Viberate Co-Founder Vasja Veber, Best Social Networks, And Behringer Oberheim Trademark War On My Latest Podcast

My guest on the podcast this week is Vasja Veber, who co-founded Viberate, a platform that gives artists important analytics about musical trends, events, venues and festivals. It makes performing acts’ life easier by giving them a better version of an EPK or even a traditional website. Viberate features over a million profiles of musicians, venues, events and […]

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The UK Opens Up Live Music, Most Hated Bands, And Music Attorney Kamal Moo on my latest Podcast

My guest on the podcast this week is music attorney Kamal Moo, who has represented artists from various genres of music as both personal manager and attorney. He has negotiated several types of entertainment contracts, including recording, music publishing, and producer agreements, with clients include legendary recording artist Janet Jackson, The Hallmark Channel, indie artist Lil B, and […]

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Composer/Mixer Lars Deutsch, MLC Collects Unclaimed Funds, And Random, Probable And Generative Music On My Latest Podcast

My guest on the podcast this week is  two time Emmy winner Lars Deutsch, who was born into a non-musical family and was astounded when he discovered that a guitar needs tuning. From those humble beginnings he went from heavy metal guitarist, to singer, to songwriter, to a Masters in classical composition, to international performances of his classical […]

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Labels De-emphasize Radio Promo, Rupert Neve Passes, And Producer David Franz On My Latest Podcast

My guest on the podcast this week is producer/multi-instrumentalist and educator David Franz, who wrote the very first book on Pro Tools as well as creating online courses for both Berklee Online and Lynda.com.  Besides running his label Underground Sun and EDM artist development and even production company Underground Sol, David is also the content manager for […]

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Console Designer John Oram, Wallpaper Speakers, And SoundCloud Direct Pay On My Latest Podcast

My guest on the podcast this week is John Oram, who started his career in the music business as the drummer for Mariann Faithful and a fill-in for the Yardbirds. On the side he began working at Vox during its heyday, contributing his expertise to the development of the wha-wha pedal, the fuzz box, the Continental organ, and […]

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Engineer/Podcaster Matt Boudreau, Spotify Spying On You, And Native Instruments Acquired On My Latest Podcast

My guest on the podcast this week is Matt Boudreau, who started as a drummer, experiencing 6 figure record deals before eventually settling in behind the glass as a mixer and mastering engineer. Matt has since gone on to launch the hugely popular Working Class Audio podcast with more than 300 episodes under his belt. During our interview […]

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The MLC Collects Royalties For Songwriters, And Producer/Mixer/Mastering Engineer Mike Cave On My Latest Podcast

My guest on the podcast this week is Mike Cave is a multi-Platinum award-winning record producer, mixer and mastering engineer. Over the course of his career, Mike has worked with artists as diverse as Elvis Costello, KRS-One, Lewis Capaldi, Fatboy Slim, Bob Dylan, The Charlatans, Echo & The Bunnymen and many more on a variety of award-winning and […]

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Elton John Guitarist Davey Johnstone And Our Music Attention Span On My Latest Podcast

My guest on the podcast this week is Davey Johnstone, who’s played guitar and been the musical director for the Elton John Band since 1972.  During that time, multi-instrumentalist Davey has played on all of Elton’s albums and tours. In fact, he recently celebrated his 3,000th show with Elton in 2019. Davey’s also played and recorded with a […]

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Alexandra Bartles And Rick Snowman Of Pro Audio Ears On My Latest Podcast

My guests on the podcast this week are Alexandra Bartles and Rick Snoman of Pro Audio Ears and Altar Recording Studios, the world’s first boutique recording studio dedicated to Electronic Dance Music.  Alex is a practicing audiologist with over 18 years experience who specializes in tinnitus retraining therapy. She also serves on the AES education and historical committees, […]

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Rating Your Musical Taste, Interactive Sheet Music, And Drummer Matt Starr

My guest on the podcast this week is drummer Matt Starr, who’s worked with Ace Frehley, Joe Lynn Turner, Mr. Big and many others both recording and touring.  Matt is also a successful career coach, using his past success and failures as a guide to help musicians getting started or those that are stuck in place. During our […]

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Apple Music Prices, Super Hi-Fi CEO Zack Zalon, Production Relief From Congress On My Latest Podcast

My guest on the podcast this week is Zack Zalon who started his music business career as the general manager of the legendary Troubadour club in Los Angeles. Soon after Zack became president of Virgin Digital, and then managing partner of We See Dragons, an agency designing digital platforms for clients like National Geographic, Comcast, Citibank and more. […]

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Gamers Avoid Royalties, Sound Without Speakers Or Headphones, And Musician Robert Martin On My Latest Podcast

My guest on the podcast this week is engineer Robert Martin, who was a long-time member of Frank Zappa’s band, the musical director for Bette Midler, and toured or performed with Paul McCartney, Michael McDonald, Stevie Nicks, Boz Scaggs, Etta James, Patti LaBelle, Bonnie Raitt, Kenny Loggins and many others. Robert also recorded with Prince, the Moody Blues, Lyle […]

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Spotify’s New Discovery Mode Tool, Engineer John Cuniberti, And Drive-In Concert Audio On My Latest Podcast

My guest on the podcast this week is engineer John Cuniberti, who began his music career as the drummer in Eddie Money’s first band, transitioned to mixing monitors for Stevie Wonder, and eventually became chief engineer at San Francisco’s famed Hyde Street Studios. It was there John engineered a long line of seminal records for Bay artists like […]

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Ripper Sites Coming Down, Audio Chips About To Get Scarce, And Mixer Billy Decker On My Latest Podcast

My guest on the podcast this week is mixing engineer Billy Decker, who’s mixed hits for Kenny Chesney, Darius Rucker, Jason Aldean. Jaime Lynne Spears, George Jones and Sam Hunt, among others, that have sold over 25 million albums.  Billy is different from most other mixers in that he’s able to mix extremely fast thanks to his templates […]

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Ice Cream Truck Music, The 100th Anniversary Of The Theremin, And World Maestro Colin O’Donohoe On My Latest Podcast

My guest on the podcast this week is Colin O’Donohoe, who’s worked as a composer, conductor, band leader, drummer, flautist and audio engineer in the U.S., Japan, South Korea, Mongolia, Brazil and Turkey. In 2010, his Pangean Orchestra united instruments and musicians from around the world and gained international recognition to where he was nicknamed “World Maestro.” Colin also composes […]

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