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「aiwa、懐かしデザインに現代オーディオ機能を備えた「audio -Gシリーズ」。コンポやラジオなど8製品」　アイワマーケティングジャパンは、aiwaブランドの新製品として、「aiwa audio -Gシリーズ」を各家電量販店、ホームセンターにて順次発売する。

「aiwaブランドからBluetoothやPC録音に対応した多機能レコードプレーヤー「audio RPB」が登場」　テクミラホールディングスの子会社であるアイワマーケティングジャパンは、aiwaブランドの新製品として、BluetoothおよびPC録音に対応した多機能レコードプレーヤー「aiwa audio RPB」を開発。

This week we talk about the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Association (AIWA) and the work they do to keep the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway navigable. Brad Pickel, AIWA's Executive Director, is our guest and he'll share details of why the AIWA was formed, its mission, how dredging projects are funded, and come creative ways the materials removed during dredging are being used.

Sergio Bizzio nació en Villa Ramallo, en 1956. Es escritor, dramaturgo, poeta, guionista y músico. Como autor, es dueño de una obra vasta, exuberante y diversa. Entre sus libros de poemas están Mínimo figurado y Paraguay, entre sus novelas, El divino convertible, En esa época, Rabia, Mi vida en Huel, Diez días en Re, Aiwa, El escritor comido y Borgestein. Entre sus libros de cuentos, Chicos, Tres marcianos y La conquista, Iris y Construcción. Es autor de las obras de teatro Gravedad, La china y El amor, estas dos últimas en colaboración con Daniel Guebel, y también con Guebel escribieron la novela El día feliz de Charlie Feiling. Sus obras han sido traducidas a varias lenguas y sus relatos fueron adaptados para el cine en Argentina y también en otros países. Es tiempo de reediciones y relecturas de la obra de Bizzio. Interzona acaba de reeditar El escritor comido (2010), una novela en la que Mauro Saupol, un escritor, autor de bestsellers, sobrevive a un accidente pero se hace pasar por muerto porque quiere saber cómo impacta su muerte en los demás. Caballo negro reeditó recientemente Aiwa, que cuenta la historia de una tranquila aldea de montaña que comienza a ver alterada su cotidianeidad por un fenómeno biológico: a los hombres del lugar comienzan a crecerles las tetas. Y su novela Rabia, tal vez la más famosa de todas, acaba de ser montada en teatro en Madrid por Claudio Tolcachir. En ella, un obrero de la construcción, luego de un episodio criminal, termina escondido en la casa de su novia, empleada doméstica en la casa de una familia rica. Nadie -ni siquiera ella- sabe qué él está ahí. Desde su escondite, vive la realidad como un fantasma. En voz alta, Paula Vázquez leyó un fragmento de  “El mito de las diosa” de Anne Baring y Jules Cashford. Paula es escritora, librera, gestora cultural y cofundadora de Lata Peinada, librería dedicada exclusivamente a la literatura latinoamericana, con sede en Barcelona. Publicó el libro de cuentos  La suerte de las mujeres) y la novela Las estrellas. Ha colaborado en medios como Cuadernos Hispano-americanos, Infobae, Pliego Suelto y Revista Crisis, entre otros. Actualmente es columnista de El Periódico y desde 2021 es directora de Asuntos Culturales de la Cancillería argentina. La librería y la diosa es su último libro. Y en Te regalo un libro, Gonzalo Unamuno  nos habló de “Las uvas de la ira” de John Steinbeck Gonzalo Unamuno nació en 1985. Su novela Que todo se detenga (2015) fue estrenada como película en 2022 bajo la dirección de Juan Baldana y Lila (2018) se encuentra en proceso de filmación. En 2021 publicó el libro de relatos Tu jardín salvaje, y su cuento Padres resultó ganador del concurso de la Universidad del Cine (FUC) en categoría cortometraje, adaptado y dirigido por Francisco Vignale. Parte de su obra fue traducida al francés, al portugués y al italiano. Contactos Bloqueados (Galerna, 2023) es su última novela publicada. En Bienvenidos, Hinde habló de “Parte del aire, El conflicto árabe-israelí en la cultura y la política argentina (1967-1982)”, de Emmanuel Kahan (Prometeo) y “Ciruela”, de Pablo De Santis, con ilustraciones de Rodrigo Folgueira (loqueleo) y en Libros que sí recomendó “Mañana y tarde”, de Jon Fosse (Nórdica/Deconatus), “Escribir un silencio”, de Claudia Piñeiro (Alfaguara) y “La guardia de la noche”, de Fabio Martínez (Antipop) y en los Libros del Estribo, Hinde agradeció el envío de “Cuando fuimos el futuro”, de Manuel Barrientos (Cuatro Palabras/Huvaiti ediciones) y “Medio Siglo”, de Leonardo Forgia (De los cuatro vientos)  

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Dr Mansoor Al Obeidli is a multi-award-winning serial entrepreneur, Founder & CEO of Bedazzled and Aiwa Events, and Middle East Beauty Ambassador. He is one of the leading minds in UAE on what's trending in youth culture, talent, beauty and fashion. 00:34- About Dr Mansoor Al Obeidli and his journey. Dr Mansoor is a renowned personality in the beauty and fashion industry globally in over 75+ nations having various profiles circling his name.  As the Middle East Beauty Ambassador, a passionate visionary, Dr Mansoor has been inspiring and promoting creative talents from various industries for the last 10 years.  Dr Mansoor has been awarded “Outstanding Contributions to the Middle East Culture – 2021” by H.H. Sheikh Juma bin Maktoum Juma Al Maktoum. His success story started at an early age as a youth icon being a promising footballer for Al Wahda Club in Abu Dhabi. After playing football for 12 years, a horrific injury shattered his dreams as a professional football player. Dr Mansoor turned his life around and took up his studies in medicine in Europe. But he is a true entrepreneur at heart. While pursuing his studies in medicine, he founded the real estate firm, ‘Heaven on Earth' and turned it into a multi-million-dollar business within 3 years. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tbcy/support

