Connor Seidel is a Montreal based songwriter & producer who has dedicated the last 10 years to developing new acts in the Quebec music scene. After 3 years of creative direction for Outro Music (a music technology company), he now holds residency at Cult Nation where he’s producing & writing with Charlotte Cardin, Matt Holubowski, Soran and a number of other emerging artists. After a gold record for Holubowski’s “Solitudes” he’s now building strong ties with the London & Berlin music scene, connecting Quebec artists with talent in Europe and bringing European acts back to Canada. You'll also be hearing some new Charlotte Cardin Music throughout the show. If you haven't heard of her, you definitely need to. She's an artist with Cult Nation and Atlantic Records and the music is courtesy of them.  

Connor and I have known each other for a few years. He popped up on my radar a while before we actually met because we had worked with a few of the same artists. Fun Trivia Fact: We also both have produced and recorded a few artists who appeared on and were finalists on the hit TV show "La Voix" which is Canada's version of The Voice.  Connor also had a string of #1 hits on Quebec Radio in 2018 and shows no signs of slowing down.

I had a great chat with Connor and I have to warn you it's even longer than the last one, but I promise it's chock full of music business goodness. And don't forget to stick around until the end for the outtakes.

Connor and I discuss Budgets, Production philosophies, Songwriting, Publishing, Licensing, Why you should never work for Free, Strategies on Splitting up Royalties, Grants and Finding a Grant Writer, and ways for artists and producers to make money these days. Perhaps the main take away from Connor's interview is his approach to songwriting and collaboration and the power of storytelling. 

Without further ado, here's my chat with the up in coming Producer/Songwriter Connor Seidel.

Outro:

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Find show notes either in your podcast app or at http://unfamouspodcast.com

If you'd like to reach Connor please visit https://www.connorseidel.com

Instagram: @connor_seidel

Theme Music for UnFamous Podcast is by The Pines.

All other Music by Charlotte Cardin (Cult Nation / Atlantic Music)

http://www.thecultnation.com

http://www.atlanticrecords.com/artists/charlotte-cardin

https://www.charlottecardin.com

http://mattholubowski.com

https://www.believemusic.com

http://musicaction.ca

https://www.factor.ca

https://www.calq.gouv.qc.ca/en/

http://www.musicbc.org

http://unidisc.com  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelly

Connor Seidel Highlights:

- Writing/production Collaboration with Charlotte Cardin, new releases and new album 2019 with Atlantic Records

- Matt Holubowski “Solitudes” Gold Record!

- Socan Creative Entrepreneur Grant Recipient

- Six #1 Quebec Radio Hits in 2018 with one SOCAN Chanson Populaire Award

- Worked with in 2018: Soran, Elliot Maginot, Claudia Bouvette, Charlotte Cardin

- New Artists for 2019: Beau Diako & Jordan Rakei, Les Soeurs Boulay