Episodes

The topic of this week’s show is CARVING OUT YOUR OWN SPACE and joining me on the show is Toronto musician Sandra Bouza . Sandra and I had a great chat about how it can be hard to find your place in the music industry when you don’t fit into one specific genre. And how she decided to carve out her own space by SPOILER ALERT: just being herself. I really felt a connection with Sandra on a lot of her experiences, you know just by being a woman in the music industry, so it's a great conversation an...

The topic of this week’s show is THE ROLE OF MUSIC LAWYERS and joining me on the show is musician and entertainment lawyer - Kurt Dahl . Kurt and I had a great talk about what exactly it is that a music lawyer does, when is the right time to hire a music lawyer, and how being a musician shapes his work as a lawyer. (ICYDK, Kurt is also the drummer in Canadian rock band One Bad Son .) It was a really great chat and I hope you enjoy it! FRESH CONTENT LINKS Kurt recommends: Joni Mitchell at Newport...

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: Little...

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 CONTENT...

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 re...

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! FRESH ...

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 trick...

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 educa...

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 Shaw...

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 abou...

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!