The Tonearm

Cynthia Parsons is Director of Concierge Services at Lyte, ​the reservations technology platform reimagining ticketing for artists, venues and fans. For decades, Cynthia has dedicated her career in the music industry through building meaningful relationships with artists, fans, and industry professionals. At Lyte, she has the opportunity to continue her passion in helping to create memorable and a...

Vito Iaia joins us to discuss the genesis of the Immersive Van Gogh exhibition that his company Impact Museums co-produced. He shares the story of his immersive studio and how content gets licensed and exhibited.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lauren A. Spalding graduated from high school on a Thursday afternoon and started working as a publicity intern at Capitol Records the next morning. That was over fifteen years ago, and she hasn’t worked a “real” job since. As an artist management consultant for her own shop, The Spalding Company, she's shepherded fruitful partnerships to help bring her clients' big ideas to life. As a managi...

Theresa Vibberts is the Executive Vice President of North America at CAMI Music , a performing arts agency that reps Lang Lang, Howard Shore, American Ballet Theatre, Alexandre Desplat and others.  Vibberts leads the development of CAMI Music’s North American business strategy. In addition she directs CAMI Music’s domestic booking efforts and serves as an artist manager. She also served as th...

Lawrence Peryer is an American producer, writer , filmmaker , and business person best known for his work with Keith Richards, for whom he has produced numerous projects, including an ongoing series of reissues from Richards’ solo catalog. In 2021, Peryer produced and oversaw Bowie 75 , two temporary, experiential retail locations dedicated to the work and legacy of musician David Bowie. The shops...

With over 15 years of classical violin training, and her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the New England Conservatory of Music, Marissa proved her natural versatility on her very first audition for Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull – winning the lead violin position on his 2006 US tour. She would go on to join Jethro Tull for 5 more international tours. Marissa quickly became high in demand as both...

After a lifetime of playing music and a Ph. D. in Sound Studies, Mike Butera founded Artiphon to reinvent the musical instrument as a smart, connected device. Mike is intent on building a future where everyday creativity is augmented by technology. He thinks everyone can play music with the right tool, regardless of their training or skill. Beyond Artiphon, Mike likes to think and write about the...

Jeff Slate is an ASCAP award winning singer-songwriter from New York City. He co-founded the 1980’s mod/punk band the Mindless Thinkers, and in the mid-90’s released The Townshend Tapes , on which The Who’s Pete Townshend acted as executive producer. He later opened for Sheryl Crow on her “Tuesday Night Music Club” tour before founding the band The Badge in 1997, who released three albums and...

Jordy describes himself as a Marketing Generalist with 13+ Years of Integrated Marketing Experience (Brand, Product, Digital, Content, Influencer, Experiential, Paid, Comms) driving high-impact global programs for Sony Corporation, Intel Corporation, Pernod Ricard, the E.U. Government & more. Both in-house + agency. He's got Deep experience in Emerging Technology (VR, Immersive Audio) & En...

Scott Register is head of A&R at ThinkIndie, a distribution company that was founded by the Coalition of Independent Music Stores in 1999. They are also a proud partner of Record Store Day (and have been from the very beginning). Their mission is the same one today as it was the day they started the company: to bring great special releases to independent music stores all over. They are working...

Founded and based in Sydney, Harvest Media sprang from a team of serial tech entrepreneurs Angus Hayes, Roland Hélène, and Hamish Diver. Hayes created Mule Music, Australia’s first B2C download service to sign distribution agreements with major labels in Australia. Hélène and Diver were the technologists who delivered the framework. The platform drew in many new opportunities, but was challenged b...

Immersed in the bluegrass scene since the early 1980s, Jon Weisberger has enjoyed success in multiple aspects of the music business and community. As a music journalist, his work earned him two International Bluegrass Music Association awards, as well as the Charlie Lamb Award for Excellence in Country Music Journalism, while his resume as a bluegrass broadcaster includes more than a dozen ye...

