Bobby Owsinski's Inner Circle Podcast

News: – Spotify will now stream video, for advertising purposes. – Curmusic.com – new paid music service – cheaper than other services – Guitar Center back in the news over employee union situation Interview: – Artist Management Consultant Mike Gormley  

Trends: * Fewer audio manufacturers at NAMM * Fewer iPad products * Manufactures releasing more sound reinforcement products * The days of product literature are over * Modular Eurorack synth systems more popular * All-in-one video packages show up * Chinese manufacturers show light show speakers * Sound systems at NAMM shows – subwoofers overpowering, improperly balanced Products: * Yamaha – Virtual reality presentation of Steve Gadd drum solo * Manley Nu Mu – Stereo compressor * Korg NuTube  – Vacuum tube on a chip * Steven Slate – Raven MTI2 * QSC Touchmix * Shure Dual Diaphragm Mics * Dave Smith releases Oberheim OB6 * Vox Digital Continental Organ * Eddie Kramer F Pedals with wireless power * Shure Electrostatic Earbuds * VinylRecorders.com – Personal vinyl lathe * Brad Lunde’s Subwoofer Pros * Fotex – T-series headphones are back * GTC Sound’s Revpad * Soloman Microphones – LoFReQ subkick mic * Low-end DBX and Lexicon products * Mellotron Mini * Radial Di-NET **Note – If you can, support boutique manufacturers because they really care about their products and sound quality is superior

News: – David Bowie passes away; Interesting Bowie facts Interview: – Engineer Phil Rohr

News: – UMG signed deal with iHeartMedia for Virtual Reality Concerts and Events – Year-end figures from Nielson – Vacuum tubes making a comeback thanks to a defense agency Interview: – Studio bass player Paul ILL

News: – Why The Beatles caving to streaming is important – Your drummer may be the smartest person in the room Interview: – Manager/producer Walter Turbitt from spinoffmanagement

Year end recap and 2016 predictions. Recap: – CRB (Copyright Ruling Board) Ruling – Apple Music and YouTube Red – Pandora buys TicketFly, and streaming assets of Rdio. – Amazon Prime Music – Facebook goes hard into video – Blurred Lines lawauit – Jay-Z buys Tidal – Vinyl up to 9% music industry income – Producers and engineers may get paid on streaming – Billboard creates chart for lyrics – Adele passes 5 million albums sold in US already. – 101mixingtricks.com – Guitar Center may be in danger of closing – Pro Tools Subscription Plan – Music Row in Nashville closing – New music technology AVB – MQA – Master Quality Authenticated – USB-C Connector coming out – 3D audio standard – LiFi connection via light pulses – Foam 3D batteries – Moog music gave employees 50% of company – Abbey Road Studios tech incubator Trends: – Streaming getting bigger – Pandora to become more important – Facebook becoming more difficult for promotion, Internet marketing becoming more expensive – Websites looking sleeker,  more WordPress-centric – Analog is dying – Controllers becoming more popular – Plug-in overload – Tablet for audio less visible – Sound reinforcement becoming  increasingly digital and smaller – Headphone surround for virtual reality

News: – CD Extras that entice people to buy – First vinyl record press manufactured in 30 years Interview: – Producer Michael Beinhorn Check out his book Unlocking Creativity: A Producer’s Guide To Making Music And Art

News: – Where people  buy their music – Evaluating and choosing monitor speakers Interview: – Saturday Night Live House Sound Mixer Robert “Bubba” Selitto

News: – Crowds on Demand – 3D Batteries Interview: – Repost Network Founder Jeff Ponchick

News: – Adele breaks music sales records – Li-Fi – Light Enabled Wifi Interview: – Producer Rob Schnapf

News: – Pandora buys Rdio – RIAA introduced high-res music logo Interview: – Gigmor founder David Baird

News: – The mayor of London is trying to save music venues – Is analong dead? Interview: – Hooke Audio founder Anthony Mattana. Hear some excellent examples of 3D audio on the iPhone on the Hooke Audio website.

News: – Billboard’s new chart for lyrics – Abbey Road Red, and Abbey Road Institute Interview: – Failure Drummer Kellii Scott

News: – YouTube Red – John Bonham’s Sound Interviews: – Sid Duffour from Black Lion Audio

News: – Spotify drops Victory Records over digital royalties issue – Frequency bands in a single word Interview: – Producer Ted Hutt