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The Future of What — 335 episodes
Ep. #301 — 100 Years of the Jukebox & What Comes Next: A Chat with AMI Entertainment's Tommy Moreno
Ep. #300 — mtheory's Cameo Carlson on the Chinese Reality Show That Launched Mickey Guyton Overseas
Ep. #299 — The Small Ticket Add-On Making a Huge Difference: A Chat with PLUS1's Marika Anthony-Shaw
Episode #298 — Connecting The Industry's Most Important Assets: How Openstage Nurtures the Artist-Fan Relationship
Episode #297 — It Takes a Village: A Conversation on DEI with The Orchard's Naledi Nyahuma Seck
Episode #296 — How Secretly Found Success by Sticking to Their Indie Roots: An Interview with Shelly Worcel!
Episode #295 — Rock Paper Scissors, Inc’s Dmitri Vietze on Music Marketing, Tech, and Times of Change
Episode #295 — Rock Paper Scissors, Inc's Dmitri Vietze on Music Marketing, Tech, and Times of Change
Episode #294 — The Past, Present & Future of Music Legislation: Hear from Fox Rothschild LLP’s Cynthia Katz & Heidy Vaquerano!
Episode #294 — The Past, Present & Future of Music Legislation: Hear from Fox Rothschild LLP's Cynthia Katz & Heidy Vaquerano!
Episode #293 — How Roblox Is Shaping Next-Gen Music Discovery: A Conversation with Allison Moore of Splash
Episode #292 — Live From Music Biz 2026: The Tech Hits & Misses in the Music Industry with Revelator's Ahuvah Berger-Burcat!
Episode #291 — Unequal Justice: Inside the Fight Over Free Speech in Music
Episode #290 — Focusing on the "We:" Hear From Sarah Landy of FUGA on How Collective Empowerment Benefits Everyone!
Episode #289 — Patchwerk Studios' 30+ Year Legacy
Episode #288 — Recovering Royalties: How Notes.FM is Streamlining Artist Payments
Episode #287 — How Music Fans Can Become Music Investors: A Chat with Musicow's Marcus Sanchez
Episode #286 — Building a Backbone for Effective Rights Management: MusicInfra on Scalable Infrastructure
Episode #285 — Reimagining Rights Management: How Chordal is Breaking Barriers
Episode #284 — Latin's Global Growth: A Look Behind the Scenes with Rimas Publishing & Chinelo Creative
Episode #283 — Married Life in the Music Business: Interview w/ Symphonic's Jorge Brea and Janette Berrios + Kill Rock Stars' Slim Moon!
Episode #282 — Navigating a Fragmented Industry: Songtradr's Paul Langworthy on Music Rights & Licensing
Episode #281 — Democratizing Music Legislation Education: A Conversation with Matthew Wilson & Michelle Davis of Arnall Golden Gregory LLP
Episode #280 — How Clearnote is Revolutionizing Contract Management in Today's Music Business
Episode #279 — Artist-First Music Marketing: A Conversation with Danny Garcia of SongTools
Episode #278 — From Label Power to Artist Power: How Green Tea Distro Supports Modern Musicians
Episode #277 — The Future of Fraud Protection: Beatdapp's Trust & Safety OS Explained
Episode #276 — How the MFFA Is Taking Ownership of the Music Industry's Fraud Issue
Episode #275 — Standing Out in the Crowded DSP Space: A Conversation with Qobuz's Dan Mackta
Episode #274 — Louis Posen Reflects on 30+ Years of Hopeless Records: Indie Success, Charity and the Future
Episode #273 — Unifying the Music Industry's Data: A Conversation with Artist Growth's Matt Urmy
Episode #272 — Updates on Indie Music Retail from The Vinyl Groove Records, The Sound Garden and Zia Records!
