Episodes

The topic of this week’s show is KEEPING A POSITIVE MINDSET and joining me on the show is Vancouver musician and all around positive person - Beau Wheeler. Beau and I had a great conversation about how hard it can be to stay positive as an artist in the music industry and how music helped them to overcome struggles in their life! It was a really great talk and I hope you enjoy it! FRESH CONTENT LINKS Beau recommends: Charlotte Cornfield - Cut and Dry / New Boygenius album Jen recommends: Li...

The topic of this week’s show is PRODUCING MUSIC ON A BUDGET and joining me on the show is record producer, songwriter and recording artist Winston Hauschild, who works out of The Treehouse Studio on Bowen Island here in BC. Winston and I have known each other for a long time, so prepare yourself for a good ol’ back in the day discussion from us, and we also talk about how to stretch your budget when producing an album or single. It was a really great talk and I hope you enjoy it! FRESH CONTE...

The topic of this week’s show is THE IMPORTANCE OF CAMPUS RADIO and joining me on the show is Jasper Sloan Yip, who is the Programming Director for CITR here in Vancouver and he’s also an indie artist himself. We had a great chat about whether Campus Radio is still relevant in 2023 and he gives us some great tips about how to pitch and service campus radio here in Canada. It was a really great talk and I hope you enjoy it! FRESH CONTENT LINKS Jasper recommends: Devours - Homecoming Queen Jen ...

So the topic of this week’s show is SURVIVING AS A WORKING CLASS ARTIST and joining me on the show is Montreal-based musician Russell Louder who just released their new single Movie Queen a couple months ago and has a new album coming out this summer. We had a really great conversation and talked about how hard it is to survive as an independent artist in 2023. We both get fired up and pretty radical, idea-wise, on this one - so brace yourself! It was a great talk and I hope you enjoy it! F...

The topic of this week’s show is CONTENT CREATION FATIGUE and joining me on the show is Vancouver musician Ché Aimee Dorval, who released her new full-length album The Crowned earlier this year. And since she’s just coming off a cycle of album promotion, she definitely knows a thing or two about having to churn out content to promote an album. We had a great conversation and discussed how hard it can be for indie musicians to do all of the things that come along with promoting your music on soc...

So the topic of this week’s show is HOW TO WRITE A MUSIC GRANT and joining me on the show is Jessica Hoefsloot who writes a lot of funding applications through her company Sad Kids Collective - an artist-friendly management company offering services from digital marketing, grant writing and day-to-day business management for artists & industry. And by day - Jessica is also an Account Executive for Influencer Marketing at Viral Nation. We had a great conversation and discussed many tips and tric...

The topic of this week’s show is HOW TO DIY IN 2023 and joining me on the show is Shawn Petsche who recently created Trickle Down Music which is a great online resource for indie musicians. Shawn is also a musician and was Festival Manager for the Sled Island Music and Arts Festival in Calgary for over 10 years. We had a great conversation about the struggles independent musicians face these days when they try to "do it themselves" and what led him to create his amazing new website to help ed...

Welcome to Season 4 of the podcast! I’m so happy to be back! For our Season 4 premiere - I’m talking to Shawn Hall who is one half of the blues duo The Harpoonist & the Axe Murderer and we’re talking all about recording a live album. We had a really great conversation about their experience recording their live album and concert film Live At The King Eddy, whether live albums will continue to be relevant and much much more. It was a great talk and I hope you enjoy it! FRESH CONTENT LINKS Sh...

Hello! Its's bonus episode time! We decided to put together a BEST OF SEASON 3 episode to get everyone fired up about Season 4 which starts next week! We went through and found some of our favourite moments from Season 3 which was super fun to do - it was great to relive the conversations and it got us really excited about doing Season 4. We really hope you enjoy it and we'll see you next week for the premiere episode of Season 4! Learn more about The FM Podcast: thefmpodcast.com Learn more ab...

Just a quick check-in to let you know that Season 4 of The FM Podcast will premiere on May 9th. And to get you fired up and ready to go - next week we’ll have a bonus episode featuring The Best of Season 2 + 3! We're back, baby!

The topic of this week’s show is Honouring The Past and joining me on the show are musicians Ndidi O and Trish Klein, who recently joined forces to create the musical project The Blue and Gold. The Blue and Gold is a musical collaboration that celebrates the musical artistry and legacy of pioneering female blues musicians. Their self-titled debut album (which just came out on April 29th) is a musical homage to the profound influence of Black female artists on 20th century country / blues tradit...

The topic of this week’s show is Building The Story and joining me on the show is Juno-nominated musician Nuela Charles! Nuela and I had a great chat about how to effectively build your story as an independent musician. And how, sometimes, no matter how much planning you do, it can often just come down to timing and luck. Like, sometimes it’s just about which way the wind is blowing. This is a really great talk and I hope you enjoy it! FRESH CONTENT LINKS Nuela recommends: Amber Mark - Bl...

