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J. Scott Christianson is an Associate Teaching Professor in the Management Department at the Robert J. Trulaske, Sr. College of Business, University of Missouri - Columbia. Prior to joining the Trula…

For almost two decades, Phil built a thriving career at the crossroads of music and media. As the co-founder of Apollo Studios, a globally-recognized music production house boasting an all-star team …

Equally comfortable working with artists and algorithms, David Gorman has made a career of cooking up new ways to connect folks to things they’ll love. Whether that means rolling up his sleeves to cr…

Kingdom of Mind, founded by Isabella Kelly, is an event production and promotions business. Kelly's past promotions work has focused on secondary/tertiary markets in California and will be expanding …

Marco Collins is a Seattle radio personality best known as the flagship DJ and Music Director at Seattle’s 107.7 ‘The End’ during the 1990’s grunge explosion which landed him a spot in The Rock & Rol…

Born in Nashville, Dmitri moved to NYC as a teen where he busked in the subways while studying music at “the Fame High School” for Music and the Arts. After earning his business degree, he leaned int…

Joe Satriani was born on July 15, 1956 at Westbury (in the state of New York). He played a little on his sister’s guitar. She had played some folk music in high school. He was inspired since he was y…

This is a two-part episode where LP chats with Caltech student, Ari Rosner and high school buddies, Erick Beavers and Brad Robertson. 

Ari Rosner was recently featured in Forbes for the algorithm he d…

Listen into this panel that took place September 2nd that featured 3 music tech companies, a promoter and a venue. Juan Torres moderated this panel. He's the VP of Business Operations at Prism a comp…

In a career that has already spanned a half-century, legendary guitarist and vocalist, Jorma Kaukonen is one of the most highly respected interpreters of American roots music, blues, and Americana, a…

Alan Goldfarb, a veteran wine journalist, began his career as a sportswriter for Newsday in New York, the San Francisco Examiner, and the Associated Press.

Alan has been writing about wine for decades…

With a wide ranging skill set as a music and tech educator, songwriter, producer, instrumentalist, entrepreneur, and activist, Erin Barra has been a key player in many projects.

An authoritative voice…

Ronnie Schneider is best known for being the business presence at the center of pivotal 1960s events including the Altamont Free Concert, the dissolution of The Beatles and the reorganization of thei…

Ted Cohen is an American digital entertainment industry executive. Having worked in senior management positions at EMI Music, Warner Bros. Records and Philips Media. Cohen is currently the Managing P…

The longtime manager and producer of the Rolling Stones, Andrew Loog Oldham promoted and nurtured the group's notorious reputation as the bad boys of the British Invasion, orchestrating their ultimat…

The summer of 1968 looked like the summer of 2020. Americans were in the streets protesting racism, among other things. And a high school student in Palo Alto, Calif., got in on the action by enlisti…

On this episode LP chats with Kirt Debique, CEO and CTO of SyncFloor. Kirt is a 20 year Microsoft veteran with experience as an engineer, architect, technology strategist and general manager. He has …

On this episode, LP chats with his longtime friend, Matt Adell about his time at Napster, Music Now, Beatport, and advocating for creators. His new project OnNow.tv just launched is building tools to…

LP sits down with two music fans to discuss their show going pre and post COVID-19. They share insights about how they buy tickets and what they're hoping to see when shows come back.

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