Matt Vaughn is the President and owner of Seattle's Easy Street Records, and we chatted with him about Record Store Day and his relationship with Pearl Jam. 

Episode 145

On this week's edition of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart yap about these important music business stories: "Music Streaming Revenue Growth Expected To Fall To 3% By 2029, Says MIDiA Research" (Billboard); "This Insider Spotify Data Is MIND-BLOWING" (Rick Beato/YouTube); "The Music Business Is Finally Starting to Pay Attention to Streaming Fraud" (Billboard).

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Episode 144

On this week's episode of the podcast, your non-AI generated hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart dish on these important stories: "The Case for Keeping Music Streaming Prices Where They Are" (Guest Column by Russ Crupnick) (Billboard); "An Ed Sheeran Stream Is Not Worth the Same As A Stream Of Rain Falling on a Roof’: "Robert Kyncl Says Music Streaming Payout And Pricing Models Must, And Will, Change" (Music Business Worldwide); "Spotify Pulled Thousands Of Songs To Fight Fraud - Not AI" (Billboard). 

Plus an audio drop from the  "Music LM Artist workshop with AI Test Kitchen & Google Arts & Culture Lab” video. 

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Episode 143

On this week's episode of the YMC podcast, your humble hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat about the following important music business stories: "#1 The AI Effect: A New Era In Music And Its Unintended Consequences" (Rick Beato); "What If You Could Sing In Your Favorite Musician's Voice?" (TED); "AI Music App Boomy Has Created 14.4m Tracks To Date. Spotify Just Deleted A Bunch Of Its Uploads After Detecting 'Stream Manipulation’" (Music Business Worldwide). 

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Episode 142

On this week's YMC podcast, your groovy hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart discuss the following important new music business stories: "50% Of Vinyl Buyers In The US Don’t Own A Record Player, Data Shows" (Music Business Worldwide); "Spotify‘s Q1 2023 Results Are In ~ Plus A Message From Its Founder On The Threat And Opportunity From AI" (Various Sources); "The Algorithm Is Your New Boss" (Music Business Worldwide). 

Plus an audio drop from Martin Clancy on, what else, AI!

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Episode 141

On this week's episode of the YMC podcast, your humble hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart dish about these important music industry stories: "AI-Generated Music Is About to Flood Streaming Platforms" (Wired); "Spotify Breaks Down the Mapping Technology Behind Its Algorithm" (Wall Street Journal); "Venues Need to Stop Shaking Down Artists for Every Last Dollar" (Variety).

Plus audio drops from Portia Sabin of the Music Business Association and Garrett Levin from DiMA.

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Episode 140

On this week's edition of the YMC podcast, your travelin' men and hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat about these important music industry stories: "The End of the Music Business" (The Nation); "Songwriters And Artists Refuse To Be Pitted Against Each Other" (Music Business Worldwide); "What Is An AI Cover Song, And Why Are Major Labels So Afraid Of Them?" (Hypebot). 

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Episode 139

On this week's episode of the YMC podcast, your gregarious hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart yap about these important music industry stories: "TikTok Myths Vs. Facts" (Gupta Media); "The Case For — And Against — Higher Streaming Subscription Rates" (Billboard); "Is The Music Industry Being Reshaped For The Better Or Worse By Tech Companies?" (CBC Documentary).  

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Episode 138

On this weeks edition of the YMC podcast, your groovy hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat about these important music industry stories: "The Major Record Companies Release Around 3,900 Tracks Every Day. Their Problem? That’s A Drop In The Ocean" (Music Business Worldwide); "As Government Threatens TikTok Shutdown, The Music Industry Holds Its Breath" (LA Times); "What Is Artificial Intelligence And How Will It Impact The Future Of Music?" (Various Sources). 

Plus audio drops from USC's Bobby Borg on his new book and Chris Castle on AI and artists rights. 

Links: 

Ohio University Music Summit: ohio.edu/music-industry-summit

Human Artistry Campaign: humanartistrycampaign.org

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Episode 137

On this week's episode of the YMC podcast, your wild and crazy hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat about these important music industry stories: "There Were 589m Paid Streaming Users In 2022, Driving A 9% Rise In Global Recorded Music Revenues To $26.2bn" (Music Business Worldwide); "Five Takeaways From The 2023 IFPI Global Music Report" (Billboard); "38 Million Tracks On Streaming Services Were Played ZERO Times Last Year (or: Why Spotify Should Take A Leaf Out Of Elon Musk’s Book)" (Music Business Worldwide). 

Plus an audio drop from Bruno Del Granada on the state of Latin Music!

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