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Interview with a Pro - Melissa Clarke - Americana Highways
Interview with a Pro - Melissa Clarke - Americana Highways
Let’s face it 2020 is a wash for the gig economy and this is not good news for the Indie artist or their fans. Many musicians have taken to online live streaming shows to stay connected to their fans and hopefully generate some income to help as they try to negotiate this new reality.

One of the problems with all of these Live Streaming shows is they are fragmented all over social media and are presented on so many different platforms, Facebook live, Instagram Live, Stageit, etc. This presents an new problem for the fans and the artist as there is no sense of consistency and nor is there a central location where a fan can go and find a variety of artists performing, much like a venue and being able to view a schedule of shows to know when their favorite artist is presenting that show.

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Sass Jordan is Making a Scene
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Sass Jordan! The roots that grew…

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The Reverend Shawn Amos is Making a Scene
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an interview with The Reverend Shawn Amos! 2019 also…

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Richard Lynch is Making a Scene!
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Mike Mattison is Making a Scene
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Stephen Cooper is Making a Scene
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Tas Cru is Making a Scene
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Tas Cru Tas Cru is truly…

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Juliana MacDowell is Making a Scene!
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Juliana MacDowell Juliana MacDowell is a singer-songwriter, living…

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Albert Castiglia is Making a Scene
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Albert Castiglia The new album by…

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Ryan Perry Is Making a Scene
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Leroy Ellington is Making a Scene
HOMEPAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Leroy Ellington! In the last 30 years,…

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Teghan Devon is Making a Scene
HOME PAGE Making A Scene Presents an Interview with Teghan Devon! Teghan’s love of the…

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Sugar Blue is Making a Scene
HOMEPAGE Making a Scene Presents an interview with Sugar Blue! Grammy Award-winning harmonica virtuoso Sugar…

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Bear Williams is Making a Scene
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Bill Sibley is Making a Scene
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Emma Hill is Making a Scene
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Emma Hill! In early 2007 fate…

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Betty Fox is Making a Scene
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Betty Fox With an extensive background…

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Jeni Grouws is Making a Scene
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Mary Jo Curry is Making a Scene
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Brian Dunne Selling Things
Brian Dunne Selling Things Self-produced Selling Things is a cathartic project for Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter Brian…

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Eliza Gilkyson 2020
Eliza Gilkyson 2020 Red House This is a difficult one to hear in the context…

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The Claudettes High Times in the Dark
The Claudettes High Times in the Dark Forty Below Records The Claudettes were founded by…

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Enrique Haneine Unlayered
Enrique Haneine Unlayered Elegant Walk Enrique Haneine is a jazz-world musician, composer, pianist, drummer, improviser, and…

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Shunzo Ohno Runner
Shunzo Ohno Runner Pulsebeats Renowned trumpeter and composer Shunzo Ohno has released his 18th album…

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Jay Willie & James Montgomery Cadillac Walk
Jay Willie & James Montgomery Cadillac Walk Zoho Music Connecticut based Jay Willie is the…

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Lou Volpe Before and After
Lou Volpe Before & After Jazz Guitar Let’s acknowledge that moat of the artists you…

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The TNEK Jazz Quintet Plays the Music of Sam Jones
The TNEK Jazz Quintet Plays the Music of Sam Jones TNEK Jazz If you’re familiar…

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The Reverend Shawn Amos & The Brotherhood Blue Sky
The Reverend Shawn Amos & The Brotherhood Blue Sky Put Together Music Shawn Amos is…

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John Blues Boyd What My Eyes Have Seen…
John Blues Boyd What My Eyes Have Seen… Gulf Coast Records John Blues Boyd was…

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The Southbound Snake Charmers To The Bone
The Southbound Snake Charmers To The Bone You know in life ,if you get the…

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Laila Biali Out of Dust
Laila Biali Out of Dust Self-released (in U.S.) labels elsewhere We are reminded constantly that…

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Schapiro 17 New Shoes: Kind of Blue at 60
Schapiro17 New Shoes: Kind of Blue at 60 Summit As you all know, Miles Davis’…

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Beano Mojohand
Beano Mojohand Beano Mojohand How do I find the words to start this review, normally…

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J.C. Hopkins Biggish Band New York Moment
J.C. Hopkins Biggish Band New York Moment Twee-Jazz As the name implies, this band is…

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Albert Castiglia Wild and Free
Albert Castiglia Wild and Free Gulf Coast Records A young Albert Castiglia served his apprenticeship…

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Jim Gustin & Truth Jones Lessons Learned
Jim Gustin & Truth Jones Lessons Learned Self-released Jim Gustin’s force-of-nature voice evokes Long John…

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Chicago Yestet Not There Yet
Chicago Yestet Not There Yet Tiddlywinks Music You’ve heard of quartets, quintets, septets and others…

