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We're back!! It's Riley Taylor, your Song Chasers Community Manager at Full Circle Music, and we're kicking off this season with a bang! Join me, Seth Mosley, Maggie Youngs, and X O'Connor as we pull back the curtain on what's new at Full Circle Music and tackle some of the hottest topics in the music industry.

Seth Mosley is an internationally recognized songwriter, music producer, and founder of the company Full Circle Music. He has been awarded multiple Grammy, Dove, Billboard and SESAC awards and created the Full Circle Music Academy with the mission of helping to empower up-and-coming songwriters. He joins Paul Cardall on the 82nd episode of The Paul Cardall podcast to discuss songwriting and producing hit music. Seth recently wrote Tim McGraw's hit song, Hold On to It. SOCIALShttps://thesethmosley.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thesethmosley ABOUT OUR HOST http://www.paulcardall.comhttp://www.facebook.com/paulcardallhttp://www.twitter.com/paulcardallhttp://www.instagram.com/paulcardallSteinway & Sons endorsed Paul Cardall as one of the world's finest pianists. His albums have debuted No. 1 on 11 Billboard charts. Often categorized as Classical, Christian, New Age, and Holiday, the independent artist has been streamed 3 Billion times making him one of the most listened to artists of our time.    Please subscribe this podcast and leave a review. To know more about our host Paul Cardall visit his website paulcardall.com

Figuring out a direction for your music career can be tricky. Unlike many "traditional" jobs, you don't always know what a clear path to success looks like in music. That's why Seth Mosley (and the rest of the crew at Full Circle Music) created a roadmap for artists, broken into "baby steps". We wanted to have Seth on the podcast to talk about his journey in music and to share his advice for artists looking to make a career of their passion. Topics we hit on in the conversation: the dangers of jumping full time into music before you're ready why most artists search out record deals at the wrong point in their career how to use altruism to create better music why he decided to come off the road and dive fully into the production and business side of music why he cofounded Full Circle Music why you shouldn't try to do it all at the same time (how to harness the power of "baby steps" instead)     Get access to a free resource from Seth: fullcirclemusic.com/pro   This episode is sponsored by DistroKid - the best way for artists their music on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon, etc. Get 30% off your yearly membership when you use our link to sign up: http://distrokid.com/vip/mcm  

Want the in depth NOTES & RESOURCES from this episode?➜ https://madeitinmusic.com/173SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL:➜ https://www.youtube.com/officialfcmusic?sub_confirmation=1OFFICIAL WEBSITE:➜ https://fullcirclemusic.com/SOCIAL LINKS:https://facebook.com/officialfcmusichttps://instagram.com/officialfcmusichttps://twitter.com/officialfcmusicCONTACT US:support@fullcirclemusic.comABOUT FULL CIRCLE MUSIC:Full Circle Music is a Music Production Company, Music Publishing Company, and Music Education Academy based in Nashville, TN. They regularly work with some of the biggest names in music, such as Newsboys, High Valley, Casting Crowns, Skillet, Francesca Battisteli, and For King & Country, just to name a few. Their team has several Grammy Awards, Dove Awards, and over 20 #1 songs at radio. Through the Full Circle Music Academy, Full Circle Music aspires to teach the next generation of musicians what it takes to make it in the modern music industry. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Want the in depth NOTES & RESOURCES from this episode?➜ https://madeitinmusic.com/172SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL:➜ https://www.youtube.com/officialfcmusic?sub_confirmation=1OFFICIAL WEBSITE:➜ https://fullcirclemusic.com/SOCIAL LINKS:https://facebook.com/officialfcmusichttps://instagram.com/officialfcmusichttps://twitter.com/officialfcmusicCONTACT US:support@fullcirclemusic.comABOUT FULL CIRCLE MUSIC:Full Circle Music is a Music Production Company, Music Publishing Company, and Music Education Academy based in Nashville, TN. They regularly work with some of the biggest names in music, such as Newsboys, High Valley, Casting Crowns, Skillet, Francesca Battisteli, and For King & Country, just to name a few. Their team has several Grammy Awards, Dove Awards, and over 20 #1 songs at radio. Through the Full Circle Music Academy, Full Circle Music aspires to teach the next generation of musicians what it takes to make it in the modern music industry. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Want the in depth NOTES & RESOURCES from this episode?➜ https://madeitinmusic.com/171SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL:➜ https://www.youtube.com/officialfcmusic?sub_confirmation=1OFFICIAL WEBSITE:➜ https://fullcirclemusic.com/SOCIAL LINKS:https://facebook.com/officialfcmusichttps://instagram.com/officialfcmusichttps://twitter.com/officialfcmusicCONTACT US:support@fullcirclemusic.comABOUT FULL CIRCLE MUSIC:Full Circle Music is a Music Production Company, Music Publishing Company, and Music Education Academy based in Nashville, TN. They regularly work with some of the biggest names in music, such as Newsboys, High Valley, Casting Crowns, Skillet, Francesca Battisteli, and For King & Country, just to name a few. Their team has several Grammy Awards, Dove Awards, and over 20 #1 songs at radio. Through the Full Circle Music Academy, Full Circle Music aspires to teach the next generation of musicians what it takes to make it in the modern music industry. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Want the in depth NOTES & RESOURCES from this episode?➜ https://madeitinmusic.com/170SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL:➜ https://www.youtube.com/officialfcmusic?sub_confirmation=1OFFICIAL WEBSITE:➜ https://fullcirclemusic.com/SOCIAL LINKS:https://facebook.com/officialfcmusichttps://instagram.com/officialfcmusichttps://twitter.com/officialfcmusicCONTACT US:support@fullcirclemusic.comABOUT FULL CIRCLE MUSIC:Full Circle Music is a Music Production Company, Music Publishing Company, and Music Education Academy based in Nashville, TN. They regularly work with some of the biggest names in music, such as Newsboys, High Valley, Casting Crowns, Skillet, Francesca Battisteli, and For King & Country, just to name a few. Their team has several Grammy Awards, Dove Awards, and over 20 #1 songs at radio. Through the Full Circle Music Academy, Full Circle Music aspires to teach the next generation of musicians what it takes to make it in the modern music industry. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode, we get the opportunity to have an open conversation with Stacey Willbur, a music publishing veteran. We hear about her experiences working in the music industry, where she’s had the chance to work with some of the top Christian songwriters & artists like Mandisa, Kari Jobe, Chris Tomlin, and more. She shares her passion for music, encouraging and inspiring others, and helping songwriters create the best songs they can. She also shares with us how she keeps a positive mindset and gives us insight into the power of community in the highly competitive music industry. Industry Music Publishing Veteran, Stacey Willbur has worked for some of the top Music Publishing houses in Nashville. She started her career in 1997 working at EMI Christian Music Publishing where she was a part of growing the publishing team & the beginning of the WorshipTogether brand. The EMI family led her to the Country division in 2002 where she worked with songwriters Chris Stapleton, Jamey Johnson, John Paul White, Kelly Lovelace, & Jamie O’Neal. She also served for 8 years as Senior Creative Director at Brentwood Benson/Capitol CMG working with some of the top Christians writers & artists - Ben Glover, David Garcia, Chris Stevens, Kari Jobe, Mandisa & Chris Tomlin. Stacey took her knowledge to create services for other companies, she worked for Full Circle Music as VP Publishing/A&R with Grammy Award Winning Songwriter/Producer Seth Mosley where they Serve, Teach, Train and Raise Up aspiring songwriters & artist as they pursue their dream in the music industry. Currently, she is starting a NEW publishing company with 2 industry Legends Chris Tomin & Jason Ingram...more to come on this new venture. Connect with Stacey: Instagram Facebook Connect with us: instagram.com/wisdommoon marketingwithwisdom.com christianmusicmarketing.com TheArtistMentorship.com Listen/Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Spotify Anchor

In this episode, we speak with Golan Moskowitz, Assistant Professor in the Department of Jewish Studies at Tulane University, about Maurice Sendak. Golan discusses Sendak, the beloved author and illustrator of picture books, with sensitivity to the interplay between queer, Jewish, immigrant, and traumatic elements of Sendak's life and expressiveness. Golan shares poignant analysis of Sendak's career in the broader context of assimilation into dominant American society, the Holocaust, gay liberation, and the AIDS crisis. Golan is the author of Wild Visionary: Maurice Sendak in Queer Jewish Context.Golan draws from Kathryn Bond Stockton's concept of queer children "growing sideways" in his research and throughout the episode.Learn more at www.joyandconversationpodcast.comFollow Joy and Conversation on social media:Instagram- joyandconversationpodcastTwitter- @JandCPodcastFacebook- @JoyandConversationPodcastYouTube- Joy and ConversationEpisode Credits:Joy and Conversation is hosted by Dan OsbornMusic supervision, editing mixing, and mastering by Nico Rivers (www.nicoriversrecording.com)Graphics and Klezmer theme song by Alec Hutson (www.alechutson.com & www.warbirdcreative.com)Website design by Jakob Lazzaro (www.jakoblazzaro.com)This episode featured music from the Sephardic group, Voice of the Turtle (www.voiceoftheturtle.com)."En El Kamino De La 'Skola" from the album Under Aegean Moons: Music of the Spanish Jews of Rhodes and Salonika"Madres Amargadas" from the album Full Circle: Music of the Spanish Jews of Jerusalem"Minouche" from the album From the Shores of the Golden Horn: Music of the Spanish Jews of TurkeyThis episode featured music from Blue Dot Sessions (www.sessions.blue)."Borough" from the album Molerider"Capilla" from the album Castle Danger"Great Great Lengths" from the album The Baloonist"Trenton Channel" from the album Reflections"Arian Vale" from the album CauldronEpisode photo by Dan Osborn

