Anastasia Elliot‘s forthcoming debut album, La Petite Mort (‘The Little Death’), is described by the purple-haired rock goddess as an exploration of her relationship with the phases of trauma and rebirth that followed her 2013 plane crash.
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Anyway, onto this week’s Songs You Should Hear…
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Women are constantly rewriting what it means to succeed in the music industry — on their own terms. The music industry is filled with powerful women, from artists releasing record breaking singles and breaking ground in songwriting and production, to shattering the glass ceiling in the boardroom.
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For Black History Month, Underground Music Collective presented a special live virtual panel, Succeeding as a Black Entrepreneur in the Music Industry, on Wednesday, February 15. Our panel of multi-disciplinary music industry veterans shared their experiences navigating the industry as a Black creative, the challenges they’ve encountered and overcome, and the lessons they have learned along the way.
Want more educational opportunities like this? Join our next virtual panel, Succeeding as a Woman in the Music Industry, on International Women’s Day (Wednesday, March 8). And, if you want to help us expand our educational and community resource offerings, please consider making a tax-deductible donation to UMC via the Arts & Business Council of Greater Nashville.
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Winter is great. Honestly, it’s my favorite season. But with all the good that winter brings also comes shorter days, less sunshine, and more gloom. And it can be especially difficult for the most creative of us to stay afloat in the midst of it all.
However, there are a number of great strategies to combat the melancholy moods we might find ourselves falling into during this time of year, and I’ve included some of those that I’ve found most helpful below.
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There’s something for everyone — to like or dislike — about this episode of The Quinn Spinn.
We chat about WrestleMania season, peruse the IHOP menu, and enjoy a Stupid News that might actually be the work of a genius.
All of that, plus Feelin’ Good and a special Something for Your Ears.
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If you long for the days of country storytelling paired with vintage rock and roll flair, today is your lucky day.
Hear ‘George Jones’
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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 Songs You Should Hear…
Hear What You Should
Our music industry has changed significantly since I started at Warner Bros. Records in 1993. However, there’s one thing that hasn’t changed, and that’s that there’s no such thing as a DIY artist in the traditional sense of DIY, which is “do it yourself.”
Faith Hill, the first artist I saw at Warner Bros. Records, had a massive team around her. Someone to tell her where to be, someone to make sure she made it there, someone to greet her when she arrived, someone to make sure the place was prepped for her arrival, and so on. I think it’s safe to say that we wouldn’t have Faith Hill as we know her today without that team and their contribution to her success.
What about Russ, the poster boy for doing it yourself? Honestly, there would be no Russ if there was no “us.”
In fact, you need people in order to be a success.
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Those we’ve loved and lost may still live on through us.
Hear ‘Parts of You’