The SuperSwell Podcast

Welcome to Part 3 of this short series of podcasts brought to you by TicketSwap, the safest and fairest way to buy and sell tickets online. In this episode, we speak with Phil Simpson, a passionate concert-goer and sports fan whose calendar is packed with gigs, festivals and football matches across Europe. From intimate club shows and forest festivals to major arena tours and international sporting events, Phil represents the modern event consumer: informed, enthusiastic and increasingly cons...

This is the fourth edition of The Delicates' Lounge - a podcast for all us music event tourists who love to be where the action is and occasionally like to grumble about having to queue for our passes or a beer or to get into a venue. You know, all things that we missed for so long during the pandemic. Now and again we’ll get together with a few delicate delegates at one of the many events we love to go to. I was joined during Tallinn Music Week by Dan Koplowitz from Friendly Fire Licensing ...

Your host, Paul Cheetham, is joined by one of his favourite film & documentary makers, Jonny Owen. Jonny is well-known as a musician, actor, writer, producer, radio talk show host, and an award-winning film maker. He splits his time between Nottingham, London, and - his hometown - Merthyr Tydfil in the valleys of south Wales. We spoke about Jonny's upbringing in the hard, working-class community of Merthyr, how his obsession with music helped shape his view of the world, and how he ma...

Your host, Paul Cheetham, is joined by one of the world's most respected Music Supervisors, LA-based head of SuperMusicVision, Thomas Golubić. Thomas is a 3-time Emmy and 2-time Grammy nominated supervisor. His work is considered cutting edge and ground-breaking. He is perhaps best known for his musical direction on shows such as "Breaking Bad", "Better Call Saul", "Six Feet Under", and "The Walking Dead". We managed to catch Thomas at the start of one of his typically busy day...

Your host, Paul Cheetham, is joined by Berlin-based Festival Booker Extraordinaire, Julia Gudzent. Julia is a truly excellent booker who programs loads of national and international festivals including Melt, Lollapalooza Berlin, SuperBloom, Body & Soul, Untold, and Neversea festivals. We talked about how Julia has been facing up to lockdown and using the downtime from festival booking to launch a new agency for cultural change called Misc.Berlin which looks to enhance productivity in th...

Your host, Paul Cheetham, is joined by Liverpool-based playwright, author, and journalist, Ian Salmon. We talked about Ian's remarkable personal story when, at the age of 50 years old, he was made redundant from his management job at HMV after 27 years of working for the company. With little to lose, he decided to follow his dream to try to become a full-time writer and within weeks he was already being commissioned to write match reports for his beloved Liverpool FC and contributing to the ...

Your host, Paul Cheetham, is joined by an old friend, Allan McGowan, who is based in Brighton, England. It is said that when the Music Business drove into town, Allan was the one driving the bus. A legendary figure on the music biz event circuit, he is a man of many talents. He's worked successfully as a concert promoter, booker, artist manager, event producer, commercial artist, journalist, and conference curator and moderator. We talked about Allan's journey through the business, his ups ...

Your host, Paul Cheetham, is joined by two of our friends based over in the USA; Adam Lewis in Los Angeles and Alex Maiolo in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. We talked about the impact of Covid-19 on our lives and work, about how we miss the Music Business network we belong to, about the importance of this week's US election and how this ties in with the idea of the American Dream. We also questioned why American Sports are just so goddamn awful! Along the way we found out what Adam likes to ...