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Politics War Room with James Carville & Al HuntWhat The Polls Tell Us with Jim Gerstein & Dr. Whit AyersPolitics War Room ON TOUR - live show in Boston on 11/2 at politicon.com/tour
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James and Al share their takes on the candidates' closing arguments, contextualize Biden’s garbage comment, and examine the effect of Trump’s MSG rally before welcoming pollsters Jim Gerstein and Dr. Whit Ayers. They discuss the numbers going into the final week of the election, explore the most significant issues influencing voters, debate how the undecided might break, compare what we see to recent elections, and weigh the chances Colin Allred...2024-10-311h 06
The Rock and Roll Geek ShowHandsome Dick Manitoba Show Reviews, New D-A-D and MoreOn this episode I play 2 show reviews of the Handsome Dick Manitoba Texas shows, New songs from D-A-D, Deep Purple, Music by D-A-D Marty Friedman The Dictators Deep Purple The Anti-Queens Links: Rebellion Festival HDM in London Donate to the show - Rock and Roll Geek Friends And Family Membership DONATE ON PATREON! GET THE ROCK and ROLL GEEK APP FOR iPHONE OR ANDROID! iPhone/iPad - ANDROID www.rockandrollgeek.com facebook.com/rnrgeek twitter.com/rnrgeek Butler's Amazon Wish List...2024-05-201h 12The Rock and Roll Geek ShowBrent Turner Interviews Michael ButlerOn this bonus episode, San Francisco rock impresario, Brent Turner drops into Don's Den and interviews Michael Butler Music by Stratejacket Donate to the show - Rock and Roll Geek Friends And Family Membership DONATE ON PATREON! GET THE ROCK and ROLL GEEK APP FOR iPHONE OR ANDROID! iPhone/iPad - ANDROID www.rockandrollgeek.com facebook.com/rnrgeek twitter.com/rnrgeek Butler's Amazon Wish List Donate to the show - Rock and Roll Geek Friends And Family Mem...2024-04-2259 minThe Rock and Roll Geek ShowBlinded By The Pollen - Rock and Roll Geek Show 1285On this show I freestyle it without a clue and my allergies are making me blind but I power through it because I'm a Hall of Fame semi pro. Musie by: Ian Hunter Sami Yaffa Dirtbag Republic Billy Morrison, Steve Stevens & Ozzy Leslie West Tribute Sum 41 The Eyebrows Donate to the show - Rock and Roll Geek Friends And Family Membership DONATE ON PATREON! GET THE ROCK and ROLL GEEK APP FOR iPHONE OR ANDROID! iPhone/iPad - ANDROID www.rockandrollgeek.com facebook.com/rnrgeek t...2024-04-031h 19The Rock and Roll Geek ShowFast Eddy Interview with Micah Morris - Rock and Roll Geek Show 1284On this show I talk with Micah Morris, the singer, songwriter and guitarist for Fast Eddy. They have a great new record out called To The Stars. Music by: Fast Eddy Links: Fast Eddy website Instagram Facebook Youtube Spotify Donate to the show - Rock and Roll Geek Friends And Family Membership DONATE ON PATREON! GET THE ROCK and ROLL GEEK APP FOR iPHONE OR ANDROID! iPhone/iPad - ANDROID www.rockandrollgeek.com facebook.com/rnrgeek twitter.com/rnrgeek2024-03-2354 minThe Rock and Roll Geek ShowBlack Crowes Happiness Bastards Track by Track Review and MoreOn this show I do a track by track review of the new Black Crowes album, Happiness Bastards, Chris Capelle calls in with a Testament show review, Brett Garske calls in with a Twin Temples show review and John Nashed calls in to talk about the Butlers breaking up. Music by: Fast Eddy Black Crowes Twin Temple Amber Wild The Butlers Donate to the show - Rock and Roll Geek Friends And Family Membership DONATE ON PATREON! GET THE ROCK and ROLL GEEK APP FOR iPHONE OR ANDROID! 2024-03-202h 00The Rock and Roll Geek ShowDrinking in The Daytime - Rock and Roll Geek Show 1282On this show I play a show review from Eric the RnR Pleeb, Jonathan Travers calls in and more. Music by: Neptune Power Federation Laura Jane Grace The End Machine Tuk Smith and The Restless Hearts Prong Slash Donate to the show - Rock and Roll Geek Friends And Family Membership DONATE ON PATREON! GET THE ROCK and ROLL GEEK APP FOR iPHONE OR ANDROID! iPhone/iPad - ANDROID www.rockandrollgeek.com facebook.com/rnrgeek twitter.com/rnrgeek Butler's Amazon Wish List ...2024-03-111h 06The Rock and Roll Geek ShowAce Frehley 10,000 Volts Track by Track Review - Rock and Roll Geek Show 1178On this episode I do a track by track of the new record from Ace Frehley, 10,000 Volts. Music by Sami Yaffa Mean Jeans Ace Frehley Kissing Judas Donate to the show - Rock and Roll Geek Friends And Family Membership DONATE ON PATREON! GET THE ROCK and ROLL GEEK APP FOR iPHONE OR