For years, Spek has been a fixture of the UK and US music publishing industries – and their relationship with the MENA region. Here, he explains why he recently upped sticks from New York to live in (and work from) the UAE…
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For record labels, 2021 should be the year of empathetic A&R
“Being empathetic will help us to know our artists better, understand them well, and as a result, achieve bigger goals together.”
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Fans’ Embrace of Streaming Sustained Music During A Tumultuous Year. Why, and What Does It Mean For 2021?
DiMA CEO Garrett Levin: “Any honest reckoning of our business must examine what happens to the 69 cents of every dollar that digital music services pay to record companies, music publishers, and PROs.”
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‘We need to be good neighbours to our artists.’
Veteran neighbouring rights specialist Susan Cotchin reflects on 35 years in the music industry
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‘If the virus is not brought under control in the US within a reasonable timeframe it could be catastrophic for the live music sector.’
Ed Sheeran agent Jon Ollier on the crucial global interdependence needed for a bounce back from COVID
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Santa’s guide to tech companies: Who’s been naughty and who’s been nice to songwriters this year
NMPA boss David Israelite on the tech platforms who’ve supported composers in 2020… and those who have been less beneficial
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The Great Royalties Hustle
BigStar’s Nick Lawrence on why the royalties system is well past its sell-by date
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Why The Beatles, 56 years ago, were prototyping the kind of pop artist that 2020 demands
There’s no doubt 2020 was an innovative year for music and artists – but, says Dave Roberts, it owes a clear debt to 1964
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Why the music industry must think big about livestreaming: ‘Could an artist following in Freddie Mercury’s footsteps execute the same call-and-response with an internet audience?’
The CEO of Kiswe, which provided the tech for BTS’ record-breaking digital concert earlier this year, on the future of shows in screens
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Keeping the spirit of music alive beyond the pandemic
Dave Rogers of audio giant HARMAN on the success of live-streamed events and how technology has helped power the live experience at home during the pandemic
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