Music Ally Focus

187 Episodes

1. 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

   Published: 10/02/2022
2. 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?

   Published: 28/01/2022
3. 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.

   Published: 28/01/2022
4. Music Ally Focus #42: Christine Osazuwa, Strategy Director for Pollen Presents, talks about turning artist-fan engagement into income in 2022

   Published: 19/01/2022
5. Looking ahead to 2022's music industry – New Revenue Streams, and The Positive Industry We Want to Be

   Published: 14/01/2022
6. Sandbox Music Marketing Campaigns of the Year special edition – our team picks their favourite campaigns of 2022 and explain why they worked so well

   Published: 16/12/2021
7. 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

   Published: 07/12/2021
8. 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.

   Published: 12/11/2021
9. 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

   Published: 04/11/2021
10. 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"

    Published: 27/10/2021
11. 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

    Published: 19/10/2021
12. 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

    Published: 15/10/2021
13. 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

    Published: 08/10/2021
14. 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?

    Published: 29/09/2021
15. 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

    Published: 23/09/2021
16. 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

    Published: 15/09/2021
17. 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?

    Published: 10/09/2021
18. 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]

    Published: 01/09/2021
19. Music Ally Focus #27: How do you turn TikTok virality into streams, follows and fans? Special guest Rebecca Versteegh of Creed Media explains all...

    Published: 20/08/2021
20. 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

    Published: 10/08/2021