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Everybody ElseLora Melone: Director, Victory TheatreLora Melone is Director of the 1,950-seat Victory Theatre located in downtown Evansville, Indiana. Starting her career with Venuworks in Food and Beverage at the Ford Center, Lora gradually worked her way into her current role which includes the overseeing of day-to-day venue operations, staff management, and talent booking at the historic Victory where she's secured shows hosting Jason Isbell, Tom Segura, Deana Carter, Ben Folds, Brett Young, and countless others. Follow Lora: @lora.melone Follow The Victory: @victory_theatre_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _Thank you to our show sponsor, The Victory Theatre, for bringing great entertainment to...2025-07-291h 30
Everybody Else8. Wyatt Mones: Producer and Engineer, The Main Squeeze, Gold-Diggers, CalicaWyatt Mones is a producer, multi-instrumentalist, and live sound engineer who runs front of house for The Main Squeeze and the LA music venue/recording studio Gold-Diggers. As a producer & songwriter, Wyatt is credited with over 6 million streams having written and produced for Calica, Leo Lovechild, Sid Simons, and numerous others. He and his twin brother, Aaron Mones, release original music under their artist moniker, Spillway.Follow Wyatt > https://www.instagram.com/ttayw/_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _This episode of Everybody Else is brought to you by Wally Opus.Proudly based in Evansville, Indiana, Wally Opus...2025-07-2251 min
Everybody Else7. Jeri Gennaro: Tour & Production Manager, Pretenders, Elle King, Brooklyn Bowl NashvilleJeri Gennaro is a tour manager and production manager who’s led planning, logistics, and more for such acts as Sleigh Bells, The Pretenders, Old Crow Medicine Show, Lee Ann Womack, Elle King, and more. Originally from New York and now based in Nashville, TN, Jeri recently took over as production manager of Brooklyn Bowl Nashville, a state-of-the-art 1200-capacity music venue which also holds 19 bowling lanes and a full-service restaurant by Blue Ribbon.Follow Jeri: @rebelofnyc_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _Thank you to our show sponsor, The Victory Theatre, for bringing great entertainment to our little city and fo...2025-07-151h 54
Everybody Else6. Aaron Tanner, Designer and AuthorAaron Tanner is a creative director, author, and musician who’s created award-winning artwork and coffee table books for bands including Ween, Pixies, Face-To-Face, and more. His works have been featured in Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, SPIN, and others while his books have found permanent homes in the collections of MoMA, The Smithsonian, and The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Based in Evansville, Indiana, Aaron’s design clients range from Azzip Pizza to Secretly Canadian and Exit/In to Pangea Kitchen. See it all on his website: https://aarontanner.com/_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _This episode of Everybody Else is b...2025-07-081h 17
Everybody Else5. Jelmer Rotteveel: Founder, Soar Music GroupJelmer Rotteveel is a serial entrepreneur and the founder of Soar Music Group, a multifaceted music promotion company based in the Netherlands. With a career history that encompasses blogging, interning at records labels like Spinnin’ and Steve Aoki’s Dim Mak Records, and starting his own live events company, Run The Trap, Jelmer launched Soar Music in 2020 to offer artists and labels a full suite of services like editorial and independent playlisting, press, sync-licensing, booking, and more. Website: https://soarmusicgroup.com/_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _Thank you to our show sponsor, The Victory Theatre, for bringing great entertainment to o...2025-07-0154 min
Everybody Else4. Cassidy Frost: Writer / Educator, Dedicate Your Life To MusicCassidy Frost is a writer, educator, and founder of Dedicate Your Life to Music, a music career incubator for women and one of the most-popular music education channels on Substack. Previously, Cassidy fronted the critically-acclaimed, Portland-based slow-fi indie band, bed., and co-founded the indie music publicity firm, Public Display PR, in San Fransisco in 2013. Website: https://substack.com/@dedicateyourlifetomusic_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _Thank you to our show sponsor, Groover. Join Wes and Groover Artist Coach, Eric McLellan, for a Groover Club masterclass on holistic artist development next month, July 16, 2025. The webinar is focused on taking...2025-06-2458 min