Want the in depth NOTES & RESOURCES from this episode?➜ https://madeitinmusic.com/169SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL:➜ https://www.youtube.com/officialfcmusic?sub_confirmation=1OFFICIAL WEBSITE:➜ https://fullcirclemusic.com/SOCIAL LINKS:https://facebook.com/officialfcmusichttps://instagram.com/officialfcmusichttps://twitter.com/officialfcmusicCONTACT US:support@fullcirclemusic.comABOUT FULL CIRCLE MUSIC:Full Circle Music is a Music Production Company, Music Publishing Company, and Music Education Academy based in Nashville, TN. They regularly work with some of the biggest names in music, such as Newsboys, High Valley, Casting Crowns, Skillet, Francesca Battisteli, and For King & Country, just to name a few. Their team has several Grammy Awards, Dove Awards, and over 20 #1 songs at radio. Through the Full Circle Music Academy, Full Circle Music aspires to teach the next generation of musicians what it takes to make it in the modern music industry. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Want the in depth NOTES & RESOURCES from this episode?➜ https://madeitinmusic.com/168SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL:➜ https://www.youtube.com/officialfcmusic?sub_confirmation=1OFFICIAL WEBSITE:➜ https://fullcirclemusic.com/SOCIAL LINKS:https://facebook.com/officialfcmusichttps://instagram.com/officialfcmusichttps://twitter.com/officialfcmusicCONTACT US:support@fullcirclemusic.comABOUT FULL CIRCLE MUSIC:Full Circle Music is a Music Production Company, Music Publishing Company, and Music Education Academy based in Nashville, TN. They regularly work with some of the biggest names in music, such as Newsboys, High Valley, Casting Crowns, Skillet, Francesca Battisteli, and For King & Country, just to name a few. Their team has several Grammy Awards, Dove Awards, and over 20 #1 songs at radio. Through the Full Circle Music Academy, Full Circle Music aspires to teach the next generation of musicians what it takes to make it in the modern music industry. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Want the in depth NOTES & RESOURCES from this episode?➜ https://madeitinmusic.com/167SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL:➜ https://www.youtube.com/officialfcmusic?sub_confirmation=1OFFICIAL WEBSITE:➜ https://fullcirclemusic.com/SOCIAL LINKS:https://facebook.com/officialfcmusichttps://instagram.com/officialfcmusichttps://twitter.com/officialfcmusicCONTACT US:support@fullcirclemusic.comABOUT FULL CIRCLE MUSIC:Full Circle Music is a Music Production Company, Music Publishing Company, and Music Education Academy based in Nashville, TN. They regularly work with some of the biggest names in music, such as Newsboys, High Valley, Casting Crowns, Skillet, Francesca Battisteli, and For King & Country, just to name a few. Their team has several Grammy Awards, Dove Awards, and over 20 #1 songs at radio. Through the Full Circle Music Academy, Full Circle Music aspires to teach the next generation of musicians what it takes to make it in the modern music industry. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Want the in depth NOTES & RESOURCES from this episode?➜ https://madeitinmusic.com/166SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL:➜ https://www.youtube.com/officialfcmusic?sub_confirmation=1OFFICIAL WEBSITE:➜ https://fullcirclemusic.com/SOCIAL LINKS:https://facebook.com/officialfcmusichttps://instagram.com/officialfcmusichttps://twitter.com/officialfcmusicCONTACT US:support@fullcirclemusic.comABOUT FULL CIRCLE MUSIC:Full Circle Music is a Music Production Company, Music Publishing Company, and Music Education Academy based in Nashville, TN. They regularly work with some of the biggest names in music, such as Newsboys, High Valley, Casting Crowns, Skillet, Francesca Battisteli, and For King & Country, just to name a few. Their team has several Grammy Awards, Dove Awards, and over 20 #1 songs at radio. Through the Full Circle Music Academy, Full Circle Music aspires to teach the next generation of musicians what it takes to make it in the modern music industry. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Want the in depth NOTES & RESOURCES from this episode?➜ https://madeitinmusic.com/165SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL:➜ https://www.youtube.com/officialfcmusic?sub_confirmation=1OFFICIAL WEBSITE:➜ https://fullcirclemusic.com/SOCIAL LINKS:https://facebook.com/officialfcmusichttps://instagram.com/officialfcmusichttps://twitter.com/officialfcmusicCONTACT US:support@fullcirclemusic.comABOUT FULL CIRCLE MUSIC:Full Circle Music is a Music Production Company, Music Publishing Company, and Music Education Academy based in Nashville, TN. They regularly work with some of the biggest names in music, such as Newsboys, High Valley, Casting Crowns, Skillet, Francesca Battisteli, and For King & Country, just to name a few. Their team has several Grammy Awards, Dove Awards, and over 20 #1 songs at radio. Through the Full Circle Music Academy, Full Circle Music aspires to teach the next generation of musicians what it takes to make it in the modern music industry. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Want the in depth NOTES & RESOURCES from this episode?➜ https://madeitinmusic.com/164SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL:➜ https://www.youtube.com/officialfcmusic?sub_confirmation=1OFFICIAL WEBSITE:➜ https://fullcirclemusic.com/SOCIAL LINKS:https://facebook.com/officialfcmusichttps://instagram.com/officialfcmusichttps://twitter.com/officialfcmusicCONTACT US:support@fullcirclemusic.comABOUT FULL CIRCLE MUSIC:Full Circle Music is a Music Production Company, Music Publishing Company, and Music Education Academy based in Nashville, TN. They regularly work with some of the biggest names in music, such as Newsboys, High Valley, Casting Crowns, Skillet, Francesca Battisteli, and For King & Country, just to name a few. Their team has several Grammy Awards, Dove Awards, and over 20 #1 songs at radio. Through the Full Circle Music Academy, Full Circle Music aspires to teach the next generation of musicians what it takes to make it in the modern music industry. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Want the in depth NOTES & RESOURCES from this episode?➜ https://madeitinmusic.com/163SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL:➜ https://www.youtube.com/officialfcmusic?sub_confirmation=1OFFICIAL WEBSITE:➜ https://fullcirclemusic.com/SOCIAL LINKS:https://facebook.com/officialfcmusichttps://instagram.com/officialfcmusichttps://twitter.com/officialfcmusicCONTACT US:support@fullcirclemusic.comABOUT FULL CIRCLE MUSIC:Full Circle Music is a Music Production Company, Music Publishing Company, and Music Education Academy based in Nashville, TN. They regularly work with some of the biggest names in music, such as Newsboys, High Valley, Casting Crowns, Skillet, Francesca Battisteli, and For King & Country, just to name a few. Their team has several Grammy Awards, Dove Awards, and over 20 #1 songs at radio. Through the Full Circle Music Academy, Full Circle Music aspires to teach the next generation of musicians what it takes to make it in the modern music industry. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Our guest today is John Fields. An internationally recognized, multi-platinum writer, producer, and mixer who has worked with some of the biggest names in the music industry.From pop acts like Jonas Brothers, Demi Lovato, Selena Gomez, Miley Cyrus, Pink, and the Backstreet Boys; to rock bands like Jimmy New World, Switchfoot, Goo Goo Dolls, and Lifehouse; to dance and electronic artists like Har Mar Superstar and Cut Copy. John is also a multi-instrumentalist and successful co-writer having written songs with Dan Wilson, Nick Jonas, Selena Gomez, and others. John will occasionally hit the road with artists as he’s played bass with - Nick Jonas & The Administration, the Rembrandts and Soul Asylum. Listen in to find out what we will learn about recording and producing records from John. Want the in depth NOTES & RESOURCES from this episode?➜ https://madeitinmusic.com/162SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL:➜ https://www.youtube.com/officialfcmusic?sub_confirmation=1OFFICIAL WEBSITE:➜ https://fullcirclemusic.com/SOCIAL LINKS:https://facebook.com/officialfcmusichttps://instagram.com/officialfcmusichttps://twitter.com/officialfcmusicCONTACT US:support@fullcirclemusic.comABOUT FULL CIRCLE MUSIC:Full Circle Music is a Music Production Company, Music Publishing Company, and Music Education Academy based in Nashville, TN. They regularly work with some of the biggest names in music, such as Newsboys, High Valley, Casting Crowns, Skillet, Francesca Battisteli, and For King & Country, just to name a few. Their team has several Grammy Awards, Dove Awards, and over 20 #1 songs at radio. Through the Full Circle Music Academy, Full Circle Music aspires to teach the next generation of musicians what it takes to make it in the modern music industry. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Jason Davis is a serial entrepreneur, A&R, and expert in artist development. He’s a co-founder and president of multiple companies including One One 7, Radar Label Group, and Awaken Records.Want the in depth NOTES & RESOURCES from this episode?➜ https://madeitinmusic.com/161SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL:➜ https://www.youtube.com/officialfcmusic?sub_confirmation=1FOLLOW JASON DAVIS ON INSTAGRAM➜ https://www.instagram.com/jasondavismanagement/OFFICIAL WEBSITE:➜ https://fullcirclemusic.com/SOCIAL LINKS:https://facebook.com/officialfcmusichttps://instagram.com/officialfcmusichttps://twitter.com/officialfcmusicCONTACT US:support@fullcirclemusic.comABOUT FULL CIRCLE MUSIC:Full Circle Music is a Music Production Company, Music Publishing Company, and Music Education Academy based in Nashville, TN. They regularly work with some of the biggest names in music, such as Newsboys, High Valley, Casting Crowns, Skillet, Francesca Battisteli, and For King & Country, just to name a few. Their team has several Grammy Awards, Dove Awards, and over 20 #1 songs at radio. Through the Full Circle Music Academy, Full Circle Music aspires to teach the next generation of musicians what it takes to make it in the modern music industry. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Want the in depth NOTES & RESOURCES from this episode?➜ https://madeitinmusic.com/160SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL:➜ https://www.youtube.com/officialfcmusic?sub_confirmation=1OFFICIAL WEBSITE:➜ https://fullcirclemusic.com/SOCIAL LINKS:https://facebook.com/officialfcmusichttps://instagram.com/officialfcmusichttps://twitter.com/officialfcmusicCONTACT US:support@fullcirclemusic.comABOUT FULL CIRCLE MUSIC:Full Circle Music is a Music Production Company, Music Publishing Company, Record Label, and Music Education Academy based in Nashville, TN. They regularly work with some of the biggest names in music, such as Newsboys, High Valley, Casting Crowns, Skillet, Francesca Battisteli, and For King & Country, just to name a few. Their team has several Grammy Awards, Dove Awards, and over 20 #1 songs at radio. Through the Full Circle Music Academy, Full Circle Music aspires to teach the next generation of musicians what it takes to make it in the modern music industry. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Want the in depth NOTES & RESOURCES from this episode?➜ https://madeitinmusic.com/159SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL:➜ https://www.youtube.com/officialfcmusic?sub_confirmation=1OFFICIAL WEBSITE:➜ https://fullcirclemusic.com/SOCIAL LINKS:https://facebook.com/officialfcmusichttps://instagram.com/officialfcmusichttps://twitter.com/officialfcmusicCONTACT US:support@fullcirclemusic.comABOUT FULL CIRCLE MUSIC:Full Circle Music is a Music Production Company, Music Publishing Company, Record Label, and Music Education Academy based in Nashville, TN. They regularly work with some of the biggest names in music, such as Newsboys, High Valley, Casting Crowns, Skillet, Francesca Battisteli, and For King & Country, just to name a few. Their team has several Grammy Awards, Dove Awards, and over 20 #1 songs at radio. Through the Full Circle Music Academy, Full Circle Music aspires to teach the next generation of musicians what it takes to make it in the modern music industry. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Logan Crockett is the VP of Marketing at Full Circle Music, a multi-grammy winning music production company, publisher, label, and academy located in Nashville, TN. In this episode, we talk about Logan's journey in music to his current position with Full Circle, his tips for marketing and branding artists, and his thoughts on how Covid-19 is changing the industry.

