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Episode 220 Oct 28, 2024

Episode 220

On this week's dynamic episode of the YMC podcast, your groovy hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart break down these important stories: "How AI Can Help Reshape The Music Industry By Doing More Of The Little Things" (Guest column from Billboard); "Universal Music Uses AI Voice Cloning Tool To Create Spanish-language Version Of Brenda Lee’s Hit ‘Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree’" (Music Business Worldwide); "How Have The Diddy Allegations Affected His Streaming Numbers & Radio Play?" (The Ledger Newsletter from Glenn Peoples at Billboard).

Plus audio drops with Alexis Schreiber from Schwartz & Schreiber, Channing Moreland and Makenzie Stokel from EVA, and Kerri Fox-Metoyer from GABB.

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Episode 219 Oct 21, 2024

Episode 219

On this week's scintillating episode of the YMC podcast, your humble hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat about these important stories: "Did That Song Go Viral On TikTok Organically - Or Was It Paid For?" (Billboard); "No, Vinyl Sales Aren’t Down 33% In 2024. They’re Up 6.2%" (Discogs); "Spotify Criticized For Letting Fake Albums Appear On Real Artist Pages" (Ars Technica); "Why TikTok’s Decision To Sideline Merlin, Hurts Music Culture" (A2IM’s Richard James Burgess for Billboard).

Plus audio drops from Meddling founder and CEO Travis Rosenblatt and Sam Tornow from Discogs!

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Episode 218 Oct 14, 2024

Episode 218

On this week's action-packed episode, your humble hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart discuss these important music industry stories: "Record Label Market Share Q3 2024: Island Helps Power Republic As Interscope Makes Big Push" (Billboard); "Inside TikTok’s Money Squeeze on Independent Labels: ‘This Is a Classic Divide-and-Conquer Situation’" (Variety); "Artist Tour Riders: Behind the History, Evolution — And Excess — Of Backstage Life on the Road" (Billboard).

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Episode 217 Oct 07, 2024

Episode 217

On this week's YMC gabfest, your groovy hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat about these important stories: "Record Store Day’s Black Friday Lineup Unveiled" (Variety); "How Recent Music Layoffs Compare To The Post-Napster Years" (Billboard's 'The Ledger'); "Music’s Top Money Makers: The Highest-Paid Executives At Publicly Traded Companies" (Billboard).

Plus an audio drop with Dmitri Vietze on the upcoming Music Tectonics conference later this month!

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Episode 216 Sep 30, 2024

On this scintillating edition of the YMC podcast, your humble hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart yap about these important stories: "What Do Record Labels Do?" (Reverb Nation); "Why TikTok Music’s Failure Isn’t Surprising, And What It Says About Today’s Streaming Business" (Billboard); "The MLC Urges Court To Deny Spotify’s Motion To Dismiss ‘Bundling’ Lawsuit" (Music Business Worldwide).

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Episode 215 Sep 23, 2024

Episode 215

On this week's episode of the YMC podcast, your super-groovy hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart wax poetic on these important music industry stories: "Do Albums Still Matter, And Which Artists Should Be Releasing Them?" (Chartmetric); "Universal’s Direct-To-Fan Business Has Been Growing At A Whopping 33% Rate, And 3 Other Things We Learned At UMG’s Capital Markets Day" (Music Business Worldwide); "A Journey Through The Best Record Stores In North America" (My Pack Wizard).

Plus an audio drop with NITO Executive Director Nathaniel Marrow.

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YMC Special Episode - A Conversation with TikTok's Global Head of Music Ole Obermann Sep 18, 2024

YMC Special Episode!

On this special episode of the YMC podcast, your host Jay Gilbert sat down for an in-depth conversation with TikTok's Global Head of Music Ole Obermann.

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Episode 214 Sep 16, 2024

Episode 214

On this week's super-happening episode, your humble hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart yap about these important stories: "Is Streaming Broken? The Big AI Fraud Indictment Raises Serious Questions" (Billboard); "Music AI FAQs: Experts Answer the Most-Asked Questions About the Growing Sector" (Billboard); "‘A Fundamental Change’: How Major Labels Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Distribution Deals" (Billboard).

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Episode 213 Sep 09, 2024

Episode 213

On this latest installment of the YMC groovefest, your outta-sight hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat about these important music industry stories: "Spotify’s Global Head Of Editorial On The ‘Art And Science’ Of Playlist Curation" (Billboard); "How Digital Album Sales Are Affecting The Race For No. 1 On The Charts" (Billboard); "Feds Indict Musician On Landmark Massive Streaming Fraud Charges" (Rolling Stone).

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Episode 212 Sep 02, 2024

Episode 212

On this installment of the YMC podcast, your humble hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart wax poetic on these important stories: "2024 Mid-Year Music Industry Revenue Report Is Out! YouTube Is Unparalleled In Its Ubiquity. But Music Subscription Services Pay The Bills. Glenn Peoples From Billboard Breaks It All Down" (Billboard); "Why Fan Pages Are Becoming Artists’ Most Useful — and Cheapest — Marketing Tool" (Billboard); "Spotify Has A Fake Band Problem. It’s A Sign Of Things To Come" (Slate).

Plus an audio drop with Tidal Global Head Of Product Agustina Sacerdote!

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YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With Former Spotify Data Alchemist Glenn McDonald Aug 30, 2024

On this very special edition of the YMC podcast celebrating our 4th anniversary, your groovy hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart sit down for a conversation with former Spotify data alchemist Glenn McDonald on his new book "You Have Not Yet Heard Your Favourite Song".

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Episode 211 Aug 26, 2024

Episode 211

On this week's edition of the YMC podcast, your cheeky hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat about these important music industry stories: "2024 Top Streaming Stats" (Bobby Owsinski's Music 3.0 Blog); "Vinyl Prices Have Outpaced Inflation. Are They Finally Flattening Out?" (Billboard); "Mainstream Is The New Niche" (MIDiA).

Plus audio drops from Randall Foster at Symphonic, music from Ashley McBryde, and Todd Dupler from the Recording Academy.

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Episode 210 Aug 19, 2024

Episode 210

On the 4th anniversary if the YMC podcast, your curious hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat about these important stories: "Remembering the Music Industry Players Who Died in 2024" (Billboard); "The Business of Selling Out Is Warping the Music Industry" (Bloomberg); "Please, Please, Please Stop Using My Song: Can Artists Force Politicians to Lay Off Their Music?" (Billboard).

Plus audio drops with Alexis Schreiber from the law firm Schwartz and Schreiber, Jason Peterson from GoDigital and CINQ, and Ryder Havdale from Helios.

