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| Making money as a local venue in 2024: Dhruv Chopra, founder of Brooklyn venue Elsewhere, talks memberships, building community, and how Gen Z gig-goers want more than cheap beer | 30 Aug 2024 | 00:42:01 | |
Ep. 159: Dhruv Chopra, co-founder/CEO of Brooklyn venue Elsewhere, joins Joe Sparrow to talk about finding new ways of running local independent venues. Dhruv and Elsewhere are reaching around to find a new business model in a new gig-going world. Today, music is consumed, created, performed, played, discovered, experienced and valued differently – and yet, the basics of live music are the same: a group of people in a room while some music happens. So Elsewhere is trying something that is both the same, and yet different – by exploring what a local live music venue can be in 2024, and how it can make money. The model that they have landed on involves a subscription membership, a digital Discord community, and a real-life “cultural epicentre”. It’s perhaps all the things that local venues have always been, but with more explicitly-defined models and platforms. Dhruv also talks about the state of the small venue ecosystem in a post-pandemic era, when young consumers are demanding more from their live experiences than cheap beer, and $150 stadium show tickets are monopolising the budget of gig-goers. Elsewhere: https://www.elsewhere.club Dhruv's music pick: Herbie Hancock, Michael Brecker & Roy Hargrove - Directions In Music - Live At Massey Hall https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8nB_kzUf2w ------ 👋 The Knowledge, Music Ally’s free weekly newsletter: musically.lnk.to/knowledgepo 👉 FREE Amazon Music for Artists courses & certification: https://learn.musically.com/courses/amazon-music-for-artists/ 🎉 You may be eligible for a FREE Music Ally subscription, worth over £400/year, via our corporate and sponsored subscriptions. If you work for a DSP, a major label, an indie label, or if you’re an artist manager, an employee of a CMO or a publisher, check here to see if you’re eligible: musically.com/subscription-options Ⓜ️ Subscribe to Music Ally's industry-leading analysis, reporting and news: musically.com/subscribe Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/musicallybiz Twitter: https://twitter.com/musically Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/musicallyfb | |||
| Dirty Hit's Jamie Oborne on managing The 1975, trusting your artists' instincts, and how the power of cringe helps to choose what not to do | 07 Aug 2024 | 00:40:38 | |
Ep. 158: When Jamie Oborne's career as a musician ended, he decided that the second best thing was to be an artist manager. He also decided that he'd stay independent, write contracts different to the one's he'd signed, and work closely with his artists. Twenty years on, Oborne's approach seems to have worked well enough: he runs management company All On Red and indie label Dirty Hit; both of which have a host of globally successful acts, most notably The 1975. Jamie joined Music Ally's editor Joe Sparrow to discuss his career and his thoughts of the future of management: how the role will change and the shifting responsibilities of a manager in an era where you can do it all in-house. They also talked about how artists – from DIY to arena-level – are aiming to create a D2C business model; how managers should trust their artists' decisions and work with them to nurture their instincts yourself; and what advice he'd have given himself when he was starting out in management. Jamie also shared some of his favourite current artists that he's working with: Saya Gray: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4EnymklUyqZwvmHQGlRssl Bleachers: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2eam0iDomRHGBypaDQLwWI beabadoobee: https://open.spotify.com/artist/35l9BRT7MXmM8bv2WDQiyB The 1975: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3mIj9lX2MWuHmhNCA7LSCW Jamie's music pick(s): Rolling Stones – Sticky Fingers: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kd9KDl7SAnHcZABxeLCU3JDz2oQmUEeZo The Smiths – Meat is Murder: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mz0YHCuq_IeMVDk67mtgUccsBqg-DOzvM The Stone Roses: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kmlwGGQH_U-X7qCB0Vn6H6VnNqp4swuGY ------ 👋 The Knowledge, Music Ally’s free weekly newsletter: musically.lnk.to/knowledgepo 👉 FREE Amazon Music for Artists courses & certification: https://learn.musically.com/courses/amazon-music-for-artists/ 🎉 You may be eligible for a FREE Music Ally subscription, worth £399/year, via our corporate and sponsored subscriptions. If you work for a DSP, a major label, an indie label, or if you’re an artist manager, an employee of a CMO or a publisher, check here to see if you’re eligible: musically.com/subscription-options Ⓜ️ Subscribe to Music Ally's industry-leading analysis, reporting and news: musically.com/subscribe Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/musicallybiz Twitter: https://twitter.com/musically Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/musicallyfb | |||
| Local, independent artists want to play gigs – but it's increasingly hard to make money or find a venue. Sofar Sounds CEO Jim Lucchese, talks about the economics of live music – and what should change | 05 Apr 2024 | 00:30:33 | |
Ep 149: Sofar Sounds CEO Jim Lucchese joins Music Ally editor Joe Sparrow to talk about the current economics of live music and its impact on local, independent artists. Live music is a hard business at the best of times, but for smaller and emerging artists, it can be brutally tough. A good number of artists now get their start playing Sofar Sounds shows, so we ask Jim to explain what artists and people working in the local live industry are experiencing, and what are the main economic and infrastructure pressures on them at the moment. Joe also asks Jim what the solutions might be – at a local grassroots level, but also the responsibilty of bigger players in the live space. Sofar Sounds: https://www.sofarsounds.com Most bananas peeled and eaten in one minute: https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/most-bananas-peeled-and-eaten-in-one-minute ------ 👋 The Knowledge, Music Ally’s free weekly newsletter: musically.lnk.to/knowledgepo 👉 FREE Amazon Music for Artists courses & certification: https://learn.musically.com/courses/amazon-music-for-artists/ 🎉 You may be eligible for a FREE Music Ally subscription, worth £399/year, via our corporate and sponsored subscriptions. If you work for a DSP, a major label, an indie label, or if you’re an artist manager, an employee of a CMO or a publisher, check here to see if you’re eligible: musically.com/subscription-options Ⓜ️ Subscribe to Music Ally's industry-leading analysis, reporting and news: musically.com/subscribe Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/musicallybiz Twitter: https://twitter.com/musically Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/musicallyfb | |||
| Music Ally Focus #59: Ed Sheeran's plagiarism court case shows how music copyright law could change for the better – with technology lawyer and musician Damien Riehl, and technologist Noah Rubin | 09 May 2022 | 00:42:32 | |
In this fascinating and entertaining episode, we're joined by two people who are asking complicated questions about the nature of music copyright: Damien Riehl, technologist, technology lawyer and musician, and coder and technologist Noah Rubin. You may have heard of them previously – together, Riehl and Rubin created software that composed every single possible melody – and then they released them into the public domain. We ask them about their work, and Damien gives his forthright opinions on the recent Ed Sheeran plagiarism court case, copyright trolls, whether the copyright law as it stands is fit for purpose, and what music copyright law should look like. All the Music: http://allthemusic.info Damien’s TED talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/damien_riehl_copyrighting_all_the_melodies_to_avoid_accidental_infringement Damien’s music choice: Phoebe Bridgers Noah's choice: Beardyman ------- 👋 The Knowledge, Music Ally’s free weekly newsletter: musically.lnk.to/knowledgepo Ⓜ️ Subscribe to Music Ally's industry-standard analysis, reporting and news: musically.com/subscribe Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/musicallybiz Twitter: https://twitter.com/musically Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/musicallyfb | |||
