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Music Ally Focus Ep. 97: “It was sampling that revitalised – and continues the life of – a lot of music that we would never have otherwise heard... it deserves a lot more credit than it gets”
Sampling has been the backbone of a number of modern music styles, from house to hip hop. Deborah Mannis-Gardner of DMG Clearances has just helped pull off something that many thought may never happen: getting the many samples on De La Soul’s groundbreaking albums cleared so that they can finally appear on streaming services. She's also cleared samples for Wu Tang Clan, Drake, Beyoncé, Kendrick Lamar, Common, Eminem, and the groundbreaking musical Hamilton. We ask her how she gets the right people to say "yes" to letting other artists use bits of their songs.
After De La Soul's master recordings were acquired by Reservoir, Deborah was brought in to clear every sample on their classic albums. She explains to us what the hurdles are when you approach an artist with a sample clearance request; how she sleeps with her phone in case one of her high-profile clients decides to check if they can sample something at a late hour in the studio; and how she doesn't see the desire for artists to use samples going away any time soon.
DMG Clearances dmgclearances.com
Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly
The shortest song in the Hot 100
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05/28/20 • 79 min
5th Episode of Music Ally TV, Innovative Merchandising In The COVID-19 Era
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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 building close bonds with fans have always been important tasks for artists, but are all particularly vital during the current crisis and beyond. So how can you or your artist make better merch that fans are desperate to buy? And how can that form a bigger part of an artist’s income in the new industry?
Featuring: Tersha Willis - Co-Founder & CEO @ Terrible Merch: https://terriblemerch.com Henriette Heimdal - Market Development @ CD Baby: https://cdbaby.com Joe Sparrow - Lord Music Ally Contributor Patrick Ross - SVP, Digital Strategy @ Music Ally
Our report on Superfans can be found here: https://www.bpi.co.uk/news-analysis/insight-session-report-launch-serving-the-superfans/
Tersha @ Terrible: https://terriblemerch.com/contact
Fanaply digital collectibles: https://musically.com/2020/05/05/music-ally-startup-files-fanaplys-limited-edition-digital-collectibles/
You can find more information and how to apply for the Creative Entrepreneur Programme here: https://musically.com/creative-entrepreneur/
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Episode 109: Music Ally’s Head of Insight, Stuart Dredge chats in depth with Joe Sparrow about the big picture issues that music streaming platforms, its users and economy will need to face this year. We’ve just published our latest Quarterly Report which comprehensively breaks down each of the big global DSPs in a “Report Card” format – and to accompany it, Stu forecasts what might happen around various key topics:
- The Transition from “music” to “audio” – music streaming services are becoming audio streaming services. Music is competing with other kinds of audio, be that podcasts or white noise, so what does that mean in terms of royalties and ear-share?
- Price rises – for users and for artists – there’s pressure from the music industry to raise the prices of streaming subscriptions: will adding a dollar or two does lead to a mass of cancellations or not? Can – or should – the pie be grown? And what about changing the whole system of payment from pro-rata to something else?
- Direct artist support – DSPs are providing other ways to support artists: buying merch, buying tickets, and subscriptions are appearing more widely on streaming apps. And how do artists feel about introducing tipping to DSPs?
- User interfaces and AI – DSPs are introducing many new ways to interact with, and discover music, from TikTok-like feeds to AI DJs. So is the next leap for music discovery going to be conversations with AIs?
- The mid tier DSPs (and remember web3?) – Deezer, SoundCloud, Tidal and Napster have all positioned themselves as disruptors in different ways. They're nimbler than the big DSPs and can experiment with novel ideas like web3 music – but what are the long-term prospects for these services?
Music Ally’s Quarterly Report: https://musically.com/category/reports/
34 dozen oysters in 8 minutes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Bertoletti#2012
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Music industry veteran Karen Emanuel is CEO of Key Production – and is on the board of Moving the Needle, a UK group that supports women entering the music industry. She speaks to Music Ally Editor Joe Sparrow about what can be done to encourage more women to enter the music business, and how to support and showcase their work when they are in it. Also: what does she want to see in terms of representation, pay, and recognition for women in the industry in 2022 – and how can listeners can actively make positive changes?
Moving the Needle: https://www.mtnnow.com
Karen Emanuel: https://www.mtnnow.com/karen
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Parenthood In Music's founders talk about how parenthood drives inequality in the music industry, and the changes that can happen
Music Ally Focus
01/05/23 • 33 min
Music Ally Focus Ep. 90: This episode, just like the Wu-Tang Clan, is for the children. Or rather, the parents of those children: we’re joined by the founders of Parenthood In Music, which aims to improve working conditions for parents in the music industry. Parenthood, they believe, remains one of the main drivers of inequality in the workplace. We find out why, and what changes they’re hoping to make.
Parenthood In Music is an initiative founded by Steffi von Kannemann (founder of the agency Better Things) and Marit Posch (General Manager IDOL Germany/ Co-founder of Hyper Culture). Parenthood, they say, often means that mothers and single parents end up not reaching and holding managerial positions, or must switch to new jobs in other industries. They want to “build a music industry that doesn’t marginalise parents, but supports them.” So we wanted to find out more: why has this happened, what changes should be made, and what the benefits are for the industry as a whole.
Fun fact: because all of us are based in the same grimy city of Berlin, this is the first ever in-person Music Ally Focus Podcast!
