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TOBY AND THE WHOLE TRUTH PODCAST
My name is Toby Jepson and I have spent over 30 years working as a musician at an international level.
I’ve written and produced hit records, toured the world umpteen times, hung out with and befriended outrageously successful people, recorded at some of the world’s most amazing studios, stayed in some of the world best hotels and dined at the finest restaurants, as well as survived on one kebab a week whilst making the back of a transit van in the winter my home. I’ve made a life in the hardest game there is and for what reward?
Often very little.
Who are we? The rock stars? What does that even mean?
I’ve long thought that the music business, with all its perceived glory, debauchery, wealth, privilege, stardom fame etc etc, has been badly misrepresented; the reality is so very different, so much harder and demanding than you could ever know at the beginning of the dream.
Why is this? Yes, It’s certainly the media at large that are to blame for the perception as they love to ramp up the bad behaviour of ‘rock stars’ and attach drama to every aspect of their lives; it’s good column inches and sells newspapers - we know this - but it’s SO much more than that. It takes a certain character, a certain focus, a dogged determination and a willingness to never quit to really succeed - often at the expense of personal relationships and your own mental health.
So, who are we? These so called ‘rock stars’? And who are the people that surround us? The managers, agents, merchandisers, road managers, record label bosses and music producers? What’s their story? How does all this fit together?
My question is: What do the musicians and the key workers themselves think of themselves? and what does the successful working musician really feel about his or her music and the journey they have experienced to get there? What’s the motivation behind the glittery curtain and how, in the face of overwhelming odds, do you keep going?
In my new series of podcasts - TOBY AND THE WHOLE TRUTH - I seek to uncover the reality of what it means to live and work as a successful person in the real music business. I’ve interviewed characters from every sector of this crazy yet obsessively addictive world to try uncover what it really takes to reach beyond the dream, step out of the garage and bedroom to escape the ‘normal’ world and become a success against the odds in the most competitive business there is.
Successes, failures, mental health battles, dreams verses reality, relationship struggles, excess, boredom and the mediocrity of a world hidden from view are all tackled in this compelling series of conversations between two working music business professionals.
Think you know the truth about a life existing in the world of ‘rock no roll’?
Think again.
Learn more: https://www.tobyjepsonofficial.com
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Planet Rock show #156 blog
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Feb 24, 2023 |
Planet Rock show #155 blog
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Feb 17, 2023 |
Planet Rock show #154 blog
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Feb 12, 2023 |
Planet Rock show #153 blog
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Feb 12, 2023 |
Planet Rock show #152 blog
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Feb 12, 2023 |
Planet Rock show #151 blog
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Feb 12, 2023 |
Planet Rock show #150 blog
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Feb 12, 2023 |
Planet Rock show #149 blog
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Jan 06, 2023 |
Planet Rock show #148 blog
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Dec 30, 2022 |
Planet Rock show #147 blog
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Dec 23, 2022 |
Planet Rock show #146 blog
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Dec 16, 2022 |
Planet Rock show #145 blog
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Dec 09, 2022 |
Planet Rock show #144 blog
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Dec 02, 2022 |
Planet Rock show #143 blog
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Nov 25, 2022 |
Planet Rock show #142 blog
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Nov 18, 2022 |
Planet Rock show #141 blog
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Nov 11, 2022 |
Planet Rock show #140 blog
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Nov 04, 2022 |
Planet Rock show #139 blog
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Oct 28, 2022 |
Planet Rock show #138 blog
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Oct 21, 2022 |
Planet Rock show #136 blog
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Oct 07, 2022 |
Planet Rock show #135 blog
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Sep 30, 2022 |
State Of You
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Sep 25, 2022 |
Planet Rock show #134 blog
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Sep 23, 2022 |
Planet Rock show #133 blog
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Sep 16, 2022 |
Planet Rock show #132 blog
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Sep 12, 2022 |
Planet Rock show #131 blog
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Sep 02, 2022 |
Planet Rock show #130 blog
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Aug 26, 2022 |
Planet Rock show #129 blog
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Aug 19, 2022 |
Planet Rock show #128 blog
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Aug 12, 2022 |
Planet Rock show #127 blog
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Aug 05, 2022 |
Planet Rock show #126 blog
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Jul 29, 2022 |
Planet Rock show #125 blog
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Jul 22, 2022 |
Planet Rock show #124 blog
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Jul 15, 2022 |
Planet Rock show #123 blog
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Jul 07, 2022 |
Planet Rock show #122 blog
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Jul 01, 2022 |
Planet Rock show #121 blog
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Jun 24, 2022 |
Planet Rock show #120 blog
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Jun 17, 2022 |
Planet Rock show #119 blog
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Jun 10, 2022 |
Planet Rock show #118 blog
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Jun 03, 2022 |
Planet Rock show #117 blog
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May 27, 2022 |
Planet Rock show #116 blog
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May 20, 2022 |
Planet Rock show #115 blog
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May 13, 2022 |
Planet Rock show #114 blog
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May 06, 2022 |
Planet Rock show #113 blog
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Apr 29, 2022 |
Planet Rock show #112 blog
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Apr 22, 2022 |
Planet Rock show #111 blog
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Apr 15, 2022 |
Planet Rock show #110 blog
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Apr 08, 2022 |
Planet Rock show #109 blog
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Apr 01, 2022 |
Planet Rock show #108 blog
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Mar 27, 2022 |
Planet Rock show #107 blog
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Mar 20, 2022 |
Planet Rock show #106 blog
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Mar 07, 2022 |
Planet Rock show #105 blog
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Feb 28, 2022 |
Planet Rock show #104 blog
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Feb 21, 2022 |
Planet Rock show #103 blog
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Feb 19, 2022 |
Planet Rock show #102 blog
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Feb 10, 2022 |
Andy Hillier & Phil Oldcorn - Toby and the Whole Truth
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Apr 23, 2021 |
Mike Fraser - Toby and the Whole Truth
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Apr 16, 2021 |
Adam Parsons - Toby and the Whole Truth
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Aug 29, 2020 |
Steve Strange - Toby and the Whole Truth
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Jul 11, 2020 |
Andy Copping - Toby and the Whole Truth
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Jun 06, 2020 |
Wyatt Wendels - Toby and the Whole Truth
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May 23, 2020 |
Biff Byford - Toby and the Whole Truth
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May 02, 2020 |
Ricky Warwick - Toby and the Whole Truth
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Apr 18, 2020 |