Best Music podcasts (Updated April 2017; image)
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Song Exploder is a podcast where musicians take apart their songs, and piece by piece, tell the story of how they were made. Each episode features an artist discussing a song of theirs, breaking down the sounds and ideas that went into the writing and recording. Hosted and produced by Hrishikesh Hirway.
Hosts Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton spin new music from emerging bands and musical icons.
Tiny Desk Concerts from NPR Music feature your favorite musicians performing at All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen's desk in the NPR office. Hear Wilco, Adele, Passion Pit, Tinariwen, Miguel, The xx and many more. This is the audio version of the podcast. A video version is also available.
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Live In Concert from NPR's All Songs Considered

Hear live shows from Spiritualized, Andrew Bird, Wilco, Bon Iver, Alabama Shakes, Beirut and many more. Recorded by NPR Music at venues and festivals across the country. Find more at npr.org/music.
New York Times music critics Jon Pareles and Jon Caramanica talk each week about the latest pop music news, the top songs, the best albums, the biggest stars — and the up and coming stars you haven't heard of yet.
inspiring a diverse audience to be socially responsible and sustainable through music
Billboard co-director of charts Keith Caulfield and Billboard.com senior editor Katie Atkinson offer weekly Billboard chart breakdowns, discuss the hottest music news and cover the year’s biggest musical events. Casual pop fans, chart junkies and everyone in between are invited to this weekly half-hour discussion.
Next is a new music show with a simple goal: Find you a new favorite song. I firmly believe that good people listen to good people. Please check out the website http://allthingsnext.com. Enjoy it all, stay sexy and if you love someone hug them right now.
Songlines magazine covers the world's most exciting music from traditional and popular to contemporary and fusion, featuring artists from all around the globe. Songlines is packed full of the latest CD reviews, artist interviews, guides to particular world music traditions, concert-listings, travel stories and every issue comes with an exclusive compilation CD
Mike Watt (solo artist, Minutemen, fIREHOSE, Iggy Pop and The Stooges) playing some tunes and doing some spiel. Assisted by brother matt and coming to you from the wild kingdom at the pleasure point, in San Pedro California!
WXPN's live performance and interview program featuring music and conversation from a variety of important musicians
A Podcast That Shares Stories About Music From Around The World
Your site for the best in Jam Band Radio! Catch EB live Saturday nights 6-10pmEST on Z88.9 FM.
The Guardian's Music podcast is our irregular but ever excellent look at music culture. The latest in this series is the Brasil Music Exchange - bringing you the freshest music from Brazil emerging artists. Plus the podcast version of our live radio shows on NTS, The Guardian Radio Hour. Each week a special guest joined the Guardian’s Kate Hutchinson to discuss a musical theme, from Neneh Cherry on her journey from jazz to punk, to Stewart Lee’s survey of music and stand-up comedy. It’s very ...
Audible Discernment is a musically-driven podcast created by three guys in the deep South. Originally born out of a game meant to encourage music sharing, their friendship has blossomed into weekly meetings in front of three microphones and the occasional six-pack.
In this podcast host Jeff Kalmbach is joined every other week by a guest to discuss songs deemed truly horrible and discuss what makes them so.
We cover the topics that matter most to music industry professionals.
