Posts by Rhian Jones

‘These last 18 months have taught me resilience, determination and that you just have to figure it out and keep going.’

Amy Morgan, manager of Glass Animals, discusses breaking the Oxford band around the world, working with Polydor/Republic and dealing with imposter syndrome...

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‘Songs are the most important currency in the music business today.’

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.

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‘The idea of managing Elton before I got sober would have been terrifying.’

Elton John’s manager, David Furnish, explains how the partnership works and how he helped introduce the superstar to an even wider audience...

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‘Competition is good, it drives us and makes us all want to be better.’

Grammy-winning songwriter Hillary Lindsey discusses her scrapped artist career, songwriting technique, imposter syndrome and the streaming remuneration debate.

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‘Copyright-free music is seen as poor quality, cheap and mass market. Our goal is to remove that stigma.’

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...

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‘The music industry revolves around the song.’

ABBA songwriter Björn Ulvaeus discusses his songwriting craft, creative partnership with Benny Andersson, and offers his perspective on the modern music scene.

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‘The best songs come from a real experience.’

Grammy-nominated songwriter Henry discusses his creative process, selling catalogs and much more besides

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Sometimes, ‘polite pop stars’ are stifled by this business

Rhian Jones believes the influence of the music industry can have troubling consequences for young artists – and prevent their personalities and talent from shining...

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‘I would like to see the music industry develop a more positive relationship with technology companies.’

Mary Megan Peer discusses lessons learned across her career, how to run a successful publishing company, and a few big picture issues

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‘I’d like to see companies being proactive and not reactive about improving diversity.’

We chat with the newly named VP of Artist Marketing at Motown, Jamila Thomas, about diversity in music, keys to success in marketing and much more besides

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‘People underestimate Colombia – there is so much talent here.’

M3 Music CEO Camila Saravia Arias discusses the highs and lows of working in music in Colombia, the dominance of streaming in the region, and why she thinks broadening out opportunities will result in a healthier music market.

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‘The kinship that you create throughout your music career is not something you get in a nine to five office job.’

Storme Whitby-Grubb, recently named Chief Creative Officer at Red Bull Records, discusses her career to date, lessons learned and ambitions in her new role

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‘Partnership deals are the future of the music business.’

Sarah Scott, Managing Partner of LaPolt Law, discusses artist and label partnership deals, contractual pitfalls, and the advice she’d offer to a younger version of herself

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‘Managers should be well compensated and own equity in what we’re developing.’

Music managers Ty Stiklorius and Lily Crockford discuss their newly agreed partnership, why the UK’s traditional artist/manager deal is no longer fit for purpose and the issue with ‘hustle culture’ in the US

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‘Metrics matter but I would like to see more childlike curiosity and creative ideas in music.’

Newly named MD of Future Classic, Alice Young, discusses lessons learned across her career to date and what she’d change about the music industry and why