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This week we're talking with https://www.emmaswift.com/ (Emma Swift), a Nashville-by-way-of-Australia singer-songwriter who garnered some serious attention last year with her release of https://emmaswift.bandcamp.com/album/blonde-on-the-tracks (Blonde On The Tracks). We were excited to talk to Emma as a follow-up to our recent newsletter piece highlighting an atypical release strategy -- one that does NOT involve releasing songs to streaming platforms on the official release date. Emma breaks down her impetus for doing a "physical or download-only" release, how the plan was formed, and touches on all of the moving parts of her release cycle. She'll also provide some advice to developing artists on how to approach your next release. As promised in the outro of the podcast, here's info on Emma's team that worked this release: UK publicist: Rachel Silver - https://silverpr.co.uk/about/ (https://silverpr.co.uk/about/) US publicist: Ken Weinstein - https://www.bighassle.com/ (https://www.bighassle.com) US radio promo: Brad Paul - http://www.bradpaulmedia.com/ (http://www.bradpaulmedia.com) Distribution: http://www.thinkindie.com/ (ThinkIndie) in the US; https://www.thegroovemerchants.com/ (MGM Planet) in Australia. Emilee Warner helped manage my campaign for four months. She was particularly good at Nashville related hookups: advertising on Lightning100, a mural at Grimey's, booking Blackbird for a live stream.
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Nashville's own, Matthew Perryman Jones, returned to the Lightning 100 One RPM studio to chat with LT Dan Buckley. He started by playing a Paul Simon cover, you may have heard at one of his shows over the past 20 years.http://ftp.wrlt.com/dan/16/161020mpj.mp3
K.S. Rhoads and Lucie Silvas stopped by the Lightning 100 studio to chat with Lt Dan Buckley before their 2014 Musicians Corner performance. http://ftp.wrlt.com/production/int/14/140530KSRhoads.mp3
In 2012 I had the opportunity to chat with the legendary Steve Winwood. It was a short interview but he sent us a bunch of cool live tracks and we turned it into an edition of Music Business Radio. It was originally helping promote a concert he had coming up in Nashville at The Woods Amphitheater. We replayed this interview over the weekend and I wanted to share it with everyone here as well. Please let me know if you like it! buckley@tunedin.comhttp://ftp.wrlt.com/production/mbr/podcast/14/mbr2012Winwood.mp3Steve Winwood was a key member of The Spencer Davis Group, Traffic, Blind Faith, and Go. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Traffic in 2004.In 2005, Winwood was honored as a BMI Icon at the annual BMI London Awards for his "enduring influence on generations of music makers."In 2008, Rolling Stone magazine ranked Winwood #33 in its 100 Greatest Singers of All Time.Winwood has won numerous Grammy Awards in the United States, including Record of the Year and Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for his solo album, Back in the High Life.In this special edition episode, hosted by Dan Buckley, Steve talks about his four-decade music career, his early start in the music business, his love of Nashville, and more...https://soundcloud.com/music-business-radio/episode-159-steve-winwood
Ingrid Michaelson stopped by the Lightning 100 studio in Nashville, TN the day after performing in front of a sold out crowd at Ryman Auditorium!http://ftp.wrlt.com/production/int/14/140522IngridMichaelson.mp3
Nashville's own Jars of Clay - performing live in the Lightning 100 studio. http://ftp.wrlt.com/production/int/14/140425jarsofclay.mp3
Dan from Augustana dropped by the Lightning 100 studio in Nashville, TN to catch up with us. His new album comes out tomorrow and since the last record Dan has relocated to Music City. http://ftp.wrlt.com/production/int/14/140418Augustana.mp3
Sarah Jarosz came to the Lightning 100 studio in Nashville, TN to perform 3 songs live from her latest album on Sugar Hill records.http://ftp.wrlt.com/production/int/14/140417SarahJarosz.mp3
Nashville's own The Apache Relay performing live on Lightning 100http://ftp.wrlt.com/production/int/14/140411ApacheRelay.mp3
Nashville's own Wild Cub stopped by the Lightning 100 studio today before their show tonight at Exit In. They performed two songs live from their debut album Youth. Catch them this evening or at shows all over the country and the UK in May.http://ftp.wrlt.com/production/int/14/140402WildCub.mp3
Korby Lenker Interview and Performanceç stopped by the Lightning 100 studio before his CD release show at The Rutledge.http://ftp.wrlt.com/production/int/14/140321KorbyLenker.mp3