| Music Ally Focus #58: A rock star with a DAO – Kasabian's Ian Matthews and Sam Bates of Amplify talk about revolutionising payments to live performers with web3 tech | 03 May 2022 | 00:27:12 | |
Ian Matthews and Sam Bates to talk about how a Web3 business becomes a DAO and what happens when a smart linking service is added to the mix. You may know Ian's work as a member of the wildly successful UK band Kasabian – whose songs have been streamed billions of times – but he is also in the Web3 business, as co-founder of a community-owned, not for profit web3 organisation. We’re going to ask him what his soon-to-be-DAO does, what he hopes to achieve with it, and what excites him about this space – and he's joined by Sam Bates, the CMO of one of the companies that Ian's organisation has acquired: smart linking service Amplify. So how will web3 tech work in a world where artists are keen to own their direct fan relationships? Ian’s DAO: https://www.chapel.earth Amplify: https://amplify.link Ian's music pick: The Atomic Mr Basie Sam's music pick: Nas' Illmatic ------- 👋 The Knowledge, Music Ally’s free weekly newsletter: musically.lnk.to/knowledgepo Ⓜ️ Subscribe to Music Ally's industry-standard analysis, reporting and news: musically.com/subscribe Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/musicallybiz Twitter: https://twitter.com/musically Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/musicallyfb | |||
| Music Ally Focus #57: PRS for Music CEO Andrea Czapary Martin talks about their 2021 financial results, royalty payouts, music in the metaverse, and PRS for Music becoming "a billion-pound society". | 25 Apr 2022 | 00:21:00 | |
Andrea Czapary Martin, CEO of PRS for Music, which represents the rights of over 160,000 songwriters, composers, and music publishers in the UK and around the world. The last few years have seen income in the music industry fluctuate wildly due to the impact of coronavirus – and PRS for Music has just released its 2021 results, including how much money it has collected and has paid out to songwriters during that period of disruption. So we spoke to Andrea about those results, and also about the future of music being used in new technology spaces – like, you guessed it – the metaverse. One quick note about the Ukraine campaign that Andrea mentions – she’d like to make it clear that this is a CISAC initiative that PRS for Music supports – and you can read about – and support – it here: cisac.org/Newsroom/news-releases/cisac-solidarity-fund-ukraine PRS for Music: prsformusic.com ------- 👋 The Knowledge, Music Ally’s free weekly newsletter: musically.lnk.to/knowledgepo Ⓜ️ Subscribe to Music Ally's industry-standard analysis, reporting and news: musically.com/subscribe Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/musicallybiz Twitter: https://twitter.com/musically Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/musicallyfb | |||
| Music Ally Focus #56: how do you boost the number of Black people in senior roles in the music industry? The creators of the Diverse Representation Music Database explain their ambitions for change. | 20 Apr 2022 | 00:30:38 | |
Last year, the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative examined over 4,000 executives from 119 music companies and found that only 7.5% were Black. In this episode we’re joined by Jaia Thomas, founder and president of Diverse Representation, and Amity Paye, senior director of communications at Color Of Change, two organisations that recently announced the launch of the Diverse Representation Music Database, which connects music companies directly with Black talent across the USA. They’ll be talking about representation and equity in the music business, as well as the ambitions of the database, and the corporate accountability of the industry at large. Amity and Jaia also suggest how you can get started and be part of the change – even if you think you’re not powerful enough to make a difference. (Spoiler: you are!) Color of Change https://colorofchange.org The Diverse Representation Black Professionals Music Database https://www.diverserepresentationmusic.com The #ChangeMusic initiative https://changeindustries.org/changemusic ------- 👋 The Knowledge, Music Ally’s free weekly newsletter: musically.lnk.to/knowledgepo Ⓜ️ Subscribe to Music Ally's industry-standard analysis, reporting and news: musically.com/subscribe Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/musicallybiz Twitter: https://twitter.com/musically Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/musicallyfb | |||
| Music Ally Focus #55: developing a new generation of African music entrepreneurs – with Music Business Academy for Africa's Godwin Tom and Elizabeth Sobowale. | 13 Apr 2022 | 00:31:57 | |
We warmly welcome Godwin Tom and Elizabeth Sobowale to talk about developing the next generation of music industry executives in Africa. They oversee Music Business Academy (MBA) for Africa – a training program that aims to develop that next generation. Godwin is CEO of iManage Africa and Elizabeth is Programme Director of MBA for Africa, which has developed the program in partnership with Music Ally and Dr. Carlos Chirinos of the Music Business Department at the New York University. Runs between July and November 2022, the program will teach students about a range of music business trends and technologies, as well as giving them hands-on experience in releasing and promoting music to create sustainable careers for artists. We wanted to talk to Elizabeth and Godwin about the changes they have seen in the African markets, the kind of training and education needed to develop the people who work in the industries there, and their thoughts on the future of the African music industry – and the music itself. Music Business Academy for Africa: https://musicbusinessafrica.org Godwin Tom: https://www.instagram.com/godwintom Elizabeth Sobowale: https://www.instagram.com/elizabeth_sho CIIF Africa: https://www.instagram.com/ciif.africa ------- 👋 Music Ally’s free weekly newsletter, The Knowledge: musically.lnk.to/knowledgepo Ⓜ️ Subscribe to Music Ally's industry-standard analysis, reporting and news: musically.com/subscribe Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/musicallybiz Twitter: https://twitter.com/musically Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/musicallyfb | |||
| Licensing David Guetta's music in the metaverse – how hard could it be? Vickie Nauman did it, and tells us about the future of metaverse music licensing. | 07 Apr 2022 | 00:27:50 | |
Music Ally Focus #54: Vickie Nauman, founder of music consultancy CrossBorderWorks, recently worked on a notable metaverse project, which involved the music licensing for 20 of David Guetta’s songs for an event where he – via his virtual avatar – DJ’ed in Roblox earlier this year. So we wanted to talk to Vickie about licensing music – something tricky enough in normal circumstances - in the metaverse. She tells us what she learned, and what she thinks the future of music in the metaverse will look like. This Focus podcast is another in a series that digs into the burgeoning web3 space: the new concepts, ideas, and conventions and how they relate to the music business. Vickie/CrossBorderWorks: https://www.crossborderworks.com David Guetta's Roblox party: https://roblox.fandom.com/wiki/David_Guetta_DJ_Party 👋 Music Ally’s free weekly newsletter, The Knowledge: musically.lnk.to/knowledgepo Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/musicallybiz | |||
| Music Ally Focus #53: Josh Empson, CEO of Tempo Music Investments – who has $1bn to buy music rights – talks buying catalogue; if music is undervalued; and long term ambitions for these investments. | 01 Apr 2022 | 00:32:41 | |
Josh Empson, CEO of Tempo Music Investments, joins Joe Sparrow to explain what it’s like to have a $1 billion-plus fund to invest in the purchase of music rights, and what these purchases mean for music and rightsholders. We are fascinated by this space, where huge sums change hands for ownership of songs – so we talked to Josh about how catalogues are chosen for purchasing, whether music is under- or over-valued at the moment, the long-term strategy of these investments, and what the impact might be on mid-tier songwriters and artists. Josh/Tempo: https://www.tempomusic.com/people/josh-empson 👋 Music Ally’s free weekly newsletter, The Knowledge: musically.lnk.to/knowledgepo Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/musicallybiz | |||
