Category Archives: culture

REPLAY: Succeeding as a Black Entrepreneur in the Music Industry

For Black History Month, Underground Music Collective presented a special live virtual panel, Succeeding as a Black Entrepreneur in the Music Industry, on Wednesday, February 15. Our panel of multi-disciplinary music industry veterans shared their experiences navigating the industry as a Black creative, the challenges they’ve encountered and overcome, and the lessons they have learned along the way.

Want more educational opportunities like this? Join our next virtual panel, Succeeding as a Woman in the Music Industry, on International Women’s Day (Wednesday, March 8). And, if you want to help us expand our educational and community resource offerings, please consider making a tax-deductible donation to UMC via the Arts & Business Council of Greater Nashville.

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UMC, WIM Nashville to Present International Women’s Day Virtual Panel

We are excited to team up with Women In Music (WIM) Nashville on Wednesday, March 8 at 6 p.m. — that’s International Women’s Day — to present our next virtual panel.

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Sunday Replay: Relationships, Australian Myths, and The Office

We’re showing off our range with these Sunday Replay clips from our Official Podcast, The Quinn Spinn.

In these clips, find out:

  • The value of having a supportive relationship partner.
  • Whether Australia is real.
  • If The Office is actually funny.

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Save the Date: Virtual Panel to Commemorate Black History Month Feb. 15

This year, we’ll be educating the masses with a series of roundtable panel discussions featuring music industry veterans, who will share their experiences and perspectives for the benefit of those navigating their own creative journeys.

The first of these discussions will take place online next month — and it’s free to tune in!

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A Passionate Defense of Paul Blart: Mall Cop (ft. Scotty Rock)

The Quinn and Scotty Rock are back for 2023, wingin’ it all the way as our 10th anniversary year kicks into overdrive.

The result? An off-the-rails conversation about the movies and TV shows we like (or dislike), the return of Stupid News, and some thoughts on everything on the horizon as we approach The Quinn Spinn’s 10th birthday.

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Holistic Hangs: A Chance to Build Community

Let me take you back to the Summer of 2017. Nashville still was not but a twinkle in our eye. The Underground Music Collective you know and love today was known as Lehigh Valley Underground, based in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

My hair was shoulder length, and I resembled the GEICO caveman. If you know, you know. If you don’t, consider yourself fortunate. 😉

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Underground Rising: How You Can Help

We’re getting ready to kick our Underground Rising initiative into full swing this Giving Tuesday, November 29 and lasting through the end of the year. Our initiative is geared toward making our platform stronger, to ensure that the songs and stories from within our community have a greater opportunity to impact the masses.

Because it’s Small Business Saturday, we thought now would be the perfect time to offer a few ways that you, People of the Underground, can help us on our noble mission.

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