Where is MY hit single?

When Luke receives some constructive criticism via an email from a fan, he finds himself pondering a dilemma that has plagued artists and entertainers since the dawn of time......Should you give the audience what it wants? In this journey, he contemplates the clever market positioning achieved by the lyrical content of songs by Kanye West, Nirvana and LMFAO, the live performances of Bob Dylan, Weezer and Chesney Hawks and a pivotal scene from the movie LA LA LAND. Doing all this causes him to finally blurt out one of the central myths of the music industry.  Tune in to find out more!!!! (If it is even possible to "Tune In" to a podcast....I don't know. I'd never really though about it until I just typed it)   ***** Hi, I'm your podcast host Luke Jones. I'm a music and podcast producer and I'm also available for hire. If you want bespoke music production, jingles, idents or podcast production you can visit the South Girl Production Music Website for details. You can also Email me to discuss sponsorship and advertising opportunities on the Where is MY hit single podcast.  Enjoy the show! 

There are an infinite number of possible chord progressions, but most of them probably suck. The recorded music industry is now well over a hundred years old! What happens when all the best chord progressions, have already been used? How many hit singles are left? Join Luke, as he meditates on the issue of song plagurism claims, copyright infringement, recurring drum beats and the threat of AI.    ***** Hi, I'm your podcast host Luke Jones. I'm a music and podcast producer and I'm also available for hire. If you want bespoke music production, jingles, idents or podcast production you can visit the South Girl Production Music Website for details. You can also Email me to discuss sponsorship and advertising opportunities on the Where is MY hit single podcast.  Enjoy the show! 

In 1996, Luke bought a grunge album called "Juice". It was one of the greatest rock albums of all time. He had found out about the album, after it was given a great review in KERRANG magazine.  That was the last time Luke ever heard anything about the band.  Almost 30 years later, Luke tracks down the band members to ask them....What happen to SEND NO FLOWERS? Join Luke as he once again, discusses the "behind closed doors" workings of record labels and the brutal reality that is...."The Music Industry".   Here are some links to things that Luke recommends in this series, including the amazing album "JUICE" by SEND NO FLOWERS https://linktr.ee/whereisMYhitsinglepodcast ***** Hi, I'm your podcast host Luke Jones. I'm a music and podcast producer and I'm also available for hire. If you want bespoke music production, jingles, idents or podcast production you can visit the South Girl Production Music Website for details. You can also Email me to discuss sponsorship and advertising opportunities on the Where is MY hit single podcast.  Enjoy the show! 

Having spent the last few episodes discussing the bleak realities of music streaming rates, the benefits of music synchronization and the value of sound recording rights, Music producer Luke Jones finishes up his thoughts on the alternatives to releasing music via record labels.  Featuring the "Music used in this podcast OFFICIAL CHART COUNTDOWN", a brief apperance from a shady music industry insider who wants to spill the beans and a crash course in Library music and the benefits it offer composers. Join Luke as he continues his mission, to demystify the business side of the music industry with anecdotes, real life examples and re-enacted phone calls with members of the music industry Here are some links to things that Luke recommends in this series, including the excellent book “Exit Stage Left: The Curious Afterlife of Pop Stars” by Nick Duerden https://linktr.ee/whereisMYhitsinglepodcast ***** Hi, I'm your podcast host Luke Jones. I'm a music and podcast producer and I'm also available for hire. If you want bespoke music production, jingles, idents or podcast production you can visit the South Girl Production Music Website for details. You can also Email me to discuss sponsorship and advertising opportunities on the Where is MY hit single podcast.  Enjoy the show! 

Having made the comment that he doesn't think that music streaming platforms represent a particularly lucrative opportunity for composers and songwriters, music producer Luke Jones, begins to lay out his opinions on alternative ways to monetise music.  This involves him remembering a phone call from the year 2000 and explaining the awkward financial realities surrounding the cost of releasing music in the pre-streaming era. Why did 80’s pop act “Frankie Goes to Hollywood” make so little money compared to music industry legend Kate Bush? Join Luke as he continues his mission, to demystify the business side of the music industry with anecdotes, real life examples and re-enacted phone calls with members of the music industry. Here are some links to things that Luke recommends in this series, including the excellent book “Exit Stage Left: The Curious Afterlife of Pop Stars” by Nick Duerden https://linktr.ee/whereisMYhitsinglepodcast ***** Hi, I'm your podcast host Luke Jones. I'm a music and podcast producer and I'm also available for hire. If you want bespoke music production, jingles, idents or podcast production you can visit the South Girl Production Music Website for details. You can also Email me to discuss sponsorship and advertising opportunities on the Where is MY hit single podcast.  Enjoy the show! 

