Category Archives for "Inner Circle Podcast"
Mastering Engineer Scott Hull, Current Streaming Rates, And Why Bands Are Disappearing On My Latest Podcast
My guest on the podcast this week is Scott Hull, who started his illustrious career in mastering at New York’s famed Master Disk studios. Rising from an assistant to chief engineer, Scott then took a series of jobs at some of New York’s other excellent mastering facilities including Classic Sound and the Hit Factory before striking out […]
Continue readingThe Native Instruments/iZotope Merger, Livestream Sales, And Audionamix GM Ellie McNeil On My Latest Podcast
My guest on the podcast this week is Ellie McNeil, who’s the general manager of the audio software company Audionamix. Audionamix uses advanced signal processing and artificial intelligence technology to extract specific elements from an audio file, including speech, vocals, drums and bass. Their top-of-the-line audio separation tech is reserved for major film studios, television networks, and […]
Continue readingViberate Co-Founder Vasja Veber, Behringer Oberheim Trademark War, And Best Social Networks 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 […]
Continue readingThe Most Hated Bands, The UK Opens Up Live Music, 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 […]
Continue readingComposer/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 […]
Continue readingRupert Neve Passes, Labels De-emphasize Radio Promo, 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 […]
Continue readingConsole 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 […]
Continue readingEngineer/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 […]
Continue readingLUFS Overview For Mixers, 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 […]
Continue readingElton John Guitarist Davey Johnstone And Taylor Guitar Given To Employees 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 […]
Continue readingAlexandra 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, […]
Continue readingInteractive Sheet Music, Rating Your Musical Taste, 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 […]
Continue reading2020 Annual Year End Review On My Inner Circle Podcast
No guest on the podcast this week, but I will be taking my annual look back at how the music world changed in 2020. Even though the pandemic dominated the headlines, there was so much more that happened in the past year. We’ll cover: Some of the serious fires that shaped our year and our future The […]
Continue readingProduction Tax Relief From Congress, Apple Music Prices, And Super Hi-Fi CEO Zack Zalon 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. […]
Continue readingDeep Fake Vocals, Miles Copeland Part 2, And AI-Driven A&R On My Latest Podcast
There’s more behind-the-scenes music business stories with former Police and Sting manger Ian Copeland, the guest on the podcast this week. Ian also created IRS Records, which was at the forefront of punk and New Wave as the home of bands like REM, The Bangles, Dead Kennedys, The Go Gos, and many others. In part 2 of […]
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