Music Business Facts- with Rodney Holder: Recent Episodes
Inspiring interviews with successful music industry experts
Successful music industry experts share their secrets, insights and strategies on how to establish a career and monetize your passion within the music business. Whether you're an aspiring performer, songwriter, manager, promoter, indie label, studio owner or music entrepreneur, every episode of music business facts will give you the industry truths on how best to succeed in the music industry.
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 in to one of those calls, where he coaches one of his students on how to make it in the modern music business.
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 management, festivals, and a lot more. We also have a brief conversation about Soundwave and the demise of Australia’s largest metal festival. As well as a bit of a chat about AJ Maddah - the colourful character who ran Soundwave.
Chris is a very knowledgeable guy who has a lot of experience in the business so without further delay - I really hope you enjoy my conversation with Chris O’Brien- General Manager for Destroy All lines.
Well there you have it folks I hope you got something out of that discussion with Chris. Once again some recurring themes about believing in yourself, having a positive mindset, working hard, have realistic expectations. And if you’d like to connect with Chris O’Brien go to:
https://www.facebook.com/whatavibemanagement/
Or
chris.obrien@destroyalllines.com
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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 from judgement. A rising tide raises all ships. Let's not compete in a race to the bottom, but push each other to greater heights instead!
Join Business Skills for Composers here
- Just under 5000 members.
- My first 4 way live interview.
- 3 of the admins of the group.
- Sebastian Wolff - Seattle based, licencing & royalties.
- Chris Boardman - University lecturer at University of Miami
- Xiao’an Li - (C Ow Anne) - Live presentations
During the interview we discuss a number of cool topics such as:
- Song writing
- Royalties
- Music for film, TV and games
- Commissions
- Copyright and intellectual property in the United States
- Music licensing
- Performance rights organisations
- Business skills
- Opportunities for composers - like creating audio brands
- A.I
- And especially interesting, as the conversation has a US focus, the differences within different territories
So without further delay here’s my conversation with Sebastian Wolff, Chris Boardman, and Xiao’an Li from Business Skills For Composers. I hope you enjoy it!
Also, I’ve started my own music business Facebook group. I’ve called it the Music Industry Entrepreneurs Association and we're having some cool discussions in there. If you’d like to check it out then visit www.miea.biz
Thanks so much again for listening. I really appreciate your support and I hope you got something out of today’s episode. If you haven’t already subscribed to the show - search me in either iTunes or Stitcher Radio and that way you’ll never miss an episode.
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 in digital music servicing, management, consultancy, publicity, label services, and event production.
Rare Finds is also a subsidiary of Chugg Entertainment and for those of you who don’t know - Michael Chugg is a behemoth of a player in The Aussie music scene. They call Chuggy “The Godfather Of Australian Touring”.
And I was actually lucky enough to interview Michael Chugg way back in episode 3 of Music Business Facts: http://www.musicbusinessfacts.net/?s=michael+chugg
Now that one is still an awesome interview but it’s frigging hilarious.
Anyhow, here’s my interview with Rob Carroll of Rare Finds- I hope you enjoy it.
- 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 when they are looking to get their music played on Triple J.
This information could also obviously be used when pitching music to any radio station throughout the world.
There is also a free report which is the highlights of the interview. This can be obtained from www.musicbusinessfacts.com/triplej
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.
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 opportunities for your music, shows and clients.
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 creator and social media manager.
On this episode of The Music Business Facts podcast Tim discusses the roles he performs to bring multiple streams of income into his business.
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.
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 conversation.
In this episode we talk about being a booking agent, what they do, how to become one, being a concert promoter and all of the risks you face as a promoter - after all concert promoters are the ‘gamblers’ of the music business.
Tony’s doing some great things in the music industry and I hope you’ll agree that this is yet another interesting and informative episode of Music Business Facts.
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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 ‘creatives’ raise the money required to bring their projects to life through his Pledge Music platform.
So I encourage all of you to check out the cool shit going on over at https://www.pledgemusic.com/
Today, when I looked you’ve got artists like Black Sabbath using the platform right down to a stack of indie acts I’ve never heard of. Anyhow check out Pledge Music!
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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 woman, and as she told me prior to our conversation, she practices Krav Maga so you wouldn’t want to mess with her!
Anyhow a few weeks back I was lucky enough to catch up with Maya at the BigSound Music Conference where I was able to ask her a ton of questions about the industry, her opinions, and about the ins and outs of running a successful record label.
I really enjoyed meeting and talking with Maya and I hope you’ll agree that my conversation with her exposes a ton of music business gold nuggets. In fact if you’re interested I’ve created a free PDF of Maya Janeska’s Top 8 Music Business Tips and Strategies. And you can get hold of that report on Maya’s show notes page at www.musicbusinessfacts.com
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 what this podcast is all about people! To enable in-depth practical learning, for both myself and for you, and to get educated about the music business from some of the smartest minds and heaviest hitters in the industry.
I think today’s episode of Music Business Facts really highlights all of that with my interview with Matt Rogers- The Chief Operating Officer From The UNIFIED Music Group.
Now, if you’ve never heard of Matt, as I mentioned he’s The COO of UNIFIED. I found Matt to be a really cool guy, a really smart guy, (he’s also a music lawyer), humble and welcoming. In this conversation he digs deep into some really interesting and important topics, including the importance of protecting the value of copyright and getting legislators on side to protect the industry.
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 Taylor Swift’s, The Justin Bieber’s, The Back Street Boys & The Drake’s of this world, just to name a few.
Wonderful Union is not only working with these titans of the industry, they’re also always looking for new artists on the rise. So check out Eddie’s company at wonderfulunion.com.
Now as you’ll hear, Eddie is not only a really down to earth guy but also a really smart and inspiring businessman. And I really enjoyed my conversation with Eddie as I learnt a ton of really cool shit about music business monetisation methods and strategies. So a lot of really cool music biz education take-away’s in this episode people!
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 you the truths about trying to monetise your passion for the music biz.
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Ok a few months back I ran an online summit where some of my music industry expert mates came on and gave some lectures. And today I’m replaying one such lecture with my good buddy Rod Yates who is the editor of Rolling Stone Magazine Australia.
Rod and I go back many years, we’re both from good old Canberra, and Rod and I played shows when my band Alchemist played gigs with his band who were called Henry’s Anger, and they were a great band- go and google em.
Anyhow Rod has now become a gate keeper if you like for one of the world’s most prestigious music print media brands. He’s the editor of Rolling Stone Magazine Australia, and even during this hectic period of digital disruption, Rolling Stone seems to be holding it’s own.
So I suppose this talk is a bit of an interrogation. I branded it as How To Get Your Music Featured In Major Music Outlets. And I think Rod gives a pretty good insight into how to go about trying to do that so I hope you enjoy the replay.
