Beatseeker

Social media influencers have massive audiences that can help catapult a budding musician's career. The challenge for artists is how to get their attention. Unlike Coke or Pepsi, they can’t afford to pay for placement. Our guest today was working at a record label when she stumbled on a brilliant idea, why not create a matchmaking platform to connect these groups together. Enter Thematic, a platform that connects content creators with artists across YouTube and other digital platforms. Launched in 2018, the Thematic community has grown to over 400,000 creators in 220 countries.

Here to tell us their story is Audrey Marshall, one of Thematic’s co-founders and their COO. Audrey is responsible for leading the company’s product development, technical programming, and business development endeavors. She has been working with, and connecting, content creators with music artists, their labels and publishers, for the past 10 years as a lead executive with the music media venture, Spin Move Media. We reached Audrey in Los Angeles.

Learn more about Thematic at hellothematic.com and follow them on Twitter and Instagram @hellothematic.

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Most dating apps use sophisticated algorithms to help singles find compatible mates based on common interests and backgrounds. One company taking an entirely new approach is Beatmatch, the dating app that helps music lovers find love connections by matching people with similar music tastes.

Our guest today is Chudi Iregbulem, the founder and CEO of Beatmatch.  Chudi believes your music taste speaks volumes. Everything from how you talk to how you dress to how you think is influenced by the type of music you like. In other words, Chudi is on a mission to connect the world through music. He joins us from Los Angeles.

Learn more about Beatmatch at beatmatch.app/ and follow Chudi on Twitter & Instagram @ciregbulem. Connect with him on Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/ciregbulem/

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Beatseeker has been selected by Feedspot as one of the Top Music Technology Podcasts on the web: https://blog.feedspot.com/music_technology_podcasts/

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Stadiums, amphitheaters, bandshells, nightclubs - every live music venue offers a different type of experience. How about attending a performance in someone’s home? Musicasa is a startup that is helping facilitate such performances: intimate home concerts hosted by music lovers supporting independent and emerging musicians from the comfort of their house, apartment, or loft.

Here to walk us through the story is Beatriz Ayala, the founder and CEO of Musicasa. Beatriz comes from the advertising and communications world, having spent over a decade working for agencies and co-leading the strategy, comms, planning, media and creative initiatives for brands including Cover Girl, Bacardi, Snickers, and Hyundai. She joins us today from Miami.

Learn more about Musicasa musicasaa.com and follow them on Twitter: @musicasalive & Instagram: @musicasa

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Beatseeker has been selected by Feedspot as one of the Top Music Technology Podcasts on the web: https://blog.feedspot.com/music_technology_podcasts/

Learn more: beatseeker.fm

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Beatseeker is sponsored by the Boombox Music League: boomboxsoftware.com

Before the death of Buddy Holly, the conventional wisdom among record companies was: ‘stiffs don’t sell’. Times have certainly changed and the estates of some artists have become massive money makers. But how did this trend come about - and how might the artists feel about the posthumous commercialization of their work?

Our guest today is Eamonn Forde, an award-winning music business writer and author. Eamonn has been writing about all areas of the music business since 2000 in publications including Forbes, The Guardian and Music Business World. He is the author of three books, most recently Leaving The Building: The Lucrative Afterlife Of Music Estates (Omnibus Press). He joins us from North London.

Learn more about Eamonn’s work at eamonnforde.com and follow him on Twitter & Instagram: @eamonn_forde

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Beatseeker has been selected by Feedspot as one of the Top Music Technology Podcasts on the web: https://blog.feedspot.com/music_technology_podcasts/

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Beatseeker is sponsored by the Boombox Music League: boomboxsoftware.com

The linkage between music and math is not well understood. People tend to think music is creative and math is perhaps the antithesis of the creative arts. But when you think about it, music is full of mathematical concepts: time signatures, sets, loops, patterns and recursion to name a few. There are even studies that show that children who play musical instruments are better at solving complex math problems. Helping us understand the music-math relationship is Marcus Miller.

Born in New Jersey, Marcus grew up in a house full of music. He took up saxophone at age nine and, with the help of renowned saxophonist Bruce Williams, developed a passion that put him on stage professionally at 13. With gifts extending beyond music, he graduated from Harvard with a degree in mathematics. After a short stint at a multibillion dollar hedge fund he moved to New York to pursue music full time. Marcus maintains his interest in mathematics and physics, giving talks, tutoring, and studying independently under scholars at Columbia and Princeton. In addition he works at Math-M-Addicts, a program for NYC children who are extraordinarily gifted in mathematics. He joins us today from New York City.

Marcus is currently stepping into his new role as Music Advisor for the Grace Farms Foundation and is preparing to perform at Carnegie Hall with Jon Batiste in September 2022 and give a public lecture and performance at NYU entitled Geometry, Waves, and Jazz in October 2022. Learn more about Marcus at imaginewithmarcus.com and connect with him on Instagram @imaginewithmarcus.

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Beatseeker has been selected by Feedspot as one of the Top Music Technology Podcasts on the web: https://blog.feedspot.com/music_technology_podcasts/

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Beatseeker is sponsored by the Boombox Music League: boomboxsoftware.com

Back before streaming services, and before the internet ushered in widespread distribution, great music could be overlooked for one reason or another. Enter The Numero Group: an archival record label that researches and preserves musical gems by artists and entrepreneurs who found little commercial success upon their material's initial release.

Numero creates compilations of previously released music, reissues original albums and creates album reconstructions from a variety of musical genres. Here to tell the Numero story is Ken Shipley, a former A&R manager for the equally eclectic Rykodisc label and one of Numero’s founders. Ken joins us from Los Angeles. Joining us from Chicago is Tim Zawada, Numero’s  Managing Director.

