May 26, 2020

This week Ben is in James and Ben's usual match day pub.  This time on a Monday afternoon and with Keith Armstrong of Kitchenware records.

Ben and Keith spoke about record deals, the role of record companies, releasing music and having a career in music.

This is a great chat looking behind the scenes of the...

May 19, 2020

This week James is on the phone again, this time with Kevin Brown of GigRev, Mobile Apps for bands.

Having a website can be an obvious choice to musicians, but what about a mobile app? In an age where increasingly more people use a mobile phone to browse the web, whilst social media app algorithms restrict your reach...

May 12, 2020

This week Ben is backstage at the Newcastle Academy with Jimmy Adkins, lead singer and guitarist of the might Jimmy Eat World.

We crammed a lot in a our chat including recording, touring, fans, joining a band, song writing, and even more.

Bleed American was my (Ben) album of year one at uni.  Amazing memories.

Jimmy's...

May 5, 2020

In this episode we hear from a fans perspective. Brian Garcia has amassed one of the largest and most impressive memorabilia collections of his favourite band, Oasis. This is to the point of needing storage units to house it all.

So what gets somebody from the point of liking a song, to a super fan.

The good cause for...