funny, quirky and their version of MGM's Leo the Lion, end quote. Leslie (29:57):No way. Barnes (29:58):What? Leslie (29:59):A goat to a lion. Barnes (30:00):Can you imagine? Cubby (30:00):They actually consider doing the Netflix logo popping up on your screen and then hearing the bleating of a goat. Barnes (30:09):Can you imagine how that would have changed just the whole thing? Cubby (30:14):But when you were a kid, do you remember watching TV shows and they had like sit, Ubu, sit, good dog. That was random and then you had the cat the end of Mary Tyler Moore. Leslie (30:26):That's true, that's true. Cubby (30:26):I mean, the goat does sound like really- Barnes (30:28):Yeah, but those were production company little soundbites as opposed to almost like a network. Maybe they weren't thinking Netflix would be as big as it is? Cubby (30:38):Maybe, but I mean I love Ta-Dum, don't get me wrong, but yeah, the goat. Leslie (30:43):Are you yearning for the goat sound now? Barnes (30:49):What a trip. Cubby (30:56):I was really thinking that would be hilarious (singing). Leslie (31:07):We are so excited to have on the show with us Mr. Kristian Bush and Kristian, I don't even know where to begin with your credits because you are a singer, a songwriter, a multi-instrumentalist, a producer, a successful producer, one half of Sugarland who have sold millions of albums worldwide, multiple number ones. Where do we begin? We've known each other, you and Barnes and I go back 20 plus years. Kristian Bush (31:33):I'm telling you that when I listened to this podcast, even today, I'm so nostalgic. You guys could tell me things and I would believe you because I've been listening to you on the radio for so long. Like immediately I'm 22. Barnes (31:50):Same here and the more wine Fram drinks, she's getting down to about 18. Leslie (31:54):Yeah. Cubby (31:55):Yeah. Leslie (31:56):We decided to drink on the show tonight because we had you on and we're like we have so many stories to tell with Kristian. Kristian Bush (32:03):Oh my gosh, well you guys are constantly reinventing yourself and I feel like if you've know somebody this long, that's what you do. Barnes (32:14):Well, I want to take the next seven minutes to list the other 13,000 bands that you're in and projects, so come back in 10 minutes, no I'm just kidding. Honestly, I don't know how you keep up with what band you're in at what point. I mean, Sugarland who's just crushed it for years, you've got all the Billy Pilgrim stuff which is coming back full circle. Leslie (32:36):Yup. Barnes (32:37):I mean, you're just everywhere. I'm being honest, when you're on stage, do you ever forget which band you're in? Kristian Bush (32:45):It just started happening about three weeks ago that I started writing songs and not knowing which band it should go to. That was an odd moment and I had to start asking myself so what makes it one thing or another? Barnes (32:57):That was my question on the way driving to Nashville today. I was like at what point when you're writing a song do you designate this is a Sugarland song, this is a Kristian Bush song. Kristian Bush (33:07):Usually it's because I'm like a habitual collaborator. So, most of the Sugarland stuff Jennifer and I write together, but I start a lot of it alone. And the Dark Water stuff is very different, the new rock record that I've done. So my partners in that are my brother Brandon and Benji Shanks and they bring me the music, so it works like the old R.E.M. world where the music shows up and then I have the weird task of walking around and making up words in my head. Cubby (33:40):But you have a lot of folders, you have a lot of folders on your desktop of your computer don't you? Barnes (33:44):Yeah. Kristian Bush (33:44):Oh my gosh, it gives my kids anxiety when they look at all the folders. They're like, "Dad." Barnes (33:53):Well, we have a lot to cover with you. Let's start with Billy Pilgrim. You are coming back and I'm assuming it's Andrew also, I mean it wouldn't be Billy Pilgrim if it wasn't, Andrew Hyra. And you guys, this is an unbelievable story and I don't even quite understand it. This album that is coming out was the lost album? Kristian Bush (34:16):Yeah, so you guys might remember this, you might not, but it was after 9/11. There was a fire in downtown Avondale and it burned the Avondale town center. Barnes (34:31):This is near Atlanta for our listeners in Japan. Kristian Bush (34:34):Yeah, this is in Atlanta and Avondale, it's one of the four or five little cities that are literally inside the city. And this theater, it was like an old movie theater, had been converted. It used to be where like Elvis played there and stuff, but it had been converted from a movie theater into a recording studio. And Sister Hazel and Third Day and Billy Pilgrim, we all recorded there with Don McCollister and Don had a fire in the studio. And my brother and I had just had this really weird tragedy, our mother passed away suddenly within a day of being sick and that was two weeks prior to the fire. Kristian Bush (35:20):So this fire burned the entire thing down and my brother and I had all of our gear and all of our music and all of our recordings in the upstairs of that theater and we had it in the old projector room stored in the movie theater and that was the name of our little project studio. Barnes (35:39):And this is what year? This is like '99? Kristian Bush (35:42):This would be 2001. Barnes (35:47):Okay. Cubby (35:47):Well yeah, because 9/11 was 2001, so. Barnes (35:49):Oh, okay, yup. Cubby (35:50):Right. Kristian Bush (35:51):Yeah, so it would have been that winter. Two or three weeks, well actually it was about a month later is when the fire happened and in the fire was this Billy Pilgrim record we had really worked for four years to make. Barnes (36:04):So you put a ribbon on it, it was done, sitting there. Kristian Bush (36:08):It was done. Barnes (36:08):Yeah. Kristian Bush (36:09):And so when everything burned, all the master files and tapes burned with it. So we had one copy left. Barnes (36:17):Wow. Kristian Bush (36:17):And we were so heartbroken and of course I was screaming. I was like that 30-year-old kid grieving the loss of a parent which is so strange. And it took us, I don't know, maybe four, five months to get up enough let's go outside and try to release this because we made it and we have one copy. So, we were like, well, maybe we should play a show and so we played one show at Eddie's Attic and about that time, I had already starting writing songs for Sugarland. Barnes (36:48):So was the plan for people just to check it out one at a time? We could all just come and like I can take it for a week and then I bring it back and then Cubby can get it? Cubby (36:57):Yeah. Kristian Bush (36:58):Right, well we were a little scared and we weren't getting along, Andrew and I, and I knew he was commuting back and forth from LA back to Atlanta. We just played this one show and we made, I don't know, two or three hundred copies of it because we thought well ... and we did it by hand, we just had it manufactured. And then we sold them at that show and then that was it and it disappeared forever. And I found my one copy during the pandemic and you and I have been talking- Leslie (37:29):No way. Kristian Bush (37:30):... for the last couple of years. And I called him, I was like, "Hey man, so how about since it's upside down world, why don't we do this?" Barnes (37:38):You're like the networks who are just rehashing old stuff, come on Kristian, I'm kidding. Kristian Bush (37:42):I heard you laughing. Leslie (37:44):This is such a treat for the fans though. Barnes (37:46):Big time. Leslie (37:47):Especially in the ATL days. Barnes (37:50):And those that don't know the angle, Andrew Hyra has a very famous sister Meg Ryan. Kristian Bush (37:58):That's right. Barnes (37:58):And people always talked about that, the buzz was all there, but you guys were supported also big time by the Indigo Girls, right, early on? Kristian Bush (38:03):Right. Barnes (38:04):And you had all this buzz around you and then you lose this record and so now ironically this was not planned, the record's being released, what, Monday this week? Kristian Bush (38:13):Yeah, one of the songs, the second song from it comes out just this week. And then- Barnes (38:20):Tamburlaine? Kristian Bush (38:21):The record itself ... yeah, Tamburlaine comes out this week and then the whole record comes out on the 4th of September. Barnes (38:27):Here's a quick clip of Tamburlaine (singing). That was done 20 years ago almost, right? Wow. Kristian Bush (38:47):Yeah. Barnes (38:47):An important