Fair Pay for Every Play

Following recent news of Facebook rebranding as Meta, Kristian Luoma is joined by Miikka Rosendahl to explore the concept of metaverse and the impact it could have on popular culture.

Miikka is the CEO of ZOAN, a leading European virtual reality studio that creates virtual worlds, events and content.

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In this episode of Fair Pay for Every Play, Kristian Luoma talks to Erika Naponen about a recent study they collaborated on into the net impact of the music industry on wider society.

Erika is the Client Projects Lead at The Upright Project. Based in Helsinki, The Upright Project is a technology company that has created a dynamic model that measures the net impact of companies on the wider world and communities. 

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Host, Kristian Luoma is joined by Andreas Spechtler. A self-professed “tech veteran” Andreas worked at Sony throughout the transition from physical music consumption into the digital formats we are familiar today before becoming the President of Dolby International. 

Andreas is also the Director of metadata firm, Musimap, that was recently acquired by Utopia Music. Musimap uses artificial intelligence technology to generate unique emotional metadata for clients like recording artists, publishers, and labels. This allows them to search for similar songs, curate playlists and match music with personality profiles.

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On this week’s episode of Fair Pay For Every Play, Kristian Luoma is joined by Utopia Music’s Chief Data Officer, Paul Gathercole.

Recently appointed into the role, previously Paul led the EU Commercial Insights function at Amazon before then founding the team responsible for Prime Video’s global metric governance and data layer.

The latest episode of Fair Pay For Every Play sees host, Kristian Luoma, in conversation with Dario de Wet.

Dario is the Investment Principal at Anthemis Group, focused on investing in opportunities at the intersection of media and financial services.

He has always been interested in the relationship between music, technology and finance and how the three industries can support one another.

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In this episode, Claire Rose joins host, Kristian Luoma, to talk about the UK music royalty collection society, PRS For Music. In her role as Outreach Manager, Claire and her team provide support to songwriters, composers and publishers throughout their musical careers, and ensure that they receive royalty payments that they have earned from the performance of their music.

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John Truelove is record producer, publisher and DJ who is widely applauded in the electronic dance community. On this episode of Fair Pay for Every Play, he joins host, Kristian Luoma, to discuss the evolution of music formats and the importance of music recognition technologies, by reflecting on his musical career as a self-starter entrepreneur.

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In this episode, Kristian Luoma is joined by Professor in Music Business at Berklee, Alexandre Perrin.

Alexandre teaches music business finance and project management for artists, believing that technological and economical savviness is key to a successful career in the music industry.

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This week on Fair Pay for Every Play, host Kristian Luoma talks about TikTok and technology with Ray Farrell. As a teenager, Ray developed an interest in how accessible physical records were to purchase in record stores. This intrigue fuelled his career in the music industry and today he is the Director of Content Acquisition at The Orchard.

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On this episode of Fair Pay for Every Play, host Kristian Luoma is joined by the CEO of So.Co, Vince Bannon. With over 40 years of experience in the creative arts, Vince declares a love of “the art of music” and has combined photography and music in a fulfilling career.

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