Music Tectonics
313 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsThe Music Tectonics podcast goes beneath the surface of the music industry to explore how technology is changing the way business gets done. The podcast includes news roundups, interviews, and more. Our host is Dmitri Vietze, CEO of PR firm rock paper scissors.
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Stuart Dredge of Music Ally: 2019’s Music Industry Megatrends
December 18, 2019 23:56 - 1 hour - 60 MBMusic Ally just released Stuart Dredge’s “The 42 Trends of 2019,” a comprehensive end-of-year report for the music biz. With the digital ink barely dry on the virtual page, Stuart sits down with host Dmitri Vietze to explore 5 overarching megatrends that emerged from his report—and his predictions for 2020. Stuart is uniquely placed to reflect back on the year in music: he writes Music Ally’s daily newsletter, a herculean task that gives him a granular view of music industry trends as they s...
Music Tech Investors on Start-up Pitfalls and Successes
November 27, 2019 09:00 - 38 minutes - 36.1 MBWhat does the music tech landscape look like from the investor's point of view—and what are start-ups getting wrong? Listen to the Music Tech Investor Panel, recorded at the 2019 Music Tectonics Conference, to find out. Moderated by writer Cherie Hu (who has her own podcast/newsletter Water & Music), the panel brought together decisionmakers from across the emerging landscape of music tech investment: Rishi Patel (Plus Eight Equity), Zach Katz (Raised In Space Enterprises), Larry Marcus (Mar...
Power in Unity: Tracy Maddux on the Growing Strength of Independent Music
November 21, 2019 09:00 - 20 minutes - 18.2 MBTake a deep dive into the rapid growth of the indie sector, one of the seismic shifts that gained the most attention at the Music Tectonics Conference. Our guide to this shifting terrain is Tracy Maddux, CEO of AVL Digital Group, the parent company of CD Baby, AdRev and DashGo, which all provide DIY Musicians with trusted tools for distribution, marketing, and monetization. Being independent doesn’t mean being alone: learn how Merlin, A2IM, and other organizations unite indie players to mult...
The Next Music Gold Rush: Mark Mulligan's Music Tectonics Conference Keynote
November 14, 2019 09:00 - 45 minutes - 62.4 MBExplore fault lines in the recorded music industry from Teddy Boys to TikTok with Mark Mulligan of MIDiA Research. When Mark opened the first annual Music Tectonics Conference in October in Los Angeles, he lobbed visions from the future into the audience. We captured the audio of his unique mix of trendspotting, economic analysis, and prediction so you can hear what you missed. What does “peak attention” mean for the music biz? Why are mobile games the canary in the digital coalmine? Which a...
Money Missing Pieces: Justin Butler on integrating seamless payments into the music industry with Hyperwallet
October 25, 2019 08:00 - 26 minutes - 37.5 MBWhat if payments in the music industry could be as seamless as paying for your rideshare or food delivery? In this bonus episode, 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 teratorries. Hyperwallet was recently acquired by PayPal and functions on the backend to move money around. Although they work across all spectrums and verti...
How Independent Self-Empowered Artists are Changing the Game
October 24, 2019 08:00 - 33 minutes - 34 MBIndependent music isn’t on the margins any more: It makes up 40 percent of the industry. 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. The rise of the DIY Musician means that mainstream artists are having to work harder to maintention t...
Making Trades: Dmitri Vietze on Seismic Shifts in the Music Biz
October 17, 2019 08:00 - 52 minutes - 46 MBData 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 Seismologist Mark Mull...
Music in Slices: How Interactive Music Turns Listeners Into Superfans
October 10, 2019 08:00 - 39 minutes - 35.8 MBWhat 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 song—the individ...
Full Bandwidth: Hi-Res Streaming with Dan Mackta of Qobuz
October 03, 2019 08:00 - 32 minutes - 29.5 MBWhen you stream music, how much are you actually hearing? What happens to audio quality as a track makes its way from the studio to your earbuds? Find out from Dan Mackta, Managing Director at Qobuz USA. Qobuz lets audiophiles stream studio-quality music from any device, not just the lossy mp3s offered by the streaming giants. Dan dares music lovers—especially jazz and classical fans—to try better audio and find out for themselves how much more there is to hear. Learn how “brick wall compre...
Sync’s Rising Tide: Jeff Van Driel, mVibe CEO
September 26, 2019 08:00 - 36 minutes - 38.8 MBWhy 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 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 larger industry problems....
