Episodes

Monday Jan 06, 2020
The Best & WORST Rock & Metal Christmas Songs of All Time!
Monday Jan 06, 2020
Monday Jan 06, 2020
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Featured Loudini Artists: Grand Royale Firewolfe Fist Fight in the Parking Lot Lou Lombardi
Join us for a VERY special Christmas Eve show when we will be counting down the best and WORST Rock and Metal Christmas songs of all time!
Topics discussed:
-The Best
 God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen : Dio & Iommi
 Red Water (Christmas Mourning): Type O Negative
 Father Christmas: The Kinks
 Santa Claus is Coming to Town: Springsteen (h.m. Jackson Five)
 Christmas Time: Larry Norman
 Christmas Eve Sarajevo/Carol of the Bells: Trans Siberian Orchestra
 Run Run Rudolph: Chuck Berry
 Santa Claus & his old Lady: Cheech & Chong
 Christmas with the devil: Spinal Tap
 Mistress for Christmas: AC/DC
 You're a Mean one Mr. Grinch: Whirling Dervishes

Monday Jan 06, 2020
Ghosts: The Greatest Musicians You've Never Heard Of!
Monday Jan 06, 2020
Monday Jan 06, 2020
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This week we salute the greatest musicians whose music you have heard many times but whose names you do not know... these are "Ghosts players" who make your favorite songs and albums rock! Featured Loudini Artists: Blindstone Lou Lombardi Reign of Z Eve to Adam
Topics Covered:
Audience picks:
Our Picks:
Bernard Purdie
Steve Lukather
Larry Carlton
Robben Ford
Dean Parks
Ray Parker JR
Waddy Watchell
Leland Sklar
Eddie Martinez
Lisa Fisher
Scotty Moore
Carol Kaye
Hal Blaine
Pete Drake
This Day In Music
1944 Alvin Lee, guitar vocals, Ten Years After, (1970 UK No.10 single 'Love Like A Man'). Lee died on 6 March 2013. According to his website, he died from "unforeseen complications following a routine surgical procedure", he was 68.
1947 Scottish musician Jimmy Bain best known for playing bass guitar in the bands Rainbow and Dio. He also worked with Thin Lizzy frontman Phil Lynott, co-writing on his solo albums. On January 23, 2016 died while in his cabin on Def Leppard's "Hysteria on the High Seas" cruise. The cause of death was determined to be lung cancer.
1957 Elvis Presley had his draft notice served on him for the US Army. He went on to join the 32nd Tank Battalion third Armor Corps based in Germany.
1981
ABBA scored their seventh UK No.1 album with The Visitors, the Swedish pop group's eighth and final studio album. It was one of the first records to be recorded and mixed digitally, and was the first in history to be manufactured on the new CD format in 1982 on Atlantic.

Tuesday Dec 17, 2019
JamPlay 1: Overview
Tuesday Dec 17, 2019
Tuesday Dec 17, 2019
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This is the first in a series of podcasts about the guitar learning platform called JamPlay!
Topics Covered:
General Overview
Lessons:
 4 Phase Learning
 Artist Series
 Lick & Riff Library
Tools:
 Chord Library
 Scale Library
 Jam Tracks
 Chord Namer
 Training Games

Sunday Dec 15, 2019
Rock's Greatest Partnerships
Sunday Dec 15, 2019
Sunday Dec 15, 2019
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In the history of rock and metal there have been some undeniably amazing partnerships that created the most memorable music of all time. This week we explore an pay homage to greatest partnerships.
Topics covered:
 what is a rock/metal partnership... what qualifies?
 Our List
 Steven Tyler/Joe Perry/
 Mick and Keith
 Page/Plant
 Lennon and McCartney
 Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
 Deacon and Taylor
 Chris & Rich Robinson
 Meatloaf & Jim Steinman
 Elton & Bernie
 Zakk & Ozzy
 Ezrin & Cooper
 Butch Vig & Nirvana
 Eddie & Alex
 Ray and Dave Davies ...The Kinks
 Noel & Liam Gallagher
 Audience Picks
 This Day In Music
 Beggar's Banquet and Band on the Run released

