A podcast for musicians, aspiring musicians, or those who just love music. Singer, songwriter, and host Laura Powers interviews musicians and those affiliated with the music business to provide inspiration, insights, and tools for those who are in work in music. For more information on Laura Powers, you can go to her website www.laurapowers.net.
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Making Music Using AI with Ashley Jackson
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In this groundbreaking episode, Laura Michelle Powers and Ashley Jackson delve deep into the seismic shifts AI is triggering across creative landscapes and beyond. From Tyler Perry's dramatic pivot in response to AI's capabilities, to the democratization of film, TV, and music production, the hosts explore how technology is leveling the playing fie…
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Laura gives an update from Nashville where she went to the Johnny Cash museum and reflects on his incredible music career. Megastars often face rejection before breaking into the business and Johnny Cash's story definitely falls into that category. She also shares a lot of great tips for your next trip to Nashville you won't want to miss! Be on the…
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Making a Living as a Musical Artist in Las Vegas with Shawn Eiferman
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Shawn began playing guitar at the early age of nine growing up in Bellingham, Washington before he relocated to Las Vegas, Nevada where he currently resides and has performed everywhere there is a crowd and a plug in the wall! Shawn has spent his whole life surrounded by entertainment including an opera singer for a mother and a father who was a fi…
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Laura was at the star-studded awards show and has the scoop on all the awards as well as the more serious moments such as Ukrainian President Zelinsky's address. Be sure to listen to hear about all the awards given out by the Recording Academy. To find out more about Laura and her work please visit her website at www.laurapowers.net. You can also f…
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Nicola Said is a Maltese soprano and has performed in Cadogan Hall, St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Barbican Hall, and at the Royal Opera House as Echo in Laurence Osborne’s opera Narkissus and the Reflektions. Nicola has recorded and premiered Paul Carroll’s works at Abbey Road Studios with the Commonwealth Orchestra and has given recitals for HRH The E…
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Licensing Your Music with Jody Friedman
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Music supervisor Jody Friedman joins Laura to talk about the lesser-known revenue source for music creators: licensing! He discusses how it differs from publishing and shares tips on how to navigate the industry and succeed in the business. Learn more about his services (and podcast!) at https://www.licenseyourmusic.com/ Laura has just released her…
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Music Production with Laurence Hobbs from SAFO Music
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As a writer and producer Laurence Hobbs has written with many acts including Sam Smith, Pixie Lott, Shayne Ward, Andy Abrahams, Jack Pack, Laura White and Amanda Wilson to name a few. Laurence Hobbs has written songs that have reached number 1 in 6 countries and has also received a Platinum and Gold disc for one of his songs. Laurence owns Safo Mus…
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Making Music from home with Marisa Imôn
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Marisa is an internationally bestselling author, musician, voice over artist and comedic motivational speaker. She has created hundreds of meditations for various apps and businesses across the globe, serving clients across 14 countries, spanning 4 continents. Her motivational performances combine music, comedy and inspirational messages to battle …
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ASCAP Sundance with Civil Twilight singer Steven Dayvid McKellar
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Laura met Steven Dayvid McKellar, a South African Born artist, musician and writer, while she was at the Sundance Film Festival. He is the lead singer for Civil Twilight and currently lives in Nashville, TN. Learn more about his music and artwork at https://stevendayvidmckellar.com/ https://stevendayvidmckellar.bandcamp.com/ To find out more about …
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Roman Molino Dunn is an award-winning composer and Billboard-charting music producer (a.k.a Electropoint) at Mirrortone Studios in New York City. He has composed and produced music for advertising agencies and corporations, for television commercials, tv shows, short film, feature films, radio, and internet campaigns. Brands who have used his music…
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Music Video Creator Panel at the Seattle Film Summit
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Laura moderated a panel discussion at the Seattle Film Summit with veteran music and music video producers from the area. They talk about the creative process, taking risks, and making the most out of a small budget. Learn more about the Summit at https://seattlefilmsummit.com/ Panelists: Anthony L. Ray “Sir Mix-a-Lot” @therealmix @sirmixalot Josh …
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Music Video Do’s and Don’ts with Warren Workman
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Warren Workman is a programmer for the Annual Utah Music Awards competition which recognizes new and undiscovered musicians around the world at a red carpet event. If you attend, you can meet producers, directors, cinematographers, editors and fellow musicians in Orem Utah. Past winners of the Utah Music Awards have gone on to collaborate with some…
