This week on The Music Lens Podcast, we’re trading music business talk for neon lights and rooftop bars. Join us as we recap an unforgettable night on Broadway in Nashville—made even more wild by storms, downpours, and a full-on tornad...

In part two of music production DIY, we're discussing the last two steps to producing a song: mixing and mastering. Join us to hear about the difference between the two, setting levels, EQ, compression, and more!Resources

Following a discussion into the nominees for the 60th ACM Awards, we're turning our attention to a cornerstone of Nashville's songwriting scene: the writers' round.If you've ever played—or watched—one, you know it's a special kind of magic....

With today's technology, anyone can learn how to produce music on a relatively low budget. From which equipment you need to setting up and actually recording, we're discussing what you need to do to get started producing music by at home!

There's always something (or many, many things) going on in the music industry, so we're taking this episode to catch up on some of its current events. Join us for some new music, some award shows, Broadway happenings, and more!Resour...

When you hear the term "ghostwriter", you probably think of books, but did you know that ghostwriting happens in music industry too? Join us for a discussion about what a ghostwriter is and how it differs from a work-for-hire in this week's epi...

Happy Women's History Month! It's our second year celebrating and we're discussing updated statistics on women in music as well as highlighting women who achieved great success in the past year.Resources:

Happy Black History Month! Join us as we discuss the lives and achievements of two important Black artists in the history of recorded music, the first commercially recorded African American, George W. Johnson, and the Queen of the Blues, Mamie ...

After Chappell Roan used her Best New Artist acceptance speech time at the Grammy's to advocate for labels to pay artists a living wage and provide health insurance, we decided to talk about how artists currently get paid by labels with what is...

It's hard to believe we've been podcasting for a whole year already! Join us as we celebrate our one year anniversary by discussing the 2025 Grammy Awards.Resources:

It's February and that means Valentine's Day is right around the corner, so we took a look at the history of love songs this week. But before that, hear us talk about our experience at Kelsea Ballerini's sold-out Bridgestone Arena show on her f...

The 67th Grammy Awards will take place on Sunday, February 2nd in Los Angeles. To prepare for the big event, we're giving you an update on LA wildfire relief before diving into the history of the Grammy Awards as well as the award process and s...

After a discussion about the potential banning of TikTok (this was recorded the day prior to when the ban was supposed to begin), we are back to our Artist Inventory series with a look at music producers. What is a producer and what do they do?...

We're returning to our series of taking a look at the history of different cities that are music hubs in this episode! This time, we're covering New York City: home to Broadway, but also places like Tin Pan Alley and the Brill Building....

Happy 2025! Join us for a discussion on how you can get you and your career prepped for the year by turning your new years resolutions into SMART goals, creating vision boards, and taking a look at your show booking/music release plans for the ...

The end of the year is a time to reflect and to make plans for the year ahead. After a discussion about new music we missed talking about in previous episodes, we're using this episode to do both! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from The Mus...

Happy Holidays! After a discussion about this year's CMA Awards, we're taking this episode to have a holly jolly Christmas time by playing a guess the Christmas song game and learning the backstory of several Christmas classics.Resou...

We're diving back into our guide to releasing a single this episode! Join us for a discussion on how to promote your new music utilizing social media, advertising, as well as a few other little-yet-important details for releasing music out into...

Last week we began a discussion about how to release a single as an independent artist. One of the things you need to do is submit your music to a distribution service for them to distribute to streaming platforms. What is a distribution servic...

So you’ve written a song that you love and you want to release it out into the world. In order for the song to have the best shot at being successful, you're going to need to plan out your release. This week, we're back to bringing you some edu...

For our last episode of Spooky Season, we are reading to you musician horror stories that Alex found on Reddit.

First of all, we'd like to thank Beyonce. We're keeping the spooky and mysterious vibes going this week with a look into a few music conspiracy theories. Is Elvis alive and well and preaching down in Arkansas? Was Paul McCartney killed in a car...

Happy Spooky Season! We're celebrating by sharing stories of haunted places in Nashville, sightings of the ghosts of musicians, and more. Join us for a frightfully good time.Resources

We're back to our Artist Inventory series with a discussion on what an artist needs to establish their artist brand online. From social media handles to websites, tune in to hear how to get your digital branding as an artist off to a great star...

The third installment of our songwriting series, we're looking at a couple of songwriting books that are great for songwriters to read.