Check out Matt Mahaffey’s (Self) combo performance + talk at the 2013 TEDxNashville conference, “Nice Guys Don’t Finish Last, Nice Guys Finish Happy.” In it, he speaks to his experience dealing with major record labels, producing big radio friendly bands and creating sounds for ad agencies – all of which, apparently, required a great deal of compromise. It’s great to see him speak with such honesty and authenticity on the subject.. now I just want to hear all the nitty gritty details.