Episode 209 Aug 12, 2024

Episode 209

One this week's jammin' YMC episode, your humble hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chatted about these important music industry stories: "How AI Is Creating A Wave Of Innovation And Entrepreneurship That’s Reshaping The Music Industry" (Billboard); "The Music Industry Is Suffering From A Streaming Hangover" (Financial Times); "Recent Earnings Calls From UNIVERSAL MUSIC, WARNER MUSIC and SONY MUSIC ...What We’ve Learned" (Billboard, Music Business Worldwide).

Plus audio drops with Drew Thurlow on his piece for Billboard, and Michelle Solomon from Pandora.

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Episode 208 Aug 05, 2024

Episode 208

On this week's rockin' episode of the YMC podcast, you super-cool hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart yap about these important music industry stories: "Can Streaming Save the Music Biz?" (Sherwood News); "Songwriters Take The Stage | A New Playbook For A New Era" Tatiana Cirisano From MIDiA Breaks It Down For Us (MIDiA); "Artists And Major Music Companies Applaud Introduction Of ‘Landmark’ NO FAKES Act In US Senate - Todd Dupler Explains What It All Means" (Music Business Worldwide).

Plus audio drops from Dmitri Vietze from Music Techtonics, Glenn McDonald, author of You Have Not Yet Heard Your Favorite Song: How Streaming Changes Music, Tatiana Cirisano from MIDiA, Todd Dupler with the Recording Academy.

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Episode 207 Jul 29, 2024

Episode 207

On this week's scintillating edition of the YMC podcast, your groovy hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat about these important music industry stories: "Jack White Didn't Just Release A Surprise Album — He Made A Stand For Rock Mystique" (The Tennessean); "Daniel Ek Talks New Spotify ‘Deluxe’ Tier, The Company’s Relationship With The Music Business And More On Q2 Earnings Call" (Music Business Worldwide); "What You Should Know About UMG’s Q2 Earnings: Uneven Streaming Growth, Facebook Licensing & More" (Billboard).

Plus audio drops with Lady Gaga at the Olympics, and the new Jack White release!

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Episode 206 Jul 22, 2024

Episode 206

On this week's offering of the YMC podcast, your humble hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat about these important music industry stories: "Luminate Releases 2024 Mid-year Music Report" (Luminate); "There Are 8bn User-curated Playlists On Spotify, 725m Created This Year Alone, Daniel Ek Says" (Music Business Worldwide); "Country Music Is Booming Again. This Time, The Fans Are In Charge" (Wall Street Journal).

Plus an audio drop from Darryl Ballentine, CEO at LYRICFIND.

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YMC Special - Will Page's "A Case For Completion" Jul 19, 2024

YMC Special - Will Page's "A Case For Completion"

On this special edition of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart have a conversation with one of our favorite friends, economist Will Page on his recent piece "A Case For Completion".

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YMC Special Episode - The Luminate Mid-Year 2024 Report Jul 17, 2024

YMC Special Episode

On this special episode of the YMC podast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart sit down for a chat with our friend Jaime Marconette from Luminate about their recently released Mid-Year 2024 Report!

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Episode 205 Jul 15, 2024

Episode 205

On this week's YMC edition, your humble hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart yap about these important music industry stories: "'The Music Business is Still Not the Safest Place for Women to Work" (Music Business Worldwide); "Live Nation Antitrust Lawsuit Will Do Nothing To Lower Ticket Prices" (Op-Ed by Larry Miller for Variety); "How To Plan Your Next Release 2024" (Hypebot).

Plus audio drops from Brianna Schwartz at Schwartz & Schreiber, Jessica Vaughn from Head Bitch, and Yoav Zimet - CEO / co-founder of Rythm.

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YMC Special - The Vinyl Roundtable Discussion Jul 11, 2024

On this very special edition of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart present our Vinyl Roundtable conversation with our special guests Michael Kurtz (Record Store Day), Billy Fields (Warner Music Group), and Bill Hein (Pressing Business) for a far reaching conversation about the state of vinyl today.

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Episode 204 Jul 08, 2024

Episode 204

On this week's episode of the YMC podcast, your happenin' hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart breakdown these important music industry stories: "We've Got To Rethink Music Festivals" (An Op-Ed From By Will Page for Music Business Worldwide); "The New Model For Building Crazy Fandom - 8 Lessons From Fred Again" (Rob Abelow From His 'Where Music's Going Blog'); "Record Labels Have Tried To Get A Radio Performance Right For Decades. Is Anything Different This Time?" (Billboard Magazine).

Plus audio drops from the artist Beccs on mental health, Meng Kuok, CEO & Founder of Caldecott Music Group: BandLab Technologies on the Principles for Music Creation with AI, and Will Page on his Op-Ed "We've Got To Rethink Music Festivals".

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Episode 203 Jul 01, 2024

Episode 203

On this week's installment of the YMC podcast, your humble hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart yap about these important music industry stories: "Major Record Companies Sue Suno And Udio For ‘Mass Infringement’ Of Copyright" (Music Business Worldwide); "As Big Labels And Publishers Lose Market Power, They Are Pushing To Change Rules On Royalties" (Billboard); "2024 Culture & Trends Report" (YouTube).

Plus audio drops from Brando Rich from CashOrTrade, and Peter Sinclair from BeatBread.

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Episode 202 Jun 24, 2024

Episode 202

On this week's YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart get jiggy with these important music industry stories: "Why Some Artists Are Waiting to Put Albums On Streaming Services" (Billboard); "What Would Happen If Spotify Started Charging A ‘Modest Fee’ For Its Ad-Funded Tier… Or Shut It Down Entirely?" (Music Business Worldwide); "The Water Cooler Moment" (Patrick Clifton "Tunes & Tales" Blog).

Plus audio drops with Glenn McDonald on his new book "You Have Not Yet Heard Your Favorite Song - How Streaming Changes Music", Evan Dhillon from Kits.AI, and Patrick Clifton from his Tunes & Tales blog on MEDIUM.

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Episode 201 Jun 17, 2024

Episode 201

On this week's gabfest with your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart, the guys discuss these important music industry stories: "Music Publishers File Complaint With US Federal Trade Commission Against Spotify Over Audiobook Bundle" (Music Business Worldwide); "Spotify Waited Years to Roll Out High-Definition Audio. The Delay Just Might Pay Off" (Billboard); "Robert Kyncl Turns Up Heat On P.R.O. Metadata Matching, And Other Things We Learned From His Latest Interview" (Music Business Worldwide).

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Episode 200 Jun 10, 2024

Episode 200!

