Vinny Marini  /  On Air Personality

At the age of 16, after realizing I had ZERO musical talent, a friend and I began using his CB radio to broadcast music and do our own “radio show” – my love of sharing music was born. On day 2 at college at R.I.T., I walked into the radio station on campus, WITR, and began doing a show the very next day.  Over the next four years I did shows late in the evening and early in the morning.  With a music library of over 50,000 albums, and no playlist, I was able to explore and grow my knowledge of music.  I also spent two years as Program Director, during the time we went from a ‘carrier current’ station to an FM station.  My last show on WITR was the day before I left the campus having graduated. I also did do some fill-in shows at the local FM station in Rochester and after graduation, continued my love of radio with a show on The Kaleidoscope Network (they supplied pre-recorded shows to radio stations who did not want to hire overnight staff). In my 30’s, I worked as a wedding DJ/Entertainer, which allowed me to stay in music, though playing songs that were not on my playlist at home.
Music On The Couch grew out of an online group back in 2005. Eventually, my love of music entered the scene, and I began to write reviews of current albums and conduct written interviews with musicians.
In 2010, Music On The Couch was born on Blogtalk Radio.  Since then, I have been honored to speak to hundreds, if not thousands of musicians and those in the business about their lives and careers.
From 2012 until 2021, Music On The Couch webcasted LIVE during International Blues Challenge Week.  For that week I interview the Challengers in town competing, music industry executives, other musicians who come in for the networking and fun and even fans.