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Episode #5

Speaking of Music

Guest: Val Haller - founder of Valslist
1:04 My friend Val

2:46 The List

3:22 Comfort Zone

4:00 Who's top of list?

4:25 Do it yourself!

5:25 An idea & a computer - Seth Godin

5:58 There's a Band in My Basement

6:25 Raw is what we want

6:58 Val's left me a playlist

7:51 Karma

8:30 Launching Valslist

9:22 Music plays a lot of roles

9:36 Thanksgiving soundtrack

10:23 My first record

10:30 Val's first record

10:55 Val feels music

11:37 Music go-to person

12:06 iTunes launch

12:40 Making playlists

12:54 Lightbulb moment

13:28 Valslist.com

14:06 The moment

14:51 Is that Val from Valslist?

16:07 Entrepreneurial

16:43 Word Nerd

16:55 Music blog

17:56 No one can fire me!

18:20 Do what you love

18:45 We can say what we want!

19:22 House concerts

20:22 Being brave

22:26 Industry side

23:29 Listen

23:38 Tip jar

24:15 Questions to the artists

24:40 Magic

25:27 Monetize

26:21 Artist & Audience together

27:45 The Winnetka Music Festival

29:53 Val's Way

31:40 Show Day

32:13 Boutique festivals

33:22 Who are you excited about?

33:53 JD Eicher

34:53 Spencer Ludwig

36:12 Caamp

36:56 Val keeps us cool

38:02 Mamapalooza

38:10 Val's audience

38:40 A music brand for the everyday person

39:00 Music for busy people

40:02 Buzz word is human

40:12 Algorithm

40:36 The Human Picker

41:39 Lollapalooza

42:22 I wore Spanx to Lolla!

43:39 Confidence

44:04 Val's Lolla prep list

44:24 Go Girl

45:08 What to expect at Lolla

45:41 Bruno Mars & going deep

46:36 Exit plan

47:04 Fear of crowds

47:44 Where does your confidence come from?

48:21 We have so much more to do!

49:21 Val's a mom first

50:12 They slept in your bed!

51:58 A lucrative audience

52:30 Just Listen

52:52 Tag lines

55:21 Engage with the Stage

55:49 How is love speaking to you today?

58:06 YES!

58:29 Change one word

59:20 What have I got to lose?

1:02:10 What do you love questions

1:05:02 Find Val!

1:05:29 You've been Val listed
Resources:

Spencer Ludwig

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96JdKrYrT8c

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUwtCo4Ah7g
Caamp

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ItTAeypn4Y

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InLXF9gf04Y
JD Eicher

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfbi65ObPUc
The Winnetka Music Festival https://www.winnetkamusicfestival.com
Lollapalooza

https://www.lollapalooza.com
Where you can find Val:

https://www.valslist.com
Instagram: @valslist

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/valslist/

Twitter: @Valslistmusic