Carl’s RollerCoaster Podcast

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

Ep. 17 Copyright in Music and Live Performance with Carl

On this episode, a brief talk about what Copyright consists of.

We touch into the 3 main Publishing Copyrights:

Performance Royalties, Mechanical Rights and Synchronisation. How and who in the UK (PRS for Music and MCPS) operate. How performance rights are collected and distributed.

Basically a very brief insight into the legalities of Copyright, arguably the main source of income for independent artists and certainly a major one for mainstream ones.

Ep. 16 British Music History with Carl Casagrande

On this episode, yours truly, takes you briefly through the UK music history from the 50's all the way into the 2000's.

This was an essay I have written, which I think it's a good summarised way to tell, more or less, what has happened in all those decades of amazing music produced by British artists.

It's also very short, which makes me believe it might be a cool idea to bring other subjects into those short episodes. Let me know what you think please :)

 

 

Ep. 15 Hayo De Boeft (Production Manager, Muse, Within Temptation etc)

Hayo is an experienced Senior Production Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the entertainment industry.

 

Skilled in Tour Management, Production Management, Concert Production, Live Events, and Theatre. 

 

Worked for Mojo Concerts (Live Nation NL) and tours with the likes of System of a Down, Within Temptation, Muse etc.

Ep. 14 Theo Van Der Loo (Musician, Ego Kill Talent)

Theo Van Der Loo is a business man, working in several different fronts. Founder and Producer of the very successful Brazilian festival SWU. 

Theo plays guitar on the Brazilian rising stars EGO KILL TALENT and on this conversation we went through so much, music business, awareness and consciousness, meditation, relationships and obviously, the secrets behind EGO KILL TALENT formation and how he alongside his band mates managed to put the band on the eyes of some of most the powerful music business companies in the world!

 

Certainly one of the most insightful chats I've had so far and surely Theo will be back for more. In the mean time, enjoy! 

Ep. 13 Obie O'Brien (Grammy Winner, Producer, Studio Designer, Songwriter)

Obie O’Brien is a Grammy-winning engineer and producer. While best-known for his longtime work with Jon Bon Jovi, Obie has a massive credits listincluding Barbra Streisand, The Marvelettes, Cole Redding, The Nighthawks, Alice Cooper, and many more. In 2010, Obie received a Grammy award for his engineering & production on Oh Happy Day, as well as a nomination for his work on Shawn Colvin’s record Shawn Colvin Live.

Ep. 12 Olly Smith (Wicked Stone, Lauren Harris, SHS)

Olly Smith is a professional drummer, guitarist and songwriter who has been performing since the age of fifteen. 

 

In 2007 Olly Smith became backline tech for The Lauren Harris Band, fronted by vocalist Lauren Harris, daughter of Iron Maiden bassist and founder Steve Harris. 

 

Olly worked for The Lauren Harris Band on the 2008 Iron Maiden - Somewhere Back In Time Tour at some of the world's largest venues including the legendary Madison Square Garden, New York. 

 

Within a year Olly Smith became the bands drummer, replacing sticksman Tommy McWilliams, and toured regularly including to support Iron Maiden on their 2009 leg of The Somewhere Back In Time World Tour, travelling the globe on Iron Maiden's customised 757 aircraft performing to sold-out stadiums and arenas including a gig in front of 80,000 people in São Paulo. Later that year the band also supported Mötley Crüe on the European leg of their Crüe Fest tour. 

 

Olly Smith later the drummed for upcoming UK band Six Hour Sundown, also featuring Lauren Harris. They toured the UK and Europe, including festival performances such as Download Festival, Sonisphere (Spain) and Graspop (Belgium) amongst others. 

 

Olly Smith's studio experience is also extensive, including having recorded an album with Kevin Shirley at the legendary Compass Point Studios. His drumming style is solid and tight with heaps of groove, adding flourishes where necessary but always complimentary to the song. 

 

Currently, Olly drums for the British band Wicked Stone!

Ep. 11 Ruud Jolie (Guitarist, Within Temptation/Maiden United)

Ruud Jolie is the lead guitarist of the symphonic metal band Within Temptation.