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Welcome to the Music Lounge Podcast

Andrew Schiffman and Perry Turcotte

“Welcome To The Music Lounge” delves into the exclusive world of MTV’s Music Department during the height of Total Request Live. Podcast hosts and former MTV Music Department employees Andrew Schiffman and Perry Turcotte chat with MTV and record label executives, music programmers, VJs, and artists about the Music Lounge on the 25th floor of MTV that would make or break an artist such as Britney Spears, Eminem and Destiny’s Child. It’s a nostalgic journey packed with interviews, insights, and a few

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Ep 17: Susan Natoli, Perry Turcotte and Andrew...

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2024/11/21

Susan Natoli joins Perry Turcotte and Andrew Schiffman for a hosts-only episode of Welcome to The Music Lounge, taking a deeper dive into their career journey and Life After MTV.

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Ep 16: Doug Cohn, former record label executive at...

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2024/11/14

Welcome To The Music Lounge hosts Doug Cohn, former record label executive at Atlantic and Lava Records. He shares stories of the biggest artists from that time period, including one at Spring Break who was a judge on Say What Karaoke and gave contestants a zero unless they took off their shirt.

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Ep 15: John Franck, former record label exec, founder...

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2024/11/07

Welcome To The Music Lounge hosts John Franck, former music executive at ADA Warner, 300, Koch, and Razor & Tie. When asked how to know what it takes for an artist to become a superstar, he likes to remind people that 8 record labels passed on The Beatles.

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Ep 14: Shawn Francis, former Manager of Music...

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2024/10/31

Welcome To The Music Lounge hosts Shawn Francis, former Manager of Music Programming & Talent Relationships at MTV and MTV.com. He had a front row seat to the introduction of Rihanna and Adele and… Twitter?

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Ep 13: Susan Natoli, Perry Turcotte and Andrew...

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2024/10/24

Susan Natoli joins Perry Turcotte and Andrew Schiffman for a hosts-only episode of Welcome to The Music Lounge, taking a deeper dive into all things MTV and the transition from music videos into long form programming. Susan is the new third host for future host-only episodes.

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Ep 12: Jordan Glickson, former Executive at...

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2024/10/17

Welcome To The Music Lounge hosts Jordan Glickson, former Executive at Interscope/Epic Records. Video promo rep by day, playboy on “The Hills” at night.

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Ep 11: Frank "Cheech" Polonia/former MTV Director...

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2024/10/10

Welcome To The Music Lounge hosts Frank “Cheech” Polonia, former Standards & Practices Director for MTV. You really didn’t think music videos aired on MTV without the S&P stamp of approval, did you? He had one of the toughest jobs at the network.

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Ep 10: Raquel Bruno, former Director of Talent/MTV Radio

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2024/10/03

Welcome To The Music Lounge hosts Raquel Bruno, former Talent Director of MTV Radio. Madonna, LL Cool J, Annie Lennox - she shares tricks of the trade on mastering the art of wrangling even the most elusive stars.

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Ep 9: Byron Ward, former VP Video Marketing/Motown, UMG

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2024/09/26

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Ep 8: Diane Mayer, former SVP of Visual...

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2024/09/19

Welcome To The Music Lounge hosts Diane Mayer, former SVP of Visual Marketing at Capitol Music Group. She has stories from working with the biggest names in music, including one artist that made the Viacom C-Suite fight for access to TRL.

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Ep 7: David Nathan, former Universal Music...

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2024/09/12

Welcome To The Music Lounge hosts David Nathan, former Universal Music Group/Republic Records executive. He was in the TRL studio when Nick Lachey met Vanessa Minnillo and has a lot to say about Taylor Swift.

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Ep 6: Emilienne Gray, former SVP of MTV/VH1 Music &...

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2024/09/05

Welcome To The Music Lounge hosts Emilienne Gray, former Senior Vice President of Music & Talent for MTV & VH1. She talks about the “burn,” the “flow,” “iso-shots,” and why the “human touch” will never be replaced.

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Eps 5: Courtney Smith, former MTV Music & Talent...

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2024/08/29

Welcome To The Music Lounge hosts Courtney Smith, former Label Relations in MTV’s Music & Talent department. She used to get in trouble at MTV for random things and had to apologize to several people, but did she mean it? No.

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Ep 4: Robin Hopkins, former MTV Executive Assistant...

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2024/08/22

Welcome To The Music Lounge hosts Robin Hopkins, former MTV Executive Assistant to the EVP of Music & Talent. She wasn’t an executive, but she spent money on the MTV Corporate Card like one.

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Ep 3: Steve Gottlieb, Music Video Promotion/Commissioner

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2024/08/15

Welcome To The Music Lounge hosts Steve Gottleib, Music Video Promotion/Commissioner. His goal was to just get into the MTV building because things would magically happen.

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Ep 2: Buttahman, former MTV Director of Music...

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2024/08/08

Welcome To The Music Lounge hosts Buttahman, former MTV Director of Music Programming. When he wasn’t going to shows and drinking free booze, he outed himself to get near Adele.

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Ep 1: Lisa DeLuca, former Warner & Epic Records...

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2024/08/01

Welcome To The Music Lounge hosts Lisa DeLuca, former Warner/Epic Records executive. She was going to make Travis Scott a star from the moment she saw his little weird ass.

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Welcome to the Music Lounge Podcast ·

2024/07/16

It’s the late 90’s at MTV, when The Osbournes and Newlyweds reshaped television and TRL dominated afterschool programming. But who decided which videos would be in "TRL’s Top Ten Countdown". “Welcome To The Music Lounge” is a new podcast that delves into the exclusive world of MTV’s Music Department during the launch and height of Total Request Live. Podcast hosts and former MTV Music Department employees Andrew Schiffman and Perry Turcotte chat with MTV and record label executives, music

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