Bobby Owsinski's Inner Circle Podcast

              NEWS How the Music Modernization Act passed the Senate and what happens next Pretty soon you'll probably have to pay sales tax for all online gear purchases GUEST Author, musician and music technologist Craig Anderton

                NEWS Sony Music's payouts to artists larger than expected after selling Spotify shares The RIAA is considering the first changes to the vinyl record standard since 1978. Could it be about HD Vinyl? GUEST Veva Sound VP Drew Waters

          NEWS There's a big war brewing between labels, publishers and Spotify over music videos There are five logo badge colors on Neumann microphones. Do you know what they mean? GUEST Sweetwater editorial director Mitch Gallagher

            NEWS U.S. radio continues to decline while it's on the upswing in the rest of the world A new Gloom Index algorithm rates the 5 saddest songs GUEST Taxi Music founder and CEO Michael Laskow

            NEWS Spotify uses fake artists on its ambient channels, but labels fight back with Apple Music Musical instrument and pro audio imports are down, and that's before tariffs kick in GUEST Mastering engineer and legendary vinyl cutter Ron McMaster

Photo: Cheryl Peterson                   NEWS Stream fraud is running rampant by artists, labels, platforms and even consumers Audio consoles and mixers are getting cheaper but better, according to a new study GUEST Blue Oyster Cult singer, songwriter and lead guitarist Buck Dharma

            NEWS The 10 most expensive auctions for vinyl records will surprise you Cable manufacturer  Monster tries crypto-currency  with Monster Money GUEST Recording Academy's government relations officer brings us up to speed on the Music Modernization Act

            NEWS Nielsen's latest report provides lots of data on radio and smart speaker usage Logitech buys Blue Microphones GUEST Guitarist and film/TV composer Lyle Workman

            NEWS 9 things to think about before release a vinyl album An overview of Audio over Ethernet GUEST Wall Street piano man Niko Kotoulas

            NEWS The popularity of radio's top music formats is changing Musical instruments are selling again and here's where we're buying them from GUEST Creator of the Distressor and Empirical Labs founder Dave Derr

            NEWS All Spotify playlists won't provide the same streaming results Private equity group buys Martin Audio GUEST President of Outerloop Records Shan Dan Horan

          NEWS Vinyl sales rose again in the first half of the year Fender's Jazzmaster is becoming this generation's Strat GUEST Nashville engineer Ed Seay talks about giving an Elvis album new life

            NEWS There are some changes coming to the Grammys, but will they have the intended effect? There may be big changes coming to JBL Pro soon GUEST Engineer and Emmy winner Clark Germain

          NEWS How Spotify's direct deals with artists can change the balance of power in the industry The effect of a possible trade war with China on music and audio gear GUEST Mobile and location recording engineer Steve Remote

                NEWS The record labels made money from Spotify. Where's it going? We trace the surprising  origin of looping GUESTS Publisher Eric Bettelli and Editor Mark Nardone of Music Connection Magazine

              NEWS Why Apple created a new music publishing division A new study confirms #1 pops songs all sound similar GUEST Longtime music marketing exec Ted Joseph

            NEWS Facebook is no longer the top social site for U.S. teens The Creative Cycle explained GUEST Producer/mixer Andrew Maury

                NEWS YouTube's new charts are competing with Billboard's Despite what you read, the guitar isn't dying GUEST EveAnna Manley, CEO of Manley Labs

            NEWS Why Universal Music may be going public Shure exists the phono cartridge business after 86 years GUEST Post mixer and podcast host Mike Rodriquez Check out the AudioNowcast

            NEWS The music industry is growing worldwide, and the reason is surprising An overview of the different audio interface formats GUEST Engineer/mixer Gary Lux