question for fans, why did you and Andrew not talk for over 15 years? Kristian Bush (38:55):We still haven't actually unearthed that part. Barnes (38:58):Really? Kristian Bush (38:59):We haven't and we've been talking maybe twice a week recently if not a little bit more and we're having really great conversation, but- Barnes (39:08):Therapy? Kristian Bush (39:09):... imagine a friend of yours ... well, kind of. I mean, we've covered a lot of ground. I just took my child, my oldest, to college on Monday, so I don't think he's ever saw Camille. Barnes (39:24):Wow, that is so strange. That many years and here we are putting a record out that was all but gone, COVID happens, you find it, unearth it in your house. It's weird how things happen. Leslie (39:38):But you know what's strange because the COVID and pandemic has brought a lot of people back together and maybe this was actually one of the silver linings of this pandemic. And because Kristian's such a creative person, I mean, again, he fluidly, he can go from producing someone to doing a Sugarland record to doing a solo album. But this really good news, the Billy Pilgrim record, for all those fans, Kristian, this is incredible. Kristian Bush (40:03):Oh yeah. It really is mind blowing. And Billy Pilgrim happened before the internet, so you can't really go find out who we were or what we did or what it sounded like. You can hear some of the things we did on Atlantic Records, but again, put Billy Pilgrim in time, we signed to Atlanta three months before Hootie & the Blowfish. Barnes (40:23):Wow. Kristian Bush (40:24):My peers were Rob Thomas and Jewel and those are the people who got signed the same month we did. Cubby (40:31):Well what's the deal with Sugarland music because I've heard September, I don't have a date though, of something and a song, can you tell me more about that? Kristian Bush (40:40):We recorded literally the day after the CMAs this past year. When we record, we like to record live, so when you're hearing them on the radio if it's exciting, it's because it was exciting for those three minutes, right? And it's an old habit I have and it's a luxury because the singers that I work with a lot are really fantastic, they don't need to try. And Jennifer's definitely that way and we finished it and we were ready to release it and we were about to talk about it in March and literally as we were about to send the first email to everyone, like here's when the first song comes out, everything shut down. So, it has been paused and put off and put off and put off and now I think it's time to start releasing it because fingers crossed we get back out on the road next summer. Barnes (41:35):Yeah, release it before that place burns down, we don't need this to happen again. Don't leave new music just sitting around Kristian Bush. Kristian Bush (41:43):Oh my gosh. Leslie (41:44):You guys are signed to one of my favorite labels in town, Big Machine Records and I love the fact that you guys are putting new music out. I just talked to Jennifer Nettles the other day and she's doing a lot of stuff with Equal Play at CMT. But Kristian, you guys have a played so many festivals, so many shows with so many artists worldwide, who's been the favorite for you? Because again, you've played with every artist. Kristian Bush (42:12):That's a good question. We were just talking about this the other day because it was so far back, but there was a, it is a festival, it's still there, I think, in Memphis called the Beale Street Festival and it's down next to the river and it was Billy Pilgrim and Beck and Bob Dylan. And besides the alliteration which is hilarious, I was shocked at being able to just sit on the side of that stage and I don't even know that was 1994 maybe at what that was. Kristian Bush (42:47):And then carry that forward to I guess the other super cool one, Jennifer and I did the Nobel Peace Prize concert and it was the year that the Arab Spring lady won it with two other women and we got to sit with those ladies during the days walking into the concert and have conversation. And watching them sing our songs back was just mind blowing. It was like who gets this life? Barnes (43:23):That's so funny. Kristian Bush (43:24):And the lady that started the Arab Spring, she's very young and she had just gotten out of jail to come get her award. Leslie (43:31):Wow. Cubby (43:32):So Kristian, I live in New Jersey, so New York obviously in the backyard here. Broadway, sadly as we all know, shut down but you're working on a musical I heard that are we ever going to see? What's the deal with this? Leslie (43:46):Oh, that musical was in Atlanta too. Barnes (43:49):What? Leslie (43:49):Yeah, he did a musical, he wrote a musical. Tell them about it Kristian. Kristian Bush (43:54):I got asked to do some ... because in Atlanta they now consider me a country singer, right, because Billy Pilgrim wasn't playing for a long time. So, I got asked to do some country songs for a play by a famous playwright in Atlanta named Janece Shaffer and she needed a song for a play and it turned into 16 songs, it turned into a musical. And the Alliance in Atlanta which is our big theater did the world premier of it and it has gone into the world called Troubadour and it's about a guy who's retiring in 1951 on the stage of the rhyme and is a country singer and it's whether his son will take over and his son's new friend is a Jewish tailor. It turns out all of the tailors that moved country music from church clothes into bedazzled clothes were Jewish tailors which I thought was a really interesting story. Kristian Bush (44:47):So that became in a musical called Troubadour. And the same playwright then reached out to me and said, "Hey, let's write something else, we were a good team." I said, "Okay, let's do it." And it happened to be the week of the Kavanaugh testimony. Leslie (45:02):Mm-hmm (affirmative) Cubby (45:02):Mm-hmm (affirmative) yup. Kristian Bush (45:05):And we went through lots of different ideas, like first of all isn't that strange that you have lunch somewhere and talk about ideas for a musical, right? And it got shot down, but we started that day and ran straight through for three months and wrote a musical about the Kavanaugh testimony. Barnes (45:23):You wrote a musical about the Kavanaugh testimony? Kristian Bush (45:27):Yeah. Barnes (45:27):Here's one, try something about I'm not going to give that girl a shot, see if that will work. Because on Broadway ... I'm sorry, that one fell flat. I'm sorry, I'm sorry everybody. That's crazy, you're writing for Broadway. Cubby (45:42):But this was a lot of work that we're never going to see or hear? Kristian Bush (45:45):Well, it's hard to tell. We thought that it got a director and it got a place and it was going to move running into the election because they thought it's a pretty topical thing. And there's a lot of conversation, I'm very vocal about my pro-women stance in all of the things that I do and this is definitely one of them. And it was a fascinating ... we will get to see it, but it was an exploration of what happens in a heterosexual couple when you are faced with the triggering of what happened in the Kavanaugh trial. Suddenly you look at your spouse and you're like, "Is there something you need to tell me?" Leslie (46:39):That's fascinating. Kristian Bush (46:39):Today's the day. And it happened all over the place, it happened to couples everywhere. Barnes (46:46):Wow, COVID killed your Kavanaugh trial, but brought back Billy Pilgrim. Leslie (46:49):Kind of, yeah. Barnes (46:51):This universe is just funky. Cubby (46:53):It really is. Barnes (46:54):It really is funky. Kristian, what is it like winning a Grammy? Kristian Bush (46:59):It's like a Superbowl thing and you know what's weird? It was mind blowing to have it happen, but it's even more mind blowing now. I really believe in the Grammys and the Recording Academy, is the organization MusiCares, a lot of the efforts that they have. And now that I'm in it, I can't believe how hard it was to actually win one. Barnes (47:21):I mean I can't imagine what that must have feel like being there. You know you're nominated, but as they're doing your category, does it become an out of body experience when you start, Sugarland and then they play a clip from the song on the big screen and then all of sudden they're saying the winner is Sugarland. Kristian Bush (47:38):Yeah, it's mind blowing. Barnes (47:41):And where's your Grammy now? Kristian Bush (47:44):It's sitting in the studio next to my Star Wars lunchbox on the shelf. Barnes (47:53):Nice. Nice. Kristian Bush (47:56):I work with a lot of