Music Ally Focus

187 Episodes

1. 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

   Published: 21/04/2023
2. 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

   Published: 13/04/2023
3. How can a completely independent DIY artist get an album to #14 on the UK chart? Laura Kidd did it, and explains how

   Published: 06/04/2023
4. Sarah Woods of UK charity Help Musicians discusses “reverse globalisation” of UK music industry

   Published: 30/03/2023
5. Modern music managers can do *everything* – so how do you choose what not to do? With Andy Robinson, of Interstellar Music Services

   Published: 23/03/2023
6. Neurodiversity and the electronic music industry – with Finlay Johnson of the Association for Electronic Music, and Tristan Hunt, ADHD coach for the music business

   Published: 16/03/2023
7. Why is building a music credits ecosystem so complicated - and important? (And what are Niclas Molinder, Max Martin and Bjorn Ulvaeus doing about it?)

   Published: 09/03/2023
8. 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

   Published: 02/03/2023
9. 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.

   Published: 23/02/2023
10. Mental health in the music industry, and providing industry-specific support, with Jeordie Shenton and Adam Ficek of UK charity Tonic Rider

    Published: 16/02/2023
11. What challenges will the music industry face in 2023? Music Ally's Head of Insight, Stuart Dredge, looks ahead

    Published: 10/02/2023
12. Dr. Jennifer Otter Bickerdike on Britney Spears and the pressures placed on young music stars

    Published: 02/02/2023
13. What does a music "magazine" need to be in 2023? Sean Adams, of Drowned in Sound, on building a modern music publication

    Published: 26/01/2023
14. The reality of touring for artists in 2023 – the managers’ perspective, with Annabella Coldrick of the MMF

    Published: 19/01/2023
15. 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.

    Published: 12/01/2023
16. Parenthood In Music's founders talk about how parenthood drives inequality in the music industry, and the changes that can happen

    Published: 05/01/2023
17. The best music marketing campaigns of 2022, as chosen by Music Ally's experts

    Published: 21/12/2022
18. 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.

    Published: 14/12/2022
19. Kyran de Keijzer, co-founder of Muso.AI, on taking on one of the huge music metadata challenges

    Published: 08/12/2022
20. Richard Antwi Scholarship recipients Janelle Mitchell and Estée Blu on improving representation in the music business and what a better industry looks like

    Published: 02/12/2022