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Oh man, Dillon has a tummy ache so I gotta make this quick but it's so nice to be back in our Room in the Room after being away! Enjoy the pod! Oh, and it was called the Capuchin Crypt in Rome! Recommended by the Dublin family and a must-see if you ever go.

"The better the song, the more likely it is to get synced and the more people will listen to it."

This episode’s guest is Miller Williams, Senior VP Creative at Kobalt Music Publishing. Miller’s role at Kobalt covers A&R, songwriter services, and catalogue acquisitions. He also works with their international agents and sub-publishers to exploit their songs and help their writers with co-write opportunities. Signings include Becky Hill, Milow, Jef Martens, Houston Comma publishing, Carla Monroe, AJ Tracy, Martin Sjolie, and Alex Clare. Williams has also held similar A&R and/or creative positions at Sony ATV UK, BMG Records UK, PWL Records UK, and Terrace Music (Nashville). In this episode, Miller talks about going from zero to hero, getting synchs and how things work when you are writing and pitching songs to K-Pop and J-Pop artists. They also get into how things are working in Africa these days and of course how Miller made it into the music ecosystem to start with.

Kobalt is one of the most successful independent companies for music publishing, label services and rights management. In his role as Senior Vice President of Creative there, Miller works across A&R, collaborations and music marketing.

"Yeah! Usually what I find is that if you scratch beneath the surface, the artists who have become successful have done a ton of work behind the scenes that no one has known about. I don’t think there’s any shortcut to success. Lil Nas X did become famous quite quickly through TikTok, but he’s proven that he can write hit after hit which is another important thing - longevity. That’s a real skill to be able to keep going and reinvent yourself."

#HowWeListen Live: In Conversation

00:10 - Byta.com

02:06 - Kobalt

6:15 - Belmont College

6:20 - PWL

6:22 - Global Talent Publishing

8:45 - BIMM & ICMP

10:18 - Berklee Music

12:12 - Orbital

16:55 - MP3s and downloads

23:00 - NTFs

27:35 - Japan

30:27 - Katie Gregson

36:13 - Vaccines

38:40 - Justin Bieber finds Omah Lay

41:44 - Ultra Records

44:10 - Adapter

45:42 - Ive released “Love Dive” 

48:34 - emPawa Africa

49:09 - Chioma Onuchukwu.

51:24 - WizKiz, BurnaBoy, Mr Eazi, Tems

52:37 - SAMRO

53:00 - Sheer Music 

53:42 - SOCAN

54:33 - Sentric Music

55:48 - Artist Journey

58:24 - PRS (Performing Right Society), 

                  MCPS (collects and distributes mechanical royalties to songwriters, composers and publishers) 

1:01:43 - Corinne Bailey Rae, Like a Star, “Put Your Records On”

1:05:57 - Byta.com

Music by Fin Productions and Oliver Lyu

Jennifer Weiner is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of nineteen books, including That Summer, Big Summer, Mrs. Everything, In Her Shoes, Good in Bed, and a memoir in essays, Hungry Heart. She has appeared on many national television programs, including the Today show and Good Morning America, and her work has been published in the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times, among other newspapers and magazines. Jennifer lives with her family in Philadelphia. 

Visit her online at JenniferWeiner.com.

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Carlisle Webber refused to major in English in college because she didn’t think there was anything fun to read on the required lists. No Stephen King? No R.L. Stine? No thanks! After college, she took her love of commercial, YA, and middle grade fiction to the University of Pittsburgh School of Information Sciences, where she earned a Master of Library and Information Sciences. She worked as a public librarian for years before deciding to move to the business side of publishing. She attended the Columbia Publishing Course and holds a Professional Certificate in Editing from UC-Berkeley. She is a literary agent with Fuse Literary. 

Learn more at fuseliterary.com. 

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Robert Gwaltney, a writer of southern fiction, is a graduate of Florida State University. He resides in Atlanta Georgia where he is an active member of the Atlanta literary community. By day, he serves as Vice President of Easter Seals North Georgia, Inc., Children Services, a non-profit supporting children with disabilities and other special needs. Robert’s work has appeared in such publications as The Signal Mountain Review and The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature. Robert also serves as Prose Editor for The Blue Mountain Review.

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Ann-Marie Nieves’ fascination with the power of the media began at age three, when she voraciously began reading newspapers to the point that her mother had to hide them from her. Her entrepreneurial instincts kicked in comparatively late – at the age of six – when she launched her summer camp’s premiere gossip magazine. Other forays into publishing and feature writing throughout high school and college career ultimately pointed her to her professional destiny: public relations.

