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Everything Artists Want to Know… from a Stylist

April 4, 2013

AMANDA VALENTINE is a fashion designer and stylist based in Nashville. Fresh from a stint on Project Runway, Amanda designs edgy, futuristic womenswear, nabbing Nashville Scene’s Best Designer Award last year. She also styles musicians for photo shoots and red carpet events – developing a look that enhances their personal style. With her own individual brand to maintain, she understands the importance of finding your own voice and presenting yourself with confidence and personality. She shares her take on an artist’s relationship with fashion and how a stylist can help them define that. … Continue Reading

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FILL THE WELL with JONNY FRITZ

April 2, 2013

In this series, I ask other songwriters about their quest for inspiration and how they tackle the day-to-day tasks of writing quality, engaging songs. Behind every good song is a hard-worker. I want to know how songwriters work and how they fill their well so it never goes dry.

JONNY FRITZ is an outlaw country artist who has spent a decade on the road, charming folks with his funny observations about everyday life.  Finding inspiration at a quiet booth in the back of a Waffle House, Jonny looks for songs in whatever we swept under the rug. He has shared the stage with big names (Alabama Shakes, Dawes, Deer Tick) and mastered the perfect live show, but what inspires him when he’s off the road?

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Everything Artists Want to Know… from a music journalist

March 28, 2013

MARISSA MOSS is a professional music journalist and blogger at Lockeland Springsteen, a quippy, passionate curation of Nashville’s music scene that is, obviously, the boss. She wrote about Dawes for this month’s cover story in American Songwriter and has had her work featured in Filter, Nylon, Spin, Rolling Stone. All DIY artists know the importance of good press; the manager-less artist sends email after email to a large black hole. But Marissa actively looks for new bands to feature. Here are the five things that she always looks for…… Continue Reading

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