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The Music Survival Guide Podcast — 225 episodes

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1

Get Something Done!

2

Stop Doing Everything - How To Prioritise

3

Have A Vision For Your Music BEFORE starting

4

We're the Metal Abba (Bad Heritage Interview)

5

Embrace Imperfections

6

Its Pressing On The Baby When I Do A Big Scream (Kintsugi Interview)

7

Surviving Busy Periods

8

Boredom is Powerful

9

STOP Doing This On Your Social Media

10

Developing Your Sound (Daytura Interview)

11

Making Real Authentic Music

12

Bringing Back 80s Rock (Death Warmed Up)

13

Lets Talk About Suno (and other AIs)

14

'Young kids think we're cool' (Reawaken Interview)

15

Get Better Raw Tones

16

Parenting Tips and Climbing Trees - Joe Marsh (Producer) Interview

17

To Sum Up The Year

18

Spotify Wrapped and the Comparison Trap (REPOST)

19

Make Your Music Visible!

20

The 'Look Up From Your Pint' Moment (Sabotage Interview)

21

Grabbing (and retaining) Attention Online

22

Bringing Your Own Hype (Ronin Veins Interview)

23

Locked In: The Art of Playing Tight

24

The Email That Opened Doors (Marc - Let Man Loose Interview)

25

The Little Extras That Make A Quality Production

26

Running A Recording Studio (David - Red City Recordings Interview)

27

Limitations Unlock Creativity

28

I Just LOVE playing drums (Simulation Theory Interview)

29

So You Want To Record Your Own Drums...

30

Going In A Heavier Direction (Keep This Up Interview)

31

Finding Your Unique Voice

32

Old-school music with a modern approach - Ben James Interview (The Heavy Souls)

33

Promoting Your Band and Music

34

Following Musical Instincts in Mastering (Izzy McPhee Interview)

35

Being 'In The Pocket'

36

Redefining Your Sound (November Now Interview)

37

Musical Mistakes (and how to handle them)

38

Buses, Rehearsals and WhatsApp - This New Dawn Interview

39

Make The Most Of Your Song, Focus On Arrangement

40

DIY Band Life (When They Riot Interview)

41

REPOST: Using Limited Time Wisely

42

Late Night Lightning and Cupboard Life (Electric Black Interview)

43

To Sum Up 2024

44

Building a Great Local Music Scene with Natasha from The Fighting Cocks

45

The Art of Promoting Your Music

46

Strange Pubs & Distinctive Voices - We The Sun Interview

47

Mixing Your Own Music?

48

Toby Campen - The Details of Mastering

49

A Practical Band's Guide To Instagram

50

Navigating the Modern Music Scene - Tribal Jury Interview

51

Guerrilla Recording

52

Rogue Awakening

53

Finding The Perfect Engineer

54

The Producer's Corner - A Chat with Sam Bloor of Lower Lane Studios

55

Reviewing Your Progress

56

Keryn (Zac The Locust) Interview

57

Think About The Why

58

Rituals Interview

59

Unusual Sounds! AKA Breaking Your Genre Mould

60

What's Its Like To Be A Guitar Teacher (George Twydell Interview)

61

Money Matters For Bands

62

Tailgunner (Tom) Interview

63

The Power of Kindness

64

Using Limited Time Wisely

65

Tales From The Studio - Recording a Completely Live Session with the Slow Cooked Bears

66

Evaluating 2023

67

SOS Interview

68

Spotify Wrapped and the Comparison Trap

69

Thieves of Liberty Interview

70

Resilience

71

Bailey Wood (Mavis) Interview

72

The Magic (and Potential Drawbacks) of Dolby Atmos

73

Chris Horrocks (Session Bassist) Interview

74

Work/Music/Life Balancing is Hard!

75

Ralph (Asomvel) Interview

76

Overcoming Writer’s Block

77

Ash Tustain Interview (Dig Lazarus & Stevie R. Pearce and The Hooligans)

78

Youtube For Bands: A Discovery Opportunity

79

Studio Ready: Preparing Your Band for Recording Sessions in the studio

80

Adam Jolivel-Perkins(Lavire) Interview

81

Stop Comparing Yourself!

82

Recording With A Clear Vision

83

A Promoter’s Perspective on the Music Industry (Civil War Interview)

84

Get Great Guitar Recordings At Home with These Methods

85

When Nothing Works Band Interview

86

Benefits Of AI In Music

87

Slow Cooked Bears Interview

88

A Different Way To Set Goals in 2023

89

Time To Rest And Recover

90

Planning Ahead As A Band

91

Dan Lucas (Producer at The Joplin House)

92

What is Mastering?

93

Keylock Interview

94

ISRC Codes - Use Them!

95

Matt (Black Heart) - Running a Music Venue In 2022

96

Affording Studio Time

97

Ian (Amongst Liars) Interview

98

Using Social Media

99

Connor (Shadow Smile) Interview

100

Update: The Podcast Returns!

