{"id":7373,"date":"2012-10-08T14:19:42","date_gmt":"2012-10-08T21:19:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/?p=7373"},"modified":"2015-09-30T18:53:45","modified_gmt":"2015-09-30T18:53:45","slug":"don-dokken-joins-dropping-the-needle-to-talk-road-stories-new-album-and-plays-something-new-with-michael-schenker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/don-dokken-joins-dropping-the-needle-to-talk-road-stories-new-album-and-plays-something-new-with-michael-schenker\/","title":{"rendered":"Don Dokken Joins Dropping The Needle to Talk Road Stories, New Album and Plays Something New with Michael Schenker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Dropping The Needle Podcast\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/dtn6001-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Dropping The Needle Podcast\" width=\"238\" height=\"238\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If Beavis &amp; Butt-Head had a music podcast, this would be it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Welcome to episode 21 of the podcast Dropping The Needle, October 8, 2012. In this episode we are joined by a very special guest, Don Dokken from the band Dokken.<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1543\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-7373-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/musicbizweekly\/www.michaelbrandvold.com\/audio\/droppingtheneedle\/21-Episode-21-Don-Dokken-from-Dokken-Joins-Dropping-The-Needle.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/musicbizweekly\/www.michaelbrandvold.com\/audio\/droppingtheneedle\/21-Episode-21-Don-Dokken-from-Dokken-Joins-Dropping-The-Needle.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/musicbizweekly\/www.michaelbrandvold.com\/audio\/droppingtheneedle\/21-Episode-21-Don-Dokken-from-Dokken-Joins-Dropping-The-Needle.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/musicbizweekly\/www.michaelbrandvold.com\/audio\/droppingtheneedle\/21-Episode-21-Don-Dokken-from-Dokken-Joins-Dropping-The-Needle.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=7373-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/musicbizweekly\/www.michaelbrandvold.com\/audio\/droppingtheneedle\/21-Episode-21-Don-Dokken-from-Dokken-Joins-Dropping-The-Needle.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"21-Episode-21-Don-Dokken-from-Dokken-Joins-Dropping-The-Needle.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Don talks about the brand new Dokken album Broken Bones. He shares stories from the road. He talks about what he plans to record now that this is the last Dokken album. <strong>He shares with us for the very first time anywhere a track he is working on with legendary guitarist Michael Schenker.<\/strong> Don talks about working with Elektra Records in the 1980s&#8230; and much more!<\/p>\n<p>Visit Dokken at <a title=\"Dokken.net\" href=\"http:\/\/www.Dokken.net\" target=\"_blank\">www.Dokken.net<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qzC5lBh3yV4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Dropping The Needle is the podcast where all music from all genres is discussed. New releases, classic albums, rediscovered music, signed and unsigned. No ass kissing, just two guys talking about music. Dropping The Needle is hosted Michael Brandvold from Michael Brandvold Marketing and <a title=\"PureGrainAudio.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.PureGrainAudio.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mitch Lafon from PureGrainAudio.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Tune in to the next episode of Dropping The Needle to see what artists we drop the needle on.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/droppingtheneedle\" target=\"_blank\">Follow Dropping the Needle on Facebook.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/michael-brandvold-marketing\/id520272541\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe to Dropping The Needle in iTunes.<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Follow Michael on Twitter at <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/michaelsb\" target=\"_blank\">@michaelsb<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Follow Mitch on Twitter at <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/mitchlafon\" target=\"_blank\">@mitchlafon<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"More...\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/wp-includes\/js\/tinymce\/plugins\/wordpress\/img\/trans.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>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 &amp; social marketing as well as e-commerce and customer acquisition and retention. Gene Simmons of KISS first tapped Michael&#8217;s skills as a pioneering online marketing strategist to launch and manage all aspects of Kissonline.com&#8217;s multi-million dollar enterprise, including their ground-breaking VIP ticket program. Michael has also managed the online efforts for Andy Gibson, Alexa Carter, Greg Kihn, Motley Cr\u00fce, Rod Stewart, Madonna, Ozzy Osbourne, Madonna and Britney Spears to name only a few.<\/p>\n<p>Mitch Lafon is a professional music writer located in Montreal, Quebec (Canada). His career started in 1980 when at the age of eleven he interviewed The Demon of KISS, Gene Simmons. In the \u201890s he did studio work with various artists including LA GUNS and worked on an Ace Frehley Tribute album. Over the years, his work has appeared in Brave Words &amp; Bloody Knuckles Magazine as well as Metal Hammer (US) and Classic Rock (UK). Currently, PureGrainAudio.com and <a title=\"Roadie Crew\" href=\"\" target=\"_blank\">Roadie Crew magazine<\/a> from Brazil are where his interviews can be found. He is well-respected by artists\u00a0 who often request him by name (when they are ready to grant an interview).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;If Beavis &amp; Butt-Head had a music podcast, this would be it.&#8221; Welcome to episode 21 of the podcast Dropping The Needle, October 8, 2012. In this episode we are joined by a very special guest, Don Dokken from the band Dokken. Don talks about the brand new Dokken album Broken Bones. 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