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the AMP— POSTED Issue 75

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PAUL SAUNDERS
March 22, 2025

Here's the list of posts in your New Music Lives™ Facebook .ComUnity this week.

• ‘A Big Fat No’: Two Rock Hall Voters Dissect Their 2025 Ballots from vulture .com— “They are the turds in the punch bowl of rock and roll.”

• The Brilliance of Kendrick Lamar from tonyconniff .com— This song is a remarkable look at a meeting in which the narrator exposes both his privilege and his angry defensiveness about it. It’s a culture clash about economic class, not race or religion.

• SONG OF THE WEEK: “One Planet– One Utopia– One Helmet (X-Man Remix)”  from Johnny J Blair: Singer at Large Music Page— Here on the streets of San Francisco, a day doesn’t go by without a protest march or some other hub-bub, which led me to create this song. 

• Can You Afford to Tour This Summer? from Indie Music Minute from DiskMakers on YouTube— Summer touring season is almost here— will you be hitting the road? While performing live is an incredible experience, most independent artists end up paying...

• Motown Walked So K-pop Could Run: The Overlooked Connection Between Two Music Giants from blacknoisewav.substack .com— A deep dive into how Motown’s marketing and fan engagement strategies shaped the foundation of K-pop, inspired by a discovery in my dad’s old cassette collection.

• How to Price Your Gigs (the right way) from Terence Fisher on YouTube. In this session, Terrance breaks down how to assess your value, create a winning rate card, and overcome common pricing challenges so you can confidently get paid...

in partnership with the Jim Parker Songwriter Series 

Jim Parker is a Singer Songwriting legend. More than four decades in the biz playing and co-creating with an astonishing array of who's-whose-and-who's would be reason enough, but his Jim Parker's Songwriters Series, where he showcases the talents and creation stories of songwriters and their songs from Los Angeles; Canada; Georgia; Nashville, Tennessee; Muscle Shoals, Alabama; and, and, and... is what makes Jim a National Treasure. 

Jim's Songwriter Series is showcase featuring the world's greatest songwriters and musicians. Hosted at the Von Braun Civic Center in Huntsville, Alabama. It's a rare opportunity to see these artists perform in the round, in a dinner-theater atmosphere, up close and personal! 

Tap here to Subscribe: JimParkerMusic You'll get announcements and invites and news of upcoming events (eight this year and nine in 2024). AND, Jim's YouTube chanel features more than 376 videos, from setlist clips to complete shows. And he's on Facebook as well: the Jim Parker Songwriter Series. 

Want a taste: Here's one of our favorites: Pat Alger - Thunder Rolls. Co-written with Garth Brooks. The backstory is amazing.

... and here's the more...

• Real CONNECTION. from TuneUpToEleven by Matt Jacoby— Not the surface-level kind that gets you playlist features or press write-ups. Matt's talking about the kind that turns streams into ticket sales and followers into paying supporters.

• 'Opry 100: A Live Celebration’ A Star-Packed Homage To The Grand Ole Opry’s Centennial, Airs March 19 on NBC from Pollstar News— Grand Ole Opry member, television personality and country music star Blake Shelton will host. 

• SUNDAY MATINEE MUSIC VIDEO: “Frontiers of Love” (live) from Johnny J Blair: Singer at Large Music Page— This song imagines walking through the night-time across a dark, windy landscape, drawn by the promise of a warmly lit window glimmering on the horizon. 

• Give yourself permission to be creative on Ted .com— Reflecting on moments that shaped his life, actor Ethan Hawke examines how courageous expression promotes healing and connection with one another— and invites you to discover your own unabashed creativity. "There is no path till you walk it," he says.

Thanks for reading. Give us your feedback.

And PLEASE, if you've got any Singer Songwriter friends, pass the AMP on, because... It’s Time... for a Change. Big Time. Past Time...