Artist Insider 11.5: Dennis Dearing – One-Man Band | June 27, 2006
Insider: Dennis Dearing
Today is education and business day.
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- How do you work on improving your craft?
- What trade magazines would you recommend?
- Who do you follow, study, or have been mentored by?
- What is the legal structure of your production company?
- Any tips for someone who is looking to start a company?
- Do you outsource any professional services?
- Any suggestions for creative types who want to build a business?
- How can people contact you?
Tomorrow, new interview with someone who had previously been mentioned on the show.
Running time: 10 minutes 57 seconds
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Artist Insider 11.4: Dennis Dearing – Who | June 26, 2006
Insider: Dennis Dearing
Lots goes into making one single CD quality song, today Dennis talks a little about it form a producer’s point of view.
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- What is producing like?
- How do you explain the role of a producer?
- What is the range for a lower budget song?
- What else determines the budget?
- Is it hard when an artist hears that they are looking at wasting money?
Tomorrow is the last day with Dennis, the foci includes improving his craft, business structure and practices, and more suggestions.
Running time: 11 minutes 11 seconds
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Artist Insider 11.3: Dennis Dearing – 42.7% | June 23, 2006
Insider: Dennis Dearing
Co-writing, a magical time, is the main focus today.
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- How did you get the gig as a writer for Benson Music Group?
- How did you get that introduction?
- What exactly is a draw?
- With writing, is it either you have it or you don’t?
- When co-writing, did you normally have collaboration agreement?
- Have any of your co-written songs been used in ways you don’t approve?
After a break for the weekend, we will return with a segment on producing, where Dennis will wear his producer hat and tell about that process.
Running time: 10 minutes 33 seconds
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Artist Insider 11.2: Dennis Dearing – Different Animal | June 22, 2006
Insider: Dennis Dearing
Today we focus on session work. A side of the music industry most outside the industry does not know about.
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- Do you do a lot of demos in one day?
- How much would a musician receive for a demo session?
- What is the next level up from demos?
- How busy are top session players?
- For one song, about how much are the musician fees?
- How common is musicians not playing in the studio recording?
- How did you get into writing?
Next free segment focuses on song writing.
Running time: 10 minutes 29 seconds
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Artist Insider 11.1: Dennis Dearing – Producer Extraordinaire | June 21, 2006
Insider: Dennis Dearing
This first Free Segment with Dennis focuses on his college years, where he played on a record, played at Opryland, and toured with a band.
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- Did you do a lot of guitar playing in High School?
- What opportunities did you get because of attending Belmont?
- You know how to play Make Me Ready?
- What all was planed out when you were touring while in college?
- Pointers for potential session players
- Could you start with the basics of session work and build up to advance levels?
Tomorrow focus shifts to demos, both the creation process and as a career path.
Running time: 11 minutes 43 seconds
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