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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

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01:00:23

Interview with Katy Vernon

Making a Scene Presents ·

2026/04/13

Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Katy VernonKaty was born and raised in London, UK, but over the past dozen-plus years she’s become one of Minnesota’s busiest and most recognizable musicians. Blending melodic pop-folk songwriting with the twang and drive of an Americana band, Katy delivers songs that are hooky, heartfelt, and built to connect—whether she’s playing an intimate room or a big outdoor stage. http://www.makingascene.org

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00:21:02

Content That Adapts: Using AI to Personalize Posts...

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2026/04/12

Making a Scene Presents - Content That Adapts: Using AI to Personalize Posts for Different Types of Fans There is a quiet little lie baked into modern music marketing, and most artists have been trained to accept it. The lie is this: one post is supposed to do everything. It is supposed to hype the hardcore fans, introduce the new people, move tickets in one city, sell merch everywhere else, wake up dead email subscribers, impress the algorithm, and somehow still sound human. Then when it does not

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00:24:58

Gerry Casey's Interview with Mike Guldin

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2026/04/12

Making a Scene Presents Gerry Casey's Interview with Mike Guldin Mike Guldin first picked up a guitar at age 15, and he’s spent the last 45+ years turning that spark into a road-tested blues career built in roadhouses, clubs, festivals, and theaters. A guitarist and vocalist with a deep respect for tradition and a serious love of groove, Guldin’s sound blends Chicago blues grit, Southern rock fire, and Memphis/Stax soul into a style his band proudly calls “Good Ole Butt-Shakin’

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01:08:54

interview with Kevin Blackwell of Sassparilla

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2026/04/09

Sassparilla is a Portland, Oregon–based “punk-Americana” / roots-rock band that plays like a bar fight with a backbeat—in the best possible way. Led by singer-songwriter Kevin “Gus” Blackwell, the band blends the stomp of old American traditions with the bite and speed of punk, creating a sound that feels like hill country blues and old-time string-band music dragged into a loud, modern room and turned loose.http://www.makingascene.org

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00:22:06

The Suno-Warner Deal: When Big Music Stops Fighting...

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2026/04/07

Making a Scene Presents - The Suno-Warner Deal: When Big Music Stops Fighting AI and Starts Designing ItSomething important just happened in the music business, and indie artists need to pay attention. Warner Music Group and Suno announced a partnership built around licensed AI music. Under the deal, the companies will work on next-generation licensed models, Warner artists can opt in to AI experiences using their names, images, likenesses, voices, and compositions, and Suno will make major product

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00:20:48

The Artist-Owned Ecosystem: Replacing the Label,...

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2026/04/06

Making a Scene Presents - The Artist-Owned Ecosystem: Replacing the Label, Distributor, and Platform The night the old deal stopped making sense It usually happens after the show. Not onstage. Not in the comments. Not when the playlist adds hit. It happens when the room is half empty, the drummer is packing hardware, somebody is folding shirts at the merch table, and the artist is looking at a phone full of “engagement” that does not pay tomorrow’s hotel bill. That is the moment the old music

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01:01:43

Interview with Alexis P Suter

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2026/04/06

Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Alexis P SuterAlexis P. Suter is a three-time Blues Music Award nominee—recognized in major categories including the Koko Taylor Award and Best Soul Blues Female Artist—and one of the most commanding voices in modern blues and soul. Raised in Brooklyn in a musically gifted family, Alexis grew up with the belief that music is not just entertainment—it’s an emotional and spiritual experience. That idea still sits at the center of everything she does on

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00:20:30

AI-Driven Fan Journeys: Mapping Every Step From First...

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2026/04/05

Making a Scene Presents - AI-Driven Fan Journeys: Mapping Every Step From First Listen to Lifetime Fan There is a quiet tragedy happening in the modern music business, and most independent artists have been taught to call it normal. A stranger hears a song in a playlist. They like it. They tap through to a profile. Maybe they watch a clip. Maybe they save the track. Maybe they even tell a friend. Then the trail goes cold. The artist never learns who that person was, never learns what caught their

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00:30:36

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

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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

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00:25:56

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

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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

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00:19:59

A Buyer’s Guide to Recording Interfaces

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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

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01:07:38

Interview with the Avery Set

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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

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00:22:24

Subtractive EQ vs Additive EQ: The Secret to Clean Mixes

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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

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01:07:27

Interview with Christina Crofts

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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

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00:22:25

Creating a Touring Syndicate for Increased Leverage

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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

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00:23:10

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

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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

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00:25:05

Stop Sending Fans Back Into the Machine

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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

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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,

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01:09:35

Interview with the Badrock Blues Band

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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

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00:21:07

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

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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

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