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Making a Scene Recap 2020

Making a Scene Recap 2020

Making a Scene brought you over 900 posts in 2020 which averages out to 2.5 posts a day for 365 days. Not to toot our own horns here, I don’t believe there is any other indie music resource that has come close to amount content we have created in 2020.

The Indie Artists Guide to TikTok

If you are an indie artist, TikTok marketing has become great channel for promoting your brand. Even in 2020, there is relatively little competition on TikTok. But you need to think of TikTok for promoting your music much like Instagram Stories. They are not meant to push for direct sales of your music, but rather show a place to show the personality of You/Band and/or your Musical Brand. We are going to go through some of the basics of using TikTok to promote your “Personality and Musical Brand” on TikTok.

Independent Blues Award Nominations Close Jan 1 2021!

Independent Blues Award Nominations Close Jan 1 2021!

The independent Blues Awards celebrate the diversity and power of the music that is created by those artists that acknowledge their inspiration and roots are in the blues. These awards will represent not only those “touring” artists who work within the established blues community, but embrace working artists who work in other markets but still acknowledge and honor their roots in the blues.

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Dione Taylor is Making a Scene

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Gerry Casey Interviews Joseph Morganfield

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Daryl Mosley is Making a Scene

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Nico De Cock of The Bluesbones is Making a Scene

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Juliet Hawkins is Making a Scene

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Duke Robillard is Making a Scene

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Danny Brooks and Lil Miss Deb are Making a Scene

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Gerry Casey Interviews Sari Schorr!

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Hollis Jordan is Making a Scene

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Eleesha Prothero Is Making a Scene

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Grainne Duffy is Making a Scene

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Jack De Keyzer is Making a Scene

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Gerry Casey Interviews Grace Solero

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Matt Eckstine is Making a Scene

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Luca Burgalassi is Making a Scene

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Gerry Casey Interviews Topher Denman of the Southbound Snakecharmers

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Katarina Pejak is Making a Scene

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David Rotundo is Making a Scene

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Barrett Anderson is Making a Scene

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Larry Jay is Making a Scene!

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John Fusco is Making a Scene

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Michael Schatte is Making a Scene

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AJ Crawdaddy is Making a Scene

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Gerry Casey Interviews John Campbelljohn

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CD Reviews

Stax ’68: A Memphis Story

Stax ’68: A Memphis Story Various Artists Stax Records/Craft Recordings One of my favorite holiday…

Charles Colizza Group Hug the Devil

Charles Colizza Group Hug the Devil Self-released Montreal, Quebec -raised, NYC-based guitarist Charles Colizza makes…

Jimmie Vaughan The Pleasure’s All Mine

Jimmie Vaughan The Pleasure’s All Mine The Last Music Co. While his younger brother Stevie…

Pylon Poets Lucid Hallucinations

Pylon Poets Lucid Hallucinations Independent The Band: Pylon Poets are an Alternative Rock band…

Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band Straight To You Live

Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band Straight To You Live Provogue/Mascot Label Group Kenny Wayne Shepherd first…

Dave Keller You Get What You Give

Dave Keller You Get What You Give Tasty Tone Records Montpelier, Vermont’s Dave Keller has…

Andy Cohen Tryin’ To Get Home

Andy Cohen Tryin’ To Get Home Earwig Records Andy Cohen grew up in a household…

Tom Mason Under A Mistletoe Sky

Tom Mason Under A Mistletoe Sky Gas Station Music Born in Minneapolis, Tom Mason now…

Hamilton Loomis This Season

Hamilton Loomis This Season Ham-Bone Records Texas born Hamilton Loomis’ early influences include Johnny Copeland,…

Richard Ludmerer’s Top Indie Blues Albums of 2020

Richard Ludmerer’s Top Indie Blues Albums of 2020 In no particular order Read the Review!…

Jim Hynes Top Jazz Releases of 2020

Jim Hyne’s Top Release Picks of 2020 In No Particular Order Read the Review! Read…

A Gulf Coast Christmas

A Gulf Coast Christmas Various Gulf Coast Records Gulf Coast Records was founded by Mike…

Alastair Greene The New World Blues

Alastair Greene The New World Blues Whiskey Bayou Records Southern California’s Alastair Greene was first…

Sam Barlow Faith in The Blues

Sam Barlow Faith in The Blues Montrose Records Twenty-six-year-old Sam Barlow is a West Texas…