| Music Ally Focus #52: Max Shand, of music NFT platform Serenade, discusses a tangible, fan-friendly future for music NFTs – and how they may help artists feel like artists again, not T shirt makers | 25 Mar 2022 | 00:31:02 | |
The music NFT bubble has not popped as some predicted, but it has deflated dramatically since it’s STONK-stastic peak in early 2021. The music-related NFT business is now settling into something more affordable, practical, and dare we say it, mundane. So we invited Max Shand, of the music NFT platform Serenade, to talk about it. Serenade has partnered with a number of music industry institutions and artists – and Max explains what a longer-term Music NFT landscape will look like, and what opportunities exist there for artists. He also talks about how he believes NFTs will empower fandom, stop artists from feeling like T-shirt makers first, and artists second, and his own extensive Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark collection of merch. This is another episode in a new series of shows that dig into the burgeoning web3 space, and the new concepts, ideas, and conventions within it – and how they relate to the music business. Serenade: https://serenade.co A Super Furry Animals NFT on Serenade: https://serenade.co/products/116022 👋 Music Ally’s free weekly newsletter, The Knowledge: musically.lnk.to/knowledgepo Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/musicallybiz | |||
| Music Ally Focus #51: Edward Balassanian, CEO of Aimi, talks about how AI music will power metaverse experiences, paying AI music collaborators, & how it will change the way we think about music. | 18 Mar 2022 | 00:30:00 | |
Edward Balassanian, founder and CEO of AI music creation company Aimi, chats to Music Ally's editor Joe Sparrow about the role AI music will play in our lives – and the conversation quickly gets a little bit philosophical. AI generated music is fascinating, partly because it questions our connection with music in the first place: if that music is not made by humans, then what is it we actually enjoy about it? Edward talks how music produced by AI may be part of many experiences in the future, and paints a picture of a world where we start to think about music - and what we use it for - in very different ways. Listen to Aimi's AI-created music here via these streaming experiences: https://aimi.fm/experiences/?sort=livelistening-desc https://aimi.fm/experience/deep/ https://aimi.fm/experience/push/ 👋 Music Ally’s free weekly newsletter, The Knowledge: musically.lnk.to/knowledgepo Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/musicallybiz | |||
| Music Ally Focus #50: Kristin Graziani, president of distribution and payments firm Stem, talks about the evolving role of digital distributors, and what artists actually want in their services. | 11 Mar 2022 | 00:22:45 | |
Distributors hold even more keys to powerful fan-engagement opportunities than ever. Last year saw big changes in the space: aggressive geographic expansion, moves into NFTs, DeFi, and crypto, and fintech partnerships. Music Ally’s Editor Joe Sparrow talks to special guest Kristin Graziani, president of music distribution service Stem – who talks about the evolving role of digital distributors in 2022, and what artists actually want from their distributor, in an era when Direct-to-fan is becoming the default approach for emerging and established artists. Stem: https://stem.is 👋 Music Ally’s free weekly newsletter, The Knowledge: musically.lnk.to/knowledgepo Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/musicallybiz | |||
| Marketing music to Gen Z: hyper-authentic, and always online – how do you connect with this elusive audience? Keturah Cummings of Forward Slash explains | 28 Mar 2024 | 00:27:31 | |
Ep 148: Gen Z music fans are able to immediately sense when an artist’s communications with fans feel inauthentic. But marketing has in its nature an element of inauthenticity – so how do you maintain a feeling of authenticity when marketing to this young, online-only generation? And how can artists and teams market effectively directly to these younger fans or potential fans? Keturah Cummings is founder/CEO of Forward Slash, a social media agency and content production studio that specialises in connecting with youth audiences – and she explains where marketing efforts should be focused in an increasingly D2C environment. Forward Slash: https://forwardslashinc.co Keturah's DJ mix with the Sade remix she mentions: https://youtu.be/hKjZ6jXxRro So Future: http://linktr.ee/sofutureclub ------ 👉 FREE Amazon Music for Artists courses & certification: https://learn.musically.com/courses/amazon-music-for-artists/ 👋 The Knowledge, Music Ally’s free weekly newsletter: musically.lnk.to/knowledgepo 🎉 You may be eligible for a FREE Music Ally subscription, worth £399/year, via our corporate and sponsored subscriptions. If you work for a DSP, a major label, an indie label, or if you’re an artist manager, an employee of a CMO or a publisher, check here to see if you’re eligible: musically.com/subscription-options Ⓜ️ Subscribe to Music Ally's industry-leading analysis, reporting and news: musically.com/subscribe Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/musicallybiz Twitter: https://twitter.com/musically Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/musicallyfb | |||
| Grammy-winning artist RAC talks Web3, and about using tokens and DAOs as fanclubs with Jack Spallone of HIFI Labs – in the first of our series of shows digging into Web3. | 04 Mar 2022 | 00:45:53 | |
Music Ally Focus #49: In the first in a short series of podcasts designed to help you understand how various elements of Web3 tech can be used in music, Grammy-award-winning artist RAC (AKA André Allen Anjos), and Head of Crypto at Hifi Labs, Jack Spallone, both speak to Music Ally Editor Joe Sparrow about racOS – RAC's new fan club / website which is also a DAO. the DAO – a Decentralised Autonomous Organisation – allows fans to become RAC token holders, and they are given access to exclusive features in the fan community, and new ways to interact with the artist. André, who has made a series of early experiments with web3 technologies, including tokens and NFTs, joins Jack in explaining how the DAO technology works, what the future of fan communities are in a web3 world, and what drew them both into this new field of technology. racOS: https://rac.fm Hifi Labs: https://www.hifilabs.co 👋 Music Ally’s free weekly newsletter, The Knowledge: musically.lnk.to/knowledgepo Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/musicallybiz | |||
| Music Export Ukraine's Dartsya Tarkovska describes the effects of war and how artists are reacting – and explains how people in the music industry can help effectively. | 01 Mar 2022 | 00:26:55 | |
Music Ally Focus #48: We have quickly published this podcast due to the rapidly developing situation in Ukraine, where Russian forces have invaded and numerous cities are under attack. Dartsya Tarkovska, co-founder of Music Export Ukraine spoke to Music Ally from Ukraine and explained the war's impact on artists and people in the music industry, and how the industry will need to change its approach to Ukraine and Russia in the future. Dartsya is clear that our hopes and prayers are not enough: only actions are truly meaningful, and she describes how people in the international music industry can deliver practical help. She also talks movingly about her love for Ukrainian music and what the work of artists means to the country Please note that there are a number of links below, supplied by Dartsya and Music Export Ukraine, that offer ways that you can deliver real assistance to the people of Ukraine – via donations, or actions that you can take to provide meaningful support. Music Export Ukraine’s collection of resources, donation links, and actions to help Ukraine: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VxrEdB4_g2rXha33IBY6AbVit5N7nNS7S1IV6-4u2U8/edit?usp=sharing Music Export Ukraine, which helps Ukrainian emerging artists on an international level: https://musicexportukraine.com MEU’s Spotify playlist of Ukrainian artists: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/334fKzmzN6YLVvoT0Q2spF? Alonya Alonya’s post criticising streaming platforms: https://www.instagram.com/p/CahPvwutsSt/ | |||
