In this episode, Laneway Festival's Danny Rogers and Dom O'Connor sit down with Live Nation's VP of Touring Lesley Olenik and talk to her about her role in creating Odd Future Carnival with Tyler the Creator and the role that festivals play in a band's career in the modern music industry.
In this episode, Laneway Festival's Danny Rogers and Dom O’Connor sit down with Kobalt Music's Managing Director Simon Moor and chat about his initial career as a DJ, how streaming has changed how we experience music and the new possibilities for musicians whilst recording music.
In this episode, Danny and Dom sit down with Spinning Top Music's Jodie Regan and talk about her first management job, how Fremantle has shaped both her and her artists and her advice for new managers.
In this episode, Danny and Dom sit down with Mushroom Music Publishing's Head of A and R Linda Bosidis and talk about her long career in music, from establishing the first Writer Services Department in Melbourne to her passion project with Danny, The Yirriman Project.
In this episode, Danny and Dom sit down with Todd Wagstaff of Parker and Mr French management and discuss his A and R strategy and the stories behind signing acts like You Am I, The Vines and Pnau.
In this episode, Danny and Dom pick Bigsound programmer Maggie Collins's brain about how she programs the conference's hundreds of acts and speakers and her tips for this year's edition, before Dom chats to Camp Cope's Sarah Thompson on the second episode of Soundcheck about the band's decision to manage themselves and why she thinks more artists should do this.
In this episode, Danny and Dom sit down with Inertia Music's head of A & R Justin Cosby and discuss his previous career as a youth social worker, his Joy Division fandom and the differing ways artists release music in 2017.
In this special episode, Danny and Dom sit down with Sounds Australia's Millie Millgate and chat about the changing opportunities for Australian bands overseas, before Dom does a deep dive into the gender divide on festival lineups with help from Jack River, Music NSW's Hannah Crofts and Laneway Festival's Travis Banko.
In this episode, recorded in Austin, Texas at the yearly South By South West Festival, Dom and Danny had a chat to Tom Baker, an East London promoter who runs Eat Your Own Ears as well as programming the Field Day festival. Here, he chats about going to Glastonbury as a child, his proudest Field Day moment and the festival he co-founded with Danny.
In today's episode, Dom and Danny sit down with their friend Sophie Miles of Mistletone, and chat about her career before music, their favourite Ariel Pink stories and the differing ways people consume music today.
Today, Danny sits down with his friend Corey Smyth (Vince Staples, Chapelle's Show, Blacksmith Entertainment) and they chat about growing up in Harlem, how a baseball card started Corey's career and his close relationship with the musicians he manages.
In the podcast's first episode, Danny and Dom sit down with Nathan McLay and Chad Gillard from tastemaking Australian electronic label Future Classic and hear about their inspiration to become involved in music,
