Music Mensch Podcast

Ja Rule has plans to start another festival and app, because his last ventures worked so well.

Both R. Kelly and Ryan Adams are under fire for new sexual assault allegations.

TIK TOK is catching heat after Inida, which makes up 40% of its fan base, believes that the app is adding to 'cultural degradation'.

Spotify spends $340 million on new podcasting acquisition, which make them the Doctor Evils of the podcasting world.

It's all on this episode of the Music Mensch Podcast! 

Assistant lighting director on Pantera's 'Cowboys From Hell' and 'Vulgar Display Of Power' tours, Dale Bridges, sat down with me in the green room of Cowboys Red River to talk about his experiences. 

The stories are great, the sentiments are touching, and the music is metal as hell. Long live Pantera!

Deadmau5 takes to Reddit to vent his frustration about Twitch suspending his account after using a homophobic slur. 'Hate speech' is against their personal policy... But is that the best policy for Americans?

Article 13 reaches its final stages and the proposal has changed so much, many large corporations, songwriters, and publishers are wondering whether or not it will have the same affect... Or would it just harm thousands of businesses to same just one?

This week we cover 5 TOPICS!!!

Grammy's Fiasco: Ariana Grande pulls out due to a fight with Grammy producer Ken Ehrlich, Cardi B thanks a dead celebrity for sending her flowers (whoops), and Childish Gambino is a sour puss despite the fact he won all the awards he was nominated for.

AEG/SMG Merger: Onex cuts a deal with SMG to merge with AEG subsidiary AEG Facilities, creating the new ASM Global. This new venture will own and manage 310 venues worldwide.

Kane Brown Lawsuit: Heaven isn't quite like this. Kane Brown blatantly disregards a deal he cut with his past producer Polow da Don of Zone 4 Records and instead continues his unauthorized deal with RCA Nashville, resulting in a lawsuit filed by da Don for all the royalty money he missed out on.

Fight Fyre with Fyre: Billy McFarland has been ordered by a New York County Court Judge Joel H. Cohen to pay EHL the $3 million they invested into Fyre Festival, plus the 30% interest they were promised in the contractual agreement. McFarland's net worth sits at a wonderful negative $5 million.

New Controversial Michael Jackson Documentary: The Sun Dance Film Festival unveiled a new documentary by Dan Reed that follows the account of two boys (now men) who claimed to have been sexually abused by Michael Jackson when they were kids. How did audiences react? But more importantly, when can you watch it?

Bonus: At the end of this episode, catch a small clip of the interview being released Friday with lighting assistant from Pantera's 'Cowboys From Hell' Tour, Dale Bridges. Teaser: He tells a great story about Dimebag Darrell

Maroon 5 gets a big thumbs down for their Super Bowl performance. However, there brings to mind one question: Were you advocating artists to step down in solidarity with Kaepernick? If so, you have no right to complain about the quality of the show.

21 Savage faces deportation, and apparently nobody is allowed to joke about his recently discovered heritage. Demi Lovato learned this the hard way after she was forced to delete her Twitter account.

The two candidates for the position of the new Mechanical Licensing Collective get into a bloody battle as the decision continue about who will represent songwriters when it comes to mechanical royalties from digital downloads.

Fyre Fest Fury:

Incredibly young, successful entrepreneur Billy McFarland and rapper Ja Rule teamed up in 2017 to host what was to be the hottest luxury music festival at Pablo Escobar’s old Bahamas hangout, Norman’s Cay. Instead what they got was stranded patrons with a third-world-country-like atmosphere surrounding the location.

A New (i)Heart Beats:

Chris Brown Does More Bad Things:

The culture wages war on itself with the debate of free speech.

In this episode, we talk potential candidates for the MMA's Mechanical Licensing Collective, R. Kelly's imploding career due to new sexual assault allegations, and why the Rock HOF gets blasted every year.

It's just mayhem out there...

From sound engineers to digital streaming services, the newest copyright law becomes effective Jan. 1, 2021, and it affects all of us. 

On this episode, we talk royalties, compulsory licenses, why I hate bar germs, new copyright terms, and how the government plans to regulate the royalties paid to songwriters from digital streaming services. Will the new agency do its job, or will it flop harder than Garth Brook's alter ego?

Tune in to find out!