artists and I don't want them to be out on the desk shined up or anything. Barnes (48:03):Only when you want to piss them off, right? You want to motivate them or piss them off. Kristian Bush (48:06):No, but I'd love to ... things of equal weight, when you put them on the same shelf they have anything in your life. And I think it's nice to be reminded that you can do something impossible and you love your Star Wars lunchbox. Barnes (48:22):That's funny, if I had it, I'd be like Cubby shine my Grammy. Cubby (48:25):Every day. Barnes (48:25):Shine my Grammy. Cubby (48:26):Every day. Barnes (48:27):There's a couple stories that I think are cool that I want to share. One of them, I don't know if you remember this, we were at lunch at Atlanta over off of Ponce and you got a call about something, about a gig, that when I went home and told my daughters and I'm sure when you told your daughters, it became all encompassing of the conversation. I want to play a quick clip of a song first, this is the artist that was reaching out to and then we'll say for what (singing). Barnes (49:08):That's Sugarland with Taylor Swift and you had just gotten the call to go be the surprise guest at the Dallas Cowboy Stadium on Taylor's tour. As a dad of a teenage daughter, you daughter's how old? Kristian Bush (49:26):Well, she turned 15. Barnes (49:28):Okay, in the sweet spot. How did that go over when you dropped that little nugget that oh, by the way, Taylor Swift just called me and wants me to come be the surprise guest at her show? I don't mean in attendance for people listening, she was doing every tour stop was a different artist that would come out and perform with her and Kristian Bush was it for Dallas. Kristian Bush (49:50):Yeah, I told them at dinner because I make them dinner no matter how grumpy teenager-y they are. And at dinner I make them do the same thing, I'm like tell the best thing that happened to you today, I just make them tell me. And they'll make up, "This dinner." Or, "I laughed with my friends." Or they would take it somewhat seriously and then I pregnant pause it and wait for them to ask me. And sometimes they just forget about me completely, but that day, they're like, "Oh, so dad, so I guess you want us to ask you what's the best thing that happened in your day." I was like, "Oh, nothing, I'm just going to play with Taylor." Kristian Bush (50:30):And we just left it at that and it didn't really land until we did it and then the next day her world is a very incredible functioning machine, right? And they immediately posted our appearance on the internet and the song itself. And my daughter, she was like, all I got was a text and I wish I saved it, but it read something like, "Who would have thought that my 40-something year old dad would be cooler than me for any moment of my life but it just happened." Leslie (51:08):That's awesome. Barnes (51:09):Did you get the all caps OMG? Because when I went home and told my daughters, "Hey, I was just at lunch with my friend Kristian." And they're like, "Yeah, yeah." Said, "Well, he's about to go play in Texas Stadium with Taylor Swift." And then there was a pause and they looked at me like, "Can he come over?" All of a sudden they're like, "We love Kristian." It's just funny, I mean what is it like getting in that machine of Taylor Swift's world? When I show up at that- Kristian Bush (51:38):Yeah, it's interesting for me, it's similar to the same stuff with Andrew. Taylor and I knew each other because she opened for Sugarland. Leslie (51:48):That's true, she opened for Sugarland, yeah. Kristian Bush (51:50):And we would take her out because nobody else would and ger parents became people who would ask me questions backstage like, "How do I do this?" I'm like, "Oh, interestingly I've done this like twice now and here's what you need to do and here's what you need to look out for." So we have a relationship that actually just exists back there in time. So, it was funny to be in a room where everybody's anxious of the superstar and she's really not changed that whole much or at least the way she talks to me hasn't. And she's like, "Oh, what do you think about this?" I'm like, "Oh, what do you think about this?" And suddenly we're back in 2000 and whatever 5. Barnes (52:33):But what's cool about that and says a lot about her is that she hasn't changed. Because there are some people that do like Leslie. I mean, the minute stuff started and Leslie's like- Leslie (52:44):I become such a diva, it's unbelievable Kristian, but anyway. Kristian Bush (52:47):It was so great, it's one of the things you wonder how people navigate this when it happens to them and weirdly I've seen them on the way up and the way back down like twice now. Different kinds of different people that you know well. And the grace of how you navigate it is your true character and she has character, she's like, "What do I do now? I really like my boyfriend. I've dated this guy longer than anybody else." And I was like, "You know what, let me tell you something, do you like board games? Start with Scrabble, start learning to drink wine. Figure out who these people are in your life, spend extra time with them." And then suddenly that's now what we talk about. Barnes (53:37):We've been telling Leslie every week get Taylor Swift on this show and she's like, "Barnes I'm not going to." Just come on. Leslie (53:46):Kristian might be able to do that for you. Barnes (53:47):Yeah, get Taylor Swift to come give us some love old school. Cubby (53:51):Did she ever try to make you adopt a cat? Kristian Bush (53:55):No, I'm not a cat person. Cubby (53:58):Oh, okay. I know she loves her cats. Kristian Bush (54:00):I fall completely on the dog side. Barnes (54:01):Maybe that's our angle, Cubby. Cubby (54:03):Yeah, because me and Barnes are cat people. I mean no offense to dogs, I like dogs. Kristian Bush (54:06):You all are cat people? Cubby (54:07):I like dogs, but cats are easier to take care of and I've just become a cat guy and Barnes and I both foster cats and yeah, I mean, that's our angle Barnes. Barnes (54:17):Well Kristian, this was such a treat. Leslie (54:18):Kristian, we need to see you in person next time. Kristian Bush (54:21):Yes, I want to do that actually and get near everybody again. Cubby (54:26):Also, all the money you've made, maybe better WiFi? I mean I love you dude, but. Barnes (54:30):Yeah, we had to go on the phone because Kristian's in a cabin in the woods somewhere and he was about on a five second delay so the stories would have been nowhere near as funny. Kristian Bush (54:41):Our comedic timing has to work on the phone or otherwise we're not really that great. Barnes (54:45):This looks like what they call hostage video. Right now it looks like you've got a wooden wall behind you, you're hunched down in a little shadowy corner. Cubby (54:54):Holding up a newspaper. Leslie (54:56):He's secluded somewhere. Cubby (54:56):Holding up a newspaper. Kristian Bush (54:58):Yeah, exactly. Barnes (54:58):So funny. Well, thank you for coming on, we'll look forward to talking to Taylor Swift once you set that up for us. Kristian Bush (55:05):I love it and I love you guys are doing this, keep doing it. Barnes (55:07):We'll do it. Leslie (55:08):We miss you, we miss you, we can't wait to see you again Kristian. Cubby (55:10):And keep up all the success man, we love you dude. Barnes (55:13):See you soon. Kristian Bush (55:14):Thank you, I love you too. Barnes (55:15):Bye-bye. Leslie (55:15):Bye. Speaker 8 (55:20):This is Cubby's Pop Culture Throwback, a rewind into the vault of music, movies and moments. Cubby (55:27):All right guys, this week we're going back to August 17th 1988, the week of August 17th 1988. Leslie (55:33):Whoa, '88. Cubby (55:36):The number one song on the Billboard Hot 100 this week on the pop charts in '88 was a song you know and love (singing). Leslie (55:45):Oh yeah. Cubby (55:48):A little Steve Winwood and Roll With It. This song, Leslie, Barnes, I'm sure you remember, I think it was number one for just forever on all the radio station playlists out there, it was huge. Leslie (55:58):I always loved his voice. Cubby (55:59):Me too. Barnes (56:00):My roommate smoked a bunch of pot to that. Cubby (56:02):Really? Barnes (56:02):Yeah. Cubby (56:03):I remember big Winwood fan. Barnes (56:05):I'm not a pot smoker, but he was, so everything I owned smelled like weed and all I know is he played Steve Winwood all the time. Leslie (56:11):That's such a weird recollection. Barnes (56:13):Because Steve Winwood makes me think of pot. Leslie (56:14):I guess. Cubby (56:15):Right. The number one song on the modern rock

