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YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With Jeremy Sirota, CEO of Merlin Jun 10, 2025

On this very special episode of the YMC podcast, your host Jay Gilbert sits down with Merlin CEO Jeremy Sirota for an in-depth conversation.

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Episode 253 Jun 09, 2025

Episode 253

On this week's edition of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart break down these important music industry stories: "7 TAKEAWAYS FROM GOLDMAN SACHS’ NEW ‘MUSIC IN THE AIR’ REPORT" (Music Business Worldwide); "5 REASONS WHY AI LICENSING DEALS BETWEEN MAJOR LABELS AND SUNO & UDIO WILL BE HARD TO PULL OFF" (Billboard); "WHY EVENT TICKETS SHOULD NOT BE TREATED AS UNREGULATED TRADABLE EQUITIES" (Randy Nichols).

Plus an audio drop from the amazing Steve Perry on his upcoming auction to benefit SoCal wildfire victims!

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Episode 252 Jun 02, 2025

Episode 252

On this week's edition of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat aout these important music business stories: "AI Continues To Alarm The Music Industry – But Artists Are Fighting Back" (Clash); "The Billboard Boxscore Midyear 2025 Report, Breaking Down The Year’s Biggest Tours, Venues And Promoters" (Billboard); "20 Years Ago, Labels Targeted Fandom. Will It Work The Second Time Around?" (MIDiA).

Plus audio drops from music tech writer Drew Thurlow on copyrights and royalties, and Benn Jordan on "The Art Of 'Poison-Pilling' Music Files".

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YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With Oscar Höglund May 29, 2025

On this very special episode of the YMC podcast, your host Jay Gilbert sits down with Epidemic Sound co-founder and CEO Oscar Höglund for an in-depth conversation.

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Episode 251 May 26, 2025

Episode 251

On this week's feature-packed episode of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart discuss these important music industry stories: "Public Comment On Unfair And Anticompetitive Practices In The Live Ticketing Industry" (Randy Nichols); "The Economics Of Live Nation" (Wall Street Journal); "Why Some Artists Are Rethinking Touring" (Chartmetric); "Massive State Opposition To A.I. Regulation Safe Harbor Moratorium In The ‘One Big Beautiful Bill Act’" (Chris Castle for Trichordist).

Plus audio drops from Meng Kuok (CEO Caldecott Music Group), Randy Nichols (Live Music & Ticketing Advocate); Lars Murray (Unlimited Supply Podcast), and The Wall Street Journal.

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Episode 250 May 19, 2025

Episode 250

On this week's episode of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart converse about these important music business stories:

"Will Record Stores Resurge Like Bookstores? A Guest Column By (our friend) Fred Goldring" (Billboard); "Why Are So Many Artists Changing Management This Year?" (Billboard); "Indie Retail’s Evolving Sales Data & Increasingly Young Customer Base Get Spotlight At Music Biz 2025 Panel" (Billboard).

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YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With Jennie Smythe May 15, 2025

On this very special episode of the YMC podcast with author and CEO of Girlilla Marketing Jennie Smythe, we sit down with her to discuss overcoming adversity, the importance of relationships in the music industry, and her female-led business. She emphasized mental health, early cancer detection, and the need for gratitude amidst challenges.

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Episode 248 May 12, 2025

Episode 248

On this week's edition of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat about these important music industry stories: "The Department Of Justice And Federal Trade Commission Open Inquiry Into The Concert Industry" (LA Times); "Licensing AI Music: The Industry Is Focusing On The Wrong Problem" (Music Ally); "How Record Labels Came Back From The Dead And Turned into Tech Platforms" (Big Newsletter).

Plus audio drops from Chris Castle from Music Technology Policy and Johan Lagerlof from Pophouse!

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YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With Michael Huppe May 08, 2025

On this very special edition of the YMC podcast, your host Jay Gilbert sits down with SoundExchange President and CEO Michael Huppe for an engaging conversation!

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Episode 247 May 05, 2025

Episode 247

On this week's episode of the YMC podcast, join your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart as they discuss these important music industry stories: "2025 Q1 Earnings: Here’s What Every Music Company Made" (Billboard); "The Music Business Saturation Problem Keeps Getting Bigger" (Billboard); "Are We Reaching Peak Fandom?" (MIDiA).