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Working with a Pro Songwriter with Travis Ekodol
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Travis is a musician whose recent single, “Good Reason”, was produced by J.R. Richards, the original lead singer and songwriter for Dishwalla, and he continues to collaborate and write for other artists as well as working on his debut album. You can listen to Travis wherever you stream your music or visit www.travisekodol.com, or follow him on Inst…
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Soundtracks and Folk Rock with Lawrence C. Connolly
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Lawrence C. Connolly is a musician and writer who composed a soundtrack to accompany his critically acclaimed novel, Veins Cycle. You can find Veins: the Soundtrack on iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/veins-the-soundtrack/353094853) and Spotify. Music recorded by his Laughrey Connolly Band is exclusively available on Bandcamp. Learn more a…
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Original Country Pop Music with Jennifer Woods
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Jennifer Woods is a singer/songwriter and actress in Los Angeles who has worked with the producer Andrew Rollins. She is also an actress and is best known for her work in Dead Sea (2014) and L2 Living (2012). Find her on social media @_jenniferwoods or on Spotify at https://open.spotify.com/album/5JzZ7rqwnDWRaixHfIfqhl. To find out more about Laura…
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Intuition and Inspiration with El Javi
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El Javi, out of Mexico City, joins the spirit of flamenco with the heart of rock producing the unparalleled experience of Rock Flamenco. Highlights of his career include Festival of the Arts in Coahuila Mexico, The Jazz and Blues festival in Santa Clarita, CA , the Denver International Festival, and opening for Diego el Cigala during his Noche Tacu…
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Adam Chester, Artist and the Surrogate Elton John
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Adam Chester works as a professional composer, arranger, pianist and singer/songwriter. Since 2005, he’s earned the title of the “Surrogate Elton John”, working exclusively with Sir Elton and his band as Elton’s only “stand-in” on the piano and vocals for various rehearsals, sound checks and concert appearances. Adam also composes, arranges and con…
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From Drummer to Artist - Prescott Ellison
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Prescott Ellison is a Grammy Award-winning drummer who has toured and recorded with artists including Brian McKnight, Justin Timberlake, Christina Aguilera and Earth, Wind, and Fire. He is also an author of books on health and fitness as well as the inventor of The Body Bench. Learn more about his company Ellison Lifestyle Group at ellisonlifestyle…
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As an active member in the entertainment industry since 2011, Rosie Howe is committed to creating memorable projects by pairing content producers with the best musical talent. After playing music for over 11 years Rosie fell in love with music supervision. She has supervised projects in television, feature films, documentaries, and restaurant curat…
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The Rock Star Attitude with Mark Schulman
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Mark has enjoyed an unprecedented career over the last 28 years as a first call drummer for world-class rock and pop artists. He has been voted â��Top 3 Pop-Rock Drummersâ�� in the Modern Drummer Readerâ��s Poll. Mark has shared the stage with P!NK on three record breaking world tours as well as numerous other Rock nâ�� Roll stars. Schulmanâ��s wri…
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Shannon Curtis writes songs and stories, and performs them as a dynamic one-woman-and-keyboard show. She makes records with her husband, producer Jamie Hill, with a cinematic artpop sound. And the two of them set out every year to deliver Shannonâ��s songs to audiences across the continent, wrapped up in intimate experiences with a powerfully punk …
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Buddha Bomb is the chosen musical performance name of software developer, James Jobson. As CEO of a Boulder software company, he created and marketed a major software application for three decades. But music is his passion and he is best known as Buddha Bomb. He has been a host on KGNU public radio since 1997, and has performed at music festivals, …
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Processing Creativity with Jesse Cannon
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Over the past two decades, Jesse Cannon has worked in nearly every aspect of the music business. Most notably, recording bands like Animal Collective, The Misfits, The Menzingers, Man Overboard, Basement, Transit, Thank You Scientist, Somos, Leftover Crack as well as mastering records for acts like Brand New, NOFX, Bad Books, Real Friends and over …
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Breaking into Electronic Music with DJ Folami
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DJFolami, a native of New York City, parlayed a love of music into learning the mechanisms of record labels and talent buying. She also found a proclivity nurturing and curating parties, and finally, DJ'ing. During her time in NYC, she also found a passion for (and excels at) producing soundscapes for fashion shows and special events. Relocating to…
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Clearing Negative Thought Patterns with Michelle Colt