Almost 18 months into making this documentary podcast series, music producer Luke Jones was approached by a journalist, who wanted a comment from a music industry professional for an article. Secretly overjoyed that FINALLY people were considering him a valuable industry commentator, he was quickly dissappointed to learn, that the article was yet another piece about the poor financial returns artists receive from streaming platforms.  So what is ACTUALLY going on with this issue? Are artists and musicians being completely ripped-off, or is the issue a bit more complicated than it first appears? Luke investigates!  If you want to check out any of the things Luke talks about in this podcast series, click this link https://linktr.ee/whereisMYhitsinglepodcast ***** Hi, I'm your podcast host Luke Jones. I'm a music and podcast producer and I'm also available for hire. If you want bespoke music production, jingles, idents or podcast production you can visit the South Girl Production Music Website for details. You can also Email me to discuss sponsorship and advertising opportunities on the Where is MY hit single podcast.  Enjoy the show!   

One thing you rarely hear in the music business, is an honest account of how a band ACTUALLY got signed.  Loads of acts are happy to talk about themselves and their music, but often their biography cuts from "we met in high school and started jamming"....to "....and then Sony released our album". I don't know about you...but it's the bit inbetween that interests me! So when I met a young musician who had been signed by the music industry legend Alan McGee, I jumped at the chance to interview him! In this episode, I chat to musician Arwel Brown about his band Young Garbo and how they signed to the new incarnation of Creation Records. In the process, we end up mentioning Adele, Oasis, Scott Weiland, Teenage Fanclub, Primal Scream, Charli XCX and the concept of a rock star. Here are some links to things that Luke recommends, including all of the bands in which Arwel Brown is currently involved with! https://linktr.ee/whereisMYhitsinglepodcast ***** Hi, I'm your podcast host Luke Jones. I'm a music and podcast producer and I'm also available for hire. If you want bespoke music production, jingles, idents or podcast production you can visit the South Girl Production Music Website for details. You can also Email me to discuss sponsorship and advertising opportunities on the Where is MY hit single podcast.  Enjoy the show! 

When it comes to your music, everyone has an opinion! Your dentist, your taxi driver and even the writers of your local music magazine!  Join music producer Luke Jones, and hear his thoughts on critics in all their shapes and forms. Featuring references to Pitbull, Bono, Radiohead, Bjork, Gorky's Zygotic Mynci and that rubbish 80's band, The Jimothys. If you want to check out any of the things Luke talks about in this podcast series, click this link https://linktr.ee/whereisMYhitsinglepodcast ***** Hi, I'm your podcast host Luke Jones. I'm a music and podcast producer and I'm also available for hire. If you want bespoke music production, jingles, idents or podcast production you can visit the South Girl Production Music Website for details. You can also Email me to discuss sponsorship and advertising opportunities on the Where is MY hit single podcast.  Enjoy the show! 

One again, Luke is discussing the issue of new guitar bands not getting into the UK chart as frequently as they used to. In an attempt to make sense of the phenomenon, he recounts a memory from his time spent working with an Indie record label and then repeats a converstion he once had at a posh music industry networking event. Join music producer Luke Jones, and hear his thoughts on the current music industry related barriers for new guitar bands.  How do we get more guitar bands on the radio? If you want to check out any of the things Luke talks about in this podcast series, click this link https://linktr.ee/whereisMYhitsinglepodcast ***** Hi, I'm your podcast host Luke Jones. I'm a music and podcast producer and I'm also available for hire. If you want bespoke music production, jingles, idents or podcast production you can visit the South Girl Production Music Website for details. You can also Email me to discuss sponsorship and advertising opportunities on the Where is MY hit single podcast.  Enjoy the show! 