On this 200th episode of the YMC podcast, your groovy hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart bring you an action-packed installment of the podcast covering these important stories: "Inside The Growing War Over Merch Fees At Venues: ‘Bands Are Getting Ripped Off’" (Billboard); "Declarations Of Independence: 23 Top Indie Artists’ Share Their Secrets To Success" (Billboard); "PEX Publishes Its Latest Report On ‘Manipulated’ - User Generated Songs (Music Ally).

Plus a cornucopia of music biz info with audio drops from Louis Posen, producer and founder of Hopeless Records, Jeremy Sirota, CEO of Merlin, Steve Knopper, author and Billboard editor at large, and Megh Vakharian, SymphonyOS cofounder!

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Episode 199 Jun 03, 2024

Episode 199

On this week's installment of the YMC podcast, your humble hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart kibbitz on these important music industry stories: "Sony Music Group Boss Rob Stringer Talks Acquisitions, AI And How Music Streaming Services Should Start Charging Free Users" (Music Business Worldwide); "14 Music-Tech Startups Helping To Shape The Music Business, As It's Shaken Up By AI" (Business Insider); "How Napster Created A Monster That Became Bigger Than The Music Industry" (LA Times).

Plus audio drops with Eamonn Forde, author of the new book 1999: The Year The Record Industry Lost Control and Richard Burgess, President and CEO of A2IM: the American Association of Independent Music on the upcoming A2IM Indie Week - June 10 - 13 in NYC.

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YMC Special Episode - The MIDiA Research 2024-2031 Global Music Forecast - The Rise of the Global South May 30, 2024

On this very special YMC episode, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart talk with their friends Mark Mulligan and Tatiana Cirisano from MIDiA about their insightful report "MIDiA Research 2024-2031 Global Music Forecasts - The Rise of the Global South".

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Episode 198 May 27, 2024

Episode 198

On this episode of the YMC podcast, your humble hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart yap about these important stories: "Sexual Violence, NDAs And The Music Industry" (Music Ally); "Ticketmaster And Live Nation Should Be Broken Up, DOJ Says In New Lawsuit" (Rollling Stone); "Spotify's Battle With Songwriters And Music Publishers Is Getting Complicated. Here's A Recap." (Music Business Worldwide).

Plus an audio drop with Hunter Giles from Infinite Catalog.

The Sound Off "Make The Music Industry Safe Report":

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/64efea71ba63473425e1aacd/t/65dead83a5613548b681ecf9/1709092432027/SOUND+OFF%3A+Make+the+Music+Industry+Safe+Report+February+2024

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Episode 197 May 20, 2024

Episode 197

On this week's episode of the YMC podcast, your humble hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart bring you a gab-tastic edition covering these important stories: "Challenges Artists Face in the Modern Streaming Era" (Chatmetric); "The Mechanical Licensing Collective Brings Legal Action For Unpaid Royalties Against Spotify USA Inc." (The MLC); "A Timeline Of The Music Industry’s "Bundling Feud" With Spotify" (Billboard); "The Most Popular Musician You've Never Heard Of? Johan Röhr Has Been Streamed 15 Billion Times On Spotify" (LaMonde News and Rick Beato with Ted Gioia).

Plus audio drops with Jay Gilbert and his panel from the Music Biz Conference in Nashville, Beatdapp CEO Andrew Batey, and Ted Gioia from his interview with Rick Beato!

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Episode 196 May 13, 2024

Episode 196

On this week's YMC yapfest, your humble hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart discuss these important music industry stories: "TikTok Sues U.S. Government, Saying Ban Violates 1st Amendment" (LA Times); "Randy Travis' Shocks Music Industry With AI Pairing For 'Where That Came From’ - How The Song Came Together" (The Tennessean); "GENRE ISN’T DEAD, IT JUST SMELLS FUNNY: Rethinking Musical Genre For The Streaming Era" (Pop Matters).

Plus an audio drop with Ryan Blakeley from Pop Matters!

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YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With Music Attorney Dina LaPolt May 09, 2024

YMC Special Episode!

To celebrate the upcoming 200th episode of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart are excited to share our conversation with music attorney Dina LaPolt.

We have talked about Dina many times in the past on the podcast, so we were especially pleased when she agreed to sit down with for a chat about some of the most important issues facing artists today.

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Episode 195 May 06, 2024

Episode 195

On this week's YMC podcast, your mostly non-AI hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart discuss these important music business stories: "Universal Music And Tiktok Strike New Licensing Deal – Including ‘Improved Remuneration’ For UMG Artists And Songwriters" (Music Business Worldwide); "We Break Down Cleo Abrams YouTube Video “AI Music Simply Explained" (Cleo Abrams at Big If True); "Spotify vs. Songwriters (Again): NMPA Says Spotify's Latest Move To Lower Royalty Rates Is ‘Likely To End Up In A Legal Conflict’" (Music Business Worldwide).

Plus audio drops with Murray Stassen from Music Business Worldwide on the UMG/TikTok agreement, and a clip from Cleo Abrams Big If True podcast on AI music.

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Episode 194 Apr 29, 2024

Episode 194

On this week's episode of the YMC podcast, your humble hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart wax poetic on these important music industry stories: "A New ‘Music-Only’ Subscription Tier Is Coming To Spotify, Confirms Daniel Ek… And 4 Other Things We Learned On The Company’s Latest Earnings Call" (Music Business Worldwide); "How Vinyl Can Harness the Influence of Superfans" (Billboard - Guest Column by Will Page and Fred Goldring); "Luminate Expands How It Counts Indie Retail Sales for Billboard Charts Via New Partnership" (Billboard).

Plus audio drops with Kris Ahrend, Chief Executive Officer for The Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC), and Patrick Clifton from the Tunes and Tales blog with Notes From The Fan Economy.

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Episode 193 Apr 22, 2024

Episode 193

On this week's episode of the YMC podcast, your humble hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart kibbitz about these important stories: "TikTok Is Talking To UMG Again, But Washington May Hold The Keys To Its Future" (Billboard); "Inside Taylor Swift’s Surprise Return to TikTok" (Wall Street Journal); "NMPA accuses Spotify Of 'Attacking Songwriters' As It Changes How It Pays Mechanical Royalties In The US" (Music Business Worldwide).

Plus an audio drop with Mark Mulligan, Managing Director and Analyst at MiDIA on their new research report "Bifurcation Theory: How Today's Music Business Will Become Two".

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Episode 192 Apr 15, 2024

Episode 192

On this week's gabtastic episode, your happy hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart converse about these important music industry stories: "Artists Are Seeing Their Music Removed From DSPs For Streaming Fraud They Didn’t Commit" (Ari Herstand for Variety); Spotify Plans To Let Subscribers Speed Up Songs – And Pay Rightsholders When Those Modified Tracks Are Streamed" (Music Business Worldwide); "Everyone Wants To Reach Superfans. It Won’t Be Easy" (Billboard).