| Music Ally Focus #47: Deezer CEO Jeronimo Folgueira on how “music streaming saved the industry” – and how streaming platforms like Deezer will change it all over again | 25 Feb 2022 | 00:23:44 | |
Music Ally Editor Joe Sparrow speaks to Jeronimo Folgueira, CEO of music streaming platform Deezer about the company's current and future strategy, and also to get his thoughts on the state of music streaming today. He explained the various ways that he thinks streaming can better serve artists and fans: including more ways of buying and selling inside streaming apps, how the relationships between the streaming platforms and the major labels could improve, and how, in the changing relationship between fans and artists, streaming apps can be the intermediary between the two. 👋 Music Ally’s free weekly newsletter, The Knowledge: musically.lnk.to/knowledgepo Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/musicallybiz | |||
| Music Ally Focus #46: Why are so many billions being spent on music catalogue? Penny Fractions' David Turner explains why alternative investment companies are pouring big money into music rights. | 17 Feb 2022 | 00:33:26 | |
New money is pouring into the music industry: giant alternative asset management companies like Blackstone and KKR, are partnering with the likes of Hipgnosis and BMG to purchase music catalogue at great expense. But... why? Are they suddenly interested in buying some cool rock songs for some reason? Have they run out of other places to invest money in times of very low interest rates? Or have they spotted that music is undervalued? Music Ally's Joe Sparrow chats to journalist and analyst David Turner of music industry newsletter Penny Fractions, and he talks in depth about why on earth are these companies are suddenly pouring billions of dollars into music. David has some fascinating theories, and brings insight that has resulted from years of his own research. Penny Fractions: https://pennyfractions.ghost.io (Plus, a fishy world record) BTW – if you are interested in this topic, be sure to check out Focus Episode #38 (one of our most popular podcasts of 2021) where I discussed investments into music rights with music-tech strategist Dan Fowler, and how these giant investments could eventually buy enough catalogue to challenge traditional publishers. 👋 Music Ally’s free weekly newsletter, The Knowledge: musically.lnk.to/knowledgepo Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/musicallybiz | |||
| Music Ally Focus #45: Karen Emanuel of Moving the Needle explains how to bring more women into the music industry, why it's vital for business – and what you can do to help | 10 Feb 2022 | 00:25:34 | |
Music industry veteran Karen Emanuel is CEO of Key Production – and is on the board of Moving the Needle, a UK group that supports women entering the music industry. She speaks to Music Ally Editor Joe Sparrow about what can be done to encourage more women to enter the music business, and how to support and showcase their work when they are in it. Also: what does she want to see in terms of representation, pay, and recognition for women in the industry in 2022 – and how can listeners can actively make positive changes? Moving the Needle: https://www.mtnnow.com Karen Emanuel: https://www.mtnnow.com/karen 👋 Music Ally’s free weekly newsletter, The Knowledge: musically.lnk.to/knowledgepo Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/musicallybiz | |||
| Music Ally Focus #44: Spotify, Joe Rogan, Neil Young, and #DeleteSpotify – what does the streaming giant need to do now, how complicated is this – and should streaming platforms moderate content? | 28 Jan 2022 | 00:22:07 | |
Spotify has a lot on its plate all of a sudden. In 2020 it signed the controversial, blunt-smoking, bow-hunting podcaster Joe Rogan in a $100m deal - and while there has always been pushback against some of his guests, this week things came to a head, as Neil Young asked Spotify to choose between him or Rogan due to the podcaster's Covid-19 views. His music is now being removed from the service. In the same week, Rogan once again invited controversial academic Jordan Peterson onto his show – causing more controversy. By 28th January, #DeleteSpotify was trending on Twitter. Music Ally's Editor Joe Sparrow talks to Head of Insight Stuart Dredge to try and get some answers: how big a deal is this for Spotify, could #DeleteSpotify gain momentum and become a much bigger problem for the company – and will Spotify tell Joe Rogan to stop discussing certain topics on his show? 👋 Music Ally’s free weekly newsletter, The Knowledge: musically.lnk.to/knowledgepo Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/musicallybiz | |||
| Music Ally Focus #43: Double Elvis Productions' CEO Brady Sadler discusses the future of music-themed podcasts and the role podcasts play in making news fans of old music. | 28 Jan 2022 | 00:29:50 | |
Double Elvis is the music-focused podcast company behind the hit rock n roll crime music podcast “Disgraceland” and others, including the recent hip-hop inspired audio drama podcast “Here Comes the Break”, which was made in partnership with Def Jam and featured an exclusive soundtrack. Music Ally has written a lot about the space where the music industry and podcasting meets so we’ve invited Double Elvis' CEO Brady Sadler to talk about podcasts teaming up with record labels, figuring out which music-themed podcasts will work, and the role of podcasts in introducing listeners to heritage artists and their catalogue and “baking in” that fandom. Oh, and Brady and Music Ally's editor Joe Sparrow geek out a tiny bit over The Cure. Links mentioned in the show: Disgraceland podcast: https://www.disgracelandpod.com 👋 Music Ally’s free weekly newsletter, The Knowledge: musically.lnk.to/knowledgepo Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/musicallybiz | |||
| Music Ally Focus #42: Christine Osazuwa, Strategy Director for Pollen Presents, talks about turning artist-fan engagement into income in 2022 | 19 Jan 2022 | 00:22:08 | |
The long-held assumption is that artists make music, and that music is then the core connection between the artist and the fan – as well as the thing that is monetised. But that paradigm is rapidly changing. Christine Osazuwa, Strategy Director for Pollen Presents, speaks to Music Ally's Editor Joe Sparrow about how artists can and should seek new streams of income outside of the traditional sources of recording royalties and live tickets/merch – and how to connect with fans using platforms that allow direct relationships, and allow monetisation of the fandom itself via subscriptions, tips and exclusive offers. Christine is also founder of Measure of Music – part conference, part hackathon – which is happening in February (https://measureofmusic.com) and she is moderating at the NY:LON Connect conference (nylonconnect.com), which returns for its sixth edition online over January 18-21 2022. 👋 Music Ally’s free weekly newsletter, The Knowledge: musically.lnk.to/knowledgepo Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/musicallybiz | |||
| Looking ahead to 2022's music industry – New Revenue Streams, and The Positive Industry We Want to Be | 14 Jan 2022 | 00:22:55 | |
Music Ally Focus #41: Music Ally has just published its latest Quarterly Report – our yearly Trends Report is a forward-thinking series of analyses, with advice, ideas and context, to help you navigate a better route through the year ahead. (Music Ally subscribers can access it here.) In this podcast we are going to pick over a couple of the topics from the report. First, we'll dig into New Revenue Streams, including the pricing of streaming and challenger music services and the one-off, 'non-DSP' payments that fuelled major labels' revenue surge in 2021. And secondly, because we are positive people here at Good Ship Music Ally, we'll talk about The Positive Industry We Want to Be: specifically, the meaningful change that needs to happen around the climate emergency, and the Music Climate Pact. Those topics discussed in the full report are:
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| Sandbox Music Marketing Campaigns of the Year special edition – our team picks their favourite campaigns of 2022 and explain why they worked so well | 16 Dec 2021 | 00:41:02 | |