Parenthood in Music: https://www.parenthoodinmusic.com/home-eng
Most apple sauce eaten in one minute: https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/412530-most-apple-sauce-eaten-in-one-minute
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Ep 149: Sofar Sounds CEO Jim Lucchese joins Music Ally editor Joe Sparrow to talk about the current economics of live music and its impact on local, independent artists. Live music is a hard business at the best of times, but for smaller and emerging artists, it can be brutally tough. A good number of artists now get their start playing Sofar Sounds shows, so we ask Jim to explain what artists and people working in the local live industry are experiencing, and what are the main economic and infrastructure pressures on them at the moment.
Joe also asks Jim what the solutions might be – at a local grassroots level, but also the responsibilty of bigger players in the live space.
Sofar Sounds: https://www.sofarsounds.com
Most bananas peeled and eaten in one minute: https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/most-bananas-peeled-and-eaten-in-one-minute
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Ep. 123: Music Ally’s Editor Joe Sparrow chats to Cat Henry, executive director of the US-based nonprofit philanthropic organisation Live Music Society. Cat talks about the society’s mission, which it describes as “to recognise and protect small venues and listening rooms across the United States so that live music can remain accessible to all.” Small venues can be one of the most enjoyable and valuable things that any local community possesses; a place where people can gather, enjoy music and grow their community. Small venues have been under the cosh in recent years: not only did the covid-19 lockdown punish them particularly hard, but a changing gigging environment, and large increases in costs has meant that, in 2023, running a small venue is hard work. Cat tells us about the state of the small venue community in the USA, the threats they and challenges they face, and why they are so important to the people who love them.
Live Music Society https://www.livemusicsociety.org/
Toolbox grant https://www.livemusicsociety.org/toolboxgrant
John Coltrane – A Love Supreme youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGUJd_6WZDWv_YGv6b4kd1IJbaH_Z7bGP
Cobbler Most fruit cobbler eaten in 30 seconds
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Artist Beardyman explains how he uses Patreon to empower unique forms of fan-artist engagement – and create a new income stream
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11/03/22 • 34 min
Music Ally Focus Ep. 82: We’re joined by multi-award winning UK beatbox champion, and live looping pioneer, Beardyman (AKA Darren Foreman) – who, like a number of artists, has created a significant extra income stream via a subscription model on Patreon. We talk to him about how he has made a model where fans do not merely support him – they collaborate with him: subscribers can present their track ideas and collaborate directly with Beardyman, and if successful, get royalties on the track. Darren he tells us about how and why he set up this new, direct-to-fan community connection, how it has become a big part of his income, how a Discord server is vital, and why he chose to only offer highly affordable pricing.
Beardyman on Patreon: patreon.com/beardyman
Beardyman: https://www.beardyman.co.uk
An example of Beardyman's livestreams: youtu.be/WhyNVidvlVY
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It goes without saying that if you make or market music, you need to understand fans. The writer, journalist and broadcaster Jude Rogers is our latest guest, and she talks about the nature of modern fandom – and what it is that fans feel in the connection with their favourite artist. Jude has just published a new book, The Sound of Being Human, which tells the story of what it feels like to be a music fan, through a series of personal recollections and wider research framed around a bunch of classic songs. On the surface this episode may not seem to be your archetypal music industry podcast topic – but Jude's book exposes the human side of the industry that we can sometimes lose track of amongst all the discussion of marketing KPIs and so on. Jude talks to Joe Sparrow about what makes fans to do all the obsessive fan-stuff, and what they want from artists in return.
Jude's new book, The Sound Of Being Human: https://www.whiterabbitbooks.co.uk/titles/jude-rogers/the-sound-of-being-human/9781474622950/
Jude's music choice – Buffalo Stance: youtube.com/watch?v=JWsRz3TJDEY
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Making vinyl records with 85% lower energy consumption – we get hands on with Sonopress's new EcoRecord
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11/23/23 • 34 min
Ep. 132: Making vinyl records requires a lot of heat and energy, and uses plastics that are bad for the environment. But vinyl records are an old technology - so how might a modern record be made? Sven Deutschmann is Managing Director of Sonopress, a company that makes vinyl records and other physical media. He showed Music Ally’s Editor Joe Sparrow a new type of disc and spoke about a new process of making records that uses the same plastic used in plastic water bottles, and that uses significantly less energy – and creates less waste.
It's called EcoRecord and is made by injection moulding, not pressing, and is produced using polyethylene terephthalate (PET) as its base material rather than polyvinyl chloride (PVC). They can also be produced using 100% recycled PET. Creating the discs requires neither natural gas nor steam, and Sonopress says its test operation saw energy savings of up to 85% compared to the traditional process. The product is being launched in collaboration with Warner Music.
Video of EcoRecord process https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9Og3mDCeD8
Sonopress https://www.sonopress.de/en/
If you’re interested in finding out more about EcoRecord please contact: [email protected].
The Dark Side of the Moon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9ynZnEBtvw
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How many episodes does Music Ally Focus have?
Music Ally Focus currently has 185 episodes available.
What topics does Music Ally Focus cover?
The podcast is about Music, Podcasts and Music Interviews.
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The episode title 'Building a more representative music industry for (and with) young Black talent – with Pamela McCormick and Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE of United Development' is the most popular.
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The average episode length on Music Ally Focus is 34 minutes.
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Episodes of Music Ally Focus are typically released every 7 days.
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The first episode of Music Ally Focus was released on Apr 20, 2020.
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