Buckle up people, the second half of our Taylor Swift conversation is out in all of its unfiltered glory. Join Katy and Bri in rare form as they explore Taylor's most recent albums. Bri even gives some new perspectives on how to pronounce words. T SWIFT PART 2 LET'S GO!!!! -- Taylor Swift v. Big Machine Records - https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2019/12/24/taylor-swift-big-machine-records-2019/ Drunk History Episode - Season 6 Episode 1

The Texas music icon talks his early days in the outlaw Austin folk scene and his latest star-studded release on Big Machine Records.

Wednesday-Saturday: Austin Love & Lightstream. Local music patron organization Black Fret, which has awarded $1.7 million in grants to Austin acts since 2014, has teamed up with historic venue Scholz Garten to present a five-day series featuring six hours of livestreamed performances each day. The events began on Tuesday and will wrap up on Saturday. Wednesday’s lineup will feature Gordy Quist & Evan Charles (4 p.m.), Tomar & the FCs (5 p.m.), Barbara Nesbitt (6 p.m.), Belle Sounds (7 p.m.), Sam Houston & Blk Odyssy (8 p.m.) and Alesia Lani (9 p.m.). Lineups for Thursday through Saturday are still TBA. blackfret.org. Donations: blackfret.org/make-a-donation — P.B. Wednesday: ComboPlate Booking Roster Party. Initially an event scheduled for Guero’s during SXSW, this annual benefit for Caritas of Austin’s food service programs is now set for livestreaming from several of the participating artists’ homes, including Matt the Electrician, Raina Rose, JM Stevens, Curtis McMurtry, Betty Soo, Nathan Hamilton and Beaver Nelson. Dozens of gift cards will be given to anyone who donates $50 or more. 3:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. facebook.com/comboplatebooking. Donations: southbysoupfest.org. — P.B. Wednesday: Ray Wylie Hubbard. Overshadowed by the world turning upside down late last week was the uniquely bizarre announcement that Wimberley’s own Ray Wylie Hubbard has signed to Nashville major Big Machine Records, home to Tim McGraw, Sugarland, Midland and others. Want proof? Tune into his livestream, which will air at 7 p.m. from, you guessed it, facebook.com/bigmachinerecords. — P.B. Wednesday: Little Mazarn. An Austin360 Artist of the Month in 2019, Little Mazarn is Lindsey Verrill, who plays banjo and sometimes upright bass, with Jeff Johnston, who plays the saw and sometimes bowed glockenspiel. The sound is as intriguing and enchanting as the instrumentation suggests, providing minimal but vital accompaniment for Verrill’s songs full of open space and natural wonder. 7 p.m. facebook.com/littlemazarn. Donations: See streaming site. — P.B. Friday: Emily Gimble. The official Texas State Musician for 2020, Emily followed in the footsteps of her legendary grandfather Johnny Gimble, the pioneering western swing fiddler who was named Texas State Musician in 2003. Gimble’s instrument of choice is piano, and she’s been a regular in local clubs for more than a decade, both on her own and during stints with Warren Hood and Asleep at the Wheel. In a social media post announcing the show, Gimble said she’s “planning on making this a regular thing until the storms clear.” 6 p.m. facebook.com/mlegimble. Donations: Venmo mlegimble; PayPal mlegimble@gmail.com — P.B. Friday-Thursday: Jackie Venson. No stranger to virtual jams, Austin’s guitar ace has been hosting online sessions for fans and followers in her JV Squad Facebook group for over a year. Now, with the coronavirus pandemic leaving much of the country homebound, she’s pledged to drop an internet jam session each night at 9:30 p.m. In addition to singing and playing guitar, she might hop on the piano or treat listeners to tunes from her new Jackie the Robot DJ set. “It’s all on the table now. I mean, last night’s show featured Jackie doing a rendition of ‘Keep On’ on the ukulele,” Venson’s manager (and fiance) Louie Carr said on Tuesday. facebook.com/jackievenson. Donations: paypal.me/jackievenson — D.S.S. Saturday: DJ Mel’s Living Room Dance Party. On March 16, when the South by Southwest Music Festival should have been kicking off but Austinites were hunkered down at home instead, DJ Mel took to the turntables to host the first edition of this virtual body-rock-a-thon. Thousands of viewers from around the country tuned in. Expecting to play for a handful of “Austin homies,” he was “shocked” by the response, he told the Statesman on Sunday afternoon while combing through the 17,000 comments on his Facebook post. He’s decided to make the Saturday night jam a regular affair. The party will kick off at 6 p.m. and run till 10, and to keep the (virtual) event family-friendly, he plans to use radio edits of all your favorite rap tunes. facebook.com/DJ-Mel-48330349120 — D.S.S. RELATED: Thousands tune in to DJ Mel’s virtual dance party Sunday: Jeff Plankenhorn. Not since Junior Brown’s 1990s breakthrough with his “guit-steel” has an Austin-based artist become so specifically associated with a custom-made instrument as Plankenhorn’s trusty “plank,” a Dobro-like contraption. His versatility as a musician has long made him in high demand with acts including Joe Ely and the Resentments, the latter outfit having welcomed him into their fold many years ago for