Trailblazers

TuneCore partners with MBW as exclusive supporter of ‘Trailblazers’ interview series

Trailblazers highlights forward-thinking entrepreneurs in all corners of the globe, from North America to Latin America, Europe to Asia-Pacific, Africa and beyond

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How independent South African music company The T Effect plans to ‘create a new wave of African Global Superstars’

The T Effect's co-founders Tshiamo Letshwene and Nhlanhla ‘Nivo’ Ndimande tell us about the company's global ambitions

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‘We’re in a renaissance for creativity. The things creators will be able to do tomorrow, they cannot do today.’

Splice CEO Kakul Srivastava on her ambitions for Splice, predictions for the music creator space, and her forecast for the impact AI will have on the music industry...

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How Thailand’s Yupp! Entertainment hit 1m YouTube subscribers in 1 year, and got rapper Milli booked to play Coachella

MBW’s Trailblazers series interviews Pollakit Srisamut (aka Lunaticfluker), co-founder of prominent Thailand-based record label and media company YUPP! Entertainment.

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‘The vinyl business is only going to grow. At the moment it’s where MP3 players were in the ‘90s.’

In this interview, we speak to Steve Rhodes, Co-founder and CEO of UK-based 'vinyl-on-demand' startup, elasticStage

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‘Our dream is that Vybbe becomes one of the leading entertainment companies in Brazil.’

MBW's Trailblazers series interviews Carlos Aristides, CEO of Brazil-based music company Vybbe

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‘Classical music is not subject to trends and fads. The genre shows longer-term value across generations.’

MBW's Trailblazers series interviews Martin Kudla, Deputy Director and Digital Marketing Manager at Czech record label SUPRAPHON

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‘A notification done correctly is one of the most powerful tools within mobile phones.’

MBW's Trailblazers series interviews Jake Zinn, founder of US-based music release notification app Beepr

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This company’s young artist has billions of YouTube views. It’s certain India is going to become one of the world’s biggest music markets.

Hitz Music founder and Indian music industry veteran, Vinod Bhanushali talks us through his views of the market

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NFT company Serenade just raised USD $4.2 million. What’s it going to spend it on?

Max Shand is the latest interviewee in our Trailblazers series

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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