The Loudini Rock and Roll Circus

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 With the world re opening you will most likely find yourself out there once again dealing with sleazy promoters, hack producers, and pay to play among other scams. However, while there are a lot of scammers out there waiting to take advantage of musicians, not EVERYTHING is a scam. On today's podcast, we will help you sort through the barrage of musician's services out there and get to the bottom of what's a scam and what’s a legitimate service.

Topics Discussed:

Get your priorities straight

What do you actually want?

Publicist... can connect you but is not a total solution

Web services... check other artists in your niche

A website cannot guaranty you a result in it's self

Working with marketing services...learn marketing concepts YOURSELF

Gig services... pay to play etc...

Licensing services

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

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Lots of bands over the years have impressed us with their ability to create moving vocal harmonies. For the most part, bands that relied on great harmonies usually didn't rock all that hard. On this week's show, we count down 10 bands that not only have great vocal harmonies but that also rock... HARD!  Featured Loudini Artists: 

Lou Lombardi's Strangelove   SOLD    Dark Avenue   HEIST 2-11

Topics Discussed:

Defining Vocal Harmony

Kings X

Alice in Chains

Strapping Young Lad/Devon Townsend

Aerosmith

Extreme

Van Halen

Queen

Lacuna Coil

Kansas

The Band

Yes

Def Leppard

Boston

Heart

Faith No More (Easy)

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As the 1980's were winding down and hair metal seemed to be all the rage, two Super Groups emerged that seemed to break the mold. Damn Yankees and Mr. Big played versions of melodic hard rock with less focus on image and more focus on songwriting and musicianship. On this week's show we pit these two master's of melodic yet hard driving rock against each other. Who will be the victor? Tune in to this week's Loudini Rock & Roll Circus and find out!   Featured Loudini Artists:   Lou Lombardi's Strangelove   Shadows of the Cloud    Dead Man's Whiskey

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Also on this week's show we welcome our guest host Chris Thunderwolf Dodson from  wolfscustoms.online

Topics Discussed:

Damn Yankees

Origins....line up

Mr. Big

Origins... line up and line up changes

GO HERE: http://LouLombardiRocks.com if you love great guitar driven rock from the 70s, 80s, 90s and even today. This is the place to hang out with the coolest fans and musicians ever collected, in one place online!

 It's been said that rock and roll is a vicious game. Sex, drugs, lies, betrayal, and many times even death are all too common in the scene. On this week's Loudini Rock & Roll Circus we will discuss 10 films that discuss the dark side of rock & metal. This is going to be brutal... You've been warned!  Featured Loudini Artists:    Lou Lombardi's Strangelove   Bad Actress   Young Other  

Samarkind     Dead Man's Whiskey

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The Documentaries

Hated: GG Allin & the Murder Kings

Lamb of God: As The Palace Burns (trial of Randy Blythe)

Metal: A Head bangers Journey (disaffected youth, individualism)

Murder Music: A History of Black Metal ( horror, satanism, hammer horror, church burning...originated by Venom)

Centuries of Torment: The First 20 Years (Cannibal Corpse https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannibal_Corpse)

Until The Light Takes Us ( Murder, suicide, church burnings, racism in Norway in the 90s)

Heavy Metal in Baghdad (Iraq metal band during the gulf war... eventually migrates to U.S. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_Metal_in_Baghdad  )

Metallica: Some Kind of Monster (Metallica goes to a therapist) https://youtu.be/c913Et2SSuk Wiki article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metallica:_Some_Kind_of_Monster

The Decline of Western Civilization II: The Metal Years (excess in 80s era metal and rock) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Decline_of_Western_Civilization_Part_II:_The_Metal_Years  https://youtu.be/yUxXO3eSHa0

Pantera 3

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 In 1982 Iron Maiden unleashed "Number of the Beast" on the world. It was their third studio album and the first to feature the now iconic vocals of former Samson singer, Bruce Dickinson. On this week's Loudini Rock & Roll Circus we pay homage to the album that rained thunder now upon the music world and change heavy metal forever.  Also this week, Keith, Lily and Lou welcome guest podcaster Emmy Susani host of the "Chats with the Freak" podcast.   Featured Loudini Artists:  LoveBone (from the compilation, Skater Rock 1/2/3)   Madzilla LV    Neverwake   Lou Lombardi's Strangelove

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Get ready to rock out with your talk out NOW!

