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Visit http://www. MichaelBrandvold.com. Jonathan Vlassopulos the Vice President and Global Head of Music for Roblox joins us today to discuss what Roblox is doing to support the music community and how you can, and should, be part of this incredible online community. Roblox is leading the future of where music tribes will be spending their time online... and boy are they spending a lot of time onl...

Visit http://www. MichaelBrandvold.com. Sessions is a live streaming platform for music. With just a laptop and a microphone, musicians can perform live, cultivate a global fanbase, and make a sustainable income from home. By combining live interactive streaming with the best engagement and monetization features of advanced game design, Sessions is ushering in a new form of musical performance. Se...

Episode 424, March 23, 2021. Concert Promoter Danny Zelisko Joins to Share KISS Stories and Discuss His book ALL EXCE$$. The long-awaited stories of legendary concert promoter Danny Zelisko have arrived! Four years in the making, he quipped, “this baby was screaming to come out after all this time!” After five decades of concert promoting while being part of some 12,000 events in nearly every stat...

Episode 423, March 16, 2021. Stacey David Blades and Shon McKee from Crashing Wayward sit down with Three Sides of the Coin this week. We talk about Shon's involvement with KISS Night in Las Vegas, what stopped Stacey's previous band from signing with Larry Mazer for management and once again what REALLY happens with bands and the obstacles they encounter. We end with a discussion about Australian...

Visit http://www. MichaelBrandvold.com. Paris Cabezas, Managing Partner, joins us to discuss his background in mathematics from MIT and how it lead him to help create InnerCat Music Group and how they differentiating themselves from other distributors and record labels. 2011 was the official year InnerCat Music Group was born. They quickly transitioned to a new model – building out a dedicated ser...

Visit http://www. MichaelBrandvold.com. Facebook is making many changes to Pages and Groups, Facebook Pixels are not working, Events are losing all their details, ad accounts are being suspended. What is going on with Facebook? Why is Facebook broken for so many people? We are joined by Katie Gaustini to discuss what you can do and where you can find answers. Visit: https://bluebiscuitdigital.com...

Episode 422, March 9, 2021. KISS is releasing new live recordings called Off The Soundboard, with the first release being Tokyo, Japan 2001 featuring Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Ace Frehley and Eric Singer. We TRY to discuss what future recordings we would like to see released. But, this show ends up as a total disaster... we finally admit we suck! Forget the haters, we won! Press requests please...

Visit http://www. MichaelBrandvold.com. Lawyer and author Kamal Moo joins us to discuss his book The Straightforward Guide to the Music Biz. What some things artists should look for in contracts? What can you expect to see change in contracts due to COVID? Kamal received his degree in Music Industry from USC, then attended Southwestern Law School, where he focused on entertainment law. As an attor...

Episode 421, March 2, 2021. This week we sit down with former KISS lead guitarist Bruce Kulick and talk all about the KISS Asylum tour. We look at some of Tommy Sommers amazing Asylum tour photos and Bruce shares comments and stories. He also talks about the various guitars he played on tour. Visit https://www.brucekulick.com Forget the haters, we won! Press requests please contact Michael Brandvo...

Visit http://www. MichaelBrandvold.com. Cameron Almasi is a music entrepreneur, concert promoter and artist manager, who began his career nearly a decade ago as a teenager promoting shows across the greater SF Bay Area. Cameron recently spoke with Pollstar for their “Voices of Live” series about an article titled “The Next Generation Navigates COVID By Reimagining Old Models” to see his artists th...

Episode 420, February 23, 2021. Tom Shannon returns to discuss the Rockologists vinyl reissues of the Peter Criss solo albums Out Of Control and Let Me Rock You. How he secured the license from Universal Music Group. What is involved in licensing the albums? Who is involved in the reissues? Will Peter Criss be involved? A great discussion this week on how a licensed album reissue happens. We also...

Visit http://www. MichaelBrandvold.com. Sarah Beth Perry joins to discuss WithTheBand.co. With the Band is revolutionizing fan engagement by putting community first. We've been creating connections among fans and their favorite artists through fan projects, and we'll soon be launching Fan Crews - our modern day version of a fan club. Our vision is to be the premiere fan engagement company that ena...

Episode 419, February 16, 2021. Jeremy Spencer from Psychosexual, formerly of Five Finger Death Punch joins this week in Eric Singer makeup to talk about his love for KISS! Visit: https://www.psychosexualalbums.com Forget the haters, we won! Press requests please contact Michael Brandvold at www.michaelbrandvold.com Since launching in 2012 Three Sides of the Coin has been viewed or listened to ove...

