Meet the Single Mom Cellist Who Makes a Living Off Her Music — Our Podcast Interview

  In 2015, cellist Zoë Keating suffered tragedy when her husband and business partner of 17 years died.  Despite the loss, there wasn’t even the thought in Keating’s mind of ending her indie music career. In this edition of the Digital…

How Spinnin Records is meeting the ‘challenge of holding on to the attention of millennials’

Spinnin’ celebrated its 20th birthday in 2019. Here, CEO Roger de Graaf tells MBW about his career in the music industry and the challenges of marketing dance music today…
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‘Real artists are breaking very big, very fast… because there’s a thirst for superstars.’

Brandon Creed on modern management and building the careers of megastars like Bruno Mars and Lizzo
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‘It should be standard for songwriters to get a share of master rights.’

Nonstop Management founder Jaime Zeluck Hindlin discusses her first year in business and the biggest challenges faced by songwriters today
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‘A&R gurus like in the old days? That’s not the way the world is going now.’

Marathon Artists co-founder Paul-René Albertini tells us about some of his career highlights and shares his vision for how a record label should treat artists in 2019 and beyond…
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VEVO 10: ‘When we talk about our audience to advertisers, it solves a problem for them’

Kevin McGurn on the evolution of monetizing music video
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‘My goal is to have 250,000 songs and be worth $1 billion.’

Jon Singer talks MBW through the management buyout – and the future – of Spirit Music Group
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‘Defected is not a record label anymore. We’re much more than that.’

Simon Dunmore offers a glimpse into the unquestionably iconic world of Defected as it celebrates its 20th anniversary
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‘Dance Monkey is getting the reaction – but there’s so much more in the tank…’

The managers of Tones & I talk business – and their client’s crazy global rise
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‘I’m not the most outspoken person to be around…’

Taylor Swift and Lorde collaborator Joel Little opens up on his songwriting process
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