Hogyan törölhetünk egyszerre hatalmas mennyiségű levelet a Gmailben Rakéta     2023-02-05 07:06:08     Infotech Google Gmail A Google 15 GB tárhelyet biztosít ingyenesen minden fiókhoz, ami elég gyorsan be tud telni, ha nagyobb fájlokat tárolunk a Drive-ban vagy a fotóinkat automatikusan szinkronizáljuk a Google Fotók alkalmazásban, de a tárhely feléléséhez adott esetben az is elég lehet, ha évek óta nem töröltük az e-mailjeinket a Gmailes postaládánkból. A mesterséges intelligencia nyolc földön kívüli jelet azonosított Digital Hungary     2023-02-05 14:21:07     Infotech Mesterséges intelligencia Nyolc izgalmas jelet találtak, amelyek eltüntek, de az intelligens szoftverek új lehetőséget jelentenek a földönkívüliek utáni kutatás hatalmas adathalmazainak feldolgozásában. Ezzel a bővítménnyel máris becsempészheted a ChatGPT-t a Wordbe PCWorld     2023-02-05 07:05:56     Infotech Mesterséges intelligencia ChatGPT A mesterséges intelligencia közvetlenül a dokumentumban egészíti ki a szövegeket. Lengyelországban 76 kis moduláris nukleáris reaktort létesítenének 2038-ig Öko-drive     2023-02-05 10:36:03     Tudomány Lengyelország Varsó Lengyelországban 76 SMR típusú kis moduláris nukleáris reaktort létesítenének 2038-ig  – jelentette be kedden Daniel Obajtek, a PKN Orlen állami tulajdonú energetikai nagyvállalat vezérigazgatója. A varsói kormányfői hivatalban rendezett sajtóértekezleten Obajtek reálisnak nevezte, hogy az első SMR 2028-ban fog megépülni. “2038-ig pedig ambiciózus Misztikus erővel bírnak az azték piramisok kristálykoponyái, vagy az emberiség legnagyobb átveréséről van szó? Promotions     2023-02-05 11:11:00     Tudomány Mexikó Átverés A legendás kristálykoponyák rejtélye megoldódni látszik, de az eredménynek sokan nem fognak örülni. Elon Musk már megbánta a Tesla-részvények Twitterre váltását theGeek     2023-02-05 11:00:47     Gaming Twitter Részvény Elon Musk Tesla A Twitter tulajdonosa rájött, hogy a 44 milliárd dolláros felvásárlás talán nem volt olyan jó ötlet.   Miután átvette a hatalmat a Twitter felett, Elon Musk nem tudott olyan zökkenőmentesen foglalkozni a közösségi felülettel (sőt, egyre inkább úgy tűnik, hogy mindenhol monetizálni szeretnének, de erre még visszatérünk), mert a Twitter mellett azért A Red Hat és az Oracle bővíti az együttműködését Mínuszos     2023-02-05 05:33:41     Infotech Linux Oracle A Red Hat, Inc., és az Oracle bejelentette együttműködésük bővítését. Az Oracle részéről az együttműködés célja az operációs rendszerek szélesebb választékának biztosítása az Oracle felhő infrastruktúrájában. Az együttműködés első lépése, hogy a Red Hat Enterprise Linux támogatott operációs rendszerként futtatható az Oracle felhő infrastruktúrájába Nagyon örülhetnek az LG webOS smart rendszert használó tévék tulajai TechWorld     2023-02-05 06:01:58     Mobiltech Hyundai Egy rakat hasznos szolgáltatás érkezik azokra a modellekre, amelyek ezt a rendszert használják. Az LG saját fejlesztésű, korábban exkluzívnak számító smart rendszerét, a webOS-t már egy ideje licenszelhetővé tette. Ennek köszönhetően ez a platform felbukkant más gyártók, így például a Blaupunkt, a Seiki, a Hyundai vagy az Aiwa készülékeiben is. Az Az univerzum első csillagai iPON!     2023-02-05 06:05:00     Tudomány Világűr James Webb Egy csillagászcsoport azt állítja, hogy a James Webb űrtávcső segítségével megtalálták a világegyetem történetének legkorábbi csillagait. A mesterséges intelligencia megmutatta: az öregek is lehet divatsztárok Origo     2023-02-05 06:30:00     Infotech Mesterséges intelligencia Nigéria Egy nigériai művész a mesterséges intelligencia segítségével mutatta meg, más is lehetne sok idős ember élete. Márki-Zay Péter megkérdezte a mesterséges intelligenciát, hogy hogyan lehet legyőzni az Orbán–rendszert ATV     2023-02-05 14:17:00     Belföld Orbán Viktor Márki-Zay Péter Mesterséges intelligencia ChatGPT Márki-Zay Péter a közösségi oldalán számolt be arról egy videóban, hogy megkérdezte a a ChatGPT alkalmazást, hogyan lehet leváltani Orbán Viktor rendszerét – írja a szeretlekmagyarország.hu.  Elfogó-vadászműholdakkal készül az USA az űrháborúra Rakéta     2023-02-05 11:36:04     Tudomány háború USA Világűr SpaceX Akárhol is törjön ki a háború a szuperhatalmak között, azt részben az űrben vívják majd – Amerika erre készül, és az első vadászműholdakat a SpaceX juttatja majd fel már idén októberben. Válasz a ChatGPT-re: jön a Google Sparrow Digital Hungary     2023-02-05 09:03:06     Infotech Google Mesterséges intelligencia ChatGPT Hamarosan komoly fordulat jöhet a mesterséges intelligencia általunk is megismerhető ágában: a Google mesterséges intelligenciával foglalkozó részlegénél, a DeepMindnál fontolgatják, hogy már idén kiadják a ChatGPT riválisát. A hírt maga a DeepMind-alapító Demis Hassabis hozta nyilvánosságra – írja az Independent.

Hogyan törölhetünk egyszerre hatalmas mennyiségű levelet a Gmailben Rakéta     2023-02-05 07:06:08     Infotech Google Gmail A Google 15 GB tárhelyet biztosít ingyenesen minden fiókhoz, ami elég gyorsan be tud telni, ha nagyobb fájlokat tárolunk a Drive-ban vagy a fotóinkat automatikusan szinkronizáljuk a Google Fotók alkalmazásban, de a tárhely feléléséhez adott esetben az is elég lehet, ha évek óta nem töröltük az e-mailjeinket a Gmailes postaládánkból. A mesterséges intelligencia nyolc földön kívüli jelet azonosított Digital Hungary     2023-02-05 14:21:07     Infotech Mesterséges intelligencia Nyolc izgalmas jelet találtak, amelyek eltüntek, de az intelligens szoftverek új lehetőséget jelentenek a földönkívüliek utáni kutatás hatalmas adathalmazainak feldolgozásában. Ezzel a bővítménnyel máris becsempészheted a ChatGPT-t a Wordbe PCWorld     2023-02-05 07:05:56     Infotech Mesterséges intelligencia ChatGPT A mesterséges intelligencia közvetlenül a dokumentumban egészíti ki a szövegeket. Lengyelországban 76 kis moduláris nukleáris reaktort létesítenének 2038-ig Öko-drive     2023-02-05 10:36:03     Tudomány Lengyelország Varsó Lengyelországban 76 SMR típusú kis moduláris nukleáris reaktort létesítenének 2038-ig  – jelentette be kedden Daniel Obajtek, a PKN Orlen állami tulajdonú energetikai nagyvállalat vezérigazgatója. A varsói kormányfői hivatalban rendezett sajtóértekezleten Obajtek reálisnak nevezte, hogy az első SMR 2028-ban fog megépülni. “2038-ig pedig ambiciózus Misztikus erővel bírnak az azték piramisok kristálykoponyái, vagy az emberiség legnagyobb átveréséről van szó? Promotions     2023-02-05 11:11:00     Tudomány Mexikó Átverés A legendás kristálykoponyák rejtélye megoldódni látszik, de az eredménynek sokan nem fognak örülni. Elon Musk már megbánta a Tesla-részvények Twitterre váltását theGeek     2023-02-05 11:00:47     Gaming Twitter Részvény Elon Musk Tesla A Twitter tulajdonosa rájött, hogy a 44 milliárd dolláros felvásárlás talán nem volt olyan jó ötlet.   Miután átvette a hatalmat a Twitter felett, Elon Musk nem tudott olyan zökkenőmentesen foglalkozni a közösségi felülettel (sőt, egyre inkább úgy tűnik, hogy mindenhol monetizálni szeretnének, de erre még visszatérünk), mert a Twitter mellett azért A Red Hat és az Oracle bővíti az együttműködését Mínuszos     2023-02-05 05:33:41     Infotech Linux Oracle A Red Hat, Inc., és az Oracle bejelentette együttműködésük bővítését. Az Oracle részéről az együttműködés célja az operációs rendszerek szélesebb választékának biztosítása az Oracle felhő infrastruktúrájában. Az együttműködés első lépése, hogy a Red Hat Enterprise Linux támogatott operációs rendszerként futtatható az Oracle felhő infrastruktúrájába Nagyon örülhetnek az LG webOS smart rendszert használó tévék tulajai TechWorld     2023-02-05 06:01:58     Mobiltech Hyundai Egy rakat hasznos szolgáltatás érkezik azokra a modellekre, amelyek ezt a rendszert használják. Az LG saját fejlesztésű, korábban exkluzívnak számító smart rendszerét, a webOS-t már egy ideje licenszelhetővé tette. Ennek köszönhetően ez a platform felbukkant más gyártók, így például a Blaupunkt, a Seiki, a Hyundai vagy az Aiwa készülékeiben is. Az Az univerzum első csillagai iPON!     2023-02-05 06:05:00     Tudomány Világűr James Webb Egy csillagászcsoport azt állítja, hogy a James Webb űrtávcső segítségével megtalálták a világegyetem történetének legkorábbi csillagait. A mesterséges intelligencia megmutatta: az öregek is lehet divatsztárok Origo     2023-02-05 06:30:00     Infotech Mesterséges intelligencia Nigéria Egy nigériai művész a mesterséges intelligencia segítségével mutatta meg, más is lehetne sok idős ember élete. Márki-Zay Péter megkérdezte a mesterséges intelligenciát, hogy hogyan lehet legyőzni az Orbán–rendszert ATV     2023-02-05 14:17:00     Belföld Orbán Viktor Márki-Zay Péter Mesterséges intelligencia ChatGPT Márki-Zay Péter a közösségi oldalán számolt be arról egy videóban, hogy megkérdezte a a ChatGPT alkalmazást, hogyan lehet leváltani Orbán Viktor rendszerét – írja a szeretlekmagyarország.hu.  Elfogó-vadászműholdakkal készül az USA az űrháborúra Rakéta     2023-02-05 11:36:04     Tudomány háború USA Világűr SpaceX Akárhol is törjön ki a háború a szuperhatalmak között, azt részben az űrben vívják majd – Amerika erre készül, és az első vadászműholdakat a SpaceX juttatja majd fel már idén októberben. Válasz a ChatGPT-re: jön a Google Sparrow Digital Hungary     2023-02-05 09:03:06     Infotech Google Mesterséges intelligencia ChatGPT Hamarosan komoly fordulat jöhet a mesterséges intelligencia általunk is megismerhető ágában: a Google mesterséges intelligenciával foglalkozó részlegénél, a DeepMindnál fontolgatják, hogy már idén kiadják a ChatGPT riválisát. A hírt maga a DeepMind-alapító Demis Hassabis hozta nyilvánosságra – írja az Independent.

