The Talk Music Podcast

Tom and Andrew talk about the Music Publishing business. For young musicians and writers how do you protect yourselves? What do you own rights to? Do you get paid for co writing a song? What about cover songs..who makes money? They also discuss Taylor Swift's re-recordings and the amazing value of catalog sales Tom finds another artist who has flown Under the Radar but deserves a listen, Andrew does a "quick take" on the best book on Patti Smith and they both argue over the greatest - Rock

The tastemakers of the past and present from Radio to MTV , Mags to You Tube , Spotify to TikTok.How do you get discovered? There are a couple of amazing new Canadian artists  found in unusual ways. A Multi Platinum music producer/manager and a music super fan talk music. The focus is both Global and Canadian. Tom Treumuth and Andrew Schalk argue over who is the best drummer in rock in our  "“Best…series". Whats your guess? Who is your favourite? The Canadian Gem....” this week is a band called Max

What's the importance of the relationship between the artist and the manager? Good ones , bad ones, who got ripped off and who made the money? How does it work well and how does it go wrong? Who fired theirs? First big break: How did bands get theirs? Your most important Gig . How people get discovered. Great stories about artists big breaks including a long shot tale of one that Tom discovered who's big break involved a cassette. We look at a “ Canadian Gem” you should re visit where the album has

Tom Treumuth and Andrew Schalk talk about what makes a great live venue and a great concert. From Massey Hall to Wembley ,The Commodore Ballroom to the House of Blues who does it right? They also debate -is Rock Music is dead? Can anybody break in as a Rock band these days? Record executive Gary Muth ,who signed some of the great Rock acts of all time like the Stones and Black Sabbath, gives his take on how the industry has changed for rock bands trying to make it now. The guys discover another

This first episode features a piece of music history….. The first ever Digital Rock Recording. The marketing tag for it was “Tomorrow’s Sound Today.” The story of the challenges of recording it totally live in the studio are fascinating. Co-host Tom Treumuth's band ,True Myth ,released the Warner Album in 1979 and he discusses making the pioneering Prog rock album , a hidden gem of the genre, with Co -host Andrew Schalk a chef and a self professed music junkie. Over his 40 yr music career, Tom

This first episode features a piece of music history....The first ever Digital Rock Recording. The marketing tag for it was "Tomorrows Sound Today." The story of the challenges of making and how hard it is to create a hit album are it is fascinating. Co-host Tom Treumuth's band ,True Myth ,released the Warner Album in 1979 and he discusses making the pioneering Prog rock album , a hidden gem of the genre, with Co -host Andrew Schalk a chef and a self professed music junkie. Over his 40 yr music