Want the in depth NOTES & RESOURCES from this episode?➜ https://madeitinmusic.com/158SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL:➜ https://www.youtube.com/officialfcmusic?sub_confirmation=1OFFICIAL WEBSITE:➜ https://fullcirclemusic.com/SOCIAL LINKS:https://facebook.com/officialfcmusichttps://instagram.com/officialfcmusichttps://twitter.com/officialfcmusicCONTACT US:support@fullcirclemusic.comABOUT FULL CIRCLE MUSIC:Full Circle Music is a Music Production Company, Music Publishing Company, Record Label, and Music Education Academy based in Nashville, TN. They regularly work with some of the biggest names in music, such as Newsboys, High Valley, Casting Crowns, Skillet, Francesca Battisteli, and For King & Country, just to name a few. Their team has several Grammy Awards, Dove Awards, and over 20 #1 songs at radio. Through the Full Circle Music Academy, Full Circle Music aspires to teach the next generation of musicians what it takes to make it in the modern music industry. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Want the in depth NOTES & RESOURCES from this episode?➜ https://madeitinmusic.com/157SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL:➜ https://www.youtube.com/officialfcmusic?sub_confirmation=1OFFICIAL WEBSITE:➜ https://fullcirclemusic.com/SOCIAL LINKS:https://facebook.com/officialfcmusichttps://instagram.com/officialfcmusichttps://twitter.com/officialfcmusicCONTACT US:support@fullcirclemusic.comABOUT FULL CIRCLE MUSIC:Full Circle Music is a Music Production Company, Music Publishing Company, Record Label, and Music Education Academy based in Nashville, TN. They regularly work with some of the biggest names in music, such as Newsboys, High Valley, Casting Crowns, Skillet, Francesca Battisteli, and For King & Country, just to name a few. Their team has several Grammy Awards, Dove Awards, and over 20 #1 songs at radio. Through the Full Circle Music Academy, Full Circle Music aspires to teach the next generation of musicians what it takes to make it in the modern music industry. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Want the in depth NOTES & RESOURCES from this episode?➜ https://madeitinmusic.com/156SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL:➜ https://www.youtube.com/officialfcmusic?sub_confirmation=1OFFICIAL WEBSITE:➜ https://fullcirclemusic.com/SOCIAL LINKS:https://facebook.com/officialfcmusichttps://instagram.com/officialfcmusichttps://twitter.com/officialfcmusicCONTACT US:support@fullcirclemusic.comABOUT FULL CIRCLE MUSIC:Full Circle Music is a Music Production Company, Music Publishing Company, Record Label, and Music Education Academy based in Nashville, TN. They regularly work with some of the biggest names in music, such as Newsboys, High Valley, Casting Crowns, Skillet, Francesca Battisteli, and For King & Country, just to name a few. Their team has several Grammy Awards, Dove Awards, and over 20 #1 songs at radio. Through the Full Circle Music Academy, Full Circle Music aspires to teach the next generation of musicians what it takes to make it in the modern music industry. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Joey Elwood is one of the co-founders of Gotee Records, along with the other Gotee Brothers, Toby McKeehan and Todd Collins. Want the in depth NOTES & RESOURCES from this episode?➜ https://madeitinmusic.com/155SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL:➜ https://www.youtube.com/officialfcmusic?sub_confirmation=1OFFICIAL WEBSITE:➜ https://fullcirclemusic.com/SOCIAL LINKS:https://facebook.com/officialfcmusichttps://instagram.com/officialfcmusichttps://twitter.com/officialfcmusicCONTACT US:support@fullcirclemusic.comABOUT FULL CIRCLE MUSIC:Full Circle Music is a Music Production Company, Music Publishing Company, Record Label, and Music Education Academy based in Nashville, TN. They regularly work with some of the biggest names in music, such as Newsboys, High Valley, Casting Crowns, Skillet, Francesca Battisteli, and For King & Country, just to name a few. Their team has several Grammy Awards, Dove Awards, and over 20 #1 songs at radio. Through the Full Circle Music Academy, Full Circle Music aspires to teach the next generation of musicians what it takes to make it in the modern music industry. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode, Mark starts by talking about how he fell into the music business. He started as an intern in the publicity department at World Records and was then hired as National Director of Radio Promotions. Once hired, he wasn’t planning on staying at World Records for more than 5-6 months, but the experience truly changed his life. This position gave him some amazing opportunities, one of which was implementing a campaign for Amy Grant’s multi-platinum album, Unguarded. After a couple years in this position he moved into doing A&R at World Records, and he says this was a dream job for him!Want the in depth NOTES & RESOURCES from this episode?➜ https://madeitinmusic.com/154SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL:➜ https://www.youtube.com/officialfcmusic?sub_confirmation=1OFFICIAL WEBSITE:➜ https://fullcirclemusic.com/SOCIAL LINKS:https://facebook.com/officialfcmusichttps://instagram.com/officialfcmusichttps://twitter.com/officialfcmusicCONTACT US:support@fullcirclemusic.comABOUT FULL CIRCLE MUSIC:Full Circle Music is a Music Production Company, Music Publishing Company, Record Label, and Music Education Academy based in Nashville, TN. They regularly work with some of the biggest names in music, such as Newsboys, High Valley, Casting Crowns, Skillet, Francesca Battisteli, and For King & Country, just to name a few. Their team has several Grammy Awards, Dove Awards, and over 20 #1 songs at radio. Through the Full Circle Music Academy, Full Circle Music aspires to teach the next generation of musicians what it takes to make it in the modern music industry. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

John Butler, former Head of Christian music curation at Spotify, was the mastermind behind playlists like Soft Pop Hits, Just Good Music and Top Christian. Prior to joining Spotify, John was VP/Promotion at Curb Records for over a decade. He brings an extensive strategic knowledge of streaming combined with a radio promotion background.Many have referred to him as the streaming guidance counselor. He says one of his main goals with streaming was to make the artist’s experience the best it could be. He did this by getting their music to the right people so the artist could foster a close relationship with the listener. “People make judgement calls about music every time they hit play”With years of experience, John is able to provide a lot of wisdom to up and coming artists. He advises all artists to take the time to figure out who they are because if they have been authentic while building their audience, that audience will probably follow them wherever they go. John also dives deep into how to use the Spotify playlist submission tool (aka the pitch tool, who listens to the submitted music, and how valuable it is for artists. John does state blatantly that Spotify truly cares about artists, that they actually care too much, and that every tool that has been created is for serving the artists. “You need an ear and someone who is going to be able to think objectively [about your music]”With streaming in the bottom half of the third inning, as John says, it’s still relatively new. He believes that the algorithm is eventually going to know what you want before YOU know what you want. Thinking a couple years from now it will be interesting to see the power of streaming and how it has evolved. Keep up with John on his Linkedin!SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL:➜ https://www.youtube.com/officialfcmusic?sub_confirmation=1OFFICIAL WEBSITE:➜ https://fullcirclemusic.com/SOCIAL LINKS:https://facebook.com/officialfcmusichttps://instagram.com/officialfcmusichttps://twitter.com/officialfcmusicCONTACT US:support@fullcirclemusic.comABOUT FULL CIRCLE MUSIC:Full Circle Music is a Music Production Company, Music Publishing Company, Record Label, and Music Education Academy based in Nashville, TN. They regularly work with some of the biggest names in music, such as Newsboys, High Valley, Casting Crowns, Skillet, Francesca Battisteli, and For King & Country, just to name a few. Their team has several Grammy Awards, Dove Awards, and over 20 #1 songs at radio. Through the Full Circle Music Academy, Full Circle Music aspires to teach the next generation of musicians what it takes to make it in the modern music industry. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

When your income depends on going on the road, times of global or widespread economic crisis can lead to a lot of uncertainty for you and your family.In this episode, Seth and Logan, VP of Marketing at Full Circle Music, talk about what musicians can do during those times and what types of assistance are out there for artists, musicians, booking agents, and anyone else in the music industry impacted by live shows being canceled or postponed.Financial Support During Times of HardshipGrammy’s MusiCares: https://www.grammy.com/musicaresMusician’s Foundation: http://www.musiciansfoundation.org/Sweet Relief Musician’s Fund: https://www.sweetrelief.org/Stay Connected!Don’t cut yourself off from the world! Stay connected virtually with family and songwriters like you!This is a great time to focus on music and collaborate with other people just like you, even virtually.Song Chaser’s Facebook Group: FullCircleMusic.com/GroupHow Can You Work From Home?Zoom! Grab a microphone if you have it, or use your computer’s built-in microphone to collaborate with people. You can also record the session for free with Zoom. https://zoom.us/Discord: Free chat application to keep in touch with people from all over and hold multiple conversations in one location. https://discordapp.com/Loom: Great free screen recording app. https://www.loom.com/AudioMovers: Real-Time audio sharing for production tweaks. https://audiomovers.com/Set aside time, even if it’s just 90 minutes. You can get A LOT done in 90 minutes.Invest in a Home RigLaptop. Small Midi Controller. Microphone. Interface. Done.Use free software like GarageBand and ProTools First https://my.avid.com/get/pro-tools-firstProduction Course: 7 part mini-series about what you should think about when recording songs for yourself and others. FullCircleMusic.com/FreeProductionCourseSocial MediaBuild your audience and your following by investing your time in social media.Go live on Instagram to play and share stories. Create connections where your fans are!The people who will come out stronger are those who invested in their audience.Create content for YouTube as well as people are spending more time with streaming and video-on-demand.You can also join TikTok!Batch record! Take as many photos, videos, or content at a time that you can use later! This is REALLY helpful with social media content!Seth’s Teleprompter: https://amzn.to/3apgfjkCrushing It: How Great Entrepreneurs Build Their Business and Influence-and How You Can, Too: https://amzn.to/2vRa5tb----------------------------------------------------------SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL:➜ https://www.youtube.com/officialfcmusic?sub_confirmation=1OFFICIAL WEBSITE:➜ https://fullcirclemusic.com/SOCIAL LINKS:https://facebook.com/officialfcmusichttps://instagram.com/officialfcmusichttps://twitter.com/officialfcmusicCONTACT US:support@fullcirclemusic.comABOUT FULL CIRCLE MUSIC:Full Circle Music is a Music Production Company, Music Publishing Company, Record Label, and Music Education Academy based in Nashville, TN. They regularly work with some of the biggest names in music, such as Newsboys, High Valley, Casting Crowns, Skillet, Francesca Battisteli, and For King & Country, just to name a few. Their team has several Grammy Awards, Dove Awards, and over 20 #1 songs at radio. Through the Full Circle Music Academy, Full Circle Music aspires to teach the next generation of musicians what it takes to make it in the modern music industry. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Check out the DEEP DIVE for this episode! Seth shares about creating a "Vivid Vision" and how you can use it as a framework to set goals for your music career and pursue them as fast as possible.Access the Deep Dive here: https://members.fullcirclemusic.com/made-it-in-music-deep-divesA&R, Creative Director at AltadenaFrom an early age, Noreen knew she wanted to be in music. From listening to her mom play piano to writing her own songs, music has been a huge part of her life.How do I listen to songs all day? That’s what I want to doStarting as an intern at BMG Publishing in Nashville and New York, Noreen realized her favorite thing to do and what she was good at was listening to other people songs.After finishing her internship, BMG offered her a position as a receptionist her last semester of school.I think you should be a publisher…The turning point for Noreen’s career was when her boss recommended a different career path to her. Up until that point, Noreen was struggling if she should become a songwriter, or stick to the business side of the music industry.Do the job, before you get the jobNoreen’s advice to people who want to grow in their career as a publisher, even as an intern, is to create a job for yourself before people ask you to. As a receptionist at BMG, Noreen researched how to get writers in a room together, how to get emails of people to pitch songs to, and all other aspects of getting a song heard. She decided Pop was her ticket in and started focusing her attention to getting pop into Music City before anyone thought it was even a possibility.Now, she looks for this quality in assistants and coordinators. What are you doing now to advance yourself? Who are you working with already? What are you doing because you love it, even if you don’t get paid for it.AltadenaAs a Creative Director, Noreen’s role is to get artist’s in a room to set up cowrites or sessions that will hopefully turn into a song placement for the writers. She also listens to songs submitted by her writers and provides feedback to help improve the songs and hopefully get them placement.What does Altadena do? They serve as a hub for writers, artists, and producers where Altadena serves as the intermediary between an artist’s label, publishing company, or management company. Their partnerships are Warner Chapel on the Publishing side, Warner Records for label and print, and the management partnership with Red Light Management. Altadena keeps artists from feeling forgotten and falling through the cracks. Some of their talent includes Carley Peirce, Ryan Griffin, Conor Matthews, and more.Listen as Noreen expands on how she brought Pop to Nashville and how they are trying to keep Nashville pop competitive with the rest of the country.Follow Seth on Instagram: ➜https://instagram.com/thesethmosleyThis episode is part of a podcast SERIES called "Made It In Music." You can find other episodes on YOUTUBE and you can also find the AUDIO versions on any podcasting app!CLICK BELOW to check out the AUDIO version of this podcast on iTunes!➜ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/made-it-in-music-interviews-artists-songwriters-music/id1065294635SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL:➜ https://www.youtube.com/officialfcmusic?sub_confirmation=1OFFICIAL WEBSITE:➜ https://fullcirclemusic.com/SOCIAL LINKS:https://facebook.com/officialfcmusichttps://instagram.com/officialfcmusichttps://twitter.com/officialfcmusicCONTACT US:support@fullcirclemusic.comABOUT FULL CIRCLE MUSIC:Full Circle Music is a Music Production Company, Music Publishing Company, Record Label, and Music Education Academy based in Nashville, TN. They regularly work with some of the biggest names in music, such as Newsboys, High Valley, Casting Crowns, Skillet, Francesca Battisteli, and For King & Country, just to name a few. Their team has several Grammy Awards, Dove Awards, and over 20 #1 songs at radio. Through the Full Circle Music Academy, Full Circle Music aspires to teach the next generation of musicians what it takes to make it in the modern music industry. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Check out the DEEP DIVE for this episode! Seth shares about creating a "Vivid Vision" and how you can use it as a framework to set goals for your music career and pursue them as fast as possible.Access the Deep Dive here: https://members.fullcirclemusic.com/made-it-in-music-deep-divesIf you have been a listener to the Made It In Music Podcast for a while, maybe you've actually heard episode 1.Our very first episode featured Seth Mosley, songwriter, producer, and owner of Full Circle Music. He started this podcast, and he hosts almost every episode.To start our podcast off right, it made sense to have Seth share his vision for the company and talk about his experience in the music industry and why it lead him to create the Full Circle Music Academy.At this point, that was several years ago! Episode 1 came out all the way back in late 2015, and so much has happened since then!So, to start Season 3 off right, we thought it would be fun to revisit the very first episode, and give it a little bit of a "reboot."One person who heard episode 1 was Logan Crockett, and having once started as just a fan of the podcast, he now leads the marketing team at Full Circle Music and is responsible for overseeing the podcast and the Full Circle Music Academy.As Logan is now directly in charge of the podcast, it made sense to have him "re-interview" Seth for this special episode of the Made It In Music Podcast.Now that the company has much more history under its belt, Seth shares in this episode about the process of building the Full Circle Music team.While Seth is a songwriter and producer, and that is still where the majority of his hours fall, Seth also has a much larger group of employees that he is responsible for.Because of this new responsibility, Seth has had to learn how to manage a company as a CEO, which he explains is a completely different skillset from writing songs or producing music. Even though the business is based on those activities, managing humans, projecting revenue, and setting the right company goals takes a completely different approach compared to making music.Full Circle Music has had a lot of ups and downs along the way, and the company is continuing to grow and evolve.One thing that Full Circle Music is known for is being a small, flexible, very modern music company. Full Circle has multiple arms, including Publishing, Production, Songwriting, and the Academy.And each of these arms has multiple revenue streams.Because Full Circle Music is small, it has the flexibility to make dramatic changes whenever necessary.RESOURCES:Follow Seth on Instagram: instagram.com/thesethmosleyVivid Vision (book by Cameron Herold): https://amzn.to/3aEiSNMFEATURED MUSIC CLIP:'Til The End by Jeremy Camp (written by Seth Mosley and Jeremy Camp)WATCH THE VIDEO FOR THIS EPISODE:YouTubeFULL CIRCLE MUSIC LINKS:Podcast WebsiteCompany WebsiteFacebookInstagramTwitterYouTube See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Tim sits down with Grammy and Dove Award-winning songwriter/producer, Seth Mosley. A man of many talents that also include publisher, educator, and podcast host (Made It In Music) all under the umbrella of Full Circle Music. Seth fills us in on the business of CCLI, Christian music, and having a hand in multiple genres.  1:16 - Seth's background and insight behind Full Circle Music. 3:01 - The vitality of Chrisitan music and how Seth crossed over. 6:00 - How to gain exposure and even a deal in the Chrisitan music space?  7:28 - Do you need to be "local" or present to win in the Christian music space? 8:10 - What is CCLI? 10:09 - What is the range of a draw for a new writer?  10:52 - What is the difference between Country's and Chrisitan's production deals as a producer?  13:17 - Sonically and even musically, are there differences to the approach to different genres?  15:23 - What was (Seth's) progression to work with Country music artists?  17:40 - What have been some things that you've learned working in Country music? Production, lyrics, melodically, etc. 19:15 - What is (Seth's) advice for "picking your lane" as a writer?   

