Making a Scene Presents

Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Maura Dunst

Maura is a Minnesota-based multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, and songwriter whose work moves with ease through bluegrass, Americana, roots, and folk. Known for her expressive fiddle and mandolin playing, strong harmony instincts, and sharp songwriting voice, she brings both fire and feel to every stage she steps onto.

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Making a Scene Presents Gerry Casey's Interview with Ghalia Volt

No barriers. No boundaries. That has always been Ghalia Volt’s approach to American roots music.

Born in Belgium and now based in New Orleans, Ghalia Volt is a blues-rock singer, guitarist, drummer, and songwriter whose music refuses to stay in one lane. Her sound reaches across borders, pulling from the flamenco and traditional Spanish music she heard through her grandparents, the punk, garage rock, and psychobilly that shaped her early taste, and the deep blues traditions of artists like Skip James, J.B. Lenoir, and John Lee Hooker.

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Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Kat Blue

KAT Blue & The True Believers are a blues band built on fire, feel, and full-throttle conviction. Their new EP, Clock Strikes Blue, captures a group locked into what KAT calls an “all asides, all the time” spirit: no half-measures, no phoning it in, just hard-hitting blues played with purpose.

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Making a Scene Presents - Mixing Quietly: Why Lower Volume Makes Better Decisions

There is one home studio habit that can improve almost every mix without costing a dime. It does not require a new interface, a new microphone, a new plug-in bundle, or some secret trick from a million-dollar control room. It is almost boring in how simple it is.

Turn the monitors down.

That’s it. Not forever. Not so low that you can barely hear the song. Not as a punishment. Not because loud music is bad. Music is supposed to move air. Music is supposed to hit you in the chest when the moment calls for it. But when you are making mix decisions, especially in a home studio, loud volume can lie to you. Low volume tells the truth more often.

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Making a Scene Artist Fan Passport OS: The Free Gateway To An Artist-Owned Music Economy

The Music Business Needs A Middle Class Again

The music business has never had a talent problem. It has had an ownership problem.

Every town has artists who can move a room. Every scene has songwriters, bands, producers, players, DJs, engineers, promoters, and music lovers who are doing the work without the safety net. These are not hobbyists pretending to be artists. These are working creators trying to build something real in a business that keeps asking them to chase attention instead of own relationships.

That is the problem the Making a Scene Artist Fan Passport OS was built to solve.

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