Best Rob Findlay Podcasts (2025)

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116. Devin Townsend Music Business Coaching Call 36:03

6+ y ago36:03

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Devin Townsend is a successful singer, songwriter, performer, guitarist, and music producer. He is also the brain behind The Devin Townsend Creative Academy www.dtcreativeacademy.com As a part of Devin's Creative Academy Devin offers select student's one-on-one coaching calls. In this episode of Music Business Facts, Devin has allowed us to listen …

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115. Chris O'Brien - General Manager for Destroy All Lines 41:45

7y ago41:45

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Chris O’Brien is a bit of a legend in The Australian Music Scene. He’s the general manager of touring for Destroy All Lines and former general manager for Australia’s biggest touring metal festival Soundwave 2003-2015. During the conversation we discuss a variety of things including how to get into the music business, management, touring and tour m…

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114. Business Skills for Composers 47:35

7y ago47:35

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Chris Boardman, Sebastian Wolff, and Xiao'an Li welcome you to Business Skills For Composers - a Facebook group for composers where discussions center solely around business related practices. It doesn't matter how much or how little experience you have - everyone is welcome to post in line with the group rules and requirements. You will be safe fr…

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113. Rob Carroll - PR and Management for Rare Finds 34:36

7y ago34:36

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My Guest today is Rob Carroll. Rob Carroll is the Managing Director of a Sydney based boutique PR and management company called Rare Finds. Rare Finds aims to foster a scene within the local indie music community as well as provide unique touring opportunities for emerging artists - specifically on the east coast of Australia. Rare Finds specialise…

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112. Nick Findlay- How To Get Your Music Played On Triple J Radio 33:13

7y ago33:13

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112. Nick Findlay- How To Get Your Music Played On Triple J Nick Findlay has been working in radio since he was 16 and has been at Triple J for over 10 years. He is currently the station's Music Director. In this interview Nick describes the best practises when pitching music to radio. He also tells us the strategies he recommends artists employ wh…

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111. James Newcome from Musicpreneur.com 41:07

7y ago41:07

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James Newcomb is the CEO of Musicpreneur.com a podcast that helps musicians navigate music entrepreneurship. In this episode Rodney and James discuss issues surrounding the musician as an entrepreneur.

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110. Carl Neumann-Director of Heavy Magazine 56:17

7y ago56:17

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Carl Neumann who is the owner and director of Heavy Magazine. Heavy is a digital Australian music resource, podcast, blog and more. In this episode of Music Business Facts we discuss 'pitching' your products and services to industry gatekeepers. Carl tells us how to obtain attention in a crowded marketplace and how to attract publicity opportunitie…

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109. Tim Charles- The Epitome Of A Modern Music Business Entrepreneur. 1:14:50

7y ago1:14:50

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Tim Charles is the epitome of a modern music business entrepreneur. He plays violin and sings with his Australian metal band Neobliviscaris. He’s also a songwriter, booking agent, artist manager, tour manager, publicist, business executive, label manager, concert promoter, artist liaison, lecturer, teacher, key note presenter, consultant, content c…

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108. Phil Bauer- Director Of New Business Development @ CD Baby. 39:00

7y ago39:00

39:00

Phil Bauer is the Director Of New Business development @ CD Baby. CD Baby is a global digital distributor of online music. The represent over 650 000 recording artists and 100 000 songwriters.

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107. Tony Boden - Artist Engagement and Booking Tours with Artery Global's Head of European Touring 42:04

7+ y ago42:04

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My guest today is Tony Boden. Tony is a UK booking agent, promoter and head of European touring at ArteryGlobal.com - a company who look after an enormous roster of artists from all over the globe. Recently I was able to sit down and have a one on one with Tony about his experiences, thoughts and opinions on the music business. And it was a great c…

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106. Benji Rogers - How To Raise Money & Create Awesome Pre-Order Campaigns For Your Creative Projects 1:21:53

7+ y ago1:21:53

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Benji Rogers is the Founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Pledge Music.com Pledge Music is a global direct-to-fan platform that helps artists raise funds and create excellent pre-order campaigns. Benji Rogers is also an accomplished musician and has been through the major label system himself. But now he is predominantly focused on helping ‘creativ…

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105. Maya Janeska - General Manager for UNFD 39:05

7+ y ago39:05

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Maya Janeska is the General Manager of UNFD - one of Australia’s leading heavy music brands – focusing on releasing and developing Rock, Metal, Punk and Hardcore music from around the world. She’s also one of the only woman to be the head of a record label in Australia. She’s got a ton of industry experience, is an extremely smart music business wo…

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104. Matt Rogers - Chief Operating Officer at UNIFIED 50:02