Music Ally Focus Ep. 40: Every December, Music Ally publishes its hotly-anticipated Sandbox Campaigns of the Year issue, which rounds up the best, most innovative and interesting campaigns of the previous 12 months – and 2021’s is the biggest ever. (There's a link to the report below). It's an incredibly useful resource for anyone planning marketing in 2022: so in this podcast we invited three of Music Ally’s marketing experts to pick out two of the winning campaigns they liked the most. We speak to Eamonn Forde, compiler of the Marketing Campaigns of the Year list, and who has recently published a book called Leaving The Building: The Lucrative Afterlife Of Music Estates, on how the music industry ensures that pop stars are lucrative even after they die – which is a hint as to which campaigns he picked. We also hear from Magda Jędrzejewska, Music Ally's Marketing Executive, and Marlen Hüllbrock, Music Ally’s Head of Marketing Services. They have all picked very different, very innovative campaigns – and all share great insight into how they worked so well. The Sandbox Music Marketing Campaigns of the Year report: https://musically.com/2021/12/15/sandbox-campaigns-of-the-year-2021s-best-music-marketing-campaigns/ Eamonn Forde's (great) new book, Leaving The Building: The Lucrative Afterlife Of Music Estates: https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Eamonn-Forde/Leaving-the-Building--The-Lucrative-Afterlife-of-Music-Estates/25990193 👋 Music Ally’s free weekly newsletter, The Knowledge: musically.lnk.to/knowledgepo Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/musicallybiz | |||
| The biggest questions that music streaming platforms face in 2024 – Music Ally's Head of Insight, Stuart Dredge, answers them. | 25 Mar 2024 | 00:37:47 | |
Ep. 147: Stuart Dredge, Music Ally’s Head of Insight, joins Editor Joe Sparrow to answer some of the biggest and most complex questions in the DSP space in 2024. This podcast is aligned with Music Ally’s new quarterly report and the Big Questions they chat about include: • Who are the winners and losers from artist-centric payment systems – and will creators and labels be satisfied? So if you need to quickly get up to speed with the issues that DSPs are facing and the changes that are coming this year, it’s the most informative way to spend the next 30 minutes! Music Ally’s Quarterly Reports: https://musically.com/category/reports/ Pencils in beard: https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/673649-most-pencils-put-into-a-beard-in-one-minute ------ 👉 FREE Amazon Music for Artists courses & certification: https://learn.musically.com/courses/amazon-music-for-artists/ 👋 The Knowledge, Music Ally’s free weekly newsletter: musically.lnk.to/knowledgepo 🎉 You may be eligible for a FREE Music Ally subscription, worth £399/year, via our corporate and sponsored subscriptions. If you work for a DSP, a major label, an indie label, or if you’re an artist manager, an employee of a CMO or a publisher, check here to see if you’re eligible: musically.com/subscription-options Ⓜ️ Subscribe to Music Ally's industry-leading analysis, reporting and news: musically.com/subscribe Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/musicallybiz Twitter: https://twitter.com/musically Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/musicallyfb | |||
| Music Ally Focus #39: in advance of NY:LON Connect 2022, experts Vickie Naumann and Tom Frederikse reveal what they see as the most important topics to focus on in 2022 | 07 Dec 2021 | 00:31:05 | |
In advance of the NY:LON Connect conference (nylonconnect.com), which returns for its sixth edition online over January 18-21 2022, we spoke to two previous conference participants to understand what these two experts see as the most meaningful and important topics as we look ahead into the fast-shifting music industry. The topics they zeroed in on include the creator economy, sub-Saharan Africa, increased transparency for artists, the current emphasis on catalogue, and, of course, the metaverse. Vickie Naumann is founder & CEO of CrossBorderWorks, and she has consults and advises on music/tech with major companies, including Beat Saber andOculus, Q&A, Bose, Spotify, and Downtown Music. Tom Frederikse is a partner at UK law firm Clintons, is dual-qualified as both a UK solicitor and a New York attorney, and is recognised as a leading practitioner in Digital Media and technology-related matters. NYLON CONNECT 2022 is a forum for high-level strategic debate about the biggest issues facing the global music business and is a collaboration between the Music Business Association and Music Ally: nylonconnect.com Music Business Association: musicbiz.org Vickie Naumann: crossborderworks.com Tom Frederikse: clintons.co.uk/tom-frederikse 👋 Music Ally’s free weekly newsletter, The Knowledge: musically.lnk.to/knowledgepo Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/musicallybiz | |||
| Music Ally Focus #38: Private equity funds are paying top dollar for music catalogue. Will publishers be drawn into a bidding war & will new artists suffer? Music-tech strategist Dan Fowler explains. | 12 Nov 2021 | 00:28:07 | |
Private equity funds and firms like Hipgnosis are scooping up music catalogues. And 60% of Hipgnosis’s expensively-purchased catalogue of music is over ten years old, with only 2.5% under 3 years old. Will major publishers and labels be drawn into a bidding war over copyrights, and will new artists suffer as a result? Music-tech strategist Dan Fowler recently wrote a fascinating article called “The Changing Landscape of Music Publishing” which aimed to figure out what the impact of the big catalogue purchases of Hipgnosis and private equity funds like Blackstone, KKR, and Apollo would be on major publishers. In this podcast he explains how:
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| Music Ally Focus #37: Lars Ettrup, CEO & founder of Linkfire, explains why smartlinks and links-in-bio services are now the centre of an artist's online business | 04 Nov 2021 | 00:20:00 | |
Smartlinking services like Linkfire are now ubiquitous to music fans and industry alike: they have become essential glue that holds all the disparate areas of the business together, sending fans from one place to another, and generating income along the way. We chat to Linkfire CEO Lars Ettrup about this quietly powerful sector, and we ask him if smartlinks are empowering independence for DIY artists, and if they even need a traditional website in an age where the most important URL for them to share is a smartlink. PLUS: Lars announces that Linkfire has just acquired a major competitor. 👋 Music Ally’s free weekly newsletter, The Knowledge: musically.lnk.to/knowledgepo Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/musicallybiz | |||
| Music Ally Focus #36: Chris Howard, CEO of The Rattle explains why "music-tech is really, really, really boring" – and why the future for many artists is as the "CEO of their own small enterprises" | 27 Oct 2021 | 00:28:51 | |
Music Ally recently published its Q3 2021 report, which focused on music/tech startups and the future fo the music industry. In the report, we spoke to Chris Howard, serial entrepreuer, and CEO of The Rattle, which operates in London, Los Angeles and New York City. The Rattle stands “as a counter-culture to the traditional music and startup industries,” and what Howard said in our report - in particular his critique of the music industry’s (in)ability to engage with technology – ruffled a few feathers. So obviously, we asked him back to expand on his thoughts. In this podcast, he explains why he said that music tech is "really really really boring" and how artists are going to start viewing themselves as the CEOs of their own small enterprises – which creates many more options and entirely new business models using technology adjacent to the music industry. Here's our interview with Rishi Patel and John Acquaviva of Plus Eight Equity Partners. 👋 Music Ally’s free weekly newsletter, The Knowledge: musically.lnk.to/knowledgepo Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/musicallybiz | |||
| Music Ally Focus #35: want to understand the Indian music markets in 2021? Start here: Amit Gurbaxani, music industry journalist, gives us his expert insight | 19 Oct 2021 | 00:32:02 | |
