Send us a text Dr. Howard Wetsman is an addiction psychiatrist, scientist, and author living in New Orleans. Howard, as he likes to be called, has a long history of treating addiction within multiple paradigms. He blogs at TOCDr.com, has written a book called QAA Questions and Answers on Addiction , and has a great channel on Youtube called “Ending Addiction.” Dr. Wetsman's work is both fascinating and pioneering, and this conversation is one of the most compelling I've participated in. He makes...
Jan 03, 2019•1 hr 8 min
Send us a text "the shiFt"... Debut talk shiFt episode introducing the series intent, style, and 4 key principles: 1) Challenge what's possible. 2) Choose new paths. 3) Change yourself. 4) Change the world. In that order... talking shiFt = to Change - to Challenge - to Learn - to Grow & Improve - using principles of Communichology™ = the Intersection where Communication & Psychology collide. >> Connect with TOM LEU: www.TomLeu.com - (Main) www.16Imaging.com - (Photography) www.Soun...
Jan 02, 2019•13 min
Send us a text Sound Matters episode #071 features Tom's conversation with Miljenko (Milly) Matijevic, the powerful voice and frontman of Steelheart. Milly and Tom discuss the band's new live album Rock 'n Milan , his unique and varied career including contributions to the movie Rock Star , fronting The Doors, past and unreleased Steelheart music, the band's upcoming 30th anniversary plans, and more... SOUND MATTERS Facebook Group: www.facebook.com/groups/soundmatters Inside the Interview: 00:48...
Dec 13, 2018•23 min
Send us a text Sound Matters episode #070 features Tom's in-depth conversation with the legendary K.K. Downing, formerly of Judas Priest. Tom and K.K. dive into his great book Heavy Duty, Days and Nights in Judas Priest , where he pulls no punches about his experiences growing up, forming one of the greatest heavy metal bands in history, it’s aftermath, and many intimate details about his life in and out of the band, past and present. I found K.K. to be pleasant, forthright, accommodating, and i...
Dec 02, 2018•57 min
Send us a text Sound Matters episode #069 features Tom's latest conversation with vocalist and frontman for The Last Vegas, and The Claws, Chad Cherry. Chad is not only one of the coolest rockers I know, he's also an accomplished serial entrepreneur, with multiple projects going at all times. I was able to catch and shoot The Claws on a trip to LA, and we discuss this plus much more... Inside the Interview: 02:11 - About Chad's current band, The Claws from Los Angeles... 09:52 - The latest on Th...
Nov 19, 2018•41 min
Send us a text Sound Matters episode #068 features Tom's great conversation with music industry executive, Grammy winner, and author of the compelling memoir, Appetite for Dysfunction, Vicky Hamilton. Considered one of the most successful music executives in the industry, Vicky Hamilton has discovered, developed or managed the careers of Mötley Crüe, Stryper, Poison, Guns 'N' Roses, Faster Pussycat and many others (Lost Boys, Randy O). David Geffen hired her as A&R executive at Geffen Record...
Oct 17, 2018•41 min
Send us a text Stewart Michaelson is the founder of Join the Nation Network , and is a sobriety advocate, motivational speaker, and coach. Having spent the better part of a decade in public life, Stewart understands from a political perspective the issue of mental health and the illness. What started out in his youth as a simple nights of drinking with the boys on weekends, led to drinking and driving, a criminal record, abusive behavior and a broken family. Stewart became a full on alcoholic! A...
Oct 16, 2018•42 min
Send us a text "Highlights & Hits" featured on episode #067: 02:18-04:00 - Shout out to Christian Leu on his new job in television production, in addition to working in radio... 07:31-20:05 - Jro Rostamo (from Suite Oblivion, Drama Queen, & Mob Zero), and Allen Smith from Letsinger... 20:17-37:32 - Drama Queen (Matt, Rob, Tee, Jim, & Jro) 38:35-46:00 - Round table discussion with all of the above rock and rollers... Support the show Connect with Tom: 👉🏻 https://solo.to/tomleu 👉🏻 ...
Oct 10, 2018•47 min
Send us a text Amy Dresner is a former professional stand-up comic, having appeared at The Comedy Store, The Laugh Factory, and The Improv. Amy has been a contributing editor and writer for several publications including TheFix.com, Addiction.com, PsychologyToday.com, the Good Men Project, The Frisky, Refinery 29, among others. Her first book, "MY FAIR JUNKIE: A Memoir of Getting Dirty and Staying Clean" is a darkly funny and revealing debut memoir of one woman's twenty-year battle with sex, dru...
Sep 27, 2018•50 min
Send us a text "Highlights & Hits" featured on episode #066: 03:41-18:10 - Tom and Christian discuss the current "diss track" feud, and marketing implications between rappers MGK and Eminem... 20:20-23:26 - This episode closes with Tom's signature Sound Matter Moment titled "Time Waits for No One"... Support the show Connect with Tom: 👉🏻 https://solo.to/tomleu 👉🏻 https://facebook.com/tomleu 👉🏻 https://instagram.com/tomleu...