And without further delay- here’s my presentation with Rod Yates from Rolling Stone Magazine Australia.
Well there you have it ladies and gents. I hope you agree that there’s some pretty good take away’s from that discussion.
As always I’d love to know your thoughts and you can hit me up at facebook.com/musicbusinessfacts.
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Ok until next time people thanks so much for listening, I really appreciate your time and again, I hope you got some value from the presentation.
Until the next episode here’s today’s quote.
Without vision, even the most focused passion is a battery without a device.
Ken Auletta
This is Rodney Holder for musicbusinessfacts.com
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.
I’m Rodney Holder and it’s my mission to, as best as possible, try and discover the intricacies and realities of how to monetize your passion for the music business.
So whether you’re a songwriter, a performer, a manager or an agent, a promoter or a publisher, you run a label or any other entrepreneurial venture trying to commercially succeed in and around the music industry, or perhaps you’re a student of the music business, then this podcast is absolutely for you. I have made this show for you so welcome,
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Ok today’s guest and Music Business Expert is Tommy Darker.
Tommy Darker is a Greek and London-based musician and entrepreneur. A Musicpreneur- A term Tommy is often credited for making popular. And like me 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.
And Tommy’s also got some really cool free resources over at his website at tommydarker.com. Marketing Plans, and business model case studies, and a variety of great stuff so I do encourage you to check it all out out over at www.tommydarker.com so go and grab some quality freebies there.
Anyhow in this episode I had a great chat with Tommy where we discuss a number of interesting things and takeaways for you guys including music business models, marketing strategies, goal setting, music education, and a whole lot more good stuff.
So I really hope you enjoy our conversation as much as I enjoyed conducting it.
So without further ado, here’s my chat with Tommy Darker. Please enjoy.
So there you go guys I hope you learnt something from my talk with Tommy.
And again, if you are interested in hearing Tommy present his “How To Make A Profit Performing Live In 100 Days”, he’ll be hosting that presentation with Gabi Huckins who is a licensing expert who looks after the catalogues of artists like The Rolling Stones and Black Sabbath. So that’s going to be very cool and very high level information.
So if that’s something that you’re interested in attending then head over to https://www.musicpreneur.live/mbf and enter the code MFB20 to receive $20 off the admission price.
And don’t forget that it’s not just going to be a great Masterclass, it’s also going to be a 100-day challenge, where you join, you’ll be forced to have identified revenue streams for your live performances, drafted a mini-tour plan, and prepared a strategy to make a profit by performing. And it’ll all be backed up with feedback from the instructor and you’ll also receive an accountability partner. And I’m going to be one of those partners so I think it’s a really interesting idea that will really educate and motivate you to getting you closer to undertaking a profitable live performance or tour within 100 days.
And yes it is a paid course, the package starts at $97, but as Tommy and I discussed in this podcast, music education is expensive, at least here in Australia, and if you do want to learn from industry experts, and you would like some professional accountability to hold you towards implementing your goals, then it is such a minimal investment and if you’re serious about your career you should be prepared to back yourself and invest in your own education.
So once again, musicpreneur.live/mbf with a checkout code of mbf20 to receive $20 off the price.
As always all of this information is available in the show notes over at music business facts.com, and you can always get in touch with me at facebook.com/musicbusinessfacts.
And I love hearing from people who listen to the show so pop over and say g’day.
This podcast as always is always free and if you’d like to support me in any way shape or form you can show your appreciation over at https://www.paypal.me/musicbusinessfacts
And people if you’re undertaking any venture where you are trying to provide value to people’s lives then I encourage you to setup a free paypal.me account that enables your super fans to help you out financially if they desire.
As Amanda Palmer discussed in her awesome Ted Talk – Don’t ask people to pay, give people ways to pay if they have received enough value that they want to.
And thanks to everyone who has contributed to the show.
Ok it’s great to back and I look forward to talking to you all again soon on the next episode of Music Business Facts.
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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 Jaddan in high regard. As I mention in the interview I get to meet so many aspiring music business wanna-be’s, particularly in the Australian heavy music scene, and very few are able to go on with a career, let alone start up an enormously successful company that services most facets of the music business.
As always I love hearing from you people so if you’d like to ever reach out you can email me at Rodney@musicbusinessfacts.com or or you get in contact via social media:
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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 (surprise surprise). And as I often do- I threw in a few tricky and personal questions, and in this interview Angela gave me some awesome and really honest answers. She also provides a fantastic look into the world of what it’s like to be a music publicist, and gives some great advice for any of you people when it comes to using a publicist’s services.
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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 Relations Executive and the founder of the Yamaha Entertainment Group. He is a Record Label Executive, Concert Producer, Film Director and Record Producer.
He's a really smart guy, and as I mentioned- very humble! During this interview, Chris gives me some really great insights and tips on how to approach potential sponsors- what to do and more importantly what not to do. We speak about a lot of other really cool stuff too but I really think that the gold in this conversation is Chris’ advice and take-aways about how to play it when you’re looking to get a sponsorship or endorsement.
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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 board of QMusic and ICIP, is a Music Australia councilor and is a previous BIGSOUND programmer.
If you’re listening to this and you’ve got the thought that you might like to become a publicist- there’s a ton of great information. In fact just the other day I was speaking with one of my music business diploma students who was considering publicity as a career after study, and after I played him this exact interview his mind was made up!
I'd love to hear what you though of the episode, you can contact me at Rodney@musicbusinessfacts.com
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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 relevant in the often superficial world that is the music industry.
As you’ll hear in my interview, one of the super important reasons that Chuck, along with his long standing band mate Eric Peterson have been able to continue with Testament, and continue making money, is because they learned about the music business.
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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 professionals on success strategies for the music industry. This included managers, agents, publicists, promoters, marketers, industry specialists and entrepreneurs- it really was incredible and highly educational!
I thought I’d get Steve on the show to introduce him to you, find out a little bit about him and see if I could get some of the takeaways he learned from speaking with so many high level music industry pro’s, and Steve was very happy to oblige.
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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 business related topics including copyright ownership, line up changes, record deals, music publishing, and the huge mistakes that Superheist made.
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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 great interview and I think he gave you guys some very interesting, and I would say cutting edge, marketing strategies to consider and possibly implement. So listen intently to this one!
I always love your feedback and you can always hit me up at Rodney@musicbusinessfacts.com or on Facebook at Music Business Facts.
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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 they are about to embark on an Australian tour in October. For all details on the tour you can visit my show notes page over at musicbusinessfacts.com.
If you have would like to discuss anything Brent talked about, I’d love to hear from you. Let me know at Rodney@musicbusinessfacts.com or you can get me at facebook.com/musicbusinessfacts.
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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 the often-elusive process of melody writing.
