THE ONE SHEET

Kyle Fortch

THE ONE SHEET hosted by Kyle Fortch, is a music & entertainment podcast to help up and coming industry professionals learn to navigate different pathways in their careers, through the stories and experiences of the guests. The show will feature artists, actors, executives, producers, directors, and more from all sides of music & entertainment. Kyle Fortch is a recording artist, TV producer, and podcaster, with a wide array of industry experiences himself. From charting songs overseas, to producing a multi-million dollar music reality show in Nashville. He has worked with the likes of Vince Neil, Afroman, Brandon Jenner, Wendy Starland, and DJ Swivel among others, and has been featured in major publications such as Rolling Stone. Presented by the worlds leading digital music distributor DistroKid.

  1. Willie Boy: New Song With Eminem, Collaborating w/ The Game, Dave East & More

    04/14/2025

    Willie Boy: New Song With Eminem, Collaborating w/ The Game, Dave East & More

    Willie Boy is a rapper, singer, and songwriter from New York, who has collaborated with hit makers like The Game, Dave East, and CeeLo Green. He touches on his life leading up to music, and how working at Wu Tang Clan's studio in Staten Island, and his brief stint at Full Sail University - inspired him to pursue music full time. Throughout his career he has performed live with the legends like Joe Budden and Mobb Deep, and continues to push out music at a rate that few can compete with. Listen to the full episode! https://linktr.ee/TheOneSheet?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=37a31f3d-0539-4426-b744-1f3d9d276ac8 Presented by DistroKid 30% First Year Artist Membership - DistroKid https://Distrokid.com/THEONESHEET Follow Willie: https://www.instagram.com/willie3g https://open.spotify.com/artist/4PniHaxHK0orHc2pg2eUrk?si=bxXFzIkpT1O-bOfwQa0l8w https://linktr.ee/willieboy3g?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=3f7cbcc9-f834-4a3e-876a-d1bbba0f5834 Socials: https://rumble.com/Kfortch https://www.instagram.com/theonesheetpod https://www.instagram.com/Kfortch https://www.youtube.com/kfortch https://www.x.com/TheOneSheet https://www.x.com/Kfortch ======================= CHAPTERS 1:00 Differences between NYC & Nashville  1:45 write first song day after grampas funeral  2:30 looking back at old songs  3:45 Went to Full Sail  4:19 recorded at Wu Tangs studio  4:30 Full Sail continued (father got cancer) 5:30 can learn everything nowadays through YouTube  6:30 WWE NXT 7:25 How Willie Got Into Wu Tang Studio  8:15 Willie’s Celebrity Collaborations  8:45 Antonio Brown 10:15 Creative Juices best at night  11:15 How did Willie get followed by Kanye  13:25 Lil Mabu & Fivio 14:00 Mabu going to college while in the spotlight  16:45 Nashville Music Scene is more than country 17:45 Nashville hip hop  19:00 Relating about our fathers passing away  20:00 Wu Tang studio and other artists  21:45 living in Florida  22:30 Social Media  22:40 What inspires Willie to branch into other genres  25:35 1 artist from each genre to collab with  26:30 what makes Billie great 27:45 Willie getting into production side  28:25 Best Producers in the world   30:30 Eminem  36:00 Song with Eminem  38:00 The Grim Reefer 40:00 Craziest Performances  42:00 artists making more money after music  43:00 Afroman  44:00 working with people you grew up with

    50 min
  2. Don Clarkin: Inside Entertainment Law, Artist Rights & How To Use Leverage in Entertainment

    04/07/2025

    Don Clarkin: Inside Entertainment Law, Artist Rights & How To Use Leverage in Entertainment

