Music Industry Secrets... Spilled

Joining me on this episode is the amazing Christina Hizon, who goes by the name of Tina Keys. Tina is an incredibly talented multi-instrumentalist who has played for the likes of Ed Sheeran, Clean Bandit, Roger Taylor, Becky Hill... but I think most notoriously Maisie Peters.

Right after this episode Tina jetted off to the US to tour with Maisie and will be on the road until SEPTEMBER so I am so glad I could catch her in time to record this. We had a brilliant chat about the live industry, how to create a click track, the 'secret' of how to get repeatedly booked for gigs with A List artists and how much harder it is since Brexit to tour outside of the UK.

If you enjoyed this episode, you can follow us on social media & listen to previous episodes in this series here. Huge thanks to Tina for coming on and thank you for listening!

Welcome to this exciting, brand new podcast 'Music Industry Secrets.. Spilled' with host, Lucy May Walker.

Are you an artist who wants to book more gigs? Maybe you're a songwriter who wants to know how to get your songs placed on an advert or TV show? Even if you're just a music lover who wants to hear their favourite artist have a chat about the business - this podcast is made for you.

Every week Lucy May is joined by a different guest from the music world, whether that be an artists to a promoter to everything in-between - all sharing their tips & knowledge as well as an exclusive music industry secret.

For behind the scene clips and videos, follow us on social media @musicsecretspod

New episodes every Monday (from 11th Oct)

For the last episode in the series, we are joined by presenter Abbie McCarthy. Abbie is the host of BBC Introducing in Kent as well as regularly covering on BBC Radio 1. She is also the mastermind behind 'Good Karma Club' & has her own podcast called 'Celebrity Search Engine'.

We focus this episode mainly on Radio. We talk about how artists can get their music played on their local BBC Introducing show, to playing on their stages at festivals. We also talk about other avenues of getting radio play and when the right time is to bring in a plugger.

Abbie is one of the most exciting presenters in the UK right now, she gives some invaluable advice and it was a pleasure to have her as my final guest on this series.

Follow Abbie McCarthy & check out her podcast.

Tickets to my headline shows & details about my song commissions on my website.

If you know someone who would be a great guest for Series 2, let us know on social media.

In this episode I am joined by the lovely Kate McGill (Meadowlark). What I love about Kate is how open and honest she is about everything,

We talk about how she started by releasing cover songs on Youtube, to forming her band Meadowlark - going from supporting Bastille to making the decision not to play live any more. Before talking to Kate I just assumed that most artists love to gig, but she opened my eyes to the fact not every artist enjoys that side of things. By breaking the 'rules' and going against the norm, Kate explains you can still make a living from music without having to gig, with the help from platforms like Patreon and Twitch alongside having a very loyal fanbase.

I hope you enjoy this chat with the very humble, Kate McGill. If you'd like to hear more of Kate, you can hear some of the covers we talk about, her band Meadowlark or watch her stream on Twitch.

You can also get tickets to my new rescheduled shows here.

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For this episode I am joined by the wonderful wizard of publishing; Simon Pursehouse (Director of Music Services at Sentric Music).

Sentric is an independent, artist friendly music publishing company who cover the admin side of things, like registering songs correctly so that songwriters get paid. If you're a songwriter, you're going to want to listen to this.

A piece of advice for this one? We talk a lot about PRS, MCPS, PPL, PRO, master rights, publishing rights... if I were you I'd take the time to listen to this with no distractions... and also, grab a notepad! If you're new to songwriting, this episode might feel a little overwhelming, but it's all essential knowledge that songwriters need to be on top of. We also talk about fun stuff like sync and getting your song on TV, film etc. so it's not all admin.

Every time I hear Simon do a talk on publishing, I feel like I learn something new. He is a wonderful, knowledgeable chap and I loved chatting with him for this. Check out Simon's blog, the famous WTF is music publishing and follow him on twitter.