‘We had one laptop and two Blackberries, and we built this company off that.’

Method Music is the management home of Sam Smith, Disclosure and others, with its very own record label recently christened by the celebrated debut LP from Slowthai…
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‘The only way for an artist to build a career is to solidify your live show – start small and work your way up…’

Veteran agent Marsha Vlasic discusses the makings of a 40-year career working with some of the biggest names in rock
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‘Women are sometimes embarrassed to be ambitious. I’m certainly not’

When Michelle Jubelirer was growing up in Pennsylvania, she knew she loved music, and she knew she wanted to be somebody…
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BeatStars: ‘Money doesn’t drive us. Our community drives us.’

Company founder Abe Batshon on Lil Nas X and how thousands of producers are making a living from his platform
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‘The Orchard is a totally unique proposition in the music business.’

New York-based Colleen Theis is a key management figure at The Orchard – the Sony- owned distribution and services company working with BTS, Jorja Smith and more…
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‘The Orchard is a totally unique proposition in the music business.’

New York-based Colleen Theis is a key management figure at The Orchard – the Sony- owned distribution and services company working with BTS, Jorja Smith and more…
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‘This is the most exciting time the music business has ever known.’

Mark Gillespie, founder of Three Six Zero, on his career, Calvin Harris and the industry’s future
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Show4me: ‘We want to bring back the value of music as an artform.’

Show4me founder and CEO, Karen Chiftalaryan, discusses the platform and its unique attributes
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‘I marry business to my passion for music – not the other way round.’

Peter Edge runs RCA Records at Sony in New York. At heart, he says, he’s still the fastidious A&R setting a high bar for the artists his company signs…
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Jody Gerson: ‘I have to tell my story authentically’

Jody Gerson has transformed Universal Music Publishing Group. But who is the woman behind the billion-dollar publisher?
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