Van living, relationships, podcasting, and the lives of producer/songwriter Seth Mosley and frontman Clinton Clegg. Clinton talks The Commonheart's songs and sound. Then Seth, host of Made It In Music Podcast and owner of Full Circle Music, shares his path to award-winning music and some industry insight from his experiences in podcasting.    Clinton Clegg, frontman with dynamically expressive pipes that effortlessly traverse bluesy pleading, and honeyed balladeering. Jumps in to share the uniqueness of The Commonheart and their sound. As well as the turning point of Clinton's life and where music was his salvation. Discovering his identity and what path to take knowing that either road is full of fear and trepidation. We also touch on living in chaos or a state of normalacy when creating art. The Commonheart’s latest album, PRESSURE; is both rugged and refined. Check it out on all platforms and follow them @the_commonheart and visit  for tour dates.    Seth Mosley is an entrepreneur, host, songwriter, producer, and educator. Having worked in music nearly all his life, he found himself with his first #1 radio hit by the age of 22. Like many, Seth started his professional career as an artist, but soon found that the allure of the studio was a better fit for his talents. Today, Seth leads his company Full Circle Music team as he continues to write and produce 150+ songs with A-List artists every year. In addition to countless Dove Awards, Mosley has been named Billboard’s No. 1 Christian Producer of the Year (2013) and SESAC’s Songwriter of the Year (2014). In 2015, he earned a GRAMMY® for his production work on for KING & COUNTRY’s Run Wild. Live Free. Love Strong.   In Seth's conversation, we dig into his early beginnings working in the studio up to forming his first project, Me In Motion. Then moving to Nashville working the songwriting, producing path to eventually working big projects in the Christian music space. We take a look at some of Seth's past projects and what it takes being a good producer in multiple genres. What makes country music, country and Christian music tracks, Christian. We talk podcasting with Seth's Made It In Music and his company Full Circle Music. There are many arms to Full Circle Music including an Academy component and production. For everything from Seth's company, services, and podcast visit  and follow Seth at @officialfcmusic.

In this episode, we are joined by Seth Mosley from Full Circle Music to co-host our Dove Awards Nomination party. Seth tells us about Full Circle's focus on CCM and also artists that are not traditionally labeled Christian artists. We discuss the CCM industry and how it's changed, and how that reflects in this year's Dove nominations. We then go through this year's nominations, performers, and presenters.Put on your favorite tux (or shorts!) and join us for this awards party! Links from this episode: Full Circle MusicDove Awards

It is LITERALLY the MOST important piece of the ENTIRE music industry! THE SONG! You may think it's as simple as sitting down and writing out your thoughts with a clever rhyme and a nifty melody, but in today's world, that couldn't be further from the truth! Songs come in all shapes and sizes, but the most successful ones, the one's you and I know, follow a tried and true formula that almost guarantees its success! Join Jake and Robert as they sit down with famed grammy winning songwriter and producer, Seth Mosley of Full Circle Music, as they explore the history of the songwriting biz and what it takes to craft a hit in 2018!  Go to www.turneduppodcast.com/SETH for your exclusive deal on Song Chasers! Become an exclusive Turned Up Patron!  Please be sure to listen and subscribe! And don't forget to rate and review: iTunes Podcast Spotify Stitcher Radio PodBean Twitter: @TurnedUpPodcast Instagram: @TurnedUpPodcast Facebook: /TurnedUpPodcast Can O' Tambos

For twenty years, Ohio native, Matt Hammitt, was the lead singer and songwriter for Dove Award-winning two time Grammy-nominated band Sanctus Real. During that time, the band released eight albums under Sparrow Records, toured internationally and released 14 Top 5 and #1 singles to Christian radio, making the band a household name among Christian music fans worldwide.Authored by Matt, Sanctus Real's most recognized hit, “Lead Me,” has resonated with men, women, and families all over the world. However, what most people don't recognize, is the great irony behind the song itself. "Lead Me," the very song that catapulted the band to the heights of their success, was also the song that would play a major part in Matt's twenty-year career as their front-man coming to an end. As crowds of thousands echoed the words "Don't want to leave them hungry for love, chasing things that I could give up" Matt was deeply convicted that it was time for him to start singing those words less and living them more. Matt made the difficult decision to step away from the band. In February, 2016, Matt played his final show with Sanctus Real. The emotions behind Matt's decision to leave his former band is penned into the opening track of his self-titled album, "Heaven Knows." Throughout the album, Matt takes on the difficulties of stepping out of a familiar and comfortable place to follow Jesus, who often calls us to do difficult things for our ultimate good. Blind trust, or simply put, faith, is a thread that's woven throughout all ten tracks of Matt's new album. Matt has been married to his wife Sarah for sixteen years, and together they have four children. Birthed from his own struggles, one of Matt's greatest passions has become ministering to broken families. In 2010, Matt's son, Bowen, was born with a rare and severe heart disease. Through the pain of caring for a sick child, Matt and Sarah faced some very difficult years of marriage. Out of their experience, Matt and Sarah, started two organizations that mister to families today. Whole Hearts Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that provides financial, emotional and spiritual support for families of children living with pediatric heart disease. In 2016, Matt and Sarah also launched "Lead Me Live" men's conferences, aimed at encouraging and equipping men to become great spiritual leaders in their home. In 2016, Matt partnered with Full Circle Music and producer Seth Mosley to begin work on a new album which is slated to release in November 2017. “Tears”, the first radio single, broke into the Billboard Christian Airplay Top 50 chart within two weeks of its debut. His current single, “He Always Wins” is a worship anthem that is quickly being sung in churches around the globe. Additionally, Matt is writing a book about the themes of Lead Me and will release in late 2018.

Sometimes great success brings greater challenges. For twenty years, Ohio native, Matt Hammitt, was the lead singer and songwriter for Dove Award-winning two time Grammy-nominated band Sanctus Real. During that time, the band released eight albums under Sparrow Records, toured internationally and released 14 Top 5 and #1 singles to Christian radio, making the band a household name among Christian music fans worldwide. Authored by Matt, Sanctus Real's most recognized hit, “Lead Me,” has resonated with men, women, and families all over the world. However, what most people don't recognize, is the great irony behind the song itself. "Lead Me," the very song that catapulted the band to the heights of their success, was also the song that would play a major part in Matt's twenty-year career as their front-man coming to an end. As crowds of thousands echoed the words "Don't want to leave them hungry for love, chasing things that I could give up" Matt was deeply convicted that it was time for him to start singing those words less and living them more. Matt made the difficult decision to step away from the band. In February, 2016, Matt played his final show with Sanctus Real. The emotions behind Matt's decision to leave his former band is penned into the opening track of his self-titled album, "Heaven Knows." Throughout the album, Matt takes on the difficulties of stepping out of a familiar and comfortable place to follow Jesus, who often calls us to do difficult things for our ultimate good. Blind trust, or simply put, faith, is a thread that's woven throughout all ten tracks of Matt's new album. Matt has been married to his wife Sarah for sixteen years, and together they have four children. Birthed from his own struggles, one of Matt's greatest passions has become ministering to broken families. In 2010, Matt's son, Bowen, was born with a rare and severe heart disease. Through the pain of caring for a sick child, Matt and Sarah faced some very difficult years of marriage. Out of their experience, Matt and Sarah, started two organizations that mister to families today. Whole Hearts Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that provides financial, emotional and spiritual support for families of children living with pediatric heart disease. In 2016, Matt and Sarah also launched "Lead Me Live" men's conferences, aimed at encouraging and equipping men to become great spiritual leaders in their home. In 2016, Matt partnered with Full Circle Music and producer Seth Mosley to begin work on a new album which is slated to release in November 2017. “Tears”, the first radio single, broke into the Billboard Christian Airplay Top 50 chart within two weeks of its debut. His current single, “He Always Wins” is a worship anthem that is quickly being sung in churches around the globe. Additionally, Matt is writing a book about the themes of Lead Me and will release in late 2018.