Album by Album is a weekly conversation about music and the way it changes our lives. Every week, a guest brings albums and songs that affected them, left an impression or makes them nostalgic.We get guests that enjoy various genres and have them provide an introduction to the genre with samples.We also have a weekly record club!
#1 Syndicate Caribbean Radio Show Worldwide! Official Worldwide Dancehall Hot 20 Countdown
The Music Life is an exploration of what it means to be a contemporary maker of music during what could be considered 'the wild west' era of the music industry. This exploration is done through conversations with a diverse array of working music artists, producers, and industry professionals. There are many questions to be asked and stories to be told.The podcast is hosted and produced by two working musicians and record producers, Louis Abramson & Joey Secchiaroli. Both have spent the bette ...
Aaron Davison from http://www.howtolicenseyourmusic.com/ interviews music industry pros about the music licensing business and more.
This is the Sub Pop Podcast, a product of Sub Pop Records, the Seattle-based record label since 1988. Hear stories from inside, outside, and adjacent to Sub Pop, straight from the horse's mouth. Season 2 will run from October to December 2016, with a new episode each Wednesday. Absolutely nothing sounds better.
Music Business Worldwide (MBW) is a free, in-depth news, insight and analysis platform for the international music industry.As a UK-based site with a global outlook, we’re lucky to have access to some of the world’s most exciting professional music businesses on our doorstep.But our remit also extends much further afield, uniting a worldwide community of industry thought-leaders.Whether it’s the colossal US, UK and EU markets, the growing power of Asia-Pacific, Russia and Latin America or th ...
B.o.B Unsigned is one of the fastest growing music shows in the world. Ranked number 1 on Google for 'Unsigned Music' it 's played across in 16 countries.
Tips, Tricks, and Advice for the Home Recording Studio Owner
Host Jacob Haller talks to songwriters about a song they wrote.
*Join us April 5th for our rescheduled program featuring Joel Plaskett, Rose Cousins & Antonio Ponce, author of Don't Forget the Business in the Music Business.*Canadian Musician Radio brings you the best insider information on the music industry. Interviews with musicians, songwriters, producers, music experts and music industry professionals. Join Show Hosts Andrew King and Mike Raine for the hottest information on Canadian music.For feedback and suggestions, contact [email protected]
A daily spotlight on international musical artists and trends. Created by host Marco Werman, the Global Hit features interviews with musicians, critics and deejays around the globe.
Live From Music City is directed to singers/musicians who have achieved at least mid-level entry points in their careers. We try to help the artists define the steps they need to take to advance their careers.*We'll discuss a variety of topics through commentary and with guests to showcase their roles within the performing and recording industry. We'll also focus on the music business from the perspective of service to the artist, as well as how the artist can achieve the next levels of succ ...
Music Business Facts- Where successful music industry experts share their secrets, insights and strategies on how to establish a career and monetize your passion within the music business. Whether you're an aspiring performer, songwriter, manager, promoter, indie label, studio owner or music entrepreneur, every episode of music business facts will give you the industry truths on how best to succeed in the music industry.
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Complete Music Life Podcast: Musicianship - Business - Tech - Health - Inspiration

