Suzanne Santo: How to Reinvent a Broken Music Industry
Abel James Show
Abel James
4.6 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 14 December 2024
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
In this bonus series, I’m interviewing incredibly talented musicians who are using cutting-edge podcasting technology to reinvent the music industry.
Today we’re here with Suzanne Santo, singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. A tireless creator, her sound has been described as Americana, Southern-gothic soul, and forward-thinking rock & roll. Santo performed for a decade as a member of the L.A.-based duo HoneyHoney, and went on to tour the world from Greece to Glastonbury as a member of Hozier’s band.
You’re going to dig this one. In this episode, you’ll hear:
- The surprising and tragic truth about big contracts in the music industry
- How and why musicians lose creative control over their art and identity
- How to maintain top health and performance on the road
- How to balance a career as a musician with being a mother
- Why deleting all of your social media accounts is awesome
- And much more…
These special episodes with fellow performing artists are free of ads with no sponsors, so if you like what you’re hearing, you can support this show by sending a “boost” or “boostagram” to this episode on a modern podcasting app like Fountain.
If you want to help create a better future for music and podcasting, here’s your challenge:
- Download the Fountain app.
- Add a few dollars to your lightning wallet.
- Find this episode, click the lightning icon, and send us a Boost with an optional message.
If you’d like to hear Suzanne Santo LIVE, we’ll be sharing the stage this Monday, 12/16 at Antone’s in Austin, TX.
>> Get your tickets ($10): AntonesNightclub.com
>> Or join the Livestream on Tunestr or Adam Curry’s Boostagram Ball podcast (Show starts at 6pm Central / 7pm Eastern / 4pm Pacific on Monday, December 16, 2024)
Head over to SuzanneSanto.com for music, upcoming shows, merch and more from Suzanne Santo
Read the show notes: https://fatburningman.com/suzanne-santo-how-to-reinvent-a-broken-music-industry/
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey folks, this is Abel James, and thanks so much for joining us on this special episode of the show. |
| 0:05.8 | Why do so many famous, seemingly successful musicians wind up completely broke? |
| 0:11.4 | In this bonus series, I'm interviewing remarkable musicians who are using cutting-edge podcasting technology |
| 0:17.6 | to reinvent and reimagine the music industry. |
| 0:20.9 | And the time is nearly upon us. |
| 0:23.0 | I'm thrilled and honored to be playing the opening set live at Austin's legendary |
| 0:27.2 | home of the blues, Antone's Nightclub on December 16th, and I hope you can join us. |
| 0:32.3 | I'll be premiering a brand new original tune on acoustic guitar, then playing Voodoo Queen with a band, |
| 0:38.6 | and rocking out on electric guitar and singing with S.O.B. and the danks. We'll be sharing |
| 0:43.7 | the stage with five artists and bands, our friends Suzanne Santo, Ainsley Costello, Henry |
| 0:49.9 | Invisible, the Austin legend, FM rodeo, and surprise guests. |
| 0:54.8 | And these special podcast episodes with fellow performing artists are going to be free of ads with no sponsors. |
| 1:01.0 | So if you like what you're hearing, you can support this show by sending a boost or a boostagram to this podcast using a modern podcasting app like Fountain. |
| 1:09.5 | And if you want to create a better future for music and podcasting and help be part of this |
| 1:14.2 | innovation, here's your challenge. Download a modern podcasting 2.0 app like the Fountain FM app and |
| 1:21.2 | learn how to send a boost or a boostagram to an artist or a podcaster that you dig. |
| 1:26.6 | And through the magic of modern podcasting technology, you can actually send a small |
| 1:31.3 | micro payment to podcasters and musical artists through the Lightning Network. |
| 1:35.8 | Sounds complicated. |
| 1:36.7 | Sounds hard. |
| 1:37.1 | It's actually really easy. |
| 1:38.8 | And automatically, that payment can be distributed to the right party. |
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