There’s very rarely a musical emergency.” – Seth Mosley So great to have Seth Mosley back on the podcast. Seth is a Grammy-winning producer and one of the most sought-out songwriters in Christian music. In this interview we talk about Seth’s Company, Full Circle Music, and all that is going on there in terms of […]

We are celebrating our 100th Episode by bringing you portions of the best podcasts selected by the FCM Team. Stacey, X, Jerricho, Logan, and Seth are all interviewed regarding their favorite FCMS episode and share why that guest was the most memorable for them. We want to thank all of our listeners for their continued support. We will return all new and all fresh on Monday, March 26th with our MADE IT IN MUSIC Podcast.————————————Episode 100Full Circle Music Show– Hi, I'm Seth Mosley from Full Circle Music, and man am I excited, this is episode 100 of our Full Circle Music Show podcast, and not only that, the day that we're making a massive announcement. And what is that announcement? It's that we are re-branding. Yes, we're changing the format, the title, everything of our podcast to make it even more packed with value, for free, for you guys. And the new title, drum roll please, is the Made It in Music Podcast, by Full Circle Music. It's resources for music makers just like you who wanna go full-time in music, and stay in. So I just wanted to do something a little special on this episode to go along with the announcement of the Made It in Music Podcast, episode 100, and what we're doing this week is we're bringing you a best of episode. We picked our very favorite moments from the Full Circle Music Show and broke down just some really key points, things that we think you would get a lot out of, things that we personally got a lot out of. I'm Seth Mosley, thank you so much for listening. Here with Stacey Willbur, VP of publishing and A&R here at Full Circle Music. Man, I loved that you picked the Ginny Owens episode, 'cause it was one of my favorite not only podcast episodes, but what a lot of people who're maybe gonna go back and listen to this clip don't realize is that it was recorded at one of our Full Circle Academy songwriter retreats. And man, if I haven't told you already, the people that you have relationships with that you've been able to bring in to pour into our students is just absolutely incredible. So Ginny was one of those, she was at our last one, and I feel like I probably got more feedback on her than a lot of speakers that come in. That's where this podcast was recorded at. So what stood out to you about that, what made you pick that as your favorite moment?– Well, it was my favorite moment because, obviously 'cause we were there, we were actually in the moment, it was an experience. It was Ginny talking about very simple things, three key elements of songwriting. But what I loved about it is that she weaved her own story into all three of those elements. I loved hearing her story wrapped up into all of that.– Yeah, she talked about it being, something that I had not heard, and I think you said the same thing, that she compares songwriting to being a journey with a friend.– A journey with a friend, that was like an a-ha moment, I think, for so many, because I don't think everybody looks at it that way. It's a job, it's this, but as a friend, and the closer you get to a friend, you get to know each other, you get to know their hearts, you get to know their stories, and the same thing with songwriting. The more you spend time… Writing every day, getting to know your craft, understanding the different elements of songwriting, the better you become and the better you know yourself as a songwriter.– Yeah, and she talks about how it is a sought after treasure, too, I thought that was such a cool way to put it. What did she mean by that?– Well, it was interesting 'cause she said it was a sought after treasure pursued by an enemy. Which, the enemy, as she describes, are distractions. The distractions in your life that keep you from doing the thing that you love doing. So what are those things and how do you keep those distractions from keeping you from doing what God's plan and purpose is for your life, which is songwriting.– Yeah, and I think, man, she just… There's podcast episodes that we've done that I feel like I just kinda wish I had like a notepad the whole time, 'cause she just kinda drops quote after quote after quote, and one thing that you shared with me, that I totally agree with is that good is the enemy of great, and perfection is the enemy of creativity. That was, I thought that was brilliant when she said that.– Yeah, and I think, especially in this industry, we hear a lot of, oh, that's a good song, that's a good song, that's a good song. And we tend to leave it there, and we don't encourage each other to strive for the great. I think striving for the great is harder. ‘Cause it takes going back and rewriting, it takes time and effort. The good is, yeah, this is good, you know. But the great, I think, is you dig it in a little deeper. And she really shares that in the podcast, she shares the struggles that she went through as an artist. And just in her life personally to get to that point.– Yeah, so good. Well I'm really glad you picked it 'cause it's one of my favorite moments too.– Awesome.– Here's a clip from Ginny Owens on the Full Circle Music Show live from the Full Circle Academy songwriter's retreat.– [Ginny] I want to offer, just based on my experience as a songwriter over the past billion years, I wanna offer three key elements of a life of endless songwriting bliss. So three key elements to maintaining a songwriting life. So the first one is, songwriting is a journey with a friend. Show up every day so that you can go a little further together. Songwriting is an art form. The more you know the rules and master the skill, the freer you will be to let your heart guide the process. And, songwriting is a sought after treasure guarded by an enemy. In order to capture it, you must fight every day of your life. Listening, like, two different types of listening that I call active and passive listening. So, I really love pop music, so active listening for me is like, when I work out in the mornings, just rolling the Apple, new Apple, like whatever, pop playlist, or what they're playing at Apple List or Spotify, you know, playlist, and learning. What are they doing in the songs that you're hearing that you like? How are they creating hooks? What do the rhythm things sound like that they're doing. Things like, Chainsmokers came along and they sort of created this chorus, where you don't have to soar up in the top, you just do this, like, ♪ Baby hold me closer in the backseat — ♪ I probably shouldn't be singing that at the Christian — But you know, it's just this tiny little space of a chorus. So there are trends that you start to see as you listen to music. If you're a songwriter-ish type person, more of a James Taylor type person, then you can listen to current people that do that, like James Bay or John Mayer. Hear what they're doing, sort of study their technique. But the other thing is passive listening. And what I guess I mean by that is falling in love with music. One of the things I've recently discovered about myself is that I'm too busy thinking about… Analyzing songs, and I actually need to go fall in love with music again, 'cause it's just too easy to be critical. And so what I've learned is, probably the easiest way to do this, which is not something that streaming really lends itself towards, but to go get people's albums. And just listen to the full album and continue to immerse myself in it, and be patient. ‘Cause I'm sure, maybe some of you guys are like this too, I'm so impatient. I'll listen to half a song and then I flip to the next song. That does not create and inspire love for music. I think those things are key for deepening our skillsets, growing our skillsets, educating ourselves. And then there's another aspect, just as we talk about kind of this skill of songwriting. It's really simple, but I think it's really important, especially for new writers, and I kind of call it the accessibility scale. So on one end you have the more cerebral, the more personal kind of songs. Those are the songs you write for your grandma, or your brother, or a wedding. And then on the other end are the more super-commercial songs. So like, Bon Iver is super cerebral. Taylor, super commercial. Andrew Peterson is pretty cerebral. Tomlin, Jordan Feliz, super commercial. And so the more cerebral a song is, the more it's kinda written to please the writer. So most of those things fall kind of more in the middle, they're not generally purely one or the other. But the more cerebral, form matters less, it's kinda in the writer's head, and obviously the more commercial a song is, the more singable it is, the more melodic, the more many people can kinda follow what you're doing. You gotta know the difference. If you wanna write commercial, study it, learn the techniques, listen to the Full Circle podcast every week, because there's an art to expressing yourself that way. But if you're gonna write about family, if you're gonna write something super personal, don't let that out for critique, 'cause you don't want to hurt yourself in that way. You know what I mean? Protect the things that are really personal to you. And the more you kind of know the skill and the art of songwriting, the more you're gonna know how to do that. Skill, taking the journey, ultimately helps with our biggest challenge as songwriters, which is fighting for your songwriting. And if you don't believe me, I bet you do. Everybody probably believes that it's a fight. Songwriting is a treasure that's guarded by an enemy. And so in order to capture it, you must fight every day of your life. Not to be all dark and wage war-ish, but, we gotta wage some war. The hardest part of songwriting is what? Songwriting. You know, you always got something else to do. Or there's always a voice in your head that says not to do it. And I promise, lest you think it only happens to new writers I have this happen every day. I've just finally learned, oh, this is part of it. This is what I'm gonna fight every day. And especially when you've been doing it a long time, you can kinda even get more in your head, 'cause you're like, what if I don't know how to do anything current? So if you give up, then the enemy will win. So what exactly is the enemy? I do like how Kevin Pressfield, who wrote the Legend of Bagger Vance, but he has a book called The War of Art which I would highly recommend you all read. There's some swearing, but read it anyway. But he calls the enemy resistance. And he says any act that entails commitment of the heart is a reason for resistance. In other words, any act that rejects immediate gratification in favor of long term growth, health, or integrity, or any act that derives from our higher nature instead of our lower, will elicit resistance. Resistance cannot be seen, touched, heard, or smelled, but it can be felt. And the more important – get this. The more important a call or action is to our soul's evolution, the more resistance we will feel toward pursuing it. Ouch. And resistance takes all different forms. Sometimes it's you, right? It's the lack of discipline. That's what it is for me, a lot. I just wanna do all the other fun things. And I wanna think about songwriting, really I do. But, maybe I'll get to it. That's why scheduling is so key. And there are voices in your head, and that's why scheduling and showing up every day is so key. It diminishes the voices, I promise you. Sometimes it's 'cause you got a eat, and so you gotta work. So that's also why finding that time every week and putting it on a calendar can be so awesome to do. Another key in fighting resistance is knowing the people who are in your space. Knowing the people who are awesome and can hold you accountable, like probably some folks you've met here, and learning the people who are not safe for you to play music for. Another way to protect what you're writing, and who the safe people are not, when you're fighting resistance. Now, for those of us who are believers, who are people of faith, we know there is a deeper resistance from an enemy that is full-on against you. And especially when it comes to pursuing a gift that God has given you to inspire others.– X O'Connor. I love it, we're here in the studio on this exciting day, episode 100.– 100.– Recapping some of our favorite moments from the Full Circle Music show, and… Tyler Bryant.– Tyler Byant, man.– Good choice.– Man, my favorite, dude, we sat down with him, I remember it was kind of last minute, I got a call early in the morning like, hey, I think we're gonna do some Tyler Byrant interview today. So I remember driving down, and I was super pumped, I'd loosely known him from being in bands around Nashville and I was like, I love this dude's music, I'm excited to talk to this guy. And to sit down with him, he's a young kid, you know, and he's just got his head on in a way that very few other artist, songwriters, any musical person does, he just realizes that hard work comes above all else, everything in life. And this guy, his band is successful, but not necessarily at radio. No real radio number ones, no nothing like that, but he plays hundred thousand seat venues. It's like, that blows my mind. And to just hear him speak about hard work. No one's gonna work harder for you than you're gonna work for yourself, so take every opportunity that you've got and just make something out of it.– Yeah, I love it, and I think he even shared in the episode something about, they do a lot in Europe.– Yeah.– And I think a fan, they were playing somewhere in Spain and a fan had like, tooken a night train like across…– Across the continent, literally.– The entire continent to get there, and they were so pumped about it. And you can just tell that when an artist is engaged, and the fans can tell that you really care, as the artist, they're gonna care.– Yeah, absolutely, and… that was something that he also spoke about a lot in this interview is relationship building. Not just with the people around you, but with the fans. The fans can feel that level of commitment that you have to them. But then on the business side, too. They've been around labels and all that stuff a lot, and I just love the mentality of, be honest with the people you're with. Even if it's a hard conversation to have with somebody, the honesty is gonna preserve that relationship in the future. I think he talked about them leaving their label to kind of go out on their own, and the conversation he had with the label after the fact, like, hey, you guys are still always on the list at a Shakedown show, come out any time, you guys worked hard for us, just, it's time for us to go do something else. And I love that mentality.– Yeah, and we went and saw them in Nashville at… Was it 12th?– 3rd and Lindsley.– 3rd and Lindsley, which is a really cool venue. And it was one of the best live shows I think I've ever seen.– Yeah, they go for it. It's so tight, but it's just raw rock and roll. It was a fun night, I hadn't been to a show like that in a while.– No click tracks.– No click, it's just guys on stage just going for it, rock and rolling. I loved it, man, it was so much fun to just sit there and just, be like, yep, these guys own it. This is great.– Inspiring.– Inspiring, for sure.– Well here's a clip from the Full Circle Music show episode with Tyler Bryant of Tyler Bryant and the Shakedown.– [Tyler] We've talked about it a little bit, but I come from a blues background, I learned to play from an old bluesman in Texas. Even as a kid, I was offered a record deal, and it was like, we're gonna set you up with other kids and we're gonna start a band, and I was like, no, man, I just wanna play the blues. I wanna make, like, I remember Lyric Street records gave me a little $10,000 check to go make some recordings. I think they were legitimately upset when I handed them back like three Freddie King covers that I had made. You know, it's like, what did you expect, man? And I still kinda have that mentality where, I don't know if you guys ever have dove into this on your show, I'm sure you have, 'cause it's something that I feel like a lot of artists struggle with. It's mixing art, something that really moves you, and commerce. Let's eat and let's survive, and so all we try to do in our band is have a little bit of both, you know?– [X] Yeah, yeah. So touring has been your bread and butter. Let's just talk about that, how do you get invited out on a AC/DC or Guns ‘n Roses Tour without radio, without big number one chart topping songs?– [Tyler] It's hard to say, honestly. I think one, you gotta believe in what you're doing, you have to be convicted every time you put on a guitar. Whether it's in a writing room, whether it's in a coffee shop. That's what, you know, I have kids ask me at our shows who have bands, like, how do you get on these tours, how do you get these shows going? And it's like, you literally play every show you get offered. Whenever I was starting out, I had a fake email account. And I was the band's manager, my name was like Sarah, or something like this, and I represented, this was before the Shakedown, I represented Tyler Bryant.– [X] What's the Spinal Tap manager?– [Tyler] Yeah, and it would, there was another time where it's like, I literally called the box office of the House of Blues. This is when I was younger, I called them every single day until they finally told one of the booking agents, this guy won't stop calling, he wants to play. And he called me and was like, dude, you can't call the box office and book a show. And I was like, but, can you book me?– [X] Yeah– [Tyler] And he's like send me some recordings. So I sent him some recordings and some videos and he put my band on for Dickie Betts. And then I called the Dallas morning news, and I was like, my band's playing, opening up for Dickie Betts of the Allman Brothers, I think you should come film it and do a story. And they did, and it's that kind of hustle that I think is, what I've learned that we have to do because it's, any time we've waited on someone else to do something for us we fall short, and so it's, I think those, it's funny because we were at CAA, the booking agency for a long time, and they did great things for us, and after about a year and a half of not touring as much as we'd like, we thought, let's make a change, let's move agencies. But we had such a good relationship with our agent that he'd become family, it's a guy named John Huie. And so we left. We were on the road supporting Billy Gibbons from ZZ Top and I get a call from Huie going, he's just like, I love you guys and I wanted to know if it would be okay if I pitched you for the AC/DC world tour. And, of course we said yes, but this is someone who's not our agent. So that's where… Maintaining relationships, and always shooting people straight, and even if it's a tough conversation going, like, I think we have to move somewhere else, because we're not getting the love here. They kill it with country acts out of Nashville, and I'm sure that the rock department does great, too. We just weren't getting the love that we needed. Because maybe what we were doing didn't move them there, but I think even when a relationship has to stop, it doesn't – professionally, it doesn't have to stop emotionally and I think that's, you know. We're all from the South and believe in Southern hospitality and shooting people straight even when it's a tough conversation, and I think that's helped benefit our band.– [X] Well I love that, because there's so many bands that we come across that are just constantly complaining about their teams. They're like, my label's not doing this, my manager's not doing this, we don't have our publisher getting songs on sync, our publicist is not scheduling – it's just excuses and complaining about people not doing stuff for them. And what I'm hearing you say is like, screw that, do it yourself.– [Tyler] Oh yeah, absolutely. We just made our own record, and I called a few of the people from Universal Republic after we got out of our deal, and it was sort of an, I think both parties were like, this isn't really working for us. We weren't giving them what they need to do what they do best, and they were like, you guys just aren't setting yourself up to win. But I talked to a few people from the label who were like, wait, you guys aren't with us anymore? It's like hey, listen, you're always on the guest list at a Shakedown show, you guys come out, thanks for putting in the work, man. Because it's hard to find people to work for you, and it's hard to find people who will work as hard as you will, so you have to do it yourself. Or at least, even like when it comes to making music videos or setting up photo shoots, or finding the direction. I feel like that has to come from the artist, because I feel like a lot of artists fall short when they're waiting on someone else to show them the direction.– Here at Full Circle Music studios with Jericho Scroggins.– Hey, hey.– Thanks for being on the show today, buddy.– Thank you for having me.– I love the clip that you picked, it was a Michael W. Smith interview, it was honestly one of my favorite ones to do. Why don't you talk just a little bit about what stood out to you from that, and why people should go back and listen to it?– Yeah. The initial part of it is how he was talking about the start of his career, and even how that's when he got married with Debbie, that was like in '81. So when the Amy Grant thing and all that kind of stuff, it was a very busy time for his career. And so they saw a bunch of marriages around that time falling apart. And so he does think it's hard for people to tour 200, 250 shows a year and keep a healthy marriage. So it was super cool to hear how he… One thing I didn't know about Michael and his career was, he was never away from his family more than two weeks. And it was just, like, mind-blowing to me thinking about that, just knowing his career and that kind of stuff. And so just how he goes through and talks about the priorities of that. You do have a career, but you also have family, and making sure they know where priorities lie and stuff like that, and his family always came above his career.– Yeah, and we get to interview a lot of super achievers on the show, so it's always cool to see that, you know what, they've not only got their stuff together on a career level, 'cause obviously Michael W. Smith's the top of the top, but he was really good about keeping accountability in place, as well.– Right. Yeah, that was definitely another part of it that I really liked, because, it's not only, like, when you go out and do your thing and that kind of stuff, still keeping a good group of, a team around you, that makes sure you're still doing what you're supposed to be doing. Whether it's heart-wise, faith-wise, even mind-wise, you know what I mean? Like making sure it's, even having them help him keep accountable to making sure he makes it home every two weeks. Or being a servant on the road, and things like that.– Yeah, and another really cool thing that I think you mentioned was this idea about talking to the younger you. What did you mean by that?– Yeah, there's this cool part where, it's the giving the advice to the younger you part. And it really stood out to me when he said, if I could tell the younger me, I would say it's not about you. And what he means by that is like, just earlier on realizing… Yeah, you're given these gifts and stuff like that, but realistically the gifts help other people, it's being a servant, making sure you're using the gifts for the right reason. Everybody wants to be successful, but it's like, how you wanna be successful dictates a different way in the way you look at it, and that kind of stuff, and that's his thing. Earlier on he looked at it a little bit differently, like, how many CDs does he sell, how good was the merch and that kind of stuff, and he realized pretty early on after that, he's like, it's not about that. It's not about you. Is he reaching the lives, is he reaching other people, and I think that goes across anything we do. The stuff we work on, even we don't go out there and tour with it, but it's still putting in the 100%, because at the end of the day, it's not about me.– That's right.– It's about that.– Yeah, that's good. Well here is a clip from our Full Circle Music Show episode with Michael W. Smith.– [Seth] Thinking back over all the years being an artist I think one of the things that I struggle with and a lot of young artists, or writers, or producers struggle with is the whole balance of being a creative versus being a good family man. How have you found balance over the years to kinda keep all of that together, what's the secret for that?– [Michael] Well, we made the rule, Deb and I, when this thing started really taking off, in the Amy thing, and then did the Friends tour, Big Picture tour, we started having children.– [Seth] So you were married early.– [Michael] I got married in '81 to Deb, so it'll be 35 years this year.– [Seth] Congratulations.– Thank you.– That's amazing.– [Michael] She's awesome. But we knew, I think we probably really knew, probably when I did the Lead Me On tour, which was… Probably the most successful, other than the Change Your World tour it was probably the most successful tour I've ever been a part of, 'cause we sold out arenas, me and Amy, all around the country, and in other countries, as well. And we just started seeing people in our genre and in other genres, when it came to being entertainers and all that sort of thing that marriages were falling apart left and right. And so we, I remember just having a talk with Deb and just going, you know… If we don't make some rules, there's probably more chances of us being a casualty than not. And we're not gonna be a casualty. And so we just made the rule, I'm not gonna ever be gone more than two weeks from my family, ever. Even if I had to cross the pond, and come back, and cross it again. And I was never gone from Deb and the kids for more than two weeks. Had a little aircraft, and I don't talk about that much, it was worth every penny, I thought, I've gotta get home to my family. And a lot of times I'd do a show and I would literally walk off stage, and got in a car, and I was on the jet and I was home at midnight and I'm driving carpool at 7:15. I did that for twelve-and-a-half years. And I think if you talked to my kids, I think, I think if you could have a private one-on-one, I think they would all say, we were more important to my dad than his career was. And now I got all these young bands, I got some of these young kids are all starting to come to me and ask me exactly what you asked me. And I think that's part of my role in the future is to sort of be a fatherly role and try to help kids. I just don't think you can do 250 shows on the road and keep a family together. And they say, well, we gotta pay the bills, we gotta make the house payment. My response is, then buy a smaller house.– [Seth] Wow. Is there anything that you would kinda say to the younger you when you were first getting into it that you're like, okay, you might wanna do that a little differently. Is there anything that kinda comes to mind like that?– [Michael] Well, I think heart-wise, I mean, obviously, we all grow up, we all make mistakes. If we really are seeking the Lord, we all get a little wiser as we get older, but I'd probably go back and tell myself at 23, 24 years old, I'd probably just say dude, it's not about you. That's probably the first thing I would say. I was so, like, how many records did we sell, and did we sell any t-shirts, and it was just so like… And it's hard, 'cause you're excited, and you wanna be successful and I think I just wish I'd have seen the bigger picture a little bit. And that's probably what I'd say to these young kids going, why are you here? Reconnect with why you're here, because you're not here to be a superstar. But there's nothing wrong with being successful, at all, but it just can't drive you, it can't just encompass everything that you do, it just can't. I always say, what's your contribution, think about… Even in the hard times, and trying to get the thing off the ground, are you making a contribution, are you changing somebody's life? So, it's that kind of stuff I'd probably say, and then, if I had to say something on the musical level, I'd say it all starts with a song.