Welcome to episode 15 of The Music Biz Weekly, a weekly podcast co-hosted by Michael Brandvold and Brian Thompson.
Each week Michael and Brian will discuss the latest events in the music business and music marketing events and techniques.
This week’s episode, July 8, 2011 – Thomas McAlevey CEO of Radical.FM
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About Michael Brandvold:
Michael Brandvold is a freelance music industry consultant based in Northern California. Having launched Michael Brandvold Marketing to leverage his years of experience to provide direction to large and small clients in the areas of online & social marketing as well as e-commerce and customer acquisition and retention.
Gene Simmons of KISS first tapped Michael’s skills as a pioneering online marketing strategist to launch and manage all aspects of Kissonline.com’s multi-million dollar enterprise, including their ground-breaking VIP ticket program.
Michael has also managed the online efforts for Motley Crüe, Rod Stewart, Madonna, Ozzy Osbourne, Madonna and Britney Spears to name only a few.
About Brian Thompson:
Brian Thompson, Managing Partner for Thorny Bleeder Records, is a Vancouver based music industry entrepreneur, record label owner, artist manager, marketing consultant, radio promoter, publicist, web designer, blogger, and industry speaker.
Formerly the corporate head of music buying and marketing for a large national music retail chain, Brian has since moved on to become a well respected voice on the convergence of artist development, music marketing, social media, and technology.
Great interview guys! This service sounds pretty damn cool. I am very excited to give it a spin both as a musician and music lover who loves crafting great playlists as a DJ. Almost sounds like a streamlined version of podcasting – Which would be great for time strapped guys (like myself).
And the local angle is huge. Ideas just popping into my head left and right as you guys talked about it. Very exciting.
The only thing is that seems a little restrictive – outside of the usual limitations put on by the industry – is the whole idea of only allowing creation of stations limited by genre. Maybe I misunderstood – and I haven’t tried it – yet but it I think restricting it by genre is a negative. I always hear about how cool it was in the old days – and over in Europe – when you could hear a variety of music on the radio. I have a site/podcast dedicated to mixing genres (http://musicgoat.com) and I know there are a ton of people who feel the same way.
But no matter what sounds like a great step in the right direction.
I too have a podcast with mixed genres, hence the name of the show, “Ed’s Mixed Bag ( http://www.edsmixedbag.mevio.com ) and as in another new site Turntable.fm I’d like to be able to upload music to my playlist from the “indie” genre and not so much of mainstream! I can now do playlists with any mp3’s I want using Foobar player. This service seems to just be a social integration fancy edition of same. If I’m mistaken please advise. I’m open.
Definitely going to look into Rad.Fm!