Kevin Griffin formed the alternative rock band Better Than Ezra in 1988. The band had great success in the 1990s with hits such as "Good", "In the Blood", and "Desperately Wanting", and has continued in the 2000s with hits such as "Extra Ordinary", "A Lifetime", and "Juicy". As a songwriter, he's written for Howie Day, Meat Loaf, and Blondie, among…

Phin Daly runs Marathon Music Management. He is also known as the manager 3 Doors Down. Steve Robertson is SVP of A&R at Atlantic Records and has worked with acts like Collective Soul, Seven Mary Three, and Matchbox 20. For those not on the podcast...By David Hooper

Mark Steiner is the co-founder of GigSalad, a marketplace for booking bands, musicians, entertainers, speakers and services for parties, productions, and events of all types and sizes. We talk about the live event business and what acts need to know about booking high-dollar corporate gigs. For those not on the podcast...…

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 single "Little Razorblade" landed Teenage Graffiti on the Billboard 200. David Bell founded Music City Big Break, a showcase to assist talented up-and-coming musical acts. On this episode…

Grammy nominated singer/songwriter Gretchen Peters has composed hits for Martina McBride, Etta James, Trisha Yearwood, Faith Hill, and George Strait, as well as Neil Diamond and Bryan Adams. Gretchen received the Country Music Association Song Of The Year award for McBride's "Independence Day" in 1995, and was nominated for Grammy Awards for Best C…

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 his success today. For those not on the podcast...By David Hooper

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 woman to head a Nashville record label, her success is measured in her achievements of over 139 Number One records and the development of multi-platinum recording artists including Alabama, Waylon Jennings, T…

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, Dwight Yoakam, Jason Aldean, and Nickelback. On this episode, we talk about her start in the music business, working for Elektra Entertainment, why she jumped the record label ship to join…

For more than a decade pianist, sound-sculptor, and songwriter Marco Benevento has been amassing an extensive resume of composition and collaboration. His studio albums have set forth a vision for music that connects the dots between Explosions In The Sky and Tortoise on one side, Brian Eno and Brad Mehldau on the other, while in the live setting h…