– X O'Connor sitting here with Mr. Seth Mosley, founder of Full Circle Music. Getting ready to talk a little podcast action. So, your favorite episode out of the, we're at episode 100 now.– Crazy, absolutely crazy.– Yeah.– And your favorite one was with Chris Houser under very interesting circumstances, from what I remember, kinda spontane, spontaneous.– It was very spontane, I like that slang.– You know, it's kinda like pre-Fontaine, that runner guy, but it's spontane, it kinda flows off the tongue.– This was a spontane moment, we were in the car, actually on a radio tour, and one thing that I've learned by doing a podcast is, we're really, as sort of journalists, trying to bring interesting stories to our audience about stuff that they'll actually care about, you kinda just have to be ready at all times. So I've got this little pocket recorder and a couple microphones, I stuck it in the bag 'cause I felt like we might have some interesting conversations on this Matt Hammitt radio promo tour. I went out with him at the beginning of the year to promote his first single, ‘Tears', off his record. And so I just brought it with me, and we were spending a lot of time in the car, so I was like, okay, there's gonna be something good. So it was under interesting circumstances, but I think, what I've loved about our podcast is when our guests kinda just go off the rails a little bit and just feel free to tell stories, and just crazy. And Chris is such a great story teller. So it was one of my favorite episodes. And not only because of the episode itself, but really because of my story and how I met Chris in the first place. And one thing that he did that stuck out to me that I'll never forget, we touch on that in the podcast, as well.– I love it. And he's known for hitting as many radio stations as humanly possible in a very brief time. I believe you said he has a record. Do you remember what the record is?– He does have a record, he said he hit 13 stations in three days.– Now, were you a part of that 13 stations in three days?– I think we did, maybe, we might have done eight in two days.– Eight in two, that's still rather impressive.– It was a decent few. But I love it because, so often in this business we think about the result more than the relationship. And one thing that he drove home that you'll hear in this clip is that he talks about, really what he does for a living is to get to go talk to his friends about music that he loves. He actually cares about the people. And there are very few people that I know in life, let alone in music, in anything, that have spent three decades serving one group of people. And that's just dedication.– Man, you said it right there.– Yep.– It's powerful.– I'm ready to go back and listen to the episode myself.– Me too.– So let's jump into this episode with Chris Houser.– [Seth] You talked about you started tapping into your skillset which, I don't even know if you remember this but when I first moved to Nashville, I talk a lot about this on our podcast that my first record that I got was Newsboys, Take Me to Your Leader, and my first label record I produced was this one called Newsboys Born Again which you were working on.– Yes.– [Seth] And I think I met you once, maybe at Wes' house. Then I saw you, I don't know, a month later or something and you were like, hey, Seth, it's good to see you, and the fact that you even just remembered my name —– Oh, wow.– was huge.– [Seth] To me, your competitive advantage is you actually care about people and you're great with relationships.– [Chris] Thank you, man. That means a lot, and again, it's a, this is a small industry we're in, and I'm in my 30th year of promotion, radio promotion. And I think I'm starting to get it figured out, but every once in a while something comes along and surprises me, but I've seen a lot of people come in and go out from this industry, and one of my favorite clients, Brash Music, who had Aaron Shust, and Gunger, their MO was life's too short to work with jerks. And I also believe very strongly that you reap what you sow, and whatever you sow, you reap way more, and you reap way later. It's just the way it is. You can go out to a field with a handful of seeds and throw it out into the field, you don't go out the next day and say oh my gosh, look at all the growth. It takes a long time, but all the growth that comes into a field from one handful of seeds. And so I've always tried to be about sowing good seed, doing my best to love people well, and not losing myself in the process, which at times has been a challenge for me. Yeah dude, I don't remember meeting you, and I wish I did, but it's been an amazing thing to watch your trajectory as well, and to be doing this. We're on a promo tour right now.– [Seth] Yeah, that's the fun thing right now, we're out with an artist named Matt Hammitt.– [Matt] Yeah, what's up?– [Seth] We're actually promoting his new single, Tears. So this is what you do all the time, right?– [Chris] Yes, so these radio stations, we're visiting six, seven radio stations in two days, my record is 13 stations in three days.– [Seth] Wow.– [Chris] That was up in the Midwest, that involved taking a high-speed ferry across Lake Michigan, from Muskegon, Michigan over to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, dropping off one rental car, picking up another rental car and continuing to go. But these radio stations have a hard job, they've got 50 to 75 singles getting work to them every week by 30 to 35 record promoters, both between labels and indies. And so one of the ways that we get noticed is by bringing artists directly to them. And Matt is so beloved for, you know, radio stations are gonna play Lead Me every day until Jesus comes back. It's just a matter of fact, no one's gonna get tired of Lead Me by Sanctus Real. And so I never worked a Sanctus Real record, I've watched them from afar and been so impressed with them and their ministry, and so, there are other people you could go to. But you came to me to take this record to radio, I'm very honored by it, but in addition, I'm moved by it. I have to love, this is what I tell people. I make a great living talking to my friends all day long about music I love.– [Seth] That's a pretty good job.– [Chris] So I turn down the records I don't love. I take the records that move me, and the records that I love, by artists that I respect. And, I'm calling my friends, I'm not calling adversaries, I'm not talking to people at radio that I have to buffalo, or steamroll, or belittle, or slam a phone down and swear, and call them jerks behind their backs. I love these people, these are my friends, so I get to just go bring Matt and you, Seth, to my friends for the next two days. And these are people who work hard, like me, back in the day, they do it way better than me but none of them are making major amounts of money. They're doing this for love and calling, and yet, they're the venue, they're the avenue that we will go through to get this song on the air. And it's already impacting countless, thousands of people around the country in a very, very short amount of time.– [Seth] Yeah, well even, on the Sirius Highway, or Sirius XM The Message, they debuted the lyric video, we were just looking on the way up here and it's already at 37,000 views and 893 shares, which is a pretty substantial metric for a brand new label, essentially relaunching an artist.– [Chris] Yes.– [Seth] So that's a huge thing.– [Chris] Yes.– [Seth] Are you ever surprised and shocked with like a song that you think is gonna work doesn't work, or a song that you don't think is gonna work just blows up?– [Chris] Yes. I would say, my joke on that is, through years of therapy I've been able to mellow out a little bit. But there were times 10 and 15 years ago that I was sure a song was gonna be a smash, and nobody wanted it. It's like these 115 radio PDs got together in a smoky room somewhere and all decided what they were going to tell us promoters for the next year, and then they'd all go like, break! And they'd clap hands and they'd walk out. And so when I would get this massive pushback on a song, in the early days of this kinda promotion, I would go like, I don't know what a hit is anymore, I've lost it. And then I would go to the next step, I'm like, Am I even a Christian? And then I'd go all the way to like, God, are you even there, if I can't… And so, again, years of therapy have helped mellow me out, and life experience, just to get into a better spot of going, you know what, sometimes I'm wrong, a lot of times I'm right, and sometimes it's the radio stations that will say, oh, no, that's not a hit. I try to slow the no, I try to slow them down, because it's like, if you make a pronouncement, a negative pronouncement on a song this early, it's gonna be that much harder for you to admit you're wrong eight months down the line, six months down the line, let's just calm down, you tell me no now, that's fine. I'm just gonna find 20 people that you respect and get them to play the song, and we'll come back around, we'll just keep talking about it.– [Seth] And those people they respect, is that other radio promoters?– [Chris] No, no, other radio stations.– [Seth] Radio stations.– [Chris] Other radio stations. So then they're watching around to see who else, 'cause it's all defensive posturing and maneuvering. It's all, they don't wanna add a record, a radio station will say, we'll never be hurt by a record we don't play. Do you get that?– [Seth] Wow.– [Chris] We can never be hurt by a record we don't play, meaning, we might be hurt if we go too early on a song that our listeners end up not liking. So we'd rather watch the landscape and see what people are playing out here, and it's like, okay, that's fine. There are leaders, there are followers. If you need to be a follower on this, no harm, no foul, we're just gonna keep working this.– So I'm sitting here with Logan Crockett, VP of marketing for Full Circle Music and, man, what a ride it's been, we're on episode 100 on the Full Circle Music Show and we're talking about our favorites, favorite moments, and why listeners should probably go back and listen to some. And I love that you picked the Tony Wood episode. So what stood out to you about that, and why should people go back and listen?– Yeah, for sure. So with me, my perspective on the podcast is probably a little bit different from a lot of the rest of the staff. I've been around for just over a year, now actually working for Full Circle, but initially, listening to this podcast, I was, completely from the outside looking in, I was just, kinda like a lot of the people probably listening and/or watching this, someone just trying to kind of find their lane, their path in the music industry. And this episode with Tony Wood and this clip that we're about to play just really stuck out to me as something that I've never, ever forgotten. For so long, I mean I've been pursuing the music industry for years. And it always felt like, man, if you can just get kinda that one meeting with that publisher or that record later, or whatever company, just meet that right person and get that connection. If you can just do that, that's kind of hopefully the gateway to greater things, that kind of, getting that meeting, basically. But in this clip, Tony explained that it was so much more about getting meeting number two than about getting meeting number one. Because it really does make sense, getting meeting number two means that, if you had meeting number one, they have to like you enough to invite you back. And the way that Tony explained it in this clip, it was just, it was such a massive mindset shift for me because it just, it reformed my entire strategy for what I was trying to do with the music industry. It became so much more about okay, yes, meeting one obviously has to happen, but actually that's the easy part. So my goal was how do I get meeting number two? Meeting number one kinda flew out the window, and everything became about how do I score meeting number two, no matter what relationship I'm building, no matter what opportunity I'm pursuing. The goal became meeting number two.– Yeah, and in music, it's often about finding someone who is really where you want to be. And kind of emulating them. Wasn't there something that stood out in the episode about that, in particular?– Yeah he, Tony had kinda got his start thanks to someone named Tom Long, who was kinda that first person who really believed in him and helped introduce him to other people. And that was another big mindset thing for me, too, was this idea that, there's a lot in the music industry that you can control, there's a lot of things that you can do yourself to push yourself forward, but, it's going to be really, really, really difficult to get where you ultimately want to be if you're not finding someone else who can kinda elevate you. You need to find a champion, or a guide, someone who can get you further along the steps that you need to go.– I love it, and there's also this concept of, do your homework that Tony hits on, what did you mean by that, 'cause you were saying that that stood out to you.– Yeah. So yeah, again, all this stuff is in the clip that we're about to play, but Tony, it's a very kind of quick comment that Tony mentions, but when he was first meeting these other writers around town, and other publishers, he said that he did his homework on who they were and what they were up to. So basically, that really stood out to me 'cause now working for Full Circle, we have a lot of people who come through a lot of our events and things like that, but it feels like a lot of them haven't done their homework. A lot of them don't know like even, who is Full Circle and what are the different things that we do, what songs have we been working on, things like that. Normally I'm on a lot of calls with people through our academy and things like that, normally I have to completely explain almost from ground zero, what it is that we do, who we are, things like that. Not the case for everyone, but all that to say is if you are pursuing the music industry, before, and this kinda goes back into meeting one versus meeting two but before you get meeting one, make sure you do your homework, so that way you're giving your best first impression, and you're having amazing talking points when you do finally have the opportunity to sit down and have those interactions.– That's good. One thing that I love that we get to do with the academy, with our events, with courses and all of this stuff that we're doing is that we're helping dreamers, essentially. And there's kind of this common thread that we've heard, and I think you mentioned that Tony hits on this in the podcast. But this concept of, just trying, just giving it a try.– Yeah.– And why is that important, do you think?– Towards the end of the clip that we're about to play, Tony mentioned kind of his ultimate motivation towards, the big jump to moving to Nashville and pursuing all these opportunities. And his whole thing was like, you know, there's so many great opportunities in life. You don't have to be in the music industry, not everyone is meant to be in the music industry. The music industry is very competitive, not everyone who wants to be in it is going to be in it. But Tony's whole point was, that just really resonated with me was this idea of man, like if I don't just try and kind of give it everything that I have, a no is okay. Like if I meet the right people, and if I'm perfecting my craft and it's not good enough to be where it needs to be for the industry, then at least I tried, and I can live with that. But his big thing was like, man, if I don't try and give it all that I have, I won't be able to live with that. And that just resonated so much with me at the time, 'cause again, this was like, I think early 2016. So again, at the time, my involvement in the music industry was a little limited, I'd recently gotten out of college with my music business degree. I had a really great marketing job, but I wasn't that involved in the music industry, I was like running sound with my church and some things like that. But I knew that… In my being, I'm like, the music industry is where I ultimately want to be. And I was in a place where I kinda had a good job and all that sort of thing, but it was like, man, can I live with it if I don't do all that I can to get myself down to Nashville, to pursue these opportunities. And Tony just saying that, it's like, it was like he was speaking for me in that moment. Like yes, like that is ultimately where I'm at and I decided, there is no way that I will be able to live with it if I don't try, and give it all that I have, no matter what the outcome is.– And here you are.– Indeed.– Fruit of the podcast, that's awesome. Well here is a clip from Tony Wood interview on the Full Circle Music Show.– ASCAP was real helpful to me early as a songwriter, there was a conference that they offered like about five or six Monday nights in a row in October, where they brought in writers, producers, publishers, some great instruction. Something in that that was so significant, songwriter Dwight Liles said, the hardest meeting to get in Nashville with a publisher is not the first meeting, the hardest meeting to get is the second meeting. And it just killed me in that moment, 'cause I am such an introvert. And they would use the word networking and I hate the word, 'cause networking feels like, walk across this room and introduce yourself to this stranger, and tell them why they need to get to know you. And it's like, it's against everything within me, I'd rather just take a beating than do that. And I was like oh, no, if the hardest meeting to get is the second one, I'd better be ready when I get that, when I finally get the nerve up to go introduce myself, I gotta know that I'm ready. So that sends me into a month or so of panic about what do I do, what do I do. And I came up with this idea, Tom Long was the head of membership at ASCAP at that time, and he had put the conference on. The conference had happened three or four months earlier and I'd been stewing on that. And so here was the first professional initiation for me, I picked up the phone and I called Tom. And I said Tom, in the course that you moderated, somebody said the hardest meeting to get with a publisher is not the first, the hardest is the second. I need to be ready, I need somebody to tell me if I'm ready. And here comes the ask, Tom, will you be that man for me? And Tom says well, nobody's kinda ever asked me that, but okay, I tell you what, every couple of months, give me a call, bring me some of the lyrics that you're writing, and I'll take a look at them and tell you. I can't tell my story without such gratitude to Tom, Tom Long, for that. So I take the first meeting with Tom Long, walk in, the three current pieces of paper that I've typed up, put them on his desk, sit there, quietly feeling my organs separating while he's reading them all, just the tension, just dying right there. And Tom reads three and says, I've got some people you need to meet, get in the car. Drove me around to four publishers. I had done my homework, I knew who the publishers, I knew these people, I knew who their writers were, I knew the songs that they were having success with at that point. The first three dismissed me pretty quickly and go, eh, thanks but no thanks, and the fourth one was Michael Puryear who was with a small company, Lorenz Creative Services that was going at the time. They had just signed Steven Curtis, though before his first record, that was his first home, and they had recently signed Marcus Hummon who wrote God Bless the Broken Road. So it was kind of this small little boutique thing that was going, and Michael is more of a lyric guy, and he said, oh, why don't you start hanging around here some, and let me see if I can get some of our guys to write with you. And that was… The life changing moment for me, I'm so grateful to Michael for early belief in me.– [Seth] Sure. So, backing up, 'cause just the move to Nashville is such a huge leap of faith in the moment, I don't wanna gloss over that, for you and your wife. I'm sure that was just like a monumental thing. How does somebody know when they're ready to do that.– [Tony]Nobody knows, there is no knowing, there is nobody that's gonna say the time is right. It is that line between faith and foolishness. That's so close in there, you don't know. But I remembered, there was a point when I was finishing up school and still writing frantically, accumulating lots of sheets of paper. And they were in a box kinda under a bed. Early 20s, and I remember thinking, I can't imagine hitting 50 and not knowing, and not trying. I could live if I dared to show those to somebody and they said, ah, thanks but no, there's really not a place for you. But I couldn't live with myself if I didn't at least try. I remember sometimes feeling almost claustrophobic at that thought like, if I hit 50, and I've never at least tried, I almost couldn't breathe thinking about that. So that was some of the motivation that, you know if they had said, no thanks, go away, I could've lived with that, I could've gone and gotten, I could've worked at a church and been real happy with that, knowing that I tried. But not trying just was killer.– [X] Hey everyone, this is X O'Connor and you've been listening to the Full Circle Music Show, they why of the music biz, hope everyone enjoyed our episode 100, the special episode. It's impossible to believe that it's been 100 episodes already. And again, this is our last episode for a little bit, we're gonna be coming back at you with our brand new, re-imagined, rebranded podcast, the Made It in Music podcast, it's gonna be starting Monday, March 26th. It's so exciting, we're so pumped. So again, remember, March 26th, that's a Monday, that's gonna be the official beginning of the Made It in Music podcast. And we have some huge names already lined up for this, you guys are gonna be super excited about what we've got to come. It's gonna be more great content, for free, for you. We're looking forward to seeing you Monday, March 26th.The post Episode 100: The Best of The Full Circle Music Show appeared first on Full Circle Music. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week on the Full Circle Music Show, we have the ever so wonderful, Kalley Heiligenthal! Kalley is a worship leader and songwriter at Bethel Church and with Bethel Music in Redding, California. You may be familiar with some of her own songs, “Spirit Move” and “Ever Be”. Kalley takes us through the adventurous undertaking of writing “Ever Be”. Sometimes songs can be spontaneous or on the contrary, take years to come into full shape. This song is a perfect use of both time frames. Listen in as we explore the birth of a song and the work and love it takes to complete it.Check us out at www.fullcirclemusic.comFollow us on Instagram @officialFCMusicSubscribe to our YouTube Page for more incredible resources just like this one, all FREE for our friends like you.As always, thanks for listening and be sure to give us a review on iTunes if you have not already done so. We appreciate your feedback!The post FCM099 – The Work and Love It Takes To Finish A Song with Kalley Heiligenthal appeared first on Full Circle Music. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week on the Full Circle Music Show, Wisdom Moon drops by with a ton of wisdom! Wisdom is the Head of Marketing for Integrity Music and started the All About Worship Podcast (a resource that is dedicated to equip, encourage, and inspire worship leaders, worship teams, and Christian songwriters). In this episode, Wisdom takes a few questions from our Instagram live audience. Topics range anywhere between how to get gigs as independent bands to how your bands Instagram account can become more successful and help you get attention. This episode is a must-listen for any aspiring artist looking to take their songs to the next level and get noticed by labels!Check us out at www.fullcirclemusic.comFollow us on Instagram @officialFCMusicSubscribe to our YouTube Page for more incredible resources just like this one, all FREE for our friends like you.As always, thanks for listening and be sure to give us a review on iTunes if you have not already done so. We appreciate your feedback!The post FCM098 – Music Marketing Veteran Wisdom Moon Spills His Secrets and Strategies appeared first on Full Circle Music. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week on the Full Circle Music Show, we are live at our Songwriter’s Retreat. Mike Murray, Publishing at Integrity music and David Leonard, Singer/Songwriter from All Sons & Daughters bring their experiences and knowledge to the crowd.They answer some of our questions such as what is the relationship like between publisher and songwriter and how can a songwriter get their first publishing deal? How to take an idea and write about it, and how to complete it…This and so much more is discussed. You don’t want to miss this week’s episode with Mike and David!Check us out at www.fullcirclemusic.comFollow us on Instagram @officialFCMusicSubscribe to our YouTube Page for more incredible resources just like this one, all FREE for our friends like you.As always, thanks for listening and be sure to give us a review on iTunes if you have not already done so. We appreciate your feedback!The post FCM097 – How To Create A Winning Songwriter/Publisher Relationship with David Leonard & Mike Murray appeared first on Full Circle Music. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week on the Full Circle Music Show, we were fortunate enough to sit down with legendary Atlantic Records head of A&R, Andy Karp. Andy signed artists such as Skillet, Kid Rock, Uncle Cracker and Simple Plan under Atlantic and Lava records through the 90’s and early 2000’s.Andy gives us helpful tips to take our internships and make them the most beneficial and productive. But we must be willing to work HARD. Join Andy, Seth, and X as they share stories you won’t want to miss on this week’s episode!Check us out at www.fullcirclemusic.comFollow us on Instagram @officialFCMusicSubscribe to our YouTube Page for more incredible resources just like this one, all FREE for our friends like you.As always, thanks for listening and be sure to give us a review on iTunes if you have not already done so. We appreciate your feedback!The post FCM096 – Story Time with Andy Karp, A&R Legend Who Has Signed Kid Rock, Skillet, Simple Plan, and Many More appeared first on Full Circle Music. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On this week’s Full Circle Music Show, our live Songwriting Retreat audience sat down with CCM Singer/songwriter, Tim Timmons.Some helpful tips Tim has for you this episode:•Try writing songs influenced from your prayers.•Where does your motivation come from?•Think and pray about this: Does the church need YOUR songs?•How important should your hooks be? (Hint: VERY)•And so much more…This episode is a must-listen for anyone looking to take their songwriting and faith to the next level.Check us out at www.fullcirclemusic.comFollow us on Instagram @officialFCMusicSubscribe to our YouTube Page for more incredible resources just like this one, all FREE for our friends like you.As always, thanks for listening and be sure to give us a review on iTunes if you have not already done so. We appreciate your feedback!The post FCM095 – Live From Our Songwriters Retreat with Tim Timmons appeared first on Full Circle Music. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Seth is a Grammy Winning Music Producer and Songwriter with over 700 Songs, Billboard #1 Producer of the Year in 2013. He's an investor and the owner of Full Circle Music. Top 3 Value Bombs: 1. Do the work! 2. Don’t look for your cheapest option, rather look for the BEST. 3. Whatever industry you’re in, your business is a service business. Visit Seth’s website - Full Circle Music Sponsors: TransferWise: A multi-currency account that makes it cheaper to pay - and get paid - in foreign currencies. Join the 2m people who are already saving on international transaction fees! Head to TransferWise.com/fire to try it for free! Four Sigmatic: Mushroom Coffee - that doesn't actually taste like mushrooms - and that has a ton of benefits! It tastes just like regular coffee, and I love that it gives me a strong and steady energy force that lasts the entire day thanks to the active ingredient: Lion’s mane mushroom. Visit FourSigmatic.com/fire and enter promo code FIRE for 15% off your order today!