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Business and the economy are ever-changing in Alaska. As life becomes more expensive and old models of creating revenue streams are met with apprehensive resolve, two local entrepreneurs set out to change the business landscape of the Last Frontier. Sourdough Dan Morris is the owner of Alaskan Footprints food tours. He offers historical insight, humor and delicious delicacies in his treks, setting a fun pace for both local Alaskans and tourists to experience downtown on foot.Atlas Katari is the founder of Anchorage Independent Worker Alliance. They are dedicated to connecting like-minded entrepreneurs in the city together to change the way we live as individuals, and build as a society. This week on Hometown Alaskan we will explore the purposes of their journeys, and the end result that will hopefully inspire a generation to step out of the shadows and into their dreams.HOST: Justin WilliamsGUESTS:Segment 1:"Sourdough" Dan Morris, Alaskan Footprints food toursSegment 2: Atlas Katari, Anchorage Independent Worker AllianceLINKS:Alaskan Footprints food toursAnchorage Independent Worker Alliance Facebook pageAIWA co-working eventsLISTEN:FIRST AIR: Monday, September 19, 2022 at 10 a.m.RE-AIR: Monday, September 19, 2022 at 8 p.m.PODCAST: Available after the program.]]>

En av världens bästa gitarrbyggare samt en gitarr från densamme är veckans ämne. Fölster har titta närmare på pedaler med EP-3 design. I veckans pryl pratar Fredrik om That New Pedal Company 70's Overdrive. I detta avsnitt: Johan Gustavsson, Bigsby, Xotic, Maestro, Vemuran, Korg, Aiwa, Schaffer, Chase Tone, Land Devices, That New Pedal Company, Durham Electronics, Chase Bliss, Hudson Electronics, Benson, Hardy.

Aiwa, the company which was known for its car audio systems has found another way to make a comeback to Indian markets. And this time it's through appliances, TV especially. For the deep dive today, Amazon's endeavours to make space in the food delivery industry might finally pay off. How? Answer lies in Grubhub. Tune in to know more!

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Aiwa is a Thai-Chinese mother, writer, theatre-maker, performer and poet based in Auckland. With Gemishka Chetty (featured a few episodes back!), Aiwa co-created Creative Creatures, an arts collective featuring Asian women. We discuss Aiwa's background, Tinder, poetry, family and life. @creativecreature_s / @mama_aiwa ☕️ SUPPORT the podcast: https://ko-fi.com/asianinaotearoa

Desde Los Super Campeones hasta BTS, desde los estéreos Aiwa hasta el coronavirus. Este es un recuento de lo que Asia le ha dado al mundo desde la siempre confiable perspectiva de este par de sindicalizados prietoleros tercermundistas. Y que quede claro que correr como Naruto se inventó en Dragon Ball. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Para ponerte en contacto con nosotros escribe y síguenos en nuestras redes. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sihaymenudo/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/sihaymenudo Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@sihaymenudo Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCttH5Y26GUhUA3_0LPzgoqQ Recuerda que todos los viernes a las 12:00pm (hora de la CDMX) tenemos nuevo episodio.

Joe Born is the Founder & Chairman of Aiwa USA. The company is a reincarnation of the old $2 Billion Japanese Audio brand abandoned by Sony over a decade ago. Since 2015 he has been resurrecting the old brand with new Audio products in the US and Europe. Their wireless headphones and modern-day "boombox" are their best sellers. Joe's has been in the consumer electronics space for more than two decades.  Through his career, Joe has brought over $400MM worth of innovative consumer electronics products to market.  Tune in to hear about Joe's journey as an inventor, how he is innovating in the age of Amazon and resurrecting the illustrious tech brand - Aiwa.

I can’t say that house music was a staple over the airwaves or on deejay sets in the Caribbean when I was growing up. However, I do remember hearing the pulsing rhythms and deep steady basslines on TV and sometimes in stores. What was this music? It made me feel happy the way Soca music did, but it sounded so different. As the 90s dawned upon us I heard this genre more and more. But how could I get my hands on this music? My local record store, Ellie’s, was stacked to the ceiling with offerings from every calypso, soca, reggae, dancehall and hip hop artist that you could imagine. But this thing… this music that I had fallen in love with proved elusive. What was it even called? The pre-teen me had given up. One day that would all change. There it was a commercial on TV advertising a CD with several tracks of this mystery music. Dance Mix USA. Living on a British island I could not simply ask my mom to dial the 800 number on the screen. There was no access to such numbers from our territory. The solution. My aunt who lived in the US Virgin Islands could source it.After months of waiting. It arrived. I popped it in my dad’s stereo system and turned those Aiwa speakers up to their max. I liked all of the songs. But there was something about track number 8 that grabbed hold of me. “Gypsy Woman” by Crystal Waters. I was in love with this song.I would not hear from Crystal Waters again until some time later when she dropped 100% Pure Love an absolutely infectious record that captivated the world and shot to number 1 in several countries.By this time, I had discovered that this music that I was enamored with was called House Music. I was a fan of it and an even bigger fan of Crystal Waters. With her writing and vocals she has caused many to fall in love with House music. Over the years the internet has allowed me to follow her work and not miss a beat or a hit. When I created this podcast, I had a list of persons, outside of my network, whom I really wanted a chance to interview. A list of persons whose work I admired deeply, but whom I thought would probably not respond to my invitation. Crystal Waters was on that list. To the contrary, she responded and obliged. Not only is she a phenomenal artist, but she is truly a phenomenal person.This is the story… Thus far… of the legendary Crystal Waters.

Los primeros Radio cassetes, las cintas, el walkman, las suecas y Macaulay Culkin en el Bagdad de Barcelona, así arrancamos!. Si querías el walkman de Sony pero sólo conseguiste el Aiwa y para tu comunión no te regalaron la bici que querías, sube el volumen, rebobina y dale al Play que comienza el primer programa de podcast del Manzonis Garage.