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INTERVIEW WITH A PRO

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Melissa Clarke - Interview with a pro - Americana Highways!
Americana Highways Americana Highways Facebook LIVE Stream Page Making a Scene Presents an Interview with…

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Interview with a Pro Evan Lowenstein - Stageit.com
Making a Scene Presents an interview with Evan Lowenstein CEO of Stageit.com Many indie artists…

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Interview with a Pro - Peggy Still Johnson - Writing Music for Film
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Interview with a Pro - Diane Durrett VP Atlanta Chapter of the Recording Academy
Making a Scene Presents an Interview with a Pro Diane Durrett Vice President Atlanta Chapter…

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Making a Scene Presents an Interview with a Pro - Vinny Rebas - Indie Connect
Indie Connect     Plugging Into Nashville Making a Scene Presents an Interview with a Pro…

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Interview with a Pro - Mick Kolassa - Endless Blues Records
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Interview with a Pro - Kenny Neal - Booga Music
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an “Interview with a Pro” Kenny Neal Booga Music…

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Interview with a Pro - Tina Terry - Booking Agent!
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Interview with a Pro - B Christopher - Production Music Libraries
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Interview with a Pro - Michael Frank - President of The Earwig Music Company!
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Interview with a Pro - Sallie Bengston - President NOLA Blue Records
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Interview with a Pro - Songwriter, Producer, Engineer Twist Turner!
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Making a Scene Presents Interview with a Pro - Rick Booth Intrepid Artists International!
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Interview with a Pro - Adam Dawson - Broken Jukebox Media
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Rueben Williams Thunderbird Management - Interview with a Pro!
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Interview with a Pro - Doug Tackett "Road Dawg Touring"
Road Dawg Touring Website Road Dawg Touring Facebook Making a Scene presents an Interview with…

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Interview with the Pros - Legendary Jim Gaines Producer-Engineer!
Home Page Making a Scene presents an interview with the Legendary Producer/Engineer Jim Gaines! We…

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Making a Scene Talks with Heli Del Moral of CD Baby
Making a Scene Talks with Heli Del Moral VP of International Opportunities for CD Baby!…

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Music Business

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How the New Stimulus Bill Benefits Musicians
How the New Stimulus Bill Benefits Musicians In the midst of the Coronavirus pandemic, small…

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Interview with a Pro Evan Lowenstein - Stageit.com
Making a Scene Presents an interview with Evan Lowenstein CEO of Stageit.com Many indie artists…

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How to Define Success as a Musician
How to Define Success as a Musician So many musicians believe that they need to…

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Getting a Booking Agent
Making a Scene – Getting a Booking Agent! If you are serious about being a…

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Education is the Key to Success for the Indie Artists
Making a Scene Presents EDUCATION is the Key to Success for the Indie Artist! Let’s…

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Building a Grammy Winning Studio!
Building a Grammy Winning Studio When Billie Eilish won her first Grammy for “Best Pop…

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So, You Want to Win A Grammy!
Making a Scene Goes to the Grammys On Sunday 1/26/2020 I had the opportunity to…

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Creating a Music Video on a Budget - John Pagano Band "Misbehavin"
Creating a Music Video on a Budget – John Pagano Band “Misbehavin” The world of…

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Book review: Ray Benson: Comin' Right at Ya, or How a Jewish Yankee Hippie Went Country
Comin Right At Ya, Or How a Jewish Yankee Hippie Went Country Ray Benson by…

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Making a Scene's 5 Predictions for the Music Industry in the 2020's
Making a Scene Presents 5 Predictions for the Music Industry in the 2020’s The 2000’s…

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Smoke Free Atlanta Celebration January 5, 2020
Last Sunday, my husband and I went to Blind Willie’s, a well-loved blues club in…

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Making a Scene Year in Review!
Making a Scene Year in Review! As we near the end of 2019 it’s time…

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The Professional Songwriter by Louis Anthony deLise
Louis Anthony deLise The Professional Songwriter The Professional Songwriter is a textbook aimed at writers…

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The MICCO Industry Lists Review
As the revenue on Recorded music shrink, it becomes more important for the indie artist…

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The Perpetual Beginner David Isaacs
David Isaacs The Perpetual Beginner The Perpetual Beginner is a very different and fascinating type…

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Making a Scene Reviews the Indie Bible 20th Anniversary Issue
Making A Scene Presents a Review of the 20th Anniversary Issue of THE INDIE BIBLE! …

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Making a Scene Reviews The Indie Spotify Bible
Making a Scene Presents a Review of the Indie Spotify Bible! There is not doubt…

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Text Marketing for the Indie Artist
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Review Kemper Amplifier Profiler
Review Kemper Amplifier Profiler
Making a Scene Presents a Review of the Kemper Profiling Amp!

