I sat down with Jason Grishkoff founder and curator of the ground breaking platform for artists called SubmitHub. Grishkoff founded the music blog indie shuffle before launching SubmitHub. In short, SubmitHub is an amazing site that allows an artist to submit to influential blogs, Youtube channels and Spotify playlist curators. We discuss how artists should submit, what to look for, and how to get a response.

In my 8th episode with Discussions With Dean Cramer, I sit down with new artist Brooke Scullion. She has a bubbly personality while she discusses the ups and downs of her music career, but right now it's on the up. Pop artist Brooke secured the Eurovision spot to represent Ireland. Rising to fame as a finalist of The Voice UK 2020, she impressed the judges and viewers with her performances. Having duetted with Ella Eyre and been mentored by Grammy award-winning coach singer Meghan Trainor, Brooke is closely following in the footsteps of these strong female artists.

Not for the faint hearted or shallow. We explore topics that are rarely discussed. Veteran manager Randy Nichols who manages the Grammy Nominated metal act Underoath and The Starting Line discusses everything from egos to live streaming to current music applications. A must watch for tech heads and the curious.

In this episode we discuss facts about tattoos. Chris Clemence is a musician, artist, and in-demand tattoo artist that travels between L.A., New York, and Las Vegas. Clemence is also the creator of Tattshoos, the tattoo style footwear brand he launched in 2020. ePlay and Clemence are collaborating to create digital innovations for ePlay's mobile games and virtual worlds including Howie Mandel's Howie's Games, Robert Horry's Big Shot Basketball, and ePlay's upcoming running app, Klocked.

Matt Squire is a record producer, audio engineer, mixing engineer, and songwriter. His production, songwriting, and mixing credits include Underoath, Panic! at the Disco, Ariana Grande, Demi Lovato, Selena Gomez, Kesha, One Direction, Bea Miller, Krewella, Sum 41, Simple Plan, All Time Low, Good Charlotte, 3OH!3, Boys Like Girls, The Used, and Taking Back Sunday. He worked on season one and two of the American version of The X Factor.

Mike 13 was discovered/signed by LL Cool J after slipping him a demo while waiting his table at a Long Island diner. Shortly after, he's DJ Premier's right hand man playing sessions for everyone from Eminem to Wyclef Jean to DJ Khaled. Through Premier, he becomes the live guitar player for Joe Budden and Nas. While on tour, he meets Pauley Perrette (played Abby on NCIS), and ends up composing music for her show, NCIS (amongst others), producing a huge single for DMC (RUN DMC) feat. Pauley.

Jay Jay French is a guitarist, manager, record producer and founding member of the heavy metal band Twisted Sister. In this episode, we discuss his new book "Twisted Business: Lessons from My Life in Rock ‘n Roll”. He explains the roots as a dealer and how it shaped his skills that turned Twister Sister into a world famous act with rock anthems "We're Not Gonna Take It" and "I Wanna Rock".

Steve Thompson is a music producer and remixer who has worked with artists including Guns N Roses, Madonna, Metallica, John Lennon, Wu-Tang Clan and Korn. He has completed remixes for acts including A-ha and David Bowie & Mick Jagger's take on "Dancing in the Street".

David Bendeth was the staff producer and head of the A&R department for BMG Canada. During this time, he signed the Cowboy Junkies, Crash Test Dummies, Sven Gali, Big House, Charlie Major, and Praise Oyster. He has mixed and produced albums for Paramore, Breaking Benjamin and Elvis Presley. In this episode we talk why The Rolling Stones gave k.d. Lange songwriting credit along with other crazy stories.