Plus audio drops from Portia Sabin, President of the Music Business Association, Russ Crupnick, Managing Partner of Musicwatch, and Michael Huppe, President and CEO at Sound Exchange.

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Episode 246 Apr 28, 2025

Episode 246

On this week's episode of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart discuss these important music industry stories: "Disc Maker CEO Responds To Spotify In ‘1,000 Streams’ Debate" (Hypebot); "What Is The Point Of An Independent Record Label In 2025?" (SmartDumb); "Imogen Heap Just Went Viral With ‘Headlock’ — Now She’s Letting You Borrow Its Vibe Via AI" (Rolling Stone).

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Episode 245 Apr 21, 2025

Episode 245

On this week's episode of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat about these important music industry stories: "Tariff-Proof, Recession-Proof Music Industry Will Thrive Despite Global Uncertainty" (Music Business Worldwide); "Spotify Makes Kate Nash’s Argument With the Usual Blame Game" (Op-Ed from Chris Castle/Artist Rights Watch); "Did The Spotify 1,000 Stream Rule Cost Artists $47 Million? + Spotify Responds" (Hypebot).

Plus audio drops with Jorge Brea, CEO of Symphonic Distribution, and David Ponte, Co-founder and CMO at Audiomack.

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YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With Jason Flom Apr 17, 2025

On this very special episode of the YMC podcast, your host Jay Gilbert sat down with Lava Media CEO Jason Flom for an in-depth conversation.

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Episode 244 Apr 14, 2025

Episode 244

On this week's episode of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat about these important music industry stories: "With Superfan Streaming On The Horizon, How Much Extra Revenue Awaits?" (Billboard); "The NO FAKES Act Aimed At Cracking Down On Deepfakes Reintroduced In US Congress – This Time With Support Of Google And OpenAI" (Music Business Worldwide); "A 'View' On The Internet Means Even Less Than You Think" (The Verge).

Plus audio drops with Matt Zarracina, CEO of True Tickets, and producer Howard Benson.

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Episode 243 Apr 07, 2025

Episode 243

On this week's edition of the YMC podcast, your humble hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat about these important music industry stories: "Why Songs Seem Shorter—And Why It’s More Complicated Than YouThink" (Chartmetric); “Old School Vs New School” (Bob Lefsetz); "8 Things We Learned From Universal Music Group’s 2024 Annual Report" (Music Business Worldwide).

Plus audio drops wth Harvey Mason Jr. from the Recording Academy, Michael Huppe from Sound Exchange, and Mark Mulligan from MIDiA!

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Episode 242 Mar 31, 2025

Episode 242

On this week's edition of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart talked about these important stories: "Music Subscriber Market Shares 2024: Slowdown? What Slowdown? (MIDiA); "A Record 100 million Americans Now Pay For A Music Subscription — Is Streaming The Final Format For Fans?" (Sherwood); "22,100 Artists Generated Over $50k On Spotify Last Year. The Company Argues That ‘Way More Artists Are Generating Meaningful Money Now Than In Any Previous Era Of The Music Industry’" (Music Business Worldwide); "SoundCloud Listener Report Highlights the Platform's Role As A Gen-Z Tastemaker" (Billboard).

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Episode 241 Mar 24, 2025

Episode 241

On this week's edition of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat about these important music industry stories: "RIAA’s Year-End Report By The Numbers" (Billboard); "11 Quick (And Important) Takeaways From IFPI’s Global Music Report 2025" (Music Business Worldwide); "A Model For A New Music Streaming Industry" (MIDiA).

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YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With Dina LaPolt Mar 19, 2025

On this very special episode of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat with one of their favorite people in the music business, entertainment attorney and artist rights advocate Dina LaPolt.

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Episode 240 Mar 17, 2025

Episode 240

On this week's edition of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart yap about these important stories from the music business: "2024 Recorded Music Market Share Report Is Out" (MIDiA); "The 2025 Loud & Clear Report, Unveiled" (Spotify + Howie Singer Weighs In); "4 Out Of 5 Songs Sent To Music Services Are Never Played; What This Means For The Industry" (Bill Rosenblatt for Forbes).