Talented young Oud player and singer Aliya Cycon joins the podcast. She was born and raised in America, but her music suggests otherwise. Singing in Arabic, Spanish and English, while showing off her exciting and virtuosic Oud playing, Aliya shares her curiosity for the world through her original compositions and multi-cultural covers. She has performed at the Nobel Business For Peace Awards in Oslo, and toured internationally as a “Cultural Ambassador” for the US State Department, selling out a 1,000-seat amphitheater in Amman, and performing in three Tunisian summer music festivals. Notable collaborations include Jordanian music stars Tareq Jundi, Nasser Salameh and Yarub Smirat. Tunisian icon Zied Gharsa, and LA-based pop singer Naïka. Aliya is sponsored by Godin Guitars, La Bella Strings, and Avid Technology. Check out her new Spain-based project, Aliya and the New Andalus. Topics include: Aliya is originally Polish, and grew up with piano, which was her first love, and she applied to start in jazz at Berklee and was accepted She went on a trip to Palestine with her father, and this left an impression on her - her father runs a coffee company with grassroots activities to assist and support underdeveloped communities This introduced her to Arab style music, and she was enamored with the style and the oud especially, which was her first stringed instrument This was her first experience with heterophonic performance and monophonic melodies She embarked on a journey from jazz piano into Arab music on the oud which involved the study of makam, taqsim, etc. Studied at Alwan for the Arts in Manhattan for an introduction to Arab music, which had just started to offer Arab music courses Interesting story of Aliya's first experience with Rast (Arab mode similar to the major scale, but with particular quarter tones and rules of interpretation) Came into contact with great records through her dance background, including Simon Shaheen's Turath and Ziad Rahbani's Ana Mush Kafr Ziad Rahbani is one of her main influences, which was her main entry point into Arab music, and Shaheen's compositions and tone as well, and Sharbell Rouhana (Lebanes oudplayer) and Marcel Khalifa The Arabic Music Retreat played a big role in her musical development (week-long music conference in Western Massachusetts at Mt. Holyoke College) Oud with vocals in the troubadour style embodied her art as far as how she progressed, and this was based in part due to certain artists she found inspirational Not a purist, she listens to various styles of music and different artists She is currently in Spain, and not surrounded by Arab taksim style music as much anymore, some more Spanish influences in her current environment The oud is a part of her brand, as a female artist Aliya also has some travel tips for oud players for soft-case and hard-case pros/cons She started with instrumental ideas in jazz fusion for oud, not as much with vocals, but this progressed over time - a binary question she faced as an American interested in Arab Jazz fusion Tigran Hamasyan was an influence, as an Armenian jazz pianist Spent some time working on her arranging skills with her second album and orchestration, and even explored cinematic composition styles She incorporated a second oud player for a time while she worked on her oud playing skills, and started to showcase her own oud playing Eventually, she added some Spanish and French vocals and imbued her songs with more of a Mediterranean hue, and geared toward playing for audiences that can enjoy her performance, using some flamenco influence as well She uses La Bella strings, and was able to spec her own strings, and received a Godin oud for her graduation gift from Berklee College of Music from her parents Godin reached out to her and asked her to perform at NAMM, and endorsed her, and now she has two Godin ouds Najib Shaheen restored her Syrian oud and she uses this for recording at times for her Prayer album, and she also uses her John Vergara oud for both live and recording and is on her Aliya and the Andalus album Her favorite oud is made by Abu Alaa, the Palestinian oud luthier - this oud provide a deep voice and was used on her song "Jasmine" Aliya conducted a tour in Kuwait in April 2019, and used her electric oud, but received help with finding an acoustic oud from a network of local oud players Aliya uses a Syrian tuning (Syrian oud tuning C-F-A-D-G-C), and discusses her experience with another high F string, and how this is more characteristic of Iraqi Ouds (Nasir Shamma, etc.) She is currently living in Valencia, Spain finishing her Masters degree and active with shows, songs, and videos, where she became inspired by Andalusian music and culture and exploring flamenco and fusion style with Arab music Aliya began studying and jamming with Pedro Navarro for flamenco guitar but notes some challenges arise with different keys when guitars and ouds work together Her time in Tunisia broadened her horizons with respect to understanding Andalusian and Ottoman influences amalgamated with North African motifs Over time she wanted to feature her oud and vocals more given feedback from listeners Aliya put a group together without a guitar to allow the oud to be more prominent, so the bass takes on a lot of responsibility with harmonic support (Miquel Alvarez), rounded out with a Balkan Gypsy trumpeter from Slovenia (Timote Kotnik) and a flamenco percussionist she knew from Berklee (Sergio Martinez) Aliya used harmony instead of heterophony in her style, and uses arpeggios for voices instead of full chord strumming on the oud, and how the different styles of her band members are compatible With live performance being so enjoyable, she made videos for her tracks to embody that spirit and as a marketing tool and brand building approach If she could only do one concert with any artist in history, Aliya would want to perform with Yanni Her playlist features some guilty pressures as Kenji Jiraq and a trio of Yemeni sisters called Aiwa with electro-pop and visuals, and Vicente Amigo as the "new Paco" Listeners can find Aliya on Spotify, CD Baby, and most streaming services by searching for "Aliya Cycon Project", and this will allow the listener to find all her albums including her new EP "Aliya and the New Andalus" Aliya is also on YouTube, Instagram, and Facebook (search for "Aliya Cycon Music") Check out Aliya's new EP "Aliya and the New Andalus"

As we face the realities of the COVID-19 era, the American Shoreline Podcast Network will continue to strive to bring you the voices and conversations of the coast. This week will be no different. On this episode we welcome Brad Pickel, Exectutive Director of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Association, to discuss the current state of the Federal appropriations process and assess the outlook of the Waterway's future maintenance investment. When we conceived of ASPN, we wanted to create a space to foster the broadest coastal dialogue we could. We created the American Shoreline Podcast as the flagship show and now produce another ten shows, hosted by great coastal professionals we recruited. You know the lineup. That vision is still what we're working to do. We talked to Brad some days ago before the coronavirus took center stage. Seems quaint now but what coastal professionals are doing still matters and we need to continue the dialogue. As coastal conferences, gatherings, and events of all kinds are cancelled -- and as we spend more time at home -- we need a way to stay in touch and ASPN is one of the best ways. Has your conference been cancelled? Has your keynote speaker sidelined, your project or research effort tabled? Contact us. After about 300 shows, we have a wide audience of coastal professionals who rely on ASPN and we can bring your story and your work to them all. From the comfort of your own home or office, let's put your keynote speaker and conference panelists on the network. Let's talk about your projects, your work, and your research. Reach ASP's co-hosts, Peter Ravella at peter@coastalnewstoday.com and Tyler Buckingham at tyler@coastalnewstoday.com. Let's make ASPN your voice in the coastal community.

Peter and Tyler wrap up ASPN's coverage of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Association's 20th Annual Meeting in Savannah, Georgia by recapping the meeting with Paul Barger (the outgoing Board Chair), David Kennedy (the incoming Board Chair), and Brad Pickel (AIWA's Executive Director). We discuss this year's meeting, our take-aways, and how the organization is continuing to evolve to best advocate for the AIWW.

Our coverage of the AIWA 20th Annual Meeting continues as Peter sits down with three team members from the Seven Mile Island Living Laboratory, a collaboration between the Wetland Institute, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Philadelphia District, and local and New Jersey state partners. This innovative project is endeavoring to develop better methods for beneficial use of dredge material, a common problem for managers of the AIWW (or the New Jersey Intracoastal Waterway, in this case). Joining Peter are Monica Chasten, project manager in the USACE Philadelphia District Operations Division, Dr. Lenore Tedesco, Executive Director of the Wetlands Institute, and Steve Rochette the Public Affairs Officer for the USACE Philadelphia District.

Peter and Tyler are live from the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Association Annual Meeting, which is taking place in the beautiful city of Savannah, Georgia. Over the next two days we will bring the insights and conversations from this meeting (the 20th annual) to you. The Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway is one of the oldest transportation features on the American Shoreline, and plays a major role for recreational, commercial, and industrial stakeholders to this day. Stay tuned for all of our coverage, beginning with this show!

Peter is joined by Melissa Danko (Executive Director of the Marine Trades Association of New Jersey), David Dickerson (Vice President and State Government Relations Director at the National Marine Manufactures Association), and David Kennedy (Director of Government Affairs for the Boat Owners Association of the United States). They discuss the importance of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway for recreational boaters and the value that recreational users bring to the broader economy of the Nation. Hint, its not a small contribution! And, they talk about the wonderful access to nature afforded when traveling the AIWW.

