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AI & music streaming in 2026: it's crunch time for creators
48 mins; April 01, 2026
The Open Innovation CMO: Sacem Lab, New Tech, and Creator Tools –  with Julien Lefebvre, Head of Innovation and SACEM Lab
39 mins; March 24, 2026
AI and Sacem: defining the future of music copyright – with David El Sayegh, Deputy CEO of ⁠Sacem⁠
38 mins; March 10, 2026
How artist payouts work in 2026: millions of micro-royalties in hundreds of countries – we speak with Tipalti
31 mins; February 10, 2026
The future of record labels – with Midia's Mark Mulligan
40 mins; February 02, 2026
What will the music marketing trends of 2026 be? Post-authenticity, clipping content, fun for fans – and much more, explains Something Something's Liam James Ward
53 mins; January 15, 2026
Genius steals: this month's best new music marketing campaigns with Marlen HĂŒllbrock – including Lily Allen's b*tt plug USB, Sleep Token's colouring book, The Kinks' tea, and lots more...
30 mins; December 11, 2025
What are the music-tech trends in 2025 – and where is it going next? Music Ally's Stuart Dredge and Joe Sparrow talk AI (of course), tools that empower artists, direct-to-fan and more!
40 mins; October 23, 2025
Using Aiode's ethically-trained AI as a virtual songwriting collaborator – and the future integration of AI in the music creation process, with Aiode co-founder Idan Dobrecki
45 mins; October 16, 2025
The Price of Music: Music Ally's *other* podcast – with Steve Lamacq and Stuart Dredge
43 mins; October 07, 2025
Ignore aiming for viral success, avoid accepted strategies, try "random acts of kindness", and other expert advice: How to market your artist in 2025
65 hours 53 mins; August 18, 2025
2025's global music business trends – with Stuart Dredge, Music Ally's head of insight
41 mins; June 13, 2025
Breaking your music business or artist into new desirable global markets – Symphonic's CEO talks about how they connected successfully with South America and SE Asia
33 mins; May 30, 2025
beatBread CEO Peter Sinclair on getting more options, insight and choices in music funding
48 mins; April 09, 2025
Music Streaming in 2025 – what's the value of music today; and what do superfans want?
38 mins; March 27, 2025
Getting tomorrow's music income today – looking back on a decade of music financing with Sound Royalties' CEO and founder Alex Heiche
32 mins; February 25, 2025
How music marketing will change in 2025 – with Liam James Ward of Something Something
48 mins; January 13, 2025
Retraining for new roles in the music industry – with Music Ally COO Patrick Ross
25 mins; November 07, 2024
Music-tech today and tomorrow: Stuart Dredge gets past the hype, gets to grips with Music AI, and gets excited about music fintech, music ecotech, and music healthtech
47 mins; October 10, 2024
Selling direct-to-fan and making money even when you're an emerging artist: Mag Rodriguez of D2C platform Even talks about the future of artist commerce
38 mins; September 29, 2024
Marketing Focus: Lainey Wilson, The Cardigans, and Peggy Gou's recent campaigns analysed
26 mins; September 17, 2024
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
42 mins; August 29, 2024
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
40 mins; August 06, 2024
Livestreaming in 2024: what do artists and fans want from it now? And what about superfans? On Air CEO Jakub Krampl explains
28 mins; July 25, 2024
Super-serving superfans – Jacquelle Horton of Fave on superfandom and superfan strategies for artists of all sizes
37 mins; June 19, 2024
The Nations: from YouTube remixes to modern music radio – founder Andre Benz explains how he tries to meet the needs of young music consumers
34 mins; June 04, 2024
"This isn't just another #MeToo issue... it's way bigger than that." Sexual violence, NDAs, and the music industry – with Caroline Heldman, PhD and Samantha Maloney of the Sound Off Coalition
46 mins; May 22, 2024
"The music festival industry is suffering and there is something fundamentally wrong at its heart" – so what can be done to revive it?
40 mins; May 02, 2024
"We're not just creating musicians; we're shaping well-rounded individuals" – Young Voices CEO Ben Lewis and violinist Anna Phoebe on the impact of choir singing on children
43 mins; April 25, 2024
"The music industry's approach to mental health was disastrous”
43 mins; April 19, 2024
How to make disabled people’s access to live events environmentally sustainable – with Suzanne Bull, founder of Attitude is Everything & Dr Teresa Moore, Director at A Greener Future
36 mins; April 10, 2024
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
30 mins; April 05, 2024
Marketing music to Gen Z: hyper-authentic, and always online – how do you connect with this elusive audience? Keturah Cummings of Forward Slash explains
27 mins; March 27, 2024
The biggest questions that music streaming platforms face in 2024 – Music Ally's Head of Insight, Stuart Dredge, answers them.
37 mins; March 25, 2024
How do people search for music – and what do they really want in their results?
29 mins; March 20, 2024
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.
34 mins; March 13, 2024
Should music streaming platforms charge to store music? Con Raso of Tuned Global explains the potential impacts on indie and major rightsholders.