ANDROID! iPhone/iPad - ANDROID www.rockandrollgeek.com facebook.com/rnrgeek twitter.com/rnrgeek Butler's Amazon Wish List Donate to the show - Rock and Roll Geek Friends And...2024-02-241h 14The Rock and Roll Geek ShowTom Werman Interview 2011 - A Rock and Roll Geek RerunIn honor of the gift from friend of the show Michael Street, nn this episode I replay an interview with legendary record producer Tom Werman from 2011. Donate to the show - Rock and Roll Geek Friends And Family Membership DONATE ON PATREON! GET THE ROCK and ROLL GEEK APP FOR iPHONE OR ANDROID! iPhone/iPad - ANDROID www.rockandrollgeek.com facebook.com/rnrgeek twitter.com/rnrgeek Butler's Amazon Wish List Donate to the show - Rock and Roll Geek Friends And Fam...2023-11-231h 13The Rock and Roll Geek ShowHandsome Dick Manitoba New England Adventure Day 1Day 1 of the Handsome Dick Manitoba New England Adventure Im at the airport Donate to the show - Rock and Roll Geek Friends And Family Membership DONATE ON PATREON! GET THE ROCK and ROLL GEEK APP FOR iPHONE OR ANDROID! iPhone/iPad - ANDROID www.rockandrollgeek.com facebook.com/rnrgeek twitter.com/rnrgeek Butler's Amazon Wish List Donate to the show - Rock and Roll Geek Friends And Family Membership DONATE ON PATREON! Thanks to this...2023-10-2907 minThe Rock and Roll Geek ShowThe Greatness of Ian Hunter - Rock and Roll Geek Show 1192On this episode, I geek out on Ian Hunter. Music by: Ian Hunter Listen to all of these bands on Amazon Music and I get a kickback. Donate to the show - Rock and Roll Geek Friends And Family Membership DONATE ON PATREON! GET THE ROCK and ROLL GEEK APP FOR iPHONE OR ANDROID! iPhone/iPad - ANDROID www.rockandrollgeek.com facebook.com/rnrgeek twitter.com/rnrgeek Butler's Amazon Wish List Donate to the show - Rock and R...2023-02-142h 56
Sizzling Samachar of the Day30th March 2022: Jennifer Lopez to produce Prime Video series Backwards In HeelsWelcome to Sizzling samachar of the day on OTTplay, I'm your host NikhilNews first up,Sharon Stone joins cast of DC’s Blue BeetleLegendary Hollywood actress, Sharon Stone, has joined the cast of DC’s Blue Beetle as the film’s villain. Mayans M.C actor Raoul Max Trujillo has also joined the cast of the superhero film, while Cobra Kai star Xolo Maridueña will play the lead as Jaime Reyes/Blue Beetle. Sharon Stone will play the role of Victoria Kord, a new villain created for the film. While there i...2022-03-3005 min
21khz: The Art of Money In MusicWhy Are Comedy Albums Being Taken Down From Spotify and other streaming servicesRight before Thanksgiving, 2021 Spotify took down a large number of comedy albums. The question is why. The answer has to do with the fact that just because a comedian like Robin Williams says the words "Reality, what a concept" as opposed to sings them doesn't mean he does not have a copyright that needs to be licensed and a royalty paid when it streams. What happens if a streaming service like Spotify streams comedy albums without the needed licenses. The answer is not funny at all.2021-12-0656 min
21khz: The Art of Money In MusicYou Know What’s Not Funny- One Trillion Streams and One Billion Dollars In Unpaid Royalties For ComediansComedians' works are streamed and broadcast across Spotify, YouTube, Pandora, SiriusXM, and more. However, unlike music where royalties are paid for two copyrights (composition and master recording), Comedians have only ever been paid royalties on the recording of their performance, not on the underlying literary work (equivalent of a composition). Jeff Price, founder of Word Collections and previous founder of Tunecore, Audiam, and more is setting out to fix that by helping comedians license and collect royalties owed to them for their unlicensed literary works.2021-10-041h 03
Best in FestFrom Martin Scorsese to the Morning Show with Ellen Gerstein - Ep #28Ellen Gerstein is an award winning actor/filmmaker. She is a member of: Women In Film, The Alliance of Women Directors, LA Film Team, Film Independent and is a lifetime member of The Actors Studio.As an actor Ellen has worked with talented directors including Martin Scorsese, Mark Rydell, Mimi Leder, Rob Marshall and Danny DeVito to name a few. She was honored with the Robert Proski Character Actor Award and the Roy W. Dean Screenwriters Grant. Ellen can be seen on the acclaimed FX show, Better Things as well as th...2021-09-2832 min
