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Founded by Canadian singer/songwriter, Marcio Novelli, and music web designer, Ross Barber-Smith, Bridge the Atlantic is a humorous and insightful exploration of the music and creative industries, directly from those who are working within it. With a varied range of guests including musicians, filmmakers, actors, artists and other creative professionals, Bridge the Atlantic’s Interviews series is an entertaining mix of funny “WTF” moments, career defining experiences and industry advice.When they aren’t picking apart the brains of their featured guests, Marcio and Ross discuss music business specific topics in their B-Sides series empowering musicians of all levels with knowledge and guidance to succeed in today’s music industry.
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Bridge The Atlantic Bridge The Atlantic

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    • 5.0 • 26 Ratings

Founded by Canadian singer/songwriter, Marcio Novelli, and music web designer, Ross Barber-Smith, Bridge the Atlantic is a humorous and insightful exploration of the music and creative industries, directly from those who are working within it. With a varied range of guests including musicians, filmmakers, actors, artists and other creative professionals, Bridge the Atlantic’s Interviews series is an entertaining mix of funny “WTF” moments, career defining experiences and industry advice.When they aren’t picking apart the brains of their featured guests, Marcio and Ross discuss music business specific topics in their B-Sides series empowering musicians of all levels with knowledge and guidance to succeed in today’s music industry.
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    Digital Detox: A Guide to Unplugging & Social Media Breaks | B-Sides

    Digital Detox: A Guide to Unplugging & Social Media Breaks | B-Sides

    In this episode we talk about the importance of taking a break from social media and doing a digital detox, as a musician. A few of the topics we discuss include:

    The pros and cons of social mediaExamples of reasons you might take a break from social mediaHow to keep social media manageableAvoiding outrage culture
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    • 10 min
    Are Singles the New Album? | B-Sides

    Are Singles the New Album? | B-Sides

    In this episode, we ask the question - what matters more in today's music industry: quality or quantity? A few of the things we discuss include:

    The strategy of releasing singles rather than albums (especially when it comes to the Spotify algorithms)Whether focusing on quantity means that the quality suffersThe benefits of releasing cover songs
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    • 10 min
    Livestreaming 101: Connecting with Your Audience Online | B-Sides

    Livestreaming 101: Connecting with Your Audience Online | B-Sides

    In recent years, live streaming has grown in popularity as it allows artists to perform and connect with a worldwide audience. And with the current pandemic enforcing social distancing and quarantines all over the world, it's one of the few ways artists can currently perform for an audience.
    In this episode we talk about the benefits of live streaming, how to get started, promote, and monetize your streams.
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    • 9 min
    Album Artwork: Does It Still Matter? | B-Sides

    Album Artwork: Does It Still Matter? | B-Sides

    In this episode we're talking about album artwork, and whether it matters in the streaming age. We cover how album artwork plays a role when it comes to streaming; the resurgence of vinyl and the impact this has on the album artwork; and how to approach album artwork to cover all bases.
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    • 9 min
    How to Regain the Trust of Your Fans After a Scandal | B-Sides

    How to Regain the Trust of Your Fans After a Scandal | B-Sides

    In this B-SIDES episode we're talking about the fallout from the downfall of Pledge Music, and what musicians can do next. Our discussion includes:

    How this has affected artistsHow this has affected fans who have contributed to campaignsWays that artists can help to rebuild trust with their audienceOther crowdfunding options for the future
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    • 10 min
    Coronavirus: A Guide to Succeeding in the New Music Industry | B-Sides

    Coronavirus: A Guide to Succeeding in the New Music Industry | B-Sides

    It's hard to escape the fact that we're currently living in a pandemic. And we know that many musicians are unsure of what to do in these times. In this episode we discuss:

    How the coronavirus pandemic has affected musicians and everyone else who works in the music industryWhat musicians can do to stay productiveWhy self care is so importantThe role livestreaming can play in staying engaged with your audienceThe importance of entertainment at a time like this
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    • 10 min

Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5
26 Ratings

26 Ratings

Rowenka12 ,

Thought-provoking and fun

I really enjoyed the podcast with Amy Zarah and the discussion that ensued about photoshopping pictures of women and to what extent this should be accepted with regard to how women are portrayed as they age. Very interesting point of discussion. Also enjoyed the insider view of Nick Thomas’s experience gigging for the first time abroad.

Nixsight ,

An engaging insight into a world I don't know.

It's a sign of a good podcast if it engages and interests you despite you not being familiar with the world it occupies.

Marcio and Ross are incredibly engaging and amiable hosts - and both have really soothing accents, actually, which helps - and their musical guests respond to it with really nice energy.

ALSO, the mini guitar sting/theme thingie at the beginning just really uplifts me.

If anything was going to lose stars on this review, it'd be the sound quality on the interviews themselves, which is really variable. But I've tried recording podcasts over Skype myself, and HATE it, so I can't penalise them for that.

ex-jedi ,

Great

It's a good listen. Great Job.

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