The SOUND MATTERS show features in-depth commentary and conversations with compelling artists, musicians, songwriters, composers, photographers, filmmakers, and entrepreneurs. Hosted by TOM LEU -- a music and media veteran, professional speaker, published photographer, composer and producer -- SOUND MATTERS uncovers the stories behind the artists, songs and sounds that inspire, challenge, and move us. Tom dives deep into the creative process, philosophical approaches, and unique perspectives of guests, along with providing cutting-edge commentary on important current and historical events in music, culture and entertainment.
Send us a text The Sound Matters Show presents "Music Talk Tuesday" segments with Tom Leu and Terry "Double T" Turen live on 96.7 The Eagle in Rockford, IL talking classic rock past and present! Support the show Connect with Tom: 👉🏻 https://solo.to/tomleu 👉🏻 https://facebook.com/tomleu 👉🏻 https://instagram.com/tomleu...
Send us a text The Sound Matters Show presents "Music Talk Tuesday" segments with Tom Leu and Terry "Double T" Turen live on 96.7 The Eagle in Rockford, IL talking classic rock past and present! Support the show Connect with Tom: 👉🏻 https://solo.to/tomleu 👉🏻 https://facebook.com/tomleu 👉🏻 https://instagram.com/tomleu...
Send us a text Sound Matters 4 YEAR ANNIVERSARY "Highlights & Hits" show #102 features conversations about new themes and topic driven shows going into 2021, songs about new beginnings, and well-wishes from past show guests and listeners thanking us for doing the show throughout a very tough year. Guests include show producer, Spencer Jacobsen, Kevin McCarthy, Christian Leu, and WROK's Joe Dredge and Riley O'Neil. SOUND MATTERS Facebook Group: www.facebook.com/groups/soundmatters Support the...
Send us a text The Sound Matters Show presents "Music Talk Tuesday" segments with Tom Leu and Terry "Double T" Turen live on 96.7 The Eagle in Rockford, IL talking classic rock past and present! Support the show Connect with Tom: 👉🏻 https://solo.to/tomleu 👉🏻 https://facebook.com/tomleu 👉🏻 https://instagram.com/tomleu...
Send us a text The Sound Matters Show presents "Music Talk Tuesday" segments with Tom Leu and Terry "Double T" Turen live on 96.7 The Eagle in Rockford, IL talking classic rock past and present! Support the show Connect with Tom: 👉🏻 https://solo.to/tomleu 👉🏻 https://facebook.com/tomleu 👉🏻 https://instagram.com/tomleu...
Send us a text Episode #101 is the second holiday-themed show featuring conversation and commentary about the sounds of the season, as well as Tom and Spencer's select holiday tracks from a cross-section of artists. Show #101 concludes with Tom's signature Sound Matter Moment... - New show features/segments coming up in 2021 - Music Talk Tuesdays with Double T - Kevin McCarthy from RLMS - Top Selling Xmas singles... - Funny/bad Xmas songs... - Sound Matter Moment - "Tribute" SOUND MATTERS Facebo...
Send us a text The Sound Matters Show presents "Music Talk Tuesday" segments with Tom Leu and Terry "Double T" Turen live on 96.7 The Eagle in Rockford, IL talking classic rock past and present! Support the show Connect with Tom: 👉🏻 https://solo.to/tomleu 👉🏻 https://facebook.com/tomleu 👉🏻 https://instagram.com/tomleu...
Send us a text The Sound Matters Show presents "Music Talk Tuesday" segments with Tom Leu and Terry "Double T" Turen live on 96.7 The Eagle in Rockford, IL talking classic rock past and present! Support the show Connect with Tom: 👉🏻 https://solo.to/tomleu 👉🏻 https://facebook.com/tomleu 👉🏻 https://instagram.com/tomleu...
Send us a text The Sound Matters Show presents "Music Talk Tuesday" segments with Tom Leu and Terry "Double T" Turen live on 96.7 The Eagle in Rockford, IL talking classic rock past and present! Support the show Connect with Tom: 👉🏻 https://solo.to/tomleu 👉🏻 https://facebook.com/tomleu 👉🏻 https://instagram.com/tomleu...
Send us a text The Sound Matters Show presents "Music Talk Tuesday" segments with Tom Leu and Terry "Double T" Turen live on 96.7 The Eagle in Rockford, IL talking classic rock past and present! Support the show Connect with Tom: 👉🏻 https://solo.to/tomleu 👉🏻 https://facebook.com/tomleu 👉🏻 https://instagram.com/tomleu...
