Podcast Team - Chris Denman
Really enjoy creating content #strategies for #brands and #artists.
Currently working on another #podcast project with this very talented man Chris Denman, We worked together when I programmed #XFM.
In the studio, he is a wizard with #sound and #technology
Good #podcasting is all about having a good team
Podcast Listeners
67% of podcast audiences are made up of people between 18 and 44 years old.
Young people, especially millennials, are more comfortable with technology. They have quickly adapted to streaming platforms such as YouTube, Amazon, Netflix, and Spotify. They use these platforms every day to watch or listen to their favourite shows and videos. According to Spotify user statistics, 72% of all weekly Spotify users are millennials.
Podcasts embody 10% of all content that millennials listen to.
Millennials are particularly keen on podcasts! And why shouldn’t they be? Podcasts fit perfectly into their daily schedules, allowing them to listen to the latest episodes of popular shows regardless of the time or place. The most popular podcast platforms let users stream or download podcasts, music, and videos.
56% of podcast listeners are male, while 44% are female.
Men are more likely to watch or listen to podcasts than women, according to statistics on podcast demographics. Still, the number of males and females listening to podcasts is almost equal.
34 million women listened to podcasts in 2018.
Podcast popularity among women is not so far behind men, according to the latest numbers on podcasts growth. The amount of women podcast users is steadily growing in the US, according to podcast-listening statistics.
Springsteen & Obama
Podcasts are the fastest-growing content platform in the world..Because it creates their own rules and partnerships that create great stories.
The friendship between Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen wasn’t hard to spot during Obama’s eight years in the White House. Springsteen performed at Obama rallies in 2008 and 2012, received the Kennedy Center Honor from the president in 2009, and then performed an intimate 15–song set for Obama staffers as they prepared to leave in 2017. But witnessing a friendship between two famous people play out in public is very different from hearing about it from them directly—which is where new podcast Renegades: Born in the USA comes in.
Launching today on Spotify with the first two of eight episodes, Renegades promises “a personal, in-depth discussion between two friends exploring their pasts, their beliefs, and the country that they love—as it was, as it is, and as it ought to be going forward.”
Larry King
I had the pleasure of meeting and being on a panel with the great Larry King 4 times in LA.
Once, I even attempted to interview the man, but he soon turned that to me being interviewed. He was a master with the mic and people
Craig Kallman - Atlantic Records
I have had the pleasure of working with some amazing people, Craig is one of those people.
Craig is an American businessman and former DJ. He is the chairman and CEO of the Atlantic Records Group.
His career in music began in the 1980s as a DJ in Manhattan. He is the founder of the independent label Big Beat Records, which was established in 1987. Later, the label was purchased by Atlantic Records, where he has worked since 1991. After the acquisition, Kallman subsequently become its CEO in 2005.
Kallman is considered one of the world's leading investors in rare records. He has a collection of approximately 750,000 records, 150,000 items of music memorabilia and 100,000 compact discs.
He loves music and finding new artists and songs.
Ben Cooper
Ben is an exceptional radio man and programmed BBC Radio 1, 1 extra and now Bauer Media Group
Its been a joy to share the stage and radio stations with him
Adam Buxton Podcast
Adam Buxton is one of the best podcasts out there right now.
I had the pleasure of working with Adam at XFM, he is setting the standard for 'how' podcasts should be done.
Do yourself a favour and subscribe
Paul Carrack
Brand new song from Paul Carrack, the voice behind classic songs with Mike and The Mechanics and more..It's called "You're Not Alone". Perfect song for today and everyday
Biffy Clyro Live at MTV unplugged
A joy to get the album, especially having been there at the at the Roundhouse the night it was recorded.
Biffy Clyro one of my favorite bands.
https://open.spotify.com/album/4nukKAVO1NR7IzD5oGxjeS?si=E0-FsDtASiKqJ09zaHXYkg
Rag'n'Bone Man
Rag'n'Bone man is back with 'All I Ever Wanted'
So refreshing to hear Rag N Bone man back and growing in popularity. Wonderful voice.
Rory Charles Graham (born 29 January 1985), better known as Rag'n'Bone Man, is an English singer-songwriter. His first hit single "Human" was released in 2016 and his debut album, also named Human, was released in February 2017. At the 2017 Brit Awards he was named British Breakthrough Act and also received the Critics' Choice Award.
Graham was born in Uckfield, East Sussex on 29 January 1985. He attended the school Ringmer Community College, was expelled, and then enrolled at Uckfield Community Technology College. At the age of 15, he MCed with a drum and bass crew using the handle Rag 'N' Bonez, inspired by watching repeats of the 1970s British sitcom Steptoe and Son.
Wolves and Disfigured EPs (2011–2015)
Around 2011, Graham started working with UK hip hop label High Focus, releasing a number of recordings with them such as; a collaboration E.P with MC/Producer Leaf Dog under the name (Dog 'n Bone E.P [2013]) and also a project with MC/Producer Dirty Dike under the name (Put That Soul On Me [2014]).
Shortly afterwards Graham began to collaborate with record producer Mark Crew, who at the time was working on Bastille’s debut album Bad Blood. In 2013 Graham signed a publishing deal with Warner Chappell which enabled him to pursue his music career full-time.
In 2014, working in collaboration with Mark Crew, Graham released an EP, Wolves through Best Laid Plans Records, containing nine tracks with guests including rapper Vince Staples, Stig Of The Dump, and Kate Tempest.
The follow up, in 2015 was the Disfigured EP, also released through Best Laid Plans Records. Lead track "Bitter End" was supported, then play-listed on BBC Radio 1 Xtra, and made it onto BBC Radio 1's 'In New Music We Trust' playlist.
In May 2017, he revealed in an interview with Channel 4 News, that he had never voted in a general election before, and endorsed Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn. He said: "I've seen a man that speaks with passion and I can relate to what he says"
Human (2016–present)
His first hit single "Human" was released on Columbia Records in July 2016. It peaked at number one in the Official Singles Charts in Austria, Germany, Belgium and Switzerland. It was certified Gold in Germany, Italy, Sweden, Switzerland, Austria, Belgium and the Netherlands.
The song "Human" was used as the theme music to the Amazon Prime series Oasis. The song was also used in the official launch trailer for EA, BioWare's video game Mass Effect: Andromeda.
His debut album, also titled Human, was released on 10 February 2017. The album opens with the song "Human", features the single "Skin", and has tracks produced variously by Two Inch Punch, Jonny Coffer and Mark Crew.
In 2017, Rag'n'Bone Man collaborated with British virtual band Gorillaz, appearing on the song "The Apprentice" from their fifth studio album Humanz deluxe edition.