Lanre Gaba was promoted to one of the most important positions at Atlantic Records – Co-President of Black Music – earlier this year. She's paid her dues to get there.
British-born Ashley Page quit the major record companies 14 years ago to launch his own management company, Page 1 Management. With clients like Joel Little and Jawsh 685, things have gone rather well since.
Music business lawyer Erin M. Jacobson discusses lessons learned across her career, what managers and artists should be wary of from a legal perspective, exciting developments in music, and much more besides
Tayla Elitzer, co-founder of artist development company Godmode, discusses lessons learned across her career, tips for artist development and longevity, and much more besides.
Grammy-nominated producer, Carter Lang, discusses what goes into a successful studio session, lessons learned across his career, and much more besides.
Amy Morgan, manager of Glass Animals, discusses breaking the Oxford band around the world, working with Polydor/Republic and dealing with imposter syndrome...
Jeannette Perez, newly named President and COO at Kobalt, discusses lessons learned in her career, the evolution of the independent publishing sector and what she’d change about the music industry and why.
Grammy-winning songwriter Hillary Lindsey discusses her scrapped artist career, songwriting technique, imposter syndrome and the streaming remuneration debate.
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The idea of releasing music that has no copyright attached to it would probably seem absurd to most people working in the music industry. NoCopyrightSounds (NCS) would disagree...
ABBA songwriter Björn Ulvaeus discusses his songwriting craft, creative partnership with Benny Andersson, and offers his perspective on the modern music scene.