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The Money Trench - The Music Industry Podcast with Mark Sutherland — 93 episodes
TMT:92 Michael Adex On Managing Aitch & Building The NQ Empire
TMT:91 Guy Moot on The Art Of Publishing A&R & The Importance Of Songs & Songwriters
TMT:90 Dan Chalmers on How The Music Biz Learned To Love YouTube
TMT:89 Martin Talbot On Why The Charts Still Matter
TMT:88 YolanDa Brown LIVE On Why UK Music Is Back In The Big Time
TMT:87 Miles Leonard on Helping Coldplay To The Top & Getting Into The Arena Business
TMT:86 Alastair Webber On Fair Deals For Songwriters
TMT:85 Kamille On Being A Top Hitmaker & Why Songwriters Still Need More Support
TMT:84 Frank Turner On Making Touring Work For Grassroots Artists & Venues
TMT:83 Jeremy Lascelles On Building A Game-Changing Indie Music Company
TMT:82 Catherine Marks On The Threat To UK Studios & Recording Olivia Rodrigo In A Day
TMT:81 Adam Harris & Callum Read On The Return Of Guitar Music
TMT:80 Chris Price On How To Get On The BBC Radio 1 Playlist
TMT:79 Tommas Arnby On Mananging Yungblud & Why Rock Is Finally Back
TMT:78 Liz Goodwin On The Secrets Of Modern Music Marketing
TMT:77 Sybil Bell On Independent Venue Week & Why Venues Matter More Than Ever
TMT:76 Aly Gillani On Why Bandcamp Is Music Retail With A Difference & Why AI Is Banned On The Platform
TMT:75 Sumit Bothra On What Artist Management Really Looks Like in 2026
TMT:74 Alex Hannaby On The Unstoppable Rise Of Country Music Around The World
TMT:73 Ben Mortimer On How To Break New Artists & The Role Of Majors in 2026
TMT: Biggest Music Industry Stories Of 2025
TMT:72 Zena White On Building The World’s Coolest Indie Label
TMT:71 Paul Lennon On Negotiating The Music Industry’s Big Deals
TMT:70 Alexi Cory-Smith On The Catalogue Sales Boom
TMT:69 Cam Blackwood Live On The Catalogue Sales Revolution
TMT:68 Craig Logan On Being a Music Entrepreneur
TMT:67 Nadia Khan On Powering Change In The Music Industry
TMT:66 The Charlatans Frontman Tim Burgess On Being A Musicians’ Champion
TMT:65 Henry Semmence & Simon Wills On Building A Label Services Giant & Surviving Utopia
TMT:64 Rich Castillo On Indie Labels’ Big A&R Opportunity
TMT:63 Fraser T. Smith On Producing Adele & Keeping Music Human
TMT:62 Josh Mateer On SoundOn’s A&R Revolution
TMT:61 Matt Riley On CMAT’s Big Breakthrough & What’s Next For AWAL
TMT:60 Jo Charrington on Discovering Sam Smith & Breaking Olivia Dean
TMT:59 Jack Garratt on Artists’ Struggles & The Lessons The Music Industry Needs To Learn
TMT:58 Mark Orr On Taking The K’s To No.1 & Building A Modern Indie Success Story
TMT:57 Madeleine O’Gorman on Pendulum’s Big Comeback & Working With The Legendary Michael Gudinski
TMT:56 David Martin On Saving Grassroots Music & Why The Fight For Streaming Reform Must Continue
TMT:55 Alistair Norbury On Taking Kylie And Rick Astley To New Heights, Plus Catalogue Acquisitions Done Right
TMT:54 Grace Meadows On How To Promote Positive Mental Health in the Music Industry
TMT:53 Tom Connaughton on Indie Distribution’s Big Moment & How Spotify Changed The Music World
TMT:52 Cliff Fluet On The Future Of AI & Why The Music Biz Must Embrace Technology
TMT:51 David Massey On Bringing Oasis To America & The Future Of Major Labels
TMT:50 Jim King on Turning BST Hyde Park Into A Blockbuster Event and The Secrets Of Festival Success In 2025
