Carl’s RollerCoaster Podcast

Ep. 27 Sophie Grace Holmes (Endurance Athlete)

Sophie a fitness coach, public speaker, influencer, ultra endurance athlete, nutrition coach and business women. While Sophie’s passion lies in adventure, specifically physical adventure, she provides inspiration and motivation to others via personal training and public speaking to become fitter, stronger and more confident by sharing her journey and encouraging others to shift their mindset to seek theirs.

Sophie was diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis at four months old. She was told from a young age she might not make it to 30, let alone her teens, this has given her a very unique outlook on life and believes that everyone is able achieve something extraordinary and should have courage to seek their adventure in life and live it on their own terms.

Sophie has appeared in a number of magazines such as Hello!, Vogue, Women’s health, Women’s Fitness and cover on Best Life Magazine and continues to wow on her journey through life.

© SOPHIE GRACE HOLMES

Ep. 26 Publishing, A&R , Industry Stats with Carl Casagrande

A quick one to share some industry stats in regards of the publishers market share and a little insight of the flow of UK publishing income, highlighting the main aims and do's of a Publisher.

Reference:

MBE PA5512/ 4/ Tony Moss

Ep. 25 Mat Sinner (Primal Fear, Sinner, Rock Meets Classic)

Mat Sinner is a bassist, vocalist, and record producer from Stuttgart, Germany. Mat has been involved in numerous bands and projects throughout his musical career. His main bands have been Sinner since 1982 and Primal Fear since 1997; he formed the latter band with former Gamma Ray singer Ralf Scheepers. Source: Wikipedia

Since 2010, Mat has been captaining the "Rock Meets Classics" project, which consists of the Mat Sinner Band and the RMC Symphony Orchestra, plus a stellar guests line up, and on the next years tour have on singers such as Twisted Sister’s Dee Snider and Joey Tempest of Europe, amongst others but also had on previous years the likes of Ian Gillan, Paul Rodgers, Bonnie Tyler, Alice Cooper, Eric Martin, Rick Springfield.

 

Ep. 24 Steve Evetts (American Record Producer)

Steve Evetts is an American record producer who has produced, engineered and mixed music for the likes of Symphony X, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Sepultura, The Cure, Story of the Year, Every Time I Die, Ego Kill Talent, Architects amongst many others.

Ep. 23 Rafael Bittencourt (Musician/Guitarist/Founder of Angra)

Rafael Bittencourt is a Brazilian guitarist, with international recognition and singular sensibility, technique and style. He graduated Bachelor of Music Composition and Conducting in São Paulo in 1996. A few years earlier, in 1991, founded the world-famous band Angra.

Ep. 22 Kieran Robertson (Guitarist/Producer - Geoff Tate)

Kieran Robertson is a performer, producer and session Musician from Glasgow Scotland.

He Has an album and 2 singles out by his own name which where done with the help of Mordhorst Music Management. Albums Album 1 - Kieran Robertson - In The Name Of Vanity Album 2 - 'Till Death Do Us Part - Detached EP - 21st Century Bitch EP - Pathogen

Kieran is also a the guitarist of legendary Metal Vocalist Geoff Tate's new band Operation Mindcrime (Original lead singer of Queensryche)

His new project 'Till Death Do Us Part has just finished their first tour and have released there first album "DETACHED". Kieran's producing has lead him to to jump into the recording world recently just finishing an album for Mark Daly. Endorsements Ernie Ball Clayton Picks

Ep. 21 Kurt Cobain Career Management with Carl Casagrande

Short episode looking back at Nirvana's main man career, the late Kurt Cobain, focused on the management side of things, historical points, the ups and downs, the origins of Grunge and Nirvana itself and eventually it's tragic end.

Ep. 20 Courtney Cox (American Guitarist - The Iron Maiden's)

A native of Philadelphia, Courtney Cox first started playing guitar around the age of 13. When she turned 15, she enrolled at The Paul Green School of Rock Music. During her tenure there, she performed in various U.S tours with established acts such as Jon Anderson and Adrian Belew. She shared the stage with other performers such as George Lynch and Perry Farrell. During that time, Cox joined an all-female tribute band called Queen Diamond (tribute band to King Diamond).

At age 18, Cox continued playing guitar under the tutelage of virtuoso Chris Gordon in Wilmington, Delaware, before moving to Los Angeles In December 2008, Cox was invited as a guest performer with the Iron Maidens, after which she officially became a member of the band. As a member of the Maidens, Cox's stage name is "Adriana Smith", a female version of Iron Maiden guitarist Adrian Smith. She has also performed several national and international concert tours in the U.S. and in Japan.

Cox performed with members of Phantom Blue at the Michelle Meldrum Memorial Concert in May 2009 at the Whisky a Go Go in Hollywood, California. In 2010, she placed runner-up in Guitar World's Buyer's Guide Model Search.

Source: Wikipedia 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courtney_Cox_(musician) 

Ep. 19 Tony Couch (Artist Manager - C3 Management)

Tony spent his early days in rock radio and had a stint as rock editor of Hits Magazine, before gaining nearly 20 years of management experience with artists including Shinedown, Creed, Neon Trees, Theory of a Deadman, Halestorm and many others, also day-to-day manager for rock bands Chevelle and In this Moment. 

 

Amongst other artists, Tony currently manage Ego Kill Talent as well.

 

Tony joined C3 Management in 2018. C3 opened in 2007 by Charlie Walker, Charles Attal and Charlie Jones of C3 Presents (famed for producing Austin City Limits, Lollapalooza), the separate C3 Management now has offices in Austin, Boston, Denver, Durham, London, Los Angeles, Nashville and New York.

Ep. 18 Artist Label Services with Carl Casagrande

What is an Artist Label Service?

A new age of tech-driven entertainment puts artists at the centre of the industry, contradictory to its past in which the music business required artists to focus solely on their legal contracts. From this emerged the Artist and Label Services ‘sector’. A ‘sector’ which serves creatives whose work has become more complex and potentially more fruitful as the digital wave takes its place.

The main key players, the benefits, the tricks and everything in and between. A quick little overview of Artist Label Services! Hope you'll enjoy and benefit somehow from it - Carl