By Matt McButter and Mike Weider
The podcast currently has 25 episodes available.
In this episode we look at the disappearance of record shops in the UK in the late 2000s, followed by a sharp resurgence that continues into the 2020s. While it seemed record shops were going the way of the 8-track and the cassette, the industry did a complete 180 and did the unthinkable - and boutique record stores started popping up again all over the UK.
To take us through the downs and ups, Pip Piper and Graham Jones join us from Dawlish, England. During his career as a sales-rep, Graham visited more record shops than any other human. His 2008 book ‘Last Shop Standing: Whatever Happened to Record Shops' documents the decline of the record shop, while his 2018 book ‘The Vinyl Revival and the Shops that Made it Happen’ documents the subsequent rise. Both books were made into films of the same name by Pip Piper.
Outside of the UK you can download ebook versions of Last Shop Standing, Strange Requests and Comic Tales From Record Shops and The Vinyl Revival and The Shops That Made it Happen from Amazon Kindle. Graham’s blog has 100 plus features on vinyl and record shops: https://grahamjonesvinylrevival.blogspot.com/
Watch the films Last Shop Standing and the Vinyl Revival on Vimeo and learn more at: thevinylrevivalfilm.com
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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
In this episode we dig into disruptive new business models for artists that use social tokens also known as creator coins. Creator coins represent a potential breakthrough for artists to earn a living and also for fans to participate directly in economy of the artists they want to support. Rally is a new platform for allowing - artists and creators of all types - to make and issue these coins.
To explain how this all works, we’re joined by Bryce Carr from Los Angeles California. Bryce is the Director of Creator Partnerships, Music at Rally. Bryce explains what creator coins are, how they work and how they can be used by artists and fans. He takes us through an example, the PTM coin, which the band Portugal the Man issued on their platform.
Learn more about Rally at rally.io and follow them on Twitter @rally_io. Connect with Bryce on Instagram @brycebcarr or by email at: [email protected].
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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
In this episode we explore the world of Splice and the music creation tools they create for artists. We dive into the expanding world of DIY music tools that enable creators to make music in their bedrooms. We learn how the rise of new tools like Splice and creators like Murda Beats are disrupting the music creation process.
To take us through this topic, Ale Koretzky joins us from Venice, California. Ale is the Head of Machine Learning at Splice and leads Splice's AI strategy, roadmap, and execution, from machine learning R&D to engineering. He also founded Tunesplit a music-AI startup that utilizes machine / deep learning to separate and analyze music. He writes about music Audio AI in Medium and is himself a musician and music producer.
Follow Ale’s work on Medium at @ale.koretzky and reach out to him on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/akoretzky/
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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
In this extended length episode we’re joined by Michael McCarty from Toronto. Michael is a veteran music publisher who was inducted into the Canadian Music Industry Hall of Fame in 2019. He was president of EMI Music Publishing Canada for 17 years, spent four years as the president of Anthem (formerly ole), and seven years as the Chief Membership Officer of SOCAN. McCarty has worked in various capacities with artists including Neil Young, Michael Jackson, Glass Tiger, Loverboy, Jim Vallance, Bryan Adams, Drake and Alessia Cara.
We sit down with Michael to discuss the Kilometre fund, where he and partners, producer Gavin Brown and SOCAN colleague Rodney Murphy are taking on the artist rights-fight after seeing a “brain drain” of Canadian music intellectual property. He explains why Canadians are dominating the global music charts right now after a groundswell of talent spanning five decades.
Keep up with Kilometre Music Group at: kilomg.com and get in touch at: [email protected].
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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
In this episode we speak with music of the future researcher Charles Holbrow. When we spoke with him, he was on the brink of earning his PhD from the Opera of the Future group within the famed MIT Media Lab.
We talk to Charles about the fact that while new styles and new technologies are constantly emerging, recorded music itself has not fundamentally changed. We dig into the concept of adaptive or interactive music - music that changes itself as we listen to it, triggered by the events in the environment or listener behaviour. We discuss how a more fluid approach to music recording would impact both the creator and the listener. We also get his take on computer-generated music, exploring the topic of whether a machine will ever have the capacity to create a masterpiece.