7+ y ago50:02

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You know, one of the many things that I absolutely love about podcasting as a medium is it’s ability, not only to network and connect with people on what is often a much deeper level, but also during that connection, the podcast format allows my guests to really dive deeper into their wealth of experiences, opinions, wisdom and knowledge. That’s wh…

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103. Eddie Meehan - How to Thoughtfully Engage with Your Fans 1:05:50

7+ y ago1:05:50

1:05:50

My guest today is Mr Eddie Meehan, and people what a great and interesting guest Eddie was. Eddie runs a company called Wonderful Union who are a multi-tiered agency that handle VIP ticketing initiatives, fan clubs, exclusive meet-and-greets and many more cool fan engagement ideas for some of the biggest names in music. We’re talking about The Tayl…

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102. Rod Yates (Rolling Stone Magazine). 58:13

7+ y ago58:13

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Rod Yates is the editor of Rolling Stone Magazine Australia. In this special edition of musicbusinessfacts.com Rod Yates will disclose strategies on how to get your music featured in major music media outlets. G’day ladies and gentlemen, Rodney Holder here and welcome to the Music Business Facts podcast the show where I do the best I can to bring y…

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101. Tommy Darker- Artistpreneur & Music Biz Educator 1:04:24

7+ y ago1:04:24

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Tommy Darker is a Greek and London-based musician and entrepreneur. A "Musicpreneur"- A term Tommy is often credited for making popular. Tommy is also a music business lecturer. Tommy lectures in music business studies at The University Of Westminster in the UK and he obviously knows his stuff. Hello and Welcome to The Music Business Facts Podcast.…

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The ASEAN fintech future is BRIGHT 25:49

8y ago25:49

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Markus GnirckBy Rob Findlay

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Talk to the power of AI in emerging markets and internal bank systems 27:12

8y ago27:12

27:12

Ayesha Khanna, CEO of Addo.ai,By Rob Findlay

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Asian Digitisation, Disintermediation, Democritisation, Decentralisation 36:04

8y ago36:04

36:04

Professor David Lee from UniSim sweeps across a fintech future in Asia, that sees a strong presence of blockchain, startups, IOT and even the incumbents. His views are based over many years of pioneering work in hedge funds, investment management, venture capital and academia.By Rob Findlay

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Meet Alexa, your new career development coach 32:30

8y ago32:30

32:30

We talk to PortfolioQuest CEO Michelle Katics on the future of learning, adapting and transforming through technology, and how we might manage our careers and businesses in future. fintechlearningalexaAIBy Rob Findlay

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100. Jaddan Comerford - Founding Owner & CEO of UNIFIED 35:20

8y ago35:20

35:20

Ladies and gentlemen, I feel very privileged to have been able to speak with Mr. Jaddan Comerford who is the founder and CEO of Unified- a music company that provides a range of services including management, label, publishing, touring, festivals and merchandise to a diverse roster of internationally recognised and awarded artists. I really do hold…

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Enabling the Women of Asia to build their Financial Futures 22:36

8y ago22:36

22:36

Anna Haotanto, CEO of TheNewSavvy.com, talks about her mission to encourage women in Asia to become financially aware, educated and empowered. ENABLING THE WOMEN OF ASIA TO BUILD THEIR FINANCIAL FUTURESBy Rob Findlay

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Applications of the Blockchain in the Asian Region 29:37

8y ago29:37

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This week we talk to Antony Lewis from R3 on the recent applications of blockchain and DLT here in Asia, and the latest developments and members of the R3 consortium.By Rob Findlay

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Building Innovation & Transformation Leadership & Cultures 30:14

8y ago30:14

30:14

Cade Tan, COO of the DBS Innovation Group, and Jon Tanner, Partner at Mitchell Lake, discuss the progress and requisite attributes banks and insurers need to gain in their talent, capability and project pipelines to endure and thrive through this disruption phase (or is it the new norm?)By Rob Findlay

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The Power of AI and Deep Learning in Banking 38:14

8y ago38:14

38:14

We talk to Ian Chapman-Banks, Founder & CEO of Sqreem Technologies, on his rise as an entrepreneur to launching in Singapore, and the impact and power of AI and date in banking.TBy Rob Findlay

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Robo-Advisors & The Asian Wealth Customer 24:46

8y ago24:46

24:46

Ned Phillips, Founder & CEO of Bambu, joins us to share his entrepreneurial journey in creating the fastest growing B2B robo advisory platform in Asia, and on the broader Asian wealth landscape. Bambu recently won the Best Early Stage Startup prize at the 2017 Next Money Fintech Finals in Hong Kong.By Rob Findlay

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99. Angela Mastrogiacomo from Muddy Paw PR 55:16