Bart Millard of MercyMe, Trevor McNevan of Thousand Foot Krutch, Colton Dixon, I Am They, Matt Hammitt, Tim Timmons, Seth and Jen from Skillet, and Seth Mosley all share some stories that you've never heard before, about Christmas. Some are absolutely hilarious, so listen all the way through to the end, even if you don't know some of these artists. It's worth the listen.Big announcement coming in the next month about our podcast! So don't miss it.As we head into Christmas 2017, we want to wish you the merriest of Christmases from our team here at Full Circle Music!www.fullcirclemusic.comThe post FCM094 [SPECIAL EPISODE] – Christmas stories from today's biggest Christian artists! appeared first on Full Circle Music. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We are live from Full Circle Music Academy's Songwriters Retreat. Here we have many music makers asking questions about the music industry. The how to's on publishing, writing songs, future of music, music and family, etc. You get to hear from our staff give insight on each of these questions.Seth Mosley – Founder of Full Circle Music and Songwriter/ProducerX – Producer/EngineerStacey Willbur – VP of A&R and PublishingJerricho Scroggins – VP of Operations and EngineerLogan Crockett – VP of MarketingTo keep up with us throughout the week feel free to follow us on all socials @officialFCMusicThe post FCM093 – The Big Questions Music Makers Are Asking About Today's Industry with Full Circle Music appeared first on Full Circle Music. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Hunter Brothers have had several country radio hits, including a current Top 10 with their song, “Born and Raised”, which was co-written by Seth Mosley, Brad Rempel from High Valley, and Jim Beavers, who has penned hits for Chris Stapleton, Tim McGraw, Luke Bryan, and more.This episode is live from the Full Circle Music Academy Songwriter's Retreat, we have the Hunter Brothers telling you their story. How can a farmer, family man, and an ice hockey player have a music career? Listen to this podcast as these guys share the hurdles they have overcome and how they got to where they are today, as signed artists to Universal Records / Open Road Canada. Hunter Brothers' uncle is Jim Hunter, Canadian Olympic Skier, and their father was the first figure skater in the world to do a complete back-flip on ice.Listen to this episode of the Full Circle Music Show and you'll see why the Hunter Brothers are among the most recognized up-and-coming acts to hit the country music scene.www.fullcirclemusic.comwww.fullcirclemusicshow.comInterview by Seth Mosley, Grammy-Winning Music Producer and Songwriter, Founder of Full Circle Music.The post FCM092 – How One Family Went from Farming to a Thriving Country Music Career: The Hunter Brothers appeared first on Full Circle Music. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On this episode Scott sits down with grammy award winning producer and songwriter Seth Mosley to talk about success through serving others, learning to love the process, and getting better at your craft. To listen to Seth's podcast, the Full Circle Music Show, click here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/full-circle-music-show/id1065294635?mt=2 Check out Full Circle Music here: http://fullcirclemusic.org To check out Full Circle Music Academy click here : http://thefullcircleacademy.com

