EP/81: SOUND MASTER
Abbey Road Studios is the most famous recording studio in the world, renowned for its creativity and technological excellence. For the last 90 years has been the musical home to artists such as The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Ella Fitzgerald, Radiohead, Ed Sheeran, Lady Gaga, and Adele. We get an insider take on this sacred studio so we could learn about the art of mastering and remastering music.
EP/56: ARCHIVAL FINDS
Mike and Matt go digging in the archives with Tim Zawada and Ken Shipley from The Numero Group, an archival record label that researches and preserves musical gems by artists and entrepreneurs who found little commercial success upon their material's initial release.
EP/52: SOCIAL AUDIO
Mike and Matt sit down with Ryan Star of Stationhead to get the low down on Social Audio and how it can provide new opportunities for the creator economy and better music discovery for fans.
EP/51: AUDIO QUALITY
Mike and Matt meet with Frankie Tan, founder of Orastream, to understand what makes for good quality audio streaming.
EP/48: VINYL 3.0
Matt and Mike talk to Gar Ragland and Sean Moore of VinylKey and learn how merging record collecting with NFTs can unlock new opportunities for artists to engage and delight their fans.
EP/46: EUROVISION
Mike and Matt put on their sequins and join journalist and podcaster Ewan Spence on stage to pull the curtain back on the Eurovision Song Contest.
EP/45: MUSIC & PROTEST
Mike and Matt join the march with author James Sullivan to learn about the evolution of music and protest.
EP/44: VIRTUAL ARTISTS
Mike and Matt’s avatars hang out with Ian Simon of Spirit Bomb to talk about the coming explosion of virtual artists.
EP/43: MUSIC & THE METAVERSE
Mike and Matt enter the ‘Musicverse’ with Inder Phull of Pixelynx to talk about music, gaming and the metaverse.
EP/42: ADVERTISING JINGLES
Dr. Timothy D. Taylor, a professor in UCLA’s Department of Music, and author of The Sounds of Capitalism, walks Matt and Mike through the evolution of music in advertising.
EP/38: VINYL COLLECTING
Mike & Matt enter the world of online crate digging with Jeffrey Smith of Discogs and learn how to catalog your Vinyl Collection like a Boss
EP/24: THE VINYL REVIVAL
Matt and Mike spin some record shop tales with Last Shop Standing and the Vinyl Revival’s Pip Piper and Graham Jones.
EP/18: THE FUTURE OF RADIO
Matt and Mike tune the dial to XPERI’s Joseph D’Angelo, Senior Vice President of Broadcast Radio to talk about the future of terrestrial radio.
EP/17: BACKGROUND MUSIC
Matt and Mike talk streaming songs in retail, cafes, workplaces and more with Anida Gurlit from MOOD MEDIA (the company that acquired MUZAK).
EP/14: SOUNDTRACKS
Matt and Mike talk with ALISON MOSES, music supervisor, radio host, and DJ about selecting music for TV/Film soundtracks.
EP/12: HD VINYL
Matt and Mike discuss the future of vinyl and hi-fi listening with REBEAT’s Günter Loibl.
EP/11: 3D AUDIO
Matt and Mike tune in with AUDIBLE REALITY’s Matt Beorum about personalized sound and 3D audio in the digital age.
EP/06: RISE and FALL of the ALBUM
Matt and Mike talk with songwriter Jeff Breithaupt from the MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC about the death of the Album.