Producer/Engineer John Kurzweg On My Latest Inner Circle Podcast

In an episode that you won't want to miss, Producer/engineer/musician John Kurzweg is my guest on this week's Inner Circle podcast.

If you've listened to rock radio, you're certainly familiar with John's work, as he's produced 12 #1 singles and another 8 top 10's for bands like Creed, Puddle of Mud, Godsmack and many others.

John's led a really interesting musical life, from an early guitar teacher telling him to give up, to a career as a solo artist, to engineering hits in his living room, there's a lot to learn from this great conversation.

In the intro I'll take a look at the ramifications of YouTube's major label licenses expiring, to the recent financial woes of Gibson Guitars.

Remember that you can find the podcast at BobbyOInnerCircle.com, either on iTunes, Stitcher and now on Mixcloud and Google Play.

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Airshow Mastering's David Glasser On My Latest Inner Circle Podcast

I'm very pleased to have David Glasser from Airshow Mastering on the latest episode of my Inner Circle Podcast.

David and Airshow have made quite a name in the industry not only in mastering (he's won two Grammys and his clients have been nominated for 80!), but restoration projects as well.

He's worked on several really significant restoration projects like the Grateful Dead catalog and The Anthology of American Folk Music, and is one of the few people on the planet well-versed in the DSD (Direct Stream Digital) format.

In the show intro, I'll discuss the four Facebook rules to keep you out of trouble with your fans, and the ridiculous Indigogo crowdfunding campaign to take over Gibson Guitars.

Remember that you can find the podcast at BobbyOInnerCircle.com, or either on iTunes or Stitcher

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The Attempted Crowdfunding Buyout Of Gibson Guitars

In one of the more bizarre crowdfunding efforts to date, a rather anonymous guitarist known only as "John L" tried to put together an IndieGogo campaign to buy out Gibson Guitars for $22 million.

Not surprisingly, the plug was pulled on the campaign after raising only $200 amid accusations that the whole thing was a scam, something that John L profusely denies.

The acquisition campaign was started because the campaigner disagreed with the direction that Gibson owner Henry Juszkiewicz was taking it in. If you were at the last NAMM show, it was pretty obvious that the company is moving away from being a traditional instrument manufacturer and more a lifestyle products company.

It's not known how Mr L came to value the company at $22 mil, or even if Juszkiewicz would even consider selling the company at all, let alone for that amount.

Of course, when you don't give donors critical information like who the new management might be, and a roadmap for the future should the acquisition actually occur, people get suspicious.

Here's what's left of the campaign.

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