Send us a text The Sound Matters Show presents "Music Talk Tuesday" segments with Tom Leu and Terry "Double T" Turen live on 96.7 The Eagle in Rockford, IL talking classic rock past and present! Support the show Connect with Tom: 👉🏻 https://solo.to/tomleu 👉🏻 https://facebook.com/tomleu 👉🏻 https://instagram.com/tomleu...
Send us a text The Sound Matters Show presents "Music Talk Tuesday" segments with Tom Leu and Terry "Double T" Turen live on 96.7 The Eagle in Rockford, IL talking classic rock past and present! Support the show Connect with Tom: 👉🏻 https://solo.to/tomleu 👉🏻 https://facebook.com/tomleu 👉🏻 https://instagram.com/tomleu...
Send us a text The Sound Matters Show presents "Music Talk Tuesday" segments with Tom Leu and Terry "Double T" Turen live on 96.7 The Eagle in Rockford, IL talking classic rock past and present! Support the show Connect with Tom: 👉🏻 https://solo.to/tomleu 👉🏻 https://facebook.com/tomleu 👉🏻 https://instagram.com/tomleu...
Send us a text The Sound Matters Show presents "Music Talk Tuesday" segments with Tom Leu and Terry "Double T" Turen live on 96.7 The Eagle in Rockford, IL talking classic rock past and present! Support the show Connect with Tom: 👉🏻 https://solo.to/tomleu 👉🏻 https://facebook.com/tomleu 👉🏻 https://instagram.com/tomleu...
Send us a text The Sound Matters Show presents "Music Talk Tuesday" segments with Tom Leu and Terry "Double T" Turen live on 96.7 The Eagle in Rockford, IL talking classic rock past and present! Support the show Connect with Tom: 👉🏻 https://solo.to/tomleu 👉🏻 https://facebook.com/tomleu 👉🏻 https://instagram.com/tomleu...
Send us a text Sound Matters milestone episode #100 is a very special tribute to the late, great Eddie Van Halen. This episode features unique, personal, and revealing insights and experiences with EVH from platinum rockers Steve Brown from Trixter and Tokyo Motor Fist, and Mark Kendall from Great White. Van Halen's influence and legacy is also discussed with radio personality, Terry "Double T" Turen from 96.7 The Eagle, along with my additional commentary and reactions. Listen and share to cele...
Send us a text Sound Matters episode 099 features Tom's conversation with Michael Grant formerly of L.A. Guns and Endeverafter. Michael split from L.A. Guns in 2018 and never looked back. His first solo album (under Michael Grant & The Assassins) titled "Always the Villian" is simply incredible. This 11 song collection contains killer songs, melodies, arrangements, production, and playing top to bottom. Read that again... it's rare. On top of it all, Michael is a super cool cat and a ton of ...
Send us a text Sound Matters episode 098 features Tom's 2nd conversation with Donnie Vie formerly of Enuff Z'Nuff. On this livestream conversation also available unedited on YouTube and Facebook, Donnie and I discuss his new music, his writing and recording process, why the "Beautiful Things" full length album still needs to be heard, why he can't really listen to much of his older music, the challenges of being on his own these days, his new song recorded for the latest Enuff Z'Nuff album "Brai...
Send us a text Sound Matters episode 097 features my conversation with Daxx Nielsen from Cheap Trick. For over a decade, Daxx has been the drummer for the influential and legendary Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame band hailing from my hometown of Rockford, IL. Daxx and I have known each other since our days gigging in regional bands in the Midwest. Daxx has been a touring and recording musician for over 20 years and has worked with some of the greats in music. In this conversation we discuss the effect...
Send us a text Sound Matters episode 096 features Tom's 2nd conversation with the always cool and catchy, Chip Z'Nuff from Chicago's Enuff Z'Nuff. This time around, Chip and I discuss the band's latest album Brainwashed Generation along with a few of the guest stars who played on various tracks from their 15th album, what recording records is like for him in 2020 compared to old days, his autobiography in the works, collaborating with Donnie Vie again, his outlook on the pandemic and the state o...
Send us a text Sound Matters episode 095 features my killer conversation with the super-enthusiastic guitar great, singer, and songwriter, Steve Brown from Trixter and Tokyo Motor Fist. Steve's energy and love for music more than three decades into his successful career is infectious and inspiring. Steve talks about the current state of Trixter, the 2nd and latest kick ass album ("Lions") from Tokyo Motor Fist, having the greatest side gigs ever as part-time touring guitarist and vocalist for bo...
