Music Business Interviews

Luis Sánchez, CEO of AfinArte: ‘Latin artists are now global artists.’

MBW's Trailblazers series kicks off with one of Mexico's premier independent music entrepreneurs

‘In 2022, you have to be dynamic and good at everything.’

The co-founders of Frame Artists discuss what makes a good talent manager in the modern age – and how the music biz should evolve in the years ahead…

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Amy Thomson: How I’d Fix The Music Industry In 3 Easy Steps

Hipgnosis' Chief Catalog Officer, Amy Thomson, on what she thinks needs to change in today's music biz

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‘For music rightsholders, Web3 is an opportunity for extraordinary growth.’

Tuned Global MD, Con Raso, tells MBW about the company's expansion into Web3, and its future plans

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‘None of us internally here work on algorithms or formulas; it’s about knowing your music, understanding, trusting and believing.’

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.

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Behind Jack Harlow: Meet the manager guiding the Grammy-nominated star’s global success

Chris Thomas talks MBW through the rise and rise of the Kentucky rapper – and the ambition to be the biggest artist on the planet

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‘We’ve never sat there and slagged off a competitor. If you get to that stage, you’ve lost it already.’

Caroline Elleray and Mark Gale made their name as A&R extraordinaires working with artists like Coldplay and Little Simz at Universal Music Publishing. Now the married couple are launching their own venture, Second Songs.

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‘As a publisher we don’t sign repertoire for the present but for its long-term value.’

In this feature, we speak to Matthieu Tessier, Managing Director of Warner Chappell Music France about the success of French superstar rapper Orelsan

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‘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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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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Music Business Interviews

Luis Sánchez, CEO of AfinArte: ‘Latin artists are now global artists.’

‘In 2022, you have to be dynamic and good at everything.’

Amy Thomson: How I’d Fix The Music Industry In 3 Easy Steps

‘For music rightsholders, Web3 is an opportunity for extraordinary growth.’

‘None of us internally here work on algorithms or formulas; it’s about knowing your music, understanding, trusting and believing.’

Behind Jack Harlow: Meet the manager guiding the Grammy-nominated star’s global success

‘We’ve never sat there and slagged off a competitor. If you get to that stage, you’ve lost it already.’

‘As a publisher we don’t sign repertoire for the present but for its long-term value.’

‘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.’

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

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

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

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.’