Trailblazers

Interviews

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

MBW's Trailblazers series meets Cam Blackwood and Tom Tyler, co-founders of Rezonate Music Rights

Interviews

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

MBW's Trailblazers series meets Robb McDaniels, CEO of Beatport

Interviews

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

MBW's Trailblazers series meets Andrew Klippel, co-founder of Australia-born music company Ourness

Interviews

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

MBW's Trailblazers series meets Leander Kirschner, founder and CEO of Berlin-based independent music company Bamboo Artists.

Interviews

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

Interviews

‘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

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‘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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‘African music will keep growing and making waves globally. Our sound is unique, and the world is hungry for it.’

A few of the most interesting stats printed in IFPI‘s most recent Global Music Report concerned Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The SSA region was the fastest-growing recorded music region globally for the second consecutive year in 2023 and was also the only region globally to surpass 20% growth. Recorded music revenues in SSA were up 24.7% YoY in … Continued

Interviews

‘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

Interviews

Music Business Worldwide

Trailblazers

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.’

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

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

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

‘African music will keep growing and making waves globally. Our sound is unique, and the world is hungry for it.’

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

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

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

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

‘The industry has tremendous confidence in the talent that exists in this new era of South Asian music.’

‘Artists are the ultimate entrepreneurs, they put so much at stake to do their job and you have to remember that.’

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