Today's guest is Chris Mees, founder and director of the B Natural booking agency. I've known Chris for several years now and was really looking forward to our chat. Chris is a driven, smart, successful entrepreneur who has built a respectable agency from the ground up.

My guest today is the incredibly talented singer songwriter, performer, and all around amazing artist Cyrille Aimee. Cyrille is preparing to release a new ground breaking album called Beautiful Way.

Thank you for tuning in on this new episode of Speaking of the Arts. My name is Mackenzie and I am the Operations Manager at Epstein Fox Performances and I will be your host for today’s podcast. I am so excited to bring you guys a really special guest, critically acclaimed composer, bandleader, and most importantly Tenor Saxophonist, James Brandon Lewis. We are going to invite him into the conversation on everything music.

My name is Marie Le Claire. I’m the east coast agent at Epstein Fox Performances and your host for today!

Today, I’m excited to bring you a conversation with famed singer and one of the newest artists on the EFP roster, Magos Herrera!

Today we feature Epstein Fox Performances, the new booking agency I have co-founded with my partner, Michael Fox. (For more information on Michael,, you can listen to Speaking of the Arts Episode 68 where I featured Michael and what was then his new agency, Fox Performances).

Our guest today is Katherine McVicker. In 2014, Katherine founded the boutique agency, Music Works International, after three decades as an agent developing the touring careers of dozens of artists such as Brad Mehldau, Michael Brecker, Wayne Shorter, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, and many others.

Today we are speaking with members of the vocal group Kings Return. We just signed these guys to our booking agency and I am so excited for everyone to check them out.

I’m your host this week, Marie Le Claire. I’m so excited about our guest this week, Nate Query, long time bass player for the Grammy nominated, Portland, OR based rock band, The Decemberists.

We are changing up our content today to deliver what I hope will be a very informative and practical episode: Financial advice for artists. My guest today is Charlie Epstein.

Speaking of the Arts is pleased to feature Gordon Hanks and JazzSLC. Gordon co-founded the concert series in Salt Lake City over 27 years ago and I wanted to have him on the show to talk about his own unique background

Today’s episode features an innovative company in the music industry called Open Studio.

Today's episode is part 2 of my conversation with Ulysses Owens Jr.

Today’s episode is a real treat. We are featuring the drummer, educator, entrepreneur, author, non-profit organizer, band leader, producer, etc. etc., the list really goes on and on, Ulysses Owen’s Jr.

My guest today is Michael Fox. Michael and I go way back and I’ve wanted to have him on the show for a long time. Fox is the Founder and Owner of the booking agency Fox Performances, LLC.

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Today’s episode continues our discussion on best practices for live streaming.

Today we are featuring the one and only Donny McCaslin. Donny made national headlines a few years ago when he worked with David Bowie on what would ultimately be Bowie’s final album, Blackstar. Since then, Donny has released the critically acclaimed album BLOW and, prior to the COVID shutdown, he regularly toured the United States, Europe, and Asia as the leader of his own high energy band. On August 14, Donny released a new single called Reckoning, an emotional response to the recent months of heightened protests in the wake of increased racial violence.

Since the beginning of social distancing, live streaming has been the one major performance opportunity available to artists. We can easily spend all day everyday now tuning in to watch artists of all types. As a result, our industry has simultaneously become flooded with live streaming and confronted with many new challenges.

For example, how do you compete for people's attention with so many streams happening? How do you determine the proper price for virtual tickets when your patrons are used to viewing content for free? What type of artist fee should you offer an artist for a virtual concert? Should you use Facebook, YouTube, and/or Instagram to stream the event or are there better platforms out there? How do you make a unique experience for your patrons when you no longer have the ambience of your venue? If you are an artist, how do you make a unique experience for your fans who may be watching your show on a small phone? Lastly, what will all of this look like when live music can finally resume in person?

These questions and many more are fundamentally changing how live music is presented and received. While we won’t have time to address everything on today’s webinar, our goal is to share new ideas that address some of these basic challenges.