TMT:49 Alison Howe on Running Glastonbury’s Epic TV Coverage & Curating Later's Line-Ups
TMT:48 Geoff Ellis On Promoting Oasis & Dominating The Scottish Live Industry
TMT:47 Johan Lagerlof On Being The Founding Investor in Abba Voyage And Buying The Avicii Catalogue
TMT:46 Kim Frankiewicz On Fighting for Songwriters and Hanging Out with Michael Hutchence
TMT:45 Jamie Oborne On Managing The 1975 & Keeping The Spirit of Independence Alive
TMT:44 Jin Jin On Writing Smash Hits & How Songwriter Contracts Need To Change
TMT:43 Roberto Neri On The 70th Ivor Novello Awards & What Songwriters Need to Succeed
TMT:42 Jon Collins on How The Grassroots Levy Will Reshape The Live Biz, Plus The Big Misunderstanding Over Dynamic Pricing
TMT:41 Tony Harlow on How to Break More UK Superstars & The Future For Major Labels
TMT:40 Robert Horsfall & Sonia Diwan On AI's Big Legal Challenge and the Battle for Better Artist Contracts
TMT:39 Craig Jennings on Breaking Bring Me The Horizon & Why Rock Is Still a Big Noise in 2025
TMT:38 Megan Ogleby-Page on Running Record Store Day & How Vinyl Came Back From The Dead
TMT:37 Louis Posen On What it Means to be Punk and founding Hopeless Records
TMT:36 Nick Stewart on Why Artists Struggle To Make Streaming Pay, Signing U2 and Not Signing Joy Division
TMT:35 Dr Charisse Beaumont on the Music Industry’s On-Going Diversity Problem and Why The Biz Needs to Take a Stand Against Trump’s DEI Rollback
TMT:34 Kate Nash on Why OnlyFans Pays Better than Spotify, Getting F*cked Over, & the Constant Fight for Change in the Industry
TMT:33 Steve Tannett on Marshall’s Rock Revolution & What He Learned from REM & Miles Copeland
TMT:32 Kwame Kwaten on The Future of Artist Management, and Working With Legends (Michael Jackson, Prince & Mick Jagger)
TMT:31 Peter Leathem on PPL’s Blockbuster Revenues, A Transformative JV with PRS and Keeping Madonna's ‘Sex’ Book Under Wraps
TMT:30 Sammy Andrews on the Music Industry’s Tech Revolution, and Her Most Successful Campaigns (The Prodigy, Annie Lennox & More)
TMT:29 Luke Pritchard of The Kooks on the TikTok Ban, Better Care for Young Artists, Connecting with a New Generation of Fans, and Being Naked In Front of Mick Jagger
TMT:28 Ruth Barlow (LIVE at ESNS) on Indie Labels Battling the Majors for Market Share, the Industry Response to the LA Fires, Partying with Adele and Risking Arrest Over Radiohead’s ‘Guerrilla’ Gig
TMT:27 Andy Saunders on Creation Records’ Golden Years with Alan McGee, the Best PR Strategy for Crisis Management, and Working with Tony Blair and Alistair Campbell on Labour’s ‘97 Election Campaign
TMT:26 Julie Weir on the State of Rock Music, Signing Bring Me The Horizon, Rebooting Music For Nations, and How British Rock can Fight Back Against US Domination
TMT:25 Steve Homer on Why Concert Tickets Are So Expensive, the New Grassroots Levy, His Views on Dynamic Pricing, & Watching Nirvana on Top Of The Pops with Kurt Cobain
TMT:24 Miranda Sawyer on Britpop beyond Blur Vs Oasis, the Continued Importance of Music Journalism, the Power of Kate Nash’s Bum and the Greatness of British Pop Music As Export
TMT:23 Mark Davyd on How the Arena Ticket Levy Will Work, the ‘Cultural Disaster’ of Losing Grassroots Venues, Booking Oasis on Their Debut Tour, and Taking on Simon Cowell
