With the digital ink barely dry on Music Ally's "42 Trends of 2019" report, Stuart sits down with podcast host Dmitri Vietze t

What mistakes should start-ups avoid, in their business plans and in their pitches? What roles are artists playing in investment and product

CD Baby, AdRev and DashGo all provide DIY Musicians with trusted tools for distribution, marketing, and monetization. Being independent does

Mark's unique mix of trendspotting, economic analysis, and prediction is now available on the latest episode of the Music Tectonics podc

Bonus podcast episode! The Music Tectonics Conference is connecting us with so many people taking active roles in the seismic shifts shaking up the music biz, we have to share what we’re learning! Host Dmitri Vietze is joined by Justin Butler, L.A.-based Director of Global Sales at Hyperwallet. Hyperwallet provides payment solutions for many companies to manage payouts for 200 plus companies and territories. Hyperwallet was recently acquired by PayPal and functions on the bac

This week on the podcast, Kevin Breuner joins host Dmitri Vietze to talk about how Independent self empowered artists are changing the game. Kevin knows independent music: He’s VP of Marketing at CD Baby, host of the DIY Musician Podcast (going strong at 241 episodes!), and an indie musician himself. Independent music isn’t on the margins any more: It makes up 40 percent of music. When I was growing up, everyone listened to the same stuff. Now thanks to streaming, at any one

Data Everywhere? Music In Slices? Hands of the Masses? WTF are all these Seismic Shifts we keep talking about? Podcast host Dmitri Vietze explains it all in this episode recorded live in Los Angeles at General Assembly. Dmitri revealed 18 of the biggest seismic shifts shaking up the music biz as a result of technology and innovation, all distilled into the fun visual medium of trading cards. If you’re a regular listener, you heard co-host Tristra Newyear and Music Tech Seismo

What music fan hasn’t dreamed of playing a solo with their favorite band, or immersing themselves in every detail of their favorite song? In a Music Tectonics first, this podcast episode spans five cities (on two continents) to explore the emerging interactive music market. Leaders of three start-ups explain how their apps invite fans into the music in unique ways: Sarah Janiszewski (Jammer), Frank Østevold (oiid), and Dave Park (SongAI). All these apps use the stems of a so

Find out from Dan Mackta, Managing Director at Qobuz USA, today on the podcast. Qobuz lets audiophiles stream studio-quality music from any

Why are cover songs so popular? And it’s not just with fans but with Hollywood, too. Jeff Van Driel knows: he’s CEO of mVibe, a platform for sync licensing cover songs. This week on the podcast, Jeff gives podcast host Dmitri Vietze a micro-to-macro view of the music biz starting from mVibe’s B2B niche. Jeff explains how mVibe’s platform offers tech solutions that are unique to connecting music supervisors with the perfect cover song, but have the potential to scale to solve

This week, Dmitri and Tristra get to chat with one of their music tech heroes: industry analyst and deep thinker Mark Mulligan. We talk a lot on the podcast about “seismic shifts” in the music industry, and Mark is a true music tech seismologist. If you’ve read his Music Industry Blog, followed his work with MIDiA Research, or seen him speak, you know that his data-powered approach is unparalleled for understanding, explaining, and predicting upheavals in the music tech lands

Put it on the blockchain! That was the cry at music industry conferences over the past couple of years, while industry veterans stood at the back of the room snickering. At Music Tectonics we are facing the tension straight on with a Blockchain Cage Match at our October 29 conference in L.A. Enthusiasts and skeptics will face off on stage. We announce the event on this episode featuring Vezt CEO Steve Stewart, who is not afraid to face the heat and who has come up with an int

In the music streaming era, how do fans find out who’s playing on their favorite tracks? What happened to all the credits that used to fill album liner notes with fine print? Finally, there’s an IMDB for music credits: Jaxsta. CEO and co-founder Jacqui Louez Schoorl sat down with podcast host Dmitri Vietze in a quiet corner at DIY Musician Conference. Learn how she went from working on Star Wars to building the world’s largest official database for music credits. Jaxsta puts

There was a time when album sales, ticket sales and radio airplay were the only numbers that mattered in the music industry. Now, streaming generates extremely granular data about who is listening, when, where, and how. Greg Delaney and Erik Gilbert of the data management company Entertainment Intelligence sat down with podcast host Dmitri Vietze and Tristra Newyear Yeager to dig into how this data explosion is changing the music business. Which came first, the profusion of d

A concert at his tiny desk is a dream gig for up and coming performers around the world, and his long-running All Songs Considered show is t

Listen in on a lively back and forth as they take sides on a multitude of issues: Will AI ever be able to create a pop hit all on its own? W

The technology we use to listen to and make music is changing the very nature of music. Maximum album length was determined by how much data

This week on the podcast, Noah Becker chats with host Dmitri Vietze about how multiple claims on music usage keeps all parties from getting

Are the systems and laws keeping up or is the industry struggling to adapt to the rapid pace of change? This week on the Music Tectonics pod

But does Artificial Intelligence have talent? Can it displace human musicians? We think not, but we still thought it would be fun to let AI-