Sunday night shows at the Saxon Pub. With those shows on hold for now amid the coronavirus pandemic, Plankenhorn has staked out some time this Sunday for a virtual show of his own. 8 p.m. facebook.com/events/194330805185995. Donations: Venmo Jeff-Plankenhorn — D.S.S. MORE LIVESTREAM EVENTS Wednesday, March 18 Anthony Garcia with Megan Berson, 2 p.m., facebook.com/events/650367009096581. Donations: Venmo nthonymusic; PayPal.me/anthonygarciamusic Guy Forsyth & Jeska Bailey, 6 p.m., facebook.com/guyforsythband. Donations: Venmo guyforsythband, Paypal: guy forsyth Jitterbug Vipers, 6 p.m., facebook.com/events/s/jitterbug-vipers-quarantines-p/248313420190728. Donations: Venmo Masumi-Jones Jana Pochop & Shawnee Kilgore, 7 p.m., facebook.com/events/s/quarantunes-at-traylor-swift-j/534850997156340. Donations: Venmo janapochop Isolation Congregation (every Wednesday with Dave Madden), 7 p.m., facebook.com/davemaddenmusic. Donations: Venmo dmadden82; CashApp $DaveMadden; PayPal/Zelle dmadden82@gmail.com Matt Hubbard Trio, 8 p.m., sessionsonmary.com/live. Donations: paypal.me/sessionsonmary Greyhounds, 8 p.m., sessionsonmary.com. Donations: see streaming site Patrick Fleming, 8 p.m., facebook.com/Songmeister. Donations: Venmo songmeister Jon Dee Graham, 8:30 p.m., facebook.com/jon.d.graham. Donations: Venmo Jon-Graham-31; PayPal jondeegraham@gmail.com Mau Mau Chaplains live from Flamingo Cantina, 8:30 p.m., facebook.com/flamingocantina. Sonya Jevette, 8:30 p.m., www.youtube.com/sonyajevette. Donations: paypal.me/sonyajevette Jonathan Terrell (DJ set), 9 p.m., facebook.com/jonathanterrellTX. Donations: Venmo JonathanTerrell, PayPal jonathanterrellmusic@gmail.com Trube, Farrell & Snizz, 9:30 p.m., sessionsonmary.com. Donations: paypal.me/sessionsonmary Sponsored VideoSponsored by www.millerlite.com Jackie Venson, 9:30 p.m., facebook.com/jackievenson. Donations: paypal.me/jackievenson Thursday, March 19 Christine Renner, 3 p.m., instagram.com/christinerennermusic. Donations: Venmo christinerenner Luke & the Lonely, 3 p.m., facebook.com/lukeandthelonely. Donations: Venmo: Sara-Nuttle Mandy Prater, 4:30 p.m., instagram.com/themandyprater. Donations: PayPal.me/Mandyprater Colin Gilmore, 6 p.m., facebook.com/happiergilmore. Donations: Venmo Colin-Gilmore-3; PayPal happiergilmore@yahoo.com Allen Sosa & the Acoustic Rangers, 7 p.m., facebook.com/allensosamusic. Donations: paypal.me/ASosa595 Anna Larson, 7 p.m., facebook.com/events/896111487475465. Donations: Venmo annalarsonmusic; paypal.me/annalarsonmusic Walt & Tina Wilkins, 7 p.m., facebook.com/events/1710788622396359. Donations: Venmo Tina-Wilkins-2; paypal.me/tinamitchellwilkins Wendy Colonna with Dave Madden, 7 p.m., wendycolonna.com/wendy-colonna-with-dave-madden-online-show. Donations: PayPal & Venmo options on livestream page Ley Line, 8 p.m., facebook.com/events/655505555252212. Donations: Venmo leylinesound; PayPal leylinesound@gmail.com Ray Prim Quartet, 8 p.m., facebook.com/rayprimmusic. Donations: Venmo ray-prim; PayPal ray@rayprim.com Monte Warden & the Dangerous Few, 8:30 p.m., facebook.com/events/1918930814905422. Donations: Venmo Monte-Warden Friday, March 20 Sleeve Cannon, 12:30 p.m., www.facebook.com/sleevecannon. Donations: Venmo Anton-Terrell Giulia Millanta & Gabriel Rhodes, 3 p.m., facebook.com/julia.millanta. Donations: Venmo cricketmusic; PayPal info@giuliamillanta.com Guy Forsyth & Jeska Bailey with Jackie Venson, 6 p.m., facebook.com/events/s/live-feed-in-house-concert-wit/657537748409646. Donations: Venmo guyforsythband Grace Pettis & Friends with Rachel Laven, 6:30 p.m., facebook.com/gracepettismusic. Donations: paypal.me/gracepettis or Venmo gracepettis Richard Watson, 7 p.m., facebook.com/events/s/richard-watson-social-isolatio/663772614375822. Donations: Venmo therichardwatsonmusic Runescarred, 8 p.m., facebook.com/runescarred. Donations: PayPal runescarred@gmail.com Saturday, March 21 Barbara Nesbitt, 5 p.m., youtube.com/user/barbaranesbitt. Donations: Venmo Barbara-Nesbitt-1; Paypal Barbara@barbaranesbitt.com Sydney Wright, 8 p.m., facebook.com/sydneywrightmusic. Donations: Venmo Biscuits; paypal.me/sydneywrightmusic; patreon.com/sydneywright Jonathan Terrell, 8 p.m., facebook.com/jonathanterrellTX. Donations: Venmo JonathanTerrell, PayPal jonathanterrellmusic@gmail.com Sunday, March 22 Isolation Congregation (every Sunday with Dave Madden), 9:30 a.m., facebook.com/davemaddenmusic. Donations: Venmo dmadden82; CashApp $DaveMadden; PayPal/Zelle dmadden82@gmail.com Thursday, March 26 Barbara Nesbitt, 6 p.m., youtube.com/user/barbaranesbitt. Donations: Venmo Barbara-Nesbitt-1; Paypal Barbara@barbaranesbitt.com Saturday, March 28 Carolyn Wonderland, 4 p.m., holdmyticket.com/event/360107. Donations: one2onebar.com Vincent Pierce (harp), 6 p.m., facebook.com/events/s/dma-1-solo-recital/758316421343036. Donations: Venmo vincentharp; paypal.me/vincentpierce Jan Siedes, 8 p.m., facebook.com/events/224486715369875. Donations: See streaming link Friday, April 10 Stories From the Road, 7:30 p.m., facebook.com/austinbluesrevue. Donations: ambs.kimbia.com/donate Thursday, April 16 Bidi Bidi Banda, 8 p.m., facebook.com/bidibidibanda. Donations: PayPal.me/bidibidibanda; Cashapp $bidibidibanda; Venmo stephaniebergara (last 4 digits of mobile 2350)

