Keeping Tempo With Music Biz
Given the constant evolution of the music business, it is extremely important for today’s industry professionals to stay current with the latest trends and technologies influencing the ways we work. Music Biz’s Keeping Tempo With Music Biz content series taps into the brain trust of our member & partner community to arm readers through the tips and tricks they need to succeed, and discuss the issues affecting industry professionals on a holistic level.
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October 30, 2024 – [Keeping Tempo With Music Biz] — Afrobeats Passport Follow-Up: Interview With Vydia’s Junior Saba
With an unfettered ability to transcend borders while maintaining the authenticity of its distinctive sound, Afrobeats has become one of the fastest growing music genres in the world. In a Music Biz Passport event last month, Music Biz member Vydia explored Afrobeats’ rising popularity and how its dynamic relationship with creative globalization showcases the importance of collaboration & tech in establishing lasting musical influence. The following interview consists of questions asked during the event, answered by Vydia’s Sr.... Read More
October 23, 2024 – [Keeping Tempo With Music Biz] — Super-Serving Vinyl Buyers & Artists Alike: Interview with Alexis Castiel of Diggers Factory
In the midst of music’s digital revolution in the 2010s, Diggers Factory was founded as a way to scale vinyl production for passionate artists who wanted to get their fans physical music products they would love. Physical music sales have skyrocketed since that time, allowing Diggers to evolve into a full turnkey solution that offers its clients a full stack of pressing, printing, shipping, design, distribution & promo services for product runs of all sizes. To learn more,... Read More
September 18, 2024 – [Keeping Tempo With Music Biz] — The Ever-Evolving Business of Music Lyrics: Interview with LyricFind’s Darryl Ballantyne
The monetization of song lyrics has opened an important revenue stream for modern artists and our industry as a whole. Artists now have more ways to leverage their lyrics so fans can more easily discover, understand and relate to their works, thanks to companies like LyricFind who developed tech to facilitate these interactions. On the occasion of LyricFind’s 20th anniversary, we sat down with the company’s Founder & CEO, Darryl Ballantyne to discuss LyricFind’s origins and path to success,... Read More
August 14, 2024 – [Keeping Tempo With Music Biz] — The Music Royalty Co.’s First 10 Years: Interview with MRC’s Ali Rigby
The Music Royalty Co. was founded in 2014 after identifying opportunities to modernize royalty calculations in the face of music data’s exponential explosion as streaming began to take off. A decade later, and the company has evolved to fully support the royalty and accountancy needs of its clients, becoming part of the their day-to-day financial operations while allowing them to focus on creating & selling their music. This month we talk to Ali Rigby, the company’s newly appointed CEO,... Read More
July 30, 2024 – [Keeping Tempo With Music Biz] — Don’t Just Be An Ally, Be An Advocate – Music’s Reckoning
Op-Ed by Jessica Vaughn, President, Head Bitch Music and Head of Sync, Venice Music I don’t want words, I want action. The industry continues to be an unsafe and inequitable environment for women and marginalized people. I am sick of the panels, politically correct wording, thoughtless gestures, status quo, the “not yet”, and the blatant absurdity of it all. I am tired of the talking behind closed doors where everyone shares a commonly held opinion in the quiet rooms where the predators aren’t.... Read More
July 9, 2024 – [Keeping Tempo With Music Biz] — Cosynd’s Liz Cimarelli Discusses The Current State of Music Copyright & Cosynd’s New Producer Copyright Initiative
While new creation tools are helping more and more people worldwide achieve their dream of recording & releasing music, existing methods for protecting one’s original work are not always attainable by independent artists. With almost ten years of experience securing copyrights for artists & rightsholders alike, Cosynd recently used its expertise to craft a solution for producers that allows them to register their beats with the U.S. Copyright Office in a cost-effective group registration bundle.... Read More
April 17, 2024 – [Keeping Tempo With Music Biz] — Optimizing For The Music Business’ Digital Future: Interview with Reprtoir’s Dominique Rottet
Reprtoir’s story is that of technology born out of the needs of an ever-changing music industry. Founded nearly ten years ago as an asset management software solution for another company, the platform has become a SaaS solution for music industry professionals in all areas of the business. In our latest Keeping Tempo interview, we discuss the platform’s evolution and how it was designed to adapt to our industry’s frequent evolution with Reprtoir’s Co-Founder and CEO, Dominitue Rottet!... Read More
March 19, 2024 – [Keeping Tempo With Music Biz] — Developing Ethical AI Tools To Support Songwriters & Composers: An Interview with DAACI’s Dr. Joe Lyske
Dr. Joe Lyske is a polymath accomplished in diverse interdisciplinary fields such as artificial intelligence (AI), film composition, game audio design, and aviation. As CTO and Co-Founder of DAACI — a music AI ecosystem designed for composers, by composers — he has invented and patented multiple core AI technologies for composing & editing music, all while championing for transparency, ethics and responsibility in the generative music AI arena. In this month’s interview, we spoke with Dr.... Read More
February 20, 2024 – [KEEPING TEMPO WITH MUSIC BIZ] It AIn’t All Bad: It’s Time To Give AI Its Due — Op-Ed by Orfium’s Michael Petychakis
A turbulent journey of love and hate best describes the relationship between music and technology over the years. But the reality is that technology is critical to the more recent and long-term future success of the music industry; they are inextricably linked. I include Artificial Intelligence (AI) in that. Upon its launch in late 2022, OpenAI’s ChatGPT democratized access to a powerful generative AI tool, sparking a now familiar debate around copyright protection and highlighting the pressing need for legislation to define the boundaries of AI in music creation.... Read More
January 30, 2024 – [Keeping Tempo With Music Biz] — Modernizing Music Marketing In 2024: An Interview with Geoff Robins of Tradable Bits
Music marketing is incredibly complex and ripe with challenges. Just connecting a throughline can be a cumbersome chore for marketers who typically coordinate across multiple entities (labels, promoters, artists, sponsors, etc.) To streamline this process and help marketers really understand the fanbases they’re dealing with, Tradable Bits has developed an all-in-one ecosystem to manage every aspect of companies’ fan-marketing efforts. This month, we talked to Geoff Robins of Tradable Bits about the company’s background, its proven offerings for the music &... Read More
