Liz Rose on becoming a superstar songwriter by accident, Taylor Swift, telling stories, selling catalogs and why current payment models urgently need overhauling
Songkick General Manager Sarah Jones traces the evolution of the Warner Music-owned concert discovery platform and shares her views on the importance and future direction of live music…
After flirting with the idea of leaving the business just over a decade ago, veteran exec Jeremy Lascelles is now well and truly enjoying life as the co-founder of management/records/publishing company, Blue Raincoat…
Hip-hop producer No I.D. talks, with wisdom and humour, about working with legends, his creative philosophy, how the industry is broken and why, if anything, producers get too much respect
Pioneering independent music company [PIAS] is celebrating a landmark anniversary (40 years) and a landmark deal (selling a 49% equity stake to Universal Music). Co-founders Kenny Gates and Michel Lambot open up about both…
Ryan Lofthouse is the manager who, amongst other things, has steered George Ezra’s career from ‘serious face’ skinhead to global superstar. Here he tells MBW about that success story, his partnership with Paul McDonald as Co-MDs of Closer and the secret to enjoying every second…
Seven 7 Management founder Matt Vines on the rise and rise of Louis Tomlinson, touring in the time of Covid, plus the changing role and evolving challenges of managing artists…
After a stint under the auspices of YM&U, legendary British artist manager Martin Hall has ‘gone indie’ again – and he’s done so with one of the hottest bands in the world, Wet Leg, on his roster…