Music Ally Focus

187 Episodes

1. 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.

   Published: 14/03/2024
2. Should music streaming platforms charge to store music? Con Raso of Tuned Global explains the potential impacts on indie and major rightsholders.

   Published: 07/03/2024
3. Marie Clausen, Merlin's Managing Board Director, on mentoring women to help them rise to senior positions in the music industry

   Published: 29/02/2024
4. 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

   Published: 22/02/2024
5. 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

   Published: 15/02/2024
6. 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.

   Published: 08/02/2024
7. 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

   Published: 01/02/2024
8. What next for song lyrics? From autonomous cars to AI chats, we discuss lyrics' future with Darryl Ballantyne of LyricFind

   Published: 18/01/2024
9. Gender representation in the music industry, and how to undertake a "total restructure" – with Marie Fol, of the Keychange initiative

   Published: 11/01/2024
10. AI and music marketing – how will artificial intelligence help marketers reach new fans and grow audiences? Music tech expert Virginie Berger makes some predictions...

    Published: 05/01/2024
11. 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.

    Published: 14/12/2023
12. Lior Tibon, co-founder of Duetti, and former COO of TIDAL, talks  artist-centric payment systems and Duetti's music financing platform

    Published: 07/12/2023
13. 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?)

    Published: 30/11/2023
14. Making vinyl records with 85% lower energy consumption – we get hands on with Sonopress's new EcoRecord

    Published: 23/11/2023
15. 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.

    Published: 16/11/2023
16. “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

    Published: 08/11/2023
17. 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

    Published: 02/11/2023
18. 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

    Published: 30/10/2023
19. AI & the music business: Stuart Dredge breaks down the ambitions, possibilities – plus the ethical & legal issues – that AI music brings to the music business

    Published: 25/10/2023
20. “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

    Published: 17/10/2023