Song Writing Planet, provides video courses and training to help aspiring songwriters reach their musical goals.
Kevin will provide some free live online training on:
- Wednesday August 24th at 6pm USA Time (Thursday 25th at 11am AEST Sydney Time)
- Thursday August 25st 7pm AEST Sydney Time
His lecture is titled, "How To Dramatically Improve Your Song writing Skills And Write Significantly Better Music". For more info head the show notes at MusicBusinessFacts.com
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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 desires. As a struggling music student, Rosemary experienced a variety of low-paying student jobs, which only fuelled her commitment to making music her sole source of income.
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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.
You can contact Sarah at sarah@dittomusic.com and tell her Rodney sent you. I promise you she’ll do an amazing job.
Today I present to you Sarah’s awesome presentation she delivered at my online music business summit aptly titled “How To Successfully get your Music Online and Heard”.
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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 highly enough. You can contact Sarah at sarah@dittomusic.com and tell her Rodney sent you. I promise you she’ll do an amazing job!
Sarah is also the creator of an amazingly cool and informative blog OneofOne.com.au where she features the profiles of successful women in the Australian music scene. Go and check it out!
And a few months back Sarah also gave an incredible lecture at my online Music Business Summit on how to get your music online. So today's podcast with Sarah will be part one of a two part feature on Sarah. So make sure you catch part two which will be out in the very near future.
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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 at summerfest.com
He has worked in the music industry for 41 years – 37 of them booking Summerfest, “The World’s Largest Music Festival” in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In that time Babisch has booked some of the biggest acts on the planet including Paul McCartney, Sting, Peter Gabriel, Pearl Jam, Tina Turner, and Prince.
If you'd like to get in contact with me, or if I can ever help you, or you have some ideas for guests or topics that you’d like me to cover then hit me up at Rodney@musicbusinessfacts.com
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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 experience in the music business.
If you enjoyed this episode I'd love to hear from you. You can contact me at Rodney@musicbusinessfacts.com and at all the following links:
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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 of Songtradr, a marketplace platform for trading and licensing music rights. The platform solves the difficulties and problems associated with rights transactions and provides creators and owners with a single destination to manage their business.
If you enjoyed this episode please let me know by getting in contact via the usual methods or email me at: Rodney@musicbusinessfacts.com
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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 fueled performances and sexually explicit lyrics- all being fronted by a 15 year old Cherie Currie. They were wild, and drug fueled, and presented to the world as basically 'jailbait'! If you’ve seen the awesome film titled “The Runaways”, which is partially based on Currie’s brutally honest memoir then you’ll know what I’m talking about. And if you haven’t seen it – go see it!
Cherie is touring Australia in a few weeks so if you’re interested her show dates are available in the show notes at: musicbusinessfacts.com!
I hope you enjoy my conversation with this living rock legend.
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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 be interested in doing a “serious” interview, but he wasn’t, so when I realised that I’d be speaking with the character “Satchel” I thought I’d have a bit of fun with it and have a bit of a crack at comedy myself. So don’t take this episode of the show too seriously!
Although, there are actually a couple of good music business facts in this interview, most of it is just a bit of fun so I really hope you enjoy it.
Steel Panther are touring Australia next month in June. If you haven’t seen them live before they are an excellent band, kind of a cross between Motley Crue, Skid Row, Van Halen and Rodney Rude- It’s a great show and if you like your 80’s metal performed flawlessly and delivered in a hilarious R rated manner you’ll love Steel Panther!
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My podcast today is about Ho*w to Start and Operate a Successful Independent Recording Studio,* and today I talk with not one but two guests.
Rohan Sforcina and Rob Vasey come from an awesome little music studio just 30 minutes drive north of Melbourne, VIC called Four Hundered Acres Recording Studio. You can check out the awesome facilities by going to fourhundredacres.com, or by visiting the show notes at www.musicbusinessfacts.com
The guys run a great little studio and this is a cool interview where Rohan and Rob give a fantastic no-holds-barred insight into what it’s like to start and run a studio. And for those musos who aren’t necessarily interested in starting a studio- keep listening because Rohan and Rob give some fantastic tips that anyone who is about to enter the studio needs to hear.
As always I'd love to hear feedback from all of you, get in contact at: Rodney@musicbusinessfacts.com
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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 regardless of whether you’re coming from a performance, songwriting angle or from the sound production sector.
As always, I love to hear from all of you. So hit me up with any questions or comments at: Rodney@musicbusinessfacts.com
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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 Growth”.
Artist Growth is a great web based app that helps musicians and managers streamline the touring process. It’s designed to help you sort your finances, merchandise, royalties and much more, all in one place that’s always available online. And it’s also a great discovery tool where record company A&R reps can also potentially find your stuff as well!
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.
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’d pick his brain about the music business facts and see what he had to share.
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 interests in Caduceus Cellars, an LA restaurant, Cobras Matadors, and owns an organic produce market. Plus he’s an excellent musician. And he kicks butt in Brazilian jujitsu. Quite the achiever!
Today I’ve got another great guest on the show- And today it’s International licensing expert Aaron Davison, and I thought I’d make this episode of Music Business facts a bit of a focus on music licensing. Music licensing is not only a powerful promotional tool for your music but can potentially be really lucrative in terms of making some good bucks.
In this episode of Music Business Facts, Tom and Rodney really just shoot the breeze about the music business, podcasting, and a whole heap of other cool stuff! Tom Sabella is all the way over in Nashville, Tennessee and runs a podcast called “The Business Side OF Music” And you can check his stuff out over at www.page2management.com
Mike Portnoy is an extremely technically proficient drummer primarily known as the skin hitter for the prog metal act Dream Theatre. He is the second youngest person (after Neil Peart) to be inducted into the Modern Drummer's Hall of Fame (at 37 years of age). Mike has also played in numerous other musical projects including his latest project Metal Allegiance, collaborative super group with David Ellefson from Megadeth and Alex Skolnick from Testament.
Eric Grothe Jnr is a former Australian Rugby League player who played the game for fourteen seasons at the highest level including spots on both the Australian Rep side and the New South Wales State of Origin side.
Post his football career Eric Grothe Jnr has now established himself as one of the leading authorities on the social media platform Instagram.
This episode of Music Business Facts grills Eric for his top tips and strategies when using Instagram for business.
Zakk Wylde is an American guitarist, songwriter and entrepreneur who first rose to prominence as the guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne. He later went on to found the successful rock-metal band Black Label Society, as well as a number of successful business ventures.
This is part two of my interview with super cool Eclipse record label founder and and President Mr Chris Poland. And on Eclipse you find such cool bands like A Breach of Silence, Mushroomhead, Our Last Enemy to name a few.
Chris Poland is the founder and president of Indie American Record label “Eclipse Records”. Chris believes that a record company should try to work on making each album "hit material", instead of merely putting out as many albums as possible to gain recognition.
