A highly insightful look at the music business, primarily from the standpoint of a publisher who had an office on Music Row in Nashville for many years and also used to perform. Her company had cuts with George Strait, Jason Aldean, Josh Thompson, and Randy Travis.
“You have to also be very open-minded to listen to other people who are already entrenched in the scene and get to know them.”
“What I think is that every time you get up and play, wherever you are, you never know who might be there and even beyond that it’s every time you get up and play I think it behooves you to put your heart and soul into what you're doing if this is truly what you want to do.”
“But you have to think outside the box and think outside (of) big, huge venues and look towards smaller venues that can fit your music and suit your schedule as you’re making your way to and from gigs.”
“I think there is a very fine line between promoting and over-promoting on Facebook. It's definitely a very good formula to promote yourself, but over-promotion can be just as negative as not promoting at all.”
“I think that you’ve got to do your due diligence. Usually if someone offers you something that sounds too good – and too good to be true – it usually is, and there are good places that can help you and good people that help you navigate the waters that are still there in Nashville.”
“When you move to Nashville, if that's what you choose to do… it might be a small city but it's huge (how) many people… move there. You have to believe in yourself, yet you have to be open to hearing things you might not want to hear. Sometimes it is very constructive criticism. Sometimes people can just be real harsh.”
"The Great Alone"
"Can't Take Back the Stone"