Episode #271 — Safeguarding Our Industry: Inside Vobile's Fight Against Fraud
Episode #270 — How Mamas In Music is Caring for Caregivers in Our Industry
Episode #269 — Reinventing Music Search: AIMS' Solution for Precision and Unbiased Results
Episode #268 — How Bootleg Is Super-Serving Superfans With a New Kind of Merch
Episode #267 — Gut Instincts and Data: The Constants of A&R's Evolution
Episode #266 — ONErpm's Artist-First Approach to Business
Episode #265 — What It Means to Win A Clio Award: A Chat With Michael Kauffman
Episode #264 — How Has Music Evolved Into Such a Viable Asset Class?
Episode #263 — Assessing the State of AI in Music with Voice-Swap's Mike Pelczynski @ Music Biz 2025
Episode #262 — Inside Soundstripe's Music Licensing Strategy with Global Head of Partnerships, Angela Abbott!
Episode #261 — Independent Sector Happenings with A2IM's Lisa Hresko @ Music Biz 2025!
Episode #260 — Dissecting the State of Physical Music: A Conversation with Carrie Colliton @ Music Biz 2025!
Episode #259 — Democratizing Artist Marketing: A Conversation with Chuka Chase of SymphonyOS @ Music Biz 2025!
Episode #258 — The Impacts Of The Current PRO System On Small Venues
Episode #257 — A Conversation With Virginie Berger @ Music Biz 2025
Episode #256 — Jonathan Azu of Culture Collective Talks the State of the Live Industry & More!
Episode #255 — The Tech and Music Industry Crossover: A Conversation with OpenPlay's Edward Ginis @ Music Biz 2025!
Episode #254 — Hear from Lauryn Menard, Creator of the GOB Sustainable Earplug Brand!
Episode #253 — The Music Merchandising Experience with Kerstyn Inouye of Top Drawer Merch
Episode #252 — How Friends of Noise is Creating Opportunities for the Youth of Portland
Episode #251 — Music Biz in Atlanta: The Horne Brothers Highlight ATL's Booming Music Economy
Episode #250 — Angry Mob Music's Marc Caruso Addresses What Indie Publishers Need
Episode #249 — Girlilla Marketing's Jennie Smythe on the Evolution of Digital Marketing & Female Representation
Episode #248 — Marketing In The Live Event Sector With Nederlander's Jamie Loeb
Episode #247 — How The Music Leaders Network Empowers Female, Trans & Non-Binary Music Executives
Episode #246 — Music Biz In Atlanta: Discussing the City's Thriving Music & Tech Culture with Shachar Oren
Episode #245 — New Mental Health Study from MusiCares & Amber Health
Episode #244 — Maintaining Ethics in AI-Generated Music
Episode #243 — Music Biz in Atlanta: Tobago Benito of DBS Sounds!
Episode #242 — The State of Music Publishing in 2025
Episode #241 — Music & Tech's Trajectory In The Year To Come
Episode #240 — Managing Artists In 2024 & Beyond!
Episode #239 — Ensuring Ethical AI Use With AI:OK's Dr. Martin Clancy
Episode #238 — Music Research & AI-Detection Tech With Deezer's Romain Hennequin
Episode #237 — #iVoted & Leveraging Music To Increase Voter Turnout
Episode #236 — Supporting Women In Music: Interview With Head Bitch Music's Jessica Vaughn
Episode #235 — How AI Tech & TikTok Consumption Is Changing Our Industry
Episode #234 — Modern Music Royalties Processing
Episode #233 — Our Employees' Needs Have Evolved: How Do We Best Support Them?
