Episode 168

On this week's episode of the YMC podcast, your digital music mavens Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart discuss these important music industry stories: "Spotify Is Changing Its Royalty Model To Crush Streaming Fraud And Introduce A Minimum Threshold For Payment" (Music Business Worldwide); "50 Years Of Music Industry Revenues, By Format" (Visual Capitalist); "Spotify’s Price Hike Didn’t Hurt Subscriptions, And 3 Other Things We Learned On Its Latest Earnings Call" (Music Business Worldwide). 

Plus an audio drop from Oleg Stravitsky, CEO / Co-Founder of ENDEL!

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Episode 167

On this week's edition of the YMC podcast, your groovy hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart kibbitz about these important music industry stories: "Music Has Become A ‘Just-In-Time’ Economy" (MIDiA); "Superfans And Supine Fans: The Music Industry Is Getting Its Priorities The Wrong Way Around" (Music Business Wordwide); "UMG Sues AI Company For Using Songs To Train Models: ‘Systematic & Widespread Infringement’" (Billboard). 

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Episode 166

On this week's YMC podcast, your happy hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat about these important music industry stories: "Music Attorney Don Passman On Contracts, AI And What Makes Superstars Different" (Billboard); "Streaming Is Missing Cultural Moments, And Superstars Know It" (MIDiA); "From Points To Publishing, Here’s How — And How Much — Producers Get Paid Now" (Billboard). 

Episode 165

On this week's wild and rockin' episode, your humble hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat about these important stories: "Record Label Market Share Q3 2023: Republic Stays Dominant While Interscope & Atlantic Surge" (Billboard); "5 Observations On… Epic Games’ Sale Of Bandcamp To Songtradr" (Music Business Worldwide); "Does Culture Become A Commodity, Or Do Commodities Become Culture?" (MIDiA). 

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Episode 164

On this week's installment of the YMC podcast, your dynamic duo hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart yap about these important stories: "The Truth Behind Why You Aren't Getting More Streams" (Randall Foster on Hypebot); "The Fans Also Like Nightmare Of September 2023 – Spotify Fans Also Like Update" (Anothony Pacheco -Simpl.); "Live Nation Scraps Artist Merch Fees at Its US Club Venues As Part Of New ‘On the Road Again’ Program" (Music Business Worldwide). 

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Corrected link for the TikTok Artist Handbook 2023 - https://bit.ly/3rqhIUi 

Episode 163

On this week's edition of the YMC podcast, your groovy hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart kibbitz about these important music industry stories: "Four Takeaways From The RIAA 2023 Mid-Year Report: Prices Rise, Subscriptions Slow & More" (Billboard); "Artificial Intelligence In The Music Business ~ What You Need To Know" (Mulitple Sources); "6 Music Industry Topics Every Musician Should Learn More About" (Symphonic). 

Plus an audio drop with Jack Bogdan, co-founder and CPO of Astral! 

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Episode 162

On this week's YMC podcast, your groovy hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart wax poetic on these important music industry stories: "Streaming Is Changing The Sound of Music" (Wall Street Journal); "If I Ran Spotify, I'd Do These 8 Things" (Rob Abelow); "A New Era Of ‘Fan-Made’ Music Is About To Begin" (MIDiA).

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Episode 161

On this week's YMC gabfest, your humble hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart discuss these important stories: "How to Make Artist Centric, Artist Centric" (Mark Mulligan Via The Music Industry Blog); "Multiple Criminal Gang Members Confirm They've Used Spotify For Money Laundering In Bombshell New Report" (Music Business Worldwide); "Independent artists Deserve An Equitable Music Ecosystem" (A Guest Post By Ben Patterson, President, Artist & Label Services of Downtown Music).

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Your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart celebrate their third anniversary of the podcast with a very special episode featuring Tatiana Cirisano and Kriss Thakrar from MIDiA.

Tatiana and Kriss break down MIDiA's two recently released reports: The MIDiA Research 2023-2030 Global Music Forecasts (Speed Bump) and The State and Future Of Music Fandom - Unleashing Fan Creativity. 

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Episode 160

On this week's edition of the YMC podcast, your humble hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart yap about these important music industry stories: "From Madelynn Elyse & Hypebot -Build Fans, Don’t Chase Streams" (Hypebot); "Has TikTok Killed the Music Video Star?" (Billboard); "Economist Will Page Unwraps the Touring Bounceback" (IQ).   

Plus audio drops from Madelynn Elyse on her story in Hypebot, and Dimitri Vietze on the upcoming Music Tectonics conference - and with a special deal for YMC listeners!