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When Songs Mean Business
When Songs Mean Business explores the intersection of real life, music creation, and business. Award-winning educator and business manager Steph Belcher interviews songwriters, producers, musicians, and industry reps to discuss their favorite songs, moments in their lives that inspired their love of...
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Understanding Money in Music - The Four Industries in Music
Today's episode is an edit from the first class in my new course, Understanding Money in Music. In this episode, you'll hear my story, the data that g...
Copyrighting your Album: A Live Consulting Session with Clare Maloney
On today's episode of When Songs Mean Business, Steph and her guest Clare Maloney sit down to copyright Clare's new album, Daybreaker. What happened d...
The Art of Recording and Engineering with Andy Reed
Welcome to Season 2 of When Songs Mean Business!
On today's episode I am chatting with Andy Reed, a recording engineer, producer, singer, songw...
How to Protect your Music with attorney Cynthia Katz
Today's episode is a masterclass in copyright law and protecting your music assets. I'm chatting with attorney Cynthia Katz, and she is a wealth of kn...
Staying on an Even Keel in Music - with Justin Powell
Today I'm talking to professional musician turned financial planner. Justin Powell. Justin is a classically trained musician who discovered rock musi...
Creating Space for Different Perspectives in Music with Rasha Shaker
Today I am chatting with Rasha Shaker, a music marketing professional living in Nashville. Rasha has worked with brands, bands, music festivals, venue...
A deep dive into recording and production with Jake Rye
Today's episode is so full of incredible production and recording and songwriting information from my friend Jake Rye. Jake owns a recording studio in...
Futuristic Music Technology with Senaida Ng
Today i'm talking to Senaida Ng, a Toronto native who is studying music at NYU. Senaida is a sound architect, creative entrepreneur and futurist. Thro...
Marketing in Music is about Storytelling
Today's episode is about marketing and how you can use your authentic story to create a really tight knit community of fans who buy everything you put...
The Myth of the Starving Artist with Judeanne Armenti
Today i'm talking to Judeanne Armenti. Judeanne is a 20-year veteran of the music business who has worked in ticketing, finance, and administration at...
This week, find us on Ari's Take
Due to a loss in my family, I'm taking this week off from editing, and instead, I'd love for you to hop over to Ari's Take and check out his most rece...
Creative Sync Licensing with Nelson K. Johnson
This week I'm interviewing Nelson K. Johnson, a music producer and songwriter for film and TV. His credits include Netflix, Fox, CBS, AllBlk, WeTV, Fa...
Finding Authenticity in Teaching and Performing with Erin McLendon
Today's conversation is fun and full of laughter and joy. My guest is Erin McLendon, a songwriter and vocalist from Nashville who runs a studio called...
Artist Development in Songwriting with Ashley Maietta
Today's episode features a lovely business-centric conversation with Ashley Maietta, a singer and songwriter from Los Angeles. Ashley works in artist...
Pricing Strategies for Live Gigs: a Coaching Session with Dutcher Snedeker
Part 1 of 2 - Dutcher Snedeker is a full-time professional musician, working as a keyboardist, session musician, freelance writer, and podcast host on...
The Importance of Mentorship with Nate Winn
On today's episode, Steph is talking with one of her DIME coworkers, Nate Winn. Nate's a versatile drummer and band leader who got his masters in jazz...
Establishing your Core Values as a Music Entrepreneur with Steph Belcher (solo episode)
This episode dives into Steph's story and her process for establishing and refining the core values that drive her business. You'll hear a little of S...
How to Price Gigs, the Tech Behind Live Streaming, and How to Slow Down in Music
Today's episode is Day 2 of our Level Up your Business Workshop from January 2022. In this workshop we are talking about the things we did during the...
What's Working for Musicians in 2022? - Level Up Workshop Day 1
What's working for musicians now? In this episode, Steph talks to more than a dozen different musicians and industry reps about strategies they've bee...
Running the Family Business with Khloe Churko
Khloe Churko is a business manager, bookkeeper, and studio executive from Las Vegas. She owns a music business management firm called Pink Noise, over...
Understanding Publishing and Licensing with Jon Bahr
On today's episode, Steph talks to Downtown Music Holdings Vice President of Business Development and Strategy, Jon Bahr. Jon's expertise lies in his...
Being Self-Employed in Music with Chesney Walters: a Coaching Session
Chesney Walters is a musician, business student, event and production assistant, songwriter, and band leader, and in this episode, she asks Steph for...
How to Set Goals and Reach your Dreams in 2022
Ready to explore your full potential in 2022? This episode explores some practical ways to dream big and reach your goals.
Key mo...
Collecting Music with Nate Dorough
As the talent buyer for Audiotree Presents, Nate Dorough is on the forefront of upcoming talent. A collector of music, from bootlegs to tapes to live...
Developing Relationships in the Music Business with Sabrina Underwood
It started with Prince. Sabrina was 7 years old, listening to the "Prince" album when she fell in love with the music that played on the record player...
Building Community around Music and Art with Audra Kubat
Award-winning songwriter, community activist, and educator Audra Kubat is building a creative arts space called the Detroit House of Music, and on tod...
Steph's Essential Songs - Version without Music
In this first episode, get to know me, your host Steph Belcher, by listening to some of my favorite songs. Starting with my first favorite song when I...
When Songs Mean Business Trailer
Welcome to When Songs Mean Business! This podcast will explore the intersection of real life, music creation, and business. I'm your host, Steph Belch...