Guitarist, Songwriter, and Host of the Complete Music Life Podcast
Welcome to How To Write A Tune, the only podcast that looks into the hearts, minds and souls of musicians and try to find an answer to the age old question; How do you write a tune? To add this podcast to your Podcast app please paste the following link into your podcast manual feed: http://h2wat.libsyn.com/rss
The Barbican Centre in London features the world's greatest artists in jazz, folk, world, roots, soul, country, contemporary classical and the more experimental ends of rock, pop and electronica. Look out for our podcast in the iTunes Store every month, with exclusive interviews, lots of good music and backstage reports.
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Sound Design Live - Career building interviews on live sound, theatre, AV, recording, and sound system tuning

Build your career as a sound engineer. The podcast for live audio professionals. Interviews with the leading innovators in concert, theatre, and corporate production. Submit your questions: http://buff.ly/Nwpsf0Nathan Lively is a Career Coach for Audio Professionals, Podcast Consultant for Small Businesses, and Author.
iTunes and the Apple Store bring you up close and personal with some of today's hottest musicians, producers, singers, and songwriters. Subscribe to the podcast and stay up to date on the biggest names in the music industry.
Composers Datebook™ is a daily two-minute program designed to inform, engage, and entertain listeners with timely information about composers of the past and present. Each program notes significant or intriguing musical events involving composers of the past and present, with appropriate and accessible music related to each.
Music Production & Music Marketing Courses
A Sunny Place for Shady People is a music podcast featuring interviews of some of the most interesting up and coming bands -- some local and some on tour. Whether recording in the ASPFSP studios or out on location at shows and festivals, Tommy Dubs, Mike McAfee, Doug Kunnath, and Dylan bring the best in new music by getting away from standard question/answer interviews and give you the opportunity to get to know these talented guests.
The Music Scout showcases the best music around in 30 minute bitesize episodes.
Mark Blankenship and Sarah D. Bunting talk about one song each episode.
We love music. All kinds of music. You name it, we like it. But listening to the music isn't enough for us. Anyone can do that. That's why we've launched Inside MusiCast. Because we know that behind great music are great session musicians, producers, writers and engineers that are the talent behind the talent. We dedicate our podcast to them and to you - the music enthusiasts who need to go beyond the liner notes. Taking you inside the music, one interview at a time. This is Inside MusiCast.
Hear the interview of the week from the Music Show, where composer Andrew Ford entertains and informs a wide audience each week, providing two hours of essential listening from the world of music.
Pianist Hugh Sung shares stories about making music and what moves our souls. Featuring interviews with musicians from a wide variety of genres, including Classical, Folk, Rock, Jazz, and beyond. Visit http://amusicallife.com for all episodes and show notes. New episodes coming every Monday.
A fast & fun way to discover great new music!
Welcome to the Belly Up Podcast! This is a podcast that features things related to the world famous music venue located in Solana Beach, CA - our friends, touring artists, people that make us laugh and everything in between. To check out who is playing the club: www.bellyup.com. To download albums and singles from past artists: www.bellyuplive.com. Your hosts are: Meryl Klemow, Show Promotions Manager. Meryl enjoys podcasting, green juices, cheese and round animals like manatees. Say hi ...
It's astonishing to watch Sultana's fluidity on her instrument, like a natural extension of her body. She also plays bass, saxophone, trumpet, flute and more, but kept it "simple" for the Tiny Desk.
Houston Christian Music artist Justin Gambino is our special guest on The ETX ROCKS Show today! Justin shares 2 incredibly moving live original songs with us! Boston Chris & Justin chat about his upbringing, his songwriting and how important it is to be God’s vessel! Tune in to hear how Justin successfully tours the country and what he would do ...…
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AudioNowcast

Producer, and one of the owners of Antares Audio Technologies, Jess Jackson was our guest for this podcast. topics included: Auto-Tune, Podcast update, what we’re doing, what we’re not doing and a few other changes, (we have a producer!), Auto-Tune, Mac and their non-update update announcement, now how many dongles and adapters will I have to b ...…
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Composers Datebook
From 1951 to the time of his death in 1976, the Texas-born conductor Victor Alesandro led the San Antonio Symphony. In addition to being a fine conductor, Alessandro had a very clever system for attracting talented players to his orchestra. He kept his eyes open for key players about to retire from all the top American orchestras and sent them ...…
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Volcano Vinyl
Brian and Brian listen to an album delivered to the door during the recording session, the third self-titled album in a row for the show, Love and Rockets. [email protected] @volcanovinyl #vv064
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The New Music Industry Podcast | www.MusicEntrepreneurHQ.com | with David Andrew Wiebe
Do you practice gratitude in your daily life? How important do you think it is to be thankful for where you are and what you have right now? In this episode of The New Music Industry Podcast, I look at the importance of saying “thank you” in our daily lives. Podcast Highlights: 00:14 – My upcoming book, Flashes of Elation 00:47 – In this episod ...…
Sting Talks Early Days with The Police and His New Record
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PRI's The World: Global Hit

