Music Tectonics

There was a time when album sales, ticket sales and radio airplay were the only numbers that mattered in the music industry. Now, streaming generates extremely granular data about who is listening, when, where, and how. Greg Delaney and Erik Gilbert of the data management company Entertainment Intelligence sat down with hosts Dmitri Vietze and Tristra Newyear Yeager to dig into how this data explosion is changing the music business. Which came first, the profusion of data about listeners, or a music market that required pinpoint targeting to squeeze out the most from those penny fractions? Is follower count, skip rate, or average streams per day a more meaningful number? Which metrics really help labels and artists understand users and build audiences, and which ones are just snake oil? Who suffers when streams are farmed? Find out how Entertainment Intelligence is creating indie benchmarks that rival what the majors do, and how as a neutral party they can work like an "escrow account" for data.

The Music Tectonics podcast goes beneath the surface of the music industry to explore how technology is changing the way business gets done. Visit MusicTectonics.com to learn more, and find us on twitter and facebook. What do you think? Connect with Dmitri Vietze on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter.

Bob Boilen has a job many of us dream of: listening to and talking about music at NPR. A concert at his tiny desk is a dream gig for up and coming performers, and his long-running All Songs Considered show is the cornerstone of NPR Music. Bob sat down with his friend Dmitri Vietze to give his perspective on the technology of listening to, curating, and creating music. How does Bob manage the lifetime's worth of new music he receives in a day? What does it take to catch his attention? How did the rise of All Songs Considered, NPR's first online audio show, presage the podcast boom? What's the one music tech innovation Bob yearns for? Learn what Bob's favorite tools are for making music, and why he sees software engineers as his collaborators.

The Music Tectonics podcast goes beneath the surface of the music industry to explore how technology is changing the way business gets done. Visit MusicTectonics.com to learn more, and find us @MusicTectonics on twitter and facebook. What do you think? Connect with Dmitri Vietze on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter.

Dani Deahl and host Dmitri Vietze look at all the cans of worms that Artificial Intelligence has opened for the music biz, and how AI contributes to the seismic shifts we've been tracking in the industry. Listen in on a lively back and forth as they take sides on a multitude of issues: Will AI ever be able to create a pop hit all on its own? Where is the line between useful AI tools and replacements for human creativity ? Can ownership and copyright issues around AI be addressed on the software developers' side, with Terms of Service for example, or is it going to take lawmaking and regulation? Dani Deahl is our hero at Music Tectonics: as The Verge's music tech journalist, she makes complex issues accessible without losing nuance. She's also a DJ, producer, and VP of the Recording Academy's Chicago chapter, so she talks about AI and music creation with passion and knowledge. That's why we're so excited that she's not only a podcast guest, she's also our AI's Got Talent MC at the Music Tectonics Conference this October!

The Music Tectonics podcast goes beneath the surface of the music industry to explore how technology is changing the way business gets done. Visit MusicTectonics.com to learn more, and let us know what you think on Twitter and Facebook. Connect with Dmitri Vietze on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter.

Is transparency in the music industry a cause to fight for... or an inevitability? Noah Becker says it is both! Noah chats with host Dmitri Vietze about how multiple claims on music usage keeps all parties from getting paid and how transparency can help unlock those revenues. He argues that everyone benefits when the "black box" thinking and market-share payouts of the past are replaced by transparent data. As CEO of AdRev, Noah explains his company's work administering music assets with YouTube's Content ID system. AdRev manages over 15 million copyrights, making sure that rights holders from major labels and content libraries all the way down to indie musicians get paid when their music is used in YouTube videos, and soon on other UGC platforms. Find out how increased access to data is making the push to transparency inevitable and how transparency will lubricate data flow and revenue growth for the industry.

The Music Tectonics podcast goes beneath the surface of the music industry to explore how technology is changing the way business gets done. Weekly episodes include interviews with music tech movers & shakers and deep dives into seismic shifts. Visit MusicTectonics.com to learn more.

Music is being used in so many new ways, from V.R. and video games to shortform user-generated videos and remixes, that it's hard to keep up with new license types. Are the systems and laws keeping up or is the industry struggling to adapt to the rapid pace of change? Host Dmitri Vietze chats with guest Seth Schachner of Strat Americas about how the music industry responds to rapid change and the trend towards "micro-uses" and other unexpected music forms. Listen in on a conversation that ranges from ringtones to TikTok, Anitta to A.I. That's one reason we're excited to have Seth at the Music Tectonics Conference- his years at the front lines of music industry innovation and his expertise in the Latin American market give him the kind of big-picture insights Music Tectonics is all about.