Award-winning classical pianist Jeeyoon Kim has delighted audiences across the U.S. and around the world with her sparkling combination of sensitive artistry, broad emotional range, impeccable technique, and uniquely engaging and innovative concert experiences. She's performed everywhere from Carnegie Hall to her fans' living rooms during a live-streamed series that Jeeyoon launched during the pan...

Opnr is a cloud-based application that connects musicians with concert organizers offering opener performance opportunities. Its easy-to-use, organized system professionally harnesses all the relevant social media data and music distribution channels with the sole purpose to book opening performance opportunities for artists and help concert promoters and venues sell tickets. Dre started Fourtifey...

Tyler has appeared at most major US festivals and performed thousands of concerts and guitar workshops worldwide. He was an original member of the Emmitt-Nershi Band and a sideman for Abigail Washburn, April Verch and Adrienne Young. He has produced five solo albums and six releases by Grant Farm for his own Grant Central Records. The latest 2019 release, Kanawha County Flatpicking , with West Vir...

Gabrielle Basha is a writer and educator based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In addition to her lifelong study of American folklore and pop culture, she holds a BFA in art history and illustration and an MFA in writing for young people from Lesley University. She's currently working on behalf of the Joseph Campbell Foundation, a 501.c3 devoted to preserving the work of Joseph Campbell.  Joseph...

At the heart of all his endeavors, Bonfire Entertainment Founder Scotty Stoughton is a connector. He lives and breathes music and the world that holds its sound waves. Onstage as frontman with Bonfire Dub or behind the scenes producing his many festivals and events, including WinterWonderGrass and Campout for the Cause, Stoughton values music as more than a platform where rhythm meets beat. For hi...

Charlie Watts: June 2, 1941 - August 24, 2021 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

John Raso is the Senior Vice President, Client Services for HFA & Rumblefish and oversees the teams who provide support to thousands of music publishers and licensing administration clients. John directs the implementation of Rumblefish administration digital music services including streaming, video, lyrics, guitar tablature and other digital music uses. John is also the host of This Music Ho...

Immersion Networks is a company that creates software and hardware to improve the human listening experience. Founded in 2014 by industry-leading audio experts and engineers, the privately held company operates out of a purpose-built facility in Redmond, Washington. The company’s founders are responsible for hundreds of patents that have been instrumental in the evolution of audio technology. If y...

The Felice Brothers, Ian (guitar and lead vocals) and James (multi-instrumentalist and vocals), hail from the Catskills, NY, where their early songs echoed off subway walls and kept company with travelers and vagrants. Their current lineup, with the addition of bassist and inaugural female Felice member Jesske Hume (Conor Oberst, Jade Bird) and drummer Will Lawrence (also a singer/songwriter) as t...

Sally’s passion for operational excellence, process, and problem solving has led her to a successful career in event operations; producing music festivals, MMA fights, B-to-B and B-to-C expos, triathlons, hot air balloon festivals and more. She cut her teeth in the event industry as an intern at the NJ Balloon Festival and hasn’t looked back since. Most recently, Sally was VP of Event Operations &...

Ola Sars is a Stockholm-based serial entrepreneur active in the music-tech space. He is the Founder, CEO & Chairman of Soundtrack Your Brand, the world's fastest-growing music platform for B2B. Before Soundtrack, he co-founded Spotify Businesses together with Spotify, a stand-alone effort to expand Spotify’s reach into B2B streaming. 2018 he pivoted Spotify Business into Soundtrack as a fully...

Dave McMurray  has taken a long, strange trip to arrive at his sophomore release for Blue Note Records. On Grateful Deadication , the saxophonist takes his gritty, soulful Detroit sound and reimagines the flower empowered songs of San Francisco icons the Grateful Dead with an album as vibrant as it is unexpected. For this spirited excursion into the Dead’s vast repertoire, McMurray reconvened...

Dr. Turner joined the University of Iowa faculty in 2001 and holds appointments in Department of Religious Studies, African American Studies Program, and International Programs. His research program focuses on twentieth-century and contemporary African-American religious history and African diaspora religions in the Black Atlantic world. He is especially interested in the following areas: Islam in...