Dave Lombardo is a powerhouse drumming pioneer who literally changed the face of heavy metal music. His attack, speed, aggression and ingenuity on the double bass drums contributed to help make his old band Slayer, one of the most influential metal bands ever.
My guests are Camille Cannings & Katie Jane Zahra. Camille and Katie are the co-founders of a Brisbane-based artist management company called ‘Sidekick’ Management. I recently caught up with Camille and Katie at The Bigsound Music Industry conference and showcase last month here in Brisbane Australia.
Tim Price is an independent Music professional who runs a few companies including a management business - Pricewar Music, as well as a PR business Collision Course. And he does a whole lot more, Tim has been a drummer, a stage manager, artist liaison, graphic designer and much more. And Tim’s currently getting some great results. He’s really helping some hot new up and coming artists and he makes a full time living doing this from his music businesses, and that’s what this entire podcast is all about- uncovering the Music Business Facts.
My interview today was conducted at the recent BigSound conference and is with a great guy called Adrian Kelly. And Adrian runs an independent artist management company called NMA Management. So obviously I wanted to hear his take on how it all goes down in this crazy business.
My guest today is Chris O’Neil. Chris is the National Manager of the Writer services department for APRA- Which is The Australaisian Performing Right Association. And they are closely affiliated with AMCOS- Who are the Australiasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society. If your serious about a career in the music business then you not only need to know what both of those acronyms stand for, but you also need to know what the organisations do.
Ex Skid Row front man Sebastian Bach talks to Rodney Holder from musicbusinessfacts.com
Sebastian is one of the great rock metal voices of our time and is also a legitimate businessman in his own right.
With over 20 million records sold and 30 years experience in the music business Sebastian Bach certainly has the credentials to discuss the Music Business Facts!
Dave Haley is one of Australia's most accomplished and recognised metal drummers.
He is also the manager for his extreme metal band Psycroptic.
Additionally Dave run's music events, tours international bands, teaches drums, tour manages, and invests in property.
Dave has never had a real job and makes a great living from his passion of drums and heavy metal music.
Some great insights in this interview with Rodney Holder from Music Business Facts!
My guest today is Martine Cotton who is the founder and director of music industry professional development resource/community website: www.musicindustryinsideout.com.au, A site that contains free, weekly how-to articles and premium course video interviews with successful working music industry figures, all explaining best contemporary practice. MIIO seeks to deliver authentic, real world music industry training and mentoring for the Australian music industry - not just musicians but their teams: managers, publicists, labels, event managers and much more.
Def Leppard are an English rock act who have sold 100 million records.
They've been awarded the prestigious Record Industry Association of America "Diamond Record Sales Certification" twice. Including (2 X separate records selling over $10 million records each).
Guitarist Phil Collen has achieved everything that any young kid who has ever played a band has ever dreamed of!
Here are The Music Business Facts according to Phil Collen.
Enjoy
Burton C. Bell is a veteran of the music business and in this episode of Music Business Facts he shares a plethora of stories on the music business. He is the vocalist for American heavy music act Fear Factory. Burton is attributed to first successfully mixing "clean" vocals into the style of death metal. A great insight on what to do and what not to do in the music business.
In today’s episode I’m absolutely stoked to be bringing you my interview with legendary metal guitarist, vocalist and songwriter Max Cavelera.
Max and his ex band Sepultura where a huge influence on me personally and my band Alchemist back in the day.
Max’s story is a really interesting one because Sepultura were once well on the way to becoming one of the biggest metal bands on the planet. Just at the peak of their career- the band split with Max due to the fact that they were going to sack their manager who also happened to be Max’s wife.
Max has gone on to become involved in numerous exciting heavy music projects including Nailbomb, Soulfly, Cavelera Conspiracy, and Killer Be Killed.
Anyhow I really love this interview as Max goes into some of the huge music business mistakes he’s made in his career like simply being naïve regarding contracts, not knowing the intricacies of understanding name and brand protection, getting ripped off and a whole lot more.
He also has a dig at The current line up of Sepultura who are still performing and touring under the Monicker that Max and his brother Igor started all those years ago.
Anyhow lots of music business lessons in this one. Hope you enjoy the episode.
Let me know on Twitter.com/musicbizfacts. And share the link around with all your metal buddies if you think they may enjoy the episode.
Welcome to Music Business Facts – The podcast where Rodney Holder talks to successful music industry professionals and debates the facts about the music industry.
Today's guest is Mr. Dani Filth- Lead vocalist for the very successful and often controversial gothic horror vampire black- metal band- Cradle of Filth.
In this conversation Danny shares his views and opinions on the music biz as well as some great take away advice on how to get the attention from big industry players.
On July 14 2015 Rodney Holder spoke with successful artist manager Gregg Donovan during a live webinar Titled "How To Successfully Self-Manage Your Music Career & Thrive In The Music Business".
This is a replay of that presentation including a live Q&A session with Gregg after the presentation.
At the end of the presentation Rodney and Gregg invited attendees to join their mentorship and education program. An online course titled "The Art Of Artist Management".
This is an 8 week online step by step guide to artist management and artist self management. Including Q&A with Gregg.
If you are interested in the course you can register at www.artofartistmanagement.com or contact rodney@musicbusinessfacts.com
Dan Biddle is a successful artist manager who formed TCO Artists (Taking Care Of Artists) in January2014 to handle Management for The McClymonts & The Adam Eckersley Band.
He had previously held various marketing, promo &sales roles at Sony Music, Universal Music &BMG since 1998.
Dan is also a member of theAmericana Association Australian Advisory Board.
A great interview about breaking into management and implementing management strategies.
Legendary Pantera drummer and producer Vinnie Paul speaks with Rodney Holder of Music Business Facts about the state of the music industry, investing in strip clubs, and other entrepreneurial business ventures.
Behemoth are an extreme metal act from Poland. They are excellent musicians with a very strong visual presentation and image. Their music, videos, artwork, live performances are all very nihilistic and horrific- Stuff the metal kids really love.
I was absolutely stoked to secure this interview with band leader and main man "Nergal" because this guy is not only a modern extreme metal cult figure, but also a fully fledged entrepreneur with his fingers in numerous and various business ventures.
Apart from exploiting the standard music income streams like shows, touring, physical & digital music sales and merchandise (which Behemoth do exceptionally well), Nergal is also an accomplished entrepreneur with numerous other businesses outside of his band including a bar/night club and two barber shops, plus overseeing licensing ventures with beer brewers and a whole lot more.
Adam "Nergal" Darski is Black Metal's Behemoth Entrepreneur.
Enjoy!
Corinna Essa is the CEO of Social Media Worldwide, a company who not only specialises in social media but also operates a boutique social media service who can "be your voice". Her company can effectively organise and run your social media accounts & campaigns.
