The Normandie Records Podcast

This is a common question that gets asked all the time. How do you negotiate a synch license if an indie film wants to use your song? While every situation is different, these are a few tips you can use to begin your understanding. Hope this helps!

Normandie Records founder and owner, Erick Sanchez talks about his experience starting the label and gives some advice for those studying or thinking of studying music business or a music related field in college. 

On this episode, Normandie Records owner and founder, Erick Sanchez shares a few things he considers important when running an independent record label. 

Today's episode is a special treat! A full set by Nicolette Smith at The Hotel Cafe in Hollywood, CA. This is from 2017!

From a brief conversation with Jenna of SoCal Indie Musicians, we discuss the perception artists in the development stage have about record labels and whether that's fair or not. 

88.5 FM and head of LatinAlternative Radio in Los Angeles, CA Byron Gonzalez shares a few thoughts about the nuance of Latin music as a whole. Is it actually a new trend? How do we categorize all the sub genres by Latin artists? How do we approach Latin music in English?

This is an interview Gabriela Triste did on Mexico City, Mexico. 

On this episode, Actor/Writer Curly Velasquez talks about a very important lesson he learned while working with photographer, music video director and film director, David LaChapelle. 

Award winning engineer Cesar Mejia shares his thoughts on why audio engineers and producers should listen to different genres of music. 

For the Normandie Records Vault, this is an old interview with Water District at KDHR on the campus of California State University, Dominguez Hills with Marol on The Mic. 

Enjoy this interview with Chellz on WCSF 88.7 FM Joliet, Illinois.

Agent, Christian Morales, talks about his journey to becoming a music agent working his way up in the city of Los Angeles. He also gives a few tips on how to approach networking in the music business. 

On this episode, lead singer of The Black Heartthrobs, David Benitez speaks on how meditation has helped him over the years while on tour and even in every day life. 

On this episode, Hi Fi Kitchen Owner/Chef Justin Foronda speaks on his time B-Boying and the lessons he learned that carry into his business and life. 

Los Angeles based singer songwriter, Irene Diaz, talks about her experience working with a producer for the first time. She discusses her expectations at the time and lessons she learned. 

Jay Mack is a Los Angeles based entrepreneur originally from Belize. He talks about the importance of having a strong street team, and how to keep your team motivated for the long haul. 

A street team is a term used in marketing to describe a group of people who 'hit the streets' promoting an event or a product. 'Street Teams' are promotional tools that have been adopted industry-wide as a standard line item in marketing budgets by entertainment companies, record labels, the tech industry, corporate brand marketers, new media companies and direct marketers worldwide. The music industry is now seeing a boom in the use of large street teams to reach out to fans and improve sales in the smaller, hard-to-reach fans internationally.

On this episode label founder, Erick Sanchez, talks about the many ways we can imagine vinyl collecting being impacted by web3 and NFTs. How do we reward collectors? What does it mean for the relationship between record stores and loyal collectors? What platforms currently have opportunities to implement web3 technology?

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On this episode, we talk about NFTs in a simple way and explain what they are and their appeal. This is a special episode part of a series discussing NFTs and blockchain for beginners. 

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Thanks for listening to the Normandie Records Podcast! This is a conversation with Patricia Alvarado of the Therapy Etc. Podcast where we discuss some topics about mental health and independent musicians. 

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Jenna is the brains behind SoCal Indie Musicians, a female-run music service helping musicians/music lovers, promoters/venues, recording/rehearsal studios thrive. Listen as she discusses topics such as working with independent musicians, her story as an artist and experiences as a music fan. 

On this episode of the podcast we have Audio Engineer and Producer, Cesar Mejia. Cesar Mejia is an L.A. based engineer and producer. He has worked with Grammy Award winning artists such as Herbie Hancock, Los Lobos, Brian Eno, Will.I.Am of the Black Eyed Peas, and Zack de la Rocha of Rage Against the Machine to name a few. He is also co-owner of “The Shelter Studios” in Boyle Heights. 

We discuss his upbringing in Boyle Heights, how he got into audio and what it's like working with people like Herbie Hancock. 

On this episode of The Normandie Records Podcast we share a brief conversation with Jenna of SoCal Indie Musicians. We discuss the relationship between label and artist and some of the issues that both sides face in the independent world. 

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On this episode we have Los Angeles based author, blogger, writer Ellie Guzman. We discuss Ellie's book Rags to Rags, the inspiration behind the book, attending USC, the process of writing a book, and much more on this new episode of The Normandie Records Podcast. 

On this episode we have Rene and Brandon of the lifestyle apparel brand, NEU FC. We talk about their origin story, the importance of acknowledging unsung heroes, collecting soccer jerseys, MLS, the 1994 world cup and much much more on this new episode. 

From the Normandie Records Archives! This episode is from a conversation we had with Danny Balistocky back in 2013! Danny sat and chatted with us in his studio in Hollywood, CA. Danny is an audio engineer, music producer, and founder of Revolution 9 Recording Studios. In this conversation Danny talks about the business of music studios, branding your studio, keeping clients, the service driven major studios, recording budgets, what works as a home studio, and everything in between! Special episode, let us know if you enjoy this type of content. Leave us a review, and make sure to subscribe or follow! 

On this episode we have David Benitez of The Black Heartthrobs. We talk with David about his experience as a songwriter, starting The Black Heartthrobs, growing up in Culver City, being part of the punk band Osker, Mexican parents during COVID, stalking celebrities, meditation, and yoga. This is a fun episode that features the songs "Cherry Coke" and "Mountains" by The Black Heartthrobs. Make sure to follow The Black Heartthrobs on Instagram @theblackheartthrobs

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On today's episode we have Cesar. He manages the LA Based, Dark Wave, New Wave, post Punk instagram account, Los Goths. We talk about concert experiences, seeing Rage Against The Machine, the concert culture in Mexico City, living in the San Fernando Valley, managing bands in Los Angeles, cool record stores in East Los Angeles + more. Thanks to Cesar for coming onto the show. 

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