CYDC PodcastBONUS MINISODE: ShadowlossIf you have experienced grief due to the loss of someTHING rather than someONE, you might have experienced something called shadowloss - a term created by thanatologist Cole Imperi. On this episode, we dive into what a shadowloss is, the difference between shadowlosses and ‘Big Deaths’, the importance of the terminology, and the connection between shadowloss and the pandemic.
If you have any questions, comments, or future topic suggestions, we would love to hear from you. You can email us at cydcpodcast@gmail.com.
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It's None of Your Business - The Family Business PodcastTony Russo - "You Were Born.. You Were Immediately Put To Work. What Was Your First Job?"This week’s episode is a special one! We interview Karen’s Dad Tony Russo. It’s the first time we are interviewing our own family members for our family business podcast. Tony is the owner and operator of A. Russo & Sons , the 100 year old fruit and vegetable company based in Watertown, Massachusetts. He has worked in the business for more than 70 years and he shares some of his earliest memories of working on the farm alongside his grandparents and father. Thanks Dad for answering our questions !2020-10-2126 minIt's None of Your Business - The Family Business PodcastNuts.com -We loved interviewing the Nuts.com family! They have nearly 100 years of history and stories from when their “Poppy Sol” launched the Newark Nut Company. The company proudly sold roasted nuts, which were a huge hit in the community. Eventually, brothers, Kenny and Sandy took over the business. Several years ago, they decided to let the third and current generation run the company - and this is the story of how that happened. It’s confusing, so here’s a cheat sheet… Jeffrey Braverman (3rd-generation) Chief Nut - Nuts.com David Braverman (third-Generation), General Manager, Nuts.com Kenny Br...2020-10-1431 minIt's None of Your Business - The Family Business PodcastRichard J. Bryan - "What can I do for you sonny?"Richard J Bryan is now a family business succession planning expert. He learned the lessons he now shares in his books when he took over his family's 100 year old car dealership at a young age when his father became ill. It's a story of ego, emotion and a reminder that we all, "need A Frank in our lives". 2020-10-0732 minIt's None of Your Business - The Family Business PodcastMichael Klein - "People are Very Emotionally Trapped.. or Handcuffed .. to the Family Business"In this case, a book’s title, “Trapped In the Family Business”, says it all. Michael Klein has spent more than 20 years working with, and advising, individual members of family businesses across the country. Plus, with a doctorate in psychology, he understands the "bottom line" isn’t always the bottom line. Emotions, bruised feelings, and fragile egos can sometimes be just as important as profits. This was a great Interview; so we ended up splitting the whole thing into two parts. In part 1 (a few weeks back) Michael Told us about how being in a family bu...2020-09-2900 minIt's None of Your Business - The Family Business PodcastMitchell Kaneff - “I Go. Or You Go…”Mitchell Kaneff is the third generation chairman and CEO of his family's business, Arkay Packaging. For nearly 100 years, Arkay has created packaging for the beauty industry. In this podcast, Kaneff shares his experiences with us about working in his family business, including his bold decision to fire his father. Sidenote: This interview was (The last one) we recorded before the COVID outbreak in New York City. It can take us a while to put these shows together. Yes, we recorded this interview in the same room and no social distancing, but this was all before we knew what w...2020-09-2300 minIt's None of Your Business - The Family Business PodcastMichael Klein - "Lots of slamming Doors" (part 1)In this case, a book’s title, “Trapped In the Family Business”, says it all. Michael Klein has spent more than 20 years working with, and advising, individual members of family businesses across the country. Plus, with a doctorate in psychology, he understands the "bottom line" isn’t always the bottom line. Emotions, bruised feelings, and fragile egos can sometimes be just as important as profits. This was a great Interview; so we ended up splitting the whole thing into two parts. In part 1 (this week) Michael tells us about how being in a family busines...2020-09-1600 minIt's None of Your Business - The Family Business PodcastGreenwich Letter Press - "That's a terrible Idea"Greenwich Letterpress on Christopher Street tucked away in Manhattan’s West Village is owned by sisters Beth Salvini