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Evolving Alongside Your Community (ft. Erin McLendon)

Erin McLendon founded Nashville-based Music on the Move Studios (formerly Women on Fire) with an all-female showcase in January 2019. Since then, Music on the Move has evolved into a creative ecosystem for female artists and entrepreneurs alike.

Erin makes her record-breaking fourth guest appearance on The Quinn Spinn to discuss Music on the Move’s evolution alongside her own, in advance of their biggest showcase to date at Nashville’s 3rd & Lindsley on Tuesday, October 10.

This episode of The Quinn Spinn was recorded and produced at โ Helping Our Music Evolve (H.O.M.E.)โ , Nashville, TN.

Opening theme: โ REVEL 9 โ€“ All Iโ€™ve Becomeโ 

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How To Get Involved in Your Local Music Scene, Pt. 1: Writerโ€™s Rounds

Pictured: Music on the Move Studios co-founder Erin McLendon, performing at a pretty cool writer’s round.

Every Tuesday for the next several weeks, our friends at Music on the Move Studios (perhaps, with a guest author popping in along the way…) will be sharing their perspectives for anybody looking to dive into their local music scene.

The series — How To Get Involved in Your Local Music Scene — is the brainchild of Music on the Move co-founders Erin McLendon and Caitie Thompson, and will provide practical tips to help independent musicians get off on the right foot.

This week, Erin explores a phenomenon near and dear to the hearts of Nashville musicians: writer’s rounds. For the uninitiated, writer’s rounds are…

“Unique experiences where anywhere from 2-4 songwriters share a stage and take turns performing their songs. You start at one end, go to the other, then go back around. Hence, the name Writerโ€™s Rounds.

Whatโ€™s unique about this is that, you get to hear completely original music by the songwriters themselves, as well as the stories behind the songs!”

-Erin McLendon

Does that sound like the right opportunity for you? Click the button below to read Erin’s full piece!


Hey, while youโ€™re here: did you know that Underground Music Collective is a fiscally-sponsored project of The Arts & Business Council of Greater Nashville? That means you have the opportunity to make a charitable donation to UMC, which is tax-deductible to the fullest extent permitted by law. Click here and help us Keep the Music Playing!

10 Things Every Musician Should Have in Their Gig Bag

If youโ€™re a touring musician — or even a regularly gigging musician — youโ€™ve been in a spot where you show up to a show and youโ€™re missing *something.* Whether itโ€™s your picks for your guitar, extra strings, batteries, whatever!

We here at Music on The Move Studios want you to fret no more, dear reader. We have compiled a list of our top 10 things that we keep in our gig bags so that, before you go out and rock the stage, you have yourself a handy-dandy checklist!

What Every Music Teacher Wants You to Know Before Starting Lessons

Music on The Move Studios is known for a few things: An all-female showcase at City Winery, a podcast called Paradox Jukebox, a soon-to-be TV show, and a music education studio. My business partner Caitie Thompson and I have been teaching private lessons for a combined 15 years of experience between us. We have seen every kind of student you could imagine, so I thought it was only appropriate to write this with Caitie, and to also give advice to anyone looking to start lessons.

So, here are a few things that we, as music educators, want you to know before you begin lessons with us!

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So, You Want to Start a Showcase?

For all of you artists and entrepreneurs looking to start your own live music series, I have compiled a handy-dandy checklist of items to keep in mind. These are broken down by category, to help you stay organized.

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PHOTOS: Music on the Move at Marathon Music Works (Feb. 24, 2021)

Live music continues its comeback in Nashville. All around us, there are signs of 2021 being the revival we’ve hoped for.

If that means more sold out Music on the Move showcases at Marathon Music Works, sign us up!

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