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Music Ally Focus

Analysing vital music business topics in detail, as they emerge: Joe Sparrow breaks down important stories with expert guests in about 25 minutes. It"ll keep you on the cutting edge, and it"ll take about the same time as making and eating a good sandwich! (We recommend doing both simultaneously for maximum deliciousness.) 🌍 Music Ally provides analysis and context for the global music business: musically.com Ⓜ️ Music Ally"s industry-leading subscription service: https://musically.com/subscribe 👋

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00:15:04

Music Ally Focus #5: Spotify, Apple and Amazon at the...

Music Ally Focus ·

2021/02/24

Music business news, analysed in brief by Music Ally's Stuart Dredge and Joe Sparrow. This week, the long-awaited appearance of Spotify, Apple Music and Amazon Music at the UK Parliamentary Inquiry into streaming economics took place, and Stu –who has reported on all the sessions and is now known as "the inquiry whisperer" –explains to Joe about the strong signals on where the committee is heading in terms of its likely recommendations, and some interesting signs of willingness on the part of the

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00:13:00

Music Ally Focus #4: the rise of Clubhouse and audio...

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2021/02/18

Music business news, analysed in brief by Music Ally's Stuart Dredge and Joe Sparrow. Audio startup Clubhouse is having a moment – and while attitudes towards it are evenly split between "evangelism" and "disdain", it's a concept that has connected with millions of people. moreover, what does an app that unites people to chat about stuff mean for a platform like Spotify – which is very firmly ‘audio first’ now, including spoken word content alongside music. Stu and Joe chat about the possible

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00:58:45

Music Ally Podcast Ep. 17 – Deezer's User Centric...

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2021/02/04

Deezer's User Centric Payment System trial - what's the latest? In 2019, Deezer announced it was going to trial the User-Centric Payment System - a very different way to pay rightsholders based on streaming users' listening behaviour, and hailed by some as a fairer method. UCPS is a controversial topic: $11.4 billion in revenue was generated by music streaming last year, and deciding how that money is shared is complicated. On our Music Ally TV Show, Alexander Holland, Deezer’s Chief Content and

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00:11:11

Music Ally Focus #3 – Sony Music's $430m Awal...

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2021/02/02

Music business news, analysed in brief by Music Ally's Stuart Dredge and Joe Sparrow. Sony Music is buying Kobalt's label and distribution arm Awal, and its neighbouring rights division. After the initial announcement, the price paid was confirmed as $430m. Stu and Joe analyse the purchase, including what the knock-on effect is on the remaining indie distributors, and speculate on what new activity the distribution space might see as competition to win over artists hots up. 👋 Sign up for Music

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00:12:28

Music Ally Focus #2 - UK label bosses pressed for...

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2021/01/20

Music business news, analysed in brief by Music Ally's Stuart Dredge and Joe Sparrow. On Tuesday 19th January, the UK parliamentary inquiry into the economics of music streaming. The three major labels' UK bosses gave evidence, as well as from UK rights management collectives PPL and PRS for Music. The session saw some very well-briefed questions that got to the heart of some of the key issues in the debate about musicians and streaming income… and there were some moments that made us want to bang

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00:11:07

Music Ally Focus #1 - UK label bosses prepare for a...

Music Ally Focus ·

2021/01/18

Music business news, analysed in brief by Music Ally's Stuart Dredge and Joe Sparrow. The British music industry will be clearing some diary time next Tuesday (19 January) for thenext sessions in the UK parliamentary inquiry into the economics of music streaming. The second session will see the three major labels' UK bosses giving evidence together. Artists and songwriters who gave evidence in previous sessions appear to have successfully set the tone and direction of the inquiry, and the

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01:05:59

Music Ally Podcast Ep. 16 - How should artist and...

Music Ally Focus ·

2021/01/18

This show is for artists, managers, labels, publishers and DSPs – in fact, anyone involved in this complex relationship. In the show, we'll discuss: What should change in contracts between artists, songwriters and other rightsholders? Why do EMMA's managers want change and how can it happen? Will the EU Copyright Directives 18-20, which address contract reform, make a difference - or make things more complex? BTW, with regards to artists' earnings, if you missed the last show on Deezer's

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01:02:15

Music Ally Podcast Ep 15 :: Bandcamp tools workshop...

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2020/09/29

Andrew Jervis, Bandcamp's Chief Curator, will explain how to get the most out of Bandcamp's artist-fan relationship tools - including fan accounts, the music feed, and artist recommendations. He'll also explain best practice for selling physical and digital bundles, and show how Label accounts work. Andrew will use recent case studies and success stories to give you inspiration - and you can ask him anything about tailoring your use of the platform to suit an artist's unique ethos, fanbase and

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01:12:03

Music Ally Podcast Ep. 14: China, in context:...

Music Ally Focus ·

2020/09/09

Episode 14 of Music Ally TV - China, in context: understanding a music industry on the cutting edge In this Episode: Kanjian’s VP of International Business, Tinko Georgiev, International Marketing Manager Jane Polubotko and International Business Specialist Yutong Situ explain how in China, artist branding must hit different touch-points, and how building a long-term, diversified approach across multiple businesses is essential for success. They also explain what artists looking to break into China

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00:31:34

Zoë Keating and David Lowery talk streaming, fans,...

Music Ally Focus ·

2020/08/14

In this special episode, Joe Sparrow spoke to musicians Zoë Keating and David Lowery - two of the most prominent voices for artists’ rights in the streaming era. They spoke in the light of recent public discussions about how the model pays off for musicians – #BrokenRecord in the UK for example – and how they think streaming could and should improve. Keating has regularly published her streaming income data to further transparency around payouts for artists, and Lowery runs artist-rights blog The

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01:04:00

Music Ally Podcast Ep.12: Building a modern,...

