Sherry Paige | August 24, 2006
About:
Sherry started out creating art early on with writing and music. She graduated from Vanderbilt with a double major in Political Science and Theater & Music. She has had success doing sound-alikes, vocal work on TV, background singer, writer for both theater and television.
One Day Delay | August 23, 2006
I, Jonathan Nation, editor, went on a trip this past weekend. I learned something that I wish I had known before the trip. My laptop we use to record the shows is not powerful enough, or something, to edit the shows.
I was in the woods, on a mountain in a cabin, with electricity, attempting to edit the show for tonight. It just would not work. Might be the hard drive is too full.
Tonight I worked on it and just was not happy with the results, thus I am up against the post time and made the decision to delay the start of this interview. I expect that we will release this one Tuesday – Saturday then Monday and Tuesday. The good news is we already have a second interview recorded and will start editing it as soon as this first is done.
Quick Update | August 16, 2006
A break for you this week, but not for us. We have two interviews scheduled for this Thursday and a couple more in a couple weeks. We even have some celebrity types talking with us to do an interview with them, but working schedules is the hard part.
As summer ends and many people get back from vacation, we should be back to our regular schedule.
We want to thank those of you who have sent us comments, filled out our survey, shared a free segment with a friend, and put a link on your blog or other website.
Artist Insider 15:5 – Jennifer Blair – 25 million albums | August 15, 2006
Insider: Jennifer Blair
This is out last free segment with Jennifer. She tells of how she continues to improve her craft and what she expects in the future.
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- Would you recommend someone straight out of college start as an independent promoter?
- What is the difference between “Promotions” and “Marketing”?
- Does anyone work independent artists to primary markets?
- Who is an example who has started on that secondary level and made it big?
- What should an artist be prepared to do if they become popular?
- What if a song is a bust?
- Have you heard royalty rates for songwriters related to how well they do?
- What do you expect in the future?
- What does a label do and why do you not “need” one now?
- Have you read any good books recently?
- What should we have asked you that we did not?
- Anything else our listeners could learn more from?
Running time: 12 minutes 34 seconds
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Artist Insider 15:4 – Jennifer Blair – Who is this person? | August 14, 2006
Insider: Jennifer Blair
Ever heard of Clearchannel; you will today. Making friends and free swag are also talked about.
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- What are different spins “levels”?
- Would you contact XZY Clearchannel Station?
- Are there music programmers who are not music people?
- What do you talk to non-music people about?
- Do you visit stations in person?
- What is the Country Radio Seminar?
- Do you receive lots of swag?
- As a promoter, do you get a lot of freebies?
- What are the important qualities to be a good song plugged?
- How many singles at a time can you effectively work?
- What is a call like when you are promoting 13 singles?
- What did you say about the Dixie Chicks in that instance?
- How are you getting new clients?
- What does a song breaking wide open look like? What happens?
Tomorrow is our last day with Jennifer and it will include more recommendations, storied, and predictions.
Running time: 12 minutes 07 seconds
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