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November 29, 2017
Top 5 IK Multimedia Plugins
Top 5 IK Multimedia Plugins Brandon Shire We all have our favorites, and in this post I want to share my top 5 from IK Multimedia! Let’s countdown, starting from…
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November 28, 2017
Top 5 Waves Plugins
Top 5 Waves Plugins! Brandon Shire We all have our favorites, and in this post I want to share my top 5 from Waves Audio! Let’s countdown, starting from number…
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November 17, 2017
Guide to Social Media Verification
  Have you ever noticed how some social media profiles have this little blue checkmark next to their names. This tells any potential followers that this is a verified profile…
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November 16, 2017
Before you Hire a Music Publicist - READ THIS!
One of the biggest mistakes artists make when they hire a publicist is they have no idea what they need to have in place before they spend their money. If…
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October 20, 2017
Atlanta Blues Society Makes Commitment to Healthy Environments for Musicians
   The Atlanta Blues Society has long had the policy of a Smoke Free Environment for all of their events. They require any venue that they work with to be…
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October 19, 2017
Independent Blues Awards Nominations are now open!
IMPORTANT!! PLEASE READ BEFORE YOU ENTER ANY NOMINATIONS The independent Blues Awards celebrate the diversity and power of the music that is created by those artists that acknowledge their inspiration…
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Artist Interviews
November 26, 2017
An In Depth Interview with Shaun Murphy
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK I found my way to the Blues stage at the first Ann Arbor Blues Fest, and was completely smitten. Getting to play at such an important milestone…
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November 25, 2017
An In Depth Interview with Peter Parcek
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Peter Parcek’s daring, incendiary and soulful style is a distinctive hybrid. He weaves rock, gypsy-jazz, country, folk, and blues-- especially blues-- into a tapestry of melody,…
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November 19, 2017
An In Depth Interview with Chris "Kid" Andersen
Greaseland Studios FACEBOOK PAGE What do the critically acclaimed records of Wee Willie Walker, John Boyd, Finis Tasby, Rick Estrin and the Nightcats, Little Charlie, Frank Bey, Anthony Paule, Aki…
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November 17, 2017
An In Depth Interview with Kings and Associates
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Since their humble beginnings winning the 2014 ARBA award for 'Most Outstanding New Act K I N G S  &  A S S O C I…
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Indie Blues Awards
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November 29, 2017
Royal Johnson - Howlin
by Rhetta Akamatsu Royal Johnson is a band out of Macon, GA. It was formed by Chance Foyal and Andy Johnson. Looking at the delightful cover of their second album,…
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November 28, 2017
Mitch Woods Friends Along The Way
Mitch Woods Friends Along The Way Entertainment One Mitch Woods was born in Brooklyn, NY and classically trained at the State University in Buffalo. Woods fell in love with boogie-woogie…
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November 20, 2017
Corey Dennison Band Night After Night
Corey Dennison Band Night After Night Delmark This band screams SOUL.  Delmark is perhaps the most authentic Chicago blues label and has been for fifty years now but this band…
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November 20, 2017
Likho Duo Blues and the World Beyond
Likho Duo Blues and the World Beyond Likho Before we tell you a little about these two guys, we need to provide some explanation about the name, which is a…
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November 20, 2017
Peter Ward Blues On My Shoulders
Peter Ward Blues On My Shoulders Gandy Dancer Records Peter and Michael Ward grew up in Lewiston, Maine where they listened to blues records and went to see artists as…
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November 15, 2017
The Love Light Orchestra featuring John Nemeth Live from Bar DKDC in Memphis, TN!
The Love Light Orchestra featuring John Nemeth Live from Bar DKDC in Memphis, TN! Blue Barrel Records John Nemeth now lives in Memphis, Tn. In the days following the 2017…
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November 13, 2017
Jimmie Vaughan Trio featuring Mike Flanigin Live At C-Boy’s
Jimmie Vaughan Trio featuring Mike Flanigin Live At C-Boy’s Proper Records Jimmie Vaughan makes his home in Austin, Tx. When he is not on the road with his “Tilt A…
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November 8, 2017
Shaun Murphy Mighty Gates
Shaun Murphy Mighty Gates Vision Wall Records Shaun Murphy was initially inspired by the Blues but found work in the theater. That led to a Motown recording contract as the…
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November 6, 2017
James Armstrong Blues Been Good To Me
James Armstrong Blues Been Good To Me Catfood Records James Armstrong was born in Los Angeles, California in 1957. His mother was a blues singer and his dad a jazz…
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November 4, 2017
Downchild Something I’ve Done
Downchild Something I’ve Done Linus Entertainment Downchild was originally formed in 1969 by brothers Donnie and Hock Walsh. The band name comes from a song by Sonny Boy Williamson II.…
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November 4, 2017
Jane Ira Bloom Wild Lines: Improvising Emily Dickinson
Jane Ira Bloom Wild Lines: Improvising Emily Dickinson Out-Line It seems only appropriate that the artist dubbed “the poet of the soprano saxophone” by acclaimed jazz critic Brian Priestly would…
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November 3, 2017
Erin Harpe and The Delta Swingers Big Road
Erin Harpe and The Delta Swingers Big Road Vizztone Label Group/Juicy Juju Records Erin Harpe hails from Boston. Her first band “Lovewhip” released five electro-pop albums. Harpe began her transition…
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November 3, 2017
Casey Hensley Live Featuring Laura Chavez
Casey Hensley Live Featuring Laura Chavez VizzTone Hensley’s name is the prominent one on the jacket but also note “Featuring Laura Chavez.”  Chavez is a world- renowned guitarist who played…
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November 3, 2017
Peter Parcek Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven
Peter Parcek Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven Lightnin’ This is the hard blues.  It’s not that Peter Parcek plays hard constantly but it’s the feeling he evokes. He alternates dynamics…
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November 2, 2017
Al Corte Mojo
Al Corte Mojo Independent Al Corte is originally from Buffalo, New York. He began singing acapella with his high school buddies in a Doo-Wop group. Corte’s first professional gig was…
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The Blues Foundation
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On the Scene
November 28, 2017
This week: Indie blues in and around Atlanta Nov. 27-Dec 3
The holiday season is in full swing but holiday parties like the Atlanta Blues Society one on Sunday are not the only special events this week.   Little Ed and The Blues…
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November 22, 2017
Chris Roach brings "Ridgehaven" to Patchogue
Comedian and Actor Chris Roach From CBS’s “Kevin Can Wait” Brings His Hard Rock Band “RIDGEHAVEN” To Patchogue’s 89 North Saturday, December 9th. Following Their Debut Performance This Past August, Roach’s…
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November 22, 2017
JP Soars and The Red Hots, Darwin's in Sandy Springs, GA, Nov.18, 2017
Some performers are just mesmerizing to ‘watch. JP Soars is one of those. He’s not a particularly tall man, or physically imposing. He isn’t flamboyant in his movements or his…
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November 21, 2017
Canadian Pop Singer/Songwriter Bree Taylor Releases Newest Single and Video “What You’re Looking For”
November, 2017 (Toronto, Canada) – As a popular Singer/Songwriter, YouTube star and Actress, the multi-talented Bree Taylor is back with her newest single and music video “What You’re Looking For”!…
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November 21, 2017
Brooke Moriber Releases Brand New Video For “99 Days of Rain”
Having Released Her The EP “Here and Gone” Earlier This Year, Her Latest Video For the Single Brings A Powerful Visualization to the Emotional Track  November, 2017 (New York, NY)…
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November 18, 2017
Malcolm Young of AD/DC Passes away
As Reported by CBS News: Malcolm Young, guitarist and co-founder of pioneering rock band AC/DC, has passed away, the band said in a statement Saturday. He was 64. "With enormous…
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November 16, 2017
Blues Stotts: Blind Willie's, Atlanta GA, Nov. 11
It was a great way to spend a Saturday. The scene was Blind Willie's, one of Atlanta's best-known and most popular blues clubs. At 2 pm, Garrett Collins, the youngest…
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Making a Scene is Now curating Spotify Playlists! 


Making a Scene will now curate spotify playlists for "Indie Blues", "Indie Music", "Indie Blues Award Winners" and "On the Cusp!" 

Please Follow and listen to these playlists! 

The more followers and listeners we get the more these artists will show up in the discovery of Spotify's Algorithm 

All Playlists are available on the Making a Scene Website

If you want to be considered for inclusion to these playlists send your spotify link (album or song) to radio@mid-nightcircus.com 
PODCASTS
November 29, 2017
LIVE From the Midnight Circus Featuring Shaun Murphy
This is The Voice of Indie Blues the show that brings you the Future of the Blues with artists that Embrace the Diversity of the Blues and know that this is the true tradition of the…
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November 28, 2017
Music on the Couch Show #398
MUSIC ON THE COUCH 11/27/17 – SHOW #398 LISTEN HERE: https://tobtr.com/10385871  ALL COUCH KID NEW MUSIC ALASTAIR GREENE – COUCH KID NEW MUSIC Alastair has released Dream Train, his latest with 12…
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November 28, 2017
LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Peter Parcek
This IS The Voice of Indie Blues the #1 and Original INDIE BLUES RADIOshow. The only show that is dedicated to the Future of the Blues by bringing you only those artists who Embrace the Diversity…
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November 25, 2017
LIVE from the Midnight Circus "Indie Blues Double Shot" 11/19/2017
Tune into The Voice of Indie Blues the #1 and Original INDIE BLUES RADIOshow. The only place where you can find Independent Blues Artists who Embrace the Diversity of the Blues and Understand that it is this…
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November 22, 2017
LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Kid Andersen
This is The Voice of Indie Blues the #1 and original INDIE BLUES RADIOshow! The show that brings you nothing but new original artists who Embrace the Diversity of the Blues and understand that this…
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November 22, 2017
Music on the Couch Show 397 11/20/2017
MUSIC ON THE COUCH 11/20/17 - SHOW #397 LISTEN HERE: https://tobtr.com/10385519 ​ STEVE HOWELL/JASON WEINHEIMER - COUCH KID NEW MUSIC Steve Howell sat on The Couch back in 2015, after Yes, I…
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November 21, 2017
LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Kings and Associates
This is The Voice of Indie Blues the #1 and original INDIE BLUES RADIOshow! The show that brings you nothing but new original artists who Embrace the Diversity of the Blues and understand that this…
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