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Equitable Remuneration: will it really boost artist streaming payments – or leave them worse off? Economist Will Page and legal expert Dr Hayleigh Bosher explain.
44 mins; October 05, 2022
TikTok, influencer marketing, and how artists can go viral on TikTok, even on a small budget
31 mins; September 22, 2022
Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs on record label deals, and life as an indie artist
34 mins; September 16, 2022
How music-tech startups can stand out from the competition – and apply for Music Ally SI:X
26 mins; September 14, 2022
Independent artist Eurielle talks about social media burnout and the pressure from DSPs to create an endless stream of content.
29 mins; September 08, 2022
Two of the UK's up-and-coming managers talk about modern management, and using direct to fan strategies, NFTs, and TikTok
31 mins; August 31, 2022
How streaming fraud works and how to detect it – and how your streaming numbers may have been boosted by scammers
32 mins; August 23, 2022
BPI boss Geoff Taylor talks Broken Record, new DSPs and AI music
46 mins; August 18, 2022
Country music, underrepresentation, and discrimination – and how to change it
29 mins; August 03, 2022
Is dynamic ticket pricing what fans want? CSO of event ticketing platform Lyte, Lawrence Peryer talks tickets, and the concept of fairness when buying gig tickets.
32 mins; July 26, 2022
Music fans & the climate emergency: what changes do fans want, and can they unite to force the industry to act differently?
34 mins; July 19, 2022
“If we had a pound from each of these people, our entire lives would change” – how band While She Sleeps revolutionised their income and career with a fan subscription society
36 mins; July 13, 2022
How can people working in the music industry respond to the climate emergency? – with Greg Cochrane of Sounds Like A Plan podcast
30 mins; July 06, 2022
Music Ally Focus #67: “No 20 year old woman should have to say ‘if I speak up, I’m afraid my career will be over’" – fighting sexual misconduct in the music industry, with Dorothy Carvello
20 mins; June 27, 2022
Music Ally Focus #66: The nature of modern fandom: we speak to music journalist and author Jude Rogers about what fans want in their connection to their favourite artist
19 mins; June 15, 2022
Music Ally Focus #65: How can music businesses partner with blockchain companies, and what should – and shouldn't – they tokenise? We talk to Blockchain technology company Blockpool to find out.
23 mins; June 10, 2022
Music Ally Focus #64: PPL’s CEO Peter Leathem talks about its 2021 results, the future of neighbouring rights, and how US performers should now be paid when their music is played on EU radio.
28 mins; June 06, 2022
Music Ally Focus #63: Co-founder of The Orchard, Richard Gottehrer, looks back on the company's 25 years as a digital distributor; and talks about the future of music distribution
24 mins; May 30, 2022
Music Ally Focus #62: AWAL founder – and now Family In Music's CIO – Kevin Bacon explains how music metadata and blockchain tech can merge to allow songwriters to access data – and money – better.
31 mins; May 23, 2022
Music Ally Focus #61: The future of home audio listening experiences is contextual, manipulatable - and it'll follow you around the room: Syng's Rio Caraeff explains how we'll listen to music tomorrow
29 mins; May 19, 2022
How virtual artists and labels can use NFTs and web3 tech to create new artist-fan relationships and experiences – and create new music fans in the process.
31 mins; May 16, 2022
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
42 mins; May 09, 2022
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
27 mins; May 03, 2022
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".
21 mins; April 25, 2022
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.
30 mins; April 20, 2022
Music Ally Focus #55: developing a new generation of African music entrepreneurs – with Music Business Academy for Africa's Godwin Tom and Elizabeth Sobowale.
31 mins; April 13, 2022
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.
27 mins; April 07, 2022
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.
32 mins; April 01, 2022
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
31 mins; March 25, 2022
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.
30 mins; March 18, 2022
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.
22 mins; March 11, 2022
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.
45 mins; March 03, 2022
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.
26 mins; March 01, 2022
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
23 mins; February 25, 2022
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.
33 mins; February 17, 2022
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
25 mins; February 10, 2022
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?
22 mins; January 28, 2022
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.
29 mins; January 28, 2022
Music Ally Focus #42: Christine Osazuwa, Strategy Director for Pollen Presents, talks about turning artist-fan engagement into income in 2022
22 mins; January 19, 2022
Looking ahead to 2022's music industry – New Revenue Streams, and The Positive Industry We Want to Be
22 mins; January 13, 2022
Sandbox Music Marketing Campaigns of the Year special edition – our team picks their favourite campaigns of 2022 and explain why they worked so well
41 mins; December 16, 2021
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
31 mins; December 07, 2021
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.
28 mins; November 12, 2021
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
20 mins; November 04, 2021
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"
28 mins; October 26, 2021
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
32 mins; October 19, 2021
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
35 mins; October 15, 2021
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
22 mins; October 08, 2021
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?
19 mins; September 29, 2021
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
21 mins; September 23, 2021
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
30 mins; September 14, 2021
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?
17 mins; September 10, 2021
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]
19 mins; September 01, 2021
Music Ally Focus #27: How do you turn TikTok virality into streams, follows and fans? Special guest Rebecca Versteegh of Creed Media explains all...
23 mins; August 20, 2021
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
26 mins; August 10, 2021
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
19 mins; July 29, 2021
Music Ally Focus #24: YouTube Shorts signs BTS for the #PermissiontoDance challenge
17 mins; July 21, 2021
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)
34 mins; July 15, 2021
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?
17 mins; June 23, 2021
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?
15 mins; June 18, 2021
Music Ally Podcast Ep. 20: cutting-edge artist management with the MMF Accelerator Programme
49 mins; June 18, 2021
Music Ally Focus #20 – Roblox is sued over uploaded music in $200m copyright infringement lawsuit
15 mins; June 10, 2021
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?"
