Young Entertainment Professionals

This episode was pre-recorded earlier this month at one of our live YEP Edu Panels, which took place at HOME: Nashville’s first and only 24/7 community for music and media production. They were generous enough to host some of our educational panels this year and we were immensely impressed by the space. Part 2 of our live recording features Libby O, who is our host of the YEP podcast and her own podcast The Libby O Show. We’ve also...

This episode was pre-recorded earlier this month at one of our live YEP Edu Panels, which took place at HOME: Nashville’s first and only 24/7 community for music and media production. They were generous enough to host some of our educational panels this year and we were immensely impressed by the space. Part 1 of our live recording features Libby O, who is our host of the YEP podcast and her own podcast The Libby O Show. We’ve also...

Celebrity Makeup Artist Katrina Brooks may have grown up in a small town in New Hampshire, but she knew she was meant to work in the glamorous world of film and entertainment. She moved across country to Los Angeles to attend the Makeup Designory in 2010 and has been working as a freelance makeup artist for the last decade in both Los Angeles and Nashville. Whether she is getting a Presidential Candidate ready for live televis...

Lexy Burke is a TikTok personality known for giving back to the Nashville community through her viral account, The Serial Tipper. She is also the CEO of Ranch Hands Nashville’s Original Cowboylesque and the Nashville Original Bachelorette House along with her husband and artist Austin Burke. She began her career as a videographer and award-winning filmmaker straight out of college. She has been seen on The Kelly Clarkson Show, Elle...

Nora Collins brings a confident and youthful originality to country music – a style she describes as “fun, flirty, relatable and honest.”  The Wisconsin native has been performing since she was a teenager, playing over 200 self booked shows a year and picking up multiple Best of Milwaukee awards as female vocalist and best acoustic musician. She moved to Nashville in 2016 after securing a songwriting and artist development dea...

From starting his own introduction into the music industry at age 13, Trevor Perkins knew that pursuing a music industry career was something he knew he wanted to pursue as soon as he fell into it. From Tabor, IA - the young entrepreneur never thought about the different aspects of the music industry. Throughout the early years of journalism, Trevor shared many conversations with award-winning musicians includin...

Sarah Beth Perry is the Founder and CEO of With the Band, a fan engagement platform founded in 2017 that strives to develop a community for fans and artists to feel a part of something bigger than themselves.

In only 3 years, Perry has grown With the Band from an idea in her dorm room to captivating packed out arenas with her creative and collaborative fan projects and meetups. Some of her most notable experiences include her fan e...

Charlene Bryant was formerly a Digital Account Manager for Sony/RCA Inspiration, who recently ventured out to start her own artist management company, Riveter Management Inc. She is passionate about helping artists and her company motto is to treat every client like a VIP.

During her matriculation at Belmont University, she has garnered internships with all three major labels and landed her first paying gig after college, ...

In this new episode we welcome two of our very own YEP Nashville Board Members Maddy Sundquist (Co-Director of Education) and Stephen Denninger (Director of Events)! Maddy and Stephen share their expertise in management, publishing, and music tech over a fireside chat in Stephen's backyard! You'll also hear their thoughts on navigating the job board and advice for those looking to pursue a career in entertainment amidst the pandemi...

Artist Stephen Day joins us on the podcast to talk performing at YEP Rewinds, connecting with other industry professionals through the organization, and how his manager has influenced his work ethic and artist growth.

On his third project Stephen Day is joining the arena of bedroom pop. With his new EP Original Songs and Sound, slated for November 20, Day shows the listener a new side of his sensibilities. The five new so...

Steve Moakler is a country music singer/songwriter with Pennsylvania roots. Over a decade after relocation to Nashville from the Pittsburgh home he memorably captured on his album Steel Town (released on CN Records in March 2017), he has toured alongside such acts as Old Dominion, Willie Nelson, Dan + Shay, And Tim McGraw and Faith Hill. Moakler – whose songwriting credits include cuts by Dierks Bentley, Jake Owen, Ben Rector, Reba...

Born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana there is no shortage of flavor for Meaux. She is a fierce woman with an infectious spirit that radiates even more from the stage. She started singing at a young age and grew up in dance studios throughout Louisiana training with the best choreographers and vocal coaches she could find. She then moved to Nashville, TN after graduating high school to pursue her music and entertainment career ...

Lexie Deeb is a Director of Advertising & Branding for Secret Road Music Services, where they represent a roster of publishing artists/writers and she pitches music to creative agencies and brands for advertising placement in North America, as well as for video games. She began her career at Secret Road on the Film & TV side, and also coordinated Secret Road’s inaugural Creative Labs Hawaii Songwriting Camp i...

Emily Hackett is the rare songwriter who doesn’t just pour her heart into her lyrics—she inspires every listener to reach a deeper honesty in their own lives. With her stunningly detailed storytelling, the Nashville-based artist sheds light on the liabilities of being human, transforming the most painful feelings into something glorious.

It’s exactly that alchemy that found Hackett named one of CMT’s Next Women of Country Class of ...