Your Morning Coffee Podcast

Episode 323

This week, your hosts Jay Gilbert & Mike Etchart break down these important music industry stories: • Record Store Day Black Friday 2026 Lineup Unveiled With 185 Exclusives! • CDs Are Back, And We Think We Know Why. • Billboard's 2026 Top Music Business Schools • Music Publishers Will Be Handed Millions of Dollars Next Year. Here's Why. Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee

Episode 322

This week, your hosts Jay Gilbert & Mike Etchart break down these important music industry stories: • AI Lost Its First Fair Use Appeal. Suno Should Be Worried. • Phonorecords V Could Reshape Catalog Valuations for Years. Here's Why Songwriters Should Pay Attention. • Fans Travel 38% More for Live Music, New Study Shows • Linking Songs To Recordings Is Music Data's 'Single Biggest Unsolved Problem.' Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee

Episode 321

This week, your hosts Jay Gilbert & Mike Etchart break down these important music industry stories: • Over 50% of a Major Streaming Service's Tracks Come From DistroKid – And Other Revelations From UMG's Lawsuit • The Spotify Playlist Cleanup • Judge Explains StubHub Arbitration Ruling: Ticket Buyer Agreed To Terms Barring Class Actions When He Clicked 'Buy Now' • As Some Labels Strike Deals With Suno, Artist Reps Sound Off: 'It's the Wild, Wild West' Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee

Episode 320

This week, your hosts Jay Gilbert & Mike Etchart break down these important music industry stories: • Nearly 150,000 Tracks Are Added to Streaming Services Every Day, Luminate CEO Says. • I Hijacked a Real Artist's Spotify with AI Music. It Was Disturbingly Easy. • Music-Related Legislation Before Congress Right Now: A Full List of Bills. • Streaming 2.0 Hasn't Worked. It's Time For An Upload Fee. Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee

YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With Venture Music President Chris Nardone.

On this special episode, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart sit down with Venture Music's Chris Nardone in a conversation about the challenges and tools and tactics of music marketing today, including influencers, short-form video, collaborations, brand partnerships, targeted online ads and much more.

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Episode 319

This week, your hosts Jay Gilbert & Mike Etchart break down these important music industry stories: • As Suno Rolls Out Its New AI Models With Industry Licenses, What Does That Mean For the Music Business? • Where Do We Go From Here? A Letter To The Music Industry. • Spotify Just Hit 300 Million Subscribers. Here's What We've Learned. • The Music Platform That Is Helping Artists Find Unclaimed Money Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee

Episode 318

This week, your hosts Jay Gilbert & Mike Etchart break down these important music industry stories: • RIAA 2026 Mid-Year Report: Streaming Growth Drives Revenue to $6 Billion, CD Sales Increase More Than 50%. • Jason Isbell Files Class Action Lawsuit Claiming Suno Coded AI to 'Extract Musicians' Identities'. • Trump Administration Just Sided With OpenAI In a Key 'Fair Use' Case. What It Means For Music's Fight With Anthropic and Suno. • New Report Asks - Who Owns the Systems Behind Indie Music? Plus an audio drop with Steve Shirley from Soundcloud on letting artists sell tracks directly from their profiles. Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee

YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With Sound Exchange President & CEO Michael Huppe.

On the special episode, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart sit down with Sound Exchange's Michael Huppe in a wide ranging conversation about AI and the industry reponse, Washington policy and who should set rules for AI, the future of AI, what to do now to protect artist royalties, and what it's really like to testify before congress.

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Episode 317

This week, your hosts Jay Gilbert & Mike Etchart break down these important music industry stories: • The Music Industry Is in Good Shape - Despite What You May Have Heard • How Is Each Music Listening Platform Treating AI Music? • Best Practices for Launching Albums and Series in a Crowded Entertainment Marketplace • The Amazon "Pain" Forest Plus an audio drop with Kristin Robinson from Billboard on the different policies for streaming AI generated music. Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee

On this very special YMC episode, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart sit down with MIDiA's VP of Music Strategy Tatiana Cirisano and Head of Data Perry Gresham to discuss their recently released "MIDiA Research 2026-2033 Global Music Forecasts - A Diversifying Market", which was written by Tatiana and Perry, along with Mark Mulligan, Mark Qi, Olivia Jones and Pierre Lewis.

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