The Steve Freeman Podcast

The music business has changed. Selling music is harder than it has ever been, but if you know the rules of the game, you'll come out ahead. 

We all have goals, dreams and aspirations, but at times, do we allow those goals and the pursuit of success to enslave us and force us to live a life we don't really want?

There are only two kinds of people in this world. Givers and Takers. In this special edition, we discuss how to be a giver in a takers world!

This week's podcast is an in-depth look at how to effectively grow your brand and your audience. We are talking about social media, design, consistency across all platforms and most importantly the importance of the messaging of your brand.

The topic this week is the passage of Article 13 by the EU and what it potentially means for songwriters, publishers, content creators and copyright owners.

My reactions to YouTubers bashing Lauren Daigle for not being "Christian" enough and facts about Spotify "Sueing" Songwriters to prevent the 44% increase in royalties over the next 5 years.

This week we visit with Emmy winning actor Jacob Young about his new starring role in a feature film Angel, as well as, leaving the daytime TV drama The Bold & The Beautiful. We had a great discussion on the entertainment business as a whole.

It is impossible to hold on to your passion 100% of the time because with passion comes expectations, and I often find that we place way too high expectations on ourselves. So, what do you do when you can't meet those expectations and you start to lose your passion?

How you define success is the key to achieving it. That's the topic of this week's podcast.

In this episode, we visit with Jason T. Lewis from Painfully Honest Tech. We cover music, tech, life and his channels' growth in 2018.

First show in the brand new Steve Freeman Podcast Studios. Putting the brand new RODEcaster Pro thru its paces and discussion about how to navigate social media properly to grow your brand and your business.

Success is available to anyonw willing listen, absorb and adopt these three things! Also an update on my experience with Ditto Music this week!

Everything from the top Christmas gifts of 2018 to microphones and pre's to my opinion on parenting!

Was not feeling good this week at all, so needless to say I was not prepared! Kinda phoned it in, but there's still some great stuff! 

Discussion on NFL's Kareen Hunt, starting an eSports Organization and the benefits of Krav Maga

This episode we talk about setting obtainable goals and a 90 day success strateguy for your life, brand and business.

This week I visit with Emmy Winning Actor Jacob Young about his new movie 'Killer Vacation', the rise of on demand programming and his upcoming projects. I also discuss the importance of the new deal Taylor Swift signed with UMG and it's implications across the music business.

Open discussion on the state of real country music.

Special Election Day Episode.

In this episode I talk to the Hollywood music supervisor behind blockbuster movies like Thor, Captain America, The Imitation Game, Sahara and Journey To The Center of The Earth, Lindsay Fellows

In this episode we visit with 5 time SESAC songwriter of the year, Reggie Hamm about the state of the music business and the future of songwriting.

How to succeed as an indie artist in todays music business.