Meet Captain William Van Puffelen, CEO, and his wife Lindsay Van Puffelen, COO, owners and operators of a Biblia, Inc., a family-owned marine towing and transportation company headquartered here in Savannah, Georgia. The company has been in the Van Puffelen family for generations and operates extensively on the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway and from Maine to Mexico. We learn how a family-owned barge and tug company can survive in the complex regulatory world of modern American shipping and how AIWA has worked to improve the condition of the waterway over the past 20 years. (Capt. Van Puffelen attended the first AIWA meeting two decades ago). We also take a peek into the exciting future of the AIWW with expansions coming to the Port of Savannah, the third busiest container port in America and soon to be home to the $2 billion Elba Island LNG Export Terminal. There's a lot happening down here on the Georgia Coast.

Coverage of the AIWA 20th Annual Meeting continues from Savannah with Peter and Tyler speaking to Dennis Barbour, a coastal and marine legend in North Carolina. Dennis is a board member of AIWA and so much more. Over his 50 plus years on the Carolina coast, Dennis has served as the Mayor of Carolina Beach, Chairman of the Hanover County Port, Waterway, and Beach Commission, and is currently a board member of the North Carolina Beach, Inlet and Waterways Association. He is also the proud owner of the Island Marina and Island True Value Tackle and Hardware. Let's say Dennis has been there and done that. We discuss his thoughts on being the mayor of a beach town, his thoughts on the state of the AIWW, how to collaborate and make the system work, and what inspires him on the water. Always great to talk to the wise folks on the American shoreline.

As Peter and Tyler prepare to attend the AIWA annual meeting in Savannah, Georgia, they speak with Paul Barger, the organization's board chairman, about his history with the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, the organization he helps lead, and what we can look forward to at this year's annual meeting.

Ep #168 - I am joined this week by David Hoffmann, a serial entrepreneur that specializes in building multi-million dollar companies. David has led the international trade powerhouse Global Regency as CEO for over 15 years, and is considered an expert in China sourcing, supply chain, private label, and brand licensing. Global Regency provides services or licenses to famous brands and retailers including JVC, Cuisinart, Aiwa, Sunbeam, K-mart, Walmart, Bunnings, and Aldi, with offices in over 6 countries. In 2016, David launched GlobalTQM.com, under the Global Regency umbrella, which assists start-ups, and entrepreneurs with quality management issues and sourcing from China with a range of educational and mentoring programs and actual done-for-you services with his resources of +57 people in China. Aside from his core business, David has built an international technology team and has a number of investments all of which he is an active advisor. If you want to learn more about the incredible business opportunities in China, you'll love this interview. Enjoy my conversation with David Hoffmann! Learn More About David Hoffmann and GlobalTQM: Visit David Hoffmann's Company Website, GlobalTQM, and Receive a Free Copy of His Book, "China Sourcing for Start-Ups" at: https://www.globaltqm.com/ Listen to David's Podcast, "Doing Business in China Just Got Easier," on Apple Podcasts at: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/globaltqm-com-podcast-china-sourcing-manufacturing/id1420581341?mt=2# Listen to David's podcast on Spotify at: https://open.spotify.com/show/3HP3l8rcuGPAvrtNDE5dVI Follow David Hoffmann's Company, GlobalTQM, on Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GLOBALTQM/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/globaltqm/ Whether you are new to The Driven Entrepreneur Podcast or are a fan, please don't forget to rate, review and subscribe to the show. Your support and your reviews help this show to attract prolific guests and to provide the best listening experience possible. Also, I love to hear from the fans and listeners. Please share your feedback, guest suggestions, or ideas for show topics with me on social media. Follow Matt Brauning on Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mattbrauning Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mattbrauning/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/mattbrauning Visit Matt Brauning's Websites: www.mattbrauningpodcast.com www.fireboxbook.com Get a copy of my brand new book, "The Firebox Principle," on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Firebox-Principle-Drives-Every-Entrepreneur-ebook/dp/B07FDKK9QW

On this special episode, Peter and Tyler welcome Brad Pickel to the show to introduce the audience to the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Association (AIWA), the national, non-profit organization started in 1999 with the mission of securing funding and support for the maintenance of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (AIWW). The AIWW extends more than 1,100 miles from Norfolk, Virginia to Key West, Florida. Some lengths consist of natural inlets, salt-water rivers, bays, and sounds; others are man-made canals. Congress authorized the creation of the AIWW in 1919 and the entire waterway was completed in 1940. The US Army Corps of Engineers is responsible for maintaining the waterway. Each year, AIWA holds an annual meeting for stakeholders, policy makers, industry, and government managers. This year, the 20th annual meeting, ASPN will be covering the event with live coverage! So, come and join us at the meeting, November 21-22, the in Savannah, GA.

The Sony Walkman was introduced 40 years ago. When it first came out, it was the biggest change in musical listening since the record player. It ushered in an era of personal listening, and, with the popularity of cassette tapes, changed the music industry. Show notes: As Sony's Walkman Turns 35, a Look Back at Its Inception (https://time.com/2940385/sony-walkman-35-years/) (Shows a photo of the TCS-300) TC-D5 (http://www.walkmancentral.com/products/tc-d5) TPS-L2 (the first Walkman) (http://www.walkmancentral.com/products/tps-l2) 3M Wollensak Magnetic Tape Recorder, Model 1500 SS, 1960-1965 (https://www.thehenryford.org/collections-and-research/digital-collections/artifact/388490) Aiwa portable cassettes players (http://www.walkman-archive.com/gadgets/series_aiwa_px_line.html) Home Taping Is Killing Music (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_Taping_Is_Killing_Music) Laurie Anderson: United States Live (https://music.apple.com/us/album/united-states-live/285632854) Our next tracks: The Cure: Faith) (https://amzn.to/2Sps7cP) Led Zeppelin: Physical Grafitti (https://amzn.to/2JQK9AI) If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/the-next-track/id1116242606) or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.

