Don Seckler Podcasts

On today’s episode I chat with legendary creative Craig Allen. Craig spent nearly a decade at Wieden + Kennedy where he won armloads of awards including 2 Grand Prix Lions at Cannes, Best in Show at The One Show and a Grand Effie. His Old Spice campaign “Smell Like A Man, Man” has been lauded as one of the top ad campaigns of the 21st century. Crai…

We go Inside The Album Appetite For Destruction by Guns N' Roses. We talk about all the stories around the writing and recording of this legendary record. www.InsideTheAlbum.comBy Don Seckler

In this episode, we tell the stories behind the writing and recording of Cosmo's Factory the legendary album from Creedence Clearwater Revival. Join us as we go Inside The Album.By Don Seckler

We go Inside the album Hotel California by The Eagles. We discuss the stories surrounding the writing and recording of this legendary rock record from 1976. www.InsideTheAlbum.comBy Don Seckler

In this episode, we go Inside The Album Born To Run by Bruce Springsteen. Hear all the stories about the writing and recording of this legendary album. www.InsideTheAlbum.comBy Don Seckler

**We are taking January off. Lookout for new episodes in February 2022** On today’s episode I chat with Brett Beaty who is Associate Creative Director at Goodby Silverstein. Brett is an Emmy winner, a Cannes Grand Prix holder and a creator behind Super Bowl spots for Bubly, Cheetos, Sam Adams and Pepsi. In this episode we talk about lots of fun and…

On today’s episode I chat with Ryan Kutscher. Ryan is co-founder of Circus Maximus. The full service agency has won Ad Age Small Agency of the Year three times since it’s founding in 2013. They’ve had clients including Gilette, Roman, Shake Shack and Smart Water. Before founding his own agency Ryan was a creative director at Crispin Porter Bogusky …

Our guest today is Barry Katz. Barry is an Emmy winning creative director who’s been featured in AdAge’s 40 Under 40 and AdWeek’s Creative 100. In the past year Barry worked on two big campaigns for State Farm that I’m sure you’ve seen. The New Chris Paul series with Jake from State Farm and The Last Dance which won a ton of awards from all the maj…

Matt Sorrell is a Creative Director at Wieden+Kennedy Portland. Matt’s won tons of awards including gold lions, gold pencils, and a grand Clio. He's created outstanding work for HBO, Foot Locker and Old Spice. And just this year Matt helped create some extraordinarily unusual spots for a company named Meow Wolf. Think parody of a local supermarket …

Laura Wimer is Executive Creative Director at FCB New York. She’s been involved in the viral launch of Dollar Shave Club, she’s been in the Adweek Creative 100 and just this year she helped create an advertising first, a spot that featured moms breastfeeding on broadcast television. That campaign for the brand Frida Mom earned widespread praise for…

Dan Oliva is a Senior Creative Director at BBDO New York where he works on the Snickers account. Dan’s won dozens of awards from Can, Clio, AICP, the One Show, Webbys, D&AD and the list goes on. His most recent award was a Super Clio for his 2020 Super Bowl spot for Snickers. Dan and I had a conversation that is loaded with insider knowledge and ad…

If you work in advertising or you want to, you’ve probably fawned over Super Bowl spots and Cannes winning campaigns. Have you ever wanted to meet the people that create this work? To hear their stories and learn from their experiences? Welcome to Don’t Skip. I’m Zack Seckler a comedy director and photographer. And I’ve been working in advertising …

This week we go inside the album Who's Next by The Who. Who's Next finds The Whocomming off the huge success of Tommy and delivering what many consider to be the band's masterpiece. Learn about the myths and stories about the recording of this all-time great album. Plus find out who Baba is. www.InsideTheAlbum.com…

This week we go inside the album A Night At The Opera by Queen. A Night At The Opera is Queen's fourth album finds the band broke despite having success with their first three albums. They changed management and produced this iconic classic rock album. www.InsideTheAlbum.comBy Don Seckler

This week we tell the amazing stories behind one of the biggest selling albums of all time, Rumours by Fleetwood Mac. Fleetwood Mac had just begun with an overhauled lineup and produced what to this day remains one of the all-time biggest selling albums. Everyone's relationships were breaking up, but this legendary line up pulled through to create …

Nevermind by Nirvana on this week's episode of Inside The Album. We dive in deep into this iconic record. Nevermind changed rock music by driving a stake through the heart of party rock and hair metal. This album really begins the "Grunge Era" and is the leader In the rock revolution that grew out of the Northwestern United States. We discuss the s…

This week we go Inside The Album Pretenders by The Pretenders. This album is one of the all-time great debut albums in rock. We talk about why Nick Lowe started as the album's producer but only worked on one song. Plus, find out the influence The Clash had on this legendary album. www.InsideTheAlbum.com…