The World offers you this exclusive world premiere of "Zmei3: Trip Through Transylvania."By (PRI's The World).
This week on The Music Scout podcast, you'll be hearing brand new music from the likes of Flyte, DL Is Ok and Hamish Anderson, plus much more on your #1 new music podcast for the best new music around! I'm definitely getting into the more experimental side of electronica recently, but the indie side of me will never burn out! So you get a mix t ...…
Billy Joel's mama named him William, so we will call him William! A chat about his early-'80s album track "Sleeping With the Television On" leads us to consider the best and worst Joel-isms, that strange era when TV stopped showing things for the evening, and the mysterious identity of this Leyna woman.…
Texas Country Music Superstar Rich O’Toole is the latest guest on The ETX ROCKS Show! Boston Chris & Rich talk about his life changing car accident and how it has changed his perspective on life, why he loves being an independent artist, his awesome new album, songwritingi & of course TACOS! Thank you to Everything That Blings in Kilgore, TX fo ...…
If you had been in Vienna on today’s date in 1897, you could have witnessed a civic outpouring of affection and respect as the coffin bearing the remains of Johannes Brahms processed to that city’s Central Cemetery. One eye-witness was the German-born British musician Sir George Henschel, who was a friend of the late composer.He tells us the fu ...…
People been talkin shit that Blow Jam lost their edge. Well here’s a bunch of songs about dicks… so suck it.
Joel Plaskett is one of Canada's most treasured songwriters, and for his latest project, he's teamed up with someone who's had a very impactful influence on him: his father. Bill & Joel Plaskett's Solidarity is, as Bill puts it, "a touch of the traditional mixed in with the new, and a lot of the unexpected, arrived at through experimentation." ...…
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Next Music Online

Did you listen to our favorite songs of March week 570? If yes, thank you and please listen again…if no, you really should. Brilliant month of new music. Please support these bands…or we wouldn’t have bands like this around to support. Buy an album, or a ticket to a show, or a tee shirt, or…something from them. Thank you. If there are any bands ...…
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Now Hear This Entertainment

Brian Fitzy and then Mark Wood each performed and then sat down for these interviews during the Winter 2017 NAMM show in California. Fitzy is a multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, producer, and composer who is releasing a new album. He has performed at venues ranging from Madison Square Garden in New York to the Staples Center in Los Angeles, plus ...…
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Barbican Contemporary Music

We delve into the four-hour minimalist masterpiece – one of the undoubted milestones of contemporary classical music – with three of the first musicians outside the Philip Glass Ensemble whom the composer has permitted to perform the piece: Bedroom Community pianist and organist James McVinnie, composer Timo Andres and pianist Eliza McCarthy.…
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Broadcasts – eTown

Hosts Nick and Helen Forster welcome back Boulder-born, Nashville-based siblings Chris and Oliver Wood (The Wood Brothers) who make another stop at eTown Hall to share music from their latest collection of songs entitled Paradise. The two brothers, which began their musical careers in widely different genres such as the experimental jazz trio M ...…
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Sing Out! Radio Magazine

Sing Out! Radio Magazine Hosted by Tom Druckenmiller #17-14: For Chuck pt 1Artist/”Song”/CD/Label Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways Ned Luberecki / “The Girl from Ipanema” / Take Five / Self Produced Tom Rush / “Too Much Monkey Business” / Take a Little Walk with Me / Elektra Steve Ho ...…
Ramoth Gilead from Tyler’ TX is the newest guest on Dig It With D Scribs only on The ETX ROCKS Show! Ramoth shares 2 powerful songs and chats with Dennis about his music, his songwriting and why being a message for God is so important to him!! Thank you to mobileaudiolabs.com for sponsoring!! We are located on Facebook, Instagram & Twitter @etx ...…
Johann Strauss, Jr. dominated the dance hall scene in Vienna in the first quarter century of his musical career, but the "waltz king" was 45 years old before he tried his hand at writing an operetta. He was urged on by the management of Vienna's premiere light opera venue, the Theater an der Wien, which was anxious to replace the extremely popu ...…
On the latest episode, we're joined by British girl group Little Mix! The ladies sat down with us poolside on the rooftop of their Los Angeles hotel when they were in town last week for Ariana Grande's Dangerous Woman tour stops in Anaheim and L.A. "She has the most incredible fans," Perrie Edwards says of Grande's Arianators.…
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PRI's The World: Global Hit

