The Music Lens Podcast

Send us Fan Mail Part 2 of recapping new music from the first half of 2024! We hope you like this because what was intended to be a two-parter has become its own series. Have a question, story, or feedback to share? Email us at: themusiclenspodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube at:  @themusiclenspodcast You can also follow Alex and Katie on all socials at: @alexal...

Send us Fan Mail We're six months into 2024 already! Join us for a celebratory pool party where we discuss new music that has come out in the first six months of the year. For this episode, we highly recommend watching the video version to gain more context of what all is happening! Have a question, story, or feedback to share? Email us at: themusiclenspodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram...

Send us Fan Mail It's our second mental health check in! In this episode, we discuss some of the things that have been on our minds relating to our careers in the music industry and  as independent artists. Have a question, story, or feedback to share? Email us at: themusiclenspodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube at:  @themusiclenspodcast You can also follow...

Send us Fan Mail Happy Pride Month, everyone! We're celebrating by taking a look at the history of queer artists in music as well as talking about some of the individuals who are either allies or are part of the queer community in country music. Resources Music Gateway: Stat on LGBT Representation in the music industry LGBT Music Wikipedia Page 10 of the biggest LGBTQ+ allies in Country Music...

Send us Fan Mail The 51st Annual CMA Fest happened in Nashville this past weekend, and so we wanted to recap our experiences with y'all. Listen to us share about our time at CMA Fest this year first, and then check out our YouTube for some clips from our time at the festival. Have a question, story, or feedback to share? Email us at: themusiclenspodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram, TikTo...

Send us Fan Mail In our second episode of our series on music towns, we're talking about the history of LA. Join us for a look at the history as well as the present day Los Angeles music scene. Resources DOJ Sues to split up Ticketmaster and Live Nation Eric Church vs. Scalpers LA Story Is LA Known For Music? Music of Los Angeles 5 Iconic Moments that Shaped the LA Music Scene When LA's...

Send us Fan Mail In the next addition of our Artist Inventory series, we discuss the basics of PR and marketing as well as the difference between the two. Resources Spotify Sued by MLC Over Bundling, Cutting Songwriter Royalties Have a question, story, or feedback to share? Email us at: themusiclenspodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube at:  @themusiclenspodcast Yo...

Send us Fan Mail As a follow up to Songwriting 101, we're taking a look at some of our old songs we wrote when we were just starting our songwriting journeys. Resources Spotify to Pay Songwriters Less Royalties Next Year Due to Book Bundle Have a question, story, or feedback to share? Email us at: themusiclenspodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube at:  @themus...

Send us Fan Mail How did Nashville get its nickname "Music City"? We're diving into the history of Nashville and how overtime it became what is known today as Music City. Resources The Story of Music City How Did Nashville Become the Hub of Country Music? Historic Places and People that Helped Make Nashville 'Music City' Have a question, story, or feedback to share? Email...

Send us Fan Mail After a catch up on current events including TikTok and UMG's new licensing deal and a debate over Eric Church's Stagecoach performance, we take you back to the very basics of songwriting. Consider this as if it were your first ever lesson in writing a song. This is: Songwriting 101. Resources TikTok - UMG update Have a question, story, or feedback to share? Email us at:...

Send us Fan Mail We're doing a deep dive into royalties! How many kinds are there? Who gets paid these royalties? How do you make sure you're getting all of the royalties you've earned? Listen to find out! Resources Music Royalties Explained The MLC Have a question, story, or feedback to share? Email us at: themusiclenspodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and...

Send us Fan Mail This week we are going back to our Artist Inventory series and are discussing an artist's team on the road. From an artist going on their first little tour, to an established artist playing bigger venues, listen to learn more about the different roles necessary to make these shows possible. Have a question, story, or feedback to share? Email us at: themusiclenspodcast@gmail.c...

Send us Fan Mail It's crazy to think we've been podcasting for two months already! That being said, we are finally getting around to our first mental health check in episode since that is another area we are wanting to cover on this podcast. After catching up on some current events like the CMT Music Awards and ACM Awards, we discuss where we're at and how we're feeling mentall...

Send us Fan Mail Remember how we had technical issues and weren't able to get an episode out a few weeks ago? This is that episode! So this week, we present to you what we are deeming "The Lost Episode", aka a fun, silly, goofy time of an episode in which we look up the craziest things that artists put in their riders. Resources from this episode: Artist Riders: http://www.thesmokin...

Send us Fan Mail How do artists even make money? In this episode, we're providing you with a plethora of ways in which artists earn revenue in order to keep the dream alive. We also take a slight detour into a guessing game related to songs in movies while talking about sync licensing, but if you can get through that, we hope you're able to learn something and maybe find new ways to earn...

Send us Fan Mail The first of a series we're naming "The Artist Inventory", we discuss the role of an Artist Manager. What should an artist look for in a manager? What does a manager do for an artist? When does an artist need to add a manager to their team? All of these and more are covered within this episode. Resources from this episode: Billboard Article about Living Wage for Mus...

Send us Fan Mail Happy Women's History Month! We're celebrating this episode by first talking about iconic women in history and present day before diving into some statistics on women in the music business. Then we end by naming a few organizations/companies that champion women and are working to be a part of the solution to a more equal playing field when it comes to the music industry....

Send us Fan Mail For this episode, we shared some gig/co-writing horror stories with you in hopes to inspire you to share your own for us to read on a future episode. We also took a look at a Buzzfeed article of lyrics written by kids. Resources: Buzzfeed article Have a question, story, or feedback to share? Email us at: themusiclenspodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and Y...

Send us Fan Mail You know how UMG's music got taken off TikTok? Well we researched why that happened. Join us for a discussion on the topic as well as TikTok royalty rates and a look back at Taylor Swift's Spotify boycott from 2014-2017. Resources from this episode: The Real Roots of Country Music: https://bit.ly/3SPmVP3 https://bit.ly/4bZZWtj Julie Williams on Black artists in country m...

Send us Fan Mail It's our first topic episode, and we decided to cover the 2024 Grammy Awards! Relive this year's Grammy Awards as we share our thoughts on red carpet looks, performances, and some of the night's winners! Have a question, story, or feedback to share? Email us at: themusiclenspodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube at:  @themusiclenspod...

Send us Fan Mail Introducing The Music Lens Podcast with Alex Allegra and Katie Fee! For our very first episode, we decided to just share with y'all what our intentions are for this podcast as well as introduce ourselves. Join us as we discuss life in the music scene through the lens of being independent artists! Have a question, story, or feedback to share? Email us at: themusiclenspodcast@g...