Topics Discussed:

Album Bio

Little Known Facts:

1. Due to Bruce Dickinson's contractual obligations to his previous band, Samson, he could not legally take part in the songwriting of the album. Instead, he made what he called "moral contributions" to the writing process.

Ranking tracks:

Invanders 7

Children of The Dammed 4

The Prisoner 6

22 Accia Ave 5

Number of the Beast 3

Run to the Hills 2

Gangland 8

Hallowed By Thy Name 1

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Like it or not, Spotify is here to stay (at least for now). You may have asked yourself, "Why bother with offering free downloads or attempting to sell music online, when all people need to do it go to Spotify and stream it???" On today’s call we will explore the challenges and possibilities that Spotify presents

Topics Discussed:

Artist Profile

have an interesting bio

"exposure"

spotify's goal: build wealth for share holders... help them do that by building your business

you don't need to put ALL of your music on spotify

Playlists

Spotify Algorithm: 

https://hackernoon.com/spotifys-discover-weekly-how-machine-learning-finds-your-new-music-19a41ab76efe

Spotify as part of your album release plan

Additional Reference: 

https://www.electrowow.net/8-ways-to-grow-your-fanbase-with-spotify

https://blog.tunego.com/spotify-tips-musicians-music/

https://heroic.academy/spotify-marketing-strategy/

Do you love great guitar driven rock from the 70s, 80s, 90s and even today? Then you're gonna want to hang out with the coolest fans and musicians ever collected, in one place online HERE: http://LouLombardiRocks.com 

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 It's been said that a band with a bad drummer is a BAD BAND! The proof of this statement is evident when you hear a band and it's obvious that the drummer is the only guy/gal who can actually play. On this week's Loudini Rock & Roll Circus Podcast we talk about 10 bands where the drummer is the best musician in the band.  Featured Loudini Artists:   Lou Lombardi's Strangelove   Suaka   Shun The Raven

With special guest Bill Domiano from the Pa Rock Show Podcast parockshow.com

Nirvana

Tool

Motley Crue

Rush

Vanilla Fudge

Sevendust

Slayer (Dave Lombardo)

Korn

Pearl Jam/Soundgarden (Matt Cameron)

Slaugher/Vince Neil Solo

Missing Persons

Genesis

Mickey Dee (Motorhead)

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On this week's Mastermind Call we wanted to give you some fun ideas on how you could entertain fans with fun videos until you are able to get out and play shows again.

Topics Discussed:

A day in the life

Interview with other musician friends or band members

Interview your significant other about your being a musician

Write a song with your fans

Practice your instrument with your fans

Share your non music hobby or interest

Listen to your favorite records (or one of your records) with your fans

Watch a movie or TV series with your fans

Fan videos

Influencer video

Challenge video

Additional Reference: 

https://diymusician.cdbaby.com/musician-tips/build-superfan-32-viral-video-ideas-busy-musicians/

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 Are you posting on Twitter, Instagram, and even Facebook on a consistent basis but getting NO CONVERSIONS? On this week's Mastermind Call we discuss the murky world of creating content that ACTUALLY converts!

Topics Discussed:

Post engagement (likes, shares, comments) does not equal fans

You can't get what you want... 'til you know what you want

What have fans responded to in the past?

Focus groups and polling... what's wrong with the industry

Honesty... being who you really are vs second guessing

Combine your knowledge with testing... you gotta start somewhere

not all social media channels are created equal

make friends... interact

Additional Reference: 

https://www.postplanner.com/blog/how-to-find-content-your-fans-will-love/

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 From Jan & Dean's "Dead Man's Curve " to Primus's "Jerry was a Race Driver" the car crash or motorcycle crash song is a staple of rock and metal. This week on the Loudini Rock & Roll Circus we count down the greatest crash songs of all time  Featured Loudini Artists:  

We Came From Space   Lou Lombardi's Strangelove  

Reign of Z   Blindstone

 Topics Discussed:

Bat out of Hell; Meatloaf

Kiss Them For Me; Souxsie & the Banshees

Wreck on The Highway: Bruce Springsteen

Dead Man's Curve: Jan & Dean

Dead in the Ditch: DRI

Cannibal Corpse: Shredded Humans

James Dean: Eagles

7-11: Ramones

Last Kiss: Wayne Cochran/Pearl Jam

Leader of the Pack: Leader of the Pack

Jerry was a Racecar Driver: Primus

American Pie: Don McClain

Lightning Crashes: LIVE

Airbag : Radiohead

Don't Pass Me By: The Beatles