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Michelle is passionate about helping women connect to their authentic selves, get past their perceived limitations and shine in their lives and careers. Having overcome tremendous obstacles herself, including severe anxiety, self-doubt, recurring negative mind loops and ultimately a tremendous fear to shine and let herself be seen she came to reali…
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Scott Little is a filmmaker and the CEO of LifeFlip Empire where he recently completed Electric Heart, a silent narrative film with an EDM soundtrack. In this follow-up interview he reflects upon the production and screening process as well as the film’s reception since his last conversation with Laura in March. For more information visit www.LifeF…
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Justin Locke is a speaker, playwright, author and musician formerly with the Boston. In this episode he talks about lesser-known keys to success and shares humorous anecdotes from his career. Learn more about Justin at www.justinlocke.com and connect with Laura at www.laurapowers.net, on Facebook @thatlaurapowers, on twitter @thatlaurapowers, and o…
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Brian S. Carr is a composer for film and television based in Los Angeles. He first found his way into music through a piano given to him by a great aunt when he was 2 years old and later went to study classical music at Pepperdine University and Arizona State University. After moving to L.A. he became involved in writing songs, arranging strings, a…
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As the former digital editor for Billboard magazine, Antony followed the digital music industry's evolution since the launch of iTunes. He since has advised such music services as Beats Music, Beatport, Topspin, Xbox, Mixcloud and others. He is currently the director of communications for www.royaltyexchange.com which helps artists raise money by c…
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Basic Legal Issues with Wallace Collins
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Wallace Collins is an entertainment lawyer based in New York city handling entertainment law, copyright, trademark and related intellectual property law matters in the music, film, television, book and fine arts areas as well as in the general communications and technology fields. He has represented clients in contract disputes, negotiations and bu…
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Music Business Strategy with Edward Unger
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Edward Unger is a musician and marketing expert who helps make more time and money for big business, entrepreneurs, music business and sole proprietors. He founded Blue Sound Studios in 2000 as a music production, recording, mixing and mastering business and it quickly grew to acquire global clientele and offer classes, songwriting workshops, and s…
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AcousticaElectronica with Danny Satori
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Danny “Satori” Kutty is a pianist, DJ, producer, and sonic designer whose artistry is rooted in classical training but is on the curve of defining what music can be. He has performed throughout the Boston area and abroad and toured extensively with Touch Performance Art’s AcousticaElectronica where Laura met him. His New Music improvisations draw i…
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DMCA for Musicians with John Tehranian
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John Tehranian is a founding partner of One LLP, a thirty-attorney intellectual property and entertainment firm with offices in Beverly Hills, Newport Beach and Del Mar, California. He is also the Paul W. Wildman Chair and Professor of Law at Southwestern Law School. In this episode we discussed the DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) and how i…
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The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, a.k.a Jazz Fest, is a 10-day cultural feast in which thousands of musicians, cooks and craftspeople welcome 400,000 visitors each year. The Louisiana Heritage Fair showcases unforgettable music on multiple stages, delicious Louisiana cuisine in two large food areas, and crafts artisans from the region and a…
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Ryan Kairalla is a lawyer, writer, podcaster, and teacher. He advises clients in the music industry on a wide range of entertainment and business matters including recording agreements, publishing agreements, management agreements, music licensing, media appearances, live performances, entertainment litigation, copyright and trademark counseling, a…
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Travel Hacking for Musicians with Ian McCartor
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Ian McCartor works with a hospice company located on the coast of north county San Diego as a registered nurse. He has been writing songs inspired by the wisdom of the dying, with the hopes of teaching others to live life to the fullest in light of these lessons. He has been using songwriting in these environments as a way to compartmentalize loss,…
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Basic Legal Issues for Musicians with Wallace Collins
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Wallace Collins is an entertainment lawyer based in New York city handling entertainment law, copyright, trademark and related intellectual property law matters in the music, film, television, book and fine arts areas as well as in the general communications and technology fields. He has represented clients in contract disputes, negotiations and bu…
