The Music & Tech Springboard Programme: BPI's Casandra Strauss Bounces By

07/30/20 • 51 min

You'll get more than you bargain for in this episode, when BPI's Casandra Strauss moves from giving an overview of the Music & Tech Springboard Programme to providing a compelling list of categories that music tech companies can help solve in the music industry from A&R to music discovery among casual listeners. Think of British Phonographic Industry (BPI) as the UK equivalent of RIAA. Think of Strauss as an up and coming thought leader in music tech!

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