Everybody Else3. Lee Griffin: Client Manager, SymphonicLee Griffin is a Client Manager at the independent music distributor, Symphonic, where he represents the digital distribution of such acts as Sublime, CloZee, Big Gigantic, and Wally Opus Records. As a DJ, Lee has signed deals with Ram Records and Play Me Records. He resides in Nashville, Tennessee.Follow Lee: https://www.instagram.com/lee_griffin/Follow Symphonic: https://www.instagram.com/symphonicdistro/Visit Website: https://symphonic.com/_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _Thank you to our episode sponsor, Symphonic, for working hard to get the music of independent artists and labels heard and for believing...2025-06-1759 min
Everybody Else2. Dorian Perron: Co-Founder, GrooverDorian Perron is an entrepreneur, musician, and former blogger who co-founded Groover in 2018. With offices in Paris and New York, Dorian leads the operations of Groover as one of three founders who’ve raised over $15 million in funding to bolster an online platform that connects over 600,000 active users to more than 3000 curators and music pros across the world. Dorian also founded the French indie music blog, Indeflagration. Follow Dorian: https://www.instagram.com/dorianflagrant/Follow Groover: https://www.instagram.com/groover.en/Visit Website: https://groover.co/en/_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _Thank you to our ep...2025-06-101h 05
Everybody Else1. Chris Passage: Event Manager, Venuworks (Victory Theatre & Ford Center)Chris Passage is the Venuworks Event Manager at The Ford Center and the Victory Theater in Evansville, Indiana. Over the past 20 years, Chris went from managing a Pizza Hut to booking shows for local bands and running small venues to, now, helping book and manage large-scale concerts and events at two of the biggest and most important venues in the region. Chris also founded Music Makes a Difference, a free concert series to raise funds for the non-profit organization, Easterseals. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Thank you to our first sponsor, The Victory Theatre, for bringing great entertainment to our...2025-06-101h 29
Everybody ElseEverybody Else: Invisible people who make music happen.Everybody Else is a podcast that pulls back the curtain on the people behind the music industry—the ones you don’t see in the spotlight. From producers and publicists to label execs, venue managers, and beyond, this show dives into the real stories, strategies, and lessons from those building and running the business of music.Whether you're an aspiring artist, a curious fan, or someone working behind the scenes yourself, Everybody Else offers a candid look into what it takes to build a meaningful, lasting career in the always-evolving world of music through engaging dialogue between host, Wes Lutt...2025-06-0401 min
The Wally Opus PodcastEp. 23 - UCLA Radio x Wally Opus with Spillway and more...Wes and the Spillway bros join DJ adderall spritz (label-friend, Chloe Gonzales) live on UCLA Radio to talk about the music they're making across multiple projects for the growing roster and network of the Indiana-based label, Wally Opus. NY-based alt country singer/songwriter, Leo Lovechild (friend of Spillway / repped by Wally) calls in and shares a special early listen of his new song out on Feb.14, "Roses". Hosted and created by label founder, Wesley Luttrell, The Wally Opus Podcast is focused on discovering extraordinary insights through ordinary conversation. The show consists of solo-discussions by Wes about music...2025-02-0645 min
The Honey Moon Coffee Co. PodcastSeason Finale - The End of 2024 with Wes LuttrellProducer Wes (don't call him Wesley!) sits down with Zac and Jessica to reflect on the end of the season and the calendar year, which included new faces, old faces, international trips, and a podcast interview with Guy Raz.2024-12-1532 min
Tangazo163. Tangazo!: New look black leaders same expectations and Grafton Harbor, Luttrell Marin and The StLouis Gateway Boat Club, on boating on the Upper Mississippi River. Tune in for social political commentary in the first hour with Etefia Umana, Social Justice activist Attorney Jerryl Christmas, Michael Wesley Jones and Tangazo host Hank Thompson.---- In hour 2 we explore the River community, in St. Charles County Luttrell Marine, with Harbor master’s Richard and Tony Luttrell, live from North Shore harbor. ----- Joe Jan DeSherlia, Harbor masters for Grafton Harbor, live from Grafton Illinois.---- Commodore Nancy Haynes Thompson, discusses the evolution of Black Boaters and the history of the St. Louis Gateway Boat Club. -----2024-06-041h 42
