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The following excerpt was taken from the book
“Don’t Get Taken – Take Control,
12 Things Every Musician Needs to Know”
written by my friend Tom Sabella of Page2 Management.
If you are seriously considering a career in the music industry,
I highly recommend you get a copy of this book.

Chapter 3: Building Relationships

It’s Not Only What [...]

What have you learned about the music business that surprised you or you didn’t expect?
Jennings: When Chapin [Mary Chapin Carpenter] first got signed, she and her manager, and I sat down and had a conversation and I said, “Look I don’t know anything about this but what I think, I mean again this one of [...]

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John Jennings has long maintained a solid international reputation as a producer and multi-instrumentalist. A longtime member of Mary Chapin Carpenter’s band, with whom he’s produced and recorded 11 Top Ten singles and 2 Grammy winning albums. His guitar playing and singing have graced numerous recordings by artists such as Kathy Mattea, George Jones and [...]

What have you learned about the music business that was a surprise?

I think when you get started in the music business everything’s a surprise. I was really fortunate growing up in New Orleans. I mean I was extremely fortunate! I had no idea how fortunate I was until I moved to upstate New York, [...]

What have you learned about the music business that has surprised you?
Nothing surprises me anymore. The way the business goes now I’ve learned not to be surprised. Like I say, right from my first days when I got to New York – studios were gone, live playing was just about nil. But I got to [...]

What’s the best advice you ever received?

The best advice I ever received? When I was in high school I was accepted to the Eastman School of Music and one requirement that they said I had to learn was to learn the piano because I had no knowledge of the piano whatsoever. So I found the [...]

Lamb of God’s heavy hitting drummer talks about life in the music business. With countless miles logged on the road in a hugely successful metal band, Chris shares a few insights on how to keep your head on straight while shooting for the stars.
Read Chris’s interview with MusicPro Magazine in our soon to be released [...]