How did his music get to one billion streams?
Why is he not interested in signing with a record company?
Why won’t he show his face in photographs?
Read MoreGood fiction is like an abstract painting. The story is born out of the imagination of the writer, and I'm always curious about the inspiration behind that story. Marc Bolan Killed In Crash is the coming of age story of teenager Laila Russell, and her discovery of rock and roll, as well as your introduction into London's glam rock scene. So to satisfy my curiosity about the story's origin. I asked Ira about the book's inspiration.
Read MoreI’ve been a music fan for most of my life but I didn’t really get into rock music until the mid seventies and the seventies were a great time to be a rock fan. You not only had your favourite bands but you also had your favourite magazine and there were so many to choose from. There was Circus and Creem and Hit Parader and Rock Scene and Rolling Stone, of course.
Read MoreIn 2002 Darryl Hurs created Indie Week Canada, which has since become an annual event held each Fall in Toronto filled with music showcases by and a conference for independent artists. In the years since its inception Darryl has also helped mount similar events internationally. When Indie Week was first established though, Darryl needed to be able to articulate to sponsors what set his event apart from other similar conferences.
Read MorePart 3 - The lightbulb turns on
The next step was to try to design an eye-catching graphic. Pretty early on, I had decided that I wanted an image of a lightbulb with an exclamation point inside of it to illustrate the “a-ha” moment of a new idea. I wasn’t sure exactly what I wanted it to look like so I Googled “images of lightbulbs with exclamation points inside.” Search engine results rarely fail me so I wasn’t surprised to find several dozen examples of what I was looking for.
Read MorePart 2 - Six burning questions
What equipment would I need?
How should I edit the interviews?
How long should each episode be?
Who do I interview in the first season?
How many episodes constitute a season?
HOW DO I LAUNCH A PODCAST?
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