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Ep 22: Music Supervisor Tarquin Gotch on Working with John Hughes, Managing AC/DC's Brian Johnson, & More Sep 26, 2016

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Entertainment industry veteran Tarquin Gotch chats to us about his time in A&R, working with the brilliant John Hughes on films like Ferris Bueller's Day Off, managing AC/DC's Brian Johnson, and more.

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Ep 21: The Essentials of Boutique Music Publishing with Raleigh Music Group Aug 31, 2016

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We discuss the essentials of running a boutique music publishing operation with New York-based Raleigh Music Group. We run through the importance of great service and catalogue knowledge, promoting writer-friendly deals, representing legacy catalogues & more.

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Ep 20: A Conversation with WhoSampled's Chris Read May 12, 2016

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Last month we hosted a webinar with UK producer, DJ and recording artist Chris Read. Chris is also a member of the team at WhoSampled, the world's largest community for fans of sampled music, cover songs and remixes.

We chat to Chris about his history in the industry, the purpose of WhoSampled, the importance of sampling, best practices, and more.

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Ep 19: The Law of Sync: Publishing, Recording, Synchronisation and Mechanical Rights Apr 04, 2016

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Solicitor Ian Penman takes us through the legal fundamentals of sync licensing in this comprehensive recording taken from our latest free webinar.

To listen to the audio with the matching slides, check out this blog post.

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Ep 18: An Interview with Gang of Four's Andy Gill Mar 20, 2016

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We chat to Gang of Four guitarist Andy Gill about the group's inception, influencing other artists, new releases, touring, sync, today's industry, and more.

Follow Andy / Gang of Four: gangoffour.co.uk | @gangof4official | @andygangof4

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Ep 17: California Copyright Conference's Film Music: The Real Score Discussion Feb 13, 2016

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Earlier this year, we sponsored the California Copyright Conference's Film Music: The Real Score evening, featuring a panel with some of the industry's greatest.

The CCC have kindly allowed us to use the recording of the event, where the panelists go behind-the-scenes in the business process of how music gets put into films, through a series of mock scenarios.

Panelists:

Eric Polin, Sr. Vice President of Music Publishing, Universal Pictures (moderator).

Paul Broucek, President, Warner Bros. Pictures - Music. Gary Calamar, KCRW DJ and music supervisor on such productions as The Man in the High Castle, True Blood, Dexter, and Weeds. Joe Trapanese, Composer on such films as Straight Outta Compton, Insurgent, and Oblivion.

Ep 16: A Conversation with the Queen of Christmas, Songwriter Elizabeth Chan Dec 21, 2015

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We chat to Christmas songwriter Elizabeth Chan about her incredible journey in the industry, and following her dream to turn Christmas music into a successful career.

Follow Elizabeth: Lizchanchristmas.com | @Lizchanmusic

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Ep 15: Monetising Your Music on YouTube with Rumblefish's Ben Kihnel Dec 03, 2015

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Rumblefish's Director of Business Development Ben Kihnel takes us through the fundamentals of monetising your music on YouTube, including:

- Running & monetising your own channel

- Multi-channel networks

- Working with an administrator like Rumblefish

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Ep 14: An Interview with Singer-Songwriter Chantal Kreviazuk Nov 27, 2015