Mark Mulligan, Music Tech Seismologist
September 19, 2019 08:00 - 32 minutes - 28.1 MBWe talk a lot about seismic shifts in the music industry, and Mark Mulligan 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 landscape. This week Mark takes Dmitri and Tristra on a whirlwind tour of the seismic shifts he’s tracking. Find out why Mark believes that this is “The Age ...
WTF is blockchain? The Blockchain Cage Match with Vezt CEO Steve Stewart
September 13, 2019 08:00 - 37 minutes - 51.3 MBPut 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 interesting busines...
Digital Cratedigging with Jaxsta: an IMDB for Music
September 12, 2019 08:00 - 30 minutes - 25.7 MBIn 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: Jaxsta. CEO and co-founder Jacqui Louez Schoorl sat down with podcast host Dmitri Vietze in a quiet corner at DIY Musician Conference to tell how she went from working on Star Wars to building the world’s largest official database for music credits. Jaxsta puts music discovery tools b...
Data Everywhere: A Seismic Shift with Entertainment Intelligence
September 05, 2019 08:00 - 30 minutes - 41.5 MBThere 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 hosts Dmitri Vietze and Tristra Newyear Yeager to dig into how this data explosion is changing the music business. Which came first, the profusion of data about listeners, or...
Falling For Music: How Bob Boilen Listens
August 29, 2019 08:30 - 31 minutes - 43.2 MBBob Boilen has a job many of us dream of: listening to and talking about music at NPR. A concert at his tiny desk is a dream gig for up and coming performers, and his long-running All Songs Considered show is the cornerstone of NPR Music. Bob sat down with his friend Dmitri Vietze to give his perspective on the technology of listening to, curating, and creating music. How does Bob manage the lifetime’s worth of new music he receives in a day? What does it take to catch his attention? How did...
Inflection Point: Dani Deahl on Music and Artificial Intelligence
August 22, 2019 08:30 - 36 minutes - 50.8 MBDani Deahl and host Dmitri Vietze look at all the cans of worms that Artificial Intelligence has opened for the music biz, and how AI contributes to the seismic shifts we’ve been tracking in the industry. 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? Where is the line between useful AI tools and replacements for human creativity ? Can ownership and copyright issues around AI be addressed on the softw...
The Push to Transparency is Irreversible: A Seismic Shift with Noah Becker of AdRev
August 15, 2019 08:00 - 29 minutes - 40.8 MBIs transparency in the music industry a cause to fight for... or an inevitability? Noah Becker says it is both! Noah chats with host Dmitri Vietze about how multiple claims on music usage keeps all parties from getting paid and how transparency can help unlock those revenues. He argues that everyone benefits when the “black box” thinking and market-share payouts of the past are replaced by transparent data. As CEO of AdRev, Noah explains his company’s work administering music assets with You...
Uses Will Remain Faster than Systems: A Seismic Shift with Seth Schachner
August 08, 2019 08:30 - 37 minutes - 52 MBMusic is being used in so many new ways, from V.R. and video games to shortform user-generated videos and remixes, that it’s hard to keep up with new license types. Are the systems and laws keeping up or is the industry struggling to adapt to the rapid pace of change? Host Dmitri Vietze chats with guest Seth Schachner of Strat Americas about how the music industry responds to rapid change and the trend towards “micro-uses” and other unexpected music forms. Listen in on a conversation that ra...
Getting Synch Done: The Music for Picture Landscape with Tanvi Patel
August 01, 2019 08:00 - 31 minutes - 21.3 MBMusic for picture, also known as synch, is a growing slice of the music industry pie, and it’s experiencing seismic shifts just like the rest of the biz. Today on Music Tectonics, irregular host Tristra Newyear Yeager explores the synch terrain with Tanvi Patel, CEO and owner of indie catalog company Crucial Music. Tanvi digs in to how synch works and how the shifting media landscape is causing tremors in synch too. Music is like Fire, as we learned last week, igniting new uses for music and...
Music is Like Fire: A Seismic Shift
July 25, 2019 07:30 - 42 minutes - 28.8 MBMusic is igniting activities and experiences that used to be siloed, spreading like wildfire and transforming other industries. Host Dmitri Vietze chats with Tristra Newyear Yeager, resident music tech expert, about where the music spark is catching fire, from the sublime to the ridiculous. How is music changing TV, movies, and games, and vice versa? Going beyond media, what role does music have to play in healthcare, education, fitness and transportation? Why is a toy store brand launching ...
