Music Business Facts- With Rodney Holder

Today I’ve got another great guest on the show- And today it’s International licensing expert Aaron Davison, and I thought I’d make this episode of Music Business facts a bit of a focus on music licensing. Music licensing is not only a powerful promotional tool for your music but can potentially be really lucrative in terms of making some good bucks.

In this episode of Music Business Facts, Tom and Rodney really just shoot the breeze about the music business, podcasting, and a whole heap of other cool stuff! Tom Sabella is all the way over in Nashville, Tennessee and runs a podcast called “The Business Side OF Music” And you can check his stuff out over at www.page2management.com  

Mike Portnoy is an extremely technically proficient drummer primarily known as the skin hitter for the prog metal act Dream Theatre. He is the second youngest person (after Neil Peart) to be inducted into the Modern Drummer's Hall of Fame (at 37 years of age). Mike has also played in numerous other musical projects including his latest project Metal Allegiance, collaborative super group with David Ellefson from Megadeth and Alex Skolnick from Testament.

Eric Grothe Jnr is a former Australian Rugby League player who played the game for fourteen seasons at the highest level including spots on both the Australian Rep side and the New South Wales State of Origin side. Post his football career Eric Grothe Jnr has now established himself as one of the leading authorities on the social media platform Instagram. This episode of Music Business Facts grills Eric for his top tips and strategies when using Instagram for business.

Zakk Wylde is an American guitarist, songwriter and entrepreneur who first rose to prominence as the guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne. He later went on to found the successful rock-metal band Black Label Society, as well as a number of successful business ventures.

This is part two of my interview with super cool Eclipse record label founder and and President Mr Chris Poland. And on Eclipse you find such cool bands like A Breach of Silence, Mushroomhead, Our Last Enemy to name a few.

Chris Poland is the founder and president of Indie American Record label “Eclipse Records”. Chris believes that a record company should try to work on making each album "hit material", instead of merely putting out as many albums as possible to gain recognition.

Dave Lombardo is a powerhouse drumming pioneer who literally changed the face of heavy metal music. His attack, speed, aggression and ingenuity on the double bass drums contributed to help make his old band Slayer, one of the most influential metal bands ever.

My guests are Camille Cannings & Katie Jane Zahra. Camille and Katie are the co-founders of a Brisbane-based artist management company called ‘Sidekick’ Management. I recently caught up with Camille and Katie at The Bigsound Music Industry conference and showcase last month here in Brisbane Australia.

Tim Price is an independent Music professional who runs a few companies including a management business - Pricewar Music, as well as a PR business Collision Course. And he does a whole lot more, Tim has been a drummer, a stage manager, artist liaison, graphic designer and much more. And Tim’s currently getting some great results. He’s really helping some hot new up and coming artists and he makes a full time living doing this from his music businesses, and that’s what this entire podcast is all about- uncovering the Music Business Facts.

My interview today was conducted at the recent BigSound conference and is with a great guy called Adrian Kelly. And Adrian runs an independent artist management company called NMA Management. So obviously I wanted to hear his take on how it all goes down in this crazy business.

My guest today is Chris O’Neil. Chris is the National Manager of the Writer services department for APRA- Which is The Australaisian Performing Right Association. And they are closely affiliated with AMCOS- Who are the Australiasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society. If your serious about a career in the music business then you not only need to know what both of those acronyms stand for, but you also need to know what the organisations do.

Ex Skid Row front man Sebastian Bach talks to Rodney Holder from musicbusinessfacts.com Sebastian is one of the great rock metal voices of our time and is also a legitimate businessman in his own right. With over 20 million records sold and 30 years experience in the music business Sebastian Bach certainly has the credentials to discuss the Music Business Facts!

Dave Haley is one of Australia's most accomplished and recognised metal drummers. He is also the manager for his extreme metal band Psycroptic.   Additionally Dave run's music events, tours international bands, teaches drums, tour manages, and invests in property. Dave has never had a real job and makes a great living from his passion of drums and heavy metal music.  Some great insights in this interview with Rodney Holder from Music Business Facts!

My guest today is Martine Cotton who is the founder and director of music industry professional development resource/community website: www.musicindustryinsideout.com.au, A site that contains free, weekly how-to articles and premium course video interviews with successful working music industry figures, all explaining best contemporary practice. MIIO seeks to deliver authentic, real world music industry training and mentoring for the Australian music industry - not just musicians but their teams: managers, publicists, labels, event managers and much more.

Def Leppard are an English rock act who have sold 100 million records. They've been awarded the prestigious Record Industry Association of America "Diamond Record Sales Certification" twice. Including (2 X separate records selling over $10 million records each).  Guitarist Phil Collen has achieved everything that any young kid who has ever played a band has ever dreamed of! Here are The Music Business Facts according to Phil Collen. Enjoy

Burton C. Bell is a veteran of the music business and in this episode of Music Business Facts he shares a plethora of stories on the music business. He is the vocalist for American heavy music act Fear Factory. Burton is attributed to first successfully mixing "clean" vocals into the style of death metal. A great insight on what to do and what not to do in the music business.

In today’s episode I’m absolutely stoked to be bringing you my interview with legendary metal guitarist, vocalist and songwriter Max Cavelera. Max and his ex band  Sepultura where a huge influence on me personally and my band Alchemist back in the day. Max’s story is a really interesting one because Sepultura were once well on the way to becoming one of the biggest metal bands on the planet. Just at the peak of their career- the band split with Max due to the fact that they were going to sack their manager who also happened to be Max’s wife. Max has gone on to become involved in numerous exciting heavy music projects including Nailbomb, Soulfly, Cavelera Conspiracy, and Killer Be Killed. Anyhow I really love this interview as Max goes into some of the huge music business mistakes he’s made in his career like simply being naïve regarding contracts, not knowing the intricacies of understanding name and brand protection, getting ripped off and a whole lot more.  He also has a dig at The current line up of Sepult

Welcome to Music Business Facts – The podcast where Rodney Holder talks to successful music industry professionals and debates the facts about the music industry. Today's guest is Mr. Dani Filth- Lead vocalist for the very successful and often controversial gothic horror vampire black- metal band- Cradle of Filth. In this conversation Danny shares his views and opinions on the music biz as well as some great take away advice on how to get the attention from big industry players.  

On July 14 2015 Rodney Holder spoke with successful artist manager Gregg Donovan during a live webinar Titled "How To Successfully Self-Manage Your Music Career & Thrive In The Music Business". This is a replay of that presentation including a live Q&A session with Gregg after the presentation. At the end of the presentation Rodney and Gregg invited attendees to join their mentorship and education program. An online course titled "The Art Of Artist Management". This is an 8 week online step by step guide to artist management and artist self management. Including Q&A with Gregg. If you are interested in the course you can register at www.artofartistmanagement.com or contact rodney@musicbusinessfacts.com