Let's Talk Synth... Seriously!! #16: Interview MARK STANWAY (Magnum // Kingdom of Madness)

I am extremely excited that I have an interview with a true keyboard legend for you today: MARK STANWAY has played for British Rock Band MAGNUM from 1980 to 2016 and has seen it all: Working with star producers like Keith Olsen, Queen's Roger Taylor and Jeff Glixman, world tours with giant stage sets (including the feeling of being pulled up with your keyboard setup like 15 feet in the air), seeing the technology evolve from the times of the Mellotron up to the rise of modern Sampling technology.MARK STANWAY has also worked with Phil Lynott, forming "Grand Slam", has worked with Robert Plant in the "Honeydrippers" and has been in the Lineup of bands like "Stampede" and "M3 Classic Whitesnake". Together with former Magnum members and friends Mark Stanway now plays with his own outfit "Kingdom Of Madness".But his years in Magnum, playing on groundbreaking records like "Chase The Dragon", "On A Storyteller's Night", "Wings of Heaven" and "Goodnight L.A.", which all have been international mega sellers, are probably the defining part of his almost 50 year career as a pro musician.I am extremely honored and proud to be able to bring you this interview with one of the groundbreaking idols of Rock keyboard playing - a true time travel (with Synthesizers!).

The first guest from Italy on "Let's Talk Synth... Seriously!!" is the master of Horror meets Comedy meets Synthwave, maestro Vincenzo Salvia! He's gathered millions of streams on Spotify and his track "Italian Gigolo" was featured on Season III of Netflix' record breaking series "Stranger Things"!! So, how did he do that? Learn about it in this episode, along with endless philosophizing about the beauty of Italian Home Organs, the origins of Italo Disco, Movie Soundtracks from Goblin and the Oliver Onions, and why Vincenzo Salvia has arrested a DX7 in his basement. 😳 Lots of exciting things to learn about and good music as well! You don't wanna miss this for sure!! Music played in this episode: Songs by Vincenzo Salvia: https://open.spotify.com/track/1yiome9DnIMqBysjsZ6rgz?si=2a25ab56eb1b4ca6 https://open.spotify.com/track/6lFBwRLT2ZVHAvWila54Xc?si=9c4b8f77eff84c11 https://open.spotify.com/track/0lCz6hllmYFBQUz9OsUxMD?si=c2e6eb28a6694601 Song by UAP:

In episode 14 I have a chat with Marc Matthews who some of you know as a fellow podcaster who’s the mastermind and host of the “Inside The Mix” podcast. Others of you may admire his music that he releases under his own name Marc Matthews and again others might have recently booked Marc as their mastering engineer, since that’s a part of his activities as well. So you see you get the full package on episode 14 of "Let's Talk Synth... Seriously!!" in my interview with the smart guy from Exeter.

UAP has never been live on stage so far, but 2024 is a special year since we'll have a major live open air event at Bevern Castle, a beautiful Rennaissance castle near Hannover in central Germany. Together with THE MARTIN BROTHERS from Switzerland and KATIE TICH from the USA, UAP will rock the stage for the first time. This podcast episode gives you all the details! Kickstarter campaign for support: http://kck.st/4bBnzay

My guest in this episode is a British Yorkshire tea lover, and so you can expect an episode with some style! He’s been a professional mix and mastering engineer with his own commercially used studio building for several decades - so he lived the dream! Or did he live the nightmare? We'll find out in this episode! He’s produced internationally acclaimed pop and rock musicians and – as we will also learn in this episode – he once met the mother of the brothers known as “Right said Fred”. I promise you one of the most interesting and entertaining episodes ever on “Let’s Talk Synth… Seriously” with the man, whom I’ll have the pleasure to welcome today. You will have guessed it already: It’s synthwave/synthpop artist Tim Benson, better known as “AISLE9”!

...with WAINSCOTT &TILLY ROGUEFX ELECTROFM BLUE NAGOON and the mighty COLOR THEORY!! No further explanations needed - jump right into this almost three hour marathon of a Christmas special!! ...with many entertaining Christmas anecdotes included! 😁👍

Interview with HeartBeatHero, the reknowned Synthwave artist and twitch podcaster. Curious about the technical setup that HeartBeatHero uses? Curious about his music? Curious about his personality? Then don't waste anymore time but start the episode! Music from the episode: HeartBeatHero - Neon Dreams: https://open.spotify.com/intl-de/track/1F5RIYaAY78iSl0obwA1Kr?si=c65147e88b5d4cce HeartBeatHero - Innermost Desire: (Not on Spotify) Stailer/HeartBeatHero - Social Crises: https://open.spotify.com/intl-de/track/1BgaML1xyrY3aY7bbwQFHa?si=ff184a30c1354a5e HeartBeatHero - I just can't wait: https://open.spotify.com/intl-de/track/2KAob0qjWJyDIrj0NEVyg0?si=89844ba123a140d5 UAP - Don't Look (Set Me Free): https://open.spotify.com/intl-de/track/2qJ9nvagW0H9stOav7YV1l?si=dd30fd3330f44267