Follow his work at: media.mit.edu/people/holbrow/overview/ and follow him on Twitter: @charlesholbrow
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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
Nolan Gasser is a critically acclaimed composer, pianist, and musicologist – most notably, the architect of Pandora Radio’s Music Genome Project and the company’s chief musicologist from its founding in 1999. He holds a Ph.D. in Musicology from Stanford University. His original compositions have been performed in numerous prestigious venues.
Pandora was a pioneer in music streaming - arriving on the scene well before Spotify. They also popularized the concept of automated music recommendations - realizing their vision of creating a personalized DJ for all of us. We speak with Nolan about how Pandora got started and why the music genome project was so critical to its success. We also talk about his recent book that tries to explain what shapes our musical tastes and why we like music.
You can learn more about Nolan’s music, research and other works and get in touch with him through: nolangasser.com
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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
In today’s episode we speak with Joe D’Angelo who joins us from Annapolis Maryland. Joe is Senior Vice President of Broadcast Radio at Xperi - a company that is modernizing our FM dial in the form of HD Radio. You might be surprised at how many cars already use their tech and how HD Radio fits into the ecosystem.
For years radio has been fighting off competition from satellite services but now they might be facing an even more serious threat from music streaming and podcasts. We sit down with Joe to understand the current state of radio and where it might be headed in the future. Joe walks us through how his company is driving adoption of new technologies like HD Radio and in-car internet to bring radio into the modern era.
Learn more about Xperi at: xperi.com and connect with Joe on LinkedIn: @joseph-d-angelo-9ba34a1/
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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
In this episode we speak to Anida Gurlit who joins us from Charlotte, NC. Anida is a Creative Director of Music Design at Mood Media. Mood Media is a leading in-store media solutions company whose goal is to create greater emotional connections between brands and consumers through the right combination of sight, sound and even scent. The company reaches 150 million consumers each and every day through more than 500,000 subscriber locations in 100+ countries around the globe, so it’s probably safe to say your mood has been influenced by their handiwork at some point.
Most people know Muzak as the low key background music you hear in elevators. Mood media acquired the company has years back. The syruppy sound of muzak is gone now but background music remains a big business. In this episode Anida explains the surprising history of Muzak and how her company helps brands and retailers drives sales through the use of instore tunes.
Check out moodmedia.com and follow them on Twitter: @moodmedia and on Linkedin: @mood-media
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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
In this episode we speak to Dr. Robert Zatorre. Dr. Zatorre is a cognitive neuroscientist at the Montreal Neurological Institute of McGill University. He helped to pioneer a new field of study that focuses on the intersection of music and the brain and is a founder and the co-director of an international laboratory for Brain, Music, and Sound research.
We all know that music gives us pleasure but you’ll be fascinated to find out exactly why. What is happening inside our heads when we listen to music? Why do some people like music more than others? Why do some songs become earworms and get stuck in our head? In this episode we sit down with a world renowned expert to answer these and many other fascinating questions.
Visit Dr. Zatorre’s Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory at: zlab.mcgill.ca/ to learn more and access the lab’s original research publications.
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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
In this episode we get another artist perspective on the new technologies that are changing the industry, for better or worse. In this Artist Perspective episode we speak to Kellylee Evans, an award winning jazz vocalist. Kellylee has published six albums and has toured extensively around the world, opening for artists such as George Benson, Tony Bennett, Maceo Parker, Derek Trucks and Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings.
From streaming to social media, Kellylee walks us through how her career and ability to make a living from music has been changed by disruptions in the music technology market. Kellylee joins us from Ottawa, Canada.
Find out more about Kellylee, listen to her music and buy her music at: kellyleeevans.com.
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Beatseeker has been selected by Feedspot as one of the Top 10 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
The podcast currently has 25 episodes available.