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YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With Richard Burgess Mar 13, 2025

On this special episode of the YMC podcast, your host Jay Gilbert sits down for a far-reaching conversation with A2IM President and CEO Richard Burgess.

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Episode 239 Mar 10, 2025

Episode 239

On this week's edition of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat about these important music industry stories: "A Letter To Steve Boom" (Tim Ingham at Music Business Worldwide); "No, Spotify Hasn’t Gone Down – Unless You Were Pirating The Premium Service" (Music Business Worldwide); "Why Are The Grammys' Rock Categories Stuck In The Past?" (NPR).

Plus audio drops from Alexis Schreiber on AI, and Rick Beato on the importance of albums.

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YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With Benji Rogers Mar 05, 2025

On this YMC Special Episode, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart have a conversation on AI with Benji Rogers from Sureel AI.

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Episode 238 Mar 03, 2025

Episode 238

On this week's edition of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat about these important stories: "$500m-Valued Suno Has Admitted Training AI On Copyrighted Music. That Hasn’t Stopped Amazon From Adding Its Controversial Tech To Alexa" (Music Business Worldwide); "iHeart Being Investigated For Payola. Is Spotify Next?" (Music Technology Policy); "Major Record Company Bosses Back Campaign Against UK AI Copyright Proposal" (Music Business Worldwide).

Plus an audio drop with Russ Crupnick from MusicWatch.

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YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With Molly Neuman Feb 26, 2025

YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With Molly Neuman

On this very special edition of the YMC podcast, your host Jay Gilbert had a wondeful, in-depth conversation with CD Baby President Molly Neuman.

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Episode 237 Feb 24, 2025

Episode 237

On this week's edition of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat about these important music industry stories: "Pay To Get Playlisted? The Accusations Against Spotify’s Discovery Mode" (The Guardian); "Michael Rapino Confirms Live Nation Ticketing Talks With Spotify, Apple And Amazon For Superfan Tiers" (Music Business Worldwide); "TikTok And Luminate Release The Latest Music Impact Report" (TikTok).

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Episode 236 Feb 18, 2025

Episode 236

On this week's edition of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart break down these important stories: "How Are Spotify, YouTube, Soundcloud And More Preparoing For AI Music? (Billboard); "Oasis Fans Outraged As Ticketmaster Begins Canceling Bots Tickets" (Rolling Stone); "Songs Are Reaching 1 Billion Streams Faster Than Ever' (Hypebot).

Plus an audio drop from Angry Mob Music CEO Marc Caruso!

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Episode 235 Feb 10, 2025

Episode 235 On this week's YMC podcast show, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart discuss these important music industry stories: "Spotify Adds Highest-Ever 35 Million Monthly Users In Fourth Quarter" (Billboard); "Sir Lucian Grainge’s 2025 Memo To Universal Music Group Staff" (Music Business Worldwide); "Warner Has A New Deal With Amazon Music… And 4 Other Things We Learned From Robert Kyncl On WMG’s Latest Earnings Call" (Music Business Worldwide); "A Judge Says Copyright Termination Is Global. Will That Help Songwriters - Or Cause ‘Chaos’?" (Billboard) with Tim Kappel from music law Firm, Wells / Kappel dropping in to break it all down for us! Songwriters Who Unknowingly Signed Away Their Rights Finally Get a Real Second Chance: The Promise of Vetter v. Resnik (Guest Column) VARIETY https://variety.com/2025/music/opinion/songwriters-who-signed-away-their-rights-get-second-chance-vetter-resnik-1236298492/

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YMC Special Episode - The AI Roundtable Panel Feb 05, 2025

On this special edition of the YMC podcast, hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart had a wonderful conversation with panel of experts about how AI is re-shaping the music industry.

Our experts were Bobby Owsinski (Music 3.0), Kristin Robinson (Billboard), Virginie Berger (Matchtune) and Matt Adell (Music AI).

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Episode 234 Feb 03, 2025

Episode 234

On this week's rockin' episode of the YMC podcast, your humble hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chatted about these important stories: "Spotify Has Led The Music Business To Record Growth. So Why Are Artists& Songwriters So Angry?"(Billboard); "Universal Music Group And Spotify Have A New Deal. It wipes out Spotify's Infamous 'Audiobook Bundle' Royalty Discount In The US"(Music Business Worldwide); "18 Music Industry Power Players Share Predictions for 2025" (Billboard).

