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Episode 388, June 30, 2020. Greg Ortbach the founder of the KISS fanzines Dark Light and Exciter joins us this week to share his stories of starting the fanzines and how his fanzines, along with others ended. He also talks with us about running the first KISS convention in London, Ontario. Purchase Left For Dead at http://smarturl.it/leftfordead-lfd Forget the haters, we won! Press requests please...

Visit http://www. MichaelBrandvold.com. This week we discuss some current events... bands changing their name and the Live Nation memo. Visit Hypebot for music business news and insights. www. Hypebot.com Visit Bandsintown to manage your tour dates and communicate with your fans. www. Bandsintown.com If you like the podcast I ask that you visit iTunes and please Rate & Review The Music Biz Weekly...

Episode 387, June 21, 2020. Former Metal Edge Magazine editor Paul Pargano sits down with us this week. We start with the inside story as to what happened at Metal Edge. Paul goes on to share some amazing stories about Peter Criss, Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons. None of us had ever heard any of these stories. Example, how Gene Simmons was an asshole at his "Asshole" album release party. How Peter...

Visit http://www. MichaelBrandvold.com. We are joined by Eric Gould, Chief Ambassador for Curbside Concerts. Todd and Maura Altschuler, live music fans with ties to their local concert community in Frisco, CO, had a simple idea to resurrect their music scene safely. They realized that anyone with a home and an extension cord can still enjoy a concert responsibly. Maura looked at Todd and said “liv...

Visit http://www. MichaelBrandvold.com. Jack Forman serves as Executive Vice President of BiCoastal Productions, the New York City-based concerts and theatrical booking agency. His current clients include: Lee Rocker (of Stray Cats), Naturally 7, Colin Mochrie’s HYPROV (of Whose Line is it Anyway?), The Hit Men (Legendary Rock Supergroup), Scotland’s Red Hot Chilli Pipers, Vegas-Strip favorites Th...

Visit http://www. MichaelBrandvold.com. Susan Dodes joins us to explain and discuss the various Music Business and Music tech degree programs that are now being offered by big and small colleges and universities around the country. What do they teach, how are they relevant, are they necessary for young people who wish to work in the Music industry or on the recording and engineering side of the bu...

Episode 387, June 16, 2020. Ron Keel is back! Man is he a blast to talk with... so many stories, so much energy! He kicks off with his greatest memory as a KISS fan and segues into working with Gene Simmons. We talk about vocal skills and vocal training. Then Tommy asks him about Motley Crue's Vince Neil's vocals. We end with a great discussion about his new album South X South Dakota and southern...

Visit http://www. MichaelBrandvold.com. Adele McAlear is a subject matter expert on Death & Digital Legacy (what happens to all our online stuff when you die) and has spoken at many conferences on this topic. Visit http://sparkstheflame.com Visit Hypebot for music business news and insights. www. Hypebot.com Visit Bandsintown to manage your tour dates and communicate with your fans. www. Bandsinto...

Visit http://www. MichaelBrandvold.com. ARNAU BOSCH Co-founder, CEO of Soundstorming joins us for this episode. For the past 4 years, Arnau has been leading the most significant and iconic global campaigns for Apple. All of them with Music on its core. From the launch of the Apple Music platform to AirPods, to ‘Welcome Home,’ which was HomePod’s Launch Film, he has a deep understanding of how to c...

Visit http://www. MichaelBrandvold.com. CD Baby's Kevin Breuner Discusses Releasing Music During the COVID-19 Crisis. Visit http://www.cdbaby.com Visit Hypebot for music business news and insights. www. Hypebot.com Visit Bandsintown to manage your tour dates and communicate with your fans. www. Bandsintown.com If you like the podcast I ask that you visit iTunes and please Rate & Review The Music B...

Episode 385, June 2, 2020. Philip Shouse joins us this week to talk about Gene Simmons, Ace Frehley and ACCEPT. Philip Shouse is a Nashville-based guitarist and entrepreneur. Philip performs with Thee Rock N Roll Residency, Gene Simmons, Ace Frehley and ACCEPT. Visit https://www.facebook.com/theerocknrollresidency/ Purchase Left For Dead at http://smarturl.it/leftfordead-lfd Forget the haters, we...

Visit http://www. MichaelBrandvold.com. Amanda Cagan from ABC PR joins us to discuss press and publicity. What sort of expectations should musicians have when working with a publicist? During the COVID-19 crisis what can musicians do to generate press? Amanda Cagan is taking the music business by storm with her thriving independent publicity firm, ABC Public Relations. Having worked on press campa...