15 mins; June 04, 2021
Music Ally Focus #18: NFTs + music - getting beyond the hype; what music can learn from sports; membership + tip economy for artists
26 mins; May 31, 2021
Music Ally Focus #17: distributor Believe prepares for possible IPO – does this change the power balance in the industry?
14 mins; May 20, 2021
Music Ally Focus #16: Roblox has 43.3m daily active users – what opportunities does the booming "YouTube of games" platform have for music, artists and the music industry?
15 mins; May 12, 2021
Music Ally Focus #15: Twitch "Rockonomics" report – how Twitch's economy works for musicians, artists, performers and rightsholders.
19 mins; May 03, 2021
Music Ally Focus #14: Paid podcast subscriptions by Apple and Spotify – and how artists can use them for new, creative income streams
13 mins; April 29, 2021
Music Ally Podcast Ep. 19: Music & AI – with Richie Hawtin and Endel CEO Oleg Stavitsky
27 mins; April 27, 2021
Music Ally Focus #13: ShareChat, owner of Indian TikTok rival Moj, raises $502m with investors including Snap and Twitter – so what does it mean for the music business?
14 mins; April 15, 2021
Music Ally Focus #12: Fan-funding platform Patreon has raised $155m – so what does its success mean for artists, and what does it suggest about the future of artists' income?
15 mins; April 09, 2021
Music Ally Focus #11: Spotify makes its live-audio move with Locker Room acquisition – is it the start of a new era of broadcasting or has Spotify just 'invented radio'?
16 mins; April 01, 2021
Music Ally Focus #10: IFPI Report shows 7.4% growth in global recorded music revenues in 2020, the highest annual total since 2002 – so where did this success come from during a year of lockdown?
15 mins; March 26, 2021
Music Ally Focus #9: Spotify’s new "Loud & Clear" website promises ‘more clarity’ on streaming economy... "If the music industry is generating so much money, then where the hell is it going?"
13 mins; March 19, 2021
Music Ally Podcast Ep. 18: BPI boss Geoff Taylor on artists, labels, streaming & equitable remuneration
66 hours 5 mins; March 15, 2021
Music Ally Focus #8: Music NFTs fever heats up with 3lau and Kings of Leon - so what's next for NFTs and music?
16 mins; March 10, 2021
Music Ally Focus #7: Square invests in Tidal; promises to explore 'adjacent opportunities' for artists
13 mins; March 05, 2021
Music Ally Focus #6: Spotify's next steps after its ‘Stream On’ event
12 mins; February 26, 2021
Music Ally Focus #5: Spotify, Apple and Amazon at the UK streaming economics inquiry
15 mins; February 24, 2021
Music Ally Focus #4: the rise of Clubhouse and audio hangouts - and is Spotify missing out?
13 mins; February 18, 2021
Music Ally Podcast Ep. 17 – Deezer's User Centric Payment System
58 mins; February 04, 2021
Music Ally Focus #3 – Sony Music's $430m Awal acquisition is making waves. So what happens next?
11 mins; February 02, 2021
Music Ally Focus #2 - UK label bosses pressed for answers in parliamentary inquiry; offer tantalising hints of possible future changes
12 mins; January 20, 2021
Music Ally Focus #1 - UK label bosses prepare for a "grilling" in parliament
11 mins; January 18, 2021
Music Ally Podcast Ep. 16 - How should artist and songwriter contracts change for the better?
65 hours 59 mins; January 18, 2021
Music Ally Podcast Ep 15 :: Bandcamp tools workshop with Andrew Jervis
62 hours 15 mins; September 29, 2020
Music Ally Podcast Ep. 14: China, in context: understanding China's music industry
72 hours 3 mins; September 09, 2020
Zoë Keating and David Lowery talk streaming, fans, platforms and royalty payments
31 mins; August 14, 2020
Music Ally Podcast Ep.12: Building a modern, multi-faceted music marketing plan - and where do you start?
64 hours 0 mins; August 12, 2020
Music Ally Focus - Microsoft in talks to buy TikTok in US and other countries
13 mins; August 03, 2020
Music Ally Focus - Spotify Q2 2020 financial results and how Daniel Ek's comments on music releasing has made some artists very angry indeed...
21 mins; July 30, 2020
Music Ally Focus - Taylor Swift's ‘Folklore’ made $1.2m in three days... from one Chinese DSP
9 mins; July 27, 2020
Music Ally Podcast Ep. 10 // A Spotify Marketing special
76 hours 40 mins; July 01, 2020
Music Ally Podcast Ep. 9 // The future of live-streaming gigs and shows - with Russ Tannen of DICE and artist Roxanne de Bastion
58 mins; July 01, 2020
Music Ally Podcast Ep. 8 // #TheShowMustBePaused Next Steps special feat. Keith Harris, Mulika Sannie and Estée Blu
72 hours 51 mins; June 16, 2020
Music Ally Podcast Ep.7 - A Blanket License for Online Music feat. Cory Doctorow
79 hours 10 mins; June 10, 2020
Music Ally Podcast Ep. 6: DJ Martin Jensen on how he pivoted to live streaming to millions on Twitch
51 mins; June 05, 2020
Music Ally's Weekly Show Ep. 5 // Modern Merch with Tersha Willis of Terrible Merch
79 hours 46 mins; May 28, 2020
Music Ally's Weekly Show Ep. 4 // A #BrokenRecord special with Tom Gray and Sammy Andrews
79 hours 54 mins; May 18, 2020
Music Ally Podcast Ep.3 // The Impact Of COVID-19 On Streaming
57 mins; May 05, 2020
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