TMT:22 Shabs Jobanputra on How His Refugee Background Influenced His Career, Breaking Everyone from So Solid Crew to Baby Shark, US Labels Poaching UK Artists, and Walking Away from Signing Amy Winehouse
TMT:21 Lucas Keller on the UK’s Producer and Writer Talent, What the Majors are Not Doing for Songwriters, Being Travis Kelce’s Agents and Why A&R’s Shouldn’t Have Side Hustles
TMT:20 Robert Swerdlow on Protecting Artists, The Digital Entertainment Business Vs The Music Industry, ‘The Algorithm of The Soul’, Managing The La’s, Michael Kiwanuka, and Little Simz, and Getting Artists in the Big Brother House
TMT:19 Gee Davy on the AI Licensing Battle, UMG Buying PIAS, TikTok vs Merlin, and the Latest from the Streaming Remuneration Group
TMT:18 Caroline Elleray and Mark Gale on Signing Coldplay, Using Data for A&R, the Rise of UK Songwriters, and Almost Managing Oasis
TMT:17 Karen Emanuel, Women in Music Awards Businesswoman of the Year, on the Future of Vinyl, Innovation in Music Formats, and being a Female Business Owner in the '90s
TMT:16 Mike Smith on the Decline of Major Label A&R, Publishing vs Record Labels, Signing Blur, and Trying to Leave the Industry
TMT:15 Jo Twist & Sophie Jones on David Joseph leaving Universal, Updates from the Streaming Creator Remuneration Group, Why British Artists are Struggling to Break Internationally & Partying at the Labour Party Conference
TMT:14 Olivia Hobbs on Going Viral on TikTok, Artist Embarrassment around Social Media, Neurodiversity in music, and Not Exploiting Superfans
TMT:13 Alex Hardee on Getting Liam Gallagher back to Knebworth, Dynamic Ticket Pricing, How Streaming is Rigged, and Why Agents Have To Be More Professional These Days
TMT:12 Ben Wynter on Dynamic Pricing, Making a Stand on Joe Rogan, Why the Music Biz Is Going Backwards on Diversity, and Partying with Beyoncé and Kelly Rowland
TMT:11 Alan Edwards on The Impact of the Oasis Revival, PR Mastery, and Touring with Spice Girls, Bowie, and Motörhead
TMT:10 Helen Thomas & Jeff Smith on Curating Radio 2's Playlist, Revamping the Presenter Lineup, and Reviving ELO
TMT:09 Dave Bianchi on Breaking UK Acts Internationally, the Next ‘Alt’ Music Movement, and What US Labels Really Think About UK Labels
TMT:08 Darcus Beese on Rising from Intern to Island President, Independent Labels Resetting the Industry, How Ed Sheeran Got Away, & Lessons Learned From Amy Winehouse
TMT:07 Nina Nesbitt & Vicky Dowdall on Fair Pay for Songwriters, Successful Manager-Artist Relationships, Motherhood in Music, and Karaoke with Justin Bieber
TMT:06 Tara Richardson on Launching a Management Company, Attitudes to Mental Health, Top Artist Traits, and Pub Quizzes With The Last Dinner Party
TMT:05 Daniel Glass on Universal's Early Days, Hustle Culture, Physical vs. Digital Sales, and Growing Artists Into Arenas
TMT:04 Annabella Coldrick on Managers' Evolving Roles, the Fight for Fair Pay in Streaming, Renegotiating Contracts, and New Music Industry Baddies
TMT:03 Tom Kiehl on UK Music's Pre- and Post-Election Strategy, the Impact of a New Government, Post-Brexit Challenges, and Uncovering Portsmouth's Music Scene
TMT:02 Ferdy Unger-Hamilton on AI Lawsuits, independent label success, the future of A&R, and partying in Bono's hotel room
TMT:01 Lorna Clarke on Glastonbury, the BBC vs commercial radio, nurturing new talent & eating curry with Paul McCartney