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I know it sounds pretty cliche (and it was not the intention), but that’s the best title I could think of for a program that did something we hadn’t tried before: 2 interviews with 2 different people in the same show. Since both of our guests are female, then the title just works.
Mindy Smith
The other conversation was with another emerging voice in music, though she communicates in a different way, and that’s through media and books. Courtney E Smith is the author of Record Collecting For Girls, a great new book that any music fan or music nerd will certainly want to get their hands on. The book highlights not just her own selections and picks in music, but also encourages readers to pick and choose their own favorites from certain set criteria. Before she became an author, Courtney was one of the people behind the scenes at MTV that helped launched the careers on some now prominent indie acts like Death Cab, Vampire Weekend, the Shins and more. Our conversation deals with not just her role at MTV and her book, but observations about people and music, and our preferences for and against things we might not be aware of. You can hear an extended cut of the interview, including portions we left out of the radio show at our podcast page.
You can listen to The Appetizer, and an episode titled Girl Power this weekend on stations across Texas including KACU, KTRL, and KVLU. Check station’s program schedule for date and time.
I’ve had the opportunity to interview a few amazing ladies in the past week. I don’t have the audio produced yet for podcasting, but that’s coming soon. I just wanted to post a little teaser/update to whet your appetite.
Last Thursday at Flyboy Studio we hosted indie singer/songwriter Mindy Smith for a really wonderful interview and acoustic session. Mindy hails originally from New York but has spent the last several years in Tennessee. It was in the south where she began her musical career with a collaborative cover of Dolly Parton that launched everything. She has gone on to become good friends with the country star, as well as having a thriving solo career. She was in our part of the country to do a few shows in Austin and also to perform at ACU’s Summit, their big half-week seminar. In our conversation together we discussed not only her musical story, but the influence of our roots into all we are and all we do. She performed a great classic track as well as some new stuff. As soon as that interview/acoustic tracks are produced, they’ll be in our Conversations At The Table link.
And yesterday, I had the blessing of getting to chat by phone with Courtney E. Smith, author of a new book called Recording Collecting For Girls. Prior to her first go-round at book writing, Smith spent 8 years as a music programmer and “picker” of content for MTV2 and MTV’s indie rock radio station. We talked about the criteria for what gets put on the MTV frequencies, the passion of music lovers when they gather together, and the oft-not-discussed sexism in music literature and writing. It was truly a remarkable conversation and one I really look forward to sharing with you all.
It is strange that all the voices mentioned in this post all share the same last name. We’re not related, I assure you, at least not to any of our knowledge. I’ve had a few conversations over the past few months about how Smith used to be a last name that many people you know have. That’s not the case anymore. Yet, it’s very interesting, and in some ways comforting, to have spoken to two like-named ladies in a short amount of time.
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