and Amy Swanson. The two are third-generation letterpress printers and, honestly, have one of the coolest stores downtown. Greenwich Letterpress offers beautiful custom made stationery as well as some of the most fun, eclectic stationery and assorted items such a the perfect 90210 keychains. Their store on Christopher Street is a “must” for every local and tourist. Sidenote: This interview was recorded before the COVID outbreak in New York City. It can take us a while to put th...2020-09-0900 minIt's None of Your Business - The Family Business PodcastPaul Sullivan - "In a Family Business, You Can't go Home"Paul Sullivan writes "Wealth Matters" for the New York Times. We loved speaking with Paul about the challenges of running a family business, family relationships and thinking long-term about succession. We learned what Paul thinks is often the key ingredient to a successful family business successful.2019-12-3100 minIt's None of Your Business - The Family Business PodcastAndy Unanue - "Take Care of the Business, you’ll have a family. Take care of the family, you won’t have a Business”Andy Unanue is the Managing Partner of AUA Private Equity Partners which focuses on lower to middle-market Hispanic and Family Business food-based companies. Andy grew up as part of the Goya Foods company and understands family business - particularly large and wildly successful family business - in a way that most people can only imagine. We really enjoyed our conversation with Andy and hearing about his tremendous business experience and acumen. Take a listen.2019-12-2400 minIt's None of Your Business - The Family Business PodcastAndy Unanue - "My Grandfather thought he had one family, he had four"Andy Unanue is the Managing Partner of AUA Private Equity Partners which focuses on lower to middle market Hispanic and Family Business food-based company. Andy grew up as part of the Goya Foods company and understands family business - particularly large and wildly successful family business - in a way that most people can only imagine. We really enjoyed our conversation with Andy and hearing about his tremendous business experience and acumen. Take a listen.2019-12-1700 minIt's None of Your Business - The Family Business PodcastMark Sirkin - "Not Everybody is in Psychotic Denial"We loved interviewing Mark Sirkin, a psychologist who specializes in family businesses. Maybe it's because we know how much family business can benefit from having an outsider help family members focus on what is important - and not distract from the chaos that often comes from family. There was a lot here, so we ended up splitting into two parts (with a third web extra).2019-12-1000 minIt's None of Your Business - The Family Business PodcastD2 Furniture - "The Bank Called"Father and Son combo, Neil and Hugh Schwartzberg, represent the third and fourth generations of their family company "D2 Office Furniture & Design." We really enjoyed learning their family history and the real challenges of running a family business, trusting family members and remaining a strong company in today's changing economy.2019-12-0300 minIt's None of Your Business - The Family Business PodcastMark Surkin - "I Have had Blood all over my Clothes”We loved interviewing Mark Sirkin, a psychologist who specializes in family businesses. Maybe it's because we know how much family business can benefit from having an outsider help family members focus on what is important - and not to be distracted from the chaos that often comes from family. There was a lot here, so we ended up splitting into two parts (with a third web extra). Here’s part 1, It's about, "The Kids" and it's titled, "I Have had Blood all over my Clothes”2019-11-2700 minIt's None of Your Business - The Family Business PodcastEconomy Candy - "It's the Sugar"The folks at Economy Candy are, in one word, happy! Perhaps it's because they are surrounded by sugar all day, but still, they never seem to crash from the sugar rush. This small family runs the famous candy store located on Manhattan's Lower East Side. They enjoy their work, their time together and are successful in doing what they love.2019-11-2000 min
Scene by Scene with Josh & Dean: American SplendorAS30: The End CreditsAmerican Splendor scene #30 (1:37:31 to 1:41:08) — As the credits roll (on the film and the podcast), Josh & Dean reflect on all things Pekar/American Splendor. What should the film’s post-credit sequence have been? What would an American Splendor TV show look like? (Dino keeps coming back to Louis C.K.)
