Emily Hicks Pops a Tab of ‘Canned Wine’
With endless tropes about cold beer and whiskey in country music, it’s always exciting to see someone in the genre mix it up.
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Creating the Soundtrack for ‘My Father The Queen’
The following is a contributed piece from film writer, director, and producer Lisa N. Alexander, and gives an inside look at how music and film come together to create multi-dimensional art.
Read moreUMC20: The Best of May 2023
Hold it right there!
Did you know that you can support Underground Music Collective, any time of year? By making a tax-deductible donation to UMC via The Arts & Business Council of Greater Nashville, you ensure that we can keep sharing songs and stories from independent creatives everywhere, for years to come. Click here to get started!
Anyway, onto the UMC20 Best of May…
Hear the Best of MayLISTEN: A Song About Reaching Past Perceived Limitations
Taking risks allows us to live fully. It enables us to experience love and gratitude, and to turn our dreams into reality.
Hear Something Uplifting TodayCrossing the Streams with Your Next Favorite Band (Pt. 1)
Your Next Favorite Band is a podcast based back in our old stomping grounds of Bethlehem, PA. One thing we all share in common: a love for building community through music.
On this mashup episode, we dive into our plans to do that — together — later this year. In addition, we get a history lesson on not only the UMC platform, but the formative events that shaped its development.
#GetSpunnWednesday Wisdom: Tips for Managing Stress as a Musician
Stress.
It touches us all, and it affects each of us in different ways.
When you’re a musician, that stress can reach absurd levels that can make you feel sick, tired, and plain burnt out. It is critically important that during those moments — when the stress reaches its peak — that you take care of yourself and bring it back down.
Although I’m not pursuing my own artistic career, I’ve definitely felt the stress of working in this industry myself. So, here are some of my favorite tips for managing stress while growing your career and fulfilling your dreams.
Read moreSAVE THE DATE: This Fall, UMC Comes Home
This holiday season, we’re taking this thing back to where it all started!
Read moreUMC20: Across Genre Lines (May 23, 2023)
Hold it right there!
Did you know that you can support Underground Music Collective, any time of year? By making a tax-deductible donation to UMC via The Arts & Business Council of Greater Nashville, you ensure that we can keep sharing songs and stories from independent creatives everywhere, for years to come. Click here to get started!
Anyway, onto this week’s edition of UMC20…
Listen to UMC20Going Home Again: ‘Your Next Favorite Band’ Hosts UMC Founder Gerard Longo This Tuesday
Before there was Underground Music Collective, there was Lehigh Valley Underground, a plucky regional music blog based in Bethlehem, PA.
The origin point of that blog? Of course, it’s our Official Podcast, The Quinn Spinn, which is still running strong in its 10th year.
Over the course of the past decade, we’ve had the opportunity to make countless connections with artists and fellow creatives near and far. However, some of the strongest and most enduring reside right back home in Bethlehem!
Read moreLISTEN: On ‘UFO,’ Stacey Kelleher Contemplates an Otherworldly Love
Have you ever been in a seemingly perfect relationship, where the blurred lines between fantasy and reality cause your mind to play tricks on you?
Hear ‘UFO’