The Loudini Rock and Roll Circus

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Featured Loudini Artists:   Dead Man's Whiskey   Shadows of the Cloud  Lou Lombardi

Since it's inception, one of the highlights of Saturday Night Live has always been the musical guest. From Ashford and Simpson to Ashley Simpson, over the decades many artists from various genres have played the stage at 30 Rockafeller Plaza.

On This week's Loudini Rock & Roll Circus Podcast we take a look back at the BEST 25 SNL Musical performances

Check out the podcast here 

Topics Discussed:

Pete Way RIP

Julian Bream RIP

AC/DC

Living Color

Aerosmith... guested on Waynes World

Spinal Tap... asked to join cast

Korn... introduced by desparate house wife

RATM ...Banned

Skid Row ...Sabastian acted in a paradoy of a GnR kids album

System of a Down.... played BYOB ... all naughty words were muted accept for "fuck yeah" at the end

Faith No More... Mike Patton climed rafters for "epic"

Metallica... w/Marianne Faithful... introduced by Nathan Lane played fuel and memory remains

Soundgarden... sounded good. a few days before "Down on the upside" release

Rollins Band... Pam Anderson introduced them... Tommy Lee was guest too.

Queens of the Stoneage... w/ Will Farrell on cowbell

Them Crooked Vultures.... many times Grohl has been on. Got into a sketch that night too

Linkin Park... twice... 07 and 11

Tom PEtty with Dave Grohl

Fear

Queen

Nirvana

Prince

U2

Blues Brothers

Reference:

https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/the-15-best-snl-musical-performances-of-all-time/

https://www.metalinsider.net/television/metal-insiders-top-10-heaviest-snl-musical-guests

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Shout at the Devil was Mötley Crüe's breakthrough success, selling 200,000 copies in its first two weeks. The album's title and the band's use of a Pentagram caused a great deal of controversy upon its 1983 release, as Christian and conservative groups claimed the band was encouraging their listeners to worship Satan.

On This week's Loudini Rock & Roll Circus Podcast we take a look back at this break out album. We will explore the music and the so called controversy as we Shout at the Devil.  Featured Loudini Artists:  Sister Salvation  Unbroken Soul   Blood Union  

Lou Lombardi

Topics Discussed:

Band Bio The Dirt

Tracks:

In The Beginning

Shout at the Devil

Looks that Kill

Bastard

God Bless the Children of the beast

Helter Skelter

Red Hot

Too Young to Fall in Love

Knock 'em Dead

Ten Seconds to Love

Danger

Reference:

https://www.iheart.com/content/2017-09-26-10-things-you-might-not-know-about-mtley-cres-shout-at-the-devil/#

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The Parents Music Resource Center was an American committee formed in 1985 with the stated goal of increasing parental control over the access of children to music deemed to have violent, drug-related or sexual themes via labeling albums with Parental Advisory stickers.

On This week's Loudini Rock & Roll Circus Podcast, in the tradition of "7 words you can't say on TV" we will discuss the "filthy fifteen" songs that triggered the PMRC into existence.  Featured Loudini Artists:   Yard of Blondes   Mrs. Beckett   Suaka   Lou Lombardi

Topics Discussed:

Timely topic

Filthy 15

Darling Nikki

Sugar Walls

Eat Me Alive

Strap on Robbie Baby

Bastard , Shout at The Devil

Let me put my love into you

We're not gonna take it

Dress you up in my love

Animal (F*** like a beast)

High and Dry

Into the coven

Trashed

In my house

Possesed

She Bop

Reference:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parents_Music_Resource_Center

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soundcharts.com recently laid out four trends that they see as the future of the music business, including the effect of A.I., the consumption of music, the convergence of music with other media, and how the financial aspect will detach from the artistic side. On today's call we will analyze these points and ask the critical questions to find out if soundcharts is right!

Topics Discussed:

The article: https://soundcharts.com/blog/music-industry-trends

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  It seems that rockers and movies are like chocolate and peanut butter.  Whether they are appearing as themselves or showing up in some bit part it's always a lot of fun for rock fans to be surprised by the appearance of one of their favorite musicians. On this week's show we count down 10 or so outrageous rock star appearances in movies that delighted fans.  Featured Loudini Artists:   Reign of Z   The Redlines   Flying Joes  

Lou Lombardi

Reference:

https://www.loudersound.com/features/rock-n-role-50-rock-star-cameos

https://www.thethings.com/rock-star-movie-cameos-ranked/

Topics Discussed:

Ace Ventura: Cannibal Corpse

Private Parts: Ozzy

Trick or Treat: Ozzy

Air Heads: Lemmy

Two & Half Men: Eddie Van Halen

Singles: Cornell, Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains

Big Lebowski: Flea

Hook: Phil Collins, David Crosby, Jimmy Buffet

Get Him to the Greek: Lars Ulric

Life of Brian: George Harrison

HIgh Fidelity: Bruce Springsteen

The Wedding Singer: Billy  Idol

Back to the Future: Huey Lewis

Pick of Destiny: Dave Grohl

Trading Places: Bo Diddley

Crossroads: Steve Vai

Walk Hard: Jack White

Rockstar: Mile Kennedy

Dracula: Tom Waits

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Even though it's called "D.I.Y" that doesn't mean that you will LITERALLY be doing everything yourself. Doing everything yourself is a fast track to burnt out. On today's call we will discuss the importance of surrounding yourself a with good team who can help you reach your music business goals

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https://youtu.be/l7vpmFpaaKQ

Topics Discussed:

Are you ready to have a team?

Don't hire until

Try it yourself if possible before hiring

Be prepared to give detailed instructions and to be involved

Reliability

How to use Fiverr.com etc...

Creative Team

Producer

Band

Artist

Video Editor

Business Team

Traditional

Non Traditional ...aka Team for the NEW Music Business

Marketing people...

copywriter 

list management... segmentation etc..

social media management,

business & marketing mentors and coaches,

merchandise fulfillment

Additional Reference: 

https://newartistmodel.com/build-team-music-success/

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Considered one of the most ground breaking and important, if not THE most important album of the 1990's, Radiohead's Ok Computer was a revelation to the grunge generation. On this week's Loudini Rock & Roll Circus we will get to the bottom of what makes this record so monumental and uncover some little known fact about it as well.  Featured Loudini Artists:   We Came From Space   Bad Actress    Sold  Below7    Lou Lombardi

Check out the podcast here  https://youtu.be/CJD-zOsHAik

Topics Discussed:

Songs

Production

Performance

Response

Tracks Ranked:

Airbag

Paranoid Android

Subterianian Homesick Alien

Exit Music for a Film

Let Down

Fitter Happier

Electioneering

Climbing Up the Walls

No Surprises

Lucky

The Tourist

Where it fits historically

http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/1997.html

For you musical types; check out Rick Beato's video "Why I love Radiohead"  https://youtu.be/TdPaYlcY23g

Reference:

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/06/23/arts/music/radiohead-ok-computer-influences-playlist.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Godrich

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OK_Computer

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It can be hard to know what to email your fans. You don't want each email to be some sales pitch. You want to keep them engaged and entertained but you also don't want to push them away. On today's call we give you some solid tactics for using email effectively while avoiding email pit falls

 Check out the podcast here    https://youtu.be/BVnMiobHArQ

Topics Discussed:

Make sure necessary emails are in place i.e. your funnel

"Seinfeld" experience... story telling

"red ocean"... your niche... have already heard that message but it's diluted

"blue ocean"... your message gets through

Create an emotional a supportive connection

watch what your 'competition" is doing and notify it to make it more relevant to your fans

tell a story

communicate that feeling of your music

structure of an email... serialize

talk about the story of your music... the lyrics... the music... why you wrote etc... interesting facts etc...

Seasonal topics... x’mas etc...

Brownie locks marketing calendar  https://www.brownielocks.com

News in your niche... other bands musicians etc...

How often... depends on what you have to say

Remember the more people on your list the money you will spend

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This week on the Loudini Rock and Roll Circus we discuss 10 movies where the sound track is performed by one band or artist  Featured Loudini Artists:  

Lou Lombardi's Strangelove   Dead Man's Whiskey   Shadows of the Cloud  

Lou Lombardi

Topics Discussed:

Non-Biopic

Toto: Dune

Queen: Flash Gordan and Highlander

Goblin: Suspiria

Simon and Garfunkel: The Graduate

Daft Punk: Tron Legacy

Arcade Fire: Her

The Beatles (sort of) Across The Universe, Yesterday, Hard Days Night etc..

Bee Gees: Saturday Night Fever

Richard Thompson: Grissly Man

Dust Brothers: Fight Club

Fastway: Trick or Treat

AC/DC: Maximum Overdrive

Tom Petty: She's The One

Eddie and Cruisers: John Cafferty

Joan Jett: Light of Day

Purple Rain: Prince

Prince: Batman

Biopic:

Rocketman

Bohemian Rhapsody

Walk Hard

Ray

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 On this week's podcast we pick up where we left off talking about scams with more of a focus on marketing mistakes and traps that many musician's fall into including what to pay for and when and what services to buy and which ones you need to avoid

  Topics Discussed:

 Buying fans

Bots

When do I start paying?

know who you are and where you are going

Understand Aesthetic ... graphic artist

Auto play services... don't be number hungry

Invest in courses but not TOO MANY!

Additional Reference: 

https://www.mymusicmasterclass.com/avoid-music-industry-scams/

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/in-the-wild-west-of-today_b_3461872

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLEQ2Ye8Yvw