Special guest Amit Gurbaxani recently wrote an article for us on the Indian All About Music music industry conference, and here, he gives us his expert insight into the Indian music markets. He chatted to Joe Sparrow about three of the key topics, and answered some questions submitted via social media. He spoke about how there is appetite – and money – for international touring acts in India, but not a live venue infrastructure yet; how Indian music is not just about Bollywood and that regional pop is enormous – and can be truly measured for the first time; and much more. It's a fascinating insight into India's multi-faceted music markets. Here are the articles written by Amit that were mentioned in the podcast:
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| Music Ally Focus #34: what coming music/tech is most exciting and how will it change the music business? VC investors Rishi Patel and John Acquaviva of Plus Eight Equity Partners share their thoughts | 15 Oct 2021 | 00:35:43 | |
Music Ally has just published its Q3 2021 report, which focused on music/tech startups. For the report, we spoke to Rishi Patel and John Acquaviva of music/tech investors Plus Eight Equity about how they see the future of the industry, and they kindly agreed to dig deeper into their thoughts in this podcast. Rishi and John explain to Music Ally's Joe Sparrow how the creator economy is a huge focus for them; how the incumbent music business companies “have a gun to their heads” and will be forced to adapt quickly to rapidly-evolving technology; how realistic uses of NFTs in music will likely be for digitised collector editions of music and merch; and how the “wildcard” is the metaverse – and how that may in turn drive up the value of NFTs. 👋 Music Ally’s free weekly newsletter, The Knowledge: musically.lnk.to/knowledgepo Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/musicallybiz | |||
| Music Ally Focus #33: is music metadata really "broken"? Special guest Richard Gooch, CTO of the IFPI (and who is in charge of ISRC codes!) explains how the system delivers data around the world | 08 Oct 2021 | 00:22:01 | |
In this episode, CTO of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (which represents the interests of the global recording industry) Richard Gooch joins us to talk about metadata. He says that the idea that “music metadata is broken” is a misconception. He explains the new systems that he says form the infrastructure for a fairer music industry – for everyone from superstars to new artists in existing territories in sub-Saharan Africa, where the IFPI has a particular current focus. He also talks about improvements that could be made, how performing rights reporting can change, and the changes he hopes music metadata will bring. Suffolk Braves Wheelchair Basketball Club's world record: https://youtu.be/OvuBbMBuXh4?t=195 👋 Music Ally’s free weekly newsletter, The Knowledge: musically.lnk.to/knowledgepo Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/musicallybiz | |||
| Music Ally Focus #32: TikTok has more than 1bn monthly active users – and it's also the music industry's social media platform du jour... so what does this mean for music and artists? | 29 Sep 2021 | 00:19:04 | |
TikTok has officially reached the milestone of one billion monthly active users (MAUs). The short-form videos app revealed the news in a short announcement blog post, although it did not give any other stats. In July 2020, TikTok had 689.2 million monthly active users and it only took 14 months to hit the one billion MAUs mark – which suggests that TikTok has been adding around 22.2 million users a month during that period. Joe and Stu discuss what this means for artists and the music industry – and whether it means music is becoming simply a component of the burgeoning "creator economy". 👋 Music Ally’s free weekly newsletter, The Knowledge: musically.lnk.to/knowledgepo Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/musicallybiz | |||
| Music Ally Focus #31: The UK's Intellectual Property Office (IPO) publishes a huge report on music creators' earnings in the digital era... Stu & Joe wade through all 225 pages to try to understand it | 23 Sep 2021 | 00:21:44 | |
It's all happening in the UK right now: there are some big and meaningful investigations into the music industry going on, which will almost certainly have big repercussions around the world when they conclude. This week, the UK's Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has published a hefty report on music creators' earnings in the digital era. It has a huge amount of data, and aims to inform discussion in the ever-heated debate about artists and streaming royalties. It's a very long report – 224 pages to be exact – so if you feel overwhelmed just thinking about reading it, listen to Stuart Dredge (who has heroically read it all) explain the important bits to Joe Sparrow in this podcast. 👋 Music Ally’s free weekly newsletter, The Knowledge: musically.lnk.to/knowledgepo Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/musicallybiz | |||
| Music Ally Focus #30: the (many) hidden legal complications when you sell a music NFT – with special guest Adrian Perry, partner and co-chair of Covington & Burling LLP's Music Industry practice | 15 Sep 2021 | 00:30:07 | |
Some musicians are finding NFTs irresistible, seeing them as a new way to connect with fans, make money – and sell slices of their music rights. It seems very easy to sell a small percentage of, for instance, your master recording copyright – with potentially huge rewards. But, warns this week's special guest, there are many ways you could get caught in a tricky situation that you may not have considered – including anti-money laundering laws, securities laws, international tax issues, and the highly volatile nature of cryptocurrency itself. Adrian Perry is partner and co-chair of Covington & Burling LLP's Music Industry practice, and is eager to help musicians and rights owners understand these hidden legal risks. He's no NFT-sceptic, and is enthusiastic about the space – so he helped Music Ally's editor Joe Sparrow understand the associated risks, and how to navigate them. Here's more info on Adrian: https://www.cov.com/en/professionals/p/adrian-perry 👋 Music Ally’s free weekly newsletter, The Knowledge: musically.lnk.to/knowledgepo Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/musicallybiz | |||
| How do people search for music – and what do they really want in their results? | 21 Mar 2024 | 00:29:07 | |
Ep. 146: In this episode we ask: how do people search for music today and what do people really want in their results? We welcome Einar Helde, AIMS API co-founder and CCO, to the Focus podcast to answer that question, as well as to explain how technology is allowing people to search in novel and nuanced ways – and what that means for people who make music. The needs of people who make, share and use music have changed dramatically. Artists scramble to be discovered amongst the supposed 100,000+ new tracks uploaded each day, and equally, the people seeking music scramble to find what they really want. In this Music Ally Focus Extra episode, made in partnership with AIMS API, we discuss the future of this discovery quandary, and how being able to search for music in a way that allows those searchers – whether professional music supervisors or simply fans of music – to get what they want, and perhaps even get what they didn’t know they wanted in the first place. AIMS API: https://www.aimsapi.com/ | |||
| Music Ally Focus #29: UK’s competition regulator is concerned by Sony Music / AWAL merger – is the government firing a warning shot at major labels? | 10 Sep 2021 | 00:17:27 | |
Music Ally's Stuart Dredge and Joe Sparrow talk over the shock news that the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has announced that Sony Music’s $430m acquisition of distributor AWAL from Kobalt “raises competition concerns”, and gave the major label a five-day deadline to respond. If those responses do not satisfy the regulator, it will launch a deeper ‘phase two’ investigation of the deal. Stu and Joe discuss why this has happened, what the responses of various connected parties were – and if this, combined with the UK's recent parliamentary inquiry into music streaming, means that major labels are facing an unprecedented period of probing and pressure. (For more context, we analysed this story in depth here.) 👋 Music Ally’s free weekly newsletter, The Knowledge: musically.lnk.to/knowledgepo Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/musicallybiz | |||
