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Who is LTATM | Lets Talk About The Music
It Started as an Idea
Let’s Talk About The Music (LTATM) was established on January 1, 2015, to give independent musicians a platform where they could speak their minds freely and without judgment. LTATM also offered a network of connections to help the independent music industry unite as a community. Let’s Talk About The Music welcomed all independent music industry band promoters, radio stations, podcasts, and other businesses that help musicians achieve their dreams. In addition, nonmusicians had an opportunity to gain an understanding of the music industry and to witness the work that goes into writing, promoting, touring, and attracting an audience.
The Redevelopment
Let’s Talk About The Music underwent a strategic redevelopment when the founder returned to college. Determined to learn how to build a professional community radio station for independent musicians and also how to restructure and rebrand the entire LTATM project. A third—and very important—reason was to focus on improving her mental health, something that the founder is passionate about promoting for others.
The Blogs:
In September 2015, Music Video Pick was released to help promote independent music videos. Some music videos were already available on YouTube, while a few were created on the spot just for the MVP. It also helped promote the upcoming LTATM podcast that followed in December 2015.
In 2024, Music Video Pick was refocused as a review to help promote independent musicians, festivals, concerts, venues, and other related subjects. Included with these reviews are music videos, social media links, and other promotional materials to elevate the industry.
The Talk Show Podcast Timeline:
Initally, the Let’s Talk About The Music podcast ran from producing a total of 164 episodes. The LTATM podcast was a humorous, conversational, and sometimes controversial talk show that featured both local and global independent musicians. The live format featured an open chat room and offered an unfiltered three-hour show where the hosts,
How Was This Show Different?
Guests of the LTATM podcast did not come onto the show to be interviewed but instead were guest hosts. Each guest host could pick their own topic or topics to discuss, whether controversial or not. The whole point of coming onto the show was to have an open conversation with new friends from all over the world, interspersed with independent music every 30 minutes.
Other features included the worldwide popular demand drinking game, the “Music History Calendar,” and LTATM Music News and Trivia. You could have checked them out every Wednesday from 7 pm to 10 pm PST (10 pm to 1 am EST). Live podcasts were available only on Spreaker, but archived episodes are on demand at Iheartradio, Stretcher, Spotify, and more. “Just Google it!”
The New Rebranded “Let’s Talk About The Music, Because Music is Everywhere”: now and into the Future
To highlight Let’s Talk About The Music’s exciting and fresh improvements, it was essential to have an updated version of the logo and a captivating new theme song. The newest incarnation of LTATM has a thoughtfully-created and catchy theme song produced by the talented duo, Papa Satch and Shels L Pixi Honeysuckle—both of whom are integral members of the current Let’s Talk About The Music team.
The newly rebranded LTATM is handcrafted, written, and polished at Green River College’s KGRG station. The updated show stays true to the original idea but will shine the spotlight on those who do the work to bring the spotlight onto others. We conduct interviews (one-on-one and round-table style) with music industry promoters, labels, and backstage staff to tell the story of what goes into making the music industry run smoothly.
LTATM Values
Let’s Talk About The Music maintains the same guiding principles as always to discover and highlight different cultures, behaviors, and industry decisions and focus the spotlight on all varieties of independent musicians. LTATM plans to accomplish this through music review blogs, podcast series, and/or radio station productions, utilizing both audio and video components. We are committed to producing fun and engaging talk shows related to the music industry. Check out our current run of podcasts, available on multiple platforms.
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The Original Talk Show logo 2016 - 2018
New Logo Design 2023 - present
LTATM TIMELINE
Jan 1, 2015 - "Let's Talk About The Music" was initially to be named "Let's Talk All About the Music" for about 5 minutes. Then it was renamed to "Let's Talk About The Music” and trademarked.
Sept 2015 - The music video pick started.
December 2015 - Let's Talk About The Music aired.
April 27, 2016 - LTATM Radio was created.
June 10, 2016 - Lets Talk About The Music domain name
June 11, 2016 - LTATM domain name was purchased and trademarked
April 2019 - return to college at Green River College to further her studies in Radio Journalism at KGRG, which is now known as 89.9 The Current. In addition to her journalism coursework, she is also taking business classes aimed at revitalizing and rebuilding LTATM and Lets Talk About The Music as a thriving business entity in the competitive music industry.
2019 - 2020 - Built LTATM Radio thanks to the support and resources provided by KGRG. Shels initially aimed to create a sound that mirrored the professionalism and polish of mainstream radio, but ultimately made the difficult decision to shut it down due to ongoing challenges with securing adequate funding.
2021 - Shels and Papa Satch collaborate to write a new theme song for “Lets Talk About The Music” platform.
2023 - 2024 - Collaborated closely with the newly appointed management team at KGRG to successfully rebrand the initiative "Let's Talk About The Music.” Focus on showcasing and promoting what is currently being produced in the vibrant music scene.
December 2024 - Shels complete her studies at Green River College, which she felt more than ready to do, and she is excited to bring “Lets Talk About The Music” back into the spotlight once again.
September 2025 - Shels moves the LTATM project to Ellensburg, WA, for Central Washington University..
2015 – present – more than 175 periodic episodes of “Lets Talk About The Music” and counting…
