Making a Scene Presents

Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Dana Maragos
Dana Maragos is a Chicago-based singer-songwriter whose music is rooted in storytelling, tradition, and a lifelong relationship with song. Her journey began early, when her grandmother bought her a $25 guitar in Chicago’s Old Town at just six years old. Growing up on the city’s South Side, Dana learned her first chords from a teenage neighbor, singing along to the songs of Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, and Eric Andersen. Those early influences planted the seeds for a songwriting voice built on honesty, melody, and quiet emotional strength.

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Making a Scene Presents Gerry Casey's Interview with Austin and the Syd Experience
Austin & The Syd Experience is a Columbus, Ohio–based funk rock ensemble delivering a fearless, high-voltage blend of hard rock, psychedelic soul, and raw, merciless funk. Known as “ASYD Funk,” their sound is loud, sensual, and deeply groove-driven, built to hit the body as much as the ears.

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Making a Scene Presents - Why Streams Don’t Build Careers (And What Actually Does)
For a long time, streaming has felt like the finish line.
You upload your music. You watch the numbers climb. You refresh your stats like they’re a scoreboard. You cross your fingers that the algorithm notices you, blesses you, and turns your song into a “moment.”
And then you wait.

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Making a Scene Presents - How AI Can Turn Your Fans Into a Street Team (Without Burning You Out)
For decades, street teams were built on chaos. Flyers stuffed into backpacks. Group texts that started strong and then quietly died. Friends-of-friends who swore they would help spread the word and then vanished the moment real life showed up. It was almost always unpaid labor, held together by enthusiasm, favors, and blind hope. Labels leaned on this model when they were small and scrappy. Indie artists copied it when they had no other options. And most of the time, it fell apart for the same reason every time: nobody had the time, energy, or systems to keep it running.

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Making a Scene Presents - Tracking vs Mixing: Two Spaces That Should Never Fight Each Other
Most home studios don’t fail in dramatic ways. They don’t blow up. They don’t announce themselves as broken. They quietly stop delivering results. Songs take longer than they should. Performances feel stiff. Mixes never quite translate. Confidence erodes one small frustration at a time.

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