Middle Class Musician

Today's guest is Amy Peters, who is a pop singer / songwriter and producer based out of Nashville. I was in a songwriting bootcamp with her and was blown away but her tracks, so I wanted to bring her on. This conversation is a great look into the mind of someone who is extremely talented, and pretty early in her career. I think it will be really helpful to many of you. We cover top

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

Have you ever tried to play music in real time with others over a zoom call? If so, you probably quickly found that latency (the delay between the time you play a note and they hear you and vice versa) made that task all but impossible. Today's guest, Mike Dickey, solved this problem and we wanted to get him on the podcast to share the amazing implications this has for the future

When Webster Tileston first heard about Dolby Atmos (also known as "Immersive Audio") he was fascinated as an audio engineer... but ultimately he assumed it would soon pass along like many other audio trends. But when word that Apple Music, TIDAL and many others were interested in adding Dolby Atmos streaming to their platforms, he took a second look. Now Webster and his business p

Many have said that finding the right songwriting partner is very similar to the process of finding a romantic partner. So what if we could use an app to find fellow songwriters simply by swiping? That's what Richard Casper and Kevin McCarty bet on when they created We Should Write Sometime - an app referred to as "tinder" for songwriters. On today's episode, I chat with them about

This episode we sit down to talk with Stephen Day about his new album, "The Shapes I'm In". Our conversation covers: the scattered nature of our digital lives affecting the art we create the differences in self producing verses the traditional studio workflow how Covid led him to find the "why" behind being an artist why he thinks it is important to put yourself fully into the wo

These days, terms like “hustle culture” and “the grind” are being thrown all the time. But are these concepts helping or hurting your creative output? Host Andrew Galucki and this week’s guest Ryan Waczek explore the dark side of “hustling” and how it may be hurting your creative process. Recording music? Get professional remote music services at discounted rates:

How do you stay creative during super stressful times? Vian Izak did just that and created an album in one of the most stressful years... well, ever. Our conversation covers: collaboration vs working alone the art of creating a purpose for an album the importance of holding your vision loosely to allow the project to find its own voice how to take advantage of remote collaborati

Covid got you thinking about new ways to cowrite songs? Today we dive deep into the process of cowriting a song when you're not in the same room as your cowriter. Here to share his experiences with us is longtime friend of the show, Bryce Cain. We cover: We cover topics like the necessity of vision for a cowrite Must have tech tools going into a cowrite The importance of creativ

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