A Tribal Experience: Fabrice Sergent of Bandsintown
July 18, 2019 07:30 - 33 minutes - 22.9 MBFor Bandsintown CEO Fabrice Sergent, marketing concerts isn’t about hype. It’s about supporting artists, connecting people through the experience of live music, and preserving a bastion of free speech. That’s why Bandsintown built a platform to help fans discover live concerts and to let artists promote their shows. Now, Bandsintown drives 500,000 ticket clicks every day and provides solutions for artists, managers, and venues. With host Dmitri Vietze, Fabrice explores Bandsintown’s recent p...
Putting Humpty Together Again: The Music Industry’s Great Fall with Vickie Nauman
July 11, 2019 07:30 - 40 minutes - 30.2 MBJust like the old nursery rhyme character Humpty Dumpty, the music industry had a great fall and shattered. Vickie Nauman witnessed the fall when the Napster-driven shift from physical to digital hit in 2000, and is one of the digital music pioneers who put the industry back together again. Listen in as she explores the aftermath with host Dmitri Vietze. How successfully have the music biz egg been mended? Where are there cracks left to fill? Is the reformulated industry flexible enough to c...
More Global Than Ever: A Seismic Shift
July 08, 2019 19:32 - 25 minutes - 21.2 MBMusic Tectonics is targeting the seismic shifts that have created the music landscape of today and tomorrow. These are climate changes, tectonic shifts beneath the surface, unexpected flash floods, or meteor collisions. Today we tackle “Music is More Global Than Ever,” a look at the many ways that the shift from physical to digital music has made the world smaller. What do Mongolian cab drivers playing South Korean hip hop have to do with the global reach of BTS? Is globalized music flatteni...
Jambl’s Gad Hinkis: Meet the Midemlab Finalists
June 27, 2019 07:00 - 21 minutes - 15 MBJambl founder Gad Hinkis met up with podcast host Dmitri Vietze on the beach at Cannes to share his Midemlab-winning rap pitch! What happens when two crazy pants music tech guys sit down together? Listen in on their conversation about democratizing music creation and removing the barriers between beginners and electronic music making. Find out how the idea for Jambl came out of Gad’s experiments making electronic instruments from unexpected objects, and why Gad imagines a future where your b...
Mi.Mu’s Adam Stark: Meet the Midemlab Finalists
June 25, 2019 08:00 - 19 minutes - 14.2 MBMulti-instrumentalist singer-songwriter Imogen Heap imagined controlling effects and loops with just her gestures, not an array of buttons, knobs and pedals. Now the Mi.Mu gloves she dreamed up are a reality, and they’re available to buy. Mi.Mu Managing Director Adam Stark chatted with host Dmitri Vietze at Midem about taking the idea from an art project to a business while staying focused on artistic expression. Find out some of the amazing things artists are doing with their new-found free...
The Domain of Music: Constantine Roussos on DotMusic's Big Win
June 20, 2019 16:18 - 25 minutes - 21.5 MBWhat’s the official online home of Queen? It’s not Queen.com, it’s Queenonline.com. Kiss.com? Nothing to do with the band- it’s a dating website. Constantine Roussos imagines a better web experience, where artists can claim their own names and fans can find authentic content. He created DotMusic to fight for control of the .music top-level domain on behalf of the music community. What key innovations set .music apart from .com? Podcast host Dmitri Vietze caught up with Constantine at Midem i...
TuneFork’s Tomer Shor: Meet the Midemlab Finalists
June 20, 2019 06:00 - 8 minutes - 7.83 MBJust after TuneFork’s win at the Midemlab pitch session in the Experiential Technologies category, CEO Tomer Shor came by the traveling podcast studio. When you listen to the same song as your friends, how do you know you’re really hearing the same thing? TuneFork assesses your unique “earprint-” the frequencies you hear best and those that feel fuzzy- and personalizes your audio experience to compensate. How will this technology make music listening enjoyable again for the people with heari...
The Audio Renaissance: Making Sounds That Sell with Veritonic Founder Andrew Eisner
June 13, 2019 06:00 - 40 minutes - 34.4 MBAudio for marketing isn’t just about jingles any more- it’s about a complete sound experience created by ads and the products themselves. This week on the Music Tectonics podcast, Veritonic co-founder and COO Andrew Eisner digs into what makes audio for marketing effective. Find out how Veritonic is bringing data-driven decision making to audio, why they turned to machine learning to evaluate audio experiences, and which companies consistently top Veritonic’s annual audio logo report. Andrew...
