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Music Business Radio: Luke and Beth Laird

This week MBR is excited to welcome the dynamic duo of Luke and Beth Laird, founders of Creative Nation, an independent company unparalleled in the industry today. They...

Music Business Radio #199: Sheila Shipley Biddy

With a music industry career that spans three decades, Shelia Shipley Biddy has handled jobs from the front desk to the board room. The first...

Music Business Radio: Brandy Clark

This week, Music Business Radio welcomes singer, songwriter, Brandy Clark. In addition to being a Grammy nominated artist, her songs have been recorded by Sheryl...

Music Business Radio #200: Charlie Mars

Annalee Cantos sits in for David Hooper to talk with Mississippi singer/songwriter Charlie Mars. You're going to enjoy Charlie's hilarious stories about the journey to...

Music Business Radio: Jennie Smythe

Jennie Smythe, CEO of the Nashville-based Girlilla Marketing, discusses her new book, Becoming Girlilla. A digital marketing trailblazer, Jennie's tells her inspiring story of her rise...

Music Business Radio: Doug Seegers

The journey to a record/publishing deal and #1 record can take on many forms. Americana Artist, Doug Seegers’ path from a newly sober, homeless...

Music Business Radio #198: Jenni Smythe

Jennie Smythe is CEO of the digital marketing agency, Girlilla Marketing. She's worked to market dozens of top-shelf artists including Darius Rucker, Ben Rector,...

Music Business Radio: Touring Industry COVID-19 Update

David Hooper interviews three guests, all from the touring side of the music industry: Chad Jeffers, a touring musician who plays with acts like...

Music Business Radio: Wendy Duffy

Wendy Duffy, President-Founder of Resin8 Music Licensing & Artist Mgmt, talks about how her love of music and background in radio, publicity, and marketing/promotions led...

Music Business Radio: Them Vibes

This week, Music Business Radio welcomes Nashville band Them Vibes. We'll talk about music in podcasting, how to survive as a rock 'n roll...

Music Business Radio: Bill Cuomo

MBR welcomes musician, arranger, producer and songwriter Bill Cuomo. He's worked with artists such as Olivia Newton-John, Stevie Nicks, White Snake and REO Speedwagon....

Music Business Radio: United Record Pressing

This week we talk to Mark Michaels, President/Owner of Nashville’s United Record Pressing, the oldest vinyl pressing plant in North American--2024 marks the company’s 75th anniversary. His leadership has helped URP...

Music Business Radio #202: Matt and David Bell

Matt Bell was lead singer of The Pink Spiders and had a deal with Geffen Records. The act's major-label debut, Teenage Graffiti was produced by Ric Ocasek and the...

Music Business Radio: Bruce Warren

This week, MBR welcomes Bruce Warren, Program Director at WXPN in Philadelphia and Executive Producer of NPR's World Cafe. We'll talk about how his...

Music Business Radio: Jason Davis

David Hooper is joined remotely by Jason Davis, an entertainment industry executive, artist manager, and songwriter with One One 7, Radar Label Group, and...

Music Business Radio: Susan Hamilton

This week MBR welcomes a true renaissance woman - musician, scientist, attorney, blogger, and now public relations executive - Susan Hamilton. As Director of Communications at...

Music Business Radio: Jeremy Sirota

Our guest this week is Jeremy Sirota, CEO of Merlin, the largest international digital music licensing company. His passion for music and his background as...

Music Business Radio: Jack Barton

This week founder/owner of JB Entertainment, Jack Barton, shares with us the experience, insight, and philosophies garnered from his 30-plus years in the industry....

Music Business Radio: Jamie Leslie

James (Jamie) Leslie of the successful boutique talent agency, Skyline Artists Agency, visits our MBR studios to discuss the day-to-day world of an agent....

Music Business Radio: Karen Kosowski

Canadian-raised, Nashville-based, multi-genre writer and producer, Karen Kosowski, takes us behind the scenes of her work with notable artists such from Grammy Nominated, Mickey...