Joining us today is Dan Coutant, owner of Sun Room Audio, a world-class audio mastering studio located in New Windsor, NY. For over a decade Dan has worked with band and labels from around the world to produce amazing polished music. His studio is purpose-built specifically for mastering and critical listening and his focus on excellence and customer care is second to none.

He is a true sorcerer of sound and a super nice fella.

Today is a very special episode. We are airing an uncut practice session to show you how easy it is to get distracted and spend your time working on nonsense.

But, don't "get it twisted" as the kids say...Do they still say that? Who cares. The main message here is is: IF IT AIN'T FUN, DON'T DO IT.

Today we have the extreme pleasure of talking with Sonnet Simmons, award-winning singer/songwriter, vocal coach and Vice President of CATCH THE MOON MUSIC LLC. She also runs 6FigureSongWriter.com, an extensive training suite where you can learn everything there is to know about writing music for sync and licensing!

Joining us today is Chris Albright, Licensing and Supervision dude at Audiosocket. For those of you unfamiliar, Audiosocket is a music licensing company that gives media creators a way to quickly discover and license music. Before working at Audiosocket, Chris worked for the infamous record label, Victory Records as the music licensing and publishing specialist. He has a deep knowledge of the dark art of placing music in media and has experience with all the aspects of music publishing and licensing.

Andris is Poom-less as we speak to Chris Aiken, our new bestest pal, and bass-player of STRUNG OUT!

Chris is super awesome and talks at length about his love for music, his career, and how he's found a fulfilling side hustle while on tour: giving lessons to fans! It's endlessly fascinating and a super good idea! You should do it too!

This episode starts with some crazy news: Andris shaved his poom and is now the co-bassist of Strung Out. Crazy, right? We do some more jamming then, we talk about THE GREAT PIVOT. Much like a nimble Silicon Valley startup, Red Hot Rebellion prides itself on being able to change strategies when the market and the mood strikes us. Paradigm shifts, synergy, disrupting, MVPs, and cheese-moving abound!

Joining us today is Vinnie Fiorello of the legendary band Less Than Jake! Vinnie is a god damn Renaissance man of punk rock and cool shit. He is the co-founder of Fueled by Ramen Records, founder of Paper and Plastick Records, an author, a toy-maker, a tattoo shop owner and the drummer of Less Than Jake (the only band to rival Kiss in the sheer volume of band merchandise they’ve created in their 26-year career).

Dino Monoxelos has shared the stage with countless household names, recorded numerous sessions and performed in the pit orchestras of many Broadway shows.

He is the author of four books with the legendary music educator Mel Bay and has written instructional columns for Bass Guitar Magazine and Bass Frontiers Magazine.

Currently, he is an active educator and clinician, currently serving as Senior Product Specialist/Clinician for Ampeg Amplifiers, where he is affectionately known as “The Ampeg Guy.”

Joining us today is Josh Rabinowitz, executive vice president and Director of Music at Grey Townhouse WPP where he heads up the United States’ largest in-house music team and services major international advertising clientele. Josh is widely recognized as an industry leader in Music Supervision, Content Production and Programming and is considered by many to be “the voice” of Music inBranding and Advertising.

Ever wonder how to get your music onto a Spotify Playlist? Us too! In this action-packed episode, we interview George Goodrich, CEO Playlist Push, a service that helps of musicians get their music on Spotify playlists. George offers advice on how to gain millions of streams, make money and gain attention from labels and talent buyers. 

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