ClicknClear’s Chantal Epp: Meet the Midemlab Finalists
June 12, 2019 06:00 - 15 minutes - 13.2 MBFresh from ClicknClear’s win at the Midemlab pitch session in the Music Discovery & Distribution category, Chantal Epp came by the traveling podcast studio. Chantal is a music licensing cheerleader- really! How did her experience in both licensing and cheer lead her to create ClicknClear? How much untapped revenue is there in licensing music for performance sports like cheer, gymnastics, and figure skating? (Spoiler alert: it’s A LOT). Listen to this podcast ep from Cannes to find out! Click...
Legitary’s Nermina Mumic: Meet the Midemlab Finalists
June 11, 2019 15:00 - 13 minutes - 11.3 MBAfter Legitary won the Midemlab pitch session in the Data & Analytics category, CEO Nermina Mumic sat down with podcast host Dmitri Vietze in Cannes for a chat. How is Legitary prying open the “black box” of music industry royalties and checking the data? Find out on this #podcast dispatch from Midem. Legitary is a 2019 finalist at Midemlab, the pitch competition that launched SoundCloud, KickStarter, Soundcharts, The Echo Nest, and more. Listen to our #MidemTectonics episodes to get to know...
Capturing Eyes and Ears: Vydia CEO Roy LaManna on the Music & Video Ecosystem
June 11, 2019 06:00 - 13 minutes - 12.9 MBRoy LaManna of Vydia stopped by the #MidemTectonics traveling podcast studio to talk about how Vydia empowers the next generation of music creators, managers, and labels. Their platform provides the digital infrastructure for audio and video distribution, content protection, rights management, advanced payments, and data tracking, all in one place. Roy discusses Vydia’s video-first approach, how their services have evolved, and why it’s more important than ever to hook audiences with strong ...
Lonofi's Edouard Tallec: Meet the Midem Finalists
June 10, 2019 16:00 - 16 minutes - 14.3 MBWould you rather work in a busy cafe or a woodland clearing? When you’re trying to get to sleep, do you want to hear soft rainfall or an ethereal harp melody? Lonofi lets you compose ambient soundscapes out of simple ingredients- and they never end or loop. Ed Tallec stopped by the #MidemTectonics podcast booth at Cannes to discuss how the app was inspired by research into urban noise, why ambient sounds help you focus better than songs, and what’s next for the app. Lonofi is a 2019 finali...
Alissia Music's Bosco Bellinghausen: Meet the Midemlab Finalists
June 10, 2019 06:00 - 18 minutes - 17.3 MBWhat if your playlist could adapt to how you’re feeling? Bosco Bellinghausen created Alissia Music to make music listening more personalized. He sat down with podcast host Dmitri Vietze in Cannes to explain how Alissia learns your personal tastes and preferences and matches your mood with immersive, high-quality music. Alissia Music is a 2019 finalist at Midemlab, the pitch competition that launched SoundCloud, KickStarter, Soundcharts, The Echo Nest, and more. Listen to our #MidemTectonic...
Muzeek's Sophie Ziessel and Myriam Caron: Meet the Midemlab Finalists
June 09, 2019 13:00 - 23 minutes - 20.8 MBMusic Tectonics at Midem continues! Sophie Ziessel and Myriam Caron stopped by the podcast booth to explain how Muzeek’s “augmented composer” provides soundtrack music that can be tailored to fit video projects perfectly. Muzeek is a 2019 finalist at Midemlab, the pitch competition that launched SoundCloud, KickStarter, Soundcharts, The Echo Nest, and more. Listen to our #MidemTectonics episodes to get to know this year’s startups before they break out! More episodes recorded at Cannes are o...
Musiio's Hazel Savage: Meet the Midemlab Finalists
June 09, 2019 06:00 - 20 minutes - 17.4 MBMidem is over, but our Music Tectonics at Midem series continues! Listen in as Hazel Savage chats with Dmitri Vietze about how her career began at a little startup called Shazam- maybe you’ve heard of it- and what her new project, Musiio, is all about. Musiio provides AI solutions to the music industry, making great music more discoverable. Musiio is a 2019 finalist at Midemlab, the pitch competition that launched SoundCloud, KickStarter, Soundcharts, The Echo Nest, and more. Listen to our #...