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Episode 191 Apr 08, 2024

Episode 191

On this week's episode of the YMC podcast, your humble hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat about these important music biz stories: "Is UMG's TikTok Ban Hurting Its U.S. Streaming Numbers? Here's What The Evidence Shows" (Glenn Peoples at Billboard); "An Independent Musician’s Perspective - On The TikTok Legislation Before Congress" (Blake Morgan); "Q1 2024 Music Trend Report" (Jesse Kirschbaum's Beats & Bytes).

Plus audio drops with Jen Jacobson, Executive Director of the Artists Rights Alliance, and Janice Polizzotto, Chief Relationship Officer of Music Will.

Link to Ohio State Universitie's Music Industry Summit, FREE and open to all!

https://www.ohio.edu/music-industry-summit

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Episode 190 Apr 01, 2024

Episode 190

On this week's edition of the YMC podcast, your non-AI generated hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart cover these important stories: "How Are Musicians Supposed To Survive On $0.00173 Per Stream?" (The Guardian); "RIAA Report 2023 Takeaways: Is The U.S. Too Reliant on Paid Subscriptions?" (Billboard).

Plus audio examples from AI song generation platform Suno, and AI video generation platform BITH.AI.

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Episode 189 Mar 25, 2024

Episode 189

On this week's scintilating episode of the YMC podcast, your humble hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat about these important music biz stories: "IFPI Global Report 2024: Music Revenues Climb 10% to $28.6 Billion" (Billboard); "Why Are IFPI & MIDiA’s 2023 Revenue Figures So Far Apart? The Answer Lies In ‘Expanded Rights'" (Billboard); "Loud & Clear: Spotify Releases Their Annual Music Report: The Top 10 Findings" (Spotify).

Plus an audio drop with Jamie Dee Hart from Hart & Songs.

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Episode 188 Mar 18, 2024

Episode 188

On this week's episode of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart yapped about these important music business stories: "Will Congress Ban TikTok? Here's What's Going On" (Rolling Stone); "Results Of The MusicWatch 2023 Annual Music Study: Record Numbers of Music Streamers and Paid Subscribers" (Music Watch); "Vinyl Sales Keep Growing - So Why Does It Look Like They've Dropped?" (Billboard).

Plus audio drops with Russ Crupnick from Music Watch, and the YouTube video Clare Dunn Exposes The Dark Side Of The Country Music Industry. Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee

Episode 187 Mar 11, 2024

Episode 187

On this week's podtastic show, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart talk about these important music business stories: "Over 38% Of Music On TikTok Is ‘Modified’, Says Study That Analyzed 100 Million Audio Tracks On The Platform" (Music Business Worldwide); "The Truth About Ticket Prices" (Live Nation); "The Music Industry’s Over-Reliance On TikTok Shows How Lazy It Has Become" (The Guardian).

Plus audio drops with Martin Mills from Merlin, and Allison Hagendorf from The Allison Hagendorf Show!

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Episode 186 Mar 04, 2024

Episode 186

On this week's YMC gabfest, your humble hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat about these important music industry stories: "With Label Layoffs, Will Artists Get Dropped?"(Billboard); "Blake Morgan And #irespectmusic Return To Washington For The American Music Fairness Act And #musicfairness" (Chris Castle at Music, Technology Policy); "So… Maybe Don’t Bet Your House On Universal Music Group And TikTok Reaching A Deal Anytime Soon" (Music Business Worldwide).

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Episode 185 Feb 26, 2024

Episode 185

On this week's episode of YMC podcast, your humble hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart cover these important stories: "The Label Recovery, Part I: Purpose" (Patrick Clifton); "Show Me the Splits: Tiffany Red Illuminates Stealing Publishing" (Chris Castle); "Anthropic Trained Its AI To Rip Off Copyrighted Lyrics - Music Publishers Allege - In Escalating Court Battle" (Music Business Worldwide).

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Episode 184 Feb 19, 2024

Episode 184

On this week's edition of the YMC podcast, your groovy hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart kibbitz about these important stories: "Music Subscriber Market Shares 2023" (Music Industry Blog); "The Ultimate Guide for Musicians to Have a Kickass Year 2024" (Symphonic); "Record Store Day 2024 Release List Revealed" (Stereogum).

Plus audio drops from Fabrice Sergent from Bandsintown, and Megh Vakharia from SymphonyOS.

Check out these music videos Jay and Mike talked about:

Billy Joel "Turn The Lights Back On"

https://youtu.be/UOf6CMbHPuA?si=hkPLVQZ4ixYdNcKP

The Dandy Warhols "I'd Like To Help You With Your Problem (featuring Slash)"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3H2AVm1uD8

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Episode 183 Feb 12, 2024

Episode 183

On this week's episode, your humble hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat about these important stories: "Universal Deflates The TikTok Hype: Does TikTok Have A Napster Problem?" (Chris Castle); "Overnight Success Is Very Rare In Music, And There's Date To Prove It" (Billboard); "Robert Kyncl Is 'Confident' That Universal And TikTok Will Resolve Their Spat...And 3 Other Things We Learned From WMG's Latest Earnings Call" (Music Business Worldwide).

Plus audio drops from Jorge Brea, CEO of Symphonic, Christine Asazuwa founder of the Measure of Music Conference, and Chris Castle from Music Technology Policy.

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A YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With Will Page On SoundCloud Rockonomics Feb 08, 2024

On this YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With Will Page, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat with our friend Will Page about his second in a series of beautifully designed websites that lift the lid on how new models of music streaming serve creators and consumers alike.

Getting exclusive access to data (and data scientists) from SoundCloud has allowed Will to surface the relevant engagement metrics that matter to our industry.

Here's a link to the website:

https://www.soundcloudrockonomics.com

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Episode 182 Feb 05, 2024

Episode 182

On this week's episode of the YMC podcast, your humble hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chatted about these important stories: "TikTok Just Lost A Huge Catalog Of Music. What Happened?" (New York Times); "78% Of Small-To-Midsize Businesses In The US Currently Misuse Personal Streaming Accounts To Play Music To Their Customers. It’s Costing The Music Industry $1.38 Billion Per Year." (Music Business Worldwide); "USC Annenberg's Report On Women's Gains In The Music Industry" (The New York Times).

