Music Business Interviews

‘I’ve always been a person who’s comfortable with being uncomfortable.’

South Coast Music Group founder Arnold Taylor on DaBaby – and making it in the music business

‘Since 2018, there’s been three crazy deals in the record business. I did two of them…’

Tha Lights Global CEO, Dooney Battle, on staying independent with Lil Pump – and shunning big checks

‘A great song is like a great script, somebody has to curate the vision.’

Atlantic Records' in-house producer Ebonie Smith discusses how she approaches production, lessons learned across her career, and why she’d like to do away with the term 'urban'

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Mike Dean: ‘Being a producer is more psychological than technical, for sure…’

Mike Dean, trusted collaborator of Kanye West and Travis Scott, on the music industry, his new album, and the art of production

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‘I remember being really angry that I hadn’t done more with my life or followed my passion.’ (Then she did.)

Friends At Work founder, Ty Stiklorius, on her career, the flaws of the music business – and how to treat your team properly

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‘Anyone can go out and spend $1 billion. The trick is getting a good return for your investors.’

Round Hill Music CEO, Josh Gruss, on the competitive music M&A landscape, and his firm's next big raise

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Nile Rodgers on his production, his philosophy – and why he believes you should ’embrace failure’

Our World's Greatest Producers series kicks off with a legend: Nile Rodgers

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‘A&R is about giving a voice to artists that you believe are important.’

Omnian Music MD Jane Abernethy discusses working with artists and A&R and the challenges and developments she’s experienced in the independent music sector

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Why $12m-backed Stem dumped DIY distribution – and why its founder worries about the music industry ‘making aggressive bets and being wrong’

Milana Rabkin Lewis joins MBW's podcast to talk distribution, A&R and stream fraud

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Denzyl Feigelson: ‘Once you help an artist build a robust business, a lot starts to happen for them.’

Platoon has worked with the likes of Mr Eazi, Rex Orange Country and Billie Eilish. Now, with new owner Apple, it's working with a fresh and exciting crop of artists

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‘We can’t allow this crisis to bring down the future of talented people who chose a creative career.’

Hartwig Masuch on BMG's performance in 2019 – and how the major rightsholders might change in the years ahead

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What’s it like to be a music company in the middle of the Coronavirus lockdown in Italy?

Artist First founder Claudio Ferrante on life and business under Coronavirus lockdown in Italy

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‘The guy who signed me sent an email that basically said, You will never make it in America and you’re going to come home crying.’

Toby Gad, writer of smashes for Beyoncé and John Legend, on why songwriters shouldn't "try to be famous"

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‘Streaming gives wider access to all genres of music, and that is especially true of classical.’

Tomas Wise on his company's rebrand and the future for music publishing

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‘This business is about what’s coming next. It always has been.’

Ralph Simon is the industry legend you’ve never heard of. Well, you’ve heard of him, of course, but you don’t really know his role in the rise of Zomba and Jive, the story and messy end of his partnership with Clive Calder, and how he feels about missing out on the biggest deal in the history of the music business. You’re about to find out…