Episode #232 — Solving Music's Identity Problem With Switchchord
Episode #231 — DiMA President & CEO, Graham Davies
Episode #230 — Diversifying Music Industry Writing Rooms
Episode #229 — Music Fraud Update: Combating Bad Actors From All Angles
Episode #228 — Holistic Strategies For Selling Music Merch with Merch Cat's Vanessa Ferrer
Episode #227 — Cosynd's New Producer Copyright Registration Initiative
Episode #226 — Creative Intell's David Fritz & Steven Ship On Educating Today's Artists
Episode #225 — Vault & beatBread's Funding Options For Indie Artists
Episode #224 — RAMPD's Lachi & Precious Perez on Disability Awareness & Activism
Episode #223 — Trevanna Tracks' Tools For Improving Sync Licensing
Episode #222 — NIVA's Journey From Survival To Advocacy
Episode #221 — Exceleration Music + Redeye: An Indie Music Powerhouse
Portia's 2024 New Year's Message
Episode #220 — Supporting U.S. Indie Venues: An Interview With Live Music Society's Cat Henry
Episode #219 — LyricFind's Darryl Ballantyne On New Tools To Enhance Lyric Offerings
Episode #218 — Dolby's Christine Thomas Talks Dolby Atmos & Immersive Audio
Episode #217 — DAACI Talks AI Tools To Enhance The Creative Process
Episode #216 — KYC Compliance To Fight Music Fraud: A Discussion With Too Lost's Gregory Hirschhorn
Episode #215 — Generative AI In Film, TV & Other Entertainment Spaces
Episode #214 — Music Fights Fraud: A Discussion on Streaming Fraud with CD Baby's Christine Barnum
Episode #213 — Building Community In Music With Web3: Interview With Revelator's Bruno Guez
Episode #212 — 2023 Music Biz Presidential Award Winner, Gina Miller (MNRK Music Group)
Episode #211 — Generative AI and the Music Industry: Interview with Danielle Aguirre of the NMPA
Episode #210 — Music Industry Mental Health: A Conversation With Amber Health's Dr. Chayim Newman
Episode #209 — ClicknClear & Performance Sports Music Licensing
Episode #208 — 2023 Leading Light Award Nominees, Pt. 2(The Orchard, A to Z Media, WMG)
Episode #207 — 2023 Leading Light Award Nominees, Pt. 1 (TuneCore)
Episode #206 — Black Lives in Music CEO, Charisse Beaumont
Episode #205 — BE THE CHANGE Gender Equality Study, Pt. 2
Episode #204 — BE THE CHANGE Gender Equality Study, Pt. 1
Episode #203 — Affordable Health Insurance For Indie Labels
Episode #202 — Continued Support For Inclusion & Mental Health in the Music Business
Episode #201 — The Lazuli Collective & Mental Health In Entertainment Industries
Episode #200 — Capturing Creator Credits While In-Studio
Episode #199 — The Impact of the CRB Royalty Rate Increase
Episode #198: Ongoing Diversity Efforts In the Music Industry
Episode #197: Disability Pride Month — Interview with Lachi
Episode #196: Pride Month & Queer Representation in the Music Business
Episode #195: New Models of Funding Indie Artists
Episode #194: Record Store Day 2022
Episode #193: The Orchard's 25th Anniversary
Episode #192: An Overview on Streaming Fraud
MusicBiz Live! w/ MLC
Episode #190 - MusicBiz Live! w/ Live Music Venues
MusicBiz Live! re: Music Consumption Metrics
MusicBiz Live! w/ Mental Health Professionals
MusicBiz Live! w/ EU & UK Music Organizations
MusicBiz Live! w/ MusicBiz Board
MusicBiz Live! w/ Indepdenent Record Retailers
MusicBiz Live! w/ NMPA, RIAA, CMA, A2IM & NSAI
MusicBiz Live! w/ Instagram and Facebook
Educating The Next Generation of Music Business Professionals
Consolidating Credits In The Cloud
Indie Label Spotlight: Ninja Tune
New Tools For Booking Tours
Licensing Music For Podcasts
Where Do Black Box Royalties Go?
