BTB Ep 41: What the Open Music Initiative means for indie artists; JP Kallio on effective vlogging

Hi Podcast Listeners! If you are in the South Florida area on July 7, Books & Books in Coral Gables is going to have an author event for Ryan's Break the Business book. It will be a great chance for you to meet Ryan and Dave and find out more about the book. We'd love to see you there! In the first segment, Ryan and Dave discuss the new Open Music Initiative being created by Berklee and MIT. It's goal: to create an IMDB-type database for every piece of music so that all content creators can be efficiently identified and fairly compensated for the royalties they deserve. If done correctly, the OMI could help level the playing field for indie artists and lead to significant shifts in the music industry. But there are problems with creating such a platform. First, it will be very hard to do. Many have tried and many have failed. Second, there is a danger of this platform falling into the wrong hands and becoming a tool to help music's one percent gain even more power. How do you help bring about the best possible outcome for this innovative technology? You get informed and you fight for your rights as an indie artist. Listening to Ryan and Dave's insight is a good start. In the second segment, indie artist and hypercreator JP Kallio stops by the show. JP is one of Ryan's favorite guests to have on the Podcast. He does a lot of things right in his music career and you will learn a lot from his insight. During the interview, JP talks a lot about his daily "vlog" and how other artists can use vlogging to build their own careers and foster strong fan engagement. Check out JP's awesome music by visiting www.jpkalliomusic.com. You'll be glad you did. The man is a true artist.In the "D Block" segment, Ryan and Dave talk about Dave's recent trip to Montreal and also have a great pop culture conversation about Hollywood's "sequel fatigue" and why many recent movie sequels have failed at the box office recently. Thank you all very much for listening. Rate/review/subscribe to the Podcast on iTunes and SoundCloud. Like Break the Business on Facebook. Follow Ryan @ryankair and Dave @metaldave85. And tell a friend about the show! Find out more about Ryan's book at www.breakthebusiness.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.