I love rock and roll and I love writing rock and roll songs

Brandon Semler lives in Austin, but originally hails from Greene County, right here in Ohio.  We met in 2019 at the CD Baby DIY Musician Conference.  We'll be headed back there again this weekend, and in fact, this episode is being posted on the morning of the conference's first day.  What kind of things is Brandon up to musically with his band, Westerly Station?  What's his new business all about?  What's the first song he can remember ever…

I feel like when I first started playing... there was just really not a whole lot that was coming into my immediate system, and now I'm just flooded with... non male humans playing guitar and making music and being successful at this thing... it's really inspiring and really cool to watch that happen

Sarah Rudy joins me on this episode.  She is a songwriter and guitarist who leads Hello June.  What kind of work goes into marketing and promoting a show?  What is a simple thing that you can do on social…