We’re getting set for another night in the 2023 NashLive! Cobra Series, live and in-person at The Cobra Nashville on Friday, June 9.
This time, we’re bringing an eclectic lineup featuring hard-hitting pop punk and alternative music, featuring the talents of…
Meet the lineup!
Want to help build awareness of Underground Music Collective — and even earn some cash while you do it?
Today, we’re announcing our UMC Ambassador program, an affiliate marketing program that lets members of our community earn revenue for referring new customers to exclusive Underground Music Collective merchandise and services.
“The creation and launch of our UMC Ambassador program allows us to diversify the people who share UMC products and services, with the ultimate goal of growing a stronger ecosystem for independent creatives.,” said Gerard Longo, Underground Music Collective Founder and CEO. “We are always looking for new ways to grow and adapt in an ever-changing landscape, while building greater awareness and creating meaningful opportunities for our international community of musicians and creatives. Our UMC Ambassadors will help lead the charge.”
Sound like fun? Click the button below to learn more and apply!
One thing we know about Foundation Mecca is that he’s always down to push the creative envelope, having shown his versatility across a bevy of new releases over the past year — whether solo, with friends, or alongside his group, Heru Heru.
The saga continues on his latest single, “HENNY,” available everywhere just in time for summer!
Hear the Single
In our UMC Coaching program, we help creatives identify the mark they want to leave in the world. To do that, you have to be moving in a direction that is true to you.
So, which of these three should you define first: your mission, your vision, or your values?
Help our founder become Mr. Health and Fitness 2023
Learn more about UMC Coaching
By: Sacha Walton, Business Strategist, CEO of SWI Management Group.
In today’s ever-evolving music industry, artists need to be savvy marketers in addition to their creative talents. To help artists better understand how to promote themselves, I have put together a comprehensive guide on how to develop a marketing plan. In this blog post, we’ll cover how artists can leverage a marketing plan to reach more listeners and build their brand.
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This week’s UMC20 playlist will take you through some unexpected turns!
The genres are plentiful. You want hip hop and R&B? There’s a big block of it, right at the beginning. Want experimental electronica? We got you, fam. Want hard rock and metalcore? You’ll find it within these 20 tracks!
Oh, and because we missed last week — sorry, we were busy launching an agency — we included not one, but two episodes of The Quinn Spinn as bonus tracks at the end!
Listen to UMC20
Studies show that Monday is the day of the week when the most people want to escape reality.
OK, so those “studies” are really just observations of folks complaining about having to go back to work on social media. At any rate — and no matter what you’re trying to escape from — Nashville-based artist Fiona Maura has a cosmic new pop single for you!
Hear ‘Lavender’
Hold it right there!
Did you know that you can support Underground Music Collective, any time of year? By making a tax-deductible donation to UMC via The Arts & Business Council of Greater Nashville, you ensure that we can keep sharing songs and stories from independent creatives everywhere, for years to come. Click here to get started!
Anyway, onto this week’s Songs You Should Hear…
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Even if April showers bring May flowers, will you actually stop to smell them?
Hear ‘Depressed in Heaven’
Jeannie Jones is an award-winning journalist, media personality, actress, producer, director and brand architect. Jeannie’s Los Angeles-based multimedia firm, Ready Set Impact, specializes in music, film, and radio production; publishing; social media marketing, branding, and casting.
For Jazz Appreciation Month, Jeannie shares a brief history lesson on the ways modern hip hop music has evolved from the early days of jazz — and the common threads both genres share to this day.
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