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TWiMusic #37 – Music Biz 2012 Interview with Robb McDaniels, CEO of INgrooves Fontana

Carolyn — Fri, 25 May 2012 17:09:36 +0000

In a special 37th episode of This Week in Music, Ian Rogers took the stage at Music Biz 2012 to interview the CEO of INgrooves Fontana, Robb McDaniels in his first public speaking event since taking the reins of the company. Special THANK YOU to NARM, organizers of the Music Biz 2012 event! And a [...]

TWiMusic #36 – Jeff Castelaz, CEO of Dangerbird Records

Carolyn — Mon, 21 May 2012 19:48:16 +0000

In the 36th episode of This Week in Music, Ian Rogers is joined by CEO of Dangerbird Records, and previous guest, Jeff Castelaz. The duo talk about what Jeff is doing with Dangerbird, and how it is more of a “music company” than a “record company.” Jeff also offers some recommendations for managers including the [...]

TWiMusic #35 – Artist and Soul Singer Jamie Lidell

admin — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 08:02:00 +0000

In the 35th episode of This Week in Music, Ian Roger’s joins artist and soul singer Jamie Lidell in his Nashville home to talk about Jamie’s career, Nashville, and the advantages of the direct to fan business model. Special THANK YOU to: Videographer Paul Alan Jones http://www.paulalanjones.com Wayne Leeloy Sr. Director, Artist Services – Nashville [...]

Wes Bulla and Sarah Cates – Mike Curb College, Belmont

admin — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 21:51:27 +0000

In the 34th episode of Pensado’s Place, Ian Rogers, CEO of Topspin Media, interviews Wes Bulla and Sarah Cates of the Mike Curb College of Entertainment and Music Business, Belmont. The trio talk about how their programs prepares students for careers in the music and entertainment industry. Wes and Sarah expound on how they give [...]

John Grady – Crush Management, Nashville

admin — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 04:59:51 +0000

In the 33rd episode of Pensado’s Place, Ian Rogers, CEO of Topspin Media, interviews John Grady of Crush Management, Nashville. The two talk about John’s background in the music industry different managing styles, and the importance of artist development. Special THANK YOU to: Ocean Way Studios : Nashville, TN Pat McMakin Steven Crowder http://www.oceanwaystudios.com Videographer [...]

This Week in Music #32 – Mark Montgomery

admin — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 02:28:01 +0000

In the 32st episode of This Week in Music, Ian Rogers is joined by Mark Montgomery, founder of FLO {Thinkery}. The duo talk about Mark’s history and what brought him to Nashville, investing in music tech, and his work with his new business, FLO {Thinkery} Special THANK YOU to: Ocean Way Studios : Nashville, TN [...]

This Week in Music #31 – Andre Gaccetta

admin — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 03:21:47 +0000

In the 31st episode of This Week in Music, Ian Rogers is joined by Andre Gaccetta, VP of G7 entertainment. The duo talk about the connection between bands and brands, especially focused on the country industry in Nashville. Special THANK YOU to: Ocean Way Studios : Nashville, TN Pat McMakin Steven Crowder www.oceanwaystudios.com Videographer Paul [...]

This Week in Music #30 – Rodney Crowell

admin — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 21:30:04 +0000

In the 30th episode of This Week in Music, Ian is joined by long time artist/musician Rodney Crowell at the historic Ocean Way Studios in Nashville, TN. The duo talk about changes in the recording industry, making records, and Rodney’s life as an artist. Special THANK YOU to: Ocean Way Studios : Nashville, TN Pat [...]

Cameo Carlson, Head of Digital Business Dev. at Borman Entertainment

admin — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 19:58:14 +0000

In the 29th episode of the This Week in Music Nashville Series of interviews. Ian Rogers sits down with Cameo Carlson, Head of Digital Business Development at Borman Entertainment. The two talk about the interaction between labels and iTunes, which parts of iTunes create the most impact for artists, new cost structures for management companies, [...]

David Ross, Founder of Music Row

admin — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 00:32:50 +0000

In the 28th episode of This Week in Music, Ian Rogers is in Nashville, Tennessee interviewing David Ross, the Founder of Music Row at the historic Ocean Way Recording Studio. For more than 30 years MusicRow magazine has been Nashville’s forefront music industry trade publication. Special THANK YOU to: Ocean Way Studios : Nashville, TN [...]

Mark Ronson (Artist, Producer) and Wendy Clark (The Coca-Cola Company)

admin — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 23:54:42 +0000

In the 27th episode of This Week in Music. Ian Rogers host’s the MIDEM conference Visionary Monday talk with Wendy Clark from The Coca-Cola Company as well as GRAMMY award-winning artist and producer Mark Ronson. The trio discuss Coca-Cola’s new music initiative and their partnering with Mark Ronson to create the sound of the 2012 [...]