This week on the Full Circle Music Show, join our live Songwriting Retreat audience with Ginny Owens, a multiple Dove award-winning CCM Artist/Songwriter.Ginny shares her heart and gives truths to being a successful songwriter. Throughout her 20+ year career, she has learned three key elements for a life of songwriting bliss:1.Songwriting is a journey with a friend.2.Songwriting is an art form.3.Songwriting is a sought-after treasure guarded by an enemy.This episode is a must-listen for any aspiring artist looking to take their songwriting to the next level.Check us out at www.fullcirclemusic.comFollow us on Instagram @officialFCMusicSubscribe to our YouTube Page for more incredible resources just like this one, all FREE for our friends like you.As always, thanks for listening and be sure to give us a review on iTunes if you have not already done so. We appreciate your feedback!The post FCM091 – The 3 Key Elements of a Songwriting Career: with Ginny Owens appeared first on Full Circle Music. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today's podcast is a special episode. Matt Hammitt has had an incredible journey. Most people met him during his days of Sanctus Real and so the big question is what has he been doing since then…In this episode we hear about his journey from Sanctus Real til now. The walk of faith, trusting God, the trials his family has overcome, etc. All this can be heard and can also be heard throughout his new album that's available everywhere. This album was special for us since this was our first album released through our record label. We didn't believe the world needed another album but instead songs with a purpose and that's what Matt Hammitt's new album fulfills.Follow @MattHammitt on all socials and signup for his email at matthammittmusic.com to keep up to date with what he's doing. Also make sure to follow @officialfcmusic to keep up to date with what we are doing as well.The post FCM090 – Special Album Release Behind the Scenes with Matt Hammitt appeared first on Full Circle Music. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.