Trailblazers

Ashley Gorley talks country music’s global appeal and mentoring Nashville’s next generation of hitmakers at indie pubco Tape Room

MBW's Trailblazers series meets Ashley Gorley – hit songwriter and founder of Tape Room Music.

‘People don’t just want hits. They want honesty.’

Tunde Balogun, CEO of LVRN (Love Renaissance), maps out how the company he cofounded in Atlanta with Sean Famoso McNichol, Justice Baiden, Junia Abaidoo, and Carlon Ramong went from college parties to over 30B streams and a $100m+ valuation.

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‘The next global genre will likely start in someone’s bedroom – and that bedroom might be in Lagos, Mumbai or São Paulo.’

MBW's Trailblazers series meets Constantin Koehncke, CEO of Image-Line, the Belgian company behind FL Studio

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‘Artists often fail when you give up too much responsibility to others.’

MBW's Trailblazers series meets Alternate Side Management founders Evange Livanos and Zack Zarrillo

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How Jeff Waye and Patrick Curley built Third Side Music into an indie publishing powerhouse with USD $25M in annual revenues

MBW's Trailblazers meets Jeff Waye, Co-Founder and COO, and Patrick Curley, Co-Founder, President and CEO, of independent publisher Third Side Music

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How Cutting Edge built a $1bn+ portfolio of Hollywood music rights

MBW's Trailblazers series meets the leadership team at Cutting Edge Group: CEO Philip Moross, COO Tara Finegan, and Head of M&A Tim Hegarty

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‘I’ve worked at all the majors, I’ve seen how they operate, and I genuinely don’t know what they could do that we can’t do.’

Nick Burgess looks back at his career so far – and to the future of his new venture, Artist Theory

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Music Business Worldwide

Trailblazers

Ashley Gorley talks country music’s global appeal and mentoring Nashville’s next generation of hitmakers at indie pubco Tape Room

‘People don’t just want hits. They want honesty.’

‘The next global genre will likely start in someone’s bedroom – and that bedroom might be in Lagos, Mumbai or São Paulo.’

‘Artists often fail when you give up too much responsibility to others.’

How Jeff Waye and Patrick Curley built Third Side Music into an indie publishing powerhouse with USD $25M in annual revenues

How Cutting Edge built a $1bn+ portfolio of Hollywood music rights

‘I’ve worked at all the majors, I’ve seen how they operate, and I genuinely don’t know what they could do that we can’t do.’

‘The industry often prioritizes quick results, but true development takes patience.’

Meet the Emmy-nominated executive driving HYBE’s regional Mexican Music strategy at S1ENTO Records

Meet the new music streaming service that’s ditched algorithmic playlists… and it’s licensed by all three majors

‘Success is building something that outlasts hype.’

Rezonate plans to spend $1 billion buying producer catalogs over the next 5 years. Here’s why… and how.

Robb McDaniels on Beatport’s growth plans, and why downloads still matter

Andrew Klippel on Ourness, Royel Otis, and the ‘golden age’ of the music business

‘Our strategy involves pulling every lever possible to maximize an artist’s career.’