    Don Clarkin is an entertainment attorney, artist manager, and executive director of Young Entertainment Professionals Nashville. After leaving Dirickson Law - who reps stars like Walker Hayes - Clarkin founded AM/PM Entertainment and started his transition into artist management, repping clients like Netflix star Callum Kerr. Clarkin shares what basic knowledge artists should know before committing to any sort of agreement in their careers, different types of record deals, management deals, and loopholes, and how to use LEVERAGE to your advantage.  Listen to the full episode! https://linktr.ee/TheOneSheet?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=37a31f3d-0539-4426-b744-1f3d9d276ac8 Presented by DistroKid 30% First Year Artist Membership - DistroKid https://Distrokid.com/THEONESHEET Follow GUEST: https://www.instagram.com/don_clarkin/?hl=en  https://www.yepnashville.com/ Socials: https://rumble.com/Kfortch https://www.instagram.com/theonesheetpod https://www.instagram.com/Kfortch https://www.youtube.com/kfortch https://www.x.com/TheOneSheet https://www.x.com/Kfortch ======================= CHAPTERS 0:45 How Don got into Law 3:50 Young Entertainment Professionals  7:40 large majority of entertainment lawyers business comes from managers  8:40 entertainment business has “rings”  9:40 legal clients and manager clients have to be separate  11:00 what’s the basic knowledge an artist should have before even getting a lawyer? 12:00 2 basic copyrights in music 13:00 Sync placements  13:45 there are bad attorneys  14:00 conflict situations: Like TV shows  17:40 It’s not the lawyers job to provide business advice - just the legal advice - artist needs to make gut calls  19:30 even in a group setting you can hire an outside lawyer to take a look  20:30 “Treat yourself like you’re worth something”  21:00 Management Contracts  22:00 firing your manager - manager works for the artist  24:40 If managers want publishing: Where is their value? 25:40 LEVERAGE: how to use it and when 27:00 If you have a hit consider doing a one song deal and see how much GAS the label can put on the FIRE  27:50 if you go in on an 80/20 360 traditional deal - DO YOU HAVE A TEAM? 30:15 licensing vs giving ownership  32:35 DYL - "Jordan Belfort" Atlantic advance and deal  36:15 Country Radio has it pretty wrapped up for major labels  37:25 Even if labels don’t want to put your music out - go do podcasts, go do YouTube series, non music content  38:20 360 DEALS ** 39:30 the first $3m made from touring  40:50 Ask questions in the label meeting  42:20 within general framework of the law - you can do what you want.  43:20 Artist wanted one of the execs branded track suits in the label meeting 45:30 getting artists OUT of a “bad deal”  46:50 Worst Deal Don Has Seen 49:30 you can try to update deal but doesn’t always work. Not worth going to court  49:55 Representing Netflix Star Callum Kerr 50:30 Creators should want their team to “live their role” Rather than find one person who tries to do it all  51:35 Acting/Music contracts usually don’t interfere 53:00 If you’re successful as an actor you can negotiate more rights for the music side  53:55 “a smaller piece of a bigger pie is always a better deal” 54:15 Manager and agent don’t crossover 55:30 as an attorney are you pitching artists to labels? 59:00 eventually the goal is to have 100 or 500 people working for you

    1h 3m
  3. Paris Visone: Video Directing For GODSMACK, Touring With Big Time Rush & NKOTB

    03/31/2025

    Paris Visone: Video Directing For GODSMACK, Touring With Big Time Rush & NKOTB

    Paris Visone is an American documentary photographer and live video director based in Boston. She was a recipient of the Getty Images Editorial Photography Grant and has been featured in publications such as Rolling Stone, and GEO Magazine. Visone has directed music videos for artists such as Godsmack and New Found Glory. After serving as Godsmack’s tour photographer for 13 years, she has now transitioned into a role as their Live Video Director. Visone also serves as the tour photographer for New Kids On The Block, and  Big Time Rush. Listen to the full episode! https://linktr.ee/TheOneSheet?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=37a31f3d-0539-4426-b744-1f3d9d276ac8 Presented by DistroKid 30% First Year Artist Membership - DistroKid https://Distrokid.com/THEONESHEET Follow Paris: https://www.instagram.com/parisvisone/?hl=en www.parisvisone.com Socials: https://rumble.com/Kfortch https://www.instagram.com/theonesheetpod https://www.instagram.com/Kfortch https://www.youtube.com/kfortch https://www.x.com/TheOneSheet https://www.x.com/Kfortch ======================= CHAPTERS 0:00 Intro 2:00 Hanson 7:00 at 40 changing career positions  7:51 “I’ve been Godsmack’s photographer for 13 years, got burnt out” 10:00 was a VIP photographer that’s now she got on tour  14:00 networking gets you jobs/using Paris’ photos to get me jobs  14:47 meeting on the set of Banded  16:30 scheduling tour to tour in the year  17:00 New Kids & Big Time Rush fans are insane. Old ladies love the boys with great bodies - mid 50s  18:30 Big Time Rush comeback tour / also actors they’re funny  19:30 big mix of bands - couldn’t be any different  20:13 country for a photographer could get boring  21:00 why do you get butterflies with the band  22:30 - transitioning to video directing / creating content for the video wall - iMag cameras vs camera  24:22 different people running the cameras, some people need instruction, some people have a good sense of what they’re doing  25:30 production side of the music industry - mini music video - more entertaining than showing just what’s there *** stick throw  26:30 collaborating on the content side for the screens  27:10 creating visuals using A.I - runway program  Example: took the original album art and made it move  28:00 A.I made it easier to redo older art  30:54 concert documentaries- keep thinking about production while watching the docs lol 31:45 we’re getting old, Forbes 40 under 40 32:45 GETTY Images Grant  33:00 publications been there done that  34:40 Kyle still posting the rolling stone article from years ago  35:30 going from “the grind” to focusing on the passion and art  36:30 collaborating with other photographers rather than “looking up to them 39:00 Courtney Kemp - “do you want to work FOR someone, or BE them”  40:00 first tour story - crew bus with blondie - tour bus rules - only girl on the bus  41:51 VIP / stage runners  42:30 New Kids tense moments going through the crowd  44:30 sometimes you film stuff that shouldn’t be shown - have to respect the privacy of the artists 46:00 how many cameras per tour / venue  48:00 camera / tech issues mid show - how does it get fixed  49:45: it content goes down, have a backup computer / live cam going down   53:00 smaller venues vs arenas  54:50 Top 3 Tours Paris has been on

