About

Makingitinmusic.net.… the music indus­try resource focused not only on the work­ing musi­cian, but for any­one in the music busi­ness who desires to max­i­mize their oppor­tu­ni­ties and cre­ate those nec­es­sary build­ing blocks to advance their careers to another level.

The founder

Hugh Hes­sion has been a part of the music indus­try for over 25 years with expe­ri­ence as an artist man­ager, pub­li­cist, con­sul­tant, pro­ducer, com­poser and per­former. He has played and toured with a mul­ti­tude of bands through­out the United States as a key­boardist and lead vocal­ist which brought forth oppor­tu­ni­ties to play with many leg­endary record­ing acts, includ­ing Robin Trower, Cheap Trick, Night Ranger and more. In 1995, he started Rubi­con Enter­tain­ment, an artist man­age­ment com­pany that rep­re­sented up and com­ing artists by lever­ag­ing pub­lic­ity and per­for­mance to max­i­mize fan growth. He helped to estab­lish his acts by cen­ter­ing the focus around their niche, cre­at­ing oppor­tu­ni­ties not only state­side, but inter­na­tion­ally as well, par­tic­u­larly in Europe.

Cur­rently, Hugh is the Music Indus­try Liai­son and co-partner for Tal­ent­Watch, the new, online des­ti­na­tion where music artists can go to show­case their music and tell their story in a video-driven for­mat. Fans vote on music artists, giv­ing each artist an equal chance to rise to the top. In 2011, NBC’s The Voice gave men­tion to Tal­ent­Watch in addi­tion to includ­ing them as the only site to be included on their link page dur­ing the audi­tion period. Recently, TW has been work­ing with tele­vi­sion net­works as a con­duit for talent.

In addi­tion to his role with Tal­ent­Watch, he is the head of Hes­sion Enter­tain­ment Group, LLC, an artist man­age­ment com­pany who spe­cial­izes in devel­op­ing stand-out music artists. He still actively pro­duces and per­forms with other bands, in addi­tion to being a wor­ship leader within the Chris­t­ian Con­tem­po­rary Music genre for Gary Lamb (brother of Daystar Television’s Mar­cus Lamb) and Har­vest Cathe­dral, a 2000 mem­ber, non-denominational church out of Macon, Georgia.

Hugh is a vot­ing mem­ber of The Record­ing Acad­emy (NARAS/Grammy’s), Atlanta Chapter.

What is Mak­ing it in Music about?

Mak­ing it in Music is a blog that equips those who want to do just that…make it in the music busi­ness! There are some that tend to frown upon the term “mak­ing it,” but really, isn’t that what every musi­cian aspires to?  “Mak­ing it” is such a sub­jec­tive term. Plat­inum records, sold-out tours and scream­ing fans are a bonus, but c’mon — we all just want to make a liv­ing at what we love to do, right? If we can sus­tain a music career and keep the food on the table, that is bliss!  And that, peo­ple,  is what we define as “mak­ing it!”

We cover a vari­ety of top­ics from mar­ket­ing, per­for­mance, vocal coach­ing and also the busi­ness end of music. Really, we’re game to any­thing  that has do with fur­ther­ing your career. Mak­ing it in Music is con­stantly evolv­ing and we will con­tinue to move into the direc­tion that will best serve you, as the music pro­fes­sional. We are the only web­site on the net that is legally trade­marked under the Mak­ing it in Music name.

It is our goal to stay in tune with your needs as a grow­ing music artist and/or pro­fes­sional. Accord­ingly, we sin­cerely want to hear from you. Any sug­ges­tions, com­ments (or pats on the back!), are wel­come. This blog is for you and we want to include con­tent that is valu­able and in demand. We can’t do that with­out your input.

Avail­abil­ity

Hugh is avail­able for speak­ing engage­ments (both on music indus­try top­ics and moti­va­tional) sem­i­nars, indus­try pan­els and more. He is a pub­lished writer and writes for other blogs and magazines.

Hugh is also involved in artist devel­op­ment, men­tor­ing and record­ing projects. This is a very broad area, depen­dant upon your objec­tives as an artist. Please con­tact Hugh for more infor­ma­tion and availability.

What oth­ers are say­ing about Hugh

“MakingitinMusic.net pro­vides aspir­ing artists the insight and tools needed to “make it” in the music industry.  Hugh Hes­sion has the apti­tude to know the best course of action for each artist.  I’ve always said it’s impor­tant to align your­self with a men­tor who is one step ahead of the music indus­try.” -Gary Alan, Owner of TalentWatch.net

“In my career thus far, I have worked with big names like The Out­laws, Wet Willie, James Brown, Trisha Year­wood, Danny Seraphine, Razzy Bai­ley and more. Hugh has the kind of can do atti­tude that one needs to be at the top of the music busi­ness. This, along with his fan­tas­tic piano and vocal skills and amaz­ing song­writ­ing and arrang­ing abil­ity makes him a must if you want to do some­thing truly pro­fes­sional.”  -Joey Stuckey, Shadow Sound Stu­dios, Macon, Georgia.

“I have had the honor of know­ing and work­ing with Hugh Hes­sion for some time. I have found Hugh to be a great asset, both per­son­ally and pro­fes­sion­ally, and one who embod­ies traits that are hard to find in today’s world. Hugh is hon­est, forth­right, punc­tual, pro­fes­sional and always think­ing. Thank you Hugh for being a friend and col­league.” -James M. LeFavour, Chair­man / Geor­gia Music Indus­try Asso­ci­a­tion, Pres­i­dent / Atlanta Records, Edge­wa­ter Record­ing Stu­dios, Atlanta, Georgia.

“Great song, beau­ti­ful melody! It worked per­fectly for my project.” -Earl Vick­ers, The Sound Guy, Inc., (in ref­er­ence to Hugh’s song “Start Over.”)

Hugh is a ded­i­cated and dri­ven music pro­fes­sional with a deep rooted pas­sion for artist devel­op­ment. His web­site MakingItInMusic.net is a true reflec­tion of Hugh’s com­mit­ment to shar­ing his exten­sive knowl­edge of the music indus­try in a growth ori­en­tated style. If you want to learn about the music busi­ness and you’re state­side, Hugh is your man… –Simon Adams, Inter­na­tional Training/Music Con­sul­tant, Keynote Speaker, Music Pro­moter and Busi­ness Coach, Owner of N2R Media and author of “101 Ways To Mar­ket Your Music On The Web.”

Dis­claimer

We are not a big fan of dis­claimers. Most of them are very dry, but nev­er­the­less, you need to have an under­stand­ing that we are not attor­neys, and any infor­ma­tion in this blog that even remotely deals with any legal issue needs to be taken up with one. We offer infor­ma­tion based upon our expe­ri­ences as music indus­try pro­fes­sion­als. We go to great pains to ensure that it is accu­rate, how­ever on the event that it is not — we are not avail­able to be sued. Basi­cally, this means that we are not held liable for some­one using the infor­ma­tion on this site, not get­ting the results they expect, and then sue us. This is for infor­ma­tional pur­poses only.

Also, we reserve the right to mon­i­tor com­ments. This blog is not the clas­si­fieds. If you are in the music biz, want to be a part of the busi­ness, or merely like to read Mak­ing it in Music — great. We love feed­back and com­ments about our posts and wel­come that. In that regard– we have no prob­lem with you leav­ing your web­site URL. But, if you just want to spam the blog –we do have a prob­lem with that.