We met Susan in New York about 4 years ago as she was starting to record her debut album. Several years later the album has finally been released and even though it is a cliche – it was worth the wait! Susan’s songs have featured in everything from the US TV show Bones to more recently Paste magazine. We dropped her a line to hear more about the route she took to working as an independent musician in NYC and her outlook on recording and releasing her music.

Record Labels offer an artist two main areas of service, firstly the money to actually record and make a record; and secondly the distribution channels, marketing budget and contacts to promote the record to the audience. Here we’re dealing mainly…

Steve Lawson was one of the panelists at Un-Convention this year on a panel of musicians and artists who had carved out unusual careers for themselves in the ever changing music world. Steve is an extremely respected bass player who…