Plus an audio drop from Tony van Veen from Disk Makers!

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YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With Liz Pelly Jan 29, 2025

On this very special edition of the YMC podcast, your host Jay Gilbert has an in-depth conversation with author Liz Pelly on her recently released book entitled Mood Machine - The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist.

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Episode 233 Jan 27, 2025

Episode 233

On this week's edition of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart break down these important stories: "The Playlist Power Broker Who Makes Or Breaks New Artists" (The Wall Street Journal); "Is The Album Dead? Are We Facing A World Of Endless Singles & EP's?" (Soundmatters); "In The Music Business, 80 Is The New 20" (Ted Gioia).

Plus an audio clip from a presentation by Darren Hemmings.

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Episode 232 Jan 20, 2025

On this week's YMC podcast episode, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart break down these important music business stories: "There Are Now Over 200M Tracks On Audio Streaming Services. Nearly 100M Of Them Aren’t Played More Than 10 Times Each Year" (Music Business Worldwide): "Music Business Trends, Topics & Stories To Watch In 2025" (Billboard); "Why Physical Album Variants Have Exploded In The Streaming Era" (Billboard).

Plus a quick audio drop from YouTuber Benn Jordan who says he’s found a way to spot AI-generated music that so far has identified songs generated using the Suno platform (which many think is the best at creating human-like music) 100% of the time.

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YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With Jaime Marconette And The Luminate 2024 Report Jan 16, 2025

On this very special episode of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart sit down with Jaime Marconette, VP of Music Insights and Artist Relations at Luminate to break down their recently released 2024 Year-End Music Report.

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Episode 231 Jan 13, 2025

Episode 231

On this week's YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart disucss these important music industry stories: "Big Music Myth #1: Streamers Are In The Music Business" (Chris Castle); "Avenged Sevenfold's M. Shadows Unmasks Truth Behind 'Dynamic' Ticket Pricing: 'Artists Love To Hide Behind Live Nation And Ticketmaster And Go, 'Oh. We Had No Clue''' (Ultimate Guitar); "Yes, A TikTok Ban Is Closer Than Ever. No, Your App Won’t Just Disappear" (CNN).

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YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With Jesse Kirshbaum Jan 08, 2025

YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With Jesse Kirshbaum

On this special episode of the YMC podcast, your host Jay Gilbert chats with Jesse Kirshbaum of the Nue Agency and Beats + Bytes on the new 2024 Trend Report.

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Episode 230 Jan 06, 2025

Episode 230

As we launch into 2025 with the YMC podcast, your humble hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart discuss these important music indsutry stories: "Bob Lefsetz, The Man Who Was ‘So Mean’ To Taylor Swift" (Wall Street Journal); "AI’s Impact On Music In 2025: Licensing, Creativity And Industry Survival" (Forbes); "20 Essential Music Documentaries To Stream Right Now (LA Times).

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YMC Special Episode - A Conversation with Rob Abelow Jan 02, 2025

On this special episode of the YMC podcast, your host Jay Gilbert sits down with Rob Abelow from Where Music's Going about the article in his newsletter, "Music's Biggest Problems".

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Episode 229 Dec 30, 2024

Episode 229

On this New Year's edtion of the YMC podcast, your humble hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart welcome 2025 by chatting about these important music industry stories: "Trends That Will Drive The Music Business In 2025" (Hypebot); "Music CAN Thrive In The AI Era" (Wired); "As Vinyl Grows, High-Priced Audiophile Editions Are More Popular. Are They Worth It?" (Billboard).

Plus an audio drop with Bill Hein from Pressing Business.

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Episode 228 Dec 23, 2024

Episode 228

On this Christmas edition of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat about these important music business stories: "The Ghosts In The Machine: Spotify’s Plot Against Musicians" (Harpers); "4 Observations On Downtown's Agreed $775 Million Sale To Universal's Virgin Music Group" (Music Business Worldwide); "Five Music Marketing Strategies To Leave Behind In 2024" (Forbes).