| Music Ally Focus #28: Apple buys classical music streaming platform Primephonic & plans 'dedicated' classical experience – what features could move to mainstream streaming? [music free version] | 01 Sep 2021 | 00:19:42 | |
Music Ally's Stuart Dredge and Joe Sparrow talk over the possibilities (and accidentally insult both golfers and jazz fans) in Apple's purchase of Primephonic, the classical music streaming service, which they promise will be reborn as a better experience, with more features. Classical music has proved famously tricky for the big streaming services to get right, thanks to the specific challenges around metadata and catalogue navigation, but in other ways it’s been very simple: peaceful piano instrumentals, for example, are a staple of the DSPs’ mood playlists, and they fall under the banner of ‘classical’ as much as the famous symphonies do. [NOTE: we added music to another version of this episode, but it will only appear on certain platforms, hence this music-free version, which is otherwise identical. It was "Blue In Green" by Miles Davis, FYI.] 👋 Music Ally’s free weekly newsletter, The Knowledge: musically.lnk.to/knowledgepo LINKS:
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| Music Ally Focus #27: How do you turn TikTok virality into streams, follows and fans? Special guest Rebecca Versteegh of Creed Media explains all... | 20 Aug 2021 | 00:23:42 | |
Rebecca Versteegh, Head of Music Partnerships at the “Gen-Z Marketing Agency” Creed Media is our special guest this week. Creed has only been around for three years but has become well known for its success at TikTok marketing and works with all three major labels. While TikTok success is highly sought after by many marketers, it’s the next step that holds interest for a lot of them: translating that attention across to streaming platforms in the forms of plays, follows and fandom elsewhere in the music industry ecosystem. So how do you do it? Joe Sparrow talks to Rebecca to find out... 👋 Music Ally’s free weekly newsletter, The Knowledge: musically.lnk.to/knowledgepo -------- Ⓜ️ Subscribe to Music Ally's industry-standard analysis, reporting and news: musically.com/subscribe Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/musicallybiz | |||
| Music Ally Focus #26: Special Guest Tim Westergren, former founder of Pandora, talks about his new platform Sessions – and the effect of Spotify's Discovery Mode on artists' careers | 10 Aug 2021 | 00:26:23 | |
Tim Westergren was the former founder and CEO of Pandora, and helped build the current digital music landscape. He left the company in 2017, frustrated by “the music industrial complex vortex”, and last year launched a new startup called Sessions – a live-streaming platform for emerging and established artists. He says Sessions does something unique: it spends its own money to bring in viewers for performing artists, and gives artists a direct connection, and all the data, on their fans. Tim talks to Music Ally editor Joe Sparrow about how he hopes the music industry can work differently, and how the business model of the big streaming platforms, he believes, is not the right path for artists. He also discusses Spotify's controversial Discovery Mode – where artists receive a lower per-stream rate in exchange for exposure. 👋 Music Ally’s free weekly newsletter, The Knowledge: musically.lnk.to/knowledgepo -------- Ⓜ️ Subscribe to Music Ally's industry-standard analysis, reporting and news: musically.com/subscribe Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/musicallybiz | |||
| Music Ally Focus #25: Spotify's Q2 results – huge revenue growth, slow user growth outside of Europe, N America and Latin America, and reveals an operating profit | 29 Jul 2021 | 00:19:41 | |
Spotify has published its financial results for the second quarter of 2021: it now has 365 million monthly active users (MAUs) including 165 million premium subscribers, and added nine million users and seven million subscribers during Q2. The results also contained some interesting info about Greenroom, its Clubhouse-style app, showed slow growth in the "Rest of World" areas – and revealed an operating profit of €12m in Q2. Music Ally's Stuart Dredge and Joe Sparrow rummage around in the announcement and pull out the vital facts. 👋 Music Ally’s free weekly newsletter, The Knowledge: musically.lnk.to/knowledgepo -------- Ⓜ️ Subscribe to Music Ally's industry-standard analysis, reporting and news: musically.com/subscribe Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/musicallybiz | |||
| Music Ally Focus #24: YouTube Shorts signs BTS for the #PermissiontoDance challenge | 21 Jul 2021 | 00:17:45 | |
Hashtag challenges and dance contests are vital to TikTok and rival apps and services are adopting them too. YouTube Shorts is no different, and as the service continues its rapid global rollout, it has snagged a partnership with K-Pop giants BTS. They have launched the ‘first ever worldwide dance challenge’ on YouTube Shorts based around their new track ‘Permission to Dance’. Joe and Stu discuss what this means for short-form video, and whether people will simply do the dance on TikTok instead. 👋 Music Ally’s free weekly newsletter, The Knowledge: musically.lnk.to/knowledgepo -------- Ⓜ️ Subscribe to Music Ally's industry-standard analysis, reporting and news: musically.com/subscribe Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/musicallybiz | |||
| Music Ally Focus #23: UK streaming inquiry publishes long-awaited report – calling for 'complete reset' of market (and major labels suddenly have a lot on their plate) | 15 Jul 2021 | 00:34:03 | |
👋 Music Ally’s free weekly newsletter, The Knowledge: musically.lnk.to/knowledgepo Music business news, analysed in brief by Music Ally's Stuart Dredge and Joe Sparrow. Music Ally has reported extensively on the hearings at the UK parliament’s Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) inquiry into the economics of music streaming – which has now published its report. And it’s fair to say major labels will be wincing the most as they read its recommendations – which include:
Joe and Stu poured a very large mug of coffee, read the whole 120+page report, and then pull out the most important parts – and discuss what will happen next. Here’s the full written analysis of the report too: https://musically.com/2021/07/15/labels-under-fire-uk-streaming-inquiry-report/ -------- Ⓜ️ Subscribe to Music Ally's industry-standard analysis, reporting and news: musically.com/subscribe Muhammad Rashid (Pakistan) crushing 49 watermelons with his head in 1 min: https://www.facebook.com/GuinnessWorldRecords/videos/489784921508299/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/musicallybiz | |||
| Music Ally Focus #22: the outcome of the UK Parliamentary Inquiry into artists' streaming income is starting to emerge – what will the impact be on artists, streaming platforms and labels? | 23 Jun 2021 | 00:17:21 | |
Music business news, analysed in brief by Music Ally's Stuart Dredge and Joe Sparrow. British politician Kevin Brennan wrote a guest article for UK newspaper the Independent which offers a few hints on the outcome of the UK Parliamentary Inquiry into artists' streaming income. The British music industry will now be preparing for a big lobbying battle around applying equitable remuneration (ER) to streaming, although this is not a big surprise given the issue’s prominence in the hearings of the UK’s music streaming economics inquiry. Joe and Stu try to figure out the most likely outcome; wonder if labels should be worried - or if they have an other card to play. Ⓜ️ Subscribe to Music Ally's industry-standard analysis, reporting and news: musically.com/subscribe 👋 Sign up for Music Ally’s free weekly newsletter, The Knowledge – an at-a-glance overview of the whirling, weird maelstrom that is the modern music industry: musically.lnk.to/knowledgepo Que Jianyu solving three Rubik's cubes whilst juggling them in 5 mins 2.43 sec: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6AsllXpKBU Music Ally appears on The Daily Show! https://mobile.twitter.com/TheDailyShow/status/1405867638199394317 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/musicallybiz | |||
| Music Ally Focus #21: Sony Music doubles down on podcasts with Somethin' Else acquisition – so does it mean that major labels are creeping slightly away from the music business? | 18 Jun 2021 | 00:15:50 | |
