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Shevy Smith is one of the most diversly interesting people I have recently met. She is a Producer/Composer and The Co-Founder of a music discovery app that incentivizes users with cash prizes called “The Ultimate Playlist.”

Shevy has the great blend of artistic curiosity and business savvy and I love how her work meets the intersection of music and technology on this CES 2024 week. (Full disclosure, I wanted to provide this release and one with a gentleman named Shez Mehra from Songtradr which will release this Friday as a backdrop to my CES coverage, but I had to cancel my trip to Vegas as I was feeling under the weather)

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Also, released an episode with English Musician, member of The Sex Pistols, touring member of Blondie and all about “man about town” Glen Matlock. He is embarking on a US tour with his band The Maestros, which consists of Clem Burke of Blondie fame and Gilby Clark of Guns and Roses.

What a hoot Glen is! Some rarified air quotes from this episode:

“It just becomes more and more corporate all the time. I played at Glastonbury with Blondie on the main stage this summer. We were second on the bill. Elton John was top of the bill. I thought I'd go and watch Elton John from the side of the stage. They wouldn't let me on the stage. I didn't have the right pass. They're supposed to be like the free spirited festival and it is like you might as well be trying to clock in at work at IBM. “

And then there is this exchange:

Buzz Knight:

When you're in a studio, can you describe what your creative process is like?

Glen Matlock:

Well, normally I have the way the song goes, set of chords and a tune and he's hopefully decided on the key before you get there. We just throw it around with the guys. There might be an important riff, as long as the lead guitarist plays the important riff, he can come up with what he likes. In fact, Earl Slick was in the studio with me, he said, "I don't know what solos to do on this one." I said, "Earl, I suggest you do a good one because it's going to have your name on a record. If it's a bad one, people are going to think you are the nitwit and not me." Except I used slightly stronger words and he went, "Okay, I get it Matlock."

You get the picture. Glen is honest, joyful, and clearly the type of mate you’d love to have a pop with.

I hope you love this Takin A Walk as much as I did.

Check out the episode here. Glen Matlock

Shez Mehra episode on Friday. Super thoughtful and engaging in his role at Songtradr and he also one of Drake’s first tour Dj’s.

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