Sarah Matlock is a 2008 graduate of Middle Tennessee State University, earning a degree is recording industry production and technology. Following her graduation, she interned at East Iris/House of Blues Studio and Nashville’s Hard Rock Cafe. Matlock joined The AristoMedia Group in 2008 and worked her way up to Radio Promotion Assistant. She currently serves as Radio Promotion Coordinator for Marco Promotions, where she secures airplay on behalf of clients at stations in secondary markets across the United States.
Q. Where is your hometown? And why did you decide to come to Nashville?
A. Mustang, OK. I moved to Murfreesboro to get a degree at MTSU in Recording Industry Production and Technology. After graduation, I got a job and moved to Nashville.
Q. What is one interesting fact about you?
A. I am completely obsessed with IKEA.
Q. What is your favorite Nashville eatery?
A. La Hacienda. But Hattie B’s is quickly giving that place a run for its
Q. What is your favorite music venue?
A. I have two, and they both happen to be in Nashville: There was this fantastic little venue called Norm’s River Roadhouse on the west side of Nashville that I loved to go to. Unfortunately, they received a massive amount of damage from the flood and never reopened. The other one is a Nashville staple: the Ryman Auditorium. You can’t go wrong with that place.
Q. If you could only pick one, what would be your all-time favorite song?
A. ‘Little Lies’ by Fleetwood Mac. That song is an instant mood lifter for me.
Q. What are some of your hobbies?
A. I love to play soccer. I’ve been known to be on up to 3 teams at once. I also like to read books about music and pop culture. I am in the middle of the Warren Zevon biography right now.
Q. What is your favorite thing to do in Nashville on the weekend?
A. There are so many great restaurants in this town that one of the things I like to do is to find one I’ve never been to and try it out with a friend.
Q. If you could have any super power, what would it be?
A. Telepathy. It would definitely come in handy during music calls.
Q. What is one type of food that you could not live without?
A. Mexican food
Q. If you could go anywhere in the world right now, where would you go?
A. The sappy answer will always be home to Oklahoma, but the world traveller in me says Switzerland. That place is beautiful.
Q. How would your friends describe you?
A. Intelligent, funny, dependable, and quiet
Q. What TV or movie series are you obsessed with right now?
A. Hell’s Kitchen, Call the Midwife, and Orange Is the New Black
Q. What did you ‘want to be when you grew up’ as a kid?
A. I think my mom has a picture I drew of myself when I was little dressed in a tutu, catching frogs, and next to a fire truck under the heading “What would you like to be when you grow up?”. I’ll take that as ambitious.
Q. If time or money weren’t an issue, what would you be doing right now?
A. Volunteering more and traveling around the country
Q. Music That Has Shaped Your Life (Top 5):
1. Fleetwood Mac – Greatest Hits
This was the start to my absolute love of Fleetwood Mac. I was at a youth church party, and someone had this CD. This was my pick for the CD changer. It played through once, and I was hooked.
2. Bonnie Raitt – Luck of the Draw
My mom had all of the Don Was produced albums, but this one was my favorite at the time. One of the first albums I actually remember paying attention to the liner notes.
3. Reba – For My Broken Heart
I had this on cassette and would listen to it over and over and over. That is, until the day the tape player ate it. I cried until my mom promised to buy me a new one.
4. Dixie Chicks – Wide Open Spaces
This is the first CD that I bought with my own money after I got my first CD player.
5. Sheryl Crow – Globe Sessions
Sheryl had a female engineer (Trina Shoemaker) and that fact blew my 13 year old music-industry-focused mind at the time. It inspired me to pursue a degree in recording industry production.
Fun fact: Trina was the first female engineer to win a Grammy for Best Engineered Album for her work on Globe Sessions.
Q. An “important” piece of music you just don’t get:
A. Boy bands. Any of them. Never understood their appeal even when I was the target demographic.
Q. Take a picture of the most random item on your desk.
A. That is an alligator foot back scratcher. Seriously.
Q. Take a picture of your office/short video introducing yourself “welcome to my office”
A. This is usually the first thing you see when you walk in my office (besides my pretty, smiling face.)
Sarah Matlock
Radio Promotion Coordinator
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