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How AI is Transforming the Music Business

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Rising Tide: Why You Need to Be at Music Tectonics 2026

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Format Shifts: New Products for Music Fans

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How Direct-To-Fan Unlocks Revenue

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Fan Growth Tech: More Fans, Buying More Things

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More Music Means More Growth: The New Job of Distributors

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What if Generative AI Grows the Music Business?

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New Forms of Licensing: How Businesses, Apps, and Games Pay for Music

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How Music Catalogs Get Valued and Sold

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Revenue Recovery: How to Recover Lost Music Royalties

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Eight Revenue Multipliers of the Music Industry

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What Multiplies Revenue for Music? (Bonus Episode)

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What If Tech Grows the Music Industry Instead of Disrupting It?

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State of the Music Industry: What Happens After Streaming?

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Why is the Music Industry So Small?

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How Do You Value Music Catalogs in 2026?

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How Will Music Be Monetized in 2030?

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8 Ways to Grow the Value of Music in 2026

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Every Object Can Sound: How Playtronica is Reimagining Music Creation

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The $300 Billion Industry Music Tech is Ignoring

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Can Gamification Fix Music Discovery?

22

How TikTok Changed Sync Licensing (and What Cipher Music is Doing About It)

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The Label of the Future: How ONErpm Scaled Without Investors

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The Reality of Being a Music Creator in 2026 (ft. Aryy)

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You Don't Know Your Fans (And It's Costing You)

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Music is Getting Physical Again (in the Age of AI)- AlgoRhythms 2026

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Adam Neely on the Hidden Cost of AI Music

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Is Music Making Up for Grabs?

29

How Hunna G Turned "Take a Seat, Rap on the Beat" into a 150M View Platform

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Dom McLennon on Creativity, Community, and Hacking Music Tech

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Should Artists Admit They Use AI? (ft. Dr. Joel Carnevale)

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Is the Music Supply Chain Ready for the AI Boom?

33

What Music Can Learn From Mobile Gaming

34

Beyond the Catalog: The KISS Deal and the Future of Music IP

35

What Founders Get Wrong About Exits

36

Building AI for Music Without Breaking Trust

37

NAMM 2026, pt 2: The Creator Shift (ft. Modern Biology)

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NAMM 2026, pt 1: AI's Inflection Point (ft LANDR and Yamaha)

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Blanco Brown on AI, Authenticity, and "Walk My Walk"

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The Science of Sound with Russell Wedelich of Eventide

41

Are Trade Shows Still Worth It In 2026?

42

Optimization is Not Enough: Are You Ready for Streaming's Reckoning?

43

Music Tectonics 2025: Three Innovations We Spotted

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2025 in Music Tech: The Year's Top Stories

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Conference Conversations: Creative Collaborations Everyone Can Agree To

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Conference Conversations: Where Investors See Creator Tools Thriving Alongside AI

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Conference Conversations: Founders on Building Defensible Companies in the AI Economy

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Conference Conversations: Rethinking Distribution with Hollywood Reporter's Ethan Millman

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Conference Conversations: Inside the Yamaha Music Innovation Fund

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Crossroads: Streaming's Time to Choose with Mark Mulligan

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Rethinking Indie Streaming with Neil Sheehan of Vocana

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The FOMO Episode: Why You Need to Be at Music Tectonics 2025

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True Ownership Beyond Streaming with Joshua Stone

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Unlocking the Value of Music with Darryl Ballantyne

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Should Music Publishers Be Worried about AI?

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Logic Pro, Loupe Art, and the Age of Abundance with Dot Bustelo

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The Future of AI Music is Fairly Trained?

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Machine Music, the Velvet Sundown, and Whale Pop Stars with Drew Thurlow

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The Thrilling Tension Between AI and Musical Creativity

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What Makes Artist Partnerships Meaningful? with Dave Godowsky

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Wait. That's a Musical Instrument?? With Adam McHeffey

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How to Build a Company with Tracy Maddux: How to Start Up

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How to Scale Up with Darryl Ballantyne of LyricFind

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The Great Bifurcation Debate with the MIDiA Team

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Startups Start Your Engines with Andrew Kahn, Yamaha Music Innovation Fund

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Music and Fortnite with Mike Gubman

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Stealing Back the Scalpers' Playbook with Randy Nichols

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Strings Attached: The Impact of Tariffs on Music and Culture with Cullen Hendrix

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What the Heck is Happening With the Copyright Office?

70

Building Music Communities with Native Instruments

71

Are We Doing Copyright Wrong in Music?

72

How to Sell Musical Instruments, with Adam McHeffey

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Non-Traditional Artist Careers: Social Music Creation

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Unpacking the Latest in Music and Tech: Spotify, Apple, and AI Fraud

75

The Future of Music is Visual: With Ty Roberts

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Surveying the Horizon of Music and Tech: Rock Paper Scanner

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AI, Investment, Legal Challenges and Music Tech with Valeska Pederson Hinz

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Who Owns What in Music Tech with Cherie Hu

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Streaming Slowdown. What Slowdown? With Mark Mulligan

80

Consolidation and Growth: Insights from Billboard's Glenn Peoples

81

The Future of Music is Interactive with MashApp's Ian Henderson

82

From Plugins to Community: DAWn Audio's Evolution

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Bootstrapping Success: GigSalad's Journey

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Shaking Up Music Consumption with the Cinema

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From Vinyl Revivals to Glocalization: An Economic Perspective with Will Page

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Exploring Music Streaming's Future with Tuned Global

87

Clara Venice Wants You To Make Music Too

88

Creativity in a Post AI World

89

How I Sold It

90

Independence and Merlin

91

Investing in the Growth of Musical Instruments with Yamaha

92

Inside the World of Music Tech Influencers

93

How to Kickstart Music Gear in 2025

94

Wait – That's a Musical Instrument??

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Shattering the 2025 Crystal Ball: Music Tech Trends to Watch

96

How To Startup with Cliff Fluet

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The Domain of Music and Identity with Dot Music

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ReverbData: Getting Ahead in the Music Biz with Data

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The Great Bifurcation Debate

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Streaming's Parallel Universe