Your Morning Coffee Podcast
137 episodes - English - Latest episode: 4 days ago - ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsA highly-curated weekly snapshot of the digital music business info you need to know - now as a weekly podcast! Hosted by YMC creator and curator Jay Gilbert, along with Mike Etchart, former host of the syndicated Sound & Vision Radio program . Every Monday Jay and Mike break down the important music news to keep you up to date and informed on the latest trends in the digital music world! Subscribe now wherever you get your podcasts!
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Episodes
Episode 193
April 22, 2024 11:00 - 48 minutes - 44.7 MBEpisode 193 On this week's episode of the YMC podcast, your humble hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart kibbitz about these important stories: "TikTok Is Talking To UMG Again, But Washington May Hold The Keys To Its Future" (Billboard); "Inside Taylor Swift’s Surprise Return to TikTok" (Wall Street Journal); "NMPA accuses Spotify Of 'Attacking Songwriters' As It Changes How It Pays Mechanical Royalties In The US" (Music Business Worldwide). Plus an audio drop with Mark Mulligan, Managin...
Episode 192
April 15, 2024 11:00 - 44 minutes - 41.2 MBEpisode 192 On this week's gabtastic episode, your happy hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart converse about these important music industry stories: "Artists Are Seeing Their Music Removed From DSPs For Streaming Fraud They Didn’t Commit" (Ari Herstand for Variety); Spotify Plans To Let Subscribers Speed Up Songs – And Pay Rightsholders When Those Modified Tracks Are Streamed" (Music Business Worldwide); "Everyone Wants To Reach Superfans. It Won’t Be Easy" (Billboard). Subscribe to the n...
Episode 191
April 08, 2024 11:00 - 44 minutes - 40.9 MBEpisode 191 On this week's episode of the YMC podcast, your humble hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat about these important music biz stories: "Is UMG's TikTok Ban Hurting Its U.S. Streaming Numbers? Here's What The Evidence Shows" (Glenn Peoples at Billboard); "An Independent Musician’s Perspective - On The TikTok Legislation Before Congress" (Blake Morgan); "Q1 2024 Music Trend Report" (Jesse Kirschbaum's Beats & Bytes). Plus audio drops with Jen Jacobson, Executive Director of t...
Episode 190
April 01, 2024 11:00 - 48 minutes - 44 MBEpisode 190 On this week's edition of the YMC podcast, your non-AI generated hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart cover these important stories: "How Are Musicians Supposed To Survive On $0.00173 Per Stream?" (The Guardian); "RIAA Report 2023 Takeