Making a Scene Presents

The Moment You Stop Calling It “Just A Home Studio” There’s a quiet moment that happens for a lot of U.S. indie artists. It usually hits when you finish a track at home that actually holds up in the c...

5 Maalis 21min

The Van, the Laptop, and the Lie We Tell Ourselves The van smells like reheated coffee, gaffer tape, and the kind of optimism that only survives because musicians are stubborn. The band is parked outs...

4 Maalis 9min

Making a Scene Presents - The Playlist Era is Fading Picture the modern indie grind for a second. You drop a single, you refresh your stats, and you squint at that tiny spike hoping it turns into a st...

4 Maalis 24min

Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Erik Vincent Huey Erik Huey grew up along the Monongahela River in West Virginia and Western Pennsylvania, the son of four generations of coal miners. That ba...

2 Maalis 54min

Guy Verlinde is one of the most respected and enduring figures in the Belgian blues scene. Over the past two decades, he has built a remarkable career as a singer, songwriter, and performer, becoming ...

1 Maalis 32min

Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Don Arbor Don Arbor is an award-winning songwriter and video artist whose lifelong connection to music began before he was even born. As he tells it, his firs...

28 Helmi 58min

Every spring, touring season rolls in like a weather front. The calendars fill up, festivals come back to life, and venues start answering emails a little faster. And every spring, the same truth show...

27 Helmi 23min

Making a Scene Presents - The Psychology of a Productive Home Studio The home studio looks like a room, but it behaves like a brain. It remembers what you do in it. It trains you through tiny cues. It...

27 Helmi 21min