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Business & Technology Episodes

Dec. 21, 2020

Austin Arthouse Film Festival

Check out this BONUS episode featuring Giselle Marie Muñoz and Elizabeth Tabish, cofounders of the Austin Arthouse Film Festival.
Nov. 24, 2020

Ethan Clift - Tonic Labs

Ethan Clift chat with LP about Tonic Audio Lab's new songwriting companion, Lumos. Lumos helps songwriters capture more new song ideas than ever before and finish that list of partially-completed music riffs you've had for years.
Guest: Ethan Clift
Nov. 10, 2020

Marc Brown - Byta

LP chats with Co-founder of Byta, Marc Brown. They talk about music consumption, recommendations, platforms they dig and how Byta is trying to solve pain points around "sharing music before it's on streaming services."
Guest: Marc Brown
Oct. 27, 2020

Phil Messier - Bopper

Phil Messier, founder of Bopper, joins LP to discuss the formation of his company, talking Montreal and their jazz roots.
Guest: Phil Messier
Oct. 20, 2020

David Gorman

David Gorman, Cofounder of 1021 Creative, discusses growing up in Detroit, record collecting, the roots of soul music, his time working with Rhino Records, and what makes a good album cover.
Guest: David Gorman
Oct. 14, 2020

Isabella Kelly - Kingdom of Mind

Isabella Kelly, founder of concert and live experience production company, Kingdom of Mind chats with LP about her start with events, how she was awarded Live Nation's Women Nation Fund, and launching Kingdom of Mind.
Oct. 6, 2020

Marco Collins - Radio Personality

Marco Collins joins LP to talk about music discovery, the Cocteau Twins, breaking artists like Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Beck in the 90s, the British electronic scene, and more.
Guest: Marco Collins
Sept. 29, 2020

Dmitri Vietze - Music Tectonics

Dmitri Vietze stops to talk about growing up in Nashville and NYC, getting his start with music pr, launching rock paper scissors, and what to expect with year two of the Music Tectonics Conference taking place Oct 27-28, 2020.
Guest: Dmitri Vietze
Sept. 15, 2020

Ari Rosner, Erick Beavers and Brad Robertson

What did you do with your summer? Learn how Caltech college senior, Ari Rosner developed an algorithm to help compute the proper social distancing layout for schools and other spaces. And how Erick Beavers and Brad Robertson launched and developed their p
Guest: Ari Rosner
Sept. 8, 2020

Lyte, Prism.fm, VEEPS.com, Antone's and Disco Donnie

Prism.fm hosted a panel featuring folks from Lyte, VEEPS.com, promoter Disco Donnie and legendary music venue Antone's discussing how the live music community is being supported by tech coming our out COVID.
Aug. 18, 2020

Erin Barra

LP sits down with the multi-faceted teacher and performer, Erin Barra to talk about her new role as Director of Popular Music at Arizona State University, Beats by Girlz, and how to build a modern studio.
Guest: Erin Barra
Aug. 11, 2020

Ronnie Schneider

On this episode, LP chats with Ronnie Schneider about his days on the road managing tour finances with the Rolling Stones, standardizing modern artist tour economics with their 1969 tour, working for ABKCO, and the Altamont concert.
Aug. 4, 2020

Ted Cohen

In this conversation, LP discusses Ted's history, the early days of CES, the early days of the digital music industry, and more.
Guest: Ted Cohen
July 9, 2020

Andrew Loog Oldham

LP catches up with Andrew Loog Oldham. Andrew managed and produced the Rolling Stones until 1967, started Immediate Records, and then went out to lunch for many years.
July 6, 2020

Danny Scher

LP chats with a long time music promoter, Danny Scher.
Guest: Danny Scher
July 2, 2020

Karen Allen - Author of "Twitch for Musicians."

For over 20 years Karen has been working at the intersection of technology and music.
Guest: Karen Allen
June 29, 2020

Kirt Debique - SyncFloor

LP chats with Kirt Debique, CEO and CTO of SyncFloor. Kirt is a 20 year Microsoft veteran with experience as an engineer, architect, technology strategist and general manager.
Guest: Kirt Debique
June 25, 2020

Matt Adell

LP chats with his longtime friend, Matt Adell about his time at Napster, Music Now, Beatport, and advocating for creators.
Guest: Matt Adell
June 22, 2020

Music Fans Speak!

LP sits down with two music fans to discuss their show going pre and post COVID-19. They share insights about how they buy tickets and what they're hoping to see when shows come back.
June 18, 2020

Angeline Chase Priefer and Justin Nordan

LP shines a light once again on Lyte by talking with Angeline Chase Priefer, Director of Client Services for Lyte’s Festival partnerships. Justin Nordan has the same role for Lyte’s venue business.
June 15, 2020

Laura Hutfless - FlyteVu

LP chats with Laura Hutfless, Co-Founder of FlyteVu. FlyteVu is a marketing agency that connects brands to consumers through compelling storytelling, unparalleled experience, and the authentic power of music.
June 12, 2020

Nicole d'Avis - Open Music Initiative

LP chats with Nicole d'Avis, managing director of Berklee Institute for Creative Entrepreneurship and the Open Music Initiative.
Guest: Nicole D'Avis
June 8, 2020

Michael Donaldson

LP sits down with Michael Donaldson to talk about his newsletter Ringo Dreams of Lawncare, his blog 8 Sided Blog, the virality of independent music pre-internet, Kraftwerk, Tony Allen, the Clash, and finding your scene.
May 25, 2020

Caitlin Flood and Jon Carr

LP chats separately with Caitlin and Jon to hear about their roles at Lyte and lives outside of work.