Making a Scene Presents

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

Making a Scene Presents is a interviews podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 0 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

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  Episode #2677

  When AI Becomes the Music Fan’s Personal Shopper

  Sep 28, 202622 min

  Making a Scene Presents - When AI Becomes the Music Fan’s Personal Shopper Spotify, Meta Muse, and Why AI Agent Optimization May Become the Next Battleground for Independent Artists For most of the internet era, musicians have been told that success begins with getting somebody to click something. First we worried about getting people to find an artist website through Google. Then musicians were told they needed Facebook pages, followed by Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, Spotify playlists, pre-save campaigns, smart links, link-in-bio pages, and whatever new platform arrived while everybody was still figuring out the previous one. Somewhere along the way, being a musician started to require the promotional instincts of a carnival barker and the technical patience of somebody assembling IKEA furniture without the little hex wrench. Through all of those changes, however, one basic assumption remained remarkably stable. A human being was doing the navigating. The fan searched for an artist, clicked a result, opened Spotify, browsed a playlist, visited a ticket page, checked a concert date, looked at merchandise, and decided what to do next. The platforms changed, but the person remained behind the wheel. http://www.makingascene.org

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  Episode #2676

  What Independent Musicians Can Learn from Netflix, Disney, and the Streaming Wars

  Sep 28, 202620 min

  Making a Scene Presents - What Independent Musicians Can Learn from Netflix, Disney, and the Streaming Wars The movie and television business has figured out how to turn entertainment into an ongoing relationship with an audience. It is time independent musicians stopped thinking like content suppliers and started thinking like entertainment companies. There is something wonderfully strange happening in the entertainment business. Netflix spends billions of dollars creating and acquiring entertainment, Disney builds entire business empires around stories and characters, and television companies are constantly searching for new ways to keep audiences coming back. Meanwhile, independent musicians are being told that the secret to success is uploading another song, making fifteen short videos about it, and hoping an algorithm decides they deserve to eat this month. Somewhere along the way, the music business managed to convince artists that being available everywhere was practically the same thing as building a successful career. http://www.makingascene.org

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  Episode #2675

  Interview with Teni Rane

  Sep 26, 20261h 20m

  Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Teni Rane Teni Rane is a Chattanooga, Tennessee-based Americana and folk singer-songwriter whose music grows from the landscape around her and the questions that have shaped her life. Appalachian songbirds, white oaks, wildflower fields, and the changing seasons find their way into songs that explore belonging, identity, longing, and the complicated beauty of being human. With an intimate vocal style and a thoughtful approach to storytelling, Rane creates music that feels deeply connected to the natural world while reaching into the emotional territory we often struggle to put into words. http://www.makingascene.org

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  Episode #2673

  Move the Microphone Before You Buy Another Plugin

  Sep 24, 202625 min

  Making a Scene Presents - Move the Microphone Before You Buy Another Plugin The Science of Microphone Placement and Better Guitar and Vocal Recordings How distance, angle, reflections, and a little understanding of acoustics can transform your recordings without transforming your home studio into another expensive equipment collection. There is a peculiar ritual that takes place in home recording studios all over the world. A musician records an acoustic guitar, listens to the playback, and decides the instrument sounds too muddy. The next hour is spent searching through equalizers, downloading compressor presets, watching videos about expensive microphones, and wondering whether the audio interface needs to be upgraded. Eventually, the musician considers buying another microphone because the internet has suggested that the current one might not be professional enough. Meanwhile, the microphone is sitting six inches from the soundhole, patiently recording exactly the muddy sound it was asked to capture. http://www.makingascene.org

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  Episode #2672

  Facebook Just Gave Independent Musicians the Best Argument Yet for Owning Their Fan Relationships

  Sep 22, 202614 min

  Making a Scene Presents - Facebook Just Gave Independent Musicians the Best Argument Yet for Owning Their Fan Relationships Meta’s new subscription plans and reported restrictions on outbound links expose a problem independent musicians have been living with for years. Artists have spent decades building audiences on social media, only to discover that having thousands of followers and having control of a music business are two very different things. The Landlord Has Decided to Charge for the Front Door Imagine spending fifteen years building a music venue. You book the bands, paint the walls, install the sound system, promote the shows, and convince thousands of people that this is where they should come to hear great music. You develop relationships with regular customers who return every weekend, bring their friends, buy merchandise, and become part of the community surrounding the music. Eventually, you have built a thriving little business around something you created, and although the building belongs to somebody else, you have every reason to believe the people who keep coming through the door are your customers. http://www.makingascene.org

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