Music Business Facts- with Rodney Holder
117 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 5 years ago - ★★★★★ - 33 ratingsSuccessful 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.
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116. Devin Townsend Music Business Coaching Call
October 27, 2018 04:44 - 36 minutes - 28.9 MBDevin 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.
115. Chris O'Brien - General Manager for Destroy All Lines
May 10, 2018 18:00 - 41 minutes - 76.5 MBChris 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...
114. Business Skills for Composers
May 03, 2018 18:00 - 47 minutes - 87.2 MBChris 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 Bu...
113. Rob Carroll - PR and Management for Rare Finds
April 26, 2018 18:00 - 34 minutes - 63.4 MBMy 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 ...
112. Nick Findlay- How To Get Your Music Played On Triple J Radio
March 23, 2018 22:10 - 33 minutes - 26.7 MB112. 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 st...
111. James Newcome from Musicpreneur.com
March 14, 2018 05:56 - 41 minutes - 33 MBJames 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.
110. Carl Neumann-Director of Heavy Magazine
February 27, 2018 01:14 - 56 minutes - 45.1 MBCarl 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.
109. Tim Charles- The Epitome Of A Modern Music Business Entrepreneur.
February 21, 2018 06:41 - 1 hour - 60 MBTim 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 str...
108. Phil Bauer- Director Of New Business Development @ CD Baby.
February 19, 2018 11:19 - 39 minutes - 31.3 MBPhil 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.
107. Tony Boden - Artist Engagement and Booking Tours with Artery Global's Head of European Touring
October 12, 2017 19:00 - 42 minutes - 77.1 MBMy 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 r...
106. Benji Rogers - How To Raise Money & Create Awesome Pre-Order Campaigns For Your Creative Projects
October 06, 2017 03:28 - 1 hour - 150 MBBenji 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 c...
105. Maya Janeska - General Manager for UNFD
September 28, 2017 16:00 - 39 minutes - 71.6 MBMaya 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 wa...
104. Matt Rogers - Chief Operating Officer at UNIFIED
September 21, 2017 22:34 - 50 minutes - 91.7 MBYou 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 busin...
103. Eddie Meehan - How to Thoughtfully Engage with Your Fans
September 18, 2017 10:00 - 1 hour - 121 MBMy 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 wit...
102. Rod Yates (Rolling Stone Magazine).
August 28, 2017 00:15 - 58 minutes - 46.7 MBRod 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. And today’s episode of the show is proudly brought to by Audible. Guy...
101. Tommy Darker- Artistpreneur & Music Biz Educator
August 20, 2017 00:25 - 1 hour - 51.7 MBTommy 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...
100. Jaddan Comerford - Founding Owner & CEO of UNIFIED
March 13, 2017 05:44 - 35 minutes - 48.6 MBLadies 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 h...
99. Angela Mastrogiacomo from Muddy Paw PR
December 02, 2016 06:28 - 55 minutes - 75.9 MBToday 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 h...
98. Chris Gero - How to Attract & Secure Endorsements and Sponsorship Deals
November 26, 2016 05:58 - 57 minutes - 78.9 MBToday 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 P...
97. Stephen Green - Music Publicity and How to Succeed in Your Own Media Campaigns
November 13, 2016 02:02 - 1 hour - 82.7 MBStephen 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 thou...
96. Chuck Billy - Lead Vocalist for Testament
October 31, 2016 14:55 - 32 minutes - 44 MBChuck 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, alon...
95. Steve Palfreyman - Business Coach and founder of MusicLaunchHub.com
October 24, 2016 12:43 - 49 minutes - 68 MBMy 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 e...
94. DW Norton - Guitarist & Songwriter of Superheist
October 20, 2016 06:53 - 58 minutes - 80.2 MBDW 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. W...
93. Budi Voogt – Entrepreneur & Digital Music Marketing Expert
October 16, 2016 05:10 - 53 minutes - 97.3 MBThis 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...
92. Brent DeBoer - Drummer for The Dandy Warhols!
October 10, 2016 11:22 - 56 minutes - 103 MBMy 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...
91. Kevin Thomas - How to Improve Your Songwriting Skills
August 22, 2016 06:04 - 38 minutes - 88.5 MBKevin 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 m...
