Is music the backdrop to a brand.....not the soundtrack to a life?

Is music the backdrop to a brand.....not the soundtrack to a life?

In E 113 I explore the idea that music is now the backdrop to peoples brands, where once it was the soundtrack to their lives. Maybe this is the reason music, art and creativity in general now just has less meaning culturally. What % of a modern musicians life is actually songwriting? and what % is social media, what was that like in the 70s, 80s or 90s? what have been some of the changes. You are your own PR and promo department.....

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Keeper of the Epstein Keys

Keeper of the Epstein Keys

I couldn't resist, having never talked about Epstein before with the week that's in it I couldn't not cast a few scurrilous glances across the whole dirty affair and see what's going on.....as it seem...

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...is the new MEGADETH album any good?

...is the new MEGADETH album any good?

This is the audio from a recent video on my Youtube channelhttps://www.youtube.com/@AlanAverillNemtheangaif you want to watch the originalnemtheanga_primordialon the gramsupport the show over at :http...

3 Feb 23min

How can you tour arenas and be broke?

How can you tour arenas and be broke?

Recently a bunch of people shared me a story about a band (called Witch Fever) who've been out touring in arenas but are absolutely broke, how can that be? well actually it can be very easy, and proba...

30 Jan 42min

Greenland, Iceland, any old land will do....

Greenland, Iceland, any old land will do....

What other Heavy metal podcast tries to make some kinda sense of geo-politics? that's right.....almost none! Perhaps for good reason, perhaps not. Today I take a sideways look at the craziness around ...

23 Jan 31min

Iran, Varg and rent are all four letter words, what have they got in common?

Iran, Varg and rent are all four letter words, what have they got in common?

In today's episode I discuss Varg seemingly embracing AI, why the western activist class are silent on Iran, and in part three or four of why there are not angry bands in the mainstream anymore I disc...

16 Jan 32min

DJ Maduro live from the Boiler Room

DJ Maduro live from the Boiler Room

First episode back this year is a spicy one, I couldn't resist taking a look into Maduro's wild ride, the chaotic mess that sadly became Venezuala and how politics in 2026 started with a bang, no rest...

9 Jan 37min

That time I went to the crowning of a new king of Ireland

That time I went to the crowning of a new king of Ireland

Last show of the year quite possibly is a Patreon story about some daft shenanigans from the past! and some AI taking over the music industry to begin with!very shortly I am out with DREAD SOVEREIGNDE...

12 Des 202525min

The hard truths about touring

The hard truths about touring

After last weeks more tongue in cheek look at the world of touring this time I take it a bit more seriously and try and examine some of the hard truths about what living on the road can do to you, how...

5 Des 202530min

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