The topic of this week’s show is The Power of Community and joining me on the show is Leonard Podolak who is the Executive Director of Home Routes. We had an great conversation about how Home Routes has helped to create communities for musicians across Canada over the last 15th years, how things have shifted for them with the pandemic, and we also discuss the Home Routes 15th Anniversary Tour which wraps up this Friday with a virtual show in Winnipeg featuring Del Barber, Double The Trouble a...

The topic of this week’s show is Creating Change and I’m talking to Keziah Myers - who is someone who is doing a lot to create change in the Canadian music industry! Keziah is the Executive Director of ADVANCE - which is Canada's Black Music Business Collective and she also sits on the board and is the spokesperson for the Black Canadian Music Awards which just started last year. We talked about how music industry professionals can help to level the playing field when it comes to diversity...

This week on the show we’re discussing a topic that musicians always want to know about... and that’s the wonderful world of Radio Promotion! And joining me on the show is radio promoter Oscar Furtado. Oscar has been working in the music industry since the early 2000s and he founded his company Tandemtracks Promotions in 2007. As Director of National Radio Promotions (in Canada), he’s worked on national campaigns with many great artists including Pitbull, R3HAB, Carly Rae Jepsen and Run The Jew...

So this week’s show is a fun one! I talked to West Coast singer-songwriter WiL and we discussed the ups and downs of his long career and how to stay relevant in the music industry. I’ve known WiL for a long time and he loves to chat so you’ll notice that this episode is a bit longer than normal but that’s because we had a lot to cover! We talked about how WiL got his start in music, his career over the years and how it all led to him releasing his new album The Gold Mine, which is coming out ...

On this week’s show, I’m talking to Vancouver singer-songwriter Haley Blais about her transition from YouTube influencer to musician. This was a super interesting chat but it wasn’t without its challenges because Haley did the interview from her tour van in Austin, Texas. This obvs made things a bit more exciting - so you’ll get some nice background colour on this one! We talked about how things started with her YouTube channel and how musicians these days have to be content creators on thei...

This week’s show is all about branding for musicians and joining me on the show is musician AND designer - Alexis Young. Alexis and I had a great conversation about how important branding is for musicians and since she’s a musician - she’s the lead vocalist in Blonde Diamond - as well as a designer, we talked about how her musical creativity influences her design creativity and vice versa. We had a really great chat and there's lots of great tips in this one, so get ready to take some notes! ...

This week’s show is all about musicians creating art in other spaces. And joining me on the show is musician and podcaster Jolene Higgins, who is also known as Little Miss Higgins. Jolene and I had a great conversation about her new project The Fire Waltz which is both a 5-part mini-series podcast and a full length album. The final episode of The Fire Waltz podcast was posted yesterday (March 14th) which also just so happened to be the release day for the album! Good timing, right? We talked ...

Welcome to Season 3 of the podcast! We're so excited to be back! For our Season 3 premiere we’ve got a good one for you! I'm talking to Adam Bentley who is a music publicist and the owner of Auteur Research, and we’re talking all about the state of music publicity in 2022. We had a really great conversation which I’m sure you can tell judging by the length of this episode. It’s always nice to talk to someone who does the same thing as you do because you can totally speak the same language and...

The topic of this week’s show is a roundup of social media + digital marketing tips and trends for musicians. And joining me on the show are 2 ladies who’ve been on the show before - Danielle McNeill + Phoenix Bain from The Social Circle. Danielle, Phoenix and I have worked together on many social media + digital marketing projects here at Fritz Media and we’ve definitely learned a lot over the last couple of years, and we thought it would be great to share some of that wisdom with you. Oh a...

The topic of this week’s show is globalization and collaboration in the music industry and joining me on the show is Teon Gibbs. Teon is a rapper and producer based in Vancouver, who is quickly becoming one of the most recognizable and influential voices in Western Canada. Born in Botswana, Teon lived all over the globe before settling in Vancouver and he’s been involved in production, sessional musician work, songwriting and engineering for almost 10 years. Teon recently released a collab EP...

The topic of this week’s show is one that I’ve had many people ask me to do. We’re going to be talking about NFTs in the music industry + joining me on the show is "Parkside" Mike Renaud. Parkside is the Executive Creative Director at Hidden Pony Records & Management and he’s also a consultant for Slaight Music, and he has a lot of insight into why NFTs matter for the music industry. This was a really interesting and informative chat and I hope you enjoy it! FRESH CONTENT LINKS Parkside r...

The topic of this week’s show is Release Planning and Strategy and joining me on the show is artist manager Jeff Ojeda from Phase Management. Jeff and I had a great discussion about the best ways to plan and release your new album or new single or new video or whatever you're releasing! And there’s definitely a lot of great tips, so if you’re an artist with new music but don’t know where to start when it comes to releasing it - this is the show for you. It was a really great chat and I hope yo...