A tribute to DC/Vertigo/Paradox Press, as well as editor Jonathan Vankin. Other notable movies with the word “American” in the title. The next movies from each of the film’s actors. Who would you want to write, direct, and star in the movie of your life? Thoughts on...2019-10-2851 min
21khz: The Art of Money In MusicThe Full Brain WorkoutSeason 2/ Episode 7 Rachel Francine/ Co-Founder and CEO, SingFit Andy Tubman/ Co-Founder and Chief of Therapeutics and Music, SingFit If there is one that I have learned doing this podcast for the past two years, it’s that music contains value beyond the cost of a CD, an iTunes download or a Pandora stream. This show proves that music has a value beyond money. Rachel Francine and Andy Tubman are a brother and sister pair of entrepreneurs who have taken the best from each of their careers and combined them into a...2019-02-2732 min21khz: The Art of Money In MusicA Black Rubber Juice BarGregory Roach Season 2/ Episode 8 Sometimes, you just want to sit back, have a cup of coffee and listen to war stories from a bygone era. This is that kind of Podcast.. Gregory Roach has had an eclectic career. He worked at "Grendel's Lair", the storied nightclub in Philadelphia, worked as the lighting guy for a comedy club in New York City, went on the road with Billy Joel and Pat Benatar, he even designed a "Rubber Juice Bar" for Studio 54. It's a conversation that proves that sometimes it's th...2019-02-1130 min21khz: The Art of Money In MusicA Whole Series of Music EventsJudith Finell - Judith Finell, Music Service Season 2/ Episode 8 You probably didn't watch, but on a Saturday night in April of 1983, "The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Fifteen Years Later Affair," aired on NBC. Trust me on this; it was a classic of 1980s television - paunchy middle-aged heroes, central casting villains, backlot sets, stock footage explosions - The 12-year-old me could not get enough. Our intrepid heroes even cross paths with a fellow spy - a suave Brit, wearing a dashing tux, driving an Aston Martin (complete...2019-01-2819 min21khz: The Art of Money In MusicJudith Has Perfect PitchJudith Finell, Musicologist, president of Judith Finell Music Services Season 2, Episode 6 Ever started explaining something to a friend, and you can tell, usually, immediately, this person has no idea what you're talking about (you can see it in the eyes). When that happens, I always make up a little story... “It’s like trying to describe the idea of fusion to a clueless platypus.” Or... “It’s like explaining the theory of general relativity to a stupid rabbit.” Or... “It’s like discussing the concepts of thermodynamics with a slow turtle. ” 2018-12-1727 min21khz: The Art of Money In Music"Blurred Lines" was it Plagiarism?Paul Resnikoff - Founder, Digital Music News Season 2/ Episode 5 The second season finale of the original Star Trek back in 1969 was an odd episode. You will see where I am going with this in a moment..... Yes, Kirk and Spock are in the top of the show, Kirk and Spock are at the close of the show, but the meat of the show, the entire episode, is taken up with the story of some guy named - "Gary Seven." Gary Seven is a human who, as it turns out, was kidnapped by aliens and...2018-11-261h 0421khz: The Art of Money In MusicReally Cool Uncorrelated assetsWhat a piece of the Merrie Melodies? How about Bette Midler? Etta James? Santana? Well, they have all been for sale. One of the goals of this podcast has been to figure out all the ways music can generate money. We know about album sales, we've talked endlessly about streaming rights, we've discussed those "big fat juicy contracts" (that don't exist anymore). But what about music futures? Ever wanted to be modern versions of Randolph and Mortimer Duke? (Go ahead look it up, I'll wait). What if you could buy the rights to...2018-11-0719 min
21khz: The Art of Money In MusicMonetizing a mood - Danny Turner, SVP Mood MediaDanny Turner - Monetizing Moods. Global Senior Vice President for Creative Programming at Mood Media Season 2/ Episode 3 I've never been able to get the final scene from the "Blues Brothers," out of my head. Jake and Elwood spend the entirety of the (in my opinion fantastic) movie racing to the Cook County Assessors office, desperate to pay the back taxes on the orphanage. The final few moments of their quest (chased by thousands of members of Illinois law Enforcement) spent waiting in the elevator, staring at the blank walls, while the dulcet tones of "The...2018-08-2738 min
