2 Promoters, 1 Pod
ArcTanGent & Damnation
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ArcTanGent and Damnation organisers, James Scarlett and Gavin McInally, discuss the good, the bad and the downright ridiculous of promoting festivals.
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S1E123 New music, PRS and cold hard cash
New music, accidentally booking bands onto the podcast, navigating the baffling world of PRS, who actually gets paid when it comes to music venues, and just how much does it cost to truck water into…
S1E122 Booking The Berzerker & How To Grow a Festival - Q&A #22
Gav and James delve back into the mailbag to discuss venue upgrades, manageable festival growth and their favourite pod moments. But before that, Gav takes the chance to gloat about the extreme metal…
S1E121 Tour Tales, Festivals Fails & Angine de Poitrine
Gav hopped on and back off the best tour of the year quicker than you can say “you don’t have a bunk”. But bus dramas aside, the We Lost The Sea, Overhead, The Albatross and Dimscûa package delivered…
S1E120 The Debut UK Tour with We Lost the Sea
The stacked We Lost The Sea, Overhead, The Albatross and Dimscûa UK tour starts tomorrow. Mr Departure Songs, Mark Owen, joins the pod from Paris to discuss playing Europe before arriving on these…
S1E119 The Security Brief
Security. The festival job that should be invisible. And sometimes, they’re completely missing…This week, we finally get to the long-awaited security episode.The people who keep you safe while you’re…
S1E118 Grassroots Venues, Headliner Hopes and Being Cancelled… Q&A #21
Gav and James dive back into the mailbag to tackle the topics of the day: the importance of grassroots venues, how their “future” headliner predictions panned out and how cancelled are the…
S1E117 Gallows to Marshall (with Steph Carter)
From a "scrappy" punk kid to a corporate big wig at Marshall, Steph Carter has had an unusual and contrasting journey in the music business.He joins the pod to discuss the shocking rise and…
S1E116 Damnation’s Big Six, Kanye & Count Your Blessings…
And. We’re. Back! Sober and as on the ball as you can expect. Gav and James tackle Damnation’s biggest ever announcement and a surprise promise, if People Power pulls through, before getting caught…
S1E115 Be Right Back (Thailand Edition)
James is still on the beach and Gav is emotionally on holiday still so it’s Shifty again. Are you ready for this one? From early (surprising) jobs, to first records, this one goes to places 2P1P has…
S1E114 Be Right Back (Turkey Edition)
The boys are away so you’re stuck with me (Shifty). This week is a Q&A beer soaked bonanza. Book recommendations, holiday tips, balancing friendship and business plus is it OK for James to move…
S1E113 Oceansize to Dave Lombardo - Mr Mike Vennart
Oceansize to Empire State Bastard, Biffy Clyro to Cardiacs, there’s one talent who connects them all: Mr Mike Vennart.But what’s it like being Mr Dependable, going from the top slot at Reading…
S1E112 New Neurosis, Wildhearts Wishes & Ripcord Revelries
This is not a drill! The mighty Neurosis are back and promoters across the globe are excited, but who will nab them first in the UK? There’s also the sad news of Ginger Wildheart’s diagnosis to…
S1E111 Being Biffy Clyro’s Tour Manager (with Neil Anderson)
Being a tour manager at any level is an incredibly challenging role, but when the band schedule you’re responsible for includes headline sets at the likes of Leeds, Reading and Download, it takes a…
S1E110 It's Tree Time
The final (or so you think…) Trees bands are here and it’s time to show the neglected big cousin of the festivals show much needed love. The arena fillers, the older legends and up-and-coming picks…
S1E109 Big Scary Label Boss (with Kevin Douch)
Man of many talents, Kevin Douch, joins the pod to discuss setting up and running the Big Scary Monsters record label over the past 25 years, band management and organising the madness of ArcTanGent…
S1E108 ATG’s Final Names, HRH Headaches & Download Drops…
It’s another pod exclusive ATG band drop, this time in the shape of the final 16 acts with some absolute belters and a few surprises in store. Gav and James also chat the latest HRH mishap and the…
S1E107 First Aid Stats, Live Pods & Deftones... Q&A #19
With a rum and a beer in hand, James Scarlett is welcomed back to 2 Promoters, 1 Pod to tackle the neglected mail bag in a tipsy fashion.First aid stats, Deftones live, silent disco turnouts, Yndi…
S1E106 The Music Press Fight Back Round 2 (With Sam Coare)
Last week’s podcast discussing the current state of music journalism ruffled some feathers, to put it mildly. So this week Gav and James invite former Kerrang! editor-in-chief Sam Coare on to address…
S1E105 The Music Press Fight Back Part One (with Remfry Dedman)
Gav has had plenty to say on the pod about the declining quality of ballsy music journalism in the UK with talented scribes being reduced to hired hacks, used for the whims and wants of overbearing…
S1E104 ATG Exclusive & Geeking Out
45 ATG bands are here, and four hours before the rest of the world finds out - Arcane Roots aside! Gav and James discuss ripping up the promo plan when Radio 1 come calling, ATG bands taking off and…
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2 Promoters, 1 Pod has published 145 episodes since August 2020, covering topics in Music, Music Commentary.
2 Promoters, 1 Pod is currently highly active with new episodes weekly. Average episode length is 1h 29m.