8+ y ago55:16

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Today the wonderful person that I’ve connected with is Music Publicist and PR Strategist Angela Mastrogiacomo from Muddy Paw PR- Check her services out at MuddyPawPR.com Now Angela is an absolutely wonderful person and I really enjoyed speaking with her. And we had a really awesome chat about the incredibly important topic of music publicity (surpr…

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98. Chris Gero - How to Attract & Secure Endorsements and Sponsorship Deals 57:24

8+ y ago57:24

57:24

Today I have a great treat for you. My guest today is Chris Gero. Not only is Chris a great and very humble bloke, but he’s also the Vice President of Yamaha Corporation USA. So I feel very lucky to have had the opportunity to speak with this guy and be able to share that conversation with you. Among other things Chris is also the Yamaha Artist Rel…

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97. Stephen Green - Music Publicity and How to Succeed in Your Own Media Campaigns 1:00:12

8+ y ago1:00:12

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Stephen Green is managing director of the SGC Media Group which umbrellas music marketing companies SGC, Title Track, Music Send and Collision Course (Episode 67 with Tim Price). SGC Media Group brings radio, TV, print, online and socials together to offer forward-thinking strategy and execution for labels and artists. Stephen also sits on the boar…

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96. Chuck Billy - Lead Vocalist for Testament 32:01

8+ y ago32:01

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Chuck Billy is the lead vocalist for the American pioneering thrash metal band Testament. Although Testament's line up has changed over the years, Chuck has remained one of the constant members of the band that formed way back in 1986. That’s 30 years in the music business people- A very impressive feat to still be going and to still remain relevan…

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95. Steve Palfreyman - Business Coach and founder of MusicLaunchHub.com 49:28

8+ y ago49:28

49:28

My guest today Steve Palfreyman is an artist, business coach, and entrepreneur who specialises in helping people succeed in business and music. He is the owner of MusicLaunchHub.com and recently conducted “The Music Launch Summit”, a huge and highly successful free online music business conference where he interrogated over 51 music business profes…

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94. DW Norton - Guitarist & Songwriter of Superheist 58:23

8+ y ago58:23

58:23

DW Norton is the guitarist, major songwriter, and founding member of Australian Nu Metal band Superheist. DW is also an accomplished audio engineer and producer who has worked with many successful pioneering Australian metal bands like Damaged, Destroyer 666, and my band Alchemist to name a few. During this episode we discuss numerous music busines…

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93. Budi Voogt – Entrepreneur & Digital Music Marketing Expert 53:08

8+ y ago53:08

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This episodes guest is Budi Voogt, a successful digital music marketing expert and entrepreneur. He’s also an artist manager, runs his own record label, is a prolific blogger on the music business, and runs his own music marketing academy- where he offers some great music industry online training that contains some really cool content! Budi gives a…

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92. Brent DeBoer - Drummer for The Dandy Warhols! 56:13

8+ y ago56:13

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My guest today has experienced an enormous amount of success in the music business. Brent DeBoer has been the drummer for American rock band The Dandy Warhols for over 19 years. Since moving from Portland to Australia permanently, he also plays guitar in a band called Immigrant Union. The Dandy Warhols have a new album out called Distortland and th…

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Support the 2nd Annual Podcast Marathon Kickstarter 1:09

8+ y ago1:09

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Check out the Second Annual SMG Podcast Marathon by Southgate Media Group on @Kickstarter http://kck.st/2cm9iob Thanks!

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91. Kevin Thomas - How to Improve Your Songwriting Skills 38:39

8+ y ago38:39

38:39

Kevin Thomas is the CEO of SongWritingPlanet.com - an awesome online training resource where he teaches both aspiring and established songwriters how to improve their song writing skills and reach their musical goals. Kevin is also the author of Melody Madness, a renowned book that explores in meticulous detail ways in which songwriters can master …

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90. Rosemary Anner - Generate an Incredible Income Teaching Music 32:02

8+ y ago32:02

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Rosemary Anner is a successful music teacher who has literally taught thousands of students. And through teaching music Rosemary has been able to generate an incredible income and lifestyle that has allowed her to work part time, pay off her home in under 5 years, live debt free, take regular international holidays and enjoy the lifestyle she desir…

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89. Sarah Hamilton Pt. 2 - How to Get Your Music on Spotify, Apple Music, Shazam & iTunes 1:35:06

9y ago1:35:06

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Sarah Hamilton is the Client Manager for Ditto Music Australia. Ditto are a Professional Online Music Distribution service who helps independent artists distribute their music globally to platforms such as iTunes, Spotify, Shazam and hundreds of others. So if you want to get your music aggregated online- then I can’t recommend Sarah highly enough. …

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88. Sarah Hamilton Pt. 1 - How to Distribute your Music to Online Global Platforms 47:44

