Booking Overview
Metrics
Episodes: 91
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 4.9/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1,000 - 10,000
Listener location: USA
YouTube: 123.0k subscribers
Instagram: 266.0k followers
Contact Information
Publicly listed emails
jamesgilmore@wizardradio.com
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Host
Laura Veltz - Four-time Grammy-nominated songwriter focused on the professional and creative realities of songwriting.
Tracy Hackney - Financial advisor specializing in musicians and the financial realities of music careers.
Kevin Sokolnicki - Podcast host and producer.
Booking Intelligence
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Recent Guest Discussions
Beth Laird - Building A Songwriter-focused Publishing Company, Supporting Songwriters, Women In Nashville Music, And Changes In Music Consumption.
Alana Springsteen - Burnout, Reconnecting With Creative Purpose, Audience Value Beyond Streaming Metrics, And Safety In The Songwriting Room.
Nell Maynard - Songwriter Ownership, Unconventional Publishing Arrangements, Funding An Arts Career, Financial Privilege, And Sustainable Creative Practices.
Blake Pendergrass - Developing A Career As A Nashville Songwriter, Outside Songs, Commercial Song Placements, Persistence, And Financial Anxiety.
Ava Suppelsa - Pursuing Songwriting After Working In The Record Industry, Streaming Versus Airplay, Songwriting Credits, And Community Outreach For Nashville’s Unhoused Population.
Recent Topics
Episodes
Joybeth Taylor: Managing Astronomical Highs, Off Days & Other Things You Can’t Control
October 05, 2026
Joybeth Taylor (“Choosin’ Texas” Ella Langley, “I Can’t Love You Anymore” Ella Langley & Morgan Wallen, “Empty Words” Corey Kent) is living through once-in-a-lifetime songwriter success with faith, grace and open hands. JoyBeth’s experience on music row is the quintessential Nashville journey—artist turned songwriter (waiter / nanny / lifeguard / day job / day job / day job…..) to revered addition to the writing room. The moment this story becomes singularly JoyBeth’s is through her ...
Publisher Beth Laird: Nurturing Nashville's Songwriters One Snack At A Time
September 21, 2026
This week, we have Nashville’s most considerate publisher, Creative Nation’s Beth Laird on the podcast. Married to a hit songwriter (Soup season 1 alum, Luke Laird), Beth has a front row seat to the hearts, habits and creature comforts of creative minds. We talk about how Beth and Luke went against the publishing company grain when they started Creative Nation and how those decisions remain the core of the company’s ethos. We cover topics like the evolution of women in Nashville music, the em...
Alana Springsteen: Therapy, Reconnecting With “The Why” & Safety In The Writer Room
September 07, 2026
This week’s guest, artist and songwriter, Alana Springsteen (“ghost in my guitar”, “Hot Honey” and her latest album I Hope This Helps), discusses the burn out that comes with starting out in the music business at a young age, and the breaking points that led her back to making music for her own soul. Alana and the trio talk about how difficult it is to maintain a sense of genuine purpose in an industry that often props up the optics of monthly listenership and streams, while disregarding the ...
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