Guitar bands used to be everywhere, you couldn't swing a cat without hitting one! They were on the music video stations, mainstream radio stations but most importantly, they were in the UK Top 40! ....then, they weren't. Join music producer Luke Jones, as he bravely addresses this issue in an attempt to understand what happened to guitar bands.  Are guitars less popular than they used to be? If you want to check out any of the things Luke talks about in this podcast series, click this link https://linktr.ee/whereisMYhitsinglepodcast ***** Hi, I'm your podcast host Luke Jones. I'm a music and podcast producer and I'm also available for hire. If you want bespoke music production, jingles, idents or podcast production you can visit the South Girl Production Music Website for details. You can also Email me to discuss sponsorship and advertising opportunities on the Where is MY hit single podcast.  Enjoy the show! 

Have you ever noticed, music videos nearly always feature people under the age of 30? It's almost as if record labels are obsessed with youth! Well, young people ARE funky and cool...so it makes sense that labels want to get them to buy their records.....My question is...what about the rest of us? Has the music industry given up on anyone over the age of 30? Join music producer Luke Jones, as he discusses an insightful interview with pop legend Adele, the pre-teen market and asks himself, what about the oldies?     If you want to check out any of the things Luke talks about in this podcast series, click this link https://linktr.ee/whereisMYhitsinglepodcast ***** Hi, I'm your podcast host Luke Jones. I'm a music and podcast producer and I'm also available for hire. If you want bespoke music production, jingles, idents or podcast production you can visit the South Girl Production Music Website for details. You can also Email me to discuss sponsorship and advertising opportunities on the Where is MY hit single podcast.  Enjoy the show! 

If there's one thing we can all agree on, it's that Christmas songs are brilliant! And they can also be extremely lucrative.  Pen a half decent crimbo song and it will keep you in egg nog and gingerbread for the rest of your days! ....or will it? Once again, music producer Luke Jones puts on his investigative journalist hat and delves into the music industry, thirsty for answers. Featuring traumatic flash backs to DJing at office Christmas parties, nonsensical conversions with a Shady Music industry insider and a semi-scientific dissection of festive songs, this episode tries to get to the bottom of the "Christmas Hit single" phenomenon.   If you want to check out any of the things Luke talks about in this podcast series, click this link https://linktr.ee/whereisMYhitsinglepodcast ***** Hi, I'm your podcast host Luke Jones. I'm a music and podcast producer and I'm also available for hire. If you want bespoke music production, jingles, idents or podcast production you can visit the South Girl Production Music Website for details. You can also Email me to discuss sponsorship and advertising opportunities on the Where is MY hit single podcast.  Enjoy the show!     

Music videos are great! You get to see your favourite artists racing around in gold Lamborghinis, writhing around on the floor in fur coats and throwing fist fulls of dollars in the faces of bikini-clad models. Bemused by the endless displays of ostentatious wealth depicted in the majority of music videos, music producer Luke Jones takes a wry look at the ongoing issue of music and money. When a record label signs an artist, exactly how much money does that artist get, and what do they have to do in return for the advance money? Can an act get rich of just one hit single? Producer Luke is on a mission to find out more!  Here are some links to things that Luke recommends, including the awesome cover of "Word Up" by the rock band GUN. https://linktr.ee/whereisMYhitsinglepodcast ***** Hi, I'm your podcast host Luke Jones. I'm a music and podcast producer and I'm also available for hire. If you want bespoke music production, jingles, idents or podcast production you can visit the South Girl Production Music Website for details. You can also Email me to discuss sponsorship and advertising opportunities on the Where is MY hit single podcast.  Enjoy the show!   

Listening to music, is listening to music....right?  Well...yes and no.... Some people sit down with an album and focus entirely on it, enjoying every single track in great detail.  Other people, just put music on in the background while they do the dishes....This is what is known as "The Passive Listener problem". Should the music industry be worried? Join music producer, Luke Jones as he time travels back to the 1960's and asks....what has changed, in the way we choose to use music?  ***** Hi, I'm your podcast host Luke Jones. I'm a music and podcast producer and I'm also available for hire. If you want bespoke music production, jingles, idents or podcast production you can visit the South Girl Production Music Website for details. You can also Email me to discuss sponsorship and advertising opportunities on the Where is MY hit single podcast.  Enjoy the show!   