Episode 384, May 26, 2020. Producer Warren Huart joins us to discuss working with Ace Frehley on his Space Invader, Origins Vol. 1 and Spaceman albums. Warren Huart is a Los Angeles-based British music producer who has played a fundamental part in the creation of platinum winning and billboard-soaring albums; as well as the development of many of today’s successful artists’ careers. Warren Huart i...

Visit http://www. MichaelBrandvold.com. This week Michael shares his recent experience of dealing with the death of a client. How you can prepare to be unprepared for something like this. What is the most important thing you can do today to be ready. Visit Hypebot for music business news and insights. www. Hypebot.com Visit Bandsintown to manage your tour dates and communicate with your fans. www....

Visit http://www. MichaelBrandvold.com. Medical professional and music fan joins us to discuss COVID-19. What we know, what we don't know. Treatments. What the future of COVID-19 may look like. Procedures to limit the transmission. And when as a medical professional when will he be ready to return to concerts and gatherings. Visit Hypebot for music business news and insights. www. Hypebot.com Visi...

Episode 383, May 19, 2020. Justin Reich the director of Ace Frehley's music video Fire and Water, featuring Paul Stanley shares his stories and memories of the video shoot. How he came to be the director. How much time did he have to prepare. What was Ace and Paul's first meeting like. How Ace and Paul were to direct. Watch the video first and then hear the story of the making of the video. Forget...

Visit http://www. MichaelBrandvold.com. Patrick Quinn the founder of Radiant, the AI hosted digital radio app discuss what the app currently does and some of the cool features in their roadmap. Radiant is a smart radio host that infinitely curates a playlist based on your preferences, what you're doing, the time of day and the weather. Radiant has it's own presenter, we call it Rad. Rad will updat...

Episode 382, May 12, 2020. Charlie Benante from Anthrax returns to play a game Mark suggested... Take the albums Alive! and Alive II and pick three songs to remove and three songs to add to each album... and why. Play along with us. Visit https://charliebenante.com https://anthrax.com Forget the haters, we won! Press requests please contact Michael Brandvold at www.michaelbrandvold.com Since launc...

Visit http://www. MichaelBrandvold.com. Dean Swett from The Paramour Group joins us this week for a very real and honest discussion on the impact COVID-19 is having on the touring world. Dean shares with us his thoughts on when touring will return and the challenges that will be faced for it to return. The Paramour Group is a boutique international agency and management company with over 40 years...

Visit http://www. MichaelBrandvold.com. Jason Hobbs from Found.ee Talks Advertising and Retargeting Campaigns. found.ee is a free web platform that allows you to generate retargeting pools consisting of interested consumers/fans through clicks. found.ee acts as a link shortener, but as your link makes its way around the web, those who click on the shortened found.ee link are added to your retarget...

Episode 381, May 5, 2020. Dennis DeYoung, the legendary lead singer from STYX, joins us this week to share his memories of KISS. The first time he ever met the band. His thoughts on KISS. Stories of working with Gene Simmons and Liza Minnelli. And of course lots of STYX talk! Mark surprises us and goes total fanboy once again! Dennis DeYoung's new album "26 East: Volume 1,” will be released May 22...

Visit http://www. MichaelBrandvold.com. Dr. Portia Sabin from the Music Business Association Shares their Initiatives to Deal with the Coronavirus. The Music Business Association (Music Biz) is the only membership organization that unites players from the content, commerce, and creative segments of the industry into a collective voice to promote overall growth throughout the music business. Associ...

Episode 380, April 28, 2020. Primary songwriter and founding member of internationally touring hard-rock band, Fireball Ministry, James Rota has four full-length albums under his belt, 13 years of international tours with acts like Blue Oyster Cult, Dio, Motorhead, Danzig, Anthrax and Rob Zombie, Rota and has accumulated a body of musical work that extends to numerous other bands and video game ti...

Visit http://www. MichaelBrandvold.com. Ty Taylor from Vintage Trouble sits down with us to discuss how he is dealing with impact that Coronavirus is having on the music business. It is inspiring to hear how Ty is dealing with the pandemic and what will be changing when bands can return to touring. Since forming in 2010, Vintage Trouble have quietly become rock ‘n’ roll’s best kept secret anointed...

Visit http://www. MichaelBrandvold.com. Wendy Day is an entrepreneur, author, and artist career builder with nearly three decades of experience in the music industry. As Founder of Rap Coalition, she has helped pull countless hip-hop artists out of unfair deals while educating them on the music industry. Day also runs the for-profit music consulting company PowerMoves, music incubator Artist-Centr...