In this episode of Music Business Facts we discuss:
General marketing tips,
Social media marketing techniques to build your audience,
Mistakes bands make when using social media,
Strategies to make money from the internet including how to make money using twitter,
Affiliate marketing
And a whole lot more!
Enjoy!
Mikael Akerfeldt is the lead vocalist and main songwriter of Swedish death, progressive, rock, alternative band Opeth.
In this episode of www.musicbusinessfacts.com Mikael gives his insights into the music business based on his extensive industry experience.
Yngwie Malmsteen has been blowing minds across the globe with his incredible guitar skills and showmanship for over 35 years.
In this episode of Music Business Facts - Yngwie speaks with Rodney Holder about the "business" of being the "shredder's shedder", and sustaining such an awesome career for so many years.
A great insight into the business of one of the world's greatest and most influential guitarists.
In today's episode of Music business Facts I am lucky enough to briefly speak with legendary and influential guitarist Ace Frehley- The original (and best) space man from rock Gods KISS.
This is obviously an interesting episode of MBF because Ace doesn't care too much to talk about music business or money- preferring to outsource that stuff to his lawyers and personal assistances.
Nonetheless it's still a super exciting episode where we discuss things like royalties, trademarks, merchandise, relationships with Gene and Paul and more. Enjoy
Jon Coghill was the rock solid drummer for very successful Australian rock band Powderfinger.
In this interview with Rodney Holder from Music Business Facts Jon discusses the inner business workings of the very successful rock band.
Much is discussed including earnings the band made, management, touring, image and much more. Enjoy!
In this interview Bill talks about his career as a professional full time musician making a living playing extreme heavy metal.
He also discusses how the band is self managed by bass player Jeff Walker. And how money is his secondary motivation to his overwhelming urge to play music.
A nicer guy you couldn't meet and a legend of the extreme music movement!
Today I was lucky enough to speak with Shane Embury from the legenday noise/grindcore/metal act- Napalm Death.
In this episode Shane Embury talks with Rodney Holder about the "Business" of Grindcore!
Twenty seven years making a living playing extreme metal with Napalm Death.
If anybody has the credentials to talk about succeeding in the music business it's Dave Ellefson.
Dave Ellefson has experienced enormous success in the music business that many can only dream of.
His band Megadeth is truely one of the great success stories in the history of heavy and thrash metal.
In this interview Dave talks about that success, as well as offering numerous cool strategies for doing music business in 2015
A must listen!
Jason Fuller speaks to Rodney Holder about his professional career in the music business.
Jason is veteran of the Australian heavy music scene who has played in his rock and roll grindcore band "Blood Duster" for over twenty three years.
Jason is a song writer, performer, manager, publicist, promoter, producer, studio owner, comedian and entrepreneur.
This is an action packed episode about a DIY punk rock ethos had to evolve to music business entrepreneurship in order to survive the insanely crazy music industry.
Devin Townsend is a legendary metal song writer, guitarist, vocalist, producer and label owner. In this episode of Music Business Facts Devin speaks to Rodney Holder about the realities of what it's like to be a professional musician.
Today I'm happy to present to you today my interview with one of Australia’s leading marketing experts Mr. Tim Reid.
Tim’s an authority on marketing as well as a bit of a celebrity in the podcasting world. He runs his own very informative marketing show called “Small Business Big Marketing, which I strongly suggest you go and check out.
So in this interview I just thought it would be cool to have a casual chat with Tim and pick his brains on marketing topics.
During the conversation we discuss things like:
What is Marketing, the difference between concepts like Publicity, Promotion, Public relations and Advertising. Not to mention publicity stunts and marketing strategies.
Enjoy
Peter Clarke is a drummer whose big music break came when he moved to the US with up and coming guitarist Keith Urban.
In this episode of Music Business facts Peter tells the story of the trials and tribulations of trying to break into the world's biggest music market and the subsequent success that followed.
After Peter had parted ways with Keith Urban he also performed with other legendary Australian artists such as Leigh Kernaghan and Doc Neeson's Angles.
A great music business story. Enjoy
The Gympie Muster is a music Festival held just outside of the town of Gympie in Queensland Australia.
Now in it's 33rd year it is the largest camping charity music festival in Australia, attracting over 50000 people.
In this episode of Music Business Facts I interview a variety of professionals working at The Muster, including full time musicians, sound engineers, lighting technicians and more.
I ask the big questions and I find out how to become a professional in their particular field, what it's like to work in that industry, and much more.
So if you're interested in becoming a professional audio engineer, lighting tech, voice over artist or musician- listen in and enjoy!
Rod Yates is the editor of Rolling Stone Magazine Australia.
He has over fifteen years experience writing for music publications like Kerrang, Hot Metal, Empire magazine and numerous other street press. (Not to mention playing bass in his own band).
In today's episode I ask the big Question- "How does one get their act featured in a magazine as prestigious as "rolling Stone".
The answer sure surprised me!.
Enjoy!
Lochlan Watt is my guest today and Lochlan is the presenter for Triple J’s heavy music program “The Racket”.
Lochalan is also a vocalist in a band, a promoter, he books tours both locally and nationally, he runs a record label, and he works for an international record company. He’s a great guy who is one of those kind of industry people who is always doing something.
In this episode we discuss things like:
Will radio stations like JJJ survive?
Artists writing to a JJJ formula simply to get played?
How to get played on Triple J?
How promoters can secure a Triple J presents?
Bands bribing him to be played on Triple J
How to get your band interviewed on JJJ
Enjoy!
Lochlan Watt is my guest today and Lochlan is the presenter for Triple J’s heavy music program “The Racket”.
Lochalan is also a vocalist in a band, a promoter, he books tours both locally and nationally, he runs a record label, and he works for an international record company. He’s a great guy who is one of those kind of industry people who is always doing something.
In this episode we discuss things like:
Will radio stations like JJJ survive?
Artists writing to a JJJ formula simply to get played?
How to get played on Triple J?
How promoters can secure a Triple J presents?
Bands bribing him to be played on Triple J
How to get your band interviewed on JJJ
That and so much more.
Enjoy!
Andy Farrow is a successful artist manager from the UK who formed Northern Music Co. in 1988.
Coming from a DIY punk rock ethic Andy possesses vast music business knowledge that spreads across all aspects of the industry.
After over 20 years in the business he has had consistent success with predominantly rock-orientated acts, achieving over thirty Top 30 Album chart positions and sales in excess of three million.
Currently Andy is managing artists like Opeth, Devin Townsend and Paradise Lost to name a few.
Andy states:
We aim to develop long-term, international careers for our acts and fight against the often short-term nature of the music industry.
An inspiring and super informative interview with one of the UK's coolest managers.