As the music industry continues to drift away from physical sales and into the world of digital streaming, we need to ask ourselves.....Do we trust everything we see? Platforms like Youtube and Spotify clearly state how many times a piece of music has been streamed, but what does that ACTUALLY tell us about the songs popularity? How do we know whether the people who streamed the song liked it or not? Do we even know if it was streamed by a human...and not a bot? Join music producer, Luke Jones as he plays golf with a PR guy, discusses a whistle blowing interview with T-Pain and asks himself.....has anything really changed...or was the music industry always like this? If you want to connect with Luke to talk about the topics in this podcast, you can find him on @WIMHSpodcast on Twitter.  If you want to enjoy the hilarious adverts Luke makes for this podcast, head to www.instagram.com/whereismyhitsinglepodcast   ***** Hi, I'm your podcast host Luke Jones. I'm a music and podcast producer and I'm also available for hire. If you want bespoke music production, jingles, idents or podcast production you can visit the South Girl Production Music Website for details. You can also Email me to discuss sponsorship and advertising opportunities on the Where is MY hit single podcast.  Enjoy the show!   

In the music business, there's a well known hack that you can use, if you want to increase your chances of having a hit single.  Instead of reinventing the wheel, just borrow someone else's and release a version of an already popular song.  When you record yourself singing a version of a song that has already been a hit, it's called a cover version.  Surely this is a quick and easy way to success, right? Well....yes and no. Join music producer, Luke Jones as he tries to wrap his head around the various laws and complications that surround trying to release of a cover version of a song.  Stream Luke's cover version of the song "The Business" by Tiesto right now, click the link below and let him know what you think! https://linktr.ee/whereisMYhitsinglepodcast If you would like to hear the incredible music of vocalist, Hannah Ferber's Indie Electro Pop group Idylmind, click here.  https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/idylmind/i-dont-wanna-say   ***** Hi, I'm your podcast host Luke Jones. I'm a music and podcast producer and I'm also available for hire. If you want bespoke music production, jingles, idents or podcast production you can visit the South Girl Production Music Website for details. You can also Email me to discuss sponsorship and advertising opportunities on the Where is MY hit single podcast.  Enjoy the show! 

Why am I seeing sleek images of an Italian mansion in a music video? How could a High School gym setting possibly be better than a glossy world tour? What do bottles of perfume, The Fonz and the music of the late 1940s have in common? Join Music producer, Luke Jones as he time travels to previous decades, in pursuit of the very essence of 'cool'! ***** Hi, I'm your podcast host Luke Jones. I'm a music and podcast producer and I'm also available for hire. If you want bespoke music production, jingles, idents or podcast production you can visit the South Girl Production Music Website for details. You can also Email me to discuss sponsorship and advertising opportunities on the Where is MY hit single podcast.  Enjoy the show! 

What is an Alligator drum? What is drum re-triggering? How do I know if the drums I am listening to are even real? Does it really matter? Do my favourite bands use drum samples? In this episode, music producer Luke Jones quickly recaps the history of drums as he asks himself, when did we stop using real drum kits and why?  ***** Hi, I'm your podcast host Luke Jones. I'm a music and podcast producer and I'm also available for hire. If you want bespoke music production, jingles, idents or podcast production you can visit the South Girl Production Music Website for details. You can also Email me to discuss sponsorship and advertising opportunities on the Where is MY hit single podcast.  Enjoy the show! 

What makes a piece of music 'authentic'? What does that even mean? Why is authenticity in music important to the listener? How does this issue affect the actions and decisions of record labels? In this episode, music producer Luke Jones delves into a bit of amateur psychoanalysis, in an attempt to understand why certain songs appeal to certain people. What is it about a song or the recording of a song that makes us feel comfortable saying out loud "I like this!". He also looks at a classic 1967 Jazz funk recording,  and asks himself why on earth would Ryan Adams re-record an entire Taylor Swift album? ***** Hi, I'm your podcast host Luke Jones. I'm a music and podcast producer and I'm also available for hire. If you want bespoke music production, jingles, idents or podcast production you can visit the South Girl Production Music Website for details. You can also Email me to discuss sponsorship and advertising opportunities on the Where is MY hit single podcast.  Enjoy the show! 

Why are most songs 3 minutes long and not 10 minutes? Is there a common structure used in all pop music? What's the 'Golden Structure' in songwriting and why is it important? In this episode, music producer Luke Jones takes a deep dive into the 'Golden Structure', the most commonly used song structure in popular music. He also discusses the reasons why songwriters use this structure and how it affects your chances of scoring an evergreen hit. There's also musings around the significance of the three main types of radio stations and how they interact with  music.