LT Dan & Larry Kloess from Cause A Scene MusicLt Dan Buckley grabbed Larry Kloess, founder of Cause A Scene Music, for a fun radio show at the Lightning 100 studio. Larry brought over some of his favorite Nashville artists and a few performances from some shows he put on. Larry told us about some upcoming concerts, his plans at SXSW2014, his involvement with Communion, and his new gig as VP of Artist Relations withCloseUp.FMThe Lower Caves - Cat Call KidsNeulore - Shadow of a ManKatie Herzig - SummerJoseph Lemay - Molly My GirlLiza Anne - Thin IceNoah Gunderson - Fake Plastic Trees (live)David Ramirez - Stick Around (live)http://ftp.wrlt.com/production/int/14/140306LarryKloes.mp3
The Wood Brothers stopped by the Lightning 100 studio for an interview and performance before their 2 night run at 3rd & Lindsley in Nashville, TN. All 3 members of the band are officially calling Music City home now!http://ftp.wrlt.com/production/int/14/140307WoodBros.mp3
Underground with Dan & JaredLightning 100's Lt. Dan Buckley and Nashville's own Jared Corder from *REPEAT REPEAT go way underground into Nashville's indie scene. Join them for over an hour as they listen to deep tracks and unreleased material from Nashville's best.http://ftp.wrlt.com/production/int/14/140228DJunderground.mp3
Kristin LarkinNashville's own Kristin Larkin stopped by the Lightning 100 studio to chat with her old friend Lt Dan about her new ep Regardless. She brought along her producer Julia Sinclair and they talked about and listened to a few tracks from the album.http://ftp.wrlt.com/production/int/14/140227KristinLarkin.mp3
G. Love - LiveG. Love stopped by the Lightning 100 studio in Nashville, TN to chat live on air with Lightning 100's Lt. Dan. He performed 3 songs acoustic from his new album Sugar due out April 22nd, 2014.http://ftp.wrlt.com/production/int/14/140225G.Love.mp3
Cory Branan - Live on Lightning 100Cory Branan stopped by the Lightning 100 studio Friday February 14th, 2014 to chat live on air with Lt Dan. Cory performed 2 new songs from his upcoming album and one from a previous record. http://ftp.wrlt.com/production/int/14/corybranan.mp3
Ed Kowalcyk Performance and InterviewEd Kowalcyk, the former lead singer of Live, stopped by the Lightning 100 studio before his show at the Franklin Theatre, Thursday November 14th, 2013. We listened to a track from his new solo album, The Flood and the Mercy and he played a track live solo acoustic. http://ftp.wrlt.com/production/int/14/EdKowalcyk.mp3
My interview with Todd Snider of Hard Working Americans.http://ftp.wrlt.com/production/int/14/mbr2014ToddSnider.mp3
Late last year I had some great in studio guests for an even better cause. Nashville resident Trent Dabbs and Nashville cast member Sam Palladio, along with musician Colin Linden, came into the Lightning 100 studio. They chatted about writing together, ABC’s Nashville, and helped raise awareness for the victims of the Typhoon Haiyan. Haiyan was an exceptionally powerful tropical cyclone that devastated portions of Southeast Asia, particularly the Phillipines, in early November 2013. It is the deadliest Phillipine Typhoon on record,killing over 6,000 people in that country alone.http://ftp.wrlt.com/production/int/14/SamTrentCollinFULL2013.mp3https://soundcloud.com/lightning100/sam-palladio-trent-dabbs-with
Thurston Moore of Sonic YouthAs a kid in High School I fell in love with the band Sonic Youth. Much thanks in large part to my buddy Dan Chin who would make mix tapes to play in my car. We listened to Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr, Pavement, Super Chunk, Archers of Loaf and even some Digable Planets. Fast forward a million years later and Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth is hanging out with me in the Lightning 100 studio. It's the only time I've ever been allowed to play Sonic Youth on the radio and I loved every minute of it!http://ftp.wrlt.com/production/int/14/131111ThurstonMoore.mp3https://soundcloud.com/lightning100/thurston-moore
It is our fourth day and I've almost survived the weekend! Only three bands left!!! We kicked it off this morning with, They Might Be Giants. Then we had, Everest, Medeski Martin and Wood, Regina Spektor, Ingrid Michaelson, and Phoenix. Calexico is performing right now and coming in next for an interview. Then we will have, John Butler Trio and Martin Sexton. It has been another great adventure!They Might Be Giants http://ftp.wrlt.com/production/bonnaroo/10/TheyMightBeGiants.mp3Everest http://ftp.wrlt.com/production/bonnaroo/10/Everest.mp3Medeski Martin and Wood http://ftp.wrlt.com/production/bonnaroo/10/MedeskiMartinandWood.mp3Regina Spektor http://ftp.wrlt.com/production/bonnaroo/10/ReginaSpektor.mp3 Ingrid Michaelson http://ftp.wrlt.com/production/bonnaroo/10/IngridMichaelson.mp3Phoenix http://ftp.wrlt.com/production/bonnaroo/10/Phoenix.mp3And the Watson Twins popped in to take advantage of our air conditioned trailer...
