Blog Talk Radio Archives - Kelli Richards

Fireside Chat with Ralph Simon, President & CEO of Mobilium Global

Kelli Richards August 8, 2013

I recently welcomed Ralph Simon on my Blog Talk Radio Show. Ralph Simon is acknowledged as one of the founders of the modern mobile entertainment industry. Over the last 15 years, he has been a prominent global mobile trailblazer and innovator. Ralph serves as President and CEO of the London-based Mobilium Global, which provides high-level strategic advice and guidance to mobile handset makers and others – and he co-founded the successful Zomba Group.

Ralph correctly predicted in 1997 that mobile phones would become indispensable, and he was dubbed ‘Father of the Ring Tone.’ In a world that is increasingly dominated by the needs, tastes and devices of what are called “Screen-agers” Ralph is well placed to continue spreading his and Mobilium Global’s expertise around the globe. In May 2013, Ralph was officially appointed to be the Global Ambassador for CTIA – The Wireless Association based in Washington DC. 2013 has been a hectic time for Mobilium Global and Ralph. Continuing to travel the world on a relentless search for the latest mobile innovation, there has been a lot of emphasis on Africa, Asia and the Americas.

Visit my website to hear the entire interview https://allaccessgroup.comunder the Resources Tab/ Blog Talk Radio.

Until next time,

Kelli Richards, CEO of The All Access Group, LLC

An Intimate Talk with Michael Dorf of The Knitting Factory and City Winery

Kelli Richards July 5, 2013

I recently invited Michael Dorf, former chairman and CEO of The Knitting Factory and founder of City Winery, to talk with me on my Blog Talk Radio show, All Access Radio. Michael, being the entrepreneur that he is, started the Knitting Factory, a combination café, art, and performance space housed in Lower Manhattan at age 23. He left the Knitting Factory in 2003 and transformed his career from art and music to incorporate another passion, wine. He created City Winery in 2007, the first fully operational winery in Manhattan.

My path first crossed Dorf’s in 1994 when he produced the Apple MACFEST, the first on going live streaming of music from a club. This was during my tenure running the music initiatives at Apple with a small team. It has been a long time since we’ve connected, but in the interview we both confessed to following each other’s careers on the Internet.

When asked about his early experience with Apple MACFEST and how it opened doors for him he responded, “We were mimicking and experimenting with what we were doing at the Knitting Factory and tried to make it into a large festival with what we were doing with Apple. It felt like experimentation. No one really knew what was going on. We knew this was a potentially powerful tool, but we didn’t really understand it.“ He went on to say, “When you’re a promoter or a true promoter, your role is to connect the music and artists to as many people as you can and do it in a way that makes sense for all parties – the audience, the performers, and the venders. Really, that was the approach we were taking and we just though that was a really powerful way of expanding what we were doing.”

Our interview provided insight into his time as CEO of the Knitting Factory and the bridge between that career and his current venture, City Winery. To hear the full interview, click here.

You can hear my entire interview series on my website at https://allaccessgroup.com under the Resources Tab / BlogTalkRadio.

Until next time,

Kelli Richards, CEO of The All Access Group, LLC

An Exclusive Interview with Stewart Copeland, Drummer from The Police

Kelli Richards June 20, 2013

I recently talked with my good friend, Stewart Copeland, a film composer, musician and the and the drummer for The Police on my Blog Talk Radio show, All Access Radio. Stewart has an extensive and diverse resume. We started the interview talking about what motivates him and what passions drive his choices. Steward said, “It has to be creatively amusing.”

We discussed his childhood, and living in Lebanon with a father who was unknowingly working for the CIA. His cultural environment in the Middle East very much influenced his music as a creator. He explained that the “cultural environment was Arabic music, which has that dropkick beat, which is very similar to the rhythm trick of reggae which has that dropkick beat; the absence of one an emphasis of three of the bar.”

Copeland described how his passion for drums began and shared with me hisfavorite memory with The Police. “Favorite experience, probably Shea Stadium. We probably all agree that out best, ultimate gig where we reached the pinnacle, -Sting likes to say ‘the only place we could go from now is down’ –and soon after that we broke up, but that was a really great gig, a really great evening, a wonderful experience and a pinnacle of everything that we had struggled to achieve.

To hear the whole interview, more stories and more about Copeland’s career as a film composer visit my website where I put out a new interview every Monday at 8:00 EST.

Until next time,

Kelli Richards, CEO of The All Access Group, LLC

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Fireside Chat with Ralph Simon, President & CEO of Mobilium Global

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