Sep 16, 2018•23 min
Send us a text Lara Frazier is well-known in the digital recovery space as a speaker and truth-teller, a sobriety warrior, an innovator, and a writer. She is a fierce believer in the power of owning our stories and is a strong advocate for addiction recovery. Lara shares a story of healing: in sobriety, through addiction, in life and love, and in all the other big, huge moments of fear and magic that we rarely talk about, but we should. Lara received her MBA in Marketing & Global Business fr...
Aug 27, 2018•47 min
Send us a text On Sound Matters episode #065, Tom hosts the return of Matt Vogt and Rob Pace from Rockford's Drama Queen talking about their CD release party and debut gig, plus much more... "On behalf of the band DRAMA QUEEN I would like to offer some kind words to one of the best interview personalities we know Tom Leu. We have been on Tom's show SOUND MATTERS 3 times now Courtesy of Tom and consider him friend and family. Tom cares about music and people which is why his professionalism shine...
Aug 21, 2018•36 min
Send us a text Wesley Geer has been a professional musician for over 20 years. He first found success as the founding member of Jive Records artist Hed P.E. as a guitarist, songwriter and producer. After touring the world for eight years, Wes left the band for a lifestyle change and ultimately landed in rehab. In 2010, at almost three years sober, he was approached to play with the legendary band Korn. He joined Korn and worked with them as their touring guitarist for the next several years, tra...
Aug 20, 2018•33 min
Send us a text Kevin Polky from Shatter Our Silence is a former champion bodybuilder and now a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor, Certified School Social Worker, executive coach, former football and strength coach and personal trainer. Kevin dives into his personal recovery journey, the good reasons for founding SOS, and impactful strategies for working through the darkness that sometimes affects us all. Kevin has worked with individuals, families, and organiz...
Aug 14, 2018•48 min
Send us a text Sound Matters episode #064 features Tom's great conversation with Chicago's Enuff Z'Nuff founder, bassist, and now lead singer, Chip Z'Nuff. Chip talks candidly about the music business today, the influences he wears loud and proud, and the great new Enuff Z'Nuff album Diamond Boy featuring him on lead vocals, and his transition fronting the band for the first time with absence of Donnie Vie. Chip also shares what touring and lifestyle choices in 2018 and beyond look like, as well...
Aug 08, 2018•23 min
Send us a text Tawny M. Lara is an entrepreneur, writer, and public speaker. She’s the founder of SobrieTea Party and Readings on Recovery , co-host of Recovery Rocks podcast, and an award-winning filmmaker of her recovery documentary, "Fixed Up." When she’s not working on all of the things, she’s doing yoga or eating tacos - sometimes simultaneously. Tom as he and Tawny dig into her personal recovery journey from a self-professed "party girl" to one of today's most prominent and prolific voices...
Aug 04, 2018•45 min
Send us a text "Highlights & Hits" featured on episode #063: 06:34-11:59 - Tom and Christian discuss the headline news regarding pop star's Demi Lovato's recent addiction relapse and hospitalization... 13:42-18:21 - Christian Leu leads a discussion about hip hop superstar Drake's new release, "Scorpion," and the "In My Feelings" video challenge craze, along with conversation about music marketing past and present... 18:52-22:31 - Tom talks about Metallica's second album, Ride the Lightning ,...
Aug 01, 2018•24 min
Send us a text This is a fascinating and in-depth conversation with author, Kristin Casey. Kristin is a recovered alcoholic and addict who’s rigorously inventoried her every resentment and relinquished ninety percent of them. She’s survived clinical depression, numerous addictions, the panhandle of Texas, and seventeen years of Catholicism. Her first book, "Rock Monster: My Life with Joe Walsh," documents a tumultuous six-year relationship with rock legend and Eagles guitarist Joe Walsh, their d...
Jul 28, 2018•48 min
Send us a text The first guest on "Recovery Collective" is Austin F. Cooper - the founder of the Sober-Evolution recovery community. Sober-Evolution launched on Instagram in 2016 and quickly began helping many people from around the world see new perspectives on recovery. Austin is a life coach with a great message, and passion to help others that's contagious. “It was such a pleasure being a guest on the Recovery_Collective Radio Show. Tom Leu has an incredible skill as a radio host in being ab...
Jul 20, 2018•51 min
Send us a text Scott Flynn is the author of the memoir My Life... Don't Try This At Home - a collection of 55 funny short stories. Scott is a husband, stepdad, mentor, entrepreneur, artist, and philanthropist. Scott is also the founder and CEO of two international companies, Best Corporate Events LLC and the tech company SmartHunts LLC. In this long form interview, Tom and Scott get in-depth about his hilarious book, his businesses past and present, comedy, music, as well as his next writing pro...