Ann-Marie is an award-winning communicator with experience across a broad range of industries in both the business-to-consumer and business-to-business sectors. She is a highly experienced communications strategist, social media specialist and copywriter who excels at launching new businesses. She has created successful campaigns for clients in industry sectors as diverse as non-profit, books/authors, health, pets, music, real estate, food, music, entertainment, “green” and education.

Ann-Marie has garnered placements in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, CNN, NPR, Marketwatch, Fitness, Parade, Working Mother, Fox Business Network, and Oprah.

Prior to founding Get Red PR, Ann-Marie held positions with Shea Communications, Hamilton Ink and Giles Communications. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Literature from Purchase College.

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Hey, Royal Family. As the New Year is upon us, you may decide to put Write My Book on your list of resolutions or intentions. So, we at the round table, decided to share the ins and outs of doing so, with you. Our resident numerologist and author, Jaz Afrodite, walks you through the entire book-writing process. Don’t you worry. She’s qualified to do it, and she’ll be sure to tell you so. Now, let’s get it. Goblets up!

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This week, we're heading to Sydney, Australia to spend some time with Dr. Richard Harris: Surgeon, Author, Father, Visionary, Kind Soul.

In 1971, John Lennon released his prolific and timeless song, Imagine.  50 years later, this vascular surgeon (from The Land Down Under) inspired by the possibilities John shared in his lyrics, became the author of Imagine, A Novel:  an optimistic, thought provoking, utopian book about love, humanity, reason and real possibilities for a kinder world.

During our beautifully comfortable conversation, Rich shares a handful of his favorite possibilities for creating a world akin to the one he paints for us in his novel. As I listened, I started wondering how we can get this guy a nomination to join the The U.N. (If you have a contact, please give him a shout and let him know.)

Visit Richard's website
Tweet with Richard: @richharris2
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Kelowna born and raised artist, musician, social entrepreneur, business consultant and writer, Lynda Norman, has always known that creativity is a natural part of being. Her vision is to create opportunities for each and every person to experience the benefits of creativity in ways that are meaningful, fulfilling, healing, positive and essential to a thriving community.

As owner and publisher of a small local magazine for 4 years, Lynda monitored trends, focused on community awareness and developed many lasting relationships. For several years she followed her passion for inspiring others by assisting people with their employment and career goals. As Client Services Coordinator for Women's Enterprise Centre she provided entrepreneurs with resources and business start-up advice, facilitated presentations, wrote and edited business articles and built a province wide, online resource directory. Her weekly Business Start-Up telephone sessions allowed her to connect with and provide the tools for hundreds of people throughout the province to launch their businesses.

In the fall of 2012, Lynda, along with a small group of like-minded creatives, recognized the need in our community for art, culture and heritage to be offered in an inclusive and holistic way. She formed The Association of Artists for Creative Alliance as a not-for-profit society and has continued, as the Executive Director, to focus her energies and talents in promoting arts and culture through the organization. In July 2015, the ACA officially became Kelowna Arts Council. https://kelownaartscouncil.ca/

In 2016 Lynda developed Ban Draoi Studio (pr Ban Dree) where she creates art and shares her passion for several kinds of creative media facilitating workshops throughout the Okanagan Valley. https://www.bandraoistudio.com/

A passionate musician and music appreciator, Lynda currently plays cello with October Sky, a local band that performs mostly original music.

As well as being a business consultant, Executive Director for Kelowna Arts Council, and current Managing Director of the Central Okanagan Heritage Society, Lynda is always happy to support, promote, and share resources for our creative community. She co-produced a television pilot as one of the partners and co- visionaries in Songwriters Stewdio Productions Inc. and continues to produce 26 OUR Coffeehouse shows every year.

Based in British Columbia, Lynda makes her home in the beautiful Okanagan Valley and can to provide her services worldwide.

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I speak with Sally Helme who is a senior marine industry leader in the publishing space and has been for 25 years.  She knows a thing or two and has the data to back it up.  In the episode we talk about racing vs cruising sailors, sailing manufacturing consolidation and the tranquility of sailing under a moonlit sky.  Have a listen and please download and subscribe.  If you love the show please leave us a review at RateThisPodcast.com/sharedexperiences.  Thank you.  

Make sure you listen to the end of this episode for a real treat! Brent Carmichael gives us the studio recording of his song "Tattoo", and it is fantastic!

Brent was born in Victoria, BC and after being in various cities for post secondary schooling and my baseball career he now calls Kelowna his home. Brent is an athlete, singer/songwriter and the owner of a creative business brand called Axl + Grit (Instagram).  He enjoy all aspects of storytelling – acting, modelling, and performing on stage. His goal is to help motivate others (all age groups) to follow their own paths by pursuing lives of creativity and fulfilment. We discuss our mutual love of baseball and music, and Brent's giant ambitions for his life and career. 

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