Mark is an entrepreneur who is dedicated to both relaunching iconic dormant brands as well as investing in early-stage consumer packaged goods companies, focused on better for you products. His fund, Spiral Sun Ventures and his brand revitalization company, Dormitus Brands, are currently collaborating on reinventing the soda brand Slice as a "better for you" beverage. This episode is full of branding and startup nuggets that no entrepreneur or marketer should miss out on. This episode is full of branding and startup nuggets that no entrepreneur or marketer should miss out on. Mark has been doing this for a while and gained an enormous amount of knowledge and his passion is contagious. You can learn more about the new Slice, reach out to him via LinkedIn or ask me for his personal e-mail and I am happy to facilitate an introduction. We will soon announce a way Mark asked my listeners to participate in the new Slice brand definition. Stay tuned by following us on Instagram as it involves some free product samples while being part of informing this re-birth of an iconic brand. ________________Full Transcript (includes notes cut from the podcast due to Skype reception issues): Fabian Geyrhalter:                    Welcome to episode number 6 of Hitting The Mark. Today we are fortunate to have a conversation with someone who does not fit into the founder nor the investor category. Why? Because he is both, and I promise you this will be an episode that every brand's builder may it be an entrepreneur who a marketer should listen to. Mark Thomann is an entrepreneur who is dedicated to both relaunching iconic dormant brands as well as investing in early-stage consumer packaged goods companies, focused on better for you products. His fund, Spiral Sun Ventures, and his brand revitalization company Dormitus Brands brands, are currently collaborating on reinventing the soda brand Slice as a better for you beverage. That being said, welcome Mark. Mark Tillman:               Thank you very much. F Geyrhalter:                  So, mark I read about you in Entrepreneur Magazine. I think it was the latest issue, and I was fascinated by what you're doing. So the headline in the magazine read "Remember Slice soda? It's back, but very different". Why these entrepreneurs spent on nostalgia for the old soda brand? So, interestingly enough, I released a book last year that talks about several traits that I suggest today's companies to own in order to turn into an admired brand. Heritage I sone of them, which is a very close neighbor to nostalgia, and tell us that strategy behind that more. How did it come about? Where you are currently at with bringing this, I guess it's a Pepsi Cola brand form the 90s, where are you at with bringing that back in a whole new light? M Tillman:               That's a great question. I'm very passionate about brands and history, and Dormitus Brands and prior to that, river west brands, which is owned by Dormitus Brands, would look at relaunching iconic brands at certain categories, and whenever I look at brands, there's a part of me that is always trying to figure out ways to give it a new reason to believe and make it new and different and innovative. So, with Slice in particular, and because of the fact that I invest in the health and wellness category what spiral sun ventures, we saw a formally a brand that was quite significant not only in the US but globally. It's still one of the larger brands in India, frankly, today, which Pepsi Co owns. But I see a category that's very significant from a revenue standpoint. In certain categories where private label's very small, it's a great indicator for whether or not a brand matters in that category, so soda I particular, beverage in particular, is very much a lifestyle and people identify by what they're drinking. So, when we looked at Slice, and I acquired the rights to slice with my partner who was a former trademark litigator. We ended up getting the rights to slice in North America, in the US and Canada, and we are in the process of launching the brand. We'll have product probably within the next 45 days. Our first significant run is going to happen, and we have about to thousand grocery doors committed to it already without actually having the product bottled or canned. But, the whole ideas when I looked at the soda category and I saw it was a category that was declining and the natural part of the beverage category was actually rising, I said to myself, "well people really need something that may be a little sweeter than sparkling water, but not as sugary as the slice of the 1980s and 90s and 200s." So, slice was really created to be a bridge for people that are no longer wanting the sugary drinks like soda, and giving them something that's all natural, that has no sugar added, that's seven grams of sugar that comes from organic juice, and otherwise, it's completely just natural juice as well as sparkling water. So it's sweeter than a Lacroix for example, but much healthier than a traditional soda. F Geyrhalter:                  So, congrats first. I mean, that's an amazing launch already, pre-launch, being in so many stores. So that idea of the name working for you and to your advantage has already left its mark, it sounds like. M Tillman:                     Yeah. Well, it's interesting. I remember when I first started talking about it. I was first interviewed about Slice, a lot of people were very interested in trying the new slice, but I remember one blogger came out and said: "Doesn't he know that coca cola failed when they came out with new coke?" And my response to that blogger was, "You know, if I was just reinventing slice as what it was before, I would have absolutely no interest. And frankly, the soda consumer has changed. I'm a previous soda drinker, I no longer allow the family to drink soda. It's obviously too much sugar, and it actually came from my wife who reminds me that she is the one who basically told the kids they can no longer drink soda, so it's water or healthier drinks. And today, I believe that the consumer wants a new type of drink that has some sweetness, but it's all natural so it's better for you. F Geyrhalter:                  So, that's fascinating to me, and it's a strategy that caught wider attention after Shinola famously took its name from a defunct shoe polish brand. And then I think in 2011 they launched as the Detroit watch brand. At least, then they were the watch brand. Now they're so much more. But, how do you change the brand narrative with a legacy name? I mean, especially in your case with Slice, where it is basically the opposite of what it used to be. So, how do you do that form a brand language perspective? How do you suddenly say "Here's slice, we want you to still associate it with the old brand, but in a very, very different way." ? M Tillman:                     That's the trick. That is the difficult part. You have the old attributes and what people remember of Slice, but I think it's very important that regardless of the brand, the product has to be right, and the data has to support the product launch. Taking Slice and reinventing it primarily for a new consumer, and also for consumers that had previously been dedicated to the beverage, that is a tricky thing to do. To reinvent. But it's not different than buying a house from the turn of the century and keeping the exterior, but modernizing the interior. And people would rather live in a house that was built in the late 1800s, because of the beauty and the way it was built, but inside, and for the family that's living in that house, you want the modern accessories and conveniences that come with the house that was built in 2018, or 2019. And so, that's really what I try to do with a brand, is play off the heritage, but more importantly reinvent it ina way that it appeals to not only the old consumer that is not longer drinking those sugary beverages, but also appeal to the new demographic, the millennials etc, that don't want a lot of sugar in their drinks. So, you have to look at the data. The data has to support the re-launch, but without question, you have to reinvent, and I'm thinking this is going to be a successful re-launch, but sometimes they're not. And for varied reasons why you ask the question. My guess is the date is there to support a successful launch, the retailers are there to support the launch, and hopefull,y the consumers will be there to drink the new slice. F Geyrhalter:                  Right. Absolutely, and last but not least the design is so important with consumer packaged goods. How involved were you with the design agency with the process of form the font choice to how much of the boldness of the old slice to we bring into the new, and how should the shelf appeal be? Did you work very directly? Were you very hands-on involved with it in meetings and in strategy, or did you let them run their thing? M Tillman:                     We were very involved as a team. We have a group that comes from a pretty deep routed experience within retail, a group called revolution brands that's doing a lot of the RND as well as the packaging work etc. But we not only sued our internal team. We did focus groups, and we also used the retailers to help us with whether or not the packaging actually appealed to their consumers. And so, we really drew upon the entire community within slice, including our initial launch partners at grocery to determine what we thought was the right packaging, and we did a lot of consumer research, and we looked at also what the competitors were doing, and frankly that took a very, very long time. Most people don't realize that there's a shortage of cans out there, aluminum cans out there, so - F Geyrhalter:                  Oh, really? M Tillman:                     Yeah, because the big companies are utilizing all of the capacity. So you have to pivot when you see there's a shortage of slim cans, you move to a more conventional can, but the packaging itself was a collaborative effort, and I was very much involved, and so were all my partners. F Geyrhalter:                  Interesting. When you go through that entire process, and it sounds like it was quite a prices. There was so many data points, so many opinions that you sought from different partners, retail etc, how much of the old brand was still intact, or how much of the old brand were you even allowed to utilize? I know there was litigation, I know you got the name. In the end, is there anything left besides the name? M Tillman:                     There's a nod and a wink to the heritage and the brand with the slice from the fruit that's still on the packaging, so there's a tribute there, but it's not ... Obviously, it couldn't be identical to what the old slice looked like. But the name itself is a great name on its own, regardless of the heritage of the brand, and it denotes exactly what we're trying to convey with the new beverage, and we've protected it vigorously since we have been able to obtain the trademarks. There have been a number of companies that have tried to file trademarks to use the slice name in various variations within beverage, and the great thing about having a fantastic trademark litigator as one of your partners is that he's very good at what he does in protecting the trademark and also, he was very important obviously in obtaining it in the first place. F Geyrhalter:                  You've got the right partner there. M Tillman:                     Yeah. F Geyrhalter:                  Let's talk about this often mistaken, and yet so important to you word that is branding. What does branding mean to you? It obviously means a huge deal to you, but how would you describe branding? I know it's a very difficult question, but how would, you describe branding? What does it mean to you? M Tillman:                     You know, it's a great question, and if you were to ask me when I was solely doing the relaunching of iconic brands, I may have had a different answer. And that answer was probably more about restoring, revitalize, those types of adjectives to describe what branding was. Today, and working with these early-stage companies that we invest in, but primarily in health and wellness, but primarily in food and beverage, I often think about community, and neighborhood. There was an old ... The old speaker of the house in the 80s was a guy named Tim O'Neal from my neck of the woods, originally I'm from Boston. And he became famous because he had the quote, all politics is local. And I believe branding and building a brand is the same thing. You first want to own your community, in your neighborhood. And then, word of mouth spreads when you have a great product. It's so important to build from a foundation, or a community that's ... we have a brand that we invested in called base culture, and the founders, a young woman, incredible entrepreneur named Gordon, and she was a cross fitter, and that cross fitter community started to really engage with her brand of gluten free paleo products. And that community is the one that goes to Walmart, and goes to whole foods, and goes to Publics, and goes to the HEB, goes to all these retailers to find her product. And it creates a movement. So to me, branding is about community, about creating a movement. And once you can do that and you have the foundation, you can become a great big brand. But you need that foundation first F Geyrhalter:                  Right. Absolutely. I think that's a very fresh take on it. Here's a quick personal story: So, my dad is a violinist, and in his prime time, he worked on some of the biggest stages in the world, right? Carnegie Hall, Musik Verein, and all of those. And one day, when he came back from a tour in Japan, he brought home this tiny but mighty super high-end tape recorder by a company called AIWA. And it was a marvel of technology and