Enjoy!
My guest today is Mr. John Lee Dumas.
John is an American entrepreneur who produces a daily podcast- That’s right- 7 days a week 365 days per year!
His show is called Entrepreneur on Fire or EOFire and John interviews successful entrepreneurs from all walks of life!
This interview really had me pumped because John is such a successful entrepreneur. He has an amazing work ethic, he produces awesome quality content, and he is continually and enthusiastically chasing his passions- all of the attributes anyone would require when trying to succeed in the brutally competitive world that is the music industry.
John is also making a six figure income every month! So I strongly suggest you go and check out one of his shows at eofire.com- they’re always interesting and informative and full of value.
So this episode of Music Business Facts is definitely about the Business!
I thought it would be interesting to hear how such a successful business mind would approach a career in the music industry.
Hope you enjoy the interview as it’s jam packed full of what John would call “value bombs”!
Enjoy
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Today’s episode is the third and final part of my talk with Gregg Donovan- Music manager to artists like Airbourne, Grinspoon, Boy and Bear and Josh Pyke.
If you haven’t listened to parts one and two I strongly suggest you go back and listen to them because Gregg's knowledge of the music industry and artist management is just awesome and inspiring!. Enjoy
Gregg Donovan started his career as a drummer, then became a manager and promoter in Canberra Australia.
Gregg was always that guy who was incredibly motivated. He was always putting up posters and promoting shows and bands..
Eventually he moved to Sydney and got a job as the office boy for successful promoter Steve Pavlovic of Pav Presents.
He soon worked his way up to become a tour manager and was soon touring with artists like Fugazi, The Beastie Boys, NOFX, Ben Harper, Pearl Jam, Ricky Martin, Shania Twain, At The Drive In, The Mars Volta, Deftones, Lily Allen, The Happy Mondays and Muse to name a few.
In 2007 Gregg started a management company called Wonderlick Entertainment and currently oversees the careers of artists like Boy & Bear, Airbourne, Grinspoon, Josh Pyke to name just a few.
This is part 2 of a fantastic lecture where Gregg gives a masterclass in artist management.
Enjoy
Gregg Donovan started his career as a drummer, then became a manager and promoter in Canberra Australia.
Gregg was always that guy who was incredibly motivated. He was always putting up posters and promoting shows and bands.
Eventually he moved to Sydney and got a job as the office boy for successful promoter Steve Pavlovic of Pav Presents.
He soon worked his way up to become a tour manager and was soon touring with artists like Fugazi, The Beastie Boys, NOFX, Ben Harper, Pearl Jam, Ricky Martin, Shania Twain, At The Drive In, The Mars Volta, Deftones, Lily Allen, The Happy Mondays and Muse to name a few.
In 2007 Gregg started a management company called Wonderlick Entertainment and currently oversees the careers of artists like Boy & Bear, Airbourne, Grinspoon, and Josh Pyke to name just a few.
This is a fantastic lecture where Gregg gives a masterclass in music business studies.
Enjoy
My guest today is Dave Lombardo \m/
For those of you who’ve never heard of Dave- He is an absolute smashing machine behind the drum kit.
He’s performed on numerous great records with other high caliber musicians such as Mike Patton and John Zorn to name a few.
Dave is however best known for his work as the original drummer of pioneering American thrash metal band “Slayer”.
Dave’s drumming is astonishingly innovative, and over the past twenty-five years, his style has influenced generations of hard, fast and heavy hitting metal drummers.
Dave Lombardo is one of the few musicians I know who can claim to have significantly changed the face of a music genre. His music has advanced the boundaries of heavy metal music.
In this interview Dave gives a very personal account of some of his business experiences with Slayer, as well as offers some inspiring advice to anyone attempting to make it in the music industry.
A must listen podcast!
Enjoy!
Tyrone Noonan is an Australian musician, best known for his vocals, guitars, keyboards and songwriting in the multi platinum selling Aussie band George.
This podcast is a great insight into commercial success & the major label experience.
Enjoy!
Dan Graetz is a documentary filmmaker who has just released a great mini documentary called “The Truth about Money in Music”.
His film is a really cool and honest look at musicians and the money they make, (or don't make) as told through the eyes of some popular up and coming Australian Artists.
For example one artist on the day his band was nominated for an ARIA award (Australian Record Industry Association), applied for a job at McDonalds just to pay the bills!
Anyhow I thought it would be really interesting to speak with Dan about the film and the brutal "real" issues this film raises.
Some great points raised in the film are discussed in this episode of Music Business Facts.
Enjoy!
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My guest today is Tim Charles from Melbourne metal act Neobliviscaris.
Tim is a music business entrepreneur who not only plays in his band, but also has his own entertainment company, and is a manager, booking agent and promoter.
In my opinion the most interesting thing currently about Tim and his band is the fact that they have just smashed the Australian record for a crowd funding campaign- asking their fans to help them raise $40K to help them fund their world tour, and hitting just shy of $65K as of the production of this podcast.
The really cool thing is that the campaign still has around 40 days to go so it’s going to be very interesting to see what their final figure ends at, and again, if you’d like to check them out and suss their campaign, all the details are in the show notes for this episode at www.musicbusinessfacts.com
Anyhow I learnt a ton of stuff in this interview with Tim. He talks about the campaign from it’s inception through to the planning of rewards, marketing and launching. Tim’s a really articulate guy and this episode really is a master class on how to run a very successful cowd sourcing campaign.
So wherever you are and what ever you’re doing- get your note pads and pens out and listen to Tim Charles- The man behind Australia’s most successful crowd sourcing campaign yet.
Matty Young- lead screamer, manager and driving force behind Australian indie metal band King Parrot.
King Parrot are probably one of the, if not the hardest working band in the country right now.
Apart from their insane touring work ethic they have also made some fantastic music videos that have attracted a lot of attention.
Dave Nicholas is an Australian multiple award winning recording engineer, mixer and producer who has a plethora of number 1 selling records to his name. He has worked with such prestigious acts as Bryan Adams, Sting, Rod Stewart, Elton John, Pulp, Soul Asylum, The Sex Pistols, INXS, Midnight Oil, Delta Goodrem, Jimmy Barnes, Richard Clapton, Diesel, George, and Vince Jones to name but a few.
In this interview Dave gives the music business facts and harsh realities about producing records for a living in the current music industry climate.
We also discuss a range of other music business topics such as music publishing, mechanical royalties, artist royalties, 360 degree deals, and the need for diversification.
Enjoy!
Greg Andrew is an accomplished writer, performer and composer in his own right.
A graduate of the Queensland Conservatorium of Music, Greg Andrew has now built a professional career in the entertainment industry as an Elton John Impersonator.
In this episode of Music Business Facts Greg talks to Rodney about his successful career performing and touring with The Elton John Experience and so much more!
