M3 Music CEO Camila Saravia Arias discusses the highs and lows of working in music in Colombia, the dominance of streaming in the region, and why she thinks broadening out opportunities will result in a healthier music market.
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Category archives: Interviews
‘I don’t expect artists to have their s**t organized. That’s what I’m here for.’
Wassim ‘Sal’ Slaiby on his upbringing in Lebanon, arriving in Canada – and an amazing career in music
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The need for Silicon Valley as a geographical point decreased: Andrés Barreto
The managing director of the TechStars accelerator explains why investors around the world are looking to Latin talent.
‘Nobody will out-work me and nobody will out-care me; they won’t do it, they can’t do it.’
MBW’s World’s Greatest Managers series profiles the best artist managers in the global business. Here, we speak to Chris Kappy, the manager of country music’s biggest new star, Luke Combs. World’s Greatest Managers is supported by Centtrip, a spe…
‘We always put the songwriter at the centre of everything we do – globally.’
It’s a new era for Sony Music Publishing, with a global rebrand from the historic Sony/ATV
name. Here, the leaders of Sony Music Publishing UK explain why the name change is symptomatic of a wider transformation…
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‘Music is supernatural, that’s why I take my job so seriously.’
Alec Boateng, co-President of 0207 Def Jam, gets into his career and the opportunities ahead
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‘The kinship that you create throughout your music career is not something you get in a nine to five office job.’
Storme Whitby-Grubb, recently named Chief Creative Officer at Red Bull Records, discusses her career to date, lessons learned and ambitions in her new role
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Instrumental invested over $4m in independent artists in H1 2021. Now it’s a distributor too.
After Tencent investment, UK-born firm says it wants to become the world’s “leading growth team for independent artists”
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‘It’s got to be real, because artists are coming in your buildings and seeing it.’
Alex Boateng, co-President of 0207 Def Jam, on the type of label he wants to build – and definitely doesn’t want to build
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‘The misconception is that NFTs are like a get rich quick scheme. That’s not really how it works.’
Royalty Exchange CEO Anthony Martini on the future of NFTs and how the company’s A Tribe Called Quest deal went down
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