quality. It was so tiny, that he used it to secretly record all of his solo concerts on stage, because he could just sneak it in there, that no one saw it, and then at home, us kids were just not allowed to ever go near it because it was so expensive, and no one could ever touch it. And you actually owned Iowa and one point, and to me, that is just truly amazing. How did that come about? I know that is not the main topic today, but I just want to quickly ask you, how did that deal come about? M Tillman:                     Yeah. It actually goes into the bigger question of how you relaunch a dormant brand and it really is about surrounding yourself by talented people, even if it's a relationship with the grocer, with the distributor, or with the teams. It's about not only investment capital, but human capital. And AIWA, I was able to get the trademark rights here in the United States first, and then I found a very entrepreneurial group that had an incredible background in consumer electronics. The company was called Hail electronics, and the entrepreneur was a guy named Joe Borne who was a fantastic inventor and engineer. He actually invented something called the skip doctor which fixed scratches in CDs and he had a great small company, but he didn't have a brand, and he was always inventing new audio products, and I remember going to have a cup of coffee with Joe and saying "Joe, why don't we team up? Why don't you rename the company AIWA USA, and your reception at retail and on Amazon etc, direct to consumer, is gonna be very, very different by having a brand with great high-end consumer electronics and consumer audio." And that's really where Iowa began. IM still a significant shareholder int eh company. I'm still a board member, and I'm still a big advocate, so the company grew from ... Was relaunched and grew from zero to a multimillion dollar company in a very short period of time. But for me, I like to marry these early-stage companies with brands. And in particular, brands that were once loved and successful, and then taking new innovations and bringing that to the brand is so vital to make it successful. And that's where my innovation comes from. It generally comes from other people that just don't have the brand to go with great product. F Geyrhalter:                  It's really Brand Upcycling, you're doing here. Right? M Tillman:                     You're right. F Geyrhalter:                  But how did that fascination start? Was there a certain moment, or was it just organic that you had one opportunity and you thought about it, and you tried it out and it just kept growing into a real habit? M Tillman:                     You know, for me, I love history. At one point in my career early on, I taught history, and for me, seeing these brands go to the waste side because these big companies would consolidate and it wasn't the band's fault that they were discontinued. It was generally through acquisition, and Brim Coffee for example, when general food sold to Kraft, all the sudden, Kraft had sunk an end to Brim. And so, they had to pick, and they discontinued Brim. And so when I relaunched Brim, it's a line of not coffee. There's still some coffee, but it's primarily a line of appliances but their appliances, if you go to Brim dot com, it's not just any old coffee maker, it's coffee pour overs and cold brew machines, and grinders. It's artisanal, and there're things that the new consumers are looking for right? With an old brand on it. But for me, it is about the preservation of history, and I couldn't understand why these great brands from my childhood would go away. And then I started looking at ways to revitalize them as I was looking at launching new products and new brands. Why not take an old brand and reinvent it for a new consumer, and giving a nod to the heritage of the brand? In some cases, it's very, very difficult. I own Collico and Collico vision, which was an old gaming brand. An extremely difficult category to create content, because it's extremely expensive to create games and ones that actually appeal to my kids for example. Look at the old Collico catalog, they're like ... They play it for li two seconds. They're like eh. I'm bored. But, that's one where it was probably a better option for me just to license it, and it does very well, but it's a flashback that sold throughout retail and online, and I get a royalty. It's a licensing deal. But it was just too difficult for me to reinvent it in a way because of the category, because the competition, because the amount of investment to make new games, it just didn't make as much sense as taking in Iowa and reinventing it, or taking a slice, or taking a brim, or taking any of the other brands that are currently in or portfolio. So, at times I basically say okay. I can't do it. F Geyrhalter:                  Yeah. And it's so much a timing thing too. It's a scythe guys thing. I went to a bar the other day, and everyone played Nintendo games on big screens and I'm like what just happened? So I think a lot of it has to do with that. But okay. So, lets put your investor head on. Question about the startups that you invest in. When do you advise your better for you consumer products startups to invest in branding? And obviously, for them, the packaging is super important, but where does it start with you for branding as an investor? Where do you see look guys and gals, we gotta push more into this direction, really think about brand strategy or really think about positioning a really ... What are some of these key advise pieces that you give brands? Well, startups. M Tillman:                     Well, it has to be early on it, and branding has to be authentic. We like brands where founders are very much value-oriented, and values from their own ethos as individual entrepreneurs, but we like brands that have a mission for example. I'll give you a quick story just to illustrate that and a challenge that the brand has. So, once of the brands that we invested in is called Patcha soap. And Patcha soap is a handmade soap. Its made in their own facility in Hastings Nebraska. Wonderful, wonderful people Abby and Andrew who are now married, but at the time they were just the two entrepreneurs, and they ended up getting married, and the mission-based company, they give back millions of dollars to where they source their essential oils and so forth in Africa, and they teach people, indigenous people in Burgundy in particular, how to make soap and how to start businesses around soap, so it's a little different than a tom's shoes. Where instead of just giving away soap, they're actually teaching them how to create new businesses around soap, and they also dig water wells and so forth. So they have incredible passion about the mission. But, you probably have never heard of Patcha soap, but I guarantee you've seen it before. If you have ever been in a Whole Foods, and you see that beautiful colorful- F Geyrhalter:                  I think I've seen it. M Tillman:                     Yeah. That's Patcha soap. So they have a great product with incredible distribution, but people don't know their brand, and people don't know their mission. And once people understand their mission and know what the brand is due to that mission and through a branding process, I think they're going to be even more successful than they already are. And the company's growing like crazy, but they need branding. They need to really build their brand because these companies, when they sell, it's really ... and they generally sell to the big companies, the big CPG companies. It's all about brand building. And because the Krafts, The General Mills of the world know that they can take a hundred million dollar brand and turn it into a billion dollar brand cause they have the trucks and the distribution necessary to take it from a hundred to a billion. But they have to see their brand being built in the proper way. So my suggestion to the Patcha soap folks is to really find the right agency, find a way to build that community that I talked about earlier, and to not only be a product company, but they need to become a household name. They need to go into points of distribution which are much more about band building. They have very little presence online for example. They don't sell a lot on Amazon. So, one of the key initiatives today is to build an Amazon site, and be able to go direct to consumer. Cause they also need to know who their consumer is. F Geyrhalter:                  Right. M Tillman:                     And they need that type of feedback. And so, yeah. Great challenge for the company. I love the investment. I love the mission. I love the people, but they truly need to figure out how to build the brand. F Geyrhalter:                  Well, the great news is now everyone knows where there is a great brand consultancy and I'm happy to talk to them. M Tillman:                     Yes. I would absolutely love you to do that. F Geyrhalter:                  This is interesting because it all comes back to ... For you, with that particular, it really came back to the founders and their passion to actually really move the needle and do something that's bigger than just the product. I mean, really touching people in many ways. Where it's not the Toms model like you said, but it educates and it goes down to the ground level of let's help people became more self-sufficient. And grow. What are the top criteria when you pick a start-up to invest in? Obviously, it's the team, it's the passion. In his case it's not so much the product, it's potentially more market fit. What are one or two of the key things that you look for? M Tillman:                     The data has to support that there's white space there. There's lots of me too brands out there. It has to be disruptive, it has to be innovative, and it has to fill a void. And yes, it's always about the entrepreneur and the founder, and making sure they have the right values, and they have to ... You're just going to assume that they're gonna work their tail off, but most of these early-stage brands fail. So, a lot of these founders and the reason I created spiral sun was really to help give them the network of brand agencies, distributors, retailers, things that maybe they couldn't pick up the phone and call the right distributor and call the right grocery store. They just really needed those connections and that network in order to really see business. So, we're a little different in the fact that I am an entrepreneur. I'm also an energy director of a fund. It helps because I can understand their plight. Right? And for me, it's so gratifying to be able to help them, and also about six, seven years ago, I personally got sick, and I started looking at our food system being a bit broken, and I became very passionate about making a legacy, and not only investing in dormant brand, but investing in better for you food. And so, for me, it became a passion so help these entrepreneurs succeed. And so, for my own ethos, I definitely wanted to combine my love for taking these dormant brands and relaunching them, but also for making them better for you from a food and beverage standpoint. F Geyrhalter:                  Right. I relate to that quite a lot. Really appreciate it Mark. Listen, I know where the first one hundred people listening can get their hands on some Slice if they want to leave some feedback, but where can others find slice? What kind of market will it be in, in a couple of weeks from now, and how can they learn more about spiral sun ventures? Where do you want them to go to get in touch with you? M Tillman:                     I'm big on answering emails personally. It's very easy to find me. If you don't want to use linked in, they certainly can email me, and they can request through you or whatever the case may be. We'll figure that out, but I have no problems answering emails and making sure people know how to get to slice. But slice will be available regionally, the northeast, the Midwest. Really a national footprint, but in the first year, it's going to be at retailers like Wegmans, and High V and Publics etc throughout the country. So we'll have to figure out in the first year where people are so they can get it, but we'll also have it in converse sight. So you can get it through Amazon, we'll be able to deliver anywhere. F Geyrhalter:                  Anywhere but India right? M Tillman:                     Can't do India. F Geyrhalter:                  And that will be a second podcast episode where we will talk about that. M Tillman:                     You know, the mango flavored slice there is extremely popular. We will probably have a mango flavor at some point. F Geyrhalter:                  There's no surprise there when it comes to flavors in countries. Thank you, Mark, from the bottom of my heart for taking the time during your busy schedule, especially now when you're in this pre-launch phase, and for sharing your thoughts, your stories, your advice without listeners. It's really, really appreciated. M Tillman:                     Oh, I appreciate it. I enjoy this, and I look forward to doing it again sometime. And I'll put you in touch with the CEO Patcha. F Geyrhalter:                  Thank you. I appreciate it. And thanks to everyone for listening, and yes I have to say it again. Please hit that subscribe button and give the show a quick rating. It's a brand new show. It needs all the TLC it can get, and this podcast is brought to you by FINIEN a brand consultancy creating strategic, verbal, and visual brand clarity. You can learn more about FINIEN and download free white papers to support your own brand launch or rebranding efforts at finien.com. The hitting the mark theme music was written and produced by Happiness Won. I will see you next time when we once again, will be hitting the mark.

