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In this installment of our Widening The Lens series, we're welcoming full-time independent artist Amanda McCarthy onto the podcast!

Most people don't exactly plan to drop out of college, become a parent before the age of 21, and move to a new city in the middle of a pandemic - but Amanda McCarthy has always been pretty good at tackling the unexpected head on.

In a situation where most would have given up and settled for a traditional 9-5, she has gone on to make a full time living out of her music playing on every kind of stage you can imagine - from coffee shops and smokey bars, to opening for national headliners, winning awards with her original music, and playing iconic venues across the country like The Listening Room, Live Oak, 3rd and Lindsley, Bluebird Cafe, Bus Call (Nashville), The Bitter End, Mercury Lounge, Piano's (NYC), multiple Hard Rock Cafe locations, and hundreds more with thousands of shows under her belt.

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Facebook

Instagram

Spotify

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Take a dive with us into the world of touring as we discuss various touring terminology that you may come across on the road!

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Join us as we discuss the latest music releases from the past month!

New Music:

SJ McDonald: “Blue Ridge Red"

Hunter Hayes: Evergreen

Russell Dickerson: Worth Your Wild EP

Gracie Carol: “Fake Flowers”

Lainey Wilson: “Can’t Sit Still”

Erin Kinsey: “Reasons Why We Broke Up”

Julia Larkin: “Changes”

Kacey Musgraves: “Dry Spell”

Carly Pearce, Riley Green: “If I Don’t Leave I’m Gonna Stay”

Avery Anna: forgive, forget

Amanda McCarthy: “green”

Charlie Worsham, Lainey Wilson: “They Never Do”

Luke Combs: The Way I Am

Ashley Cooke : "xs"

Tigirlily Gold: “Country & Midwestern”

Ian Munsick: “Love is Blind”

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We're taking you back into our Artist Inventory series to discuss another member of an artist's team: the music director. Join us for a discussion on what the role of a music director entails, how it's similar/different to the role of a band leader, and how you can apply the skills of a music director into your own career yourself.

Resources

Berklee

What Does It Take To Be A Musical Director?

Guide To Common Creative Roles In The Music Industry

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In this installment of our Widening The Lens series, we're welcoming Korie Burton Rott from One Writer To Another onto the podcast!

Born and raised in South Carolina, Korie moved to Music City at the age of 18 to attend Middle Tennessee State University and begin her pursuit of a career in the music industry. With a passion in both country and pop music, her main goal as a creative is to help other artists tell their stories through the art of songwriting. Korie has received 20 cuts as an independent writer with a collective 1.7 million streams on Spotify alone.

Korie is heavily involved in the music industry, even when she’s not writing. She enjoys helping other artists and songwriters learn more about administration and royalties through her consulting business, One Writer To Another. She has also hosted many writers rounds through her show, The Co-Writers Round, which emphasizes the importance of collaboration in music.

Korie is a big football and NASCAR fan, and will take any opportunity given to talk about her two dogs: Scamp & Gilly.

Most recently, Korie received two Top 10 nominations in NSAI’s 26th Annual Song Contest. She has also co-written songs recognized in both the International Songwriting Competition and American Songwriter’s Annual Song Contest.

Go give Korie a follow and learn more about her here!

One Writer To Another Website

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Happy Women's History Month! We're celebrating two women who were both deemed mothers of their genres: Sylvia Robinson and Mother Maybelle Carter. Join us as we discuss these two pioneers and how Hip-Hop and Country wouldn't be what they are today without these incredible women's contributions.

Resources:

Sylvia Robinson

Lesley Riddle

Maybelle Carter Wikipedia

Maybelle Carter, The Mother of Popular Country Music

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February (and end of January) was filled with new music! Join us as we discuss our favs!

New Music:

Ella Langley: "Dandelion" and "Be Her"

Ian Munsick: "Geronimo"

Tim McGraw, Eric Church, HARDY, Morgan Wallen: "McArthur"

Amanda McCarthy: Looking For The Light

Russell Dickerson: "The Roses"

Luke Combs: "Be By You"

Sam Ferrara: "Second Place"

Emily Ann Roberts: "Whipped"

The Band Perry: "PSYCHOLOGICAL"

Chloe Collins: Bombshell

Alex Amato: On My Own

Megan Moroney: Cloud 9

Katie Fee: Whiskey & Sunsets

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Happy Black History Month! We're taking the time to highlight Black voices who have been trailblazers in the music industry. Join us as we learn about the pioneer of neo-soul, D'Angelo, as well as the Black Opry, a movement to raise awareness for Black artists in country music.

Resources:

D'Angelo - Wikipedia

D'Angelo - Variety

Black Opry

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