When you have owned a recording studio for as long as I have you tend to collect amplifiers as part of the tools of the trade. I have amassed a collection of "Tone Monsters" that run from a 1964 Fender Vibrolux Reverb and a 68 Super Reverb to Ampegs, Marshalls, Crates, and even a Pignose Amps Cross mix! Guitar players are always looking for that magic tone for their recordings and a good studio has a collection that helps them find the sound they are searching for.

That may be all changing with the Kemper Profiler you can have Thousands of vintage amps at your fingertips that not only have their tone but also responds like you are plugged into them!

Check out our review of this unique Recording and LIVE guitar/Bass Tone monster!

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On the Road and in the Studio

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Kemper Profiler Review
Making a Scene Reviews the Kemper Profiler www.kemper-amps.com When you have owned a recording studio…

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Interview with a Pro Evan Lowenstein - Stageit.com
Making a Scene Presents an interview with Evan Lowenstein CEO of Stageit.com Many indie artists…

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Warm Audio's WA-273 preamp Review
Making a Scene brings you a Review of the Warm Audio WA-273 Preamp What is…

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Building a Grammy Winning Studio!
Building a Grammy Winning Studio When Billie Eilish won her first Grammy for “Best Pop…

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Plugin Alliance Mega Bundle Review
Making a Scene Reviews The Plugin-Alliance Mega Bundle The Plugin-Alliance The Plugin Alliance is an…

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LIVE Music Survey
Making a Scene Presents the LIVE Music Survey We have a new reality in the…

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Review of the Warm Audio WA-412 API preamp
There are a few essential purchases you can make for your recording studio setup that…

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How to Mic Drums!
Introduction Before we get started let me explain some of the fundamental types of engineers…

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Review - Warm Audio WA-47 Microphone
Making a Scene Presents a review of the Warm Audio WA 47 Microphone For anyone…

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Top 10 Wireless Guitar Systems under $200
Top 10 Wireless Guitar Systems Under $200 Guitar cables…let’s face it, they can be annoying.…

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Top 4 In-Ear Monitor Systems Below $500
Making a Scene Present Top 4 In-Ear Monitor Systems Below $500 One of the most…

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A Review of the MOTU AVB Recording Interfaces
Making a Scene Presents a Review of the MOTU AVB Interfaces! Last Year it became…

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Top 4 Microphones For Recording Acoustic Guitar Under $100
Top 4 Microphones For Recording Acoustic Guitar Under $100 Finding the right mic to produce…

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Top 3 Wireless Guitar Systems For Bass
Top 3 Wireless Guitar Systems For Bass On top of a high-quality reliable wireless instrument…

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Making a Scene Takes a First look at the Slate Digital All Access Pass
Making a Scene Takes a First Look at the Slate Digital “All Access Pass”! When…

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Beginners Guide To Mastering Part 2
Beginners Guide To Mastering Part 2 Effectively using your Mid/Side EQ: To effectively take advantage…

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The Beginners Guide to Mastering - Part 1
  The Beginners Guide to Mastering – Part 1 Let’s be real. The vast majority…

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Nitewalker Bass Pre-Amp: Full Review
Making a Scene Presents Nitewalker Bass Pre-Amp: Full Review About a week ago I was…

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LIVE MUSIC SURVEY!
We have a new reality in the music industry today. The new music consumer no longer looks at music as a commodity to purchase, but more as something they have unlimited access to. This has affected the whole industry but nowhere is it more evident then with the Independent Artist! During the 90’s the independent artist had the opportunity to take over the distribution of their music and have all the revenue come directly to them. CD Sales were still brisk, download sales were starting and was a windfall revenue stream for the indie artist. Today those streams are drying up and now the Indie Artist must depend on touring and performing live as their main income stream.

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LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Sass Jordan
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LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring The Reverend Shawn Amos
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LIVE from the Midnight Circus Indie Blues Double Shot April 2020 #2
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LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Mike Mattison
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LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Stephen Cooper
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LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Tas Cru
ru Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Tas…

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LIVE from the Midnight Circus Indie Blues Double Shot April 2020 #1
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LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Albert Castiglia
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LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Ryan Perry
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Music on the Couch Show #511
MUSIC ON THE COUCH SHOW #511 – 03/23/20 LISTEN HERE: https://tobtr.com/11696623   WOMEN IN BLUES…

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LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Leroy Ellington
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LIVE from the Midnight Circus Indie Blues Double Shot March 2020 #4
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LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Sugar Blue
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LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Bear Williams
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LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Bill Sibley
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LIVE from the Midnight Circus Indie Blues Double Shot March 2020 #3
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LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Betty Fox
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LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Avey Grouws Band
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