New Tools For Songwriters
Nashville's Project Music
Trends for 2020
The Evolution of Streaming
Best of 2019
New Tools For Developing Artists
Direct Shot's Ambigous Future
New Ideas In The Digital Marketplace
Indie Label Spotlight - Frenchkiss Records
Tracklib Brings Legal Sampling To The Masses
Converting Streams Into Liquid Assets Faster
Unpacking The C.A.S.E. Act
The Future of Artist Management
Merlin Works Magic For Indies
The Current State of Music Journalism
Indie Label Spotlight: Crunchy Frog
How Streaming Royalties Are Calculated
House Shows & Non-Traditional Venues
Team Dresch's Timely Return
Indie Label Spotlight: Herø Records
Digital Attribution For Musicians
Manage Your Music With DISCO
Article 13's Potential Impact On The Music Industry
Demo Listening Roundtable w/ DJ Klyph, Public Display PR and McMenamins
Kids Music and Smart Speakers
Get Paid : Sync Licensing and Brand Partnerships
Shaking Up Distribution
Making Good on Representation
Demystifying A&R with Katie Garcia, Tom Whalley, and Tunji Balogun
2019 Trends in Music
Copyright 101
Indie Label Spotlight: Alligator Records
Get Paid: Booking, Touring, Promoting
Best of 2018
Indie Label Spotlight: Fresh Selects
What's Next for Industry Advocates?
Indie Label Spotlight: Projekt Records
Reshaping Live Music: HalfAccess / McMenamins / MusicPortland
Indie Label Spotlight: Jealous Butcher
Sell Your Merch
Music Takes On the Midterms
Do I Need a Record Label?
Jen Cloher
Spotlight on Molly Neuman (Songtrust, Bratmobile)
Independent Together
Update on the Music Modernization Act
Indie Label Spotlight: Compass Records
Using Music in Podcasts... the Right Way!
Indie Label Spotlight: Light in the Attic with Ishmael Butler (Digable Planets, Shabazz Palaces)
How the Game is Played: LIVE in Portland
Creative Accounting
Unpacking Music's "Black Box"
Music Cities (LIVE from Seattle)
Indie Label Spotlight: Merge Records
Indie Label Spotlight: Numero Group
Spotlight on Horse Feathers: Justin Ringle / Skyler Norwood
LIVE in Portland: The Aesthetics of Album Art
Gear Makers: Philip Graham (Ear Trumpet) / Saul Koll (Koll Guitar Co.) / Chris Benson (Benson Amps)
"The Truth Behind the Supposed Decline of the Guitar": She Shreds Magazine / Bully / Trade Up Music
Inclusivity in Recording: Madeleine Campbell (Women in Sound) / Terri Winston (WAM) / Andrew Jones
Data! What is it good for? (LIVE at Treefort)
We'll be right back!
Addiction & Recovery: Gene Bowen (Road Recovery) / Slim Moon / Rob Crow (Pinback)
Understanding Contracts with Gandhar Savur and Horse Feathers
Unpacking the Music Modernization Act: David Israelite (NMPA) / Mitch Glazier (RIAA) / Blake Morgan
Mastering Social Media: GLASYS / CD Baby / Bozyk Media
BONUS: Dewey Halpaus (Peer Pleasure Podcast)
The Women of Pearl Jam's Crew / Mike McCready
Apollo Playlists Curator Walt Lilly
Music-Tech Journalist Cherie Hu
Crosshair Music Founder Garrison Snell
Crosshair / Cherie Hu / Walt Lilly
Liz Pelly on "The Problem with Muzak" / Resonate
Indie Label Spotlight: EYRST with Neill Von Tally and Blossom
Looking Back at 2017
Indie Label Spotlight: Father/Daughter Records with Jessi Frick and Shamir
#IRespectMusic's Blake Morgan
Bonus: Cindy Wilson (The B-52s)
Portland's Thriving Hip Hop Scene and Beyond
Net Neutrality
Leveraging Your Data: LIVE from Indie-Con
CASH Music, CD Baby, SoundExchange, Public Display PR and the MusicPortland Movement
Corin Tucker (Sleater-Kinney Filthy Friends), Peter Buck (REM), Laura Veirs, Cool Nutz
100th Episode LIVE with Corin Tucker, Peter Buck, Laura Veirs and more
Culture Writer Melissa Locker
Do It Yourself
Mark Robinson (Teen-Beat, Unrest)
State of the Nations (Live from Indie-Con)
Ian MacKaye (Dischord, Fugazi, Minor Threat)
MusiCares
Indie Label Spotlight: Teen-Beat with Mark Robinson and Ian MacKaye (Dischord)
District Advocate Day
Transparency in Music Licensing and Ownership Act
Public Display PR's Sierra Haager
Bandcamp's Jes Skolnik
Does Good Music Prevail?