This episode is entitles “1 Year of Freezenet!” because we have officially made it to year 2 of this podcast. Here's to another exciting year of the official Freezenet podcast! Besides talking about the big milestone, this month, we talk about the continuing escalation of the war on encryption. This time, Facebook seems to have decided to step things up by saying that they will encrypt video and audio calls as well. Also, we talk about the lawsuit filed by WhatsApp against an alleged malware maker. Additionally, we talk about the copyright blow up between Taylor Swift and Big Machine Records. Also, we cover all the usual music and video game reviews. We even talk about why it might be a good idea to plug you initials in a search engine before emblazoning them on your H&M clothing line. If you'd like a transcript of this month's episode, you can head on over to freezenet.ca and check out the official page for this episode.

Taylor Swift’s anger over the sale of her back catalogue shines a light on the role of investment in today’s music industry. Anna Nicolaou and Jamie Powell tell Alex Barker about Swift’s dispute with her former record label and how investments are changing in the streaming era of music.Contributors: Alex Barker, global media editor, Anna Nicolaou, US media correspondent and Jamie Powell, Alphaville reporter. Producer: Persis LoveMusic credit: Taylor Swift, Shake It Off, Big Machine Records See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

How stuffing your turkey may be bad for your health, Taylor Swift wins the battle against Big Machine Records, A doctor saves a man's life by using his mouth to suck out trapped urine while on a flight

Hey everyone I fell off the grid for a while, but now I am back! I had to deal with some family issues. I filmed this episode of the podcast and you can go watch it by clicking here. Let me know if I should film more videos! This episode is jam packed so get some chocolate abuelita with pan and enjoy. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

How Can a Megastar like Taylor Swift Not Own the Recordings to Her Hits? (0:34)Guest: Erin Jacobson, The Music Industry LawyerFor a bit there it looked like Taylor Swift –one of the most powerful women in music –wouldn't be allowed to perform some of her biggest hits at the American Music Awards on Sunday night. Swift's enormous power does not, it turns out, extend to ownership of the songs that made her famous. The master recordings of those and dozens of other hits from the first decade of Taylor Swift's career are owned by her former music label Big Machine Records, with whom Swift has some bad blood. A week ago, she posted on Twitter that Big Machine was refusing to let her perform a medley of her hits at the AMAs unless she promised not to rerecord all of her earlier music so she can have a copy that she owns. Swift's legions of fans came to her defense online and Big Machine gave its permission for the performance. (Originally aired August 28, 2019). Tree That Tweets About Climate Change (19:39)Guest: Tim Rademacher, Harvard Forest Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University Trees don't speak, but there's one in Harvard University's forest that tweets. It's a 100-year-old Red Oak tree sending regular updates with the handle @AWitnessTree on Twitter about how it's holding up. A few days ago, the tree had a series of tweets about how much rain was falling. It'll even answer if you tweet at it. (Originally aired September 23, 2019).  Music Composition and Video Game Design (32:09)Guest: Winifred Phillips, Composer of Music for Video Games, Author of A Composer's Guide to Game MusicComposers of movie scores win Oscars for their brilliance. But if you want to know the truth, it's a lot harder to compose the score to a video game, because it's like a choose-your-own-soundtrack that responds to what the player does, while still setting the mood and sounding great. We're hearing the main theme for the video game Assassin's Creed Liberation, composed by Winifred Phillips. It's currently being performed around the world by an 80-piece orchestra and choir as part of the Assassin's Creed Symphony Tour. Winifred Phillips is one of the best in the business. In addition to Assassin's Creed, she's composed for Little Big Planet, The Sims, Speed Race, God of War and lots more. (Originally aired July 2, 2019). The Secret Co-Creator of Batman (51:07)Guest: Marc Nobleman, Author, “Bill the Boy Wonder: The Secret Co-Creator of Batman,” Featured in Hulu's “Batman and Bill”Batman is getting another reboot –this time starring Twilight vampire Robert Pattinson as the caped crusader. From vampire to bat, that makes some sense, I guess. The movie credits will list Bob Kane, which super fans will recognize as the man who got rich and famous as the creator of Batman. The sole creator, he insisted. But you'll also see another name listed as co-creator: Bill Finger. The reason he'll be credited is because of author Marc Nobelman. He spent years trying to get justice for Bill. He wrote a book called, “Bill the Boy Wonder: The Secret Co-Creator of Batman.” And he starred in a Hulu documentary called “Batman and Bill.” (Originally aired February 20, 2019).  World's First Gene-edited Babies Are Causing an Uproar (1:17:09)Guest: Henry T. Greely (JD) Professor of Law, Director for Center for Law and the Biosciences at Stanford UniversityA year ago this week, the scientific world was in an uproar at news that a Chinese researcher had edited the genomes of two human embryos that had been born as healthy twin girls. The scientist He Jainkui said he edited the DNA to help make the girls resistant to HIV infection. But he was widely condemned by other geneticists for having done such a risky, unnecessary procedure on human beings. A year later, the experiment is still causing angst in the genetics community. (Originally aired December 10, 2018). 

Here's everything you can expect from the 2019 AMAs on Sunday, November 24th. 

Thanksgiving comes late this year; Responding to parents texts; Taylor Swift fans go too far; BravoCon; Avengers Directors stick up for their movies as real cinema

Our first "Country Catchup" off-the-cuff discussion of random things in music news. This week: Kelly Clarkson rant about country music today, Storme Warren's contrived hype for The Highwomen, Big Machine Records sale, Hayes Carll & Corb Lund, Ken Burns PBS Country Music documentary, and more!

How Can a Megastar like Taylor Swift Not Own the Recordings to Her Hits?Guest: Erin Jacobson, The Music Industry Lawyer, IndieArtistResource.comSay what you will about Taylor Swift -she is one of the most powerful women in music. This is the hit single off her album Lover, which just came out last week but is already the biggest-seller of 2019 in the US. But Taylor Swift's enormous power does not, it turns out, extend to ownership of the songs that made her famous. Swift owns none of the master recordings form her first six albums. Again, Taylor Swift –one of the biggest pop stars in the world does not own the master recordings for any of her hits. They belonged to her former music label, Big Machine Records, which just sold them to talent manager Scooter Braun for $300 million. And Taylor Swift is really not happy about that. Braun is her nemesis apparently? So last week she announced she's going to rerecord all of her earlier music so she can have a copy that she owns. Which is all so confusing. How can she not own her music? There's No Need to Thank Your Digital Assistant, for NowGuest: James Gaskin, PhD, Associate Professor of Information Systems, BYU Marriott School of BusinessWe're awfully bossy with our digital assistants. Every once in a while I catch myself almost saying thanks. It feels a little wrong to just bark orders. Alexa doesn't seem to mind either way. But there's been some handwringing of late about how interacting with Alexa and Google and Siri is making us forget our manners.  Back to School Tips for ParentsGuest: Denise Pope, Senior Lecturer in Education, Stanford University, Founder of Challenge Success, Co-author of “Overloaded and Underprepared: Strategies for Stronger Schools and Healthy, Successful Kids”A new school year can be a chance at a fresh start for your family. A chance to try some new strategies for managing the homework battles and helping your child cope better with the stress of school.  Baking Your Own HappinessGuests: Michael Platt, Head Baker and Spokesperson for Michaels Desserts; Danita Platt, Michael's MotherMichael Platt started his bakery “Michaels Desserts” when he was 11. That was two years ago. For every cupcake or cookie he sells, he donates one to someone in need. “A cupcake won't end hunger,” Michael admits on his website. But “a tasty treat, when times are tough, can make life sweeter.” I couldn't agree more. In the Wake of Mass Shootings, How Should the Government Police Online Hate Speech?Guest: David Kaye, Clinical Professor of Law at the University of California, Irvine, UN Special Rapporteur, Author of “Speech Police”At the G7 summit over the weekend, French president Emmanuel Macron tried to muster support for a pledge to fight online hate speech. He'd hoped to get all the G7 countries, plus Facebook, Snapchat and Google to sign on. But the US wouldn't sign on for “legal reasons,” according to a report from Reuters. The pledge Macron hoped to have signed builds on something called the Christchurch Call –which is a commitment by governments and tech companies to eliminate terrorist and violent extremist content online. It came about after the mass shootings at mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand earlier this year. The US is, also, not a signer of the Christchurch Call.  Biomedical Engineers Pave Way for Prosthetic Arm that Can Move and Feel the Same as a Human ArmGuests: Gregory Clark, Biomedical Engineering Associate Professor; Keven Walgamott, Participant of the Study and Real Estate Agent from West Valley CityIf you want to change the radio station in your car, your hand will move somewhat unconsciously and change the channel. Your brain sends it a signal to move and it does—almost immediately. And the reality is, we usually take that for granted. But for amputees, it's not something to take lightly. These signals are the difference between a human hand and a prosthetic hand. Until recently. University of Utah biomedical engineers have figured out how to make a computer relay those messages from your brain—to a prosthetic limb. The “LUKE” arm as its been nicknamed, due to its similarities to Luke Skywalker's prosthetic limb in Star Wars, allows for amputees to have a prosthetic arm that feels touch and responds to brain signals just as a human hand would.  