9y ago47:44

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Sarah Hamilton is the Client Manager for Ditto Music Australia. Ditto are a Professional Online Music Distribution service who helps independent artists distribute their music globally to platforms such as iTunes, Spotify, Shazam and hundreds of others. If you want to get your music aggregated and streaming online- then I can’t recommend Sarah high…

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87. Bob Babisch - Promoter of the "World’s Largest Music Festival" 46:18

9y ago46:18

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Concert organisation and promotion has always been a huge passion of mine! So today I was stoked to be lucky enough to speak with a guy that’s been running one of the worlds biggest music festivals for over three decades- truly amazing! Bob Babisch is that man, and what a wonderful and down to earth bloke he is! Bob runs Summerfest- go check it out…

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86. Glen Drover - Successful Canadian Producer, Session Musician, and Metal Guitarist 45:53

9y ago45:53

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Glen Drover is a successful Canadian musician probably best known as the former lead guitarist for thrash metal icons Megadeth. He also played with King Diamond and did a couple of stints with metal acts Testament and Queensryche. He is currently a successful producer, session player and music teacher who has a lot of practical high level experienc…

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85. Paul Wiltshire - How to Buy, Sell, and License Music with Songtradr 56:02

9y ago56:02

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Paul Wiltshire has produced and composed music for a number of successful artists including The Backstreet Boys, Human Nature, Delta Goodrem, Guy Sebastian & Shannon Noll to name a few. He has also worked with hit-making production team “The Matrix” whose credits include Avril Lavigne, Korn and Hilary Duff). PAUL WILTSHIRE is also the CEO & founder…

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84. Cherie Currie - Legendary Vocalist of All-Girl Punk Band 'The Runaways' 19:21

9y ago19:21

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The Runaways are one of the most influential bands of the 70’s- certainly the most influential all girl band of any era. And my guest today is the original lead vocalist of that group- the lovely Cherie Currie, and what a story she has to tell. Like I mentioned The Runaways basically rocked the music industry to their core with their attitude fuele…

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83. Satchel - Lead Guitarist for Steel Panther 29:42

9y ago29:42

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My expert guest today is Satchel- lead guitarist for the very talented and incredibly funny American parody glam act Steel Panther. I’ve got to admit that this is definitely the most politically incorrect episode of Music Business Facts ever, but it was a lot of fun to interview this guy. Satchel’s real name is Russ Parish and I did inquire if he’d…

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82. How To Start and Operate A Successful Independent Recording Studio 39:48

9y ago39:48

39:48

My podcast today is aboutHow to Start and Operate aSuccessful Independent Recording Studio, and today Italk with not one but two guests. Rohan Sforcina and RobVasey come from an awesome little music studiojust 30 minutes drive north of Melbourne, VIC calledFour Hundered Acres Recording Studio. Youcan check out the awesome facilities by going to fou…

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81. Eyal Levi - Successful Metal Producer and Entrepreneur 58:32

9y ago58:32

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My guest today is a super interesting guy called Eyal Levi. Eyal is an ex-touring metal musician who went through the whole major label system, and now has positioned himself as not only a successful recording engineer and producer, but also as a successful sound production trainer and entrepreneur. I think you’ll really enjoy this interview regard…

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80. Matt Urmy - Founder & CEO at ArtistGrowth.com 42:48

9y ago42:48

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Matt Urmy is a former touring musician, now turned tech entrepreneur. When Matt was a touring artist he often had trouble organizing his contacts, managing finances and keeping track of gigs while on the road. Sound familiar to anyone? Anyhow, Matt actually did something about it and created a cool new web based app and company called “Artist Growt…

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79. John P. Kellogg - Assistant Chair of Music Business & Management at Berklee 36:27

9y ago36:27

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There aren’t too many people with the credentials of my guest today, Mr. John P Kellogg. John is the Assistant Chair of the Music Business/Management department at the highly acclaimed Berklee College of Music in Boston, USA. He’s also the former vocalist of the American soul funk group Cameo, and a music business attorney.…

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78. Karl Sanders - Earning a Living as a Death Metal Guitarist 31:39

9y ago31:39

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My guest today is a cool guy named Karl Sanders, who is the founding member of the American Ancient Egyptian themed, technical death metal band Nile. I’ve met Karl a number of times now whilst he’s been here in Australia and he is making a full time living as a death metal guitarist. He’s been doing that for many many years, so as usual I thought I…

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77. Maynard James Keenan - Tool frontman talks Artistry vs. Music Industry 17:28

9+ y ago17:28

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Today I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to speak with Maynard James Keenan who is probably best known for his work with his bands Tool, A Perfect Circle, and Puscifer. For those of you who don’t know Maynard is also a fully-fledged entrepreneur as well with a number of cool business ventures going on. He got a vineyard & winery as well as …

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