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Dylan is one of the most fascinating people I've had the pleasure of knowing, and interviewing.  I first met him when he invited me to join NOIZ Society, a secret society for music people, and talking with him today, I learned there is so much more to him than writing.  This interview was a lot of fun - we laughed a lot, and got to know each other as professionals.  Dylan is an owner of Smashhaus.com, a company that provides custom music for 100's of the top shows on TV for 15 years and was the first to employ composers all over the world through the proprietary technology they built.   They embed in Post Production facilities directly gaining access to producers and providing a more efficient music service than their competitors. AND - NO MIDDLE MAN !!!!

Smashhaus profit share paid composers more than any other company in this field despite what they depict in their deals and never recouped our "admin fee".  They paid exactly half of all income ever made to our composer/partners amounting in Millions.

Since then, the business has been diluted by copy cats who slashed prices and I refuse to do so.  Smashhaus is the little engine that beat up the big boys and thus Dylan is very proud of this company and the composer team worldwide that made it happen! Today, and as a result of this, we are focused on smaller run, highest quality work for media, not large scale production as we were before.  ARTIST RUN 100%!! VIVA EL ARTISTE'S.

Website:  smashhaus.com 

Check it out.

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Program Director of Soundcloud Radio, a globally distributed, 24/7 radio on DashRadio Networks an evolution of my show www.bompop.tv where I hosted the emerging artist hour and a music industry talk shows.

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An invite only, secret society inspired power circle of music industry operators, artists, producers and leaders with zero degrees of separation.

​We meet in undisclosed locations in Hollywood California and often feature star performers and amazing emerging music makers in intimate settings.

Take a listen - I'm sure you will like this interview.

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I had the pleasure of a short interview with Rachel Walker.  She is in Northern Canada (eh ?) and unfortunately, the weather controlled how long we could chat.  I spoke to her a few days ago, and she is one of the most interesting musicians I've chatted with.  

Her music is varied.  I love jazz, and she has jazz inspired songs, along with folk and rock inspired.  

She is an accomplished singer / songwriter with a large catalogue of original music. She has released four albums and continues to release a wide range of singles. Rachel enjoys collaborating with professional artists from around the world.

Alvin Taylor is an American drummer, producer and musical director, who is best known for his work with Elton John, Eric Burdon , George Harrison, Billy Preston and Bob Welch.

Rachel's website is:   rachelwalkertrio.com.  Take a look around and pick up a CD !!!   

We will do an episode 2 in the near future.  I am hoping we can talk Rachel into singing one of her originals.  

Robert Morgan Fisher is an incredibly talented  singer/songwriter, writer, and voiceover artist.  I had the pleasure of speaking with him recently, and he treated me to two original songs. I've listed his bio below.  Check out his website - its a fun place to go !!!

Robert Morgan Fisher won the 2018 Chester Himes Fiction Prize and was shortlisted for the 2019 John Steinbeck Award. His fiction and essays have appeared in numerous anthologies and literary journals including Upstreet, Cowboy Jamboree Magazine, Pleiades, Storyscape Journal, Teach. Write., The Wild Word, The Arkansas Review, Red Wheelbarrow, The Missouri Review Soundbooth Podcast, Dime Show Review, 0-Dark-Thirty, Psychopomp, The Seattle Review, The Spry Literary Journal, 34th Parallel, The Journal of Microliterature, Spindrift, The Rumpus, Bluerailroad and many other publications. He’s written for TV, radio and film. Robert holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Antioch University Los Angeles and is currently on the teaching faculty of Antioch University in several capacities. Since 2016, Robert has led the UCLA Wordcommandos, an acclaimed twice-weekly writing workshop for veterans with PTSD. He often writes companion songs to his short stories. Both his music and fiction have won many awards. Robert also voices audiobooks. 

(www.robertmorganfisher.com)

Disclaimer - some explicit language

Tonight we talk about the late Eddie Van Halen and Fred's time with Warner Brothers.  Fred tells the back story behind Van Halen, among other artists.  Tonight we focused on Eddie Van Halen and his recent passing.  Fred is hilarious in his retelling of the back stories.  His website is promotion-man.com, and his life street show is on www.KLBJfm.com, on Sundays at 4pm Pacific Time.  Fred's email is [email protected].

His stories of life on the road as "the Promotion Man" will keep you enthralled for hours.  i binged his shows and loved every one of them.

Lets lift a shot of tequila tonight to Eddie Van Halen and be grateful this musical genius was with us.

Also, please excuse some of the language - but then again, its Van Halen !!!

Marc gives his insight into avoiding scams in the voice actor world.  The most common scam is the check scam, prevalent in all fields.  The second scam is a school promising a demo tape at the end of the course, whether the student is ready to record.  

Marc also talks about playing the plastic surgeon in the video game Twisted Metal. I can't describe it - you have to listen -  this is an image you cannot get out of your head !!!!  

During this episode we give a shout out to Larry Hudson, another Voice Over Actor who also teaches editing techniques through the Audacity and Adobe Audition platforms.  Larry's contact info is [email protected]

Marc can be reached at cashmancommercials.com.

