#329 - Build, Maintain, and Grow

When it comes to such simple things as communication, networking, and even relationships, there are three basic skills you need to remember. You need to build upon the relationship. You also need to maintain them, and work towards them growing. Joining us in the studio is music industry veteran Lyn Stevens who is an award winning photographer, who combines her love of photography with her passion for music. From that, she has learned the ability to network among industry peers, and shares her insight with our listeners. While on the subject, we also discuss documenting your career with photography, and how important it is in the bigger picture.

Since her days as a producer at WIBA-FM and Morning DJ & Country Music Director WDUX in Wisconsin, Lyn has always had the bug to work in the music industry. Working in radio provided Lyn the opportunity to meet and interview legendary performers such as Merle Haggard, Ray Price, Charlie Daniels, Loretta Lynn, and The Kentucky Headhunters among many others.

After moving to Nashville in 2009, her photography "hobby" started catching the eye of local performers. In 2012, the door was opened as Lyn was honored to have 3 of her photos on display as part of the Cameras and Community in Action Project at The Frist Center for The Visual Arts. Her work went on to be featured in Country Weekly, Billboard Magazine and the Nashville Music Guide.

In late 2014, she was asked by country legends, Little Texas, to shoot the photos for their album, "Young for A Long Time," which garnered her the award for "Best Visual Art" at the 2015 Nashville Independent Music Awards.

She added the title, “International Photographer” to her resume, after documenting a Blues/Rock tour to Australia in 2016 and another tour to Iceland in 2018. Her work has since been seen on television in Australia and in newspapers and magazines throughout Europe.

She approaches photography as a documentarian, based off the strong belief that she is documenting future history, in the present-day moment.

• Creator and Executive Producer Emeritus: Tom Sabella

• Showrunner and Host (the guy who has a face for podcasting): Bob Bender

• Management Representation: Chuck Thompson for Thompson Entertainment Group, LLC

• Co-Producer - Audio/Video Editor (the man behind the curtain): Mark Sabella

• Director of Video and Continuity (the brains of the entire operation): Deborah Halle

• Marketing and Social Media (all knowing): Sarah Fleshner for 362 Entertainment

• All Around Problem Solver (and Mental Health Therapist for us): Connie Ribas

• Recorded inside what could be an old beat up Airstream Trailer located somewhere on what’s left of Music Row in Nashville TN (Man we sure do miss Noshville, and the Longhorn Steakhouse)

• Mixed and Mastered at Music Dog Studios in Nashville, TN

• Editing and Post at Midnight Express Studio located in Olian, NY

• Production Sound Design: Keith Stark

• Voice Over and Promo: Lisa Fuson