F. Reid Shippen, host of the Minor In Reality podcast, sits down with entrepreneurs, digital nomads, producers, and disruptors to discuss navigating life, its challenges, and executing their passion in front of a live studio audience of college students.
Andrew Kintz
We have Andrew Kintz joining us this week! He is the Founder of First Horizons Music Industry Group. He has worked in various forms of banking such as Commercial, Private, and Sports and Entertainments Banking. But we’ll let him tell you all about that.
Chris Nardone
This week we have Chris Nardone with us! He has ten years of experience in artist management and is the founder and president of Venture music, a digital marketing company.
But we’ll let him tell you all about that.
Ashley Alexander
This week we have Ashley Alexander with us! She is the CMO of Girlilla Marketing and has over 10 years of digital marketing experience. But we’ll let her tell you all about that.
Molly Secours
Welcome back to A Minor in Reality! To start off our third season we have Molly Secours joining us tonight. She is a filmmaker, writer and speaker, but we’ll let her tell you all about her.
Samantha Saturn
For our last episode of Season 2, we have Samantha Saturn joining us! She is the president of Saturn Advisory, the current CMO at SESAC, and has over 20 years of marketing experience.
But we’ll let her tell you more about that.
Clint Smith
We have Clint Smith with us this week! He is the co-founder and former CEO of Emma, an email marketing software company. Before that was involved in product leadership for the seminal Nashville start-up: Smallbuisness.com.
But we’ll let him tell you all about it.
Mike Elizondo
Mike Elizondo joins us this week on A Minor in Reality! He is a Grammy Award winning producer, songwriter, and musician. He’s worked with major artists such as Carrie Underwood, Eminem, 21 Pilots, and Dr. Dre, just to name a few.
But we’ll let him tell you more about that.
Josh Collum
This week we have Josh Collum joining us again this season! He is the co-founder and partner of Sorted Noise, a singer/songwriter for Secrets in Stereo, and was a licensing consultant at Sun Records.
But we’ll let him tell you all about that.
Don Van Cleave
With 30+ years of experience in the music industry, our guest this week is Don Van Cleave! He is one of the guys responsible for Record Store Day and bringing back Vinyl.
He currently manages Moon Taxi and Rainbow Kitten Surprise under Red Light Management. But we'll let him tell you more about that.
Beth Laird
Back for round two we have Beth Laird join us this week!
This CEO and co-owner of Creative Nation is responsible for publishing and managing the careers of songwriters such as Luke Laird, Lori McKenna, Jonathan Hutcherson, Tyler Johnson, and several others.
But we’ll let her tell you more about that.
Martha Earls
Martha Earls joins us this week on A Minor in Reality! Martha manages country music star Kane Brown and recently won the 2019 Women in Music City Award.
But we’ll let her tell you more about her many accomplishments working in the music industry.
Jeff Coffin
This week on A Minor in Reality, we are joined by Jeff Coffin of the Dave Matthews Band. He is always keeping himself busy as a globally recognized saxophonist, composer, and educator at Vanderbilt University.
But we’ll let him tell you more about that and how he continually surrounds himself with creativity.
Daniel Norton
This week our guest is Daniel Norton. He was the co-founder and CTO of LeanKit, received an MBA at MIT and now helps launch startups.
We’ll let him tell you more about building companies, going back to school, and what it's like in the business world.
Traci Thomas
To kick off the start of season 2 we have Traci Thomas joining us this week! Traci is the current owner and operator of TT Management, an alumni of MTSU, and a founding member of the Americana Music Association.
But we’ll let her tell you all about that.
Ashley Capps
Ashley Capps is the founder of Bonnaroo and AC Entertainment and has been involved in the industry for decades. He started out promoting local shows in Knoxville, TN and is now on the world stage of live entertainment.
Devin Dawson
Funny how a couple Youtube covers can lead to dramatically changing your life and career as a songwriter. Let mPWR's third guest this season Devin Dawson let him tell you about it himself.
Chris Lacy
Cris Lacy is the SVP of A & R at Warner Music. Being groomed to succeed current president/CEO John “Espo” Esposito, Cris sits down and talks about how caring a little bit more than everyone has gotten her to where she is today.
Kevin Grosch
Kevin in the CEO of Made In Network. They make Youtube work for Creators and Brands like Binging With Babish, Salt Life, and Jiffpom. 250 Million Monthly Views ain't to shabby either. He graduated college and went straight to starting his company. We’ll let him talk about that.
Laura Hollingsworth
Laura Hollingsworth is the SVP of Marketing at Ryman Hospitality. You know, THAT Ryman, home of the Grand Ole Opry for 31 years.
Before that, she was in the newspaper business for nearly 30 years. She knows a thing or two about #fakenews, but we'll let her tell you about that herself.
Dierks Bentley
Futureman
Futureman.
Otherwise known as Roy Wooten (one half of the Wooten brothers), otherwise known as drummer for Bela Fleck & The Flecktones
Six Time Grammy Award Winner, far out dude making far out shit.
But we'll let him talk about it himself.
Derek Webb and Same Brooker
Today, we bring you a two for one.
Guest on the left is Derek Webb. He launched NoiseTrade.
Guest on the right guy is Sam Brooker. He helped write a little tune called "Cruise" by a group called Florida Georgia Line.
Between these two are years of experience and tumultuousness . But we'll let them talk about that themselves.
Josh Collum
Co Founder and Partner of Sorted Noise. They create and curate music for TV, film, advertising, games, trailers, and other media.
He used to work at Sun Records. Yaknow, THAT Sun Records. He got a song placed on Breaking Bad.
But we'll let him talk about that himself.