Peter Gordon on Net Neutrality
Deerhoof's Greg Saunier
Net Neutrality
Jaxsta / Discogs
LIVE from Indie-Con: Understanding Independence
Video Games: The Next Artistic Super-Medium
LIVE in Durham: The Evolution of Streaming
Ellen Kempner (Palehound)
Open Mike Eagle
Open Mike Eagle / Palehound / Thao & the Get Down Stay Down / La Luz
Mike Huppe of SoundExchange
Gray Gannaway on YouTube's "Adpocalypse"
Industry Update: Quarterlab / SoundExchange / The Recording Academy
Local Spotlight: The Triangle
Spotlight on CASH Music
LIVE in Durham: Marketing Resources
LIVE in New York: Investment Options for Your Independent Future
Record Pressing: Third Man Records / Cascade / Kindercore / Independent
LIVE in Seattle: Tunji Balogun (RCA Records) and Amaechi Uzoigwe (Run the Jewels)
Meredith Graves (Perfect Pussy) / Simon Tam (The Slants)
Jim McDermott / Rumblefish / Marmoset
Music Supervision with Jen Malone, Sue Jacobs and Bryan Turcotte
Does Radio Still Matter?
Patreon / Vinyl Me, Please / Topshelf Records / Joyful Noise Recordings
All-Ages Revival: Friends of Noise / Vera Project / Semi-Ok Collective / Sabonis
Music Licensing with Marmoset Music and Loch Lomond
SassyBlack / Thunderpussy / Y La Bamba
Turned Away at the Border: Tamizdat / Future of Music Coalition / Massive Scar Era / Ami Dang
Treefort: Terrorbird Media / KEXP / Joyful Noise / The Brigade
Reissue Revolution: Yep Roc Records / Eggs Over Easy / Light In The Attic Records
Greg Kot & Jim DeRogatis / Julianne Escobedo Shepherd / Bob Ham / Ben Ratliff
Shane Told (Silverstein, River Oaks, Lead Singer Syndrome)
Hrishikesh Hirway (Song Exploder) / Joe Pug (Working Songwriter) / Shane Told (Lead Singer Syndrome)
LIVE in Portland: Music Millennium / Jackpot! / Public Display / Old Town Music / Friends of Noise
The Elegant Too (Bob's Burgers) / The Not-Its! / Chris Huff
Tucker Martine / Larry Crane / Tyler Stone
Larry Crane Remembers Elliott Smith
Andy Mayoras / Conrad Rippy / Larry Crane
Molly Neuman (Kickstarter) / Vulfpeck
Advice for Developing Artists - Live Shows
Chanti Darling / What the Festival / True West
Jana Hunter (Lower Dens) On Trump's Presidency
Jana Hunter (Lower Dens) on Healthcare
Jon Coombs on 'Our First 100 Days' (Secretly Group)
Kevin Erickson on the GOP's Policies
Kevin Erickson on Trump's Presidency
What Trump's Presidency Means for Music: Lower Dens / Future of Music Coalition / Secretly Group
A2IM / Melissa Ferrick / NMPA
2016 In Review: Kill Rock Stars / Switched on Pop
Best of Innovative Music Marketing - Part 2
Best of Innovative Music Marketing (Part 1)
Warp / Break World / Don Giovanni / Father/Daughter / Redeye (LIVE at the Redeye Label Hang)
Are digital downloads on their way out?