Jul 18, 2018•1 hr 9 min
Send us a text The debut of (15 total) "Recovery Collective" radio & podcast episodes originally aired on the Tan Talk Radio Network in the Clearwater/Tampa, FL area in 2018-2019. Tom Leu talks about his vision for the show along with his background and journey through recovery from alcohol. “Tom is a fascinating person with many talents. It has truly been my pleasure to work and know Mr. Leu. I have had the great fortune to know Tom for the past three years. I have observed his professional...
Jul 13, 2018•45 min
Send us a text "Highlights & Hits" episode #061 features the debut of the show's engineer, producer, and co-host, Christian Leu's new weekly segment... this one about the particulars of the popular World Cup series. Tom talks to professional speaker, Jeanne Robertson again about her comedy competition. And returning to Sound Matters is Suite Oblivion frontman, Mitch Brechon debating with Tom about "Bands You Hate, but Everyone Else Loves..." lots 'o fun. Segments & Guests: 06:05-20:42 - ...
Jul 12, 2018•56 min
Send us a text Sound Matters episode #060 features Tom's conversation with singer/songwriter, guitarist, and producer, Richie Kotzen from The Winery Dogs, Mr. Big, and Poison. In addition to his high profile bands, Richie is a prolific solo artist with over 20 albums to his credit going back to the late 1980's. Richie's music crosses genres blending elements of rock, pop, blues, soul, and even funk at times into an infectious sound that leaves you wondering why he's not a household name. In this...
Jul 04, 2018•18 min
Send us a text Sound Matters episode #059 features Tom's conversation with Wolf Hoffman from the great German heavy metal band Accept. Wolf and Tom cover a lot of ground from Accept's latest live and new studio albums, Wolf's perspectives on the music business today, being a professional photographer, leaving a legacy, and much more... Inside the Interview: 00:27 - On Accept's latest live release Restless & Live and live albums in general... 02:21 - On touring and traveling worldwide... 04:1...
Jun 26, 2018•23 min
Send us a text Sound Matters episode #058 features Tom's conversation with perhaps one of the most underrated guitarists in rock music over the past 30+ years. Ronni LeTekro is a founding member of Norway's multi-platinum band, TNT, as well as a prolific solo artist. Ronni is as funny and honest, as he is direct and surprising. Ronni was an absolute pleasure to speak with, and he was sure to throw a few curve balls into this interview for good measure... Enjoy! Inside the Interview: 01:03 - Stil...
Jun 13, 2018•21 min
Send us a text Sound Matters episode #057 features Jeanne Robertson... a professional speaker and humorist for over five decades. With no signs of slowing down, Jeanne fills venues around the country telling hilarious stories from her storied life as a teenage contestant in the Ms. America pageant, to a mother, a wife, and a successful business person throughout it all. Jeanne wraps her humor around universal and inspiring messages that speak to people of all ages, from all walks of life. On thi...
Jun 06, 2018•50 min
Send us a text Being from the Midwest, northern IL/southern WI, specifically, and playing in rock bands myself for over 30 years, I know quite a bit about the local and regional music scene from that area, and from the era of the '80's and '90's that I came up in. Author Theron Moore knows much "more"... Theron has written a terrific trilogy of books called "All My Friends Are Rock Stars" about the local and regional music scene from a few key Midwest cities, and has compiled his intimate artist...
May 23, 2018•21 min
Send us a text "Highlights & Hits" episode #055 features a triple-header of guests with Tom returning live in the WROK studios in Rockford, IL. First up is Tom's interview with Rob and Matt from the band Drama Queen. Next is Tom's conversation with both Kevin McCarthy from Rockford's Local Music Scene, and longtime Rockford musician, and multi-RAMI winner, Pat Doherty celebrating the one year anniversary of the RLMS segment on the Sound Matters show. Finally, Tom's concluding interview with ...
May 16, 2018•49 min
Send us a text I came across Joel Moutray from The empower_good Podcast via the great expanse known as the internet, and was really taken by his passion and enthusiasm for putting and positivity out into the world (which also happens to be a foundational purpose of this show...). Joel joins me on Sound Matters to talk about the genesis of the podcast, the good reasons why he's producing it, being a lifelong learner, contribution and selflessness, and much more... Inside the Interview: 01:00 - Th...
May 09, 2018•39 min
Send us a text The 2nd conversation with serial entrepreneur Phillip Ryan Block from Independent Ear Productions, Block Media Group, and additionally now... The Open Heart Collective. Inside the Interview: 01:35 - About Ryan & Tom's first Sound Matters interview... 02:20 - Big news about Independent Ear Productions... 05:15 - The philosophy behind Block Media... 07:37 - What is "documenting" and why does Ryan do it? 10:34 - What is the "The Open Heart Collective"? 12:12 - What topics and dyn...
Apr 25, 2018•16 min
