Music Business Interviews

‘The music business is still not the safest place for women to work.’

Venice Music Head of Sync Jessica Vaughn reflects on her 'dark comedy' of a life so far and argues that in many areas the music industry is not just unfair but unsafe

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Denis Ladegaillerie has Believe back in his arms – and he’s eyeing a huge acquisition

French entrepreneur explains why he's trying to find the perfect acquisition opportunities to explode Believe's business

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‘You don’t have to ask for permission in the music industry. Not many industries are like that.’

Virgin Music UK President Vanessa Bosåen talks about how starting out as an artist informed her career as an exec and about the power of marrying the best independent artists and labels with a major record company infrastructure

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‘The industry has tremendous confidence in the talent that exists in this new era of South Asian music.’

MBW's Trailblazers series meets Abhi Kanakadandila, CEO of Los Angeles-based record label D36, which focuses on music from South Asia and its diaspora

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Breakr, a Nas-backed startup with $9m raised to date, wants to ‘democratize’ music marketing with its AI-driven tech platform

Breakr provides software and infrastructure for labels and artists to connect directly with influencers.

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Meet Kyogu Lee, President of Supertone – the voice cloning AI company acquired by HYBE for $32m

MBW’s World Leaders series meets Kyogu Lee, President of HYBE-owned voice AI company Supertone

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‘We don’t look at metrics. We just look at talent.’

PULSE Music Group's Josh Abraham and Scott Cutler talk artist development and Tommy Richman's viral hit MILLION DOLLAR BABY

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‘We were of that time, and everything was absolutely wonderful.’

Pete Bellotte on how he helped define disco and set the tempo for modern electronic dance music

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Key Songs In The Life Of… Max Lousada

MBW hands our turntable over to Max Lousada, Global CEO of Recorded Music at Warner Music Group

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Warner Music’s Temi Adeniji on the rise of music from Africa – and ‘a recalibration of what it means to create pop music’

Warner's head of Africa discusses the region's potential, both domestically and as a world leader of pop

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‘The most important advice for all of us, particularly women, is that no one else should dictate the ceiling of your capabilities.’

Juliette Jones, Alamo Records COO and previously a widely-respected radio promotions exec, talks about her career to date, strength in independence and finding her voice

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‘Romania is an emerging music market that’s growing at a fast pace. It’s catching up with more developed markets.’

Anca Lupes, President of RAW Music, Founder of Mastering The Music Business, and Executive Director of indie label body Indiero talks growth and opportunity in Romania's music business

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‘Artists are the ultimate entrepreneurs, they put so much at stake to do their job and you have to remember that.’

Yungblud’s manager, Tommas Arnby, on his philosophy on management, virality, artistic evolution and more…

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‘Ultimately, it’s about getting songwriters paid – accurately, fairly and on time.’

Claire McAuley, EVP of Global Rights Management at Warner Chappell, doesn’t just have a passion for publishing, she loves the granular detail and the noble toil of administration that ensures the right monies get to the right writers – every penny from everywhere…

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‘The TikTok era is over. Artists aren’t being signed based on one thing going viral anymore.’

MBW's Inspiring Women series meets Michele Harrison, founder of management company, MPH Collective