Jeff Jampol, Manager and President of Jampol Artist Management

admin — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 07:39:24 +0000

On the 26th episode of This Week in Music, Ian Rogers is joined by Manger Jeff Jampol. Jeff is manager to legendary and iconic artists such as The Estates of: The Doors, Janis Joplin, Rick James and Peter Tosh. http://wemanagelegends.com

This Week in Music – Jon Irwin, President of Rhapsody

admin — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 01:31:05 +0000

On this week’s episode of This Week in Music, Ian Rogers is joined by the President of subscription music service Rhapsody, Jon Irwin.

This Week in Music – Steve Jang, Co-founder of SoundTracking

admin — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 00:37:48 +0000

On the 24th episode of This Week in Music, Ian Rogers is joined by Co-founder of SoundTracking (http://soundtracking.com/) and co-creator of music service imeem, Steve Jang.

Erin Potts, Exec Director & Co-Founder at Air Traffic Control Education Fund, Inc

admin — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 00:25:49 +0000

In the 23rd episode of This Week in Music, Ian Rogers is joined by The Exec Director & Co-Founder at Air Traffic Control Education Fund, Erin Potts. The duo talk about Erin’s work with artists that are actively involved in social justice initiatives, as well as provide information as to how artists can get involved [...]

Richard Jones, Manager for PIXIES

admin — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 00:30:29 +0000

On the 22nd episode of This Week in Music, Ian Rogers sits down with Richard Jones, Manager for PIXIES to talk about his work as a manager and how he uses direct-to-fan business model with PIXIES and the other artists he manages.

Robb McDaniels, CEO of INgrooves

admin — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 04:27:48 +0000

On the 21st episode of This Week in Music, Ian Rogers visits Robb McDaniels, founder and CEO of INgrooves at his offices in San Francisco, CA. The duo talk about INgrooves’ digital distribution and marketing services for artists, the evolution of INgrooves since it’s inception in 2001, as well as today’s current music streaming services [...]

This Week in Music – Jay Frank, CEO DigSin

admin — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 22:59:48 +0000

In the 20th episode of This Week in Music, Ian Rogers is joined by DigSin CEO and author of Futurehit.DNA and Hack Your Hit, Jay Frank. 00:25 – Introducing Jay Frank 01:00 – What is DigSin? 03:00 – “The album is just a marketing concept” 03:25 – “3,000+ albums get released every week” 05:43 [...]

Jim Donio – President, NARM

admin — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 00:33:44 +0000

Jim Donio, President of NARM, joins Ian Rogers via Skype to talk about how music retail has changed over the past 20 years. Since 1958, The National Association of Recording Merchandisers has represented retailers, wholesalers, and now technology companies in selling recorded music. Jim and Ian speak about the evolution of that process over the [...]

John MacFarlane – CEO of Sonos

admin — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 23:28:59 +0000

In the 18th episode of This Week in Music, Ian Rogers sits down with John MacFarlane of Sonos at their company headquarters in Santa Barbara, CA. The two discuss John’s background and how Sonos came to be, how Sonos integrates with today’s streaming music services, and future initiatives for the company. 00:37 – Introducing [...]

David Hyman – Founder and CEO of MOG.com

admin — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 15:27:51 +0000

In the 17th episode of This Week in Music, Ian Rogers interviews MOG founder and CEO David Hyman at the New Noise Santa Barbara Music Conference. Topics include David’s background, including his time at MTV and at Gracenote, how MOG is integrating with Facebook and the advantages it has on Spotify (HTML 5 and 320kbps [...]

Rob Wells – President, Global Digital Business, Universal Music Group

admin — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 16:59:59 +0000

Rob Wells, President of Global Digital Business at Universal Music Group joins Ian Rogers in the studio to talk about UMG’s gobal initiatives in the digital music space. The conversation includes streaming services, the difficulties various international music markets present, what entrepreneurs should know when approaching and doing business with UMG or their like, and [...]

Brian Klein

admin — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 19:33:24 +0000

In the 15th episode of This Week In Music, Manager for Joe Purdy and Fitz and the Tantrums joins Ian Rogers in studio to talk about what it’s like using new models and tools to help make his artists successful. 0:13 – Introducing Brian Klein 1:37 – How Brian decided to manage using tools outside [...]

Marc Geiger

admin — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 18:11:00 +0000

In the 14th episode of This Week In Music, Marc Geiger of William Morris Endeavor joins Ian Rogers in studio to talk about his career in the music industry, ArtistDIRECT, William Morris, Lollapalooza, the current state of tech and music, and more. 2:30 – How Marc got his start 14:45 – Marc describes how [...]

News Roundtable 9/30/2011

admin — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 19:09:00 +0000

In the 13th episode of This Week in Music, Ian is joined in studio by : Antony Bruno – Billboard Digital Editor Rachel Masters – Partner & Co-Founder at Red Magnet Media Bob Moczydlowsky -VP, Product & Marketing at Topspin Tyler CrowleyCEO – Founder at Skweal For a Friday evening music news roundtable! 00:00 – [...]

