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Audio BrandingDigitize Your Reality: A Conversation with Randy Sosin - Part 2“The interesting thing about Napster was, you know, they built this really cool community and everyone had to upload their music to a server. So they controlled the servers. And because the music business doesn’t understand it and because it wasn’t their thing, they killed it. So the people who had designed that software were like, okay, then let’s just make every computer a server. And then like Gnutella and LimeWire came out and it was like, it almost destroyed the industry. They were able to take that technology and bring it back into like, well, ‘let’s just...
2023-06-0725 min
Audio BrandingDigitize Your Reality: A Conversation with Randy Sosin - Part 1“One of the biggest problems that we have in the world today is that we’ve devalued music to, it’s basically free. And, you know, I keep seeing these articles like, well, ‘what if Spotify charged you $14.99 a month?’ That isn’t going to fix the problem. Getting another billion dollars in the system so that Universal or Sony can get another $800 million into their coffer... it’s not going to the artists.” – Randy Sosin This episode’s guest is a groundbreaking filmmaker who has been at the helm of some of the most important music video...
2023-05-3131 min
Fungibility NFTsEpisode 33: Randy Sosin@rUv sits down with Randy Sosin, a Web3 & music expert to discuss the use of blockchain in the music industry.
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2022-10-1429 min
The Commissioner50 Cent - 21 Questions & Many Men (Wish Death)Send us a textThis is a Music Video Podcast - or should I say a Podcast about Music Video. This episode is a Double Feature because I talk about 2 videos that I commissioned at the same time and we filmed them both over a 7 day period in 2003. They are 50 Cent “21 Questions” & Many Men (Wish Death). This was at the height of the success of “In Da Club” which was still being heavily played at radio and MTV and BET. Find out all about how we made them and what decisions we made to ensure that 50 would be the icon...
2020-04-1927 minThe CommissionerThe Game - "How We Do"Send us a textThis is a Music Video Podcast - or should I say a Podcast about Music Video. This was the first time that I had commissioned a video for The Game but not the first time that we had worked together. There was a lot going on during the making of this video. Learn all about it on this episode of The Commissioner including how I learned to work with Hype Williams and how 50 Cent responded to the first edit of the video. All this and more on Episode 9 - The Game "How...
2020-03-2625 minThe CommissionerTidBits 1 - Prince, Sting & Busta RhymesSend us a textThis is a Music Video Podcast - or should I say a Podcast about Music Video. This episode is slightly different in that I am going to tell a story from a few different videos. Not every video has an interesting tale about the entire process but there are parts or as I am calling them “TidBits” that are worth talking about. I have made a lot of videos so I wanted to be able to talk about all the interesting stories as well as the in-depth look at certain videos and th...
2020-03-1027 minThe CommissionerEminem - "Lose Yourself"Send us a textThis is a Music Video Podcast - or should I say a Podcast about Music Video. This classic Academy Award-winning song has a fascinating story. From the first time, I heard it to a potential International Incident on the Ambassador Bridge. Hear all about it and more on this episode of The Commissioner.Watch the Video Here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3-4UQHmwxQSupport the show
2020-03-0327 minThe CommissionerCommissioning 101Send us a textThis is a Music Video Podcast - or should I say a Podcast about Music Video. This is a slight detour on our trip through my past. It's called The Commissioner for a reason. The job of Music Video Commissioning is a unique, exciting and somewhat complicated job. I do my best to describe what I did, how I did it and my philosophies behind decisions. I hope you enjoy learning about the process. Next week I will be back to my regular programming with a full episode on Em...
2020-02-2532 minThe CommissionerEnrique Iglesias - "Hero"Send us a text This is a Music Video Podcast - or should I say a Podcast about Music Video. This was the first of 15 music videos that I commissioned for Enrique. I loved working with him and we had a good comradery throughout the time we worked together. But Hero was our first project and was the foundation for what we would do in the future. We made a lot of videos together over the next 5 years and had great success with creating, developing and maintaining the iconic image that is Enrique Iglesias.You can...
2020-02-1828 minThe CommissionerVanessa Carlton - "A Thousand Miles"Send us a textThis is a Music Video Podcast - or should I say a Podcast about Music Video. From the first notes of the iconic piano riff to the striking orchestral string accents this instant classic pop song was also a dynamic Music Video. Find out the details in this behind-the-scenes Podcast featuring Randy Sosin - The Commissioner - who was responsible for making the video.You can watch the video here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cwkej79U3ekSupport the sh...
2020-02-1020 minThe CommissionerChristina Aguilera, Pink, Mya, Lil' Kim & Missy Elliott - "Lady Marmalade"Send us a textThis is a Music Video Podcast - or should I say a Podcast about Music Video. One of the biggest songs of 2001had one of the most epic videos. Check out how it was made and all the fascinating behind-the-scenes drama that went into creating this iconic Music Video. You can see the video here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQa7SvVCdZkAnd you can watch the Making The Video here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vaD_cF4t3w
2020-02-0332 minThe Commissioner50 Cent - "In Da Club"Send us a textThis is a Music Video Podcast - or should I say a Podcast about Music Video. An insiders look at how this classic song and video were conceived, filmed and delivered to MTV and the world. The Podcast talks about this version of the video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUeaAOIAbXs There is an "Int'l Version" of the video but that was severely edited and deleted a number of scenes that were in the original edit.Support the show
2020-01-2733 minThe CommissionerEminem - "Without Me"Send us a textThis is a Music Video Podcast - or should I say a Podcast about Music Video. From 1995 until 2008 I was a Music Video Commissioner. I worked at A&M Records and then transitioned to Interscope/Geffen/A&M Records in 2000 when A&M was bought by Universal Music Group. I commissioned over 500+ Music Videos during my tenure. This Podcast is an inside look into these videos and the fascinating world of making them - from start to finish. I have worked with artists that include: Eminem, 50 Cent, Dr. Dre, Marilyn Manson, Soundgarden, Sting, Pink...
2020-01-2126 min