The Sync Exchange Podcast

The Sync Exchange Podcast

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The Sync Exchange Podcast episodes

  • Interview With Mathew Knowles, CEO, Music World Entertainment. Part I
    In this podcast, we speak to Mathew Knowles, CEO of Music World Entertainment (Destiny’s Child, Beyoncé). In part one of our two-part discussion, Mathew discusses with us how Hurricane Harvey affected Houston and all of Texas, what people can do to help, and provides details on the “Hand in Hand: A Benefit for Hurricanes Harvey and […]
    10 min
  • Sports and Music – a Chat with the Epic Music LA team
    We had the chance to have a chat with the guys from the Epic Music LA team about sports and music – they do a lot of work in the field, and one of the management team, Jerry Davis, their Chief Strategy Officer has spent decades in the game combining Music and Sport – one of […]
    31 min
  • A conversation with Artist Jose Conde
    While composer, arranger, multi instrumentalist, and producer Jose Conde has gained accolades for his Brooklyn based Cuban band Ola Fresca, he is also a powerful and versatile multi genre music creator and sonic artist. From the Cuban traditions of son, cha cha, and rumba to Nigerian Afro beat, Brazilian samba, Hatian compas, Peruvian Joropo,  and […]
    23 min
  • Sync Exchange Podcast 15: Interview with Artist Wes Mason
    Meet Wes Mason.
    This 18-year-old internationally acclaimed Canadian singer-songwriter bridges generational and genre gaps with his unique brand of heartfelt pop songwriting.
    He blends beauty and simplicity to create timeless music and lyrics that will inspire listeners for years to come.
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    Wes’ journey has not been an overnight success. He has been creating music since the age of 5, and has been pursuing it ever since. Wes’ musicianship and baritone vocal are now ready to push the boundaries of familiar pop music with a deeper tone, and and deeper lyrical content.
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    Recently, he won the “Best Young Songwriter” award at the 2016 Toronto Independent Music Awards, as well as placing finalist and semi-finalist in several international songwriting competitions. CBC Searchlight Competition 2016 selected him as one of the “Top 20 artists under 20”, praising his unique vocal tones.
    Wes is on his way up.
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    He is currently working with producer Ben Pelchat of Kensington Sound in Toronto to complete his first full-length album, due to be released internationally this fall.
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    Hear the forest for the trees – and keep an ear out for Wes Mason

    Follow Wes here:

    Twitter: @WesMasonMusic

    Music Sample:

    Worth It

    by Wes Mason | Worth It

    http://syncsummit.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Wes-Mason-Worth-It-Single-mastered.mp3
    22 min
  • Sync Exchange Podcast 12 – A chat with multi-platinum, Grammy winning producer and songwriter Rob Fusari

    This podcast features truly compelling conversation with the multi-platinum, Grammy award winning producer, songwriter, music executive and artist Rob Fusari.

    For those of you that may know know who Rob is, and what he’s done in music… shame on you.

    Not only did he discover, collaborate with and develop Lady GaGa (including co-writes on “Again Again,” Beautiful, Dirty, Rich,” “Brown Eyes,” “Disco Heaven,” “Paparazzi” and “Vanity,” in his own right, he’s one of the most significant people in today’s music industry, and has composed and/or produced countless Billboard hits, including:

    “No No No” – Destiny’s Child

    “Bootylicious” – Destiny’s Child
    “Love That Man” – Whitney Houston
    “In This Skin” – Jessica Simpson
    “Train on the Track” – Kelly Rowland
    “Wild Wild West” – Will Smith
    “Shadow” – SM Town
    And many, many more.

    In his discussion with Sync Exchange Podcast host Mark Frieser, Fusari discusses how he began his musical journey as an eight year-old child prodigy playing Carnegie Hall to writing some of pop’s biggest hits, developing his producer shops, his discovery of and work with Lady Gaga, his current projects (The World of Cary Nokey) and the importance of sync to an artist’s career and creative outlook.

    Below are some main points of the conversation:
    • 00:00:00 – The evolution of a child prodigy to a songwriter.
    • 00:05:30 – Connie Francis and Rob’s first collaborator, Irwin Levine
    • 00:08:00 – Coming into his own as a music producer.
    • 00:10:20 – Co-writing and producing pop’s hottest acts
    • 00:22:15 – 9/11 and a change in direction.
    • 00:25:10 – Meeting Stephanie Germanotta</
      • 1 hr 24 min
    • Sync Exchange Podcast 11 – Times Music COO, Mandar Thakur
      This podcast features a really compelling conversation with the COO of Times Music, Mandar Thakur about the South Asian market, the Indian Music market and of course, sync’s role in the entertainment market in general. Also, we cover a lot of ground on how music is consumed in India, the usage of mobile entertainment, Times […]
      1 hr 4 min
    • Sync Exchange Podcast 10 – Jon Gosier, Audigent: The Value of Music
      In this conversation, we sit down for an in-depth interview with Jon Gosier, the Co-Founder of Audigent, a company in the measurement space that gives brands, ad agencies, entertainers (and the people that work with them) to better understand their markets, and to maximize the potential to better connect, engage and monetize relationships with audiences […]
      36 min
    • Sync Exchange Podcast 9 – Music Supervisor/KCRW Host Gary Calamar
      This is a wide-ranging conversation with Music Supervisor Gary Calamar, who’s also a DJ on KCRW FM, a musician and President of GO Music. In this podcast, Gary discusses with host Mark Frieser the development of his career in the industry, the work of a music supervisor, and how he works with labels, artists and publishers […]
      23 min

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    The Sync Exchange Podcast brings you together with top executives and artists in music, TV, film, games, mobile, The Internet, brands and advertising to connect you with information on how the…