Send us a text Sound Matters episode 094 features Tom's enlightening conversation with singer, songwriter, & entrepreneur, Cheryl Engelhardt. Cheryl is a classically-trained pianist-turned music for picture composer-turned touring rock chick. Cheryl is a prolific indie musician, composer, serial-entrepreneur, and podcaster, who also offers marketing and personal development resources to help other indie musicians grow their music business. Cheryl talks about her storied career thus far, the ...
Send us a text Sound Matters episode 093 features Tom's 2nd conversation with vocalist and songwriter Tony Harnell best known for his work with Norway's TNT, and also with various other terrific projects including Starbreaker, Lovekillers, and Tony Harnell solo as well. This episode was one of the first Sound Matters Show livestreams broadcast with audio and video out onto our YouTube channel >> www.tomleu.tv during the Corona Virus pandemic. Tony talked about how his current tours have be...
Send us a text Sound Matters "Highlights & Hits" show #092 combo show featuring excerpts from the live radio show AND from the first ever live-streamed Sound Matters Show episode out to social media. On this episode we discuss/debate "how you found/find new music" and "what are your guilty pleasure bands or artists"... "Expert" panelists include Joe Dredge, Mark Jake Jacobson, and Spencer Jacobsen weighing-in and spouting-off. SOUND MATTERS Facebook Group: www.facebook.com/groups/soundmatter...
Send us a text Sound Matters episode 091 takes a behind-the-scenes look at the acclaimed Detroit-area jam band, STONEFRONT and their (as yet unreleased) "Stones Throw" documentary recounting the band's days at the famed Garwood Mansion in the early 1970's. Stonefront founder and chief songwriter, Larry Merryman, and longtime friend, Jeffrey Swanberg, who was a resident of the mansion, and who's brother Mark played bass in the band, recall what it was like during those trippy, heady days, back in...
Send us a text Sound Matters "Highlights & Hits" show #090 live-streamed on the show's Facebook Group and features Renee Scrivano from That Gurl, Kevin McCarthy from Rockford's Local Music Scene, Mark Jake Jacobson, and Mike McQuerter weighing in on how they're surviving the Corona Virus pandemic and getting creative with technology to continue connecting with others and getting their music and art out there. SOUND MATTERS Facebook Group: www.facebook.com/groups/soundmatters 03:55 – Changes....
Send us a text Sound Matters Xtra… bonus episodes featuring additional interviews, “sound matters”-related commentary, and other assorted short segments and audio ear candy. This one features Tom's conversation with Ringo Nelson and Chuck Stout from Rockford's RIPT talking the new acoustic project "RIPT Off" and upcoming new music... SOUND MATTERS Facebook Group: www.facebook.com/groups/soundmatters Connect with RIPT: Facebook: www.facebook.com/riptfromrockford Instagram: www.instagram.com/riptm...
Send us a text Sound Matters episode 089 features Tom's conversation with guitarist Reb Beach best known for his work with Winger, Whitesnake, and now the supergroup Black Swan. Reb's three decade plus career is as storied as anyone's and includes run-in's with some of music's royalty including the Bee Gee's, Roger Daltry of The Who, and Bob Dylan among others. In this fun and informative conversation, Tom gets Reb to share stories about his early days doing sessions with some of the greats, to ...
Send us a text Sound Matters episode #088 features Tom's compelling conversation with communications expert and speaker coach, Neil Gordon. Neil's message is valuable far beyond those who work as professional speakers. Neil knows how to simply, yet effectively hit at the heart of the communication process that truly lands with audiences, regardless of messaging. Neil’s core message stresses Why Content Is About Empowerment, Not Information… In this in-depth conversation, I ask Neil to take us th...
Send us a text Sound Matters 3 YEAR ANNIVERSARY episode."Highlights & Hits" show #087 features: Joe Dredge & Riley O'Neil from 1440 WROK, the guys from Master Plan, Double T and Mitch from Suite Oblivion, Kevin McCarthy from 96.7 The Eagle, Rob Pace from Drama Queen, Chuck Stout from RIPT, and Mr. Jeffrey Swanberg. SOUND MATTERS Facebook Group: www.facebook.com/groups/soundmatters 01:52-12:30 – Joe Dredge & Riley O'Neil from WROK talk disco? 12:30-23:08 – Curt, John, and Jim from Mas...
