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Music TalksThe Milestone CompilationA MILESTONE COMPILATIONRecently Music Talks has passed several significant milestones: · It’s Third Anniversary · 20,000 downloads · 500 Followers on Facebook · 75 EpisodesI have done celebratory episodes at 25 and 50 episodes, and this felt like a good opportunity to look back over the past year and choose some of my favourite moments. I have chosen a different guest for each decade, and I believe these clips show the mix of music nerdery and great life stories that the show has become. I’m hoping it will also function as a nice introduction...
2022-09-081h 10
The Letterboxd ShowWeekend Watchlist: Crimes of the Future, Watcher and Fire IslandThis week Mia and Slim discuss their growing watchlists including Crimes of the Future, Watcher and Fire Island. Special shout-out to all the Cronen-babes out there. After a quick look back at recent releases and community reviews, they shuffle their watchlists and drift into potential cannibalism.
This episode is brought to you by Kino Lorber’s Neptune Frost; in theaters this weekend and expanding wide next week.
Weekend Watchlist – Updated Weekly list > movies mentioned in this episode.
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2022-06-0227 minMusic TalksEpisode 63 - Dave Cronen - Indefinite HiatusMy guest in this episode is Dave Cronen who like many of my guests has an encyclopaedic knowledge of music and pop culture. What makes Dave unique is that he has spent all 37 years of his working life in the music industry and I saw little sign of him stopping any time soon. Interestingly , he doesn't play an instrument or a note of music and is fiercely proud of that fact. Today Dave is an artist manager and the owner of Trust Management but his career started in retail at Virgin Records in 1984. He then went to w...
2022-02-231h 08
Mindset Musings036. Former Beastie Boys & Johnny Marr Management, The Crazy World of the Music Business and Escaping Town Life with DAVE CRONENDave Cronen’s career reads like a Pyramid stage Sunday line up. Involved in the management and direction of Beastie Boys, PIAS, iMusic before setting up Trust Management (Johnny Marr, Ash, We Are Scientists, Blanck Mass, Howler, Splashh).
Dave talks to us about how it all started in a Virgin Megastore, escaping small town life for the bright lights and brighter prospects and living alcohol free!
Simon also sheds some light in his first ever job in retail and how he made the competition very well off! This one isn’t to be missed!
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2021-12-0748 min
Unknown OriginsDave Cronen on Future of MusicDavid Bowie predicted that music itself is going to become like "running water or electricity," which in many cases appears to be ringing true with the music industry becoming increasingly technology-mediated, with tech titans Apple, Amazon, Google, and Spotify are providing more convenient, accessible, and affordable solutions for consumers to download and stream on-demand, making it possible to listen to music wherever and whenever we want. Artist Manager and owner of Trust Management, Dave Cronen, provides a perspective on the music industry and the future opportunities for artists to innovate and make a living from their art.
2021-01-2356 min
Unknown OriginsDave Cronen on Artist & Label ManagementArtist and Label Manager Dave Cronen provides perspective artist and label management. From Virgin to Rough Trade, Play It Again Sam (PIAS) and Grand Royal Records, then Trust Management to guide the careers of hundreds of revered artists that have influenced popular culture - The Beastie Boys to Johnny Marr, Ash, We Are Scientists, Dexys, and Baxter Dury. Working with artists who received Ivor Novello Awards, Oscar nominations, and NME Godlike Genius Awards. Mentoring the next generation of artists, producers, and entrepreneurs at the Academy of Contemporary Music.Creativity Without Frontiers available at all relevant book retailers
2020-10-0532 min