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Episode 181 Jan 29, 2024

Episode 181

On this week's wiz-bang episode, your groovy hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart discuss these important topics and stories: "RUSS CRUPNICK From MusicWatch, Independent Analyst RICHARD KRAMER and Beatdap CEO MORGAN HAYDUK" (Audio Drops); Industry Leaders On Key Issues Including Artist Development, Exports And AI"(MusicWeek); "If The Music Business Keeps Growing, Why The Layoffs?"(Billboard).

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Episode 180 Jan 22, 2024

Episode 180

On this week's gabfest, your humble hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat about these important stories: "Patrick Clifton Breaks Down His Story 'The Record Label Crisis'"; "Spotify Dominates Audio Streaming, But Where Are The Profits?" (Wall Street Journal); "The Music Industry Needs A New Growth Story" (Bloomberg).

Luminate Year-End Music Report:

https://luminatedata.com/reports/yearend-music-industry-report/

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Patrick Clifton's article:

https://medium.com/@tunesandtales (https://medium.com/@tunesandtales)

Episode 179 Jan 15, 2024

Episode 179

On this week's edition of the YMC podcast, your groovy hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart yap about these important stories: "The Luminate U.S. Year-End Music Report For 2023 Is Here" (Luminate); "UMG Stock Gains On Layoff News, BELIEVE Shares Fall On Possible Takeover Report, K-Pop Stocks Flop" (Billboard); "The Future of Vinyl: Dustin Blocker Breaks Down The Resurgence Of Analog In A Digital World" (Magnetic).

Plus an audio drop from Brianna Schwartz and Alexis Schreiber from Schwartz & Schreiber PLLC on Fair Use and Ai.

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Episode 178 Jan 08, 2024

Episode 178

On this week's edition of the YMC podcast, your humble hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart discuss these importan music industry stories: "Andreessen Horowitz’s Thoughts On AI Shows What The Music Industry Will Be Up Against In 2024" (Music Business Worldwide); "TikTok Global Head Of Music Ole Obermann On All Things Music" (Forbes); "Spotify’s 138% Gain Leads Billboard Global Music Index’s 31% Improvement In 2023" (Billboard).

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A YMC Special Episode - A Conversation with Bobby Owsinski Jan 03, 2024

On this special YMC episode, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart have an in-depth conversation with audio engineer, producer and author Bobby Owsinski on his new book, The Musician's Ai Handbook.

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Episode 177 Jan 01, 2024

Episode 177

Happy New Year to everyone from Jay and Mike!

On our first episode of 2024, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart talk about these important stories: "6 Music Business Stories You Missed Over The Holiday Break" (Hypebot); "2023’s Music By The Numbers: Taylor Swift Dominated, Country Boomed, And Hip-Hop Sunk" (Rolling Stone); "The 10 Biggest Music Business Deals Of 2023" (Billboard).

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Episode 176 Dec 25, 2023

Episode 176

On the last YMC podcast episode of the year, your happy hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart unceremoniously shove 2023 out the door and cover these important stories: "The 10 Biggest Music Business Stories of 2023" (Billboard); "Mark Mulligan Of MIDiA’s 2024 Music Industry Predictions" (Hypebot); "The Record Label Crisis" (Patrick Clifton).

Plus an audio drop from Billboard editor at large Steve Knopper on the new Immediate Family documentary.

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Episode 175 Dec 18, 2023

Episode 175

On this week's episode of the YMC podcast, your happy hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart discuss these important music industry stories: "11 Music Business Predictions For 2024- From Jay Gilbert!" (Hypebot); "2023 Music Economics Report For Independent Artists" (Duetti); "'We’re On TikTok? What’s TikTok?’ The Forgotten Bands Going Supersonic Thanks To Gen Z" (The Guardian).

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YMC Special Episode - "Key Changes", with Howie Singer and Bill Rosenblatt Dec 15, 2023

On this very special episode of the Your Morning Coffee podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart have a conversation with Howie Singer and Bill Rosenblatt, the authors of the new book "Key Changes - The Ten Times Technology Transformed The Music Industry".

This book is a must-read for anyone in or interested in the music industry, and we are really excited to share this with our listeners.

Episode 174 Dec 11, 2023

Episode 174

On this week's YMC gabfest, your groovy hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat about these important stories: "Vinyl Industry Opposes ‘Dramatic’ Shift In Music Store Sales Reporting" (Hypebot); "As AI Grows, Artists & Labels Consider: Who Owns a Voice?" (Billboard); and discussion about "The Senate passing the FANS FIRST ACT and Fair Use and Support for Federal Protections Against AI Voice Cloning & Deepfakes".

Plus an audio drop with Jacquelle Amankonah Horton, founder and CEO of FAVE, a new fan engagement platform and marketplace dedicated to empowering superfans! Their new AI-supported tool for artists and their teams is called "FanFinder".

If you are interested in testing FanFinder, reach out to Jacquelle at jacquelle@faveforfans.com!

Episode 173 Dec 04, 2023

Episode 173

On this week's YMC podcast, your humble hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart yap ahout these important stories: "SPOTIFY WRAPPED IS HERE! The Top Songs, Artists, Podcasts and Listening Trends of 2023 Revealed" (Spotify); "Will AI Be Used To Raise Musicians From The Dead? (Billboard); "Historic Mechanical Royalty Increases, Inflation Adjustments Explained!" (Chris Castle).

Plus an audio drop with Mike Warner, author of Work Hard, Playlist Hard.

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YMC Bonus Special Episode - A Conversation With Will Page 3 Nov 30, 2023

On this bonus special YMC episode, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart talk with their good friend and economist Will Page about his article stating the global value of music copyrights for 2022 is hitting the $41.5 BILLION dollar mark!

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Episode 172 Nov 27, 2023

Episode 172

On this week's YMC podcast, your humble hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart discuss these important stories: "Everything To Know About Spotify's New Royalties Model: How Does It Work & Who Will It Impact?" (Billboard); "New Study Confirms TikTok Drives Streaming, But There’s No Magic Bullet on Going Viral" (Billboard); "YouTube Launches Test Of AI Music Generator That Can Mimic Demi Lovato, John Legend, Charlie Puth, Troye Sivan, T-Pain And More" (Variety).

Plus an audio drop with Astral co-founder Jack Bogdan!

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Episode 171 Nov 20, 2023

Episode 171

On this week's YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart yap about these important stories: "TikTok Strikes Partnership With Spotify, Apple Music And Amazon Music To Link App Directly To Music Streaming Services" (Music Business Worldwide); "Spotify Plans to Charge for Fraud: How It Works & Who It Affects the Most" (Billboard); "YouTube To Require Creators To Flag AI-Generated Content, Will Add New Ways To Request Removal Of Deepfakes Including Music Videos That Mimic An Artist’s Voice" (Variety).

