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The Sound Age - Music industry Podcast

A collection of stories, observations, predictions and opinions, loosely based around rock music and the music industry.

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#33 Rockstars are Monsters too - The Ian Watkins Story

#33 Rockstars are Monsters too - The Ian Watkins Story

The horrific story of the next big thing in rock. Ian Watkins will be remembered as one of the most evil people in the h... Read more

24 Apr 2022

17mins

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#32 Concert Tickets - The Australian Problem

#32 Concert Tickets - The Australian Problem

A few years back I was looking to make a ticketing site that essentially scrapped booking fees, we got to the point wher... Read more

17 Apr 2022

15mins

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#31 The amazing or bleak future of streaming.

#31 The amazing or bleak future of streaming.

Where will spotify be in 10 years? because there’s not much business in hosting other companies music. The answer is rig... Read more

13 Apr 2022

17mins

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#30 How To Get A Number 1 Album

#30 How To Get A Number 1 Album

The Charts are a measure of success for an artist, they are also a trophy for artists that last the span of the their ca... Read more

3 Apr 2022

16mins

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#29 Kookaburra - The copyright Problem

#29 Kookaburra - The copyright Problem

What happens when a TV trivia show mentions the similarity of a children's song and one of Australia's biggest hits 27 y... Read more

27 Mar 2022

14mins

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#28 The Con of Pop

#28 The Con of Pop

The early 2000s Boy band craze was single handedly created by one man. A man who also created the biggest Ponzi scheme i... Read more

13 Mar 2022

16mins

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#27 The Journey of writing the song (Without Music)

#27 The Journey of writing the song (Without Music)

Note: Listen on Spotify for the full version of the song I’m talking about in this podcast. The story of writing a 2:50 ... Read more

6 Mar 2022

18mins

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#26 The Garage Band - The changing face of recording music

#26 The Garage Band - The changing face of recording music

It cost a fortune for a pro studio, it used to cost a small fortune for a pro home studio set up, able to record studio ... Read more

27 Feb 2022

14mins

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#25 The Day the Music Dies

#25 The Day the Music Dies

Deep Fake audio will continue to get better, at one point it will be indistinguishable from real artists. At that point ... Read more

20 Feb 2022

14mins

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#24 Better Than The Beatles - The Philosophy of the World

#24 Better Than The Beatles - The Philosophy of the World

The story of the worst album ever made is strange. How can something so bad have actual loyal fans. And in the same cont... Read more

13 Feb 2022

14mins

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