He runs Amazon Music. The service which might get little ink, but is a powerhouse. Voice control is everything, and Amazon Music is closely tied-in to Alexa. Furthermore, when I asked how many people had an Alexa-powered device at the Music Media Summit, where this podcast was recorded, almost everybody raised their hand. One person […]

That’s right, Mr. RealNetworks himself! You know, RealPlayer, the default audio and video player from the turn of the century, ultimately superseded by Windows Media and…there was a lawsuit over that, Microsoft lost, RealNetworks got paid. Anyway, Rob grew up in NYC and went to Yale and from there was on the ground floor at […]

Playlist ALL RIGHT NOW! That’s right, this week’s podcast guest is the voice, vocalist extraordinaire, PAUL RODGERS! I remember distinctly driving in my mom’s Country Squire on the way to the Yale Bowl for a Herman’s Hermits-headed revival concert (the following week it was Led Zeppelin!) and hearing the mellifluous sound of this track emanating […]

Now it’s a mighty long way down rock ‘n’ roll Through the Bradford cities and the Oreoles From Regine’s to the Hollywood Bowl, that’s right, Daniel Glass started out in the streets and made it all the way to the top, with a few bumps along the way, but unlike so many of his contemporaries, […]