x

75% of people globally want unbiased news (Pew Research) but are concerned they're not getting that.

Get balanced coverage with Symby. See how stories are covered across diverse outlets and spot when one side covers a story the other skips.

PODCAST

Making a Scene Presents

Richard LHommedieu

Making a Scene is the #1 Resource for the Indie Artist and the Fans that Love them! http://www.makingascene.org

music music interviews

All Episodes

00:30:36

Gerry Casey's Interview with Aleksandra Josic of Here...

Making a Scene Presents ·

2026/04/05

Making a Scene Presents Gerry Casey's Interview with Aleksandra Josic of Here and Everywhere Fronted by Aleksandra Josic, a vocalist audiences regularly describe as “one of the most powerful and emotional live voices in the world today,” the band has earned a reputation for performances that feel raw, immersive, and unforgettable. There’s a rare kind of honesty in what they do—no posturing, no manufactured drama—just a fearless voice, a band that knows how to build tension and release, and songs

en

00:25:56

Compression in Context: Why Soloing Tracks Is Killing...

Making a Scene Presents ·

2026/04/04

Compression in Context: Why Soloing Tracks Is Killing Your Mix There is a little button in every DAW that has wrecked more home studio mixes than bad microphones, cheap headphones, and internet “preset culture” combined. It is the Solo button. That sounds dramatic, but not by much. Every indie artist knows the move. You are deep in a mix. The vocal feels uneven. The bass feels wild. The snare is jumping out in ugly ways. So you solo the track, pull up a compressor, and start shaping. Suddenly the

en

00:19:59

A Buyer’s Guide to Recording Interfaces

Making a Scene Presents ·

2026/04/04

Making a Scene Presents - A Buyer’s Guide to Recording Interfaces The Box That Decides Whether Your Studio Feels Fast or Feels Broken There is a certain kind of gear mistake that musicians make all the time. They obsess over microphones, plugins, monitors, and shiny rack toys, then they treat the recording interface like a boring utility purchase. That is backward. Your interface is the center of the studio. It is the box that decides how your microphone gets into the computer, how your speakers

en

01:07:38

Interview with the Avery Set

Making a Scene Presents ·

2026/04/04

Making a Scene Presents an Interview with the Avery SetThe Avery Set began in the early 2000s in Frankenmuth, Michigan, growing out of a close friendship between Chris (lead singer) and Jake (drummer). What started as two friends making noise quickly turned into a real band with a shared sense of purpose—writing songs, chasing shows, and building a sound that felt honest and lived-in. In 2006, the band released their debut record, Wishful Thinking, capturing the early energy of a group finding its

en

00:22:24

Subtractive EQ vs Additive EQ: The Secret to Clean Mixes

Making a Scene Presents ·

2026/04/01

Making a Scene Presents - Subtractive EQ vs Additive EQ: The Secret to Clean MixesThere is a reason so many home studio mixes sound busy, cloudy, and weirdly tired even when every track is “exciting” on its own. It is not always the mic. It is not always the room. It is not always that you need some expensive boutique plugin blessed by a guy on YouTube wearing a beanie in July. A lot of the time, the problem is simpler and a little more humbling. We boost before we listen. We decorate before we

en

01:07:27

Interview with Christina Crofts

Making a Scene Presents ·

2026/03/30

Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Christina CroftsChristina Crofts is a singer, songwriter, guitarist, and slide guitarist—and a true veteran of Australia’s blues and rock scene. Known for her uncompromising bottleneck tone and a “big sound” that far exceeds her small frame, Crofts has spent years building a reputation as one of the country’s most commanding live performers and distinctive slide players. Born in the coastal town of Coffs Harbour, Christina grew up in a multicultural

en

00:22:25

Creating a Touring Syndicate for Increased Leverage

Making a Scene Presents ·

2026/03/29

Making a Scene Presents - Creating a Touring Syndicate for Increased Leverage For years, indie artists have been told the same tired story about touring in America. Build your streaming numbers. Pray for algorithm luck. Hope a promoter notices. Spend money on ads. Guess which city might work. Book the run. Drive the miles. Cross your fingers. Lose money in three towns, break even in two, and call the whole thing “building.” That story has made a lot of middlemen comfortable. It has not made a lot of

en

00:23:10

Predictive Touring: Using AI to Decide Where You...

Making a Scene Presents ·

2026/03/29

Making a Scene Presents - Predictive Touring: Using AI to Decide Where You Should Play Before You Book the Show There used to be a standard indie-touring ritual. You stared at a map, circled cities you had heard were “good markets,” texted a few friends, checked which clubs had an open Thursday, and called it strategy. Then came the long drive, the half-full room, the weak merch table, the gas bill, the post-show talk where everyone said, “It was still good exposure,” which is music-business

en

00:25:05

Stop Sending Fans Back Into the Machine

Making a Scene Presents ·

2026/03/29

Making a Scene Presents - Stop Sending Fans Back Into the Machine There is a bad habit all over independent music right now. An artist works hard to get attention on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, Threads, or X. A new fan finally bites. They click. And what do they find? Another stack of links, another rented profile, another platform asking them to wander off and forget why they came in the first place. That is not a funnel. That is a leak. Pew’s latest U.S. social media data still shows

en

00:41:36

Gerry Casey's Interview with Jamie Williams and The...