101

Podcast Update

102

Axiom Interview

103

Kyle (Ashen Reach) Interview

104

Rod Henderson (Just a Ride) Interview (Part 2)

105

Rod Henderson (Just A Ride) Interview (Part 1)

106

Learning to Record/Produce Yourself

107

Dealing With Band Arguments

108

The Blams Interview

109

Music Distribution

110

One Last Day Interview

111

REPLAY: Social Media Mistakes

112

REPLAY: Putting Together Your EPK

113

Time To Rest (It‘s Important!)

114

What Does Musical Success Look Like?

115

The Acoustic Guitar Test

116

Thomas ‘Smit‘ Smith Interview (Steal The City)

117

Covering Costs As A Band

118

Connor Gaffney (Anchor Lane Interview)

119

Rehearsals - They‘re Important!

120

Anne Estella Interview

121

Should You Abandon A Song?

122

Will (Two Finger Media) Interview

123

Finding Your Tone

124

Fonzy & Co Interview

125

Optimising Your Spotify

126

Circus 66 Interview (Part 2)

127

Circus 66 Interview (Part 1)

128

Q&A episode

129

Josh Abbott Interview (The Life and Times of a Live Sound Engineer)

130

Recording Demos Of Your Music

131

Empyre Interview (Part 2)

132

Empyre Interview (Part 1)

133

Is Rock Dead?

134

Julian Holman Interview (Trouble County)

135

Should I Mix My Own Music?

136

Matt Jones Interview (Twisted Illusion)

137

Gearing Up For Gigs

138

Rob Scatchard Interview (Papa Shango)

139

Protecting Your Hearing

140

Jonathan Craig Interview (Forge Music Group)

141

Is It Ok To Use Cheap Gear?

142

Joe Montague Interview (All You Need Is Drums) - Part 2

143

Joe Montague Interview (All You Need Is Drums) - Part 1

144

Social Media Mistakes

145

Keith Lamley Interview (WDFD Records)

146

1 Year On From Lockdown... What Now?

147

Mastering (Stephen Kerrison Interview)

148

Dealing With Toxicity On Social Media

149

Dox Docherty Interview (Lords Of Ruin)

150

Landing That Interview

151

Earl Gray Collective Interview

152

Getting Gigs After Lockdown

153

Luke Short Interview (Ravenbreed)

154

Giving Good Feedback - Mixing Revisions

155

White Raven Down Interview

156

Facebook Groups for Musicians

157

William Young (Defences) Interview

158

What Does A Mixing Engineer Need?

159

And Now... Relax!

160

Hunted By Elephants Interview

161

Reflecting On Your Year

162

Raz White Interview (Call Of The Wild Festival)

163

How To Bottle Stage Presence

164

Land Captains Interview

165

Control In An Uncertain Time

166

Charlie Dowzell Interview (Sail)

167

Building Good Contacts

168

Residential Studios

169

Building An Effective EPK

170

7 Months On From Lockdown... What Now?

171

The Power Of Time Management

172

Tik Tok For Artists

173

Is Facebook Killing Music?

174

All About That Vinyl

175

Is It The End?

176

Expanding Your Musical Horizons

177

Say Bye Bye To Spotify

178

THAT Spotify Statement

179

Interview With A Band Manager (David Thorp Interview)

180

The One Thing You Need To Thrive As A Band

181

Pre-Production 101

182

Songwriting 101

183

The Taboos Interview

184

Livestreaming For Dummies

185

How To Be A Better Studio Singer

186

How To Be A Better Studio Guitarist

187

How To Be A Better Studio Drummer

188

Turn Strangers Into Fans

189

5 Ways To Boost Your Instagram

190

She Burns Red Interview

191

The Socially Distant Single Challenge - Part 3

192

The Socially Distant Single Challenge - Part 2

193

The Socially Distant Single Challenge - Part 1

194

Let Man Loose Interview

195

Why Hire A Producer?

196

The New Band Flight Plan

197

Should You Use Facebook Ads?

198

How To Find A Mix Engineer

199

Covid-19

200

Stage Nightmares

201

Release Strategy 101

202

Listening to Different Music

203

Home Studio Acoustics

204

Should You Pay for Music PR?

205

Instagram and How to use it

206

Is the Album Model Dead?

207

#16 - Why Should Someone Follow Your Band?

208

#15 - Fail To Practice, Practice To Fail

209

#14 - Finding Your Dream Studio

210

#13 & 2/3 - The One Question that Will Help Your Music Career

211

#13 & 1/3 - The Power of Rest

212

#13 - Preparing for Studio Success

213

#12 - How To Avoid A Studio Meltdown

214

#11 - Home Recording Studios

215

#10 - Home Studio Setup Challenge

216

#9 - Recording Demos

217

#8 - Recording Contracts

218

#7 - How To Get Gigs

219

#6 - Digital Communication 101

220

#5.5 - Creativity

221

#5 - Management

222

#4 - The Art of Self-Promotion

223

#3 - Modern Music Platforms

224

#2 - Social Media Promotion

225

#1 - Who Are We?