Jon KT The Real Cover Up

Jon KT The Real Cover Up KT Productions Jon Lindley was born in England and…

Rhythm City Rhythm City

Rhythm City Rhythm City Autumn Hill Drummer Rob Silverman released his own Drumology two months…

Markus Gottschlich Found Sounds

Markus Gottschlich Found Sounds Self-released The U.S.-based Austrian pianist, composer, bandleader, and Steinway Artist Markus…

Terminal Station Brotherhood

Terminal Station Brotherhood Hard Rain Records Terminal Station is a Vancouver based blues-rock band. They…

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INTERVIEW WITH A PRO

Interview with the Pros - Junior and Sugar - Big City Rhythm and Blues Magazine

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Interview with a Pro Bob Corritore

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Interview with a pro - Jim Odom Founder of PreSonus!

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Interview with a Pro - Pat Quinn - Buddy Guy Radio

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Interview with a Pro - Arnau Bosch - SoundStorming

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Melissa Clarke - Interview with a pro - Americana Highways!

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Interview with a Pro Evan Lowenstein - Stageit.com

Making a Scene Presents an interview with Evan Lowenstein CEO of Stageit.com Many indie artists…

Interview with a Pro - Peggy Still Johnson - Writing Music for Film

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Interview with a Pro - Diane Durrett VP Atlanta Chapter of the Recording Academy

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Making a Scene Presents an Interview with a Pro - Vinny Rebas - Indie Connect

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Interview with a Pro - Mick Kolassa - Endless Blues Records

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Interview with a Pro - Kenny Neal - Booga Music

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Interview with a Pro - Tina Terry - Booking Agent!

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Interview with a Pro - B Christopher - Production Music Libraries

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Interview with a Pro - Michael Frank - President of The Earwig Music Company!

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Interview with a Pro - Sallie Bengston - President NOLA Blue Records

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Interview with a Pro - Songwriter, Producer, Engineer Twist Turner!

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Making a Scene Presents Interview with a Pro - Rick Booth Intrepid Artists International!

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Making a Scene 2020 our Coverage Recap

Making a Scene Brings you our Recap of our Coverage in 2020 2020 has been…

An Indie Artists Guide to Using TikTok

Making a Scene Presents an Indie Artists Guide to TikTok TikTok started out in 2014…

New Covid Relief Bill has Provision for $15 Billion for Small Music Venues

Congress and the Senate have reached an agreement on a new Covid-19 relief bill. This new round…

Guitar Center is Set to File for Bankruptcy

Guitar Center, Musicians Friend, Music & Arts set to file for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy! The…

Independent Blues Award Nominations open for 2021!

IMPORTANT!! PLEASE READ BEFORE YOU ENTER ANY NOMINATIONS The independent Blues Awards celebrate the diversity…

Filling your Music Marketing Funnel

For the past few weeks we started talking about Content Creation and Funnel Marketing for…

Independent Blues Awards 2020

Making a Scene Presents the 2020 Independent Blues Awards! You the readers, have presented us…

Social Media AI Technology is Getting Tougher on Copyright Infringement

Making a Scene Presents Social Media AI Technology is Getting Tougher on Copyright Infringement With…

Funnel Marketing for the Musician

Funnel Marketing For the Musician With the shutdown of the gig economy many indie artists…

Content Creation - The Future of Indie Music?

Content Creation – The Future of Indie Music? With the Shutdown of the gig economy…

Small Music Venues are Sending out an SOS with the Save Our Stages Act!

Small Music Venues Are Sending Out An SOS With the “Save Our Stages Act” COVID-19…

Muddy Waters Chicago Home to Become A Museum

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InstaBand - Surviving the Streaming Revolution

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The Addiction Formula - A Holistic Approach to Songwriting

The Addiction Formula Friedemann Findeisen Albino Publishing Kindle/Audio Book/Softcover If you are having trouble writing…

How to Make it in the New Music Business - Book Review

How to Make it in the New Music Business Practical Tips on Building a Loyal…

Tools for the Modern Songwriter

Making a Scene Presents Tools for the Modern Songwriter Before we even get into it,…

The Post Pandemic Music Economy

Making a Scene Looks at the Post Pandemic Music Economy Where are we Now Before…

Independent Blues Award Nominees Announced!