Music business news, analysed in brief by Music Ally's Stuart Dredge and Joe Sparrow. Spotify has evolved from a pure music-streaming service to an 'audio-first' platform including podcasts and live audio. Perhaps major labels are going down a similar evolutionary path. Sony Music is the latest to beef up its podcasting activities. It has acquired UK-based radio, podcasts and TV producer Somethin' Else for an undisclosed amount, as part of an expansion of its global podcasts division. Joe and Stu delve into what's behind this purchase - and if it means major labels are creeping away from the music business. Ⓜ️ Subscribe to Music Ally's industry-standard analysis, reporting and news: musically.com/subscribe 👋 Sign up for Music Ally’s free weekly newsletter, The Knowledge – an at-a-glance overview of the whirling, weird maelstrom that is the modern music industry: musically.lnk.to/knowledgepo Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/musicallybiz | |||
| Music Ally Podcast Ep. 20: cutting-edge artist management with the MMF Accelerator Programme | 18 Jun 2021 | 00:49:26 | |
There are now more ways than ever for an artist to connect with audiences, and to make money doing it – exactly the kind of complex task that many artists look to a manager to help them with. So how do forward-thinking managers help artists connect with their audience, strike innovative deals, and make money in new ways? Joe Sparrow talks to three young managers who are all navigating this new landscape to find out what they have learned: • Sarah, Muise Management – who works with Shygirl, LYZZA, Butch, Lou Hayter & Delilah Holliday. • "T" Oyelola, Black Grape Global - who works with YolandDa Brown, Genevieve Dawson, Annastasia Baker. • Ben Price - Harbourside Music Management - works with Viktoria Modesta , Lachi and Lucy May Walker. Sarah, T and Ben are all members of Music Managers Forum's Accelerator Programme - an initiative they set up in 2019 with support from YouTube Music, Arts Council England and Creative Scotland, helping upcoming managers to become sustainable businesses. Ⓜ️ Subscribe to Music Ally's industry-standard analysis, reporting and news: musically.com/subscribe 👋 Sign up for Music Ally’s free weekly newsletter, The Knowledge – an at-a-glance overview of the whirling, weird maelstrom that is the modern music industry: musically.lnk.to/knowledgepo Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/musicallybiz | |||
| How will AI-generated music be used in virtual spaces like metaverses and video games? And do we lose a communal experience if we all hear different music? Verses' Sean Lee & Kyungtae Kim explain. | 14 Mar 2024 | 00:34:54 | |
Ep 145: Joe Sparrow is joined by Sean Lee, CEO/co-founder and Kyungtae Kim, co-founder and Audio & AI Specialist, of Verses, an AI music platform that powers music generation in virtual spaces. We wanted to talk about the use of dynamic AI-created music in the metaverse, and how that music then connects to virtual items. Essentially: where three of recent years’ most hypebeast products – AI created music, NFTs and metaverses – all come together. Verses has recently been nominated for a 2024 CES Award for its “Beat-based AI music video generator”, aespa world, a tool that “automatically creates music videos when users touch the screen in sync with the beat.” We spoke about how AI generated music will fit into virtual spaces, who owns the music generated in this way, and whether human communities will miss out on communal experiences if they are not united by a consistent musical presence Verses: https://www.verses.kr/ Transcript provided by Sean Lee and Kyungtae Kim: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1U2p7hODk1LJj2wvaBCUJ45lUCAHuPDE-1JSahayYlKA/edit?usp=sharing Cow tricks: https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/730746-most-tricks-performed-by-a-cow-in-one-minute Roni Size & Reprazent – Brown Paper Bag: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwI0gbGEyuI SHINee - View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF53cptEE5k ------ 👉 FREE Amazon Music for Artists courses & certification: https://learn.musically.com/courses/amazon-music-for-artists/ 👋 The Knowledge, Music Ally’s free weekly newsletter: musically.lnk.to/knowledgepo 🎉 You may be eligible for a FREE Music Ally subscription, worth £399/year, via our corporate and sponsored subscriptions. If you work for a DSP, a major label, an indie label, or if you’re an artist manager, an employee of a CMO or a publisher, check here to see if you’re eligible: musically.com/subscription-options Ⓜ️ Subscribe to Music Ally's industry-leading analysis, reporting and news: musically.com/subscribe Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/musicallybiz Twitter: https://twitter.com/musically Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/musicallyfb | |||
| Music Ally Focus #20 – Roblox is sued over uploaded music in $200m copyright infringement lawsuit | 10 Jun 2021 | 00:15:28 | |
Music business news, analysed in brief by Music Ally's Stuart Dredge and Joe Sparrow. Roblox is a buzzy platform with a huge user base making games, spaces and virtual experiences. As part of that process they can upload custom audio, which could be music - and now the US National Music Publishers Association is suing Roblox for $200m in damages for “Roblox’s unabashed exploitation of music without proper licences”. Joe and Stu discuss what this means for User Generated Content platforms like Roblox others in a similar situation – like Twitch. ...And here's Aneta Florczyk rolling 6 frying pans into a cylinder with her bare hands: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mME2J1E_P20 Ⓜ️ Subscribe to Music Ally's industry-standard analysis, reporting and news: musically.com/subscribe 👋 Sign up for Music Ally’s free weekly newsletter, The Knowledge – an at-a-glance overview of the whirling, weird maelstrom that is the modern music industry: musically.lnk.to/knowledgepo Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/musicallybiz | |||
| Music Ally Focus #19: YouTube announces it has paid out more than $4bn to the music industry in the last 12 months – is it as simple as "more money into the system is better?" | 04 Jun 2021 | 00:15:46 | |
Music business news, analysed in brief by Music Ally's Stuart Dredge and Joe Sparrow. This week, YouTube announced that it has paid out more than $4bn to the music industry in the last 12 months, according to its head of music Lyor Cohen. Joe 'n' Stu ask what this means for streaming services, artists, and labels: is it as simple as "more money in is better?" And what might other streaming platforms like Spotify do in response? Oh, and here's the link to Budimir Šobat’s world record of the longest time for the breath being held voluntarily. Ⓜ️ Subscribe to Music Ally's industry-standard analysis, reporting and news: musically.com/subscribe 👋 Sign up for Music Ally’s free weekly newsletter, The Knowledge – an at-a-glance overview of the whirling, weird maelstrom that is the modern music industry: musically.lnk.to/knowledgepo Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/musicallybiz | |||
| Music Ally Focus #18: NFTs + music - getting beyond the hype; what music can learn from sports; membership + tip economy for artists | 31 May 2021 | 00:26:10 | |
Music business news, analysed in brief by Music Ally's Stuart Dredge and Joe Sparrow. Joe 'n' Stu talk about understanding what NFTs *really* mean for the music industry and how they should be part of long-term thinking; what the music industry can learn from sports marketing; and how artists are making more money from memberships on livestreaming platforms than they are from touring. It's a recap of a few of the most impactful things they learned from Music Ally's Sandbox Summit Global conference, which happened in late May 2021. Here are the links mentioned in the show: The world's fastest motorised toilet: guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/fastest-toilet Ⓜ️ Subscribe to Music Ally's industry-standard analysis, reporting and news: musically.com/subscribe 👋 Sign up for Music Ally’s free weekly newsletter, The Knowledge – an at-a-glance overview of the whirling, weird maelstrom that is the modern music industry: musically.lnk.to/knowledgepo Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/musicallybiz | |||