    1h 1m
  4. Cadillac Dale: #1 Song With Jack Harlow, Rihanna Sampling His 90s Hit

    03/03/2025

    Cadillac Dale: #1 Song With Jack Harlow, Rihanna Sampling His 90s Hit

    Cadillac Dale is an R&B singer and songwriter from Detroit.  Dale was on track to earn a #1 Hit as part of the duo “Shawn & Dale” with their 1995 single “Soulful Moaning” independently selling 20,000 copies locally. Until Shawn was convicted of double-murder, which ended up squandering the entire record. Fast forward to 2023 where Jack Harlow’s “Lovin’ On Me” earns the thrown atop the Billboard Hot 100 - sampling Dale’s 1995 record “Whatever”.  Thrusting Dale into the spotlight and earning him the international credibility he’s deserved for decades. Listen to the full episode! https://linktr.ee/TheOneSheet?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=37a31f3d-0539-4426-b744-1f3d9d276ac8 Presented by DistroKid 30% First Year Artist Membership - DistroKid https://Distrokid.com/THEONESHEET Follow GUEST: https://www.instagram.com/eldalerado/?hl=en Socials: https://rumble.com/Kfortch https://www.instagram.com/theonesheetpod https://www.instagram.com/Kfortch https://www.youtube.com/kfortch https://www.x.com/TheOneSheet https://www.x.com/Kfortch ======================= CHAPTERS 1:00 How Kyle & Dale connected - thought Dale was dead  4:00 Just focus on making great music instead of “making it”  5:00 People without a million followers could be making way bigger moves  6:30 it happened the way it was supposed to. Most important thing is creating the art  8:00 grew up with MowTown legends  9:45 beautiful disease  11:00 When did Dale start music  12:50 “I’m a rapper that learned how to sing”  13:30 Singing on vacation - wouldn’t let him leave  14:00 got into hip hop after hearing A Tribe Called Quest  15:45 “the reason I think that I can do anything is because of my mother”  16:30 Soggy Bottom Boys  18:00 I owe everything to my mom 18:30 Soulful Moaning Project  20:00 Shawn was incarcerated as their song blew up  21:40 Jack Harlow sampled “Whatever” for “Lovin On You” 23:00 “music is important to Guys like us”  24:00 I would not sacrifice my children for music  25:00 ex-wife broke all his instruments 25:47 “the ball doesn’t have to keep rolling fast, it just has to keep rolling” 26:00 Recorded 175 songs  27:00 didn’t get paid from the label  28:15 how jack harlow came about   29:00 Rihanna wanted to sample “Soulful Moaning” 29:30 connecting with Jack CONT 31:00 riding around the city with Lovin On Me before it came out  31:45 Sean Momberger found the “Whatever” Sample  33:00 song went viral before it came out  33:45 was the song done when they sent it to Dale? 34:00 Detroit lions game 34:55 Met Jack and he said “Thank You”  35:50 jacks great grand dad died at a Detroit lions game thanksgiving day 36:30 Dale all red suit and hat “black Santa clause”   37:00 Responding to the halftime show criticism  38:00 they don’t love it remix  39:45 ultimate collaborator - Biggest rapper in Poland - OSTR 41:00 Jack Harlow halftime show Kyle response  41:45 Not lovin it - people not believing  43:40 Wife Makes Best Soup In North America 44:50: what’s worse than being booed  45:15 “If you look at the mistakes you’ve made and understand them, you know what not to do” 47:00: what would you say to new artists just coming into the industry? 48:45 Rakim The God MC - don’t sweat the technique  50:00 pick up an instrument  51:40 made a song with a guitar he found in the garbage  53:00 Lovin On Me remix  54:45 “Your life wouldn’t be anything without music”  55:49 “IM ALIVE!”

    59 min

About

THE ONE SHEET hosted by Kyle Fortch, is a music & entertainment podcast to help up and coming industry professionals learn to navigate different pathways in their careers, through the stories and experiences of the guests. The show will feature artists, actors, executives, producers, directors, and more from all sides of music & entertainment. Kyle Fortch is a recording artist, TV producer, and podcaster, with a wide array of industry experiences himself. From charting songs overseas, to producing a multi-million dollar music reality show in Nashville. He has worked with the likes of Vince Neil, Afroman, Brandon Jenner, Wendy Starland, and DJ Swivel among others, and has been featured in major publications such as Rolling Stone. Presented by the worlds leading digital music distributor DistroKid.