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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 company that is revolutionizing how live music events are managed. Here are the panelists: Matt Ford is CEO of Prism.fm. Mallory Ferro is currently serving as the GM of the historic Antone's Nightclub in Austin, TX. Megan Lazaroff is a jack-of-all-trades working on Disco Donnie Presents' talent buying team and also with B&W Productions. Greg Patterson is the Chief Strategy Officer at VEEPS.com a company that gives artists the ability to ticket, schedule and produce livestreams, 100% commission free. Lawrence Peryer is the Chief Revenue Officer at Lyte and host of this podcast that you're listening to.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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, and at the forefront of popular rock-and-roll. A member of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and a Grammy recipient, he is a founding member of two legendary bands, Jefferson Airplane and the still-touring Hot Tuna. Jorma Kaukonen’s repertoire goes far beyond his involvement creating psychedelic rock; he is a legend and one of the finest singer-songwriters and master instrumentalist in music today. Jorma tours the world bringing his unique styling to old blues and writing new songs with insight and imagination. He and his wife Vanessa also discuss their homebased, Fur Peace Ranch. Built in 1989, Jorma and Vanessa looked at a piece if property in Meigs County, Ohio and conceived what Jorma calls, “a ranch that grows guitar players.” Not a fantasy camp, but this would be a place where both budding and seasoned musicians could immerse themselves for several days, and emerge with renewed inspiration and tangible progress in their music.Tune into Fur Peace Ranch for an upcoming live stream with Jorma.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 now. He’s been the wine editor at the St. Helena Star, and his work has also appeared in the San Jose Mercury News, Wine Enthusiast, American Airlines’ American Way, and the Underground Wine Journal. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 in music, tech, and education, Barra is the Director of Popular Music at Arizona State University, Executive Director of Beats By Girlz, course developer for Berklee Online and former Associate Professor at the Berklee College of Music in Boston. She has a wide breadth of experience developing and teaching curriculums at the open-source, K-12, and collegiate levels, several of which are the most popular and highest rated courses on their respective platforms.As a community organizer, she has the ability to mobilize and build from the ground level up, creating and funding several organizations and efforts at the intersection of art, technology, education, and equity. She currently sits on the board of Women in Music, and has spearheaded research regarding women in the music industry in partnership with Berklee’s Institute of Creative Entrepreneurship, which won the Innovation award at SIM São Paulo.Specializing in composition, performance, and creative music technology application, she has worked with and represented companies such as Ableton, ROLI, MusicTech, Moog and iZotope. She has presented at Loop, NAMM, SXSW, Moogfest, Gearfest, KIEM, Future of Music Coalition, Yale's EXPOL, and Re-Mixed Media Festival. Check out Barra’s work as an artist on all platforms, and catch her live electronic performances on YouTube or right here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 their business arm, Apple Corps. Schneider managed the early US tours of The Rolling Stones while simultaneously dealing with the financial affairs of some of the biggest names in rock n' roll history including the Stones, The Beatles, Neil Sedaka, Sam Cooke, Nancy Wilson, Bobby Vinton, Herman’s Hermits and the Shirelles.Acting on behalf of The Rolling Stones, Schneider hired the Maysles Brothers to film The Rolling Stones' Madison Square Garden Concert for promotional purposes. This led to filming the free outdoor concert The Rolling Stones gave at the Altamont Raceway Park in Northern California in early December 1969 which became the film Gimme Shelter for which Schneider was credited as Executive Producer. This acclaimed concert documentary horrified participants and viewers alike. Capturing the scene of a man (Meredith Hunter) brutally stabbed to death by the Hells Angels, it remains one of the most successful concert films ever made. Schneider also appears in several key scenes in the movie, negotiating the choice of location for the concert, attempting to get adequate security for the show, and notably, escaping by helicopter with The Rolling Stones as the scene spun out of control.Ronnie wrote about his rock n' roll days in his autobiography "Out of Our Heads with Proof of Truth: The Rolling Stones, The Beatles and Me".  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 Partner of TAG Strategic.Cohen currently chairs the Visionary Committee for MidemNet, served on the NARAS (Grammy) Los Angeles chapter Board of Governors as well as the National Trustee Board and currently co-chairs the Grammy Technology Committee. Cohen serves on the Board of Directors for the Neil Bogart Memorial Fund, Lyricfind.com, and Music.com, and works in the music and technology education programs the Grammy In The Schools Program and MusiCares. Cohen also served two terms as the Chairman of the Mobile Entertainment Forum Americas in 2006 and 2007. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 ultimate rise to prominence as the "world's greatest rock & roll band."Andrew currently hosts "podchats" on his own podcast called Sounds & Vision. He's featured conversations with Mick Rock, Jerry Schatzberg, May Pang, Danny Goldberg and others there. You can also read more about Andrew through his 3 books, STONED, 2STONED, and STONE FREE, all available on Amazon, Abe Books, and from your favorite book shops.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 enlisting the help of a jazz legend. Danny Scher came up with the idea to book Thelonious Monk to play his school's auditorium and now, a professional recording of this concert will be released publicly for the first time on July 31. The album is called Palo Alto and comes out on Impulse! Recordings in all formats. In this episode, Danny shares the complete story about how a sixteen-year-old boy got into booking concerts while he was in high school. It's a human story where Danny was writing letters, calling the talent directly, starting a mail-order ticketing business, hanging flyers around town and hustling jazz greats at their hotels in San Francisco.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

LP chats with Karen Allen, author of "Twitch for Musicians." For over 20 years Karen has been working at the intersection of technology and music. She's obsessed with livestreaming and wrote a book with best practices before COVID was even thought of. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 worked on mobile productivity, real-time communications, multimedia systems, distributed security, and operating systems. An accomplished inventor with 37 technology patents, Kirt is also the owner and founder of Brick Lane Records, a Seattle independent label.In addition to SyncFloor, Kirt also operates Songs For Podcasters which helps podcasters license music for their shows. .  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.