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2020/08/12

This episode: A learnings-focussed workshop that asks: how do you put marketing at the very centre of an artist's career? Coherence, coordination, and - yes - *synergy* are the goals in the age of multi-faceted marketing campaigns- but by its very nature, that's all complicated to do. So what are the practical steps to build a multi-platform, multi-faceted campaign that feels synchronised? Expert guests include Ali Murphy, International Marketing Manager of Secretly Group, Charles Kirby-Welch, CEO

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00:13:45

Music Ally Focus - Microsoft in talks to buy TikTok...

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2020/08/03

Music Ally Today takes a key story from Music Ally’s daily music industry newsletter and gives you the analysis you need to know. Joe and Stu discuss how events have, it's fair to say, moved fast since Friday for TikTok's business in the US. The latest news is confirmation from Microsoft that it's in talks about an acquisition of TikTok in the US and certain other countries, with a mid-September deadline to reach an agreement with the app's parent company ByteDance – not to mention the US

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00:21:10

Music Ally Focus - Spotify Q2 2020 financial results...

Music Ally Focus ·

2020/07/30

Music Ally Today takes a key story from Music Ally’s daily music industry newsletter and gives you the analysis you need to know. Today: Joe Sparrow and Stuart Dredge discuss howSpotify ended Q2 with 138 million subscribers and 299 million monthly active users, having added eight million and 13 million respectively that quarter. Meanwhile, Spotify generated revenues of 1.89bn in Q2, up by 13% year-on-year. It recorded an operating loss of €167m and a net loss of €356m for the quarter. PLUS: Stu

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00:09:04

Music Ally Focus - Taylor Swift's ‘Folklore’ made...

Music Ally Focus ·

2020/07/27

Music Ally Today takes a key story from Music Ally’s daily music industry newsletter and gives you the analysis you need to know. Today: Joe Sparrow and Stuart Dredge discuss how 'Folklore' is being sold in China, on streaming service NetEase Cloud Music. The album *isn't* available on that platform's free OR paid tiers, but instead has to be paid for: RMB 25 ($3.55) for the album or RMB 2 ($0.28) per track, which lets people download and stream the music. Follow us on: Instagram:

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01:16:40

Music Ally Podcast Ep. 10 // A Spotify Marketing special

Music Ally Focus ·

2020/07/01

This episode: A Spotify marketing special! How can artists use Spotify's tools to maximise their impact on - and off - the platform? In this workshop-panel we’re going to talk to Spotify’s Charleton Lamb and Jeff Stempeck about getting the most out of Spotify for Artists, the Playlist Submission tool, Canvas, Marquee and more. We’ll also get the perspective of some real-world marketers who’ve used Spotify as a marketing tool to great effect: Moody Jones of EMPIRE and Breyner Baptista of Blackstar

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00:58:14

Music Ally Podcast Ep. 9 // The future of...

Music Ally Focus ·

2020/07/01

This episode: Look past necessity and novelty - what is the real future of livestreaming gigs? We’re talking to Russ Tannen, CRO of DICE and Roxanne de Bastion, Artist and Board Director of The Featured Artists Coalition, who recently "virtually toured" the UK to support her recent single ERASE, about livestreaming artists from a platform perspective. What do users want, what do artists want, and what are the payment opportunities? It's de rigueur to stream gig and events now - but will they have

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01:12:51

Music Ally Podcast Ep. 8 // #TheShowMustBePaused Next...

Music Ally Focus ·

2020/06/16

This episode: A #TheShowMustBePaused Next Steps special. All kinds of music companies, Music Ally included, took the day of 2 June 2020 to pause their regular work so that people could educate themselves; attend protests; make donations; reconnect with their communities; and discuss ways forward for the industry. So what are the actionable, structural, long-term changes that should be made, why should they happen, who should be doing what, and what are the first steps? Featuring: Mulika Sannie -

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01:19:10

Music Ally Podcast Ep.7 - A Blanket License for...

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2020/06/10

This episode: Music Ally TV show builds on the conversation with the #brokenrecord campaign we had a few weeks ago, where we discussed what the problem was – and now we’re moving the conversation on to talk about how change can happen and whether licensing needs modernisation. Guests: in an exclusive pre-recorded interview, award-winning author and activist Cory Doctorow discusses his revolutionary plan for a blanket internet music license, which he created on behalf of the digital civil liberties

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00:51:34

Music Ally Podcast Ep. 6: DJ Martin Jensen on how he...

Music Ally Focus ·

2020/06/05

Sign up for the next one: https://musically.lnk.to/TVShowSignup | Episodes Live Fridays 4pm CET / 3pm UK / 10am ET / 7am PT This episode: Superstar DJ Martin Jensen joins us to discuss live-streaming performances and connecting directly with fans. With over 1 billion streams on Spotify alone, remixes for Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran, and a #45 spot in the DJ Mag Top 100 DJ’s Poll, Martin normally DJs on huge stages at Lollapalooza and Tomorrowland. But when COVID-19 hit, he switched to streaming his

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01:19:46

Music Ally's Weekly Show Ep. 5 // Modern Merch with...

Music Ally Focus ·

2020/05/28

5th Episode of Music Ally TV, Innovative Merchandising In The COVID-19 Era Sign up for the next one: https://musically.lnk.to/TVShowSignup Episodes Live Fridays 4pm CET / 3pm UK / 10am ET / 7am PT #StayHome And Learn #WithMe This episode: Tersha Willis, Co-founder/CEO of Terrible Merch, the innovative artist-focused merchandise company, joins us to discuss how merch can be used to create close connections with fans as well as a reliable and valuable income stream. Finding new forms of income and

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