Trailblazers

Terry McBride on fan communities, TikTok, and building Nettwerk to be a ‘generational’ music company

MBW's Trailblazers series meets Terry McBride, CEO of Nettwerk Music Group

‘We’re going to change the economics of the Indian publishing business.’

MBW's Trailblazers series meets Aayushman Sinha, founder of India-based management company, REPRESENT

‘We’re not looking to rush anybody’s career. We based our whole label on that premise, just building talent and developing their art.’

MBW's Trailblazers series meets Atlanta-based artist managers and music executives Barry Johnson and Zeke Nicholson, co-founders of Sincethe80s

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‘Clinging to old-school methods of breaking artists is holding the industry back. It’s like, do you want to be Blockbuster or Netflix?’

MBW's Trailblazers series meets Chief Zaruk and Simon Tikhman, co-founders and CEOs of The Core Entertainment

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‘We want to take South Asian music to the world.’

MBW meets Ikwinder (Ikky) Singh and Ajay Charlie 'B' Saxena, Creative Director and Head of A&R, respectively, for Toronto-headquartered 91 North Records

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‘This is just the beginning. There’s still so much potential for Afrobeats and Amapiano in the coming years.’

MBW's Trailblazers series meets Camillo Doregos and Mark Mac, co-founders of Africa focused management and booking company, DC Talent Agency

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‘Our vision is to build a full service, independent publishing company that can compete with the best.’

MBW's Trailblazers series meets Range Music Publishing execs Casey Robison and Sam Drake

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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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‘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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‘From the start, we knew we were going to be the biggest in the country.’

D-Block Europe are flying, with multiple sold out arena dates behind them, and a No.1 UK album this year. Manager Wesley Earl Banton discusses the UK rap duo’s rise and rise, and the importance of loyalty…

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‘The physical music revolution of some years ago has proven to be more than a flash in the pan.’

MBW's Trailblazers series meets Karen Emanuel, Founder and CEO of UK-headquartered design agency and music manufacturer Key Production

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‘Country Music is having the moment we all know it deserved for a long time.’

MBW's Trailblazers meets Barry Daffurn, President and Co-Founder of Los Angeles-headquartered music label, distribution, and rights management company, Cinq Music Group

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Russ on independence, entrepreneurialism, and what he’d change about the music business

MBW's Trailblazers series meets artist and producer Russ

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‘AfroFuture’s vision is to bring African art, cuisine, fashion, and music to a global audience.’

MBW's Trailblazers series interviews Abdul Karim Abdullah, Co-Founder and CEO of cultural entertainment platform AfroFuture

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‘Generative AI is set to revolutionize the music business.’

MBW's Trailblazers series interviews Daouda Leonard, manager of Grimes and founder of Los Angeles-based AI development studio CreateSafe