Wojtek Goral is a Stockholm-based musician who's risen to fame as one of the go-tos in Max Martin's network of musicians, and he's contributed sax parts to songs by Pink, Carly Rae Jepsen, Justin Timberlake, Ariana Grande and more. We crossed paths at a live show, and he was kind of enought to sit down with me some weeks later to talk about his car…

Henrik Frisk is a saxophonist, composer, and vice principal at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm (KMH). When I visited the school to learn more about their programs, he was kind enough to show me around and do a walkthrough of their facilities. In return, I invited him on the podcast to talk about his music history, his tenure at KMH and the …

John Cloud arrived in Sweden from Southern California in 1984 as an exchange student and went on to become one of the most well-known expats in the Swedish music industry. He started as an intern at Radium Records in Gothenburg and thereafter worked at MNW Records where he was Head of Licensing. He later became a founding member of Playground Music…

Born in San Diego, California, Michael Blair is an American drummer and producer who's contributed to breakthrough records with Tom Waits, Elvis Costello, Lou Reed, poet Allen Ginsberg, and many more. He also presents workshops and events focused on unlocking creativity and promoting music collaboration. I was able to sit down with Michael and ask …

Peter Åstedt has been working in the music industry for over 30 years, having started his own label, Dead Frog Records, at the age of fifteen in 1990. He was an early protagonist of the digital revolution and uploaded his first mp3 in 1995, plus he worked on one of the first legal mp3 stores, Vitaminic. He's also been active in distribution, publis…

Having existed for five years as a Q&A website, The Record Business has transitioned into a podcast in 2024. With Sam Freeman as the host, the inaugural episode sees him speak with Swedish songwriter Andreas Carlsson. Famous for his work with the legendary Cheiron crew of the late 90s and early 2000s, Andreas was one of the most successful songwrit…

Nir Eyal, author of the book ”Hooked” and the blog www.nirandfar.com talks about how to create habit forming products and services.By Donnie SC Lygonis

Ebbe Altberg, CEO of Linden Lab, Creators of Second Life, the worlds oldest and largest online virtual world. We talk about VR and what's going on, Second Life and their new platform, Project Sansar, a full VR online community that is going to be released to the world early 2017.By Donnie SC Lygonis

Peter Carlsson might be an unknown name to many of you, but the companies he has helped build are not. Working behind the scenes in Ericsson and then SonyEricsson, he helped shape the mobile telephone industry, and now latest at Tesla, he has helped transition that company from a visionary startup to an industrial machine.…

Garage Technology Ventures is a well-known name for most entrepreneurs and startups. It all started when Bill, Guy Kawasaki and four others funded Garage as a new kind of venture firm back in 1998.By Donnie SC Lygonis

Pascal Finette heads up the Entrepreneurship chair at Singularity University, and spends his days helping big ideas change the world.By Donnie SC Lygonis

We talked about the US healthcare system and Amanda described it wonderfully; how it works and who the different parties are. We also went through some of the digital innovation going on at the moment in this area. The podcast is perfect for anyone that wants a crash course on Health 2.0 in the US, and for all of us that want to feel hopeful about …

One of the few people I have met that has the title "Explorer" on his business card. We had a chat about what's going out there, from crossing the Antarctica to building houses in Africa, and more in between.By Donnie SC Lygonis