Category archives: Interviews

‘People think the streaming opportunity in Africa is easy. It’s not, it’s hard.’

Chidi Okeke, founder and CEO of streaming service uDux, on his ambitions and predictions for his service and the music streaming market in Africa
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‘My strength isn’t looking at a computer screen. I wouldn’t join the music business today, because I don’t want to be a typist.’

Steve Lillywhite on working with the teenage U2 and the feuding Rolling Stones
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‘Partnership deals are the future of the music business.’

Sarah Scott, Managing Partner of LaPolt Law, discusses artist and label partnership deals, contractual pitfalls, and the advice she’d offer to a younger version of herself
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‘Managers should be well compensated and own equity in what we’re developing.’

Music managers Ty Stiklorius and Lily Crockford discuss their newly agreed partnership, why the UK’s traditional artist/manager deal is no longer fit for purpose and the issue with ‘hustle culture’ in the US
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The Richard Antwi Scholarship: ‘With the right resources, talent, work ethic, network and guidance, anything is possible.’

MBW meets Esther Lenda Bokuma – a hotly-tipped artist in her own right who is currently working at Universal Music UK’s Globe
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The Richard Antwi Scholarship: ‘I’ve changed my narrative and it’s now possible to inspire others in my community.’

Jojo Mukeza tells MBW about breaking into the music industry and working at 0207 Def Jam
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