Kristin Thomson, Future of Music Coalition

admin — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 01:45:45 +0000

In the 12th episode of This Week In Music, Ian Rogers sits down with Future of Music Coalition’s Kristin Thomson to talk about FMC’s initiatives. Future of Music Coalition is a national nonprofit organization that works to ensure a diverse musical culture where artists flourish, are compensated fairly for their work, and where fans can [...]

Darius Van Arman – Dead Oceans / Jagjaguwar / Secretly Canadian

admin — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 18:20:58 +0000

In the 11th episode of This Week in Music, Darius Van Arman of Jagjaguwar, Secretly Canadian, and Dead Ocean joins Ian Rogers in the studio to talk about how Darius got started, his initiatives with Jagjaguwar and Secretly Canadian, which includes a #2 debut of Bon Iver on the Billboard chart. The discussion includes topics [...]

Al Teller – Former head of CBS, Columbia, and MCA Records

admin — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 23:16:30 +0000

In this week’s episode of This Week In Music, Al Teller, former head of CBS, Columbia, and MCA Records, joins Ian Rogers in studio to talk about the music industry past and present. In a fascinating interview, Al talks about going into the music industry after receiving two engineering degrees from Columbia and a Harvard [...]

Ken Casey – Dropkick Murphys

admin — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 17:06:18 +0000

On the 9th episode of This Week In Music, Ian is joined by Dropkick Murphys bassist Ken Casey, and CEO of Dangerbird Records, Ken Castelaz. The trio discuss the history of the Dropkick Murphys, how they approach the relationship with their fans, and what it’s like for Ken to manage them. Other topics include The [...]

Ian Hogarth – Co-founder, CEO – Songkick

admin — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 20:48:27 +0000

In the 8th episode of This Week In Music, Songkick Co-founder and CEO Ian Hogarth joins Ian Rogers in studio. The two talk about how Hogarth started Songkick, his current view of music startups today, and how Songkick users go to 70% more shows after using the Songkick mobile app. At the end of the [...]

Kina Grannis – Singer-songwriter

admin — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 17:36:12 +0000

In this episode of This Week In Music, Singer-songwriter Kina Grannis and her manager Jonathan Kalter join Ian in the studio to offer insight into how Kina uses the Web to build a loyal fan base. She’s one of the most subscribed-to artists on YouTube with more than 400 thousand subscribers and 70M total video [...]

Ken Hertz – Hertz & Lichtenstein LLP

admin — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 17:23:00 +0000

Ken Hertz – Hertz & Lichtenstein LLP, joins Ian Rogers in studio. 00:00 – Intro 01:30 – Ken Hertz’ background working at Capitol Records 05:00 – Ken’s background at Disney 8:20 – Ken’s transition from Disney to private practice 10:00 – Ken describes his primary role when working with artists 15:00 – Lawyers are the [...]

Rio Caraeff – CEO/President of VEVO

admin — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 22:24:18 +0000

Rio Caraeff, who left his position of EVP at Universal Music Group’s Digital Strategy arm “eLabs” to become the President and CEO of VEVO, joins Ian in studio to talk about the business of YouTube. Rio explains how VEVO is trying to create new revenue streams, and at a higher level than ever before for [...]

Andy Gould – Manager (Rob Zombie, Guns n Roses, Morrissey)

admin — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 23:07:15 +0000

Andy Gould, Manager (Rob Zombie, Guns n Roses, Morrissey) joins Ian Rogers in the studio to talk about music, his career, and artist management. After the interview, Yahoo! Music’s Managing Editor, Lyndsey Parker, joins Ian to tell us about her summer music love, The Wombats!

Dermot McCormack – EVP Digital Media, MTV Networks

admin — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 06:24:23 +0000

Dermot McCormack, EVP of Digital Media at MTV Networks, joins Ian Rogers to talk the past, present, and future of MTV. Dermot shares some thoughts on MTV’s programming and social media initiatives, as well as talks about a fundamental shift that has occurred with media consumption. Later on, Justin Gage of the blog Aquarium Drunkard, [...]

Nathan Hubbard – CEO of Ticketmaster

admin — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 17:55:26 +0000

CEO of Ticketmaster, Nathan Hubbard joins Ian in the studio to talk about Ticketmaster’s new initiatives, his thoughts on the future of live concerts, and the challenges the industry faces moving forward. At the top of the show, Ian welcomes Topspin Co-Founder Shamal Ranasinghe to talk music news including Spotify’s launch in the US. At [...]

Mike D – Beastie Boys

admin — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 15:20:57 +0000

In the inaugural episode of This Week In Music, Ian hosts long time friend and Beastie Boy, Mike D, as well as Fenway Recordings and ex-Grand Royal Records CEO, Mark Kates to talk about their careers and get their opinions on the current state of the music industry and how technology has played a role [...]