Episode 71 - Nick Holmsten (Belong, Fan Powered Futures, Spotify)
Today on the show, I talk with Swedish born digital music/tech visionary - Nick Holmsten.Nick is a musician turned businessman who is the former 'Global Head of Music' at Spotify as well as the author of a great book entitled 'Fan Powered Futures'. He recently launched 'Belong' - a platform that aims to reward music super fans in a ever changing music world ,and is constantly looking to empower musicians on revolutionary ways to build their careers.We talk a little about musician life, content creation, digital marketing, play-listing how to create super fans and so, so much more, check out the full interview below.As usual, please remember to rate, review, like, share and/or follow as we continue to create content for you all, thank you. For more information on all things Nick Holmsten please visit - www.nickholmsten.comFor more on Travis Marc or the Musicians Mentor, please visit - www.musicians-mentor.comFor our partnership with our friends over at Soundbrenner, please visit - https://www.soundbrenner.com/pages/affiliate-travis-marc
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Episode 70 - Karen Waldrup (NBC's The Voice Finalist)
In this special bonus episode of the podcast I'm proud to share part one of a conversation that my friend David Trahan from the 'New Orleans Musicians Dot Com' Podcast had with Mandeville, Louisiana born singer/songwriter - Karen Waldrup. Karen was a top 5 finalist on Season 25 of NBC's 'The Voice', has been featured in forms of media like 'Rolling Stone Magazine, Netflix and the Hallmark Channel. Her debut album 'Justified' even debuted at #4 on the Billboard charts.In this part of the interview David talks with Karen about culturally diversity, how Louisiana inspires as an artist, discusses the parallels between contrasting music styles and even shares some of her childhood experiences that moved her closer to path toward, a beautiful life in music.As usual, please remember to rate, review, like, share and/or follow as we continue to create content for you all, thank you. For more information on all things Karen Waldrup please visit www.karenwaldrup.comFor more information on David Trahan or the New Orleans Musicians dot com Podcast, please visit - www.neworleansmusicians.comFor more on Travis Marc or the Musicians Mentor, please visit - www.musicians-mentor.comFor our partnership with our friends over at Soundbrenner, please visit - https://www.soundbrenner.com/pages/affiliate-travis-marc
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Episode 69 - Dave Mouton (Souled Out Entertainment, Dave Mouton EXPerience)
In this weeks episode of the podcast I talk with Lafayette, Louisiana based saxophonist/manager/entrepreneur - Dave Mouton. Dave currently owns and manages the musical group Souled Out, which in addition to their own shows also acts like somewhat of a revolving door for a vast amount of local musicians, he also performs with his contemporary Jazz group, 'The Dave Mouton EXPerience' and even works as a sideman when he can fit it in. Dave was also one of the first musicians I met when I relocated to Louisiana back in 2020 and even did a guest appearance on a song called 'Blue' by my band 'Deep Sleep Atlantic'.We talk about musician life, teaching, answering the phone, content creation, getting and keeping gigs and so, so much more, check out the full interview below.As usual, please remember to rate, review, like, share and/or follow as we continue to create content for you all, thank you. For more information on all things Dave Mouton please visit www.facebook.com/davemoutonsaxFor more on Travis Marc or the Musicians Mentor, please visit - www.musicians-mentor.comFor our partnership with our friends over at Soundbrenner, please visit - https://www.soundbrenner.com/pages/affiliate-travis-marcAlso, if you're visiting from the New Orleans Musicians Podcast, welcome, it's good to have you here.
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Episode 68 - Jon Loree (Tantric, Smile Empty Soul, Billy Wilkins)
In today's episode of the podcast I talk with New Jersey based drummer/musician - Jon Loree. Jon currently plays for Alt/Rock bands Tantric, Smile Empty Soul and Billy Wilkins (from Dragonforce), runs a successful drum teaching studio and even makes hilarious social media content for the wonderful RTOM corporation, which can be seen via his instagram profile - @Jonsdrumstudio. We talk about touring, teaching, content creation, getting gigs and so much more, check out the full interview below.As usual, please remember to rate, review, like, share and/or follow as we continue to create content for you all, thank you. For more information on all things Jon Loree head to www.jonsdrumstudio.comFor more on Travis Marc or the Musicians Mentor, please visit - www.musicians-mentor.comFor our partnership with our friends over at Soundbrenner, please visit - https://www.soundbrenner.com/pages/affiliate-travis-marc
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Episode 67 - Jeff Schroeder (The Smashing Pumpkins, The Lassie Foundation)
I'm beyond excited to announce than my guest on today's episode of the podcast, is former 'The Smashing Pumpkins' guitarist - Jeff Schroeder.Jeff is a California based musician, who in addition to being a composer, producer and songwriter had been recording and touring alongside Billy Corgan for the last 16 years, until his recent departure (which we do talk about). He has also been involved with acts like 'The Lassie Foundation' as well as 'The Violet Burning', which do come up during this conversation - as does narrowing down your dreams, comparative literature and even his recently released (and beautifully crafted solo record) - 'Metanoia'As usual, please remember to rate, review, like, share and/or follow as we continue to create content for you all, thank you. For more information on all things Jeff Schroeder related, please visit www.jeffkimschroeder.comFor more on Travis Marc or the Musicians Mentor, please visit - www.musicians-mentor.comFor our partnership with the lovely folks over at Soundbrenner, please visit - https://www.soundbrenner.com/pages/affiliate-travis-marc
Travis Marc hosts conversations with working musicians, producers, songwriters and composers covering topics not commonly spoken about within the music business- including networking, band break ups, touring nightmares, songwriting splits and loads of other, 'overcoming the struggle' type stories from the creatives perspective.
The goal of this podcast is simple - to help musicians increase their overall sense of self worth, both mentally and financially within the music industry.
For more information. Please visit www.musicians-mentor.com
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