Music Business Interviews

‘Our industry has become so meshed with technology, yet we’re still battling to get many of those companies to see the value of music.’

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

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‘I believe that today we are in a place where Indian music can cross over globally.’

Times Music COO, Mandar Thakur, discusses the country's industry as part of our World Leaders series

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‘The pandemic reminded people how much they wanted to be at a show.’

Ben Lovett’s tvg Hospitality has raised $50m. Here, the Mumford & Sons musician and entrepreneur explains how his firm plans to spend that money…

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‘Never change what you’re doing, for anybody.’

Grammy-nominated producer Murda Beatz discusses success, "studio rats" and his plans to become a global brand

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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

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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.

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‘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