Their booking agent was kidnapped and murdered. Their manager was also kidnapped. Shortly after, rock band La Vida Bohème left Caracas and made a new start in Mexico City.By (PRI's The World).
In this episode, I share a mix from Frankie Barranco’s latest EP that I produced, mixed, and mastered. Listen to the EP on Apple Music/iTunes and Spotify and follow Frankie on Facebook. Join us every Tuesday at 1pm CT from over at my YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/homestudiocorner Follow me on Twitter here: @joegildermusic Connect on Facebook ...…
Hosts Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton share their favorite songs of the week, including premieres from Elf Power and Big Thief, plus new music from The Walkmen's Walter Martin, Son Lux and more: 1. Elf Power: "Watery Shreds," 2. Big Thief: "Mythological Beauty," 3. Walter Martin: "Hey Matt," 4. Scout Pare-Phillips: "Door Left Open," 5. Lydia Ainswo ...…
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WMMR - Local Shots Podcast

The LOCAL SHOTS PODCAST brings you music from Philadelphia’s finest!Stream the podcast to learn more about today’s featured Philly band…Artist: Queen Of Jeans | Facebook | TwitterSong: "Dance (Get Off Your Ass)" The post Queen Of Jeans - Dance (Get Off Your Ass) appeared first on 93.3 WMMR.
What's Up at the Belly Up podcast this week features Alejandro Escovedo! We talked about kale, surfing, Tibetan medicine, burning something beautiful, his musical family and much more!
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The New Music Industry Podcast | www.MusicEntrepreneurHQ.com | with David Andrew Wiebe
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Ownership is one of the most important concepts I could teach anyone in the music industry. Many people do not take responsibility for their lives, let alone their careers. They blame outside circumstances and other people for their lack of results and success. In this episode of The New Music Industry Podcast, I explain the advantages and disa ...…
Pitch Slapped, Berklee’s premier coed a cappella group, will release its second full-length album, Complexion, on April 20, following a debut performance of it at the Berklee Performance Center on April 19.
Endless Boundaries episode 920 debuts new music from The String Cheese Incident, continues with Bakers Dozen Night 8, gets Philly ready for Dopapod and Pink Talking Phish, and more. See full playlist at endlessboundaries.com.
IWest-coast country artist Jamie Wyatt performs autobiographical songs from her new album, Felony Blues.
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Best of British Unsigned

There's 3 from an acoustic singer/songwriter from Coventry an awesome pop Track of the Week and we spin a couple of classics by acts from the Channel Islands.VISIT: Visit www.bobunsigned.com1) Endxs - Almost Home TWITTER: @endxsmusic2) Marr Chambers - HandoutTWITTER: @marrchambers3) Leah McFall - Happy HumanTWITTER: @leahmcfallmusic4) Prido - T ...…
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The Listening Party Podcast

We screwed up the scheduling so you’re stuck with just Denise and Rod for a second episode in a row. This week they’re talking emergency songs. Tracks include: The Emergency (Radio Edit) by BT, What You Call Love by Guster, Hospital Flowers by Owl City, Emergency! Emergency! by The Promise Ring, Extraordinary by Joel Plaskett Emergency, Mayday ...…
Today we offer a special "Gong Show" edition of The Composer's Datebook.On today's date in 1791, at the height of the French Revolution, the Panthéon in Paris was converted into a mausoleum for national heroes, and the first to be interned there, with great pomp and ceremony, was Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, Comte de Mirabeau, a tremendously popular ...…
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The Circus Life Podcast

