Having All The Pieces of the Puzzle is what makes us successful in the music business. But you don’t know what you don’t know. It takes years of experience, contacts, and resources to get ahead of the game. On top of that, in today’s Current Music Climate, We need to be current in Social Media Version 2.0 to rise above the rest of the noise out there. Having a comprehensive marketing and publicity plan goes beyond just recording and releasing your project. It can make or break the success and press of your record. Rachel Hurley and Frank Keith, who make up Sweetheart Publicity, have ideas and concepts to help get today’s independent recording artist there.

Launching Sweetheart PR in January 2020, started the quarantine mode of the pandemic out of their respective houses (one in Memphis, TN and the other in Atlanta, GA). Rachel Hurley grew up in the birthplace of rock and roll, Memphis, TN. After moving to New York in 1999 to work in television production at a fledgling cable station called MTV, she returned to Memphis in 2003 and created one of the earliest music blogs, the award-winning Scenesters. It’s been written about in Spin, The Wall Street Journal, and Rolling Stone. This led to a weekly column in The Commerical Appeal called On the Record and then to a position at legendary Ardent Studios as the queen of all things social media related. A native of Atlanta, Frank Keith started in the publicity world with Baby Robot Media in 2017 after nearly a decade of recording & touring as a bassist with Great Peacock, Faye Webster, T. Hardy Morris, Ruby the Rabbitfoot, and more. Frank earned his bachelor’s degree in Journalism and a certification in Music Business from the University of Georgia, graduating in 2013 while maintaining a busy schedule as a working musician immersed in the legendary Athens, Ga. music scene.

 

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• Showrunner and Executive Producer Emeritus: Tom Sabella
• Producer and Host (the guy who has a face for podcasting): Bob Bender
• Co-Producer - Audio/Video Editor (the man behind the curtain): Mark Sabella
• Director of Video and Continuity (the brains of the entire operation): Deborah Halle
• Marketing and Social Media (all knowing): Sarah Fleshner for 362 Entertainment
• All Around Problem Solver (and Mental Health Therapist for us): Connie Ribas
• Recorded inside an old beat up Airstream Trailer located somewhere on what’s left of Music Row in Nashville TN (except during the Covid 19 pandemic, then it's pretty much been accomplished VIA Zoom or over the phone, with the exception for those fearless enough to come to Bob Bender's dining room… and there have been a few that have survived).
• Mixed and Mastered at Music Dog Studios in Nashville, TN
• Editing and Post at Midnight Express Studio located in Olian, NY
• Production Sound Design: Keith Stark
• Voice Over and Promo: Lisa Fuson

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The music provided for this episode is from:

Artist: Great Peacock

Single: “All I Ever Do”

Album: Forever Worse Better

Composer: Andrew Nelson

Website: https://greatpeacock.com/