Any questions for me?  [email protected]

Google Marc Cashman's name, and you will be amazed at what you find. Marc started his career as a copywriter, actor and voice over actor. He is not the Marc Cashman in Toronto - he is the Marc Cashman author of V-Oh !

Check out his Voice Cat - Let this Cat out of the bag !!

Let this Cat out of the bag.

He pounces on Promos.  Attacks Animation.

Purrs at Trailers.  Nimble with Narration.

He leaps in and out of Audiobooks.

Climbs into ad copy, finding the just the right hook.

Marc can be all that.  A pro V-O cat.

When you let him out of the bag.

Voted one of the “Best Voices of the Year”by AudioFile Magazine three times—and an Audie winner—Marc is a veteran voice actor with 40 years of studio experience in Radio, TV and Internet commercials, foreign film dubbing, animated series, video games, and over 150 audiobooks.Marc creates and produces copy and music advertising for radio and television, and was named one of the “Best Voices of the Year” three times by AudioFile Magazine, and has been a keynote speaker and Master Class instructor at VOICE 2008-2014, Keynote Speaker at VO Atlanta 2012, as well as Master Class.

First - I have to apologize for the recording quality.  The recording gods were not with us when we recorded this.  Don't know why.  SOOO, with that being said, Jason Stuart is the funniest guy around.  I had the pleasure of speaking with him, and his mom, Gloria.  

Gloria is the coolest mom ever.  The banter between Jason, Gloria and myself is hysterical.  While listening, all I thought of was - this is so cool, we need to sit down, drink coffee and chat about anything.  She is the inspiration for the book title "Shut Up I'm Talking."  

Jason is a comedian who has headlined at the Comedy Store, and has several movies coming out.  He came out on "Geraldo" many years ago, and his career skyrocketed after that.   Jason wrote the series, Smothered, that can be seen on smotheredtv.com, and the movie Immortal will be released on September 8, on demand on Showtime and Amazon.  Abducted is also on demand and Amazon.

We briefly talk about politics ..... So please go out and vote !

Jason's book, "Shut Up I'm Talking" is available on Amazon and his website, jasonstuart.com.  

He said one of his influences is/are Omar Sherif.  Jason said he saw Funny Girl and fell for Omar !

One of his most challenging roles was Birth of a Nation and he plays a white plantation owner.  

Please check out Jason's website at jasonstuart.com and take a look around.  

AND - if you know where Gloria can find a one cup, not a pod, coffee maker, please let Jason know.  Gloria will love you forever for it !!!

Jon D'Amore - what can I say?   He is an accomplished musician and writer.  Jon's first book, The Boss Always Sits in the Back - A Memoir, is a fun and incredible read.  Jon talks about his 22nd birthday in Las Vegas, and how a gambling scam in the 1970's changed all gambling laws in the United States.  

His second and third books - Deadfellas and The Deliveryman - also talk about the underworld (mafia).  His fourth book "As Long As I have Lips" is a romance.  

Jon talks about his cross country moves and what he wants in the future.  He can be reached at jondamore.com

Jon's does zoom readings on Saturday and Sunday.   Take a listen !!!

A few days ago I had the pleasure of speaking with Hugh LeHane.  I love his accent !!!!   We could have gone on forever so there will be an episode 2.  Hugh has been living in London for the past two years. He talks about his move to London, what originally brought him to California, his acting, voiceover and spiritual work.  I've included his biography below.  Enjoy !!

Actor Hugh Lehane was born in Limerick and grew up in Dublin, Ireland. A multi talented artist he is also a musician, an editor and a filmmaker. As a young boy Hugh was enchanted by Stephen Spielberg's classic film 'Close Encounters Of The Third Kind'. The experience was profound and in Hugh's own words... "With Close Encounters I truly came to know the wonder, the magic of cinema, the scope of what it could do and it changed me. Later, as I grew to know myself as an actor this film became a reminder of my purpose as an artist. To create art that touches the soul, that fundamentally, emotionally, spiritually moves people, and in doing so, giving back the same experience, the magical wonder that Spielberg gave me as a child with Close Encounters."

I had the pleasure of chatting with David Velo Stewart a few weeks ago.  David is a fascinating film maker and writer who started his career in Ohio as a D.J.  David's latest project, This Thing Called Hip Hop, is inspirational, and shows the origins of hip hop.  This is streaming on Amazon Prime.

David graduated from the University of Virginia with a bachelor's degree in African American studies with a concentration in film. In January 2000, Stewart founded Velocity Productions Ltd. This entertainment company specializes in producing feature films, documentaries and web videos. In 2001, Stewart completed the narrative feature film Hiphopbattle.com: HipHop for Life, which premiered at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and has been screened at the Sundance Film Festival (2002) and Acapulco Black Film Festival (2001). Stewart followed the success of Hip-Hop 4 Life with a city vs. city rap battle documentary series. The fifth and final installment, Hip Hop Life (2007) can be found on Netflix and iTunes. One of his latest film, The Low Key Savage Sunday is now streaming on Amazon Prime Video.

One of the things that impressed me is there is little to no swearing in David's films, and absolutely no use of the "N" word.  

David has also written picture book for children and is working on his second book.  

He can be found on instagram @hiphopbattle and facebook.com/davidvelostewart.

Please take a look at Hip Hop Battle on Amazon Prime - you will love it!