Numero Group / Bandcamp / MusicWatch Inc
SONA / Sue Ennis
Kotaku / Fullbright Company / Chris Remo / The Advantage
QRATES / 8Stem / Patti Silverman / Kyle Bylin
Corin Tucker / Jenny Conlee / Fabi Reyna / Rock 'n' Roll Camp for Girls
Public Display PR / Grandstand Media & Management / Vortex Magazine / Casey Jarman
Green Noise / Discogs / Redeye
Blake Babies (Juliana Hatfield / John Strohm / Freda Love)
Kiran Gandhi / A2IM / Resonate
The Thermals / Portugal. The Man / Ultimate Painting / The Slants
Dan Deacon / Merchbar / Merchtable
NMPA / David Lowery / Chris Castle
Rough Trade / Look Out Kid / Amelia Artists
Kiran Gandhi on Shock Art
Laura Veirs / Valerie Day / Christiane Kinney / David Lowery
Pearl Jam / PWR BTTM / Tune-Yards / Zac Brown Band
Fluff & Gravy / Tender Loving Empire / Good Cheer
Pickathon / Rifflandia / Summerfest
40 Watt Club / Doug Fir Lounge / Monterey International
Mute / ABKCO / Concord / Omnian
Loma Vista / Hopeless Records / Matador Records
Bridgetown Comedy Festival / Shane Torres
Sylvia Massy / Tucker Martine
Tommy Boy Ent. / MusicWatch / BuzzAngle
The Syndicate / Warp / Sub Pop / Mass Appeal
A2IM / RIAA / Perry Resnick / John Strohm
Tape Op's 20th Anniversary: Larry Crane / Tucker Martine / Tyler Stone / Dave Gross
They Might Be Giants / Girlie Action
Portugal. The Man / !!! / Prince Rama
All Ages Revival: The Vera Project / Friends of Noise / Meow Meow / Semi Ok Collective / Sabonis
Slim Moon / Ingrid Renan / Louie Bandak
Bitch Media / Tom Tom Magazine / She Shreds Magazine
Spotify's Unpaid Royalties: Melissa Ferrick / Howell O'Rear / Chris Castle / Christiane Kinney
Pitchfork / KEXP / Riot Act Media
The Slants / Charmaine Clamor / Mississippi Records
MusiCares: Neil Portnow / Andrew Joslyn / Jennifer Wit / Michael Farr / Scott Patterson
2015 In Review: Kill Rock Stars / Kiran Gandhi
Freeform Development / Bandago / Dick Huey
The Future of Indies: Molly Neuman / Bruce Pavitt / Christiane Kinney / Kevin Breuner / Amy Dietz
tUnE-yArDs / Freeform Development Inc.
Grammys In My District: Kris Orlowski / Daryl Friedman / Brandon Bush
Bandcamp / Frankie Cosmos / Laura Veirs / Sahel Sounds
Poly-Graph / AdShare / Jeff Slate / Mark Mulligan
The Billions Corporation / Innovative Leisure / Onto Entertainment
Pomplamoose / Alicia J. Rose / Courtney Smith / Wind-Up Records
ASCAP / CD Baby / SoundExchange
Slim Moon / Ken Cheppaikode / Theo Craig
Secretly Canadian / Here We Go Magic / Rhapsody
BerkleeICE / David Lowery / SoundExchange / Temporary Residence Ltd.
Record Store Day / Cascade Record Pressing / Darius Van Arman
Hari Kondabolu / Amy Miller / Nathan Brannon / Adam Triplett
Rough Trade / Burger Records / Not Not Fun Records / Creative Loafing
The "Fair Play, Fair Pay" Act
Marnie Stern / Explode Into Colors / Jon Fine
Pandora's Move To Terrestrial Radio
Summer Cannibals / Kill Rock Stars / CD Baby / Pearl Jam's Ten Club / Pledge Music
Matt FX (Broad City) / Warner Bros. / SONGS Music Publishing
The Thermals / SoundExchange / NARAS / Dualtone Records / The Daily Journal