The Apollo Audio Podcast
Each week on The Apollo Audio Podcast, Martin Lumsden and Billy Hills chat about what’s been catching their attention across the music and entertainment industries from industry news and cultural moments to creativity, production, and the realities of making music as working…
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David Bowie’s Blackstar – A Haunting Final Statement (opens the original)
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In this week’s episode of The Apollo Audio Podcast , Martin and Billy talk about why people still bother making records (and why that matters), plus a few things currently doing the rounds in the music world. They discuss generative AI music and Suno (including a CEO comment that sparked a bigger conversation about creativity), the Brit Awards and who actually gets platformed on big TV performances, and a provocative idea that “the invention of headphones” changed modern music by turning listeni
You Still Have to Do the Work (opens the original)
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Martin and Billy are back for another episode of The Apollo Audio Podcast, AI, copyright, mixing, live performance, chart records and Loathe’s new album A Stranger To You . The conversation starts with recent discussion around support for grassroots music and the challenge of protecting artists from AI scraping, stem separation and the unauthorised reuse of creative work. AI tools may have their uses, but there is still a difference between using technology to support a creative process and usin
You Don’t Need Everyone to Get It (opens the original)
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Martin and Billy are back on camera for another filmed episode of The Apollo Audio Podcast, talking studio upgrades, summer gigs, live shows, festival season and why performance still matters whether you are on stage or in the studio. The conversation starts with recent shows from Metallica, My Chemical Romance, Wolf Alice, System of a Down and others, leading into a wider discussion about what makes a live performance feel like an event. It is not always about pyrotechnics or massive staging. E
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