Visit http://www. MichaelBrandvold.com. This week we start by talking about the announcement that New York will allow arenas and stadiums to reopen, at 10% capacity. Then we move onto two new social networks... Clubhouse and Lunchclub. Our Sponsors: • Music Biz Weekly podcast listeners can go to Bandzoogle.com to try it free for 30 days, and use the promo code “musicbizweekly” to get 15% off the f...

Episode 418, February 9, 2021. Huge What If episode this week! Eddie Trunk joins to discuss what if KISS had played the Monsters of Rock festival when offered back in the Elder era and what if KISS had been asked to play at the US Festival? Forget the haters, we won! Press requests please contact Michael Brandvold at www.michaelbrandvold.com Since launching in 2012 Three Sides of the Coin has been...

Visit http://www. MichaelBrandvold.com. We are joined by Diego Farias from Amuse. Amuse was founded in 2015 in Stockholm, Sweden. Since then they’ve built a community of hundreds of thousands of users, been backed by some of the world’s leading music tech venture funds and launched cutting-edge services like Fast Forward and Amuse Pro. Following the music industry transformation, they’ve pivoted f...

Episode 417, February 2, 2021. This week we are joined by Johnny O'Neil from the Minneapolis band Dare Force who shares stories from the night they opened for KISS on the Creatures of the Night tour in Sioux City, IA. From there Johnny goes on to sharing stories of Van Halen, Gregg Allman, touring South America, Puerto Rico and the Minneapolis rock scene. We talk about the music industry, how a ba...

Visit http://www. MichaelBrandvold.com. We are joined by Kris Ahrend from The Mechanical Licensing Collective. The Mechanical Licensing Collective (The MLC) is a nonprofit organization designated by the U.S. Copyright Office pursuant to the historic Music Modernization Act of 2018. In January 2021, The MLC began administering blanket mechanical licenses to eligible streaming and download services...

Episode 416, January 26, 2021. This week we discuss some comments being made about Paul Stanley's Soul Station and Peter Criss' 1978 solo album... should Paul's album get the same reaction that Peter's album received? Are they the same? Should they be treated the same? Forget the haters, we won! Press requests please contact Michael Brandvold at www.michaelbrandvold.com Since launching in 2012 Thr...

Visit http://www. MichaelBrandvold.com. Daniel Sander from Feature. FM joins us to discuss many of the platforms features including: geotargeting, retargeting, how their landing pages work and the webinars Feature.fm is offering on how to best use all their tools. Visit: http://www. Feature.fm Our Sponsors: • Music Biz Weekly podcast listeners can go to Bandzoogle.com to try it free for 30 days, a...

Visit http://www. MichaelBrandvold.com. This week we discuss how industry conventions have evolved and changed during the COVID pandemic with Darryl Hurs from Indie Week. Visit: http://www. IndieWeek.com Our Sponsors: • Music Biz Weekly podcast listeners can go to Bandzoogle.com to try it free for 30 days, and use the promo code “musicbizweekly” to get 15% off the first year of any subscription. •...

Episode 415, January 19, 2021. Another week without Tommy, how delightful! Mike, Mark and Lisa talk about what they would love to see KISS do in 2021. Touring, books, DVDs, tour books and deluxe reissues. What is on you list? Forget the haters, we won! Press requests please contact Michael Brandvold at www.michaelbrandvold.com Since launching in 2012 Three Sides of the Coin has been viewed or list...

Visit http://www. MichaelBrandvold.com. If Spotify is part of your release strategy this is a must listen episode. Dustin Boyer from Venture Music sits down with us to discuss the dangers of Spotify bots. How Streaming Bots Are Ruining Careers of Independent Musicians: https://www.venturemusic.com/blog/streaming-bots-will-ruin-your-career Visit: http://www. VentureMusic.com Our Sponsors: • Music B...

Episode 414, January 12, 2021. Michael, Mark and Lisa (with a quick hello from Tommy) review the massive KISS 2020 Goodbye PPV live stream. We discuss the stage, the show, the set list, the pre-show documentary, things that were changed... the good and the bad. We all LOVED the show and found it very worth the price of admission, but there are some problems that we spotlight. Forget the haters, we...

Episode 413, January 5, 2021. This episode Wes Beech from the Plasmatics joins us. Wes discusses the history of various Plasmatic albums. He talks about touring with KISS on the Creatures of the Night tour... stories from the road, how they got the tour, why they were brought back after their first run of dates ended. Wes talks about Wendy O. Williams and the WOW album; working with Gene Simmons,...