The Wally Opus PodcastEp.22 - Wiley x Wally - Sharing Our Label's Story with Maren Logan of Purdue University's Wiley RadioI love any chance I get to talk about our artist, their music, and the story of our label with people who are genuinely interested. So when Maren Logan of Purdue University's student led Wiley Radio station asked to interview me about the label and our playlist collaboration, Bootgaze Bootleg, I jumped on it! Released on the label's 4th birthday, this recording is one of the more complete renditions of the Wally Opus story; past, present, and future. Thank you for listening. - Wes from Wally OpusHosted and created by label founder, Wesley Luttrell, The Wally...2024-04-1748 min
The Wally Opus PodcastEp.21 - A Visit to UCLA Radio (Chloe G Interviewing Wes from Wally Opus)On a recent trip to sunny California, we stopped by the studios of UCLA Radio to do an interview with our label's friend/ West Coast Coordinator, Chloe Gonzales. We talk founding Wally and Nectar podcasts, where the Swirl came from, and how we came to be friends with the infamous DJ Caprisun. Thank you for listening. - Wes from Wally OpusHosted and created by label founder, Wesley Luttrell, The Wally Opus Podcast is focused on discovering extraordinary insights through ordinary conversation. The show consists of solo-discussions by Wes about music and entrepreneurship and how those two...2024-04-1640 min
The Wally Opus PodcastEp.20 - Wholesome is the New Punk (Reintroducing Wally Opus)It's a been over a year since the last release of The Wally Opus Podcast, so I thought it'd be nice to do a re-introduction as well as try out a new format I've been working on with help from a few friends. - Wes from Wally OpusHosted and created by label founder, Wesley Luttrell, The Wally Opus Podcast is focused on discovering extraordinary insights through ordinary conversation. The show consists of solo-discussions by Wes about music and entrepreneurship and how those two loves of his meet in the Perfectly Imperfect label from Southern Indiana AS...2024-03-1639 min
UNCENSORED by GoWild100: Artisanal Deer Scrapes | [UNCENSORED] by GoWildToday’s show opens with us talking about the group's most recent outdoor adventures. We go over our recent weekend fishing with Charles Wesley Godwin. While he may have left us thinking that none of us know how to fish, he let us know it was a much needed break from touring and interviewing after releasing his most recent album Family Ties. Dan dives into his recent scouting trip preparing for his hunt at Land Between the Lakes. His crazy trail camera experiences have continued over the past week. He put some good miles on his boots going to ch...2023-10-2350 minThe Honey Moon Coffee Co. PodcastQuality Crews / A Bittersweet GoodbyeJessica and Zac discuss a question submitted on the website regarding Honey Moon's ability to attract quality employees in a time when many business struggle to hire people, period. Culture? Type of work? Tune in to hear.��Then, The Parsons are joined by Nate and Elizabeth Viscaino, a young married couple who reflect on their time as Honey Moon employees and talk about their plans for a new chapter of life together in New York.��Today's episode is brought to you by Honey Moon Coffee Company's website: ��https://www.honeymooncoffeeco.com/ Whether you're interested in joining the...2023-08-1644 min
UNCENSORED by GoWild65: Frozen Locks and the First Weekend at GAOS | [UNCENSORED] by GoWildIn this week’s [UNCENSORED] podcast by GoWild, the gang recaps their first weekend at the Great American Outdoor Show. After leaving the show, Brad feels naked without one and Brayden says he needs one … find out what “it” is! The team did some great sales at GAOS and enjoyed meeting everyone and shared the story of one very special member reunion. Brad recounts their legendary, two-hour, all-stops-pulled-out, iced-up trailer lock saga that will have you second-guessing your own craziest methods of dealing with a frozen lock. Back at GoWild HQ, Derek wonders if the hype for the “Yell...2023-02-2034 min
Pro Politics with Zac McCraryLiam Donovan On the Fall & Rise of Speaker McCarthy, What to Expect in the 118th Congress, & Trump vs DeSantis '24Send us a textLiam Donovan, a principal at Bracewell PRG, is a regular presence on cable news, in print, and on twitter as an expert explainer of what's going on in Congress and in the Republican Party. With a background both in GOP campaign politics and government relations, Liam's expertise on the intersection of politics and policy gives him tremendous insight to distill what really matters in Washington from the rest of the Beltway din. In this conversation, we talk Liam's path to politics, his time in GOP campaigns, his shift to government relations, and get...2023-01-1053 min