We go Inside The Album Boston by the band Boston. Find out how this mega-hit rock classic changed the bar for music recording going forward despite being recorded in a basement. Find out all the stories about this al time great record including who Marriane, from the song More Than A Feeling, really is. www.InsideTheAlbum.com…

This week we go Inside the Album Ziggy Stardust by David Bowie. We tell all the stories about the writing and recording of the songs on his legendary classic rock album. Ziggy Stardust has David Bowie finding his songwriting stride and creating one of the all-time legendary rock albums. Find out which song on this record he almost gave away and why…

This week we go Inside The Album London Calling by The Clash. We check in with The Clash at their peak. You could never tell by this 19 song double album that they were experiencing writer's block. Find out what they did to help clear that block and create one of the greatest albums of all time. We also bust a myth about Train In Vain, The Clash's …

This week we go Inside The Album Led Zeppelin IV by Led Zeppelin. We tell all of the stories about the band, the songs, and the recording of this legendary rock album. Led Zeppelin IV is the fourth album by Led Zeppelin and the biggest selling record of their careers. We uncover such stories as which person who worked regularly with the Rolling Sto…

This week we go Inside The Album Rocket To Russia by The Ramones. We tell all of the stories about the band, the songs, and the recording of this legendary rock album. Rocket To Russia is the third album by The Ramones and the highest-charting record of their careers. It shows the band in transition as it is the final album that features all four o…

We go Inside The Album Back In Black by AC DC and tell you all the stories about the band, the songs, and the recording of this legendary rock record. Back In Black finds AC DC at the pinnacle of their career and just after the sudden death of lead singer, Bon Scott. Luckily the new singer, Brian Johnson, fit like a glove and the rest is history. J…

We go Inside The Album Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd. This legendary classic rock album only contains 4 songs but in classic Pink Floyd style they are all legendary songs. We tell the stories about the band, the songs, and the recording of this all-time great rock album. This album finds the band Pink Floyd coming off one of the most successful …

This week we go Inside the Album Deja Vu By Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young. We talk about the songs, the band, and the recording process for this all-time classic rock album. One of the most successful supergroups of the '70s, Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young recorded an album jam-packed with legendary songs. We tell you all the stories around the …

This week we go inside the album Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton John. We talk about all of the stories behind the recording of this legendary album. Learn about the band, the recording process, and all of the stories behind the songs on this legendary album. Join us as we go inside the album Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton John. www.InsideTh…

This week we go Inside The Album Never Mind The Bollocks Here's The Sex Pistols by The Sex Pistols. We uncover all the stories about the band, the album, and the recording of the songs for this all-time great punk album. This album is one from one of the founding fathers of punk, the Sex Pistols. Join us for this deep dive into the legendary album …

In this episode, we go Inside The Album Van Halen, the debut album from Van Halen. We tell the stories about the band, the album, and the recording of the songs. Van Halen's debut album is regarded as one of the best debut albums of all time. Eddie Van Halen's playing was jaw-droppingly different at this time and the album is jam-packed with amazin…

We go Inside The Album Slowhand by Eric Clapton. We talk about the stories behind the recording of the album, the songs, the band and dive into what makes Slowhand such a great album. Find out which songs on this album are covers and why it's considered to be the album that revitalized Eric Clapton's solo career. Join us for Inside The Album Slowha…

We go Inside The Album Ten by Pearl Jam for episode 6. We tell the stories about the band, the recording of the #album, and the songs. Ten is the debut album by the #rock band #Pearl Jam. The band came together out of the ashes of Mother Love Bone and after a series of connections became the legendary band that we all know and love. Ten was an albu…

We go inside the LEGENDARY #rock #album, Abbey Road by the Beatles in this episode of our #podcast. We tell you all the stories about the album, the recording sessions, and the songs themselves. Find out which myths are true about this all-time great rock album. This, the Beatles final album recording, was an effort to try and create something grea…

In this episode we go Inside The Album Toys In The Attic by Aerosmith. Toys In The attic is the third album by Aerosmith and it finds the band writing new songs and having a lot of success in the studio. Aerosmith had spent the past few years on the road supporting their first two albums. This time on the road had them playing at their early peak a…

This episode we go inside the album Damn The Torpedoes by Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers. We tell all the stories about the band, the recording of the album and the songs on this all-time great classic rock album. With Damn The Torpedoes, Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers really hit their stride. With success on their first two albums, the band had …

This episode we dive inside the album Sticky Fingers by The Rolling Stones. We tell all of the stories about the recording of the album, the songs and what was happening with the band at the time. Sticky Fingers was recorded from 1969 through 1971. The Rolling Stones were in a period of flux with the death of their founder Brian Jones. Mick Taylor …

We dive in deep with Black Sabbath's debut album Black Sabbath. We tell the stories behind the band, the recording of the album and the songs on this all time great classic rock album. Join us and learn the myths about Black Sabbath and find out how many are true or just musical legend. Black Sabbath broke so much ground with this classic album. It…