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#141: Gretchen Peters – From Songwriter to Performer

Gretchen PetersGretchen Peters is a Grammy nominated, Nashville singer-songwriter who has always been fiercely independent and true to her own vision. In fact, she’s managed to retain ownership of all her music.

Gretchen began her career as a songwriter in Nashville, but struggled at first to gain success as a performer (who also performed original music). Gretchen talks about the Nashville songwriting industry: how it was, how it has changed, and how she found success writing songs for big name artists.

Join us as Gretchen describers a journey of music, songwriting, performing, and staying independent.

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#131: Ari Herstand – Should You Pay to Play?

Ari_Herstand_lb_10_bigAri Herstand is asinger/songwriter and bloggerbased in Los Angeles, California. Ari has played over 600 shows and writes about being an independent musician on his blog, Ari’s Take. He also regularly contributes to popular indie music news and advice sites, including our very own DIY Musician Blog.

In this episode, Ari sits down with CD Baby’s Kevin Breuner to talk about the phenomenon of “pay to play” gigs for bands. Ari recently penned an article on the subject and it garnered quite a bit of attention, not to mention a lot of interesting responses. Before you consider paying for a gig, listen to Ari’s take on this controversial practice and learn how to look out for the pitfalls and scams that can leave an unwitting band in the lurch.

Get more info about Ari and his music at http://ariherstand.com

Check out his new album Brave Enough HERE.

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#122: Steve Rennie – An Artist Manager’s Story

Steve Rennie Artist ManagerSteve Rennie is a long time industry veteran who helped the band Incubus reach multi-platinum status. Now that Incubus is on hiatus, Steve is working to help independent artists learn about the biz with his website and video series at http://www.renmanmb.com. Learn about the artist management from the inside-out and take advantage of the insights from an artist manager that loves offering advice to independent artists.

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