Episode #191. Today Geoff and Jon from the band Of Tomorrow join Justin and Sean for a podcast about tanks, pranks, and yoga pants. Lauren LeMunyan Uber's over after her soccer game to talk about the history of April Fool's Day and facilitate another rousing game of "What The Hell Is Sean Drinking?" Support us on Patreon.com/TheCircusLife and r ...…
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Volcano Vinyl
Brian and Brian revisit one of their mutual all time faves, Portishead's Portishead. All transitional music is from Horizontal, the new album by Legendary Divorce. You can hear more at legendarydivorce.bandcamp.com. All proceeds go to Planned Parenthood and the Mazzoni Center in Philadelphia. [email protected] @volcanovinyl #vv063…
Aaron from http://www.howtolicenseyourmusic.com/ discusses the positive side effect of pursuing a career in licensing and also discusses the importance of enjoying the process of becoming a better songwriter and musician. He also plays a new song called “You And I’.
Billboard staffers discuss favorite albums of 2017's first quarter, from Khalid, Muna, Laura Marling, Rag'n'Bone Man, Stormzy and Gabriel Garzon-Montano on Must-Hear Music podcast.
The power of language to penetrate a difficult subject, and the power of performance to share that language, are the gifts Noname brought to the Tiny Desk.
Rachel Holder is the newest special guest to come on Hayley’ Country Tuesday only on The ETX ROCKS Show! This Curb Records Recording Artist from Eastern Tennessee chats with Boston Chris about her upbringing, her music and what it’s like to be part of a major record label! Special thanks to Monte C. Willis & M Trey WIlleford! We are located on ...…
On this week's episode I discuss how meaningful it is to give back and to pay it forward, while also looking back at a great couple of days in Boston where I was part of Berklee College Of Music's Career Jam.
**TRIGGER WARNING - CLOWN CONTENT**Now that that's out of the way, welcome to this creepy a$$ episode all about a clown. You've been warned.Writing partners Shannon & Scott tempt the salad spinner of fate as they write a short song about a random topic in a random style of music. Follow us on Twitter @songsaladcast and check out our website, so ...…
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The Watt From Pedro Show

on-air guest kelly hogan from chicago, il via skype
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Composers Datebook
In the 19th century, same as today, New Yorkers looking for fun had a lot to choose from. Can you blame them for being a little jaded, when, for example, on today's date in 1871, the options included these three musical offerings: First: at Lina Edwin's Theater, a musical burlesque entitled "Pluto," an entertainment The New York Times billed as ...…
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Sound Design Live - Career building interviews on live sound, theatre, AV, recording, and sound system tuning

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Welcome to the bonus lesson!Notes - Most people don't finish online courses, but you did. - Comment below and tell me one thing you would change about the course. - Get an accountability partner. http://sounddesignlive.com/accountability-partner/ - Get a coach or mentor. You can read more about my coaching program here: Success in Sound http:// ...…
Today in 1961, the American composer Wallingford Riegger died in New York City, about a month shy of what would have been his 76th birthday.Riegger was born in Albany, Georgia, in 1885. Like many American musicians of that era, Riegger studied in Germany. In the years before America entered World War I, Riegger worked in both the US and Europe: ...…
The work of one of Australia's greatest writers through the lens of the music he loved
Elena Kats-Chernin and Tamara-Anna Cislowska's tribute to one of the 20th century's true eccentrics; pianist and composer Erik Satie.
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Sound Design Live - Career building interviews on live sound, theatre, AV, recording, and sound system tuning

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Welcome to Lesson 14!If you missed the previous lessons, please go back to that email or head over to the course page. http://sounddesignlive.com/from-the-sound-up/Notes- Build your list to 150 contacts.- Schedule time to work on it regularly.- Every 5-6 times that you reach out, ask for a recommendation or referral.Homework1. Schedule time in ...…
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Composers Datebook
On this date in 1747, a crowd of London concert-goers gathered in response to a newspaper announcement, which read, "At the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden tomorrow will be perform'd a new oratorio, call'd 'Judas Maccabaeus'… no person to be admitted without tickets… at half a guinea each."The composer of this new Biblical oratorio was George Fr ...…






