Ken wants you to check out Stereolab and Ui's 1998 cover of Brian Eno's St. Elmo's Fire & Tim says you should check out Valley of the Sun (there’s a selection on our Guest Picks Spotify Playlist). Find the Numero Group at numerogroup.com, on Spotify @numerogroup and on social media @thenumerogroup.

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Beatseeker has been selected by Feedspot as one of the Top Music Technology Podcasts on the web: https://blog.feedspot.com/music_technology_podcasts/

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Beatseeker is sponsored by the Boombox Music League: boomboxsoftware.com

This episode features a special guest, Barclay Crenshaw also known as Claude VonStroke. Claude is the founder of one of the hottest EDM labels - Dirtybird Records. He’s also world-renowned EDM DJ and artist, performing at virtually every major festival and club across the globe.

We start with the origin story of Dirtybird: how it started and how the label has evolved. Then we discuss the rave scene over the years. As you’ll hear, Dirty Bird is not your typical label and Claude isn’t your typical DJ. He curates unique experiences with fans to get the crowd in the zone and help them get weird.

Find Claude online at: claudevonstroke.com and check out Dirtybird Records at: dirtybirdrecords.com and check out the Dirtybird Campout: dirtybirdcampout.

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Beatseeker has been selected by Feedspot as one of the Top Music Technology Podcasts on the web: https://blog.feedspot.com/music_technology_podcasts/

Learn more: beatseeker.fm

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Beatseeker is sponsored by the Boombox Music League: boomboxsoftware.com

We all know that music can be soothing; it can reflect your mood or enhance it - it can even change it. But did you know that it can be used as therapy for a wide range of conditions? We wanted to learn about music therapy and how it works, so we reached out to Dr. Joy Allen, a licensed music therapist and thought leader in the field.

Joy is an accomplished clinician, researcher and educator with extensive experience in psychological health, pain management, and trauma-informed education and supervision. She presents at music therapy and music-and health-related conferences. She is the editor of Guidelines for Music Therapy: Adult Medical Care, authored chapters on adult oncology, pain management, and medical music therapy. She serves in numerous capacities for the American Music Therapy Association - and is the founding and acting director of the Music and Health Institute. We reached Joy in Boston, MA.

Learn more about Joy’s work at the Berklee College of Music & Health Institute at: college.berklee.edu/music-health-institute Connect with Joy at: college.berklee.edu/people/joy-allen.

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Beatseeker has been selected by Feedspot as one of the Top Music Technology Podcasts on the web: https://blog.feedspot.com/music_technology_podcasts/

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Beatseeker is sponsored by the Boombox Music League: boomboxsoftware.com

The artist-to-fan relationship is constantly evolving. In the old days, middlemen at the record label used radio, TV and other marketing channels to promote an artist. Then, new tools and technologies emerged which enabled artists a direct relationship with their fans - or a ‘direct–to-fan’ model. Now things are advancing again towards a ‘fan-to-fan’ model - where the fans themselves become the key to reaching and engaging new fans.

Our guide today to this evolution is Tatiana Cirisano. Tatiana is an award-winning music industry journalist, analyst and consultant based in Brooklyn by way of Miami. As an analyst and consultant at MIDiA Research, she identifies the risks and opportunities in the rapidly-changing music market for leading global entertainment and tech companies. Before this, she was a music business reporter at Billboard, where she wrote cover stories on influential artists like Tame Impala, Travis Scott and Alicia Keys.

Learn about MIDiA research at: midiaresearch.com/  and check out their blog, featuring Tatiana’s weekly musings. Learn more about Tatiana at: tatianacirisano.com/ and follow her on Twitter: @tatianacirisano

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Beatseeker has been selected by Feedspot as one of the Top Music Technology Podcasts on the web: https://blog.feedspot.com/music_technology_podcasts/

Learn more: beatseeker.fm

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Beatseeker is sponsored by the Boombox Music League: boomboxsoftware.com

Social audio has gained some attention in recent years, with platforms like Clubhouse and new offerings from the likes of Twitter and Spotify. But what is Social Audio - and can it provide new opportunities for the creator economy? Today we’re speaking with Ryan Star, CEO and founder of Stationhead, a social audio app that enables anyone to start their own social, global radio program.

Ryan is a recording artist that got his big break playing at CBGBs in New York and then opening for Bon Jovi when he was still in high school. Today, he has more than 40 million plays on Spotify and around 200,000 monthly listeners. His music has appeared in films such as P.S. I Love You, shows including The Vampire Diaries and the theme song to Lie To Me.  He’s shared the stage with Imagine Dragons, Bon Jovi and Maroon 5 among others. Having worked in entertainment long enough to understand where there are gaps for creators, he created Stationhead in 2017 where some Stationhead show DJs have had over 200,000 concurrent listeners on their shows. He joins us from Brooklyn, NY.

Learn about Stationhead at: stationhead.com and stay current with them on Twitter, Instagram and Tiktok @stationhead. Follow Ryan on Twitter: @ryanstar.

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Beatseeker has been selected by Feedspot as one of the Top Music Technology Podcasts on the web: https://blog.feedspot.com/music_technology_podcasts/

Learn more: beatseeker.fm

Insta: @beatseekerpod Twitter: @beatseekerpod  Facebook: facebook.com/beatseekerpod Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/beatseeker

Beatseeker is sponsored by the Boombox Music League: boomboxsoftware.com