Big Ear Games’s Aviv Ben-Yehuda: Meet the Midemlab Finalists
June 07, 2019 06:00 - 15 minutes - 14.2 MBWhat’s keeping you from creating your own new music? Aviv Ben Yehuda designed the game Big Ear to make music creation and sharing approachable for the neophyte. At Midem, Aviv chatted with podcast host Dmitri Vietze and regular guest Jade Prieboy about how music technology can bring people to music creation. Big Ear Games is a 2019 Midemlab finalist. This annual pitch competition launched the likes of SoundCloud, KickStarter, Soundcharts, and The Echo Nest. Get to know the startups at this y...
Hey Hey Hey Alexa: Emma McGann on Smartspeakers and Music Engagement
June 06, 2019 15:17 - 11 minutes - 10.1 MBEmma McGann is one of the first artists to create and launch her own Amazon Alexa skill. It all started when Emma was livestreaming on YouNow. When she asked her smartspeaker to turn on the lights, the smartspeakers in her fans’ homes responded! At Midem, we chatted with Emma and her manager James Plester about how this lightbulb moment led to an Alexa skill that makes it more fun and easy for her fans to listen and engage. Ask Alexa to “enable skill Emma Backstage” to check it out. Mu...
Paperchain’s Daniel Dewar: Meet the Midemlab Finalists
June 06, 2019 06:00 - 27 minutes - 26 MBMusic Tectonics at Midem continues with Dan Dewar of Paperchain, a fintech company creating solutions for music biz problems with a real-time payment model. Paperchain is a 2019 Midemlab finalist. This annual pitch competition launched the likes of SoundCloud, KickStarter, Soundcharts, and The Echo Nest. Get to know the startups at this year’s Midemlab competition before they break out! Stay tuned for more of our #MidemTectonics coverage. Podcast host Dmitri Vietze is recording interviews on...
Endlesss’s Tim Exile: Meet the Midemlab Finalists
June 05, 2019 20:00 - 34 minutes - 32.2 MBTim Exile met up with us in Cannes to chat about Endlesss, a virtual place where you can make and share music in the moment, solo or with friends. Tim’s goal is to make music part of the short-form collaborative revolution, the way SnapChat, Twitter and Instagram have changed video, writing, and photography. Endlesss is a finalist at Midemlab, the annual pitch competition launched the likes of SoundCloud, KickStarter, Soundcharts, and The Echo Nest. Get to know the startups at this year’s Mi...
Twitter + Music: Kevin O’Donnell on Music and Social Media at Midem
June 05, 2019 16:09 - 14 minutes - 13.4 MBStraight from Cannes, a Midem interview with Twitter’s Kevin O'Donnell! Kevin heads music partnerships at Twitter, where he works with artists to best market their brands and tell their stories on the platform. He stopped by the #MidemTectonics roving podcast studio to chat about what twitter lets artists do, and what’s next for social media and the music biz. Music Tectonics is at Midem! Podcast host Dmitri Vietze is recording interviews with Midemlab competitors and international music...
The Rise of New Streaming Markets: Mark Mulligan’s Midem Keynote
June 04, 2019 17:55 - 32 minutes - 44 MBListen to Mark Mulligan’s electric Midem keynote address, recorded earlier today in Cannes! Mark, a long term music industry analyst and the managing director of MIDiA Research, presents the 10 trends that will reshape the Music industry based on MIDiA’s rigorous analysis. What he has to say about the global music streaming marketplace, audience engagement, and music discovery may surprise you! Music Tectonics is at Midem! Stay tuned for a wave of #MidemTectonics coverage. Podcast host Dmi...
The Wow Effect: Midemlab, Music Tech Trends, and Cannes must-dos with Marjorie Paillon
May 31, 2019 15:51 - 27 minutes - 24.3 MBGet ready for Midem with Marjorie Paillon! Marjorie hosts and produces #TECH24, France 24’s tech and innovation magazine show. As a journalist, presenter and producer, she covers topics ranging from media trends to American politics. A four-time juror for the Midemlab startup competition, Marjorie gives her take on what makes the competition so exciting, the next surprising source of music tech innovation, and how to get the most out of your Cannes experience. Music Tectonics is at Midem! ...
The Entire Ecosystem is Changing: Midem Director Alexandre Deniot on 2019’s Midemlab Startup Competition
May 30, 2019 13:00 - 23 minutes - 32.5 MBWhy are five thousand music industry pros from eighty countries descending on Cannes? Midem, the leading international event for the global music community, kicks off soon! We chat with Midem director Alexandre Deniot about Midem’s role in music business history, and how it’s shaping the industry’s future. Get a sneak peek at this year’s Midemlab, the music startup pitch competition that springboarded SoundCloud, Soundcharts, The Echo Nest, and Next Big Sound. Who will be 2019’s big success ...