Celebrities creating storylines where they weave in parts of their personal lives to sell and promote their upcoming projects is nothing new and in fact this practice is still going strong. On this episode of The F Words we dish about some of the stories in the headlines right now including one star that's a frequent perpetrator of this…Taylor Swift.  Listen and tell us what you think! Send us a dm on Instagram or tweet us!   UPDATE Taylor Swifts dad was a shareholder here is info from Big Machine's site  Borchetta wrote on the Big Machine website, "Taylor's dad, Scott Swift, was a shareholder in Big Machine Records, LLC. We first alerted all of the shareholders on Thursday, June 20th for an official shareholder's call scheduled for Tuesday, June 25th. On the 6/25 call the shareholders were made aware of the pending deal with Ithaca Holdings and had 3 days to go over all of the details of the proposed transaction. We then had a final call on Friday, June 28th in which the transaction passed with a majority vote and 3 of the 5 shareholders voting ‘yes' with 92 percent of the shareholder's vote."

Celebrities creating storylines where they weave in parts of their personal lives to sell and promote their upcoming projects is nothing new and in fact this practice is still going strong. On this episode of The F Words we dish about some of the stories in the headlines right now including one star that's a frequent perpetrator of this…Taylor Swift.  Listen and tell us what you think! Send us a dm on Instagram or tweet us!   UPDATE Taylor Swifts dad was a shareholder here is info from Big Machine's site  Borchetta wrote on the Big Machine website, "Taylor's dad, Scott Swift, was a shareholder in Big Machine Records, LLC. We first alerted all of the shareholders on Thursday, June 20th for an official shareholder's call scheduled for Tuesday, June 25th. On the 6/25 call the shareholders were made aware of the pending deal with Ithaca Holdings and had 3 days to go over all of the details of the proposed transaction. We then had a final call on Friday, June 28th in which the transaction passed with a majority vote and 3 of the 5 shareholders voting ‘yes' with 92 percent of the shareholder's vote."

In this week's episode Shadell and Lauren discuss the Woman in Viral Video Who Licked Carton of Ice Cream and Put It Back Could Go to Jail, along with the others that seem to be following this horrible ice cream licking trend. The black little mermaid controversy, and why many are so upset that it is being played by a Halle Bailey a black person. Next the couple tackle one of Lauren's favorite artist and their record label troubles regarding Taylor Swift and Scooter taking over Big Machine Records, and Demi Lovato, Katy Perry and others chiming in. The couple also wonder why there has been so many outages for Facebook and Instagram. It seems weird that this seems to be happening more frequently and the couple shares their thoughts on what could be happening. Lastly they get into a relationship advice topic regarding a girlfriend that argues that her boyfriend is just to insecure after complaining about comments she made with friends about her past sexual partners before she meet her current boyfriend. Keep the conversation going! Twitter: @PagingSimpsons Instagram: @PagingTheSimpsons Facebook: Paging The Simpsons YouTube: Paging The Simpsons Send in your questions at: PagingTheSimpsons@gmail.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/PagingTheSimpsons/message

From Taylor Swift vs. Scooter Braun & Scott Borchetta to The Little Mermaid's Halle Bailey, we are weighing in on legendary moves made and the social media backlash. Taylor Swift took to social media to express her absolute discontent with Scooter Braun's purchase of Big Machine Records. With multiple celebrities and artists taking sides, are we Team Taylor or Team Scooter/Scott? Halle Bailey is the new Ariel, but not everyone's happy about it. What gives? And, we're shouting out our boy Ed Sheeran for sharing "Yesterday."

Welcome to another episode of the Media Boat Podcast. It's just Mike this week as Matt is on vacation for Independence Day. First up is a justice story about Sterling Van Wagenen and a new unlimited movie pass by Regal. Next, is a director update on the Lord of the Rings series and the next project by CNN documentaries. Later, Weird Al excludes fan favorite songs from his tour and Big Machine Records gets bought out. It gets all wrapped up with the rarest video game ever and the final count of Summer Games Done Quick. All this and more on this weeks episode of the Media Boat Podcast. 

In this sesh... Dalton and Matt discuss the strange debacle involving the sale of Big Machine Records.

On Sunday, June 25th, it was announced that Scooter Braun (manager to Ariana Grande, Justin Bieber, Demi Lovato, etc.) was purchasing Big Machine Records, Taylor Swift's former record label, who still owns her previous 6 albums because of a deal she made at age 15. Taylor then took to Tumblr to express her hurt, sadness, and anger. To say there's bad blood would be an understatement. Cade and Stephanie were in St. Louis seeing Shawn Mendes in concert when you listeners came in saying you needed an urgent episode breaking it all down. You're in luck... the two recorded an episode, in the car, as they drove 5+ hours home. They've got all the supporters, bullies, subtle cop-outs, tweets, and receipts to set you up nicely to make your own informed decisions. Bottom line: she needs to own her own work. Taylor once said, “I swear I don't love the drama, it loves me” & that rings pretty true in Swiftie School #3, live from the open road. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/saturation/message

Over the weekend, Scooter Braun acquired Big Machine Records, including the masters of Taylor Swift’s music catalog up through her 2017 album, ‘Reputation.’ We break down what it means to own your own masters (1:00), both sides of the feud (12:36), why Taylor Swift is losing yet another public fight (22:41), and whose side other celebrities are taking (34:59). Host: Juliet Litman Guests: Rob Harvilla and Alyssa Bereznak

AJ & McCall start off the new month with an argument about lightning. It looks like lines are being drawn in the music industry with Scooter Braun buying Big Machine Records and Taylor Swift's music. Ice cream is a summer treat, but both AJ & McCall eat it in different ways. Who is weirder? Life has completely changed for McCall since she got her roomba and can't imagine not sweeping each day. That's crazy for the Debate At 8 right? Is the ghost acting up again or does McCall just have a problem keeping track of her keys? Also, chat benches? A good idea or completely unnecessary?

AJ & McCall start off the new month with an argument about lightning. It looks like lines are being drawn in the music industry with Scooter Braun buying Big Machine Records and Taylor Swift’s music. Ice cream is a summer treat, but both AJ & McCall eat it in different ways. Who is weirder? Life has completely changed for McCall since she got her roomba and can’t imagine not sweeping each day. That’s crazy for the Debate At 8 right? Is the ghost acting up again or does McCall just have a problem keeping track of her keys? Also, chat benches? A good idea or completely unnecessary?

The drama between Taylor Swift. Scooter Braun, Scott Borchetta and the sale of Big Machine Records has hit the fan and other artists like Justin Bieber, Halsey and Demi Lovato are weighing in. What is it all about and what does it mean for the music industry? Find out in this episode of The Steve Freeman Podcast.

