PENNY ROSEN – Social Networking

Posted on June 15, 2010 by Bill Murphy

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SOCIAL NETWORKING – A friend of mine for many years, Penny is a facebook junkie and in her own hospitable way has become a regular server of fine tasting music to her legion of friends in the social networking playground. Penny’s been very close to music professionally and personally for her entire life and in this chat she shares some great music memories and opens our eyes to new things like the ukelele based band Ooks of Hazard! She talks to me from her empty condo as she gets ready to make a return to Tinsel Town. We wish her the best with the move but know she’ll always be a click away. Add her as a facebook friend if you like music!

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GODFREY TOWNSEND – Music Friday

Posted on June 11, 2010 by Bill Murphy

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MUSIC/GUITAR – On this edition of Music Friday Godfrey Townsend talks about playing live and in the studio for Rock ‘n Roll legends like Todd Rundgren, Alan Parsons, Jack Bruce and John Entwistle. He remembers his first guitar and scrounging up the dough to buy tickets for Led Zeppelin at Madison Square Garden. He tells us about making his instrumental guitar album “Easy Journey To Other Planets” and we listen to part of one of the tracks. Godfrey is on the road this Summer with the Happy Together and Hippiefest tours!
Find out more at
Godfrey’s website

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GEORGE RICHARDS – Sports/Journalism

Posted on June 10, 2010 by Bill Murphy

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SPORTS/JOURNALISM – South Florida native and NHL hockey beat writer for the Miami Herald George Richards calls in to chat about everything from baggin’ groceries to traveling across the country to cover sports for a living. We get into baseball, the hockey playoffs, the Panthers’ amazing 1995-96 season, and the newspaper’s transition into the digital age.Of course no conversation with George would be complete without a mention of the “U”, so we go there too! Follow George’s “On Frozen Pond” at miamiherald.com, facebook and Twitterwitter.

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JEANETTE SHOREY – Education/Music

Posted on June 9, 2010 by Bill Murphy

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EDUCATION/MUSIC – Jeanette teaches music at Welleby Elementary School in Sunrise, FL. Being an accomplished singer and musician, she has incorporated music into her school lessons and is seeing great results! We discuss the magic learning properties of music as well as the current state of education and how it has evolved. She’s also had hands-on experience in television production so we talk about the thrill of learning how to operate pieces of high-tech gear, always a favorite subject of mine. Be on the lookout for an exciting new kids’ music learning project from “Ms. Shorey” in the not-too-distant future!

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BRIAN GOLDMAN – Fitness/Exercise

Posted on June 8, 2010 by Bill Murphy

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FITNESS/EXERCISE – In just a little less than two years Brian has completed certification for fitness training and has become a skilled and meticulous Personal Trainer. I know this from personal experience because last year Brian  took me on as his first official client and got me motivated to get back into “game shape”! After a stint at 24Hr Fitness in Plantation, FL, he’s moved to the Pittsburgh area where he’s training at Gold’s Gym. In this interview, Brian checks up on my progress without him and schools us in the important aspects of getting fit and staying healthy. You just might head to the gym after hearing this.

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JOHN FORD – Radio/Computers

Posted on June 7, 2010 by Bill Murphy

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RADIO/COMPUTERS – Apple computer mad scientist John Ford joins us from Austin, TX to bring back some golden radio memories from WSHE, WZTA, WIOD and KDGE. In his classic cynical style he tells us how dumb facebook is, what happened to the radio and why he’ll never return to Florida. Ford goes on to suggest that iPhone and iPad technology will pave the way for future computer generations.
You’ll also get to hear a sample of some of John’s anecdotal music that we swiped from his blog domain johnford.net. You won’t find him on facebook but you’ll find him here.
Thanks John for takin’ the time!

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JAMES PAUL WISNER – Music Friday

Posted on June 4, 2010 by Bill Murphy

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MUSIC PRODUCTION – In our first edition of “Music Friday”, we call St. Cloud, FL to catch up with old friend James Wisner. He shares some of the techniques that went into his award winning music projects, remembers early home recordings with Figment, explains the importance of using your middle name and discusses the differences between Cubase and ProTools. We take a listen to some of his work with Dashboard Confessional and Destine. One of Indie Rock’s biggest producers gets our weekly Music Fridays series started in style!

Thanks James!

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MATT WEST – Multimedia/Technology

Posted on June 3, 2010 by Bill Murphy

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MULTIMEDIA/TECHNOLOGY – Matt West checks in from LA to rap about computers, editing, internet protocols, social networking, working in the radio business, editing software…you know, very geeky nerd talk.

Matt blogs about technology and pop culture at rawkreative.com. He had that website before it was even possible to connect to AOL via dial-up reliably!Join us for an interesting perspective on how far multimedia has progressed in 15 years.

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KEVIN BROWN – Printing/Sports

Posted on June 2, 2010 by Bill Murphy

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PRINTING/SPORTS If you don’t already know Kevin Brown, you will now! And get used to it because he will be a regular on the show as a guest and a co-host! Enjoy a casual 30 minute chat with my buddy as we touch upon the ideas behind the Bill Murphy Show, chance meetings in sports bars, the printing business, centerfolds we’ve known, horse racing and more!
Thanks to Kevin for being among the first guinea pigs in my experiment.

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SONNY FOX – Radio/Music

Posted on June 1, 2010 by Bill Murphy

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RADIO/MUSIC Sonny Fox remembers radio days in Grand Rapids, LA, Philly, Dallas and Miami. He discusses playing albums and taking apart tape decks while evolving with technology in his latest remote, ‘do-it-from-home’ gig as host of Sirius/XM’s “Funny In The Morning”.
We apparently had much to catch up on so this one ran a bit longer than planned.
In this debut edition of The Bill Murphy Show we try to turn the microphones around and interview The Interviewer!

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