Without Artists, it’s All a Bunch of Static: How SoundExchange Builds a Better Music Industry with CEO Mike Huppe
May 23, 2019 13:00 - 47 minutes - 65 MBCEO and president Mike Huppe digs into all the ways SoundExchange works to make the music industry more fair and frictionless through the tools they provide and the advocacy they do. In this candid interview, Mike goes in-depth into why he calls the MMA the “Music Almost Modernization Act,” what it will take to future-proof the industry, and how SoundExchange is removing friction from clearance and licensing. Podcast host Dmitri Vietze asks the hard questions: Why is there so much Spotify ha...
Always Listening: Do Music Streaming Apps Understand Us? with Joe Murphy of Vocalize.ai
May 16, 2019 13:00 - 37 minutes - 51.1 MBVoice interaction is at a tipping point, and Vocalize.ai is there rigorously evaluating voice interfaces in apps and hardware. This week on the Music Tectonics podcast, Vocalize.ai founder & CEO Joe Murphy rates the big music streaming services on their voice experiences. Listen to find out how they stack up, what it’s going to take to make voice interactions frictionless, and why Alexa is like an old-timey phone operator. Joe and host Dmitri Vietze look ahead to the coming “Voice First Revo...
Cherie Hu on YouTube's Missing Hip Hop Premieres, Peloton's clapback, and Audio AR: a News Roundup for May 8, 2019
May 08, 2019 13:00 - 48 minutes - 66.9 MBCherie Hu returns to Music Tectonics to delve into the week's news! Cherie digs deeper into why Hip Hop doesn't dominate YouTube's top premieres (a story from her Water + Music newsletter). What does Peloton's licensing problem mean for how the fitness industry uses music? What does Snapchat hope to gain from gaming? Is sacred music the original AR technology? Cherie chats about it all (and much more) with host Dmitri Vietze and resident music tech expert Tristra Newyear Yeager. The Music...
Don't Call It Derivative: The DJ Revolution with Dubset’s Stephen White
May 02, 2019 15:18 - 26 minutes - 36.5 MBDJ culture is coming out of the shadows, thanks to breakthroughs in licensing, hardware, and software. Stephen White, CEO and Chairman of Dubset, lays out financial and legal risks the world's 55 million DJs used to face and how Dubset’s derivative content licensing and legal distribution bring DJs (and their 650 million worldwide fans)into the music biz fold. What do DJ mixes offer that playlists just can’t? Explore Stephen’s abiding love for the creativity and energy of DJ culture, the tec...
Rotating the Music Industry with Karen Allen
April 25, 2019 13:00 - 52 minutes - 72.7 MBKaren Allen's InRotation channel brings new music to Twitch, a live streaming platform designed for gamers. She takes host Dmitri Vietze on a tour of the live streaming landscape, what Twitch users love about the experience, and how successful streamers build a fanbase. Get her take on what Facebook and YouTube are getting wrong, and what's next for music discovery. The Music Tectonics podcast goes beneath the surface of the music industry to explore how technology is changing the way busi...
News Roundup April 18, 2019
April 18, 2019 13:00 - 32 minutes - 45.1 MBSpotify keeps antagonizing songwriters, YouTube turns interactive, KFC takes marketing too far, and much more. Rock paper scissors' resident music tech experts, Tristra Newyear Yeager and Jade Prieboy, dig into the week's biggest and weirdest music tech news with host Dmitri Vietze. The Music Tectonics podcast goes beneath the surface of the music industry to explore how technology is changing the way business gets done. The podcast includes news roundups, interviews, and more.
Tremors in Online Video & Music: Pex CEO Rasty Turek Talks YouTube’s Plateau, Article 17, and More
April 11, 2019 14:16 - 52 minutes - 72.2 MBThere are seismic shifts taking place in online video. Though many music fans haven’t noticed these tremors they’ll have drastic effects on music discovery and dissemination very soon. Rasty Turek, CEO and founder of video and music search engine Pex, reveals the emerging plateau of YouTube growth on this episode of Music Tectonics and predicts a timeframe for reaching that ceiling. He also discusses how certain video categories are becoming decoupled from YouTube, creating different vertica...