Our guest in Hour 1 is Vester Koza ahead of his debut album 'Loader Mither' coming out on Houndstooth in November. In 2013 he released a string of self-released EP's which gained widespread critical acclaim and in 2016 Koza signed to fabric's Houndstooth Label, beginning with the OTR EP. Unlike his previous EPs where he first found his voice, 'Loader Mither' was conceived of and completed as a single project, and its coherence adds to its emotional kick. His mix includes tracks from Autechre, Chynna, Luna-C, Drexciya, The Human League and Bochum Welt. In Hour 2 it's Imrie Kiss who has been spearheading the renaissance of electronic music in Hungary since his acclaimed debut album Midnight Wave back in 2013. The last few years have been particularly fruitful for the Lobster Theremin affiliate: opening the country’s first Boiler Room; launching Crisis Sound System with Aiwa and S. Olbricht; holding a residency at Budapest’s infamous LÄRM; releasing a string of remixes and releases for various imprints; and taking his unique sound to world-renowned clubs such as Panorama Bar, Culture Box and Corsica Studios. He told us; “Recorded on a rainy day in my apartment in Budapest, this is a slow-burning mix, a journey through trippy breakbeat and electro with hints of italo. Best enjoyed on a hazy night with a few glasses of wine.”  

References and allusions include, but are not limited to: Eddie Vedder,  cruel wizards, Ten, Fargo, AIWA stereo equipment, Candlebox, Dishwala, Better Than Ezra, The Refreshments, Eels, Bush, Goo Goo Dolls, "Heyfoxymophandlemama, That's Me", Pearl Jam, "Last Exit", The Virgin Mary, Green Day, Tupac Shakur, Yield, "Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'em" by MC Hammer, "Stay Sick!" by The Cramps, "The Earth, A Small Man, His Dog and a Chicken" by REO Speedwagon, Sammy Davis Jr., Jim Henson, Boris Yeltsin, Home Alone, MTV, VH1, Soft Rock, John Mellencamp, Gloria Estefan, Sade, "Pump" by Aerosmith, Bryan Adams, Longfellow Elementary School, "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana, "When She Cries" by Restless Heart, "Lightning Crashes" by Live, Soundgarden, Alice In Chains, Metallica, Guns 'n Roses, The Melvins, Hit Parader, Circus, Scott Weiland, Don Dokken, Blackie Lawless, Rolling Stone, Spin, Grunge, Tad, Fig Dish, Vitalogy, Bono, Johnny Depp, Sean Penn, Sharpie, Saturday Night Live, Alanis Morrissette, Dr. Zhivago, Potato Days, Bob Dylan, Arthur Rimbaud, Kermit the Frog, Roy Orbison, Neil Young, Dead Boys, Split Enz, Van Halen, The Ramones, Otis Redding, The Byrds, The Beatles, The Who, Daniel Johnston, Arthur Alexander, Tom Petty, Lucinda Williams, Green River, Mother Love Bone, Brad, Hovercraft, Bob Marley, No Code, Mike Watt, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, "Ishmael" by Daniel Quinn, Ben Harper, Frank Black, The Pixies, Binaural, Belle and Sebastian, Riot Act, Fleetwood Mac, The Harlem Globetrotters, No Doubt, WWF Wrestling, The Shrine Circus, Weezer, Bright Eyes, Charles Bukowski, Russel Crow, the Chicago Cubs, The Wizard of Oz, Stone Gossard, Mike McCready, Jeff Ament, Matt Cameron, The Fargodome, and crossing the road like butterflies.

This week finds me interviewing AIWA USA Chairman Joe Born, a brilliant business leader, inventor and creative mind who I also happened to graduate high school with. In this episode, sponsored by Boost Mobile, we shared a Taco Tuesday at El Carrito (6019 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60659) and talked about: "We've known each other for literal decades." Joe's 90s invention, "The Skip Doctor." The notion of entrepreneurship, from raising capital to commitment: This shit is hard. The Foremost Liquors next to El Carrito and its involvement in our high school years. My go-to? Old City Grocery on Devon Avenue. Joe's memory of me in high school? Accidentally punching me in the chin. My memory of Joe in high school? A brooding, earnest intensity. Why I missed the most recent gathering of old high school friends. "Life as an entrepreneur is just not routine." Working in an office is accurately portrayed by "Dilbert." How did Joe come to take over AIWA? (When we were kids, the Born family didn't run AIWA.) Best Rush album? I steer Joe to his answer. The magnificent AIWA Exos-9, and the importance of creating a real home stereo experience with a Bluetooth speaker. Does AIWA have a birthday club? Why does Spoon sound like Billy Joel? Joe shares an AIWA product on the podcast, and a way to get in early on AIWA product development. I make Joe repeat the high school punching story. AIWA Labs: It's not just dogs.  

Dina favoritshonnar fyller myndig i antal poddavsnitt och i detta, vårt 18:e avsnitt så bryter Hasan ner den kanadensiske rapparen Bellys nya mixtape "Mumble Rap". Vi lyssnar också på musik från Ty Dolla $ign och Ski Mask The Slump God.  Robert avlägger en rapport från Futures spelning i Stockholm, och Shonnarna spekulerar i om amerikansk rap från tidigt 10-tal inte bara skippade en generation.  Ca 17 avsnitt för sent introducerar vi äntligen spellistor med musik som vi pratar om och som angränsar till det vi pratar om i avsnittet. Du hittar länkar genom vår Facebook-grupp och Instagram. Enjoy! https://open.spotify.com/user/shonnarvet/playlist/74hoofmR5JHADDu4CDdkVU

Our guest this week is Brad Pickel, Executive Director of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Association. Brad will be filling us on on the Association's Annual Meeting, recently held in Charleston, SC, as well as updating us on issues surrounding the Waterway.

Our guest host this week is Brad Pickel, Executive Director of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Association.  Brad will talk about this status of this  waterway which is intregal to America's Great Loop.

Our Guest Host this week will be Brad Pickel of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Association. He will give us a recap of the Conference held in Charleston, SC, Nov. 13-14, and tell us where they will go from here.