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Raymond Herrera is the super creative double kick drum master who was the driving force behind influential industrial metal band Fear Factory.
Raymond is also an award winning composer and producer for video games, TV and feature films. He has contributed to the soundtracks of such cool games like Mortal Combat, Resident Evil, Battlefield 2, Need For Speed, Iron Man 2 to name but a few.
Currently Raymond is coordinating an exciting new crowd funding project called “Project Rogue", where he is aiming to raise around $70K so he can release a new record with his buddies who include members of System of a Down, Napalm Death, Cynic, Obituary, Lamb of God, Cannibal Corpse, and Devil Driver to name just a few.
This is a great interview where Raymond talks about the business of Fear Factory, music publishing, record contracts, remixing, writing music for games and films, and the concept of crowd funding to fund a recording. Enjoy!
Andrew McMillen is a freelance journalist based in Brisbane Australia.
He has had articles and reviews published in publications such as Rolling Stone, Buzzfeed, Wired, The Sydney Morning Herald, Triple J Mag and Australian Penthouse (to name a few).
Today he speaks with Rodney Holder from Music Business Facts about how to best engage with the media in order to gain their attention for your music projects.
Vickii Cotter is a musician, lawyer and lecturer who loves music festivals so much she bought one! The Noosa Jazz Festival.
Previously Vickii worked for The Sydney Vivid Festival, The Gympie Muster and the Byron Bay Blues Fest. Vickii is also a music business lecturer at the University of Queensland and she also owns her own events company Visable.
An amazing interview where Vickii delves deep into her extensive knowledge on music event management, law, marketing, negotiations and much more!
Wow Vickii Cotter is a super achiever!!
Chris Maric is the man behind Maric Media- A company that works in promotion, publicity and artist relations.
With over 15 years experience behind him, Chris has worked the promotion for companies like Channel Ten, Riot Entertainment, Sony, Universal and EMI.
In this episode of Music Business Facts Chris talks about the role of the publicist and how he became a publicist. Chris also discusses some great strategies on how to formulate a media plan and on how to best communicate an artist product or service to obtain the attention of industry players like the media, labels and promoters. Enjoy!
Brian J Simon is an audio engineer who has worked in the music industry for over twenty-five years.
Brian has mainly worked as a front of house audio engineer, but has also worked as a production manager, tour manager, monitor engineer and has also done backline.
Brian has worked with bands like The Monkeys, Night Ranger and The Little River Band. But for the past two and a bit years Brian has been FOH mixing one of the most successful and legendary rock bands of all time. Foreigner! (80 million album sales world-wide).
Juan Punchy Gonzalez is an audio and video producer, tour manager, FOH mixer and recording engineer who has worked with a number of artists including successful death metal acts like Nile, and Morbid Angel.
I caught up with Punchy on the latest Morbid Angel tour of Australia where he is both the Tour Manager and Front Of House engineer.
This is an interesting perspective from a guy who earns his living by tour management and front of house engineering.
Jim Runge is a tour manager and tour consultant who is currently the full time tour manager for The Black Keys. Previously Jim has also worked for artists such as Machine Head, Alice in Chains, Susanne Vega, Ryan Adams and Rickie Lee Jones to name a few.
In this episode of Music Business Facts Jim talks about the truths on being a professional tour manager. He goes into detail about the roles and responsibilities of working as a TM with a professional artist around the world. A really inspiring and educational episode- Enjoy.
Jim Runge is a professional tour manager and tour consultant who is currently working with The Black Keys.
Previously Jim has also worked for artists such as Machine Head, Alice in Chains, Susanne Vega, Ryan Adams and Rickie Lee Jones to name a few.
In this episode of Music Business Facts Jim talks about the facts of being a full time tour manager. Even if you're not interested in tour management as a career this is still a really interesting and educational story and insight into the music industry. Enjoy!
Ariel Hyatt is an American publicist, author, digital marketing strategist, PR expert and international speaker. Ariel Hyatt started her own firm back in 1996-Cyber PR, and also has a second publicity company Ariel PR”.
She is a multiple music business author, writing successful titles such as Music success in nine weeks, The musicians guide to Facebook & Twitter, Social media guide for musicians and The Teachers guide to social media”.
In this episode of Music Business Facts Ariel talks all things musical PR such as artist marketing techniques, social media formulas, optimising media press kits, 1000 true fan theory, Crowdfunding, and so much more.
A really educational insight into one of the world's music publicity experts!
Heavy metal and rock DJ Andrew Haug from www.andrewhaug.com interviews Music Business Facts producer Rodney Holder.
Rodney has been a drummer, performer, writer, promoter, and manager for over twenty five years.
He has a bachelor degree in communication and media production and has been teaching music business studies at technical college since 1999. Rodney's career in the music industry began back in 1987. Initially as a drummer and the co manager of his psychedelic metal band Alchemist.
www.alchemist.com.au
Between 1990 and 2010 Rodney and his group released numerous internationally acclaimed albums, toured Australia countless times, and performed at some of the world's biggest metal festivals in Europe- sharing the bills with the likes of Iron Maiden, Slayer, Motorhead, Judas Priest, Kiss and Venom to name a few.
Rodney was also the co-promoter and organiser of Australia's largest and longest running all- Australian metal festival- Metal For The Brain. From 1991 to 2005 Metal For The Brain was the premium metal show in Australia and raised tens of thousands of dollars for The National Brain Injury Foundation and brain injury victim- Alec Hurley.
After completing a communication/media production degree in 1998, Rodney began sharing his extensive knowledge and industry experiences with other musicians.
For over twenty-five years Rob Hirst was the drumming powerhouse and founding member of successful iconic Aussie band Midnight Oil.
Rob has also worked on numerous other musical projects including his other bands Ghostwriters and The Backsliders.
Rob has even written a book- Willie's Bar & Grill- A tale of Midnight Oil's progress through North America shortly after the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks.
In this interview Rob tells the story about how Midnight Oil achieved fame and fortune. He also gives some practical advice for aspiring musicians and music business people on how to approach their music businesses and careers.
Lachlan Gould- AKA "Magoo" is a multi ARIA award winning record producer and audio engineer based in Brisbane Australia.
He has worked with numerous high profile and successful artists over the last twenty odd years including prestigious Aussie acts such as Midnight Oil, Regurgitator, The Cruel Sea and Powderfinger.
Magoo currently works out of his own boutique Applewood Lane Recording Studios” located just outside of Brisbane.
In this episode of Music Business Facts Magoo discusses the challenges of earning a living as an audio engineer in 2014. Enjoy
Nick OByrne is an artist manager, the general manager of The Australian Independent Label Association, and now the Executive programmer for Australias largest annual music industry conference- Bigsound.
