Locating a hard rockin’ band in the middle of country music lovin’ Nashville, Tennessee, was either really dumb or really smart. I guess I’m going with pretty smart, because if you’re good at being different, you can really stand out in a scene where everyone else sounds similar. And make no doubt about... Continue Reading →
644 Rock music producer Loren Weisman has a business message! VIDEO INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Loren Weisman, author, The Artist's Guide to Success in the Music Business: The 'Who, What, When, Where, Why & How of the Steps That Musicians & Bands Have to Take to Succeed in Music Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of everyone from “American Idol” finalist Michael Lynche to... Continue Reading →
Pittsburgh rockers 28 North perform Napa Valley live! VIDEO INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: 28 North, rock band, Mystery Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of well-mannered, heavily sedated former rock stars in the new new media capital of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! It used to be that a handful of multinational record companies and a few indies controlled all of... Continue Reading →
625 Fools Rush In from Australia to make music with Mr. Media! INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Ben Linden, musician, Fools Rush In If I talk to someone from Australia or England, it’s pretty easy for each of us to think, “That guy’s from London” or “That guy’s from Down Under.” But when that same person sings, the accent largely disappears What’s up with that? BEN LINDEN podcast excerpt: "It's... Continue Reading →
Useless Keys rock onto Mr. Media Radio’s heavy space ring! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Useless Keys, image via Wikipedia So many rock bands, so little time. How do we ever choose among them? Seriously, I’m curious: how does one cut through all the noise and make a sonic impact on enough of us to make a living and more? That’s one of the things I want to ask my... Continue Reading →
573 Don’t be sedated before finishing I Slept with Joey Ramone PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Legs McNeil, co-author, I Slept with Joey Ramone: A Punk Rock Family Memoir Joey Ramone wasn’t really Joey Ramone. Most people know that the “Ramones” name was for the stage, although few sought out and became their stage persona more completely than the former Jeffry Hyman, a spindly, troubled boy from Queens.... Continue Reading →
If it’s Sunrise on Avenue C, Brit James Maddock is rocking! PODCAST INTERVIEW
I didn’t know anything about James Maddock’s past when his publicist said, “You should check out this guy’s music.” I listened and was drawn immediately to the rhythm, structure—and humor—found in Maddock’s songs on his second album, Sunrise on Avenue C. He’s got a strong handle on sharing his inner voice on softer rock... Continue Reading →
Bob Dylan, a complete unknown? Not after Charles Gatewood! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Great photographs—whether shot by Ansel Adams or your Aunt Anna—capture a moment in time that people familiar with the moment, the subject or the place can relate to for years to come. And even if you don’t have any familiarity with what’s in the picture, the good ones always relate an emotion, a texture... Continue Reading →
Don’t leave The Last Vegas without Chad Cherry! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Chad Cherry, singer, The Last Vegas One day you’re just one among 10,000 anonymous rock bands on earth, slogging it out for recognition. The next day you wake up and you’re on tour with Motley Crue and they’re talking about passing the heavy metal crown of thorns on to you, same as... Continue Reading →
Party with Gene Simmons of KISS in a lost moment from 1985! PHONE INTERVIEW
I met Gene Simmons once. His band, KISS, was touring without the makeup for the first time and we were backstage before a show at the Lakeland Civic Center. Simmons was an imposing figure, even making casual conversation, but we didn’t talk long. Pretty soon, the late concert promoter John Stoll of Fantasma... Continue Reading →