90. Rosemary Anner - Generate an Incredible Income Teaching Music
August 08, 2016 04:16 - 32 minutes - 58.7 MBRosemary 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 he...
89. Sarah Hamilton Pt. 2 - How to Get Your Music on Spotify, Apple Music, Shazam & iTunes
July 27, 2016 01:23 - 1 hour - 218 MBSarah 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 [email protected] and tell her Rodney sent you. I promise you she’ll do an amazing job. Today I present to you Sar...
88. Sarah Hamilton Pt. 1 - How to Distribute your Music to Online Global Platforms
July 11, 2016 14:08 - 47 minutes - 109 MBSarah 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 [email protected] and tell her Rodney sent you. I promise you she’ll do an amazing job! Sarah is also t...
87. Bob Babisch - Promoter of the "World’s Largest Music Festival"
June 26, 2016 06:11 - 46 minutes - 106 MBConcert 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...
86. Glen Drover - Successful Canadian Producer, Session Musician, and Metal Guitarist
June 21, 2016 06:21 - 45 minutes - 105 MBGlen 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 [email protected] and at all...
85. Paul Wiltshire - How to Buy, Sell, and License Music with Songtradr
June 06, 2016 06:33 - 56 minutes - 103 MBPaul 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 w...
84. Cherie Currie - Legendary Vocalist of All-Girl Punk Band 'The Runaways'
May 22, 2016 06:00 - 19 minutes - 44.3 MBThe 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 t...
83. Satchel - Lead Guitarist for Steel Panther
May 20, 2016 03:18 - 29 minutes - 68 MBMy 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...
82. How To Start and Operate A Successful Independent Recording Studio
May 02, 2016 03:36 - 39 minutes - 91.1 MBMy podcast today is about How 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 inte...
81. Eyal Levi - Successful Metal Producer and Entrepreneur
April 04, 2016 20:43 - 58 minutes - 134 MBMy 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...
80. Matt Urmy - Founder & CEO at ArtistGrowth.com
March 27, 2016 03:39 - 42 minutes - 97.9 MBMatt 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...
79. John P. Kellogg - Assistant Chair of Music Business & Management at Berklee
March 21, 2016 08:27 - 36 minutes - 83.5 MBThere 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.
78. Karl Sanders - Earning a Living as a Death Metal Guitarist
March 15, 2016 06:09 - 31 minutes - 72.5 MBMy 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.
77. Maynard James Keenan - Tool frontman talks Artistry vs. Music Industry
December 10, 2015 08:04 - 17 minutes - 24 MBToday 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 kick...
76. Aaron Davison - Music Licencing Special
November 27, 2015 02:03 - 38 minutes - 53.2 MBToday 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.
75. Tom Sabella - Fellow Top 10 Music Business Podcaster Shoots the Breeze
November 09, 2015 05:11 - 34 minutes - 46.9 MBIn 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
74. Mike Portnoy - Prog Metal Drumming Lord discusses the state of the Industry
November 05, 2015 14:33 - 21 minutes - 29.7 MBMike 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.
73. Eric Grothe Jr. - Ex Pro Athlete turns Social Media Guru!
November 01, 2015 12:52 - 37 minutes - 51 MBEric 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.
72. Zakk Wylde - the business of Black Label Society
October 29, 2015 23:25 - 28 minutes - 39.4 MBZakk 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.
71. Chris Poland Pt. 2 - Eclipse Records Founder Gives You the Facts
October 25, 2015 08:49 - 35 minutes - 48.7 MBThis 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.
70. Chris Poland Pt. 1 - Running an Independent Record Label and Keeping the Passion Alive!
October 22, 2015 15:43 - 35 minutes - 48.8 MBChris 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.
69. Dave Lombardo - the powerhouse drumming pioneer returns to MBF!
October 15, 2015 14:47 - 30 minutes - 41.3 MBDave 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.
68. Camille Cannings & Katie Zahra - Artist management and how to adapt to a variety of clients
October 11, 2015 11:07 - 14 minutes - 19.7 MBMy 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.
67. Tim Price - PR management and how it'll take your music to new heights
October 08, 2015 11:59 - 39 minutes - 54.5 MBTim 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 ...