Plus audio drops from Geraldo Remos, CEO of Moises Systems, and Matt Adell, Co-founder and COO from Somms.AI.

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Episode 170 Nov 13, 2023

Episode 170

On this week's edition of the YMC podcast, your humble hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart yap about these important stories: "10 Predictions For Music's Future" (Rob Abelow); "The Evolving Roles & Responsibilities Of Artist Management Today" (Chris Nilsson from 10th Street Entertainment); "What Spotify’s New Royalty Model Really Means" (Variety); "The MLC Has Paid Out Over $1.5bn To Songwriters To Date" (Music Business Worldwide).

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Episode 169 Nov 06, 2023

Episode 169

On this week's YMC gabfest, your humble hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart discuss these important stories: "Most Tracks On Spotify Won’t Earn A Royalty Under New Scheme" (Billboard); "It’s Out! The Trapital Report" (Trapital); "Key Changes: The Ten Times Technology Transformed The Music Industry" (Howie Singer/Bill Rosenblatt).

Plus audio drops with Dan Runice from Trapital, and Howie Singer and Bill Rosenblatt, authors of "Key Changes: The Ten Times Technology Transformed The Music Industry"!

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Episode 168 Oct 30, 2023

Episode 168

On this week's episode of the YMC podcast, your digital music mavens Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart discuss these important music industry stories: "Spotify Is Changing Its Royalty Model To Crush Streaming Fraud And Introduce A Minimum Threshold For Payment" (Music Business Worldwide); "50 Years Of Music Industry Revenues, By Format" (Visual Capitalist); "Spotify’s Price Hike Didn’t Hurt Subscriptions, And 3 Other Things We Learned On Its Latest Earnings Call" (Music Business Worldwide).

Plus an audio drop from Oleg Stravitsky, CEO / Co-Founder of ENDEL!

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Episode 167 Oct 23, 2023

Episode 167

On this week's edition of the YMC podcast, your groovy hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart kibbitz about these important music industry stories: "Music Has Become A ‘Just-In-Time’ Economy" (MIDiA); "Superfans And Supine Fans: The Music Industry Is Getting Its Priorities The Wrong Way Around" (Music Business Wordwide); "UMG Sues AI Company For Using Songs To Train Models: ‘Systematic & Widespread Infringement’" (Billboard).

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Episode 166 Oct 16, 2023

Episode 166

On this week's YMC podcast, your happy hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat about these important music industry stories: "Music Attorney Don Passman On Contracts, AI And What Makes Superstars Different" (Billboard); "Streaming Is Missing Cultural Moments, And Superstars Know It" (MIDiA); "From Points To Publishing, Here’s How — And How Much — Producers Get Paid Now" (Billboard).

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Episode 165 Oct 09, 2023

Episode 165

On this week's wild and rockin' episode, your humble hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat about these important stories: "Record Label Market Share Q3 2023: Republic Stays Dominant While Interscope & Atlantic Surge" (Billboard); "5 Observations On… Epic Games’ Sale Of Bandcamp To Songtradr" (Music Business Worldwide); "Does Culture Become A Commodity, Or Do Commodities Become Culture?" (MIDiA).

Jump Global annual summit 2023 Nov 12 - 14 in Los Angeles: Personal and Professional Development for Music Business Humans! (use the code JGCOMMUNITY23 and get $200 discount!)

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Episode 164 Oct 02, 2023

Episode 164

On this week's installment of the YMC podcast, your dynamic duo hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart yap about these important stories: "The Truth Behind Why You Aren't Getting More Streams" (Randall Foster on Hypebot); "The Fans Also Like Nightmare Of September 2023 – Spotify Fans Also Like Update" (Anothony Pacheco -Simpl.); "Live Nation Scraps Artist Merch Fees at Its US Club Venues As Part Of New ‘On the Road Again’ Program" (Music Business Worldwide).

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Corrected link for the TikTok Artist Handbook 2023 - https://bit.ly/3rqhIUi

Episode 163 Sep 25, 2023

Episode 163

On this week's edition of the YMC podcast, your groovy hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart kibbitz about these important music industry stories: "Four Takeaways From The RIAA 2023 Mid-Year Report: Prices Rise, Subscriptions Slow & More" (Billboard); "Artificial Intelligence In The Music Business ~ What You Need To Know" (Mulitple Sources); "6 Music Industry Topics Every Musician Should Learn More About" (Symphonic).

Plus an audio drop with Jack Bogdan, co-founder and CPO of Astral!

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Episode 162 Sep 18, 2023

Episode 162

On this week's YMC podcast, your groovy hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart wax poetic on these important music industry stories: "Streaming Is Changing The Sound of Music" (Wall Street Journal); "If I Ran Spotify, I'd Do These 8 Things" (Rob Abelow); "A New Era Of ‘Fan-Made’ Music Is About To Begin" (MIDiA).

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Episode 161 Sep 11, 2023

Episode 161

On this week's YMC gabfest, your humble hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart discuss these important stories: "How to Make Artist Centric, Artist Centric" (Mark Mulligan Via The Music Industry Blog); "Multiple Criminal Gang Members Confirm They've Used Spotify For Money Laundering In Bombshell New Report" (Music Business Worldwide); "Independent artists Deserve An Equitable Music Ecosystem" (A Guest Post By Ben Patterson, President, Artist & Label Services of Downtown Music).

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The YMC Third Anniversary Special Sep 08, 2023

Your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart celebrate their third anniversary of the podcast with a very special episode featuring Tatiana Cirisano and Kriss Thakrar from MIDiA.

Tatiana and Kriss break down MIDiA's two recently released reports: The MIDiA Research 2023-2030 Global Music Forecasts (Speed Bump) and The State and Future Of Music Fandom - Unleashing Fan Creativity.

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Episode 160 Sep 04, 2023

Episode 160

On this week's edition of the YMC podcast, your humble hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart yap about these important music industry stories: "From Madelynn Elyse & Hypebot -Build Fans, Don’t Chase Streams" (Hypebot); "Has TikTok Killed the Music Video Star?" (Billboard); "Economist Will Page Unwraps the Touring Bounceback" (IQ).

Plus audio drops from Madelynn Elyse on her story in Hypebot, and Dimitri Vietze on the upcoming Music Tectonics conference - and with a special deal for YMC listeners!

Episode 159 Aug 28, 2023

Episode 159

On this weeks YMC podcast, your gregarious groovy guys Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart discuss these important music industry stories: "Pushing Songs Up the Charts Was a Label Job. Then Fans Took Over" (Billboard); "Up Close And Personal: When The Algorithm Goes Too Far" (MIDiA); "The CD Finds New Life Among Gen Z Collectors" (The Washington Post).