31 mins; March 06, 2024
Marie Clausen, Merlin's Managing Board Director, on mentoring women to help them rise to senior positions in the music industry
30 mins; February 28, 2024
The enshittification of music – Cory Doctorow explains how a monopolistic music industry's rush to claw back value might also kill it. PLUS! An exclusive extract from Cory's new audiobook
71 hours 16 mins; February 21, 2024
How can you unlock more value from music catalogues using AI? Harmix CTO Dmytro Lopushanskyy explains how this AI tech works – and how artists should be able to opt music out of AI model training
32 mins; February 15, 2024
Will this idea disrupt the record label model? Sherry Saeedi says that her company Verswire – “a venture capital model alternative for signing musicians” – is the future of music. We ask how and why.
37 mins; February 08, 2024
What's it like to manage the Black Eyed Peas? Co-manager Rachel Strassberger explains the challenges of managing a household name artist, and how managers will need to change in the coming years
31 mins; February 01, 2024
What next for song lyrics? From autonomous cars to AI chats, we discuss lyrics' future with Darryl Ballantyne of LyricFind
36 mins; January 18, 2024
Gender representation in the music industry, and how to undertake a "total restructure" – with Marie Fol, of the Keychange initiative
48 mins; January 11, 2024
AI and music marketing – how will artificial intelligence help marketers reach new fans and grow audiences? Music tech expert Virginie Berger makes some predictions...
39 mins; January 05, 2024
YouTube's Artist & Label Development team for Europe, Middle East & Africa: what does it do, and how do they choose which artists to support? YouTube's Nur Ozdamar explains all.
29 mins; December 14, 2023
Lior Tibon, co-founder of Duetti, and former COO of TIDAL, talks  artist-centric payment systems and Duetti's music financing platform
37 mins; December 07, 2023
Licensed music: what YouTubers and TikTokers really need, according to Lickd's Paul Sampson (Plus: will generative AI music take a slice out of his business?)
35 mins; November 30, 2023
Making vinyl records with 85% lower energy consumption – we get hands on with Sonopress's new EcoRecord
34 mins; November 23, 2023
IP Lawyer Eliane Ellbogen answers our questions on how copyright laws will apply to AI-generated music – and the human artists whose music it sounds like.
32 mins; November 16, 2023
“It’s common to see fraud between 20-60% of all streams on multiple distributors” – Beatdapp's Andrew Batey and Morgan Hayduk talk streaming fraud
30 mins; November 08, 2023
Dan Stein (AKA DJ Fresh) and Declan McGlynn of AI-powered platform Voice Swap on why producers and artists want to change their vocals to sound like another singer’s voice
44 mins; November 02, 2023
The MLC's CEO Kris Ahrend on mechanical licensing in 2023, why artists are so eager for data transparency , and the future of royalties for songwriters
37 mins; October 30, 2023
AI & the music business: Stuart Dredge breaks down the ambitions, possibilities – plus the ethical & legal issues – that AI music brings to the music business
51 mins; October 25, 2023
“I dream of a time when I can turn up at a venue and not need to call them first” – musician Elizabeth J. Birch & Youth Music CEO Matt Griffiths talk about the experiences of disabled people in music
38 mins; October 17, 2023
“We drove 50% of Nicki Minaj’s sales in 30 minutes” – Stationhead’s co-founders Murray Levison and Ryan Star on pivoting to being a superfan-centric community audio platform
31 mins; October 12, 2023
Streaming fraud whack-a-mole: how do music distributors spot – and stop – fraud on music streaming platforms? Christine Barnum, CD Baby’s Chief Revenue Officer, explains.
29 mins; September 28, 2023
"Small venues are places where magic happens" – Cat Henry, executive director of the US-based nonprofit Live Music Society on the challenges that small venues face in 2023
25 mins; September 21, 2023
"Mass adoption of generative music will be via content creators" – Alex Mubert talks about how generative AI music platforms – like his own – will change music-making, and the concept of music itself
30 mins; September 14, 2023
Classical music on TikTok – and how non-pop music is reaching a new audience, with TikTok's Darina Connolly, Head of Artist & Label Partnerships, and Label Partnerships Manager Lisa Skeppner
29 mins; September 07, 2023
The excessive pressures placed on artists – and how to fix it: with Grammy and Juno-nominated artist manager Piers Henwood
38 mins; August 31, 2023
Should music streaming be treated like radio? And what does it mean if it is? Expert analysis from Stuart Dredge, Music Ally's Head of Insight, who explores the legal and philosophical consequences
30 mins; August 24, 2023
Dequency CEO Keatly Haldeman explains what he thinks the long term impact of web3, crypto, and blockchain tech will be on the music business now that the hype has moved on
37 mins; August 17, 2023
David Martin, CEO of the Featured Artists Coalition, on venues charging commission on merch sales, and supporting emerging artists with their Step Up funding
29 mins; August 10, 2023
Making music events and festivals more green and sustainable – with Claire O’Neill, CEO and cofounder of A Greener Future
40 mins; August 03, 2023
"AI is the most consequential tool the music industry could use – and one that could solve a number of its biggest challenges": Cliff Fluet talks AI and the music industry
36 mins; July 27, 2023
How education is meeting the needs of the music industry in west Africa – with The Music Business Academy for Africa
18 mins; July 20, 2023
How does music shape the cities we live in and our relationship with the people in them? Shain Shapiro PhD explains how music intersects with local political policy and how we can get involved.
