Category archives: Interviews

‘Streaming gives wider access to all genres of music, and that is especially true of classical.’

Tomas Wise on his company’s rebrand and the future for music publishing
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‘This business is about what’s coming next. It always has been.’

Ralph Simon is the industry legend you’ve never heard of. Well, you’ve heard of him, of course, but you don’t really know his role in the rise of Zomba and Jive, the story and messy end of his partnership with Clive Calder, and how he feels about missi…

‘Essentially, music is an emotional language that connects people.’

Andy Macdonald, founder of Go! Discs and Independiente, won the A&R Icon Award in London last in November. We sat down with him to hear his career story.
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‘Downtown is an ideal combination of technology and creativity, with an international mindset built in its DNA.’

Downtown Music Publishing’s Laura Bedikian and Charles Braud give MBW an insight into France’s publishing sector and the company’s position in the market…
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‘You can make decent money in Italy out of streaming – but physical still maintains some strongholds.’

Artist First founder Claudio Ferrante gives his view on the world’s 12th biggest music market
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‘The music industry’s relationship with tech has been less than optimal. We’re here to improve that.’

Zach Katz and Shara Senderoff discuss their startup-surveying, Scooter Braun-backed venture
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‘We are not just a digital utensil for listening to music.’

Launched in 2011, London-born music platform NTS now attracts over 1.5m monthly unique listeners. Here, the company’s bosses tell us how it all began, and how they built it into what it is today…
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‘You have to be understanding of the multiple pressures artists are under.’

Ed Howard’s roster of artists at Asylum have changed the face of global pop. But what’s his philosophy on A&R – and how has it led to such an extraordinary hit rate?
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‘We want the artist to be at the heart of everything we do.’

Your Army founder James Pitt and Director Christian Nockall discuss the five main changes to affect the UK radio promotion sector in the company’s 12 year history…
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