This week Bart talks with his wife Amy Allmand about the top country songwriters throughout each decade.
On this week's episode Bart and a bunch of friends get together after a day of swimming at Al McManus’s house. The group touches on how they first became friends through work and what they have been up to since COVID. Everyone talks about the differences in Music Row and how they miss it.
Meet Shawn Catz: Shawn Catz has worked at WEA, Sin City and tour managed Jerom’e McComb and Lee Brice. Prior to COVID, he was the brains behind the popular Music City Male Review, a PG-13 Vegas style male dance show.
Meet Jeff Lysyczyn: Experienced artist manager and educator, skilled in business development, planning, logistics, and budgeting. Increased annual revenue for primary clients by 246%. Successfully brokered partnerships for clients with companies including Dr. Pepper, NASCAR, Jagermeister, FFA, Special Olympics Tennessee, and Cartoon Network. Seasoned in both the development of new business and growth of revenue for existing entities. Excellent communicator able to build trust and loyalty with employees, clients, vendors, and partners.
Meet Al McManus: Music is my passion. Event coordination and artist management is my forte. Cruise ships, coffeehouses, arenas and everything in between. Sword swallowers to Grammy winners..... Joe Diffie to Mötörhead. Producer of “Making Waves, The ShipRocked Podcast.” Music composer and producer. I also play in a cover band called "No Fun Intended", and we're awesome.
What Bart has to say: Al McManus sent out an invite to a bunch of old industry friends to have a fun afternoon to catch up and I thought it would be a great episode. We’ve known each other for over 20 years.
In this episode, you’ll hear
We all talked about how we’re connected through our careers in the music industry
What we’ve each been doing since COVID and how we all miss Music Row
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