AJ & McCall start off the new month with an argument about lightning. It looks like lines are being drawn in the music industry with Scooter Braun buying Big Machine Records and Taylor Swift’s music. Ice cream is a summer treat, but both AJ & McCall eat it in different ways. Who is weirder? Life has completely changed for McCall since she got her roomba and can’t imagine not sweeping each day. That’s crazy for the Debate At 8 right? Is the ghost acting up again or does McCall just have a problem keeping track of her keys? Also, chat benches? A good idea or completely unnecessary?

AJ & McCall start off the new month with an argument about lightning. It looks like lines are being drawn in the music industry with Scooter Braun buying Big Machine Records and Taylor Swift’s music. Ice cream is a summer treat, but both AJ & McCall eat it in different ways. Who is weirder? Life has completely changed for McCall since she got her roomba and can’t imagine not sweeping each day. That’s crazy for the Debate At 8 right? Is the ghost acting up again or does McCall just have a problem keeping track of her keys? Also, chat benches? A good idea or completely unnecessary?

AJ & McCall start off the new month with an argument about lightning. It looks like lines are being drawn in the music industry with Scooter Braun buying Big Machine Records and Taylor Swift’s music. Ice cream is a summer treat, but both AJ & McCall eat it in different ways. Who is weirder? Life has completely changed for McCall since she got her roomba and can’t imagine not sweeping each day. That’s crazy for the Debate At 8 right? Is the ghost acting up again or does McCall just have a problem keeping track of her keys? Also, chat benches? A good idea or completely unnecessary?

AJ & McCall start off the new month with an argument about lightning. It looks like lines are being drawn in the music industry with Scooter Braun buying Big Machine Records and Taylor Swift’s music. Ice cream is a summer treat, but both AJ & McCall eat it in different ways. Who is weirder? Life has completely changed for McCall since she got her roomba and can’t imagine not sweeping each day. That’s crazy for the Debate At 8 right? Is the ghost acting up again or does McCall just have a problem keeping track of her keys? Also, chat benches? A good idea or completely unnecessary?

On a special episode recorded live at The Good Cup in Franklin, Tenn., Billboard senior chart manager Jim Asker welcomes singer-songwriter Carly Pearce and Big Machine Records vp of promotion Kris Lamb. Proceeds from the event benefit the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and the fight against blood cancers See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This is the audio version of the blogpost you can find at AllThingsVocal.com. Today I interview Rick Barker… a highly successful music mogul and mentor who teaches artists to be successful with their careers.. Listen to this All Things Vocal podcast episode to get insider tips for creating and growing a successful music business. This podcast is now playing at iTunes , Google Play, TuneIn Radio and many other podcast apps. Subscribe and don't miss an episode... and please leave a review where you like to listen! REVIEWS ARE MUCH NEEDED and APPRECIATED! If you want the best vocal training proven to maximize vocal ability and conquer strain, try Power, Path and Performance vocal training, available at www.JudyRodman.com in vocal lessons and on CD courses. Subjects covered in this episode include: Rick's work as former manager of Taylor Swift and promoter, consultant for Big Machine Records. Artist development includes communication skills. The importance of vocal health and vocal training for successful careers. The mindshift necessary to go from hobbyist to serious artist. Rick's strategy of interaction for music business success... how musicians, songwriters, vocalists, social media masters can engage and help each other. The mistake of not registering your music. There is now $1.6 billion of unclaimed music royalties. Steps to take for studying and developing multiple streams of monetary transactions. Smart places to prioritize and invest your money in your career. The importance of processing mechanical and sync licenses. What major labels are looking for, what they are good and bad at doing. 360 deals. How money flows to artists and labels. How to create a win-win. TV talent shows and specific strategic steps you can take to make them work for you. The importance of songwriting to artist development  We discussed pop artist icon Mat Kearney and new country artist Preston James The wisdom of patience and not rushing the artistic formation process. Links mentioned in this podcast include: www.RickBarker.com Rick's podcast Newspaper article on Scott Borchetta and MTM Records  

Hard core country music is finally back on the radar of at least some of the major labels on Music Row, and we'll open this week's show with discovery and Big Machine Records artist Alex Williams. We'll close the show with decidedly indie, Grateful Dead inspired country rock by Nashville's much admired Cordovas. In between, the rough hewn, sardonic and evocative songs of Cafe Rooster recording artist Darrin Bradbury plus the refined, stage-honed sound of some Music City veterans - husband and wife duo Lost Hollow.

Cheap Trick – riding high with latest album We're All Alright! – have announced the launch of a Christmas-themed LP on Oct. 20 via Big Machine Records. Christmas Christmas includes 12 tracks, three of which were written by the band, while the others are all seasonal classics from down the years. News of the project arrived in July, when bassist Tom Petersson said the band had completed work “about two months ago” and that it would arrive “around Halloween.” It's their third record in two years after We're All Alright! followed 2016's Bang, Zoom, Crazy… Hello. Big Machine said in a statement: “Arriving mere months after We're All Alright!, Cheap Trick co-produced the holiday collection alongside their longtime collaborator, Grammy award winner Julian Raymond. With Christmas Christmas, Cheap Trick deliver a sleigh full of rock'n'roll classics and festive favorites by Wizzard, Slade, Chuck Berry, The Ramones and The Kinks, as well as newly-penned offerings like joyous lead track ‘Merry Christmas Darlings.'” The album is available for pre-order now via a PledgeMusic campaign, which offers a range of bundles from the music itself to Christmas tree ornament, stocking, sweater and scarf. Asked about the band's creative drive, Petersson said: “It just seems very natural for us – I can't really explain it. People will ask for advice and I just don't have any. We love recording and writing together, and we always search for that perfect record you can never achieve, so I guess that might be one of those things that keeps us going. There's always room for improvement and change.” The band released a single entitled “I Want You For Christmas” in 1987 – however, it doesn't appear on the upcoming album. Cheap Trick – Christmas Christmas track list 1. "Merry Christmas Darlings" (new track) 2. "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day" (Wizzard) 3. "I Wish It Was Christmas Today" (Julian Casablancas) 4. "Merry Xmas Everybody" (Slade) 5. "Please Come Home For Christmas" (Eagles) 6. "Remember Christmas" (Harry Nilsson) 7. "Run Rudolph Run" (Chuck Berry) 8. "Father Christmas" (The Kinks) 9. "Silent Night" 10. "Merry Christmas (I Don't Want To Fight Tonight)" (The Ramones) 11. "Our Father Of Life" (new track) 12. "Christmas Christmas" (new track) @Cheaptrick @CheapTrickTom #NewChristmasMusic #SlackerMorningShow101theFox #TMobile

Rick Barker is a leading music marketing expert, teaching indie artists the business side of music, all while assisting major labels and big media companies. Rick is a former manager for Taylor Swift, current advisor to Big Machine Records, and the social media mentor for American Idol, just to give a few examples. On this Music Growth Talks episode, Rick names the only advantage majors have over indies, explains how to treat your social media strategy as a meal plan, shows one key approach to growth, and talks about the power of live streaming, on Facebook in particular. Listen to this episode to feel more confident and inspired to host a Facebook Live stream than ever, to learn the common live streaming pitfalls, and the tools to make a TV-quality stream. ⏯ Go to http://dottedmusic.com/2017/podcast/mgt92-rick-barker/ for the show notes and http://musicgrowthtalks.com to subscribe to the podcast.

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