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Eric Tingstad (born December 16, 1954) is an American Grammy Award-winning multi-genre record producer, musician and songwriter / composer. He was born and raised in Seattle, WA where he currently resides. Best known as a fingerstyle guitarist, Tingstad has performed, recorded, and produced Alternative Country, Blues, Americana, Rock, Smooth Jazz a…
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Laura talked about her experience at Winter Music Conference and in South Beach. Stay tuned for more interviews with people she met at WMC. Laura talked with Forealism Tribe live at WMC. Forealismtribe is comprised the characters Star Power and Soul Force, a DJ and Performance Art Duo that appear in this reality from Another Dimension bringing posi…
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World Class Drumming with Kenny Aronoff
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Kenny Aronoff was #1 Pop/Rock Drummer and #1 Studio Drummer by Modern Drummer, and one of the "100 Greatest Drummers of All Time" by Rolling Stone. Throughout his career of nearly four decades, he has recorded and performed with the biggest stars in every genre of music, including John Mellencamp, Bruce Springsteen, Melissa Etheridge, Paul McCartne…
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Winter Music Conference and Electric Heart Film
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Scott Little is the Producer of Electric Heart, LifeFlip’s first FilmEDM Experience, a silent narrative feature film accompanied by an Electric Dance Music mix (28 individually wrapped music videos with the same story consistently through all 28). With a running time of 73 minutes, Electric Heart features music by Armin van Buuren, Dash Berlin, Chu…
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SXSW - Biotech and Music with Cassie Shankman
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Cassie Shankman is an Austin-based composer/orchestrator, pianist and DJ (Cass&Ra). As a composer and orchestrator, she has been recognized for her work with film, visual artists, chamber groups, wind ensembles, apps, musicals, and music therapy technology. As a performer and DJ, she's played with legendary musicians such as jazz trombonist Wycliff…
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Cover Songs and Writing Music with Cassie B
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Cassie B is a San Diego native, pursuing a life of music. Her sound is a pop, funky vibe. Cassie's goal is to inspire “listeners to feel the music and not be able to stay in their seat. Her performances are known for their energetic and engaging experience and it's her goal as an artist to bring happiness and fun to everyone's heart!”For more infor…
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Robert Downs has lived his dream making a living combining art and commerce as a photographer with clients ranging from the Los Angeles Times and Sony Pictures to DRUM! Rhythm and Total Guitar magazines. Robert has provided branding imagery for clients and partners such as Zildjian, Gretsch, Pearl Corp, Dean Guitars, Audix, Sabian, Peavey, Tama wit…
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Laura Powers on Breaking the Business Podcast
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Laura was recently interviewed by Ryan Kairalla on his podcast about the music business, Breaking the Business. You can learn more about Ryan’s podcast and book at http://www.breakthebusiness.com. Laura is a singer, songwriter, entertainer, model, host, actress and psychic. She grew up in a family of musicians and was singing and performing at a yo…
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Grammy nominees from the children’s music category in 2017 for a special concert held at Lucky Strike Live in Hollywood spoke with me about their work and what worked for them. We discussed their inspiration and tips for making it in the music business. One common theme was the importance of doing what is authentic to you and not doing what you thi…
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NAMM Tips and Interview with Chesbro CEO Tana Stahn
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A message from Laura with tips for NAMM: "As a first time attendee of NAMM in Anaheim, I decided to share some tips with you on the event followed up with an interview with Teton Guitars and Chesbro CEO Tana Stahn. First of all, I recommend staying close though actually not on-site. I stayed about a mile and a half away which was a quick ride to an…
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Working with a Producer with Wes Maebe
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This interview was done live with Wes Maebe at David at NAMM in Anaheim following a panel that Wes participated in. Born and raised in Belgium, Award winning engineer Wes Maebe moved to London to study audio technology in 1998, returning to live here in 2003. Initially dividing his time between being a visiting lecturer in Audio Technology at City …
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This interview was done live with David Paro at NAMM in Anaheim following a panel and feature on the documentary. David Paro of Higher Ground is a veteran marketer and presenter of the film-series. Soundbreaking: Stories from the Cutting Edge of Recorded Music is a breakthrough eight-part documentary-series which was the final project of legendary …
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Lisa Loeb is a singer/songwriter, producer, touring artist, actor, author and philanthropist who started her career with the platinum-selling number (or No.) 1 hit song, “Stay (I Missed You)” from the film Reality Bites, as well as two back-to-back albums that were certified Gold—Tails and Firecracker. A trailblazing independent artist, Lisa was th…
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