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Episode 158 Aug 21, 2023

Episode 158

On this week's episode of the YMC podcast, the boys Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart yap about these important stories: "We Got An Early Look At TikTok's New Music App That Hasn't Arrived In The US Yet. The Spotify Rival Made Great Playlists But Had A Few Big Flaws" (Business Insider); "Songwriters & Publishers Have A $250M Payday Coming After Streaming Royalty Determination" (Billboard); "If I Ran a Major Record Label..." (Ted Gioia).

Plus and audio drop with AudioShake CEO Jessica Powell!

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Episode 157 Aug 14, 2023

Episode 157

On this week's YMC podcast, your humble hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat about these important music industry stories: "The 3 Major Music Companies Generated $1bn More In The First Half Of 2023 Vs. The First Half Of 2022" (Music Business Worldwide); "AI Music: What Musicians Need To Know" (Berklee Online); "State of the Hot 100 Top 10: Mid-Year 2023 Report" (Billboard).

Plus and audio drop from Kuok Meng Ru, the founder of BandLab.

Episode 156 Aug 07, 2023

Episode 156

On this week's YMC podcast, your punchdrunk hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat about these important stories: "Pop Stars Aren’t Popping Like They Used To — Do Labels Have A Plan?" (Billboard); "A Guide To 'Fan' Organizations Funded By The Ticketing Industry" (Pitchfork); "Dustin Blocker Key Takeaways From The Making Vinyl Conference".

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A YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With Will Page Aug 04, 2023

A YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With Will Page

In this special episode of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart have an extended conversion with our friend Will Page.

Will is the author of one of our favorite industry books "Tarzan Economics: Eight Principles For Pivoting Through Disruption", which has been renamed for the paperback (Will tells us why in the episode) to "Pivot: Eight Principles For Transforming Your Business In A Time Of Disruption". He is also the former Chief Economist of Spotify and PRS for Music where he pioneered Rockonomics!

Also, check out Will's mix of Carol King's 1973 track I Believe In Humanity entitled "2023 I Believe In Humanity" with an intro from Carol herself:

https://soundcloud.com/willpagensc/2023-believe-in-humanity

Episode 155 Jul 31, 2023

Episode 155

On this week's episode of the YMC podcast, your happening hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart discussed these music industry stories: "Fan Study: Fans Make It Possible, And We Have The Data To Prove It" (Spotify for Artists); "An Updated Look At Artist Merch Trends In 2023" (ATVENU); "User-centric: New Study Of 50k Indie SoundCloud Artists Shows 1 In 5 Could Double Income Under Streaming Model" (Music Business Worldwide).

Plus and audio drop from Fabrice Sergent from Bandsintown on the MIDiA "Return To Live" study!

Episode 154 Jul 24, 2023

Episode 154

On this week's show, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat about these important music business stories: "Talking Merch Cut Blues - #MyMerch; Jackie Venson Reading Her OpEd" (Music Technology Policy); "‘People Really Like Music. But The Music Industry Lets Everyone Else Capture The Value’ " (Music Business Worldwide); "Music’s Addicted To The ‘Monthly Active User’ Metric. But It Tells Us Nothing." (Music Business Worldwide).

Plus an audio drop with Tony Van Veen from Disc Makers.

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Episode 153 Jul 17, 2023

Episode 153

On this week's YMC podcast, your happening hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart yap about these important stories: "On-Demand Audio Streams Grew 13.5% To Reach 616.5bn In The US And 5 Other Key Stats From Luminate’s Midyear Report" (Music Business Worldwide); "Predatory Ticket Resellers Cost Artists & Confused Fans Millions, NITO Study Shows" (Hypebot); "There’s A Free Mobile App Helping Teens Crash The Hot 100, And It’s Not TikTok" (Billboard).

Plus audio drops from Keith Jopling (The Song Sommelier and The Art of Longevity podcast) + Frank Riley and Nathaniel Morrow from NITO!

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A Your Morning Coffee Special Episode - The Luminate Midyear Report 2023 Jul 13, 2023

YMC Special Episode - The Luminate Midyear Report 2023

On this special edition of the YMC podcast, hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart talk to Luminate Senior Director of Music Insights and Industry Relations Jaime Marconette about their eye-popping Midyear Report for 2023.

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Episode 152 Jul 10, 2023

Episode 152

On this week's episode of the YMC podcast, your hipster hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart get jiggy with these important stories: "Spotify Had 44.4m US Subscribers In February, Apple Music Had 32.6m, According To New Data" (Music Business Worldwide); "Let’s Bust The 10 Biggest AI Music Myths" (Bobby Owsinski's Music 3.0); "How to Succeed In Business Like Taylor Swift" (Wall Street Journal).

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YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With Chris Castle Jul 06, 2023

On this special edition of the YMC podcast, Jay Gilbert sits down for an extended conversation with our good friend Chris Castle in a wide-ranging interview!

Chris is a well respected attorney and writes for the Music Technology Policy blog.

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Episode 151 Jul 03, 2023

Episode 151

On this week's episode of the YMC podcast, your humble hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart wax poetic about these important music industry stories: "Music Industry On ‘Cusp’ of Sweeping Changes as Revenue Growth Slows, Says Goldman Sachs" (Billboard); "Music Tectonics Speakers on What’s Now and What’s Next in Music and Tech" (Music Techtonics); "Why Music Streaming Can’t Agree on a Payout Model " (Trapital).

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Episode 150 Jun 26, 2023

Episode 150

On this week's episode, your humble hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart yap about these important stories: "AM And FM Radio Do Not Pay Royalties To Artists — That’s Un-American" (Variety); "Grammys OK AI Use In Music—But Ban Fully AI-Generated Songs" (Time Magazine); "Changes at Spotify ~ What You Need To Know" (Various Sources).

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Episode 149 Jun 19, 2023

Episode 149

On this week's installment of the YMC podcast, your humble hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart dish on these important stories: "Study Shows Who Wins And Loses If Music Streamers Adopt User-Centric Payments " (Hypebot); "Hate Ticketmaster? Love Taylor Swift? Politicians Are Backing New Bills to Get Your Vote" (Billboard); "Boomers Aren’t Saving Music Subscriptions Anytime Soon" (Musicwatch).