In this episode of Music Business Facts Nick speaks with Rodney about artist management, The Australian Indie Record Label Association, and how to get your act on to Bigsound.
Another inspiring interview with a practising music business professional.
Jackson Walkden-Brown is a music and entertainment industry lawyer. Jackson's principal areas of expertise include entertainment law, music and animal rights Law. In this episode of Music Business Facts Jackson discusses numerous important music law concepts and information such as contracts, sampling,copyright, copyright infringement, fair dealing, moral rights, trademarks, common Law, ownership of band names, partnership agreements and more. A supremely informative and important music business podcast.
John Tyrrell is the man behind the hugely successful Australian Abba concept band Bjorn Again.
Years ago John was performing in both original and cover bands. Disillusioned with the dull live music scene at the time, John and his business partner decided to form an ABBA concept band and Bjorn Again was born.
In this episode of Music Business Facts John tells an inspiring story and shares some awesome and extremely useful music business strategies.
An episode not to be missed!
Bobby Owsinski is a music business professional and authority figure. After working many years in the music business as a producer, engineer and musician, he decided that writing about music was just as much fun, and the hours are more way more regular. Bobby is the author of over twenty books on recording, music, the music business and social media- including his best selling Music 3.0- A Survival Guide For Making Music In The Internet Age. Bobby has also written hundreds of compelling articles in a variety of industry magazines and blogs, and is the music business commentator for American business publication- Forbes Magazine. When not writing or in the studio, Bobby keeps a busy schedule of keynote addresses, master classes and workshops at a variety of schools and conferences. He also posts daily on his popular blogs- Big Picture- A music production blog and Music 3.0- a music industry blog.
Paul Field is a successful Australian musician and businessman who is probably best known as the managing director for the children's super-group "The Wiggles".
Paul was also a founding member of the popular Australian pop group "The Cockroaches".
In this episode of Music Business Facts Paul shares an array of inspiring stories and presents some absolute Music Business "gold" information.
A must listen for anyone who would like to make a career in music.
One of the best Music Business Facts episodes yet!
Lindy Morrison was the drummer for iconic Australian indie rock band "The Go Betweens" between 1980-1989.
Lindy is a lifetime honorary member of the Music Council of Australia.
In January 2013 Lindy was awarded an Order of Australia medal for services as both a performer and music advocate.
She is currently a lecturer at the Sydney Institute of TAFE, The Artist Director for the PPCA, and the national welfare coordinator for SupportACT LTD- A music industry benevolent society that provides grants to career musicians and workers who become ill or injured.
In this episode of Music Business Facts Lindy talks about the struggles of being in a touring band, the role of the PPCA, and the importance ofcopyright and song ownersip within bands and between labels. A very educational episode!
Gary "Angry" Anderson is an Aussie rock icon who since 1975 fronted one of the most revered and "tough as nails" Australian rock bands- Rose Tattoo. As well as being a rock star Angry is also a recognised songwriter, TV presenter, actor, political activist, father and businessman. He was even made a member of the order of Australia for his role as a youth advocate. In this episode of Music Business facts, Angry shares his forty odd years of experience in the entertainment industry. He also offers some great advice and strategies that listeners can use to implement in their own careers.
Michael Browning is an innovator and pioneer of the Australian music industry. His career in the music business goes way back to the sixties where he opened Australia's first discotheque. Michael also ran his own booking agency and record label and worked with some of the biggest artists in Australia. Michael Browning has managed numerous high profile Australian artists, including the legendary ACDC from 1974-1979. Michael succeeded in establishing the band both in Australia and in the UK. This led to the their deal with Atlantic records and subsequently broke the band around the world. In this episode of Music Business Facts we hear Michael's awesome story of how he took such a legendary Aussie band to the world. Michael also offers some great advice and strategies for anyone who'd like to turn their passion for music into a successful and prosperous career.
Graham Nixon is the founder and owner of Resist Records- one of Australia's most successful independent hardcore/punk record labels. Graham is also the manager for one of Australia's most successful hardcore metal bands - "Parkway Drive". Graham Nixon is enormously responsible for the huge rise in popularity of the Australian hardcore music movement in recent years. This man seems to literally live and breathe this music and lifestyle! In this interview with Music Business Facts Graham talks openly about running a successful indie record label and managing Australia's most successful hardcore/metal act. Enjoy \m/
If any man had the credentials to speak about the Music Business Facts- it would be Michael Chugg! Michael is a pioneering founder and survivor of the Australian music industry. Elton John once referred to him as one of the greatest concert promoters in the whole wide world. With over fifty years experience in the music business, he is often revered as the Australian Godfather of touring. Michael is the executive chairman of Chugg Entertainment- A company who tours some of the biggest bands on the planet across Australia. His company literally sells hundreds of thousands of concert tickets evry year. In this candid interview Michael talks about his involvement in the humble beginnings of the Australian music industry. Michael also offers some hints, tips and strategies artists can implement to help them turn their passion for music into a career. Music Business Facts according to Michael Chugg. Enjoy!
ARIA nominated Aussie pop group "Sheppard" have been described as the break out radio act of 2013. And with their EP recently being awarded Platinum status, the guys are one of the hottest commercial acts in the country at the moment.
Today I spoke with George, Jason and Amy about their success and some pointers and stories on how they attracted the attention and interest of Michael Chugg- one of the biggest players in the Aussie music business. Enjoy
Songwriters! Ever wanted to earn $$$ getting your music synchronised to the next big TV commercial? Ever wanted to have your songs played in the closing credits of the next big movie? Ever wanted people discovering your music by hearing it in that awesome scene in the latest and greatest TV show? Tyler McLoughlan's company specialises in general music copyright clearances as well as sourcing synchronisation opportunities for indie artists across TV, advertising, film, corporate and new media platforms. In this interview Tyler offers some incredible information on the best way to get your songs into a commercial arena that could bring you big bucks as well as some awesome commercial exposure.
In episode One of music business facts podcast Rodney interviews Alex Webster- bass player and founding member of legendary death metal band Cannibal Corpse about the business side of the band. Even if you don't like gory lyrics or extreme death metal, Alex discusses a plethora of music business wisdom about how to succeed in the music industry. He talks earning a living playing extreme death metal, getting lucky in Jim Carey's Ace Ventura movie, intense work ethics, musical vision, record labels, artist management, touring and much more. Enjoy! Rodney \m/
Today Music Business Facts speaks with Steve Halpin. Steve is the organiser of a successful Australian touring regional music festival called Groovin' In The Moo. In this interview Steve talks about a whole range of issues on conceiving and running a successful music festival that tours around the country. Steve also offers some great advice to performers who want to play the fest, as well as for people who would like to get involved in events. Steve also has some great tips for anyone who is thinking about starting and running their own music festival. Absolutely tons of information here.