New 'Springboard Music Podcast' Features Interviews With Music Industry Pros

Industry Interviews

A new podcast is offering interviews with music industry professionals. Former CAPITOL CHRISTIAN MUSIC GROUP Mgr./National Promotion RACHAEL HESSION is the host of THE SPRINGBOARD MUSIC PODCAST, which launched TUESDAY (2/7) with four episodes featuring bassist ANDREW BROWN of MORGAN EVANS' band, UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP's SHANNON WOODWORTH, and, in a two-parter, CONCORD + CHROMATIC MUSIC PUBLISHING songwriter LAUREN HUNGATE.

New episodes will post on every other TUESDAY.

"I knew from an early age that I wanted to be involved in the music industry," said HESSION. "I just always thought you had to be an artist or songwriter, and those were your only two options. After watching an episode of AMERICAN IDOL, I looked up what SIMON COWELL’s path was to his career -- he did radio promotion, as well as A&R. I immediately thought radio promotion would be cool, but didn’t think it was something you could just jump into, so I pursued A&R. I couldn’t afford to go to a school that had a music business program, so I went to a small private school with the intention of graduating as quickly as I could to move down to Nashville. I studied Marketing, thinking it was 'similar' to A&R (branding). During that time, I had no one on campus who understood what I was trying to do with my life, and no one in my family had ever considered a career like the one I was striving for. I wished so badly there was someone young, who had recently broken into the industry, who didn’t have it all handed to them, that wasn’t an artist, that could tell me their story. Thus, THE SPRINGBOARD MUSIC PODCAST."

"You can be a photographer, and work in the music industry. You can be an accountant, and work in the music industry. You can be in IT security, and work in the music industry," added HESSION. "I hope young professionals won’t feel so alone and lost in their dreams after listening, that they will reach out to the guests, and take steps to gaining experience now to heart. I also hope that in 10 years, I run into them and hear about their successful careers, making it happen, and still doing what they love."

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