Sunday Dec 15, 2019
Can you charge for your Facebook group?
Sunday Dec 15, 2019
Sunday Dec 15, 2019
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Is it possible to charge fans for a private Facebook group? How do you do it? More importantly... SHOULD you do it?
-Topics Covered
 pros and cons
 -cons
 not your group
 slow
 people are moving to other platforms
 "big data"
 Pros
 ease of use
 commonly used and "trusted"
 lower cost per click
 trust
 traffic
How to do it?
 package it with other content
Alternatives:
 wordpress
 web forums

Monday Dec 02, 2019
Employing "Augmented Reality" to deepen the experience you give your fans
Monday Dec 02, 2019
Monday Dec 02, 2019
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Picking up from last week's talk on creating an experience with packaging, we discuss the idea of creating massive value with the concept of "augmented reality"
-Topics Covered
 secret message videos
 offering to collaborate with fans
 QR codes... the good and bad
 You own board game
 Your own magazine or graphic novel series
 Pitfalls...
 becomes expected all the time
 people like to find "loop holes"

Monday Dec 02, 2019
Jagger vs Tyler
Monday Dec 02, 2019
Monday Dec 02, 2019
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We've got another battle for the ages this week. There have been a lot of great front men in rock. Some with amazing voices and some who made up for their lack of vocal prowess with pure peacocking. This week it's that battle of rocks most styling from men. Who strutted their stuff better; Mick Jagger or Steven Tyler? Featured Loudini Artists: Borknagar Lou Lombardi Caleb Johnson Sons of Apollo
Topics include:
-tyler facts
-jagger facts
-Eddie Van Halen health
-Motely Crue to tour with Def Leppard & Poison
- Vince Neil is the Greatest Vocalist of All Time!
-This Day In Music
-Happy Birthday
 Justin Chancellor... bassist for Tool
 Matt Sorum.... Drummer, The Cult, Guns 'n Roses, Velvet Revolver

Tuesday Nov 26, 2019
Make your merchandise personal for BIG return on investment
Tuesday Nov 26, 2019
Tuesday Nov 26, 2019
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 This week's call is packed with PURE GOLD. Yes... you can create a very personal experience for your fans with creative merchandise and packaging and it doesn't cost nearly as much as you might think!
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-Topics Covered
 match the professionalism of the music with the package
 "hand made"... what can you do?
 should feel beautiful
 eco friendly
 what to do when you are only doing a small amount of business per release or event
 print on demand is not always the best way to go
 does not have to be expensive
 including stickers, lyrics, additional CDs, links to PDFs, friendship cloth bracelet
 your own audio "behind the music" audio
 podcast radio show "making of..." of your record
 commentary CD
 your last CD or EP
 Use your imagination
 Mainstream artists won't do this... will set you apart
 Huge value is in being someone approachable
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Thursday Nov 21, 2019
Ranking Iron Maiden's Ten Best Songs
Thursday Nov 21, 2019
Thursday Nov 21, 2019
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Today's show is guaranteed to raise some eyebrows and probably some tempers too. This week we will rank Iron Maiden's ten best songs. This could get ugly! Featured Loudini Artists: 
KAATO Lou Lombardi Fist Fight in the Parking Lot Albany Down
Topics include:
-the list
10.When the Wild Wind Blows
 9.Killers
 8.Wasted Years
 7.aces high
 6.hallowed be thy name
 5.Number of the Beast
 4.Run to the Hills
 3.The Trooper
 2.2 Minutes to Midnight
 1.Flight of Icarus

Monday Nov 18, 2019
The meaning of Metallica's "Nothing Else Matters"
Monday Nov 18, 2019
Monday Nov 18, 2019
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On today's lyric talk we explore Metallica's heavy ballad, "Nothing Else Matters"
Lyric Talk No. 5
