Music Business Interviews

Meet Italy’s Rude Records, the $4.6m-valued indie label aiming for an IPO by 2025

Label President Ilich Rausa discusses fund raising and expansion plans

Max Martin, ABBA’s Björn Ulvaeus, and songwriter and producer Niclas Molinder say they’ve invented the solution to the music industry’s ‘black box’. And it’s free.

Björn Ulvaeus, Max Martin and Niclas Molinder founded Session to fix music's missing data problem.

‘Major labels aren’t the ones pulling the strings – today, there’s a lot more responsibility on the artist’s shoulders.’

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.

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‘Being a good producer is having the ability to adapt to the environment or the people that you’re with.’

Grammy-nominated producer, Carter Lang, discusses what goes into a successful studio session, lessons learned across his career, and much more besides.

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‘Artists really have to see Web3 as more than just a glorified fan club for the 21st Century.’

RCRDSHP founder Obie Fernandez on the future of the NFT market and the potential impact that Web3 could have on the music industry...

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‘The indie versus major notion is outdated in the digital age.’

MBW’s World Leaders series interviews Marie-Anne Robert, Managing Director of Sony Music Entertainment France

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‘People have asked, Can you write a hit? Answer: no. I mean obviously I can, but not because I’ve tried to.’

MBW profiles Patrick Leonard, who's written with Madonna and Leonard Cohen, for our World's Greatest Songwriters series

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‘I deal with things head on; that’s my job.’

S10's Brandon Silverstein on managing two global stars: Anitta and Normani

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‘The music has much bigger plans and much bigger agendas than you do.’

Fred Again answers our questions on his process, and working with Ed Sheeran

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‘I’ve never been into the music business; it’s a means to an end.’

Mute Records founder Daniel Miller looks back at his career, reflects on the key to great A&R and pays tribute to some of the artists that have been part of Mute’s story so far...

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He helped establish Spotify in the US, before selling his startup to Twitter. Now Sachin Doshi wants to transform podcasting at Podimo.

Sachin Doshi joins the MBW Podcast to talk Spotify, overcoming your fears – and the future of podcasting

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Music Business Interviews

Meet Italy’s Rude Records, the $4.6m-valued indie label aiming for an IPO by 2025

Max Martin, ABBA’s Björn Ulvaeus, and songwriter and producer Niclas Molinder say they’ve invented the solution to the music industry’s ‘black box’. And it’s free.

‘Major labels aren’t the ones pulling the strings – today, there’s a lot more responsibility on the artist’s shoulders.’

‘Being a good producer is having the ability to adapt to the environment or the people that you’re with.’

‘Artists really have to see Web3 as more than just a glorified fan club for the 21st Century.’

‘The indie versus major notion is outdated in the digital age.’

‘People have asked, Can you write a hit? Answer: no. I mean obviously I can, but not because I’ve tried to.’

‘I deal with things head on; that’s my job.’

‘The music has much bigger plans and much bigger agendas than you do.’

‘I’ve never been into the music business; it’s a means to an end.’

He helped establish Spotify in the US, before selling his startup to Twitter. Now Sachin Doshi wants to transform podcasting at Podimo.

Patrick Moxey on leaving Ultra Records, selling up to Sony… and why ambitions are sky-high for his new label

‘The Middle East wasn’t on the radar for many global music players for a number of years.’

With 11bn streams to date and annual revenues of $17m, Global Records is one of the CEE region’s biggest hits…

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