Bluesky Studios Podcast

Cara of The Radio People of Meridian joins us to discuss the music industry from a radio perspective. Cara offers wonderful insight into radio as a whole, but she also provides great advice for artists. Artists can greatly benefit from radio, and Cara breaks down how and why radio matters. 

In this episode, we sit down with touring and recording artist Jordy Searcy. Jordy talks us through how the pandemic impacted him and other artists, a misconception people have about being a full time artist, and some advice on cultivating your craft.

Brad Parker is a music industry professional who specializes in artist and festival management. In this episode Brad talks us through his experiences managing festivals like Bonnaroo, Moon River Festival, and High Water Festival. Brad also breaks down what it means for an artist to have good management, and gives some advice on how artists can grow their careers by going on the road.

Paul Moak is a 5-time grammy nominated producer, engineer and songwriter. Paul is credited on more than 500 albums including artists like Joy Williams, Relient K, The Weeks, Marc Broussard and Mat Kearney. Paul talks us through how he jumped from touring and into the studio, working with indie and label artists, and how he has seen artists/bands find success.

The guys in Goldpark take us through their journey of becoming a band and getting signed to a label before performing live, and how they’re preparing to finally hit the road. They also give insight to what it means to enjoy making music and work hard at it.

Join us on this episode for the behind the scenes of Blue Sky Studios. On this episode, Casey and Evan share about their experiences as producers. They discuss things such as their favorite plug ins, their respective starts in music, but most importantly, they share who they are and why they do what they do. Join us to learn more about our producers!

Jeff Jones is the former drummer for the acclaimed artist Big Daddy Weave. Jeff spent 13 years touring and recording around the globe. In this episode, Jeff tells stories about how he became connected to to the Christian music industry, and his journey to becoming a professional musician.

Matt Huber is a mix engineer based in Nashville, and he is known for highly competitive pop and indie mixes such as Nightly, joan & Valley. Join us in this episode as Matt shares with us great insight into mixing and the industry as a whole. Follow Matt @mattjhuber on Instagram to keep up with him and his work.

Parke Cottrell is a multi-instrumentalist and bassist for the band Colony House. Parke takes us his through his journey of establishing his career in music, and gives wise insight into what success looks like as an artist in todays industry.

Tricia Walker is a singer/songwriter who made her career in Nashville. From there, she went to the MS Delta where she began to run the Delta Music Institute at Delta State University. In this episode, Tricia unpacks what it means to be a songwriter by sharing the lessons she has learned through a variety of experiences.

Join us for this episode to celebrate the reboot of the podcast! Sam Moses joins us to talk about the value of knowing the business of music, what mastering actually is, and how his life was threatened because of an 808 sample. 

John is the General Manager at RED creative group. RED has had a hand in incredible songs like, “How Not To” by Dan + Shay, “Somebody Else Will“ by Justin Moore”, “How I’ll Always Be” by Tim McGraw, “Sleep Without You” by Brett Young and “After A Few” by Travis Denning.

This is a podcast about how to thrive in the Music Business. By spending time looking at the Business, as well as the Art side of music: Our hope is that this podcast will give you direction, motivation, and be a resource to navigate to a successful career in the ever changing Music Business.  In This Episode I interview Entertainment Lawyer Martin Frascogna. We talk about his journey in the music industry, the need to be resourceful, and a movie even Netflix rejected

This is a podcast about how to thrive in the Music Business. By spending time looking at the Business, as well as the Art side of music: Our hope is that this podcast will give you direction, motivation, and be a resource to navigate to a successful career in the ever changing Music Business.  In This Episode, I interview Jeremiah Stricklin. A Successful Indie Folk Artist. We talk about common booking mistakes, the mind set of an indie artist, and fish tacos.