34 mins; July 13, 2023
Splice CEO Kakul Srivistava and VP of sounds Mark Thomas on music creation and sample digging in 2023 (and what AI has to do with it)
32 mins; July 07, 2023
Rebecca Berman, SVP of International at Concord Recorded Music, on the potential in fast-growing markets like sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America
22 mins; June 22, 2023
What does the support of a global DSP do to your career? London songwriter Ines Dunn, featured on Spotify’s RADAR programme, explains.
27 mins; June 15, 2023
Music streaming platforms in 2023: the challenges, questions, and issues they face – expert analysis from Stuart Dredge, Music Ally’s Head of Insight
53 mins; June 07, 2023
“Speculative ticketing is, essentially, fraud!” The state of secondary ticketing in the UK – with Adam Webb of Fanfair Alliance
33 mins; June 02, 2023
Building a more representative music industry for (and with) young Black talent – with Pamela McCormick and Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE of United Development
37 mins; May 11, 2023
Finesse Foreva – building an influential music business from the ground up (and working with Drake, getting number one records, and winning awards along the way)
30 mins; April 27, 2023
Pete Tong talks about A&R in the dance music world: how it has changed, how it works now, the role that good taste plays, the TikTok A&R whirlwind, and what he thinks about AI
37 mins; April 21, 2023
We used AI to clone the voice of one of the Music Ally team – and used it to create an AI-powered podcast version of our Daily Bulletin newsletter: here's the result
13 mins; April 13, 2023
How can a completely independent DIY artist get an album to #14 on the UK chart? Laura Kidd did it, and explains how
43 mins; April 06, 2023
Sarah Woods of UK charity Help Musicians discusses “reverse globalisation” of UK music industry
24 mins; March 30, 2023
Modern music managers can do *everything* – so how do you choose what not to do? With Andy Robinson, of Interstellar Music Services
27 mins; March 23, 2023
Neurodiversity and the electronic music industry – with Finlay Johnson of the Association for Electronic Music, and Tristan Hunt, ADHD coach for the music business
35 mins; March 16, 2023
Why is building a music credits ecosystem so complicated - and important? (And what are Niclas Molinder, Max Martin and Bjorn Ulvaeus doing about it?)
37 mins; March 09, 2023
How did artists who have had long, successful careers make it happen? Keith Jopling asked them and crunched the data – and here's what he found out
46 mins; March 02, 2023
How do you clear the samples for De La Soul's "3 Feet High & Rising"? (and for Drake, Wu Tang Clan, Beyoncé, Kendrick Lamar and more?) Deborah Mannis-Gardner explains it all.
33 mins; February 23, 2023
Mental health in the music industry, and providing industry-specific support, with Jeordie Shenton and Adam Ficek of UK charity Tonic Rider
42 mins; February 16, 2023
What challenges will the music industry face in 2023? Music Ally's Head of Insight, Stuart Dredge, looks ahead
59 mins; February 10, 2023
Dr. Jennifer Otter Bickerdike on Britney Spears and the pressures placed on young music stars
46 mins; February 02, 2023
What does a music "magazine" need to be in 2023? Sean Adams, of Drowned in Sound, on building a modern music publication
50 mins; January 26, 2023
The reality of touring for artists in 2023 – the managers’ perspective, with Annabella Coldrick of the MMF
34 mins; January 19, 2023
What is web3 Music, anyway? HIFI Labs' Dan Fowler explains what makes web3 Music so different to – and yet the same as – the music we are used to.
41 mins; January 12, 2023
Parenthood In Music's founders talk about how parenthood drives inequality in the music industry, and the changes that can happen
33 mins; January 05, 2023
The best music marketing campaigns of 2022, as chosen by Music Ally's experts
47 mins; December 21, 2022
Dan Runcie, founder of Trapital, explains how hip-hop's dominance is actually bigger than we think, and how hip-hop's most successful players will shake up investment.
41 mins; December 14, 2022
Kyran de Keijzer, co-founder of Muso.AI, on taking on one of the huge music metadata challenges
38 mins; December 08, 2022
Richard Antwi Scholarship recipients Janelle Mitchell and Estée Blu on improving representation in the music business and what a better industry looks like
36 mins; December 02, 2022
Artist Love Ssega on combining a music career with climate justice
32 mins; November 28, 2022
Gary Helsinger, SVP licensing & creative at Melodie, talks about library music and sync – and tells the best rock 'n' roll stories that the Focus podcast has heard so far
31 mins; November 17, 2022
Last.fm is 20 – VP of Product Michael Horan on Last.fm’s 20 years in music-tech, and the future of data in the music industry
27 mins; November 10, 2022
Artist Beardyman explains how he uses Patreon to empower unique forms of fan-artist engagement – and create a new income stream
34 mins; November 03, 2022
The international future of Latin music, with JesĂșs Triviño AlarcĂłn, Tidal's senior director for Latin Global
23 mins; October 27, 2022
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