We have two days left of Backstage craziness. Avett Brothers and Nortec Collective have already been here and a band called, Truth & Salvage, is performing right now. They have some amazing harmonies! I haven't heard of them yet but that isn't the first time I have discovered a band here! We are pretty sure that when John Prine comes over this afternoon, Old Crow Medicine Show, will be backing him! We are also getting, Mumford and Sons! They popped in before dropping off their gear and heading over to the Lunar stage to watch the Fifa World Cup! The crowd over there is going to be insane!We also have the Dead Weather popping by the studio for a quick interview!!!Brandi Carlile, Caitlin Rose, and Dave Rawlings Machine will be popping by as well!Wish me luck! I'll post the interviews here when possible.Here are the interviews from Saturday:Avett Brothers http://ftp.wrlt.com/production/bonnaroo/10/AvettBrothers.mp3Nortec Collective http://ftp.wrlt.com/production/bonnaroo/10/NortecCollective.mp3Truth and Salvage Co. http://ftp.wrlt.com/production/bonnaroo/10/TruthandSalvageCo.mp3John Prine http://ftp.wrlt.com/production/bonnaroo/10/JohnPrine.mp3John Prine XRT http://ftp.wrlt.com/production/bonnaroo/10/JohnPrineXRT.mp3Dead Weather http://ftp.wrlt.com/production/bonnaroo/10/DeadWeather.mp3Dave Rawlings http://ftp.wrlt.com/production/bonnaroo/10/DaveRawlingsMachine.mp3Internet has been pretty flaky all weekend. Of course, we are in the middle of a field in Manchester, TN!
This week on Tuned In we talk about Civil Rights. The Tennessee State Museum has opened an exhibit entitled, We Shall Not Be Moved. The 50th Anniversary of Tennessee’s Civil Rights Sit-Ins. I had the chance to speak with the curator of the exhibit, Graham Perry, and Dr. Allen Cason, who took part in the Sit-ins over 50 years ago!Here is a picture of us in the Lightning 100 studios:We recorded a 20 minute interview, which I edited, that will air this Sunday morning at 7am on Lightning 100. 100.1 FM in the Franklin / Nashville, TN area and online at http://Lightning100.comHere is a link to listen to our interview on demand:http://ftp.wrlt.com/production/tunedin/10/100214tnstatemuseum.mp3We also recorded an additional interview which I will post here soon. In part two, Dr. Cason shared his experiences in greater detail. Including some of the tough times he encountered after being sent to prison. Graham Perry also asked Dr. Cason many interesting and historical questions in the second part of our interview.Thanks to the Tennessee State Musuem and to Mary Skinner for helping set up this interview. The exhibit is on display until May 16th, 2010. In the museums changing galleries Located at Fifth and Deaderick Streets in downtown Nashville. The museum is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday admission is always free to the Tennessee State Museum.Please go see the exhibit, it is FREE!
This week my guests on Tuned In are husband and wife, Mike and Missy Wilson of Brent Gambrell ministries. They've been traveling to Haiti for many years now and earlier this week adopted a little girl named Tia, who had been in an orphanage in Haiti. She came with them this morning for the interview. Listen in as they share their story and inspirational message with us.http://ftp.wrlt.com/production/tunedin/10/100124brentgambrell.mp3Tuned In airs at 7am Sunday morning on 100.1 FM in Nashville, TN on Lightning 100 and online at http://Lightning100.comFor more on Brent Gambrell ministries visit http://www.brentgambrell.com/