Plus audio drops from Steve Knopper and Russ Crupnick

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Episode 148 Jun 12, 2023

Episode 148

On this week's installment of the YMC podcast, your men-about-town hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat about these music industry stories: "The U.S. Recorded Music Business Is Surging — Can It Return to Double-Digit Revenue Growth in 2023?" (Billboard); "This Independent Artist Has Over A Billion Streams On Spotify. 10 Years Ago, A Record Label Told Him His Music Was ‘Unreleasable’" (Music Business Worldwide); "TikTok Is Under Fire From Some Of Music's Most Powerful Players. Global Music Boss Ole Obermann Says The Future's Bright - And Answers Some Tough Questions" (Music Business Worldwide).

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Episode 147 Jun 05, 2023

Episode 147

On this week's episode of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat about these important stories: "Are Major Labels Cooling On Viral Artists?" (Billboard); "The $1.2 Billion Vinyl Industry's Rise, Fall and Rebirth, Explained" (The Walll Street Journal); "Tunes and Tactics: The Strategies Behind May's Music Releases" (Single).

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Episode 146 May 29, 2023

Episode 146

On this week's edition of the YMC podcast, your groovy hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat about these important music industry stories: "Universal Partners With Generative AI Startup Endel To Create 'AI-Powered, Artist-Driven Functional Music’" (Music Business Worldwide); "There Are Now 120,000 New Tracks Hitting Music Streaming Services Each Day" (Music Business Worldwide); "Songwriters’ Streaming Rates From 2018-2022 Have Been Determined (Finally)" (Billboard); "Dispelling The Utopian Dream: The Complex Reality Of Music Royalties" (Music Ally).

Plus Audio Drops From:

Kris Ahrend, CEO of the MLC (Mechanical Licensing Collective) - https://www.themlc.com

Oleg Stavitsky, CEO of Endel

Tracy Chan, SVP of Creator for SoundCloud

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YMC Special Episode - An Interview With Matt Vaughn May 24, 2023

Matt Vaughn is the President and owner of Seattle's Easy Street Records, and we chatted with him about Record Store Day and his relationship with Pearl Jam.

Episode 145 May 22, 2023

Episode 145

On this week's edition of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart yap about these important music business stories: "Music Streaming Revenue Growth Expected To Fall To 3% By 2029, Says MIDiA Research" (Billboard); "This Insider Spotify Data Is MIND-BLOWING" (Rick Beato/YouTube); "The Music Business Is Finally Starting to Pay Attention to Streaming Fraud" (Billboard).

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Episode 144 May 15, 2023

Episode 144

On this week's episode of the podcast, your non-AI generated hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart dish on these important stories: "The Case for Keeping Music Streaming Prices Where They Are" (Guest Column by Russ Crupnick) (Billboard); "An Ed Sheeran Stream Is Not Worth the Same As A Stream Of Rain Falling on a Roof’: "Robert Kyncl Says Music Streaming Payout And Pricing Models Must, And Will, Change" (Music Business Worldwide); "Spotify Pulled Thousands Of Songs To Fight Fraud - Not AI" (Billboard).

Plus an audio drop from the "Music LM Artist workshop with AI Test Kitchen & Google Arts & Culture Lab” video.

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Episode 143 May 08, 2023

Episode 143

On this week's episode of the YMC podcast, your humble hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat about the following important music business stories: "#1 The AI Effect: A New Era In Music And Its Unintended Consequences" (Rick Beato); "What If You Could Sing In Your Favorite Musician's Voice?" (TED); "AI Music App Boomy Has Created 14.4m Tracks To Date. Spotify Just Deleted A Bunch Of Its Uploads After Detecting 'Stream Manipulation’" (Music Business Worldwide).

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Episode 142 May 01, 2023

Episode 142

On this week's YMC podcast, your groovy hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart discuss the following important new music business stories: "50% Of Vinyl Buyers In The US Don’t Own A Record Player, Data Shows" (Music Business Worldwide); "Spotify‘s Q1 2023 Results Are In ~ Plus A Message From Its Founder On The Threat And Opportunity From AI" (Various Sources); "The Algorithm Is Your New Boss" (Music Business Worldwide).

Plus an audio drop from Martin Clancy on, what else, AI!

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Episode 141 Apr 24, 2023

Episode 141

On this week's episode of the YMC podcast, your humble hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart dish about these important music industry stories: "AI-Generated Music Is About to Flood Streaming Platforms" (Wired); "Spotify Breaks Down the Mapping Technology Behind Its Algorithm" (Wall Street Journal); "Venues Need to Stop Shaking Down Artists for Every Last Dollar" (Variety).

Plus audio drops from Portia Sabin of the Music Business Association and Garrett Levin from DiMA.

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Episode 140 Apr 17, 2023

Episode 140

On this week's edition of the YMC podcast, your travelin' men and hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat about these important music industry stories: "The End of the Music Business" (The Nation); "Songwriters And Artists Refuse To Be Pitted Against Each Other" (Music Business Worldwide); "What Is An AI Cover Song, And Why Are Major Labels So Afraid Of Them?" (Hypebot).

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Episode 139 Apr 10, 2023

Episode 139

On this week's episode of the YMC podcast, your gregarious hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart yap about these important music industry stories: "TikTok Myths Vs. Facts" (Gupta Media); "The Case For — And Against — Higher Streaming Subscription Rates"(Billboard); "Is The Music Industry Being Reshaped For The Better Or Worse By Tech Companies?" (CBC Documentary).

The Jimi Hendrix Experience - I Was There: Hendrix at LA Forum by Billy Gibbons:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbrpcgISFUs

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Episode 138 Apr 03, 2023

Episode 138

On this weeks edition of the YMC podcast, your groovy hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat about these important music industry stories: "The Major Record Companies Release Around 3,900 Tracks Every Day. Their Problem? That’s A Drop In The Ocean" (Music Business Worldwide); "As Government Threatens TikTok Shutdown, The Music Industry Holds Its Breath" (LA Times); "What Is Artificial Intelligence And How Will It Impact The Future Of Music?" (Various Sources).

Plus audio drops from USC's Bobby Borg on his new book and Chris Castle on AI and artists rights.

Links:

Ohio University Music Summit: ohio.edu/music-industry-summit

Human Artistry Campaign: humanartistrycampaign.org

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Episode 137 Mar 27, 2023

Episode 137

On this week's episode of the YMC podcast, your wild and crazy hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat about these important music industry stories: "There Were 589m Paid Streaming Users In 2022, Driving A 9% Rise In Global Recorded Music Revenues To $26.2bn" (Music Business Worldwide); "Five Takeaways From The 2023 IFPI Global Music Report" (Billboard); "38 Million Tracks On Streaming Services Were Played ZERO Times Last Year (or: Why Spotify Should Take A Leaf Out Of Elon Musk’s Book)" (Music Business Worldwide).

Plus an audio drop from Bruno Del Granada on the state of Latin Music!

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