21khz: The Art of Money In MusicSo...What Is Music Publishing"Wait … You were in a Christian Rock Band? And you had to talk with Mr. Potty mouth - Me?" "It's OK Jeff, I've been in the music business a long time" Season 2/ Episode 2 - John Barker, and Everything you ever wanted to know about licensing - but (of course) were afraid to ask. I like to quote Donald Rumsfeld (Sorry, but I do) ... "There are things that we know we DON'T know, and there are things we didn't even know we needed to know." This is one of the episodes where we ask the questions you...2018-07-2034 min
21khz: The Art of Money In Music"It's Carin - Like Car in the Garage"Season 2/ Episode 1: Carin Gilfry – “Carin – Like Car in the Garage” Three things you need to know about today’s podcast… First, “yes” we have been away for a little while. Life, work, family – all the things that get in the way of a successful podcast, managed to get in the way of our successful podcast. But we’re back, and we have close to a dozen podcasts lined up and ready to go. Second, Carin pronounces her name, “car-in” as in, “the car is in the garage.” Third, you might have already heard of Carin becau...2018-06-2936 min
21khz: The Art of Money In MusicThe Dead Kennedys: Safe Harbors, Cheap Cotton & when Google bought YouTube“People need to look at the Internet as a plantation sharecropper system - Yeah, you got your cotton really cheap but is that how you want society to go forward?” Episode 012: East Bay Ray - Safe Harbors and Cheap Cotton. From its infancy in the San Francisco Bay area in the 1970s to today, the enduring legacy of the Dead Kennedys, is due in no small part to its founding member, East Bay Ray. Ray’s Music, The Oakland Tribune cited ray as penning, “some of the most recognizable and memorable guitar riffs to emerge from the in...2016-08-2328 min21khz: The Art of Money In MusicPunk Rock - By Way of CapitalismShawn Stern didn’t set out to become a Punk Rock Icon. When he - along with his two brothers - created the (now) seminal band Youth Brigade back in 1980, all they really wanted to do was play music and hang with friends. Punk Rock, he quickly realized, was the perfect venue for that lifestyle, “We (could) play music, we don’t have to be really good,… and you could talk about the problems - that really still exist - that (pop music) won’t talk about.” But Punk Rockers need to eat. So, when the major labels couldn’t...2016-06-2726 min21khz: The Art of Money In MusicHey! Let’s Not Pay the Americans!“This is a labyrinth of rules…. “
Gino Olivieri, President Premier Muzik.
Are American Performers getting the money owed to them? In many cases – no, and it’s all perfectly legal.
Back on October 26, 1961, representatives from 26 countries signed the, “Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations”. Among other agreements, the treaty’s signers agreed that Broadcasters must pay performers (think singers and band members) for the use of their music – your song gets played on the radio - You get paid. Seems simple?
Yeah, Right.
The United Kingdom sig...2016-02-2425 min21khz: The Art of Money In MusicSo what happens AFTER you disrupt an entire industry?So what happens AFTER you disrupt an entire industry?
When last we saw him, Michael Robertson and MP3.com managed to uproot the business model of the entire music industry. Physical media, he realized, didn’t matter. People weren’t interested in CDs, cassettes or vinyl; they wanted music, and they wanted to it digitally.
For Michael Robertson, the man who took a chance and spent $1000 on “Two letters and a number,” the world was never the same.
Suddenly, Wall Street players, who wouldn’t return his calls came knocking. Soon after that, there were IPO...2015-12-2123 min21khz: The Art of Money In MusicHow, “two letters and a number" disrupted the music industry, had a multi-billion dollar IPO and then got sued
“So, I told my wife, I bought this new domain and she said, ‘what did you pay?’”
I told her, ’a thousand dollars’.
She was dumbfounded, ’That’s just two letters and a number!”