I bet that if you're a music producer you've already made some experiences with platforms like SubmitHub or Groover or other platforms where you can directly address playlist curators with your newest releases! So I don't know about you, but I pretty often had situations where I scratched my head quite a bit over reactions of curators about my music or where I asked myself how my pitch would be perceived on the curator's end. So I thought: "Why not interview a really influential and interesting curator who's active on both platforms: SubmitHub and Groover as well?" And it gets even better, because that specific curator whom I asked for an interview is also a top notch Synth artist who's releasing music under no less than two monikers!! So I am so excited to present you the ninth episode of my podcast "Let's Talk Synth... Seriously!!" with an in-depth interview with BENJAMIN DIGBY, also known as SYNTH LOVER'S CAFÉ!! Enjoy!! Music played in the episode: SYNTH LOVERS CAFÉ & EMILY ZUZIK - On My Own: https://open.spotify.com/track/6tlDFlg9TkLO0qWDnRiCen?si=f4a80e8b3f514743 SYNTH LOVERS CAFÉ - Adrenaline: https://open.spotify.com/track/1VfvgZS5iuijcFy2BKq4w2?si=992ac329ae1c4fd1 SYNTH LOVERS CAFÉ/THE THIRD ENTITY - What Will Become Of Us (Synth Lovers Café Remix): https://open.spotify.com/track/7BkifuCz2f7ntTLu5zDJ8C?si=c0920ea5b134490f BENJAMIN DIGBY ft. ADAM WAVE - Rage: https://open.spotify.com/intl-de/track/2FWqmsmrSUqc9EbONNr2g8?si=6014e8e39c914436 UAP & KATIE TICH: https://open.spotify.com/intl-de/album/06etMIU9z47BRJYKUuhFXo?si=DRiugD2IROudK94y1u09nA Thanks for listening! And if you like it: Make sure to like the podcast and come back for other episodes!

Today my guest is an artist of whom I would claim for he’s at the threshold of establishing a new genre in Synth music, and I would call this genre: Progressive Synthwave! So, what do I mean with that? Just as in rock music there were bands like Saga or Yes or Rush who just tried to push the style they were in to its very limits, my artist today is pushing the Synthwave genre to former unknown grandezza. Of course I’m talking about Maxx Parker and if you haven’t heard his latest albums like “Infinite Blue” or “Lodge on the Lake” you should really do that because there’s such awesome work on those releases.   For the songs on his awesome debut album “Outsider” Maxx Parker collaborated with so fantastic artists like Young Empress, Syst3m Glitch and GeoVoc among others. Even on his debut album which was obviously aiming at the retrowave scene, Maxx was already far from being the average mainstream artist.   On his album “Infinite Blue” Maxx Parker incorporated many sounds formerly unknown in Synthwave/Retrowave like pan drums, synth pan flutes, all kinds of chaka-chaka percussion and also natural ambient sounds like splashing waves. Maxx Parker’s latest release to date was an EP called “Lodge on the Lake”. Personally I think, it’s my favourite release of him so far. So don't hesitate to check out this podcast episode with one of the most interesting and prolific producers of today's Synth scene! Music played in the episode: https://open.spotify.com/track/5sjlX4c1SAnzh85lQ1UdRU?si=fa91cc9df60640c9 https://open.spotify.com/track/405MzOxPMpP2edAVmz5CA8?si=3c5b872ab4524111 https://open.spotify.com/track/0qTjkSx3KApUGHCBRcBzcq?si=a048369186df43af https://open.spotify.com/track/01LiSxLapqCbPJJSh8G099?si=0c355052019940f9

Megan McDuffee is a one-of-a-kind artist: She's not only one of the most sought after creators of Soundtracks in for Video Games, TV and movies, she is also a brilliant songwriter and singer, be it with her own music or when collaborating with many renowned artists from the Synth scene. In the interview with her we talked about Soundtrack production, how to get a foot in the door, what special gear or software might be needed perhaps but we also talked about topics like how to cope with Social Media pressure and last but not least: Human Sexuality! 😳 Yes, folks! So let's dive right into the episode and check it out! Music in this episode: Megan McDuffee, Michael Garrett Steele - Under Your Knife https://open.spotify.com/track/10l89efj2a4saQtbAmG62Q?si=859e9b00ee0943f6 ALEX, Megan McDuffee - Villain https://open.spotify.com/album/5vJG3yF4eKZeD5jFWk0Vf5?si=uyqjFDNdTnyjm6DCgvwA4g Megan McDuffee - I'm Better Than You https://open.spotify.com/track/5kSZkpG1b2ZD5tpvhJ7LXV?si=1776436e8d9c459a Megan McDuffee - Drive To Nowhere https://open.spotify.com/track/3e4kpTsxR2zFAguQ74kIBH?si=dad2b9224f2d4773 UAP - Sugar https://open.spotify.com/track/5AMEpnOCbZBltywAyHHBZt?si=561157c1f27f435c