Plus an audio drop with MIDiA's Kriss Thakrar on the UMG purchase of Downtown.

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Episode 227 Dec 16, 2024

Episode 227

On this week's action packed episode of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart discussed these important music industry stories: "Pitchfork Album Of The Year Is Not On Spotify: Trend Or Anomaly?" (Hypebot); "The Year In Pop: Hits Without Stars, Stars Without Hits" (New York Times); "Overanalysing Our Spotify Wrapped: What MIDiA’s Stats Say About The Industry" (MIDiA).

Plus an audio drop with Brianna Schwartz Esq. from Schwartz & Schreiber!

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YMC Special - Will Page's Global Value of Music Copyright

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 "Global Value of Music Copyright 2023 - $45.5B!"

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Episode 226 Dec 09, 2024

Episode 226

On this week's edition of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat about these important music industry stories: "Spotify Wrapped Is Here" (Spotify); "TikTok Faces U.S. Ban After Losing Bid to Overturn New Law"(New York Times); "Artists Make $8 in Profit From a $100 Concert Ticket" (Hearing Things).

Plus an audio drop with Dae Bogen, Head of Third Party Partnerships from the MLC!

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Episode 225 Dec 02, 2024

Episode 225

On this week's edition of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart discuss these important stories: "Music Smashes Box Office Records: Global Value Of Music Copyright Soars To $45.5bn, Now Worth More Than Cinema" (Will Page); "How To Identify Botted Playlists And Protect Your Music" (Hypebot); "As Musicians Hit Financial Rock Bottom, Kate Nash Shows Hers" (Paste).

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Episode 224 Nov 25, 2024

Episode 224

On this week's offering of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart cover these important music industry stories: "The Growth Of Vinyl And The Impact Of Independent Record Stores On Vinyl Sales" (Luminate); "‘Super-Premium’ Music Subscription Tiers Coming In 2025, And 3 Other Things We Learned From Universal Music’s Boyd Muir At The Morgan Stanley Conference" (Music Business Worldwide); "No More Nostalgia Concerts, Please" (New York Times).

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Episode 223 Nov 18, 2024

Episode 223

On this week's episode of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart yap about these important stories: "Spotify Cruises Past Quarter-Of-A-Billion Subscribers, As It Eyes $1.5bn Annual Operating Profit In 2024" (Music Business Worldwide); "All You Need To Know About Artificial Streaming" (Spotify); "Weighing The Pros And Cons Of The Current DIY Distribution System" (Billboard).

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YMC Special Episode "Sound Advice" with Rhian Jones and Lucy Heyman Nov 12, 2024

On this YMC Special Edition, Jay Gilbert chats with authors Rhian Jones and Lucy Heyman on thier wonderful new book Sound Advice: The Ultimate Guide to a Healthy and Successful Career In Music.

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Episode 222 Nov 11, 2024

Episode 222

On this week's rockin' episode of the YMC podcast, your humble hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chatted about these important stories: "UMG Sues Believe And TuneCore For $500 Million, Alleging ‘Industrial-Scale Copyright Infringement’" (Music Business Worldwide); "Canada Orders TikTok To Close Offices Over ‘Security Risks’" (The Guardian); "Ed Sheeran’s Speech About Max Lousada Is The Reason You All Got Into This Business In The First Place" (Music Business Worldwide).

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YMC Special Episode with Bill Werde, Director of the Bandier Music Industry Program, Syracuse University Nov 06, 2024

On this YMC Special Episode, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart sat down for a conversation with Bill Werde, the Director of the Bandier undergraduate music industry program and the graduate Audio Arts program at the Newhouse School at Syracuse University.

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Episode 221 Nov 04, 2024

Episode 221

On this week's happening episode of the YMC podcast, your humble hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat about these important music industry stories: "Why Are Concert Tickets So Expensive? Depends On Whom You Ask" (Billboard); "How Big Can Music Merch Get? MIDiA’s Latest Report Charts The Course To $16B By 2030" (MIDiA); "Why The Major Labels Pivoted From Investing In Tech Startups To Old-School Music Companies" (Billboard).

Plus an audio drop with Billboard's Kristin Robinson on her Machine Learnings newsletter.

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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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