The Music Tectonics podcast goes beneath the surface of the music industry to explore how technology is changing the way business gets done. Weekly episodes include seismic shifts and interviews with music tech movers & shakers. Visit MusicTectonics.com to learn more.

Music for picture, also known as synch, is a growing slice of the music industry pie, and it's experiencing seismic shifts just like the rest of the biz. Today on Music Tectonics, irregular host Tristra Newyear Yeager explores the synch terrain with Tanvi Patel, CEO and owner of indie catalog company Crucial Music. Tanvi digs in to how synch works and how the shifting media landscape is causing tremors in synch too. Music is like Fire, as we learned last week, igniting new uses for music and new ways of licensing and generating revenue. What new opportunities for licensing music arise when more and more products weave music into their makeup? How is "Peak TV" and the proliferation of streaming media services changing the synch ecosystem?

The Music Tectonics podcast goes beneath the surface of the music industry to explore how technology is changing the way business gets done. Weekly episodes include news roundups and interviews with music tech movers & shakers. Visit MusicTectonics.com to learn more.

Music is igniting activities and experiences that used to be siloed, spreading like wildfire and transforming other industries. Host Dmitri Vietze chats with Tristra Newyear Yeager, resident music tech expert, about where the music spark is catching fire, from the sublime to the ridiculous. How is music changing TV, movies, and games, and vice versa? Going beyond media, what role does music have to play in healthcare, education, fitness and transportation? Why is a toy store brand launching a record label? Do you really need a lamp you can shout at or grill that lets you DJ?

The Music Tectonics podcast goes beneath the surface of the music industry to explore how technology is changing the way business gets done. Weekly episodes include news roundups and interviews with music tech movers & shakers. Visit MusicTectonics.com to learn more, and get shownotes on our blog.

For Bandsintown CEO Fabrice Sergent, marketing concerts isn't about hype. It's about supporting artists, connecting people through the experience of live music, and preserving a bastion of free speech. That's why Bandsintown built a platform to help fans discover live concerts and to let artists promote their shows. Now, Bandsintown drives 500,000 ticket clicks every day and provides solutions for artists, managers, and venues. With host Dmitri Vietze, Fabrice explores Bandsintown's recent partnership deal with Billboard, how their recommendation algorithm helps emerging artists, and the new impact of livestreaming performances.

The Music Tectonics podcast goes beneath the surface of the music industry to explore how technology is changing the way business gets done. Weekly episodes include news roundups and interviews with music tech movers & shakers. Visit MusicTectonics.com to learn more.

Just like the old nursery rhyme character Humpty Dumpty, the music industry had a great fall and shattered. Vickie Nauman witnessed the fall when the Napster-driven shift from physical to digital hit in 2000, and is one of the digital music pioneers who put the industry back together again. Listen in as she explores the aftermath with host Dmitri Vietze. How successfully have the music biz egg been mended? Where are there cracks left to fill? Is the reformulated industry flexible enough to change shape with new innovations?

Music Tectonics is targeting the seismic shifts that have created the music landscape of today and tomorrow. These are climate changes, tectonic shifts beneath the surface, unexpected flash floods, or meteor collisions. The Music Tectonics podcast goes beneath the surface of the music industry to explore how technology is changing the way business gets done. Visit MusicTectonics.com to learn more.

Music Tectonics is targeting the seismic shifts that have created the music landscape of today and tomorrow. These are climate changes, tectonic shifts beneath the surface, unexpected flash floods, or meteor collisions. Today we tackle "Music is More Global Than Ever," a look at the many ways that the shift from physical to digital music has made the world smaller. What do Mongolian cab drivers playing South Korean hip hop have to do with the global reach of BTS? Is globalized music flattening the world, or is it causing new bumps, ridges and high energy zones? What unexpected things will happen when global music streaming services enter local markets- and vice versa? Explore the new terrain with host Dmitri Vietze and resident music tech expert Tristra Newyear Yeager.

The Music Tectonics podcast goes beneath the surface of the music industry to explore how technology is changing the way business gets done. Weekly episodes include news roundups and interviews with music tech movers & shakers. Visit MusicTectonics.com to learn more.