Making a Scene Presents ·

2026/03/28

Making a Scene Presents Gerry Casey's Interview with Jamie Williams and The Roots Collective Jamie Williams & the Roots Collective are a roots-driven live band built for one thing: a great night out. Fronted by singer-songwriter Jamie Williams on vocals and rhythm guitar, the band also features Dave Milligan on lead guitar, Jake “The Dude” Milligan on bass, and James Bacon on drums. Together, they walk what they describe as an imaginary tightrope between Tom Petty and The Rolling Stones—hooky songs,

en

01:09:35

Interview with the Badrock Blues Band

Making a Scene Presents ·

2026/03/28

Making a Scene Presents an Interview with the Badrock Blues Band Shadows, the debut album from The Badrock Blues Band, is a record built on perseverance—three decades of hard-earned chemistry, a sudden global shutdown, and the heartbreaking loss of a bandmate who helped define their sound. Formed in 1992 by Gerald “Mercy” Schuldenzucker (guitar, vocals), Siegfried Horvath (bass, vocals), and Franz Kollmann (guitar), Badrock spent more than 30 years shaping their own take on the meeting point between

en

00:21:07

Your AI Twin: Building a Digital Version of Yourself...

Making a Scene Presents ·

2026/03/25

Making a Scene Presents - Your AI Twin: Building a Digital Version of Yourself That Markets While You SleepThere used to be a simple rule in the music business. If you wanted more reach, you needed more people. A label. A manager. A publicist. A radio plugger. A street team. A content person. A marketing assistant. Maybe even somebody whose whole job was just following up on emails you forgot to answer. That old system did not disappear because it got fair. It disappeared because it got too

en

00:22:46

The Real Reason Streaming Pays So Little, And Why It...

Making a Scene Presents ·

2026/03/25

Making a Scene Presents - The Real Reason Streaming Pays So Little, And Why It Was Designed That Way Streaming did not become unfair by accident. The dominant payout model was built to make giant catalogs easy to license, cheap to sell, and sticky for listeners. That helped platforms grow and helped major rights holders protect old power in a new format. It did not build a healthy middle class for working artists. The next fight is not just about a better royalty formula. It is about ownership, fan

en

00:21:46

The Music Industry’s War on Ownership

Making a Scene Presents ·

2026/03/25

Making a Scene Presents - The Music Industry’s War on OwnershipPlatforms want access. Artists need ownership. There is a war on ownership in the music business, and most of it is happening in plain sight. It is not being fought with lawsuits or angry speeches. It is being fought with product design. It is being fought with dashboards, autoplay, pre-save buttons, short-form feeds, and a thousand tiny choices that train artists to believe reach is enough. The message is always the same. Be

en

00:23:08

EQ-Based Gating: The Smart Way to Leave Space in a...

Making a Scene Presents ·

2026/03/23

Making a Scene Presents - EQ-Based Gating: The Smart Way to Leave Space in a Mix Without Killing the MusicThere is a point in almost every mix where the fight starts. The vocal wants the center. The guitars want width. The bass wants weight. The kick wants authority. The toms want to sound huge for three moments in the song and then politely disappear before they turn the whole bottom end into a muddy parking lot. This is the part where a lot of home studio mixers either over-EQ everything until

en

00:54:09

Interview with Dida Pelled

Making a Scene Presents ·

2026/03/22

Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Dida Pelled Dida Pelled walks into a room with the kind of cool confidence that makes people pay attention—and then she backs it up with the musicianship to keep them there. A jazz prodigy with a wide-open musical imagination, Pelled is a Brooklyn-based guitarist, singer, and songwriter known for her playful personality, laid-back charm, and fierce dedication to authenticity. Her sound moves easily across jazz, blues, and roots-driven songwriting, and her

en

00:32:04

Gerry Casey's Interview with Gina Coleman

Making a Scene Presents ·

2026/03/22

Making a Scene Presents Gerry Casey's Interview with Gina Coleman Gina grew up in the South Bronx, New York, surrounded by rhythm, grit, and the kind of life experience that eventually turns into real blues. Her musical story began early. At five years old, her grandfather gifted her a piano and lessons, planting the first seeds of a lifelong relationship with music. In middle school, she joined the Latin drum corps “El Primer Grupo de Batuteras Cheerleaders y su Banda,” where she played drums and

en

00:25:24

Layering Tracks Like a Pro: Building Big Sounds with...

Making a Scene Presents ·

2026/03/20

Making a Scene Presents - Layering Tracks Like a Pro: Building Big Sounds with Minimal Gear There is a lie floating around home recording culture that has probably cost indie artists more good songs than bad microphones ever did. It says big sounds come from big budgets. Big rooms. Big mic lockers. Big consoles. Big plugin folders. Big racks of preamps you can barely afford and barely explain. It is the same old gatekeeper story in new clothes: your art is not ready until somebody with more money

en

01:20:01

Interview with Geoff Newhall from Farmhand

Making a Scene Presents ·

2026/03/20

Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Geoff Newhall from Farmhand Long Hollow Blues may be Farmhand’s debut album, but it doesn’t sound like a first step. From the first track, it feels like you’ve been dropped into the world of a band that’s been doing this for years—tight, confident, and completely sure of its voice. That sense of history comes from the players themselves: Farmhand is built on decades of collective experience, and you can hear it in every groove, every lyric, and every turn of

en

00:23:27

A New Era for Independent Musicians The Convergence...

Making a Scene Presents ·

2026/03/18

There was a time when an independent musician could still pretend the old system might eventually work out. Maybe the right manager would show up. Maybe the algorithm would suddenly turn generous. Maybe a label would finally care. Maybe streaming would lead to touring money, and touring money would lead to merch money, and merch money would somehow turn into a stable life.That fantasy is running out of gas. The new era for independent musicians is not about waiting to be chosen. It is about

en

1,178 results

Similar Podcasts

Pasquale Maassen Soundcloud

Pasquale Maassen

Marian Klose

Marian Klose

sevenism

sevenism

Dean Delray"s LET THERE BE TALK

Cactus Radio Network

Word In Your Ear

Mark Ellen, David Hepworth and Alex Gold