So, I said, ‘no no no… trust me… it’s going to be big!’”
- Michael Robertson, Founder, mp3.com
Today’s episode isn’t so much about the music industry as it is about the life of an entrepreneur. It isn’t so much about being lucky, as it is about making your own luck.
Let...2015-12-0329 min21khz: The Art of Money In MusicWill Musicians Survive in the Age of Free When the "Bottle" is worth more than the wine:Episode: 007
Will Musicians Survive in the Age of Free When the "Bottle" is worth more than the wine?
Interview Subject: Count
"I think we can all agree, if somebody has millions of streams and they are popular enough to be a household name they should be able to pay their rent…"
- Count (Producer: Radiohead, Rolling Stones, New Order, Frank Sinatra, Blackalicious)
They say we are living the, "Golden Age" of media: endless streams of music, more television then hours in the day, enough books to read in twenty lifetime...2015-10-0131 min21khz: The Art of Money In MusicIntent, Licenses and “Sweat of the Brow”“Musicians say they want to be in the business of music and yet they don’t understand the very basic concepts - it’s very strange to me.”
Everyone wants to be a musician but according to George Howard nobody understands the business. George Howard, understands the music business. He’s worked with big stars (Carly Simon), he’s been a label executive (President of Rykodisk), he’s an MBA, h’s a Lawyer - he’s literally written the book on how make money in the music industry, “An Insider's Guide to the Record Industry and Music Publ...2015-08-1824 min
21khz: The Art of Money In Musicso... Why does Liza Minnelli get paid when the Sex Pistols Stream?Why are artists so angry about their royalties from streaming music services like Spotify? Is there really no money or is there money but a crazy math formula that calculates who gets what is, well, just wrong.
Could the problem really be a bad math equation?
Meet Sharky Laguana. Front man and founder of the band Creeper Lagoon and founder of a band van rental service Bandago.
Now construct a venn diagram of the music industry and rental services, Sharky sits right in the sweet spot.
2015-08-0623 min21khz: The Art of Money In MusicDon't Even Try To Get Signed“Our function is to create new acts. Our function is to make famous. That is what we do, that is our unique skill set. We take artists, we develop them, we promote them, we make them the biggest most popular artists in the world.”
- Avery Lipman, President, Republic Records
The age of the sunglass wearing, leisure suit clad, cigar chomping, deal making music mogul may have gone the way of the dinosaur. But Avery Lipman still walks the earth, still makes million dollar deals, doesn’t smoke and is a much snappier dresser. ...2015-07-0921 min21khz: The Art of Money In MusicCan you Sell Something that Doesn't Exist?“There is a wonderful moment in Spinal Tap where the manager says to the artist, ‘look, it doesn’t matter how much we talk about it, there is no way to promote something that doesn't exist’. And what occurred to me back in 2006, when I was living on an air mattress in my mom’s spare room, was that the internet has shattered that paradigm, you can sell something that doesn’t exist.”
Benji Rogers has monetized enthusiasm. As CEO of pledgemusic.com Benji built an entire business around connecting, artists and their most adoring fans. Want to hea...2015-06-0922 min
21khz: The Art of Money In MusicThe Weighting Formula and a Giant Tivo“The ones that are in control are very happy with the system. They are making a disproportionate amount of the collection and the distribution - wrongfully in my opinion, unethically and immorally…..We’re out there everyday standing at the mountaintop saying - Guys! There is another way to do this where Everybody wins!”
- Scott Schreer
In Part two of his interview, Scott takes a critical look at the music publishing system in the United States. Why are some songs more valuable than others? What exactly is the mysterious, “weighting formula”? What - if anything - can...2015-05-1218 min
21khz: The Art of Money In MusicWhat the heck is public performance and why does it generate $6 billion dollarsIn this Episode, meet Scott Schreer. Scott wrote the music for "Have A Coke and A Smile", the NFL theme Song for Fox along with a myriad of jingles and scores for Snickers, Volkswagen, The Cosby Show and many many others. So how does Scott, and the rest of the world's songwriters and composers, make money from the use of their music? Scott takes us behind the scenes of a rubber band and glue bizzare and unbelievable system that tracks what the world listens to then collects and pays out over $6 billion dollars annually for the right of Public Pe...2015-04-1633 min