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If anybody has the credentials to talk about succeeding in the music business it's Dave Ellefson.

Dave Ellefson has experienced enormous success in the music business that many can only dream of. 

His band Megadeth is truely one of the great success stories in the history of heavy and thrash metal. 

In this interview Dave talks about that success, as well as offering numerous cool strategies for doing music business in 2015 

A must listen!

Direct download: Dave_Ellefson_Interview_Mastered_mp3.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 4:43pm AEDT

Jason Fuller speaks to Rodney Holder about his professional career in the music business.

Jason is veteran of the Australian heavy music scene who has played in his rock and roll grindcore band "Blood Duster" for over twenty three years.

Jason is a song writer, performer, manager, publicist, promoter, producer, studio owner, comedian and entrepreneur. 

This is an action packed episode about a DIY punk rock ethos had to evolve to music business entrepreneurship in order to survive the insanely crazy music industry. 

Direct download: Jason_Fuller_Final.mp3
Category:Language Warning -- posted at: 2:03pm AEDT

Devin Townsend is a legendary metal song writer, guitarist, vocalist, producer and label owner. In this episode of Music Business Facts Devin speaks to Rodney Holder about the realities of what it's like to be a professional musician. 

Direct download: Townsend_Final-1.mp3
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Today I'm happy to present to you today my interview with one of Australia’s leading marketing experts Mr. Tim Reid.

 

Tim’s an authority on marketing as well as a bit of a celebrity in the podcasting world. He runs his own very informative marketing show called “Small Business Big Marketing, which I strongly suggest you go and check out.

 

So in this interview I just thought it would be cool to have a casual chat with Tim and pick his brains on marketing topics. 

 

During the conversation we discuss things like:

What is Marketing, the difference between concepts like Publicity, Promotion, Public relations and Advertising. Not to mention publicity stunts and marketing strategies.

Enjoy

Direct download: Tim_Read_Final.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 5:02pm AEDT

Peter Clarke is a drummer whose big music break came when he moved to the US with up and coming guitarist Keith Urban.

In this episode of Music Business facts Peter tells the story of the trials and tribulations of trying to break into the world's biggest music market and the subsequent success that followed.

After Peter had parted ways with Keith Urban he also performed with other legendary Australian artists such as Leigh Kernaghan and Doc Neeson's Angles.

A great music business story. Enjoy

Direct download: Peter_Clarke.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 2:18pm AEDT

Brian J Simon is an audio engineer who has worked in the music industry for over twenty-five years. 

Brian has mainly worked as a front of house audio engineer, but has also worked as a production manager, tour manager, monitor engineer and has also done backline.

Brian has worked with bands like The Monkeys, Night Ranger and The Little River Band. But for the past two and a bit years Brian has been FOH mixing one of the most successful and legendary rock bands of all time. Foreigner! (80 million album sales world-wide).

Direct download: BJS_final.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 1:57pm AEDT

Jim Runge is a professional tour manager and tour consultant who is currently working with The Black Keys.

Previously Jim has also worked for artists such as Machine Head, Alice in Chains, Susanne Vega, Ryan Adams and Rickie Lee Jones to name a few.

In this episode of Music Business Facts Jim talks about the facts of being a full time tour manager. Even if you're not interested in tour management as a career this is still a really interesting and educational story and insight into the music industry. Enjoy!

Category:general -- posted at: 3:09pm AEDT