How to get discovered, then and now

The tastemakers of the past and present from Radio to MTV , Mags to You Tube , Spotify to TikTok.How do you get discovered?There are a couple of amazing new Canadian artists  found in unusual ways.A Multi Platinum music producer/manager and a music super fan talk music. The focus is both Global and Canadian.Tom Treumuth and Andrew Schalk argue over who is the best drummer in rock in our  "“Best…series". Whats your guess? Who is your favourite?The Canadian Gem....” this week is a band called Max Webster and their album Million Vacations.There is a Book and Doc review from the guys in our Best of...series.They also wonder about the value of Merch... are you going to see a band to buy the tee shirt ?Bands and artists discussed, Rush, Van Halen, Greta Van Fleet, Tragically Hip, Tesher, Realstk,Justin Bieber, Shawn Mendes, , The Beatles, Billy Preston, Neil Peart , Stewart Copeland.Over his 40 yr music career, Tom Treumuth worked as a talent scout for RCA (USA) including working closely with Gene Simmons. His Hypnotic label released over 100 albums via A&M/Universal. Tom also ran a recording studio, did artist management/bookings and he produced over 60 albums with 8 achieving Gold and Platinum awards ( Honeymoon Suite, Helix, Big Sugar). More recently Tom was Co Managing Director of indie label Frostbyte (Universal) . His career started as a musician in True Myth who recorded the world's 1st digital rock album.Co -host Andrew Schalk a chef and a self professed music junkie.The Producer of The Talk Music Podcast is Eric Morrison, a television producer , executive and journalist. He was President of The Canadian Press for 14 years. Before going to CP he was Vice-President of CTV News . He had extensive experience in national and international news, including overseas postings and a variety of management positions. They included Executive Producer of the CTV National News and Producer of Canada AM . He has won Michener, CJF and RTDNA awards for editorial excellence. He was Co founder of Latitude 44, a tech conference in Toronto . He was Executive Producer and Co founder of The Disruptors , a program about high tech startups that now runs as weekly segments on BNN. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.