Making a Scene Presents the 2020 Independent Blues Awards! Congratulations to all the nominees! The…

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Top 10 Christmas Gifts for the Indie Artists

Making a Scene Presents our Top 10 Choices for your Musicians Christmas List If you…

OBS Studio a Free Solution to Take your Content Creation to the Next Level

Making a Scene Takes a look at OBS Studio With the shutdown of the gig…

Review of the Warm Audio WA-14

Making a Scene Reviews the Warm Audio WA-14 The AKG C414 The AKG C414 was…

Tape Plugin Shootouts Don’t Make Sense

Tape Plugin Shootouts Don’t Make Sense Commonly asked questions in audio groups regarding the use…

Review of the Warm Audio WA-47jr

Making a Scene Presents a Review of the Warm Audio WA 47jr History When Neumann…

Presonus Releases Studio One 5

PreSonus Releases Studio One 5 When you invest in a DAW for your studio it…

Review of the Pick Slinger

Making a Scene Presents a Review of the Pick Slinger There are a lot of…

Review of the Presonus Eris 3.5 Speakers

Making a Scene Presents a Review of the PreSonus Eris 3.5 Media Reference Monitors I…

Kemper Profiler Review

Making a Scene Reviews the Kemper Profiler www.kemper-amps.com When you have owned a recording studio…

Interview with a Pro Evan Lowenstein - Stageit.com

Making a Scene Presents an interview with Evan Lowenstein CEO of Stageit.com Many indie artists…

Warm Audio's WA-273 preamp Review

Making a Scene brings you a Review of the Warm Audio WA-273 Preamp What is…

Building a Grammy Winning Studio!

Building a Grammy Winning Studio When Billie Eilish won her first Grammy for “Best Pop…

Plugin Alliance Mega Bundle Review

Making a Scene Reviews The Plugin-Alliance Mega Bundle The Plugin-Alliance The Plugin Alliance is an…

LIVE Music Survey

Making a Scene Presents the LIVE Music Survey We have a new reality in the…

Review of the Warm Audio WA-412 API preamp

There are a few essential purchases you can make for your recording studio setup that…

How to Mic Drums!

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Review - Warm Audio WA-47 Microphone

Making a Scene Presents a review of the Warm Audio WA 47 Microphone For anyone…

Top 10 Wireless Guitar Systems under $200

Top 10 Wireless Guitar Systems Under $200 Guitar cables…let’s face it, they can be annoying.…

Podcasts

LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Dione Taylor

Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Dione Taylor…

Music on the Couch Show #546

MUSIC ON THE COUCH SHOW #546 – 12/21/2020 LISTEN HERE: https://tobtr.com/11861139 HEAD HONCHOS I got…

LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring The BluesBones

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Turn it up with Gerry Casey Show #70 with Guest Joe Morganfield

Making a Scene Presents Turn it up with Gerry Casey with an interview with Joseph…

LIVE from the Midnight Circus Indie Blues Double Shot December 2020 #4

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LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Duke Robillard

Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Duke…

Turn it up Show #69 with Host Gerry Casey and his Guest Sari Schorr

Making a Scene Presents TURN IT UP with Your host Gerry Casey and Guest interview…

Music on the Couch Show #545

MUSIC ON THE COUCH SHOW #545 – 12/14/2020 LISTEN HERE: https://tobtr.com/11856398 SISTER LUCILLE –…

LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Danny Brooks and lil Miss Deb

Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Danny…

LIVE from the Midnight Circus Indie Blues Double Shot December 2020 #3

Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Indie Blues Double…

LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Grainne Duffy

Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Grainne…

Turn it up with Gerry Casey Show #68

Making a Scene Presents Turn it up with Gerry Casey and his guest Grace Solero…

LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Jack De Keyser

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LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Luca Burgalassi Band

Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Luca…

LIVE from the Midnight Circus Indie Blues Double Shot December 2020 #2

Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Indie Blues Double…

Music on the Couch Show #544

MUSIC ON THE COUCH SHOW #544 – 12/07/2020 LISTEN HERE: https://tobtr.com/11856248 DAVE KEYES – COUCH…

LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Katarina Pejak

Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Katarina…

Turn it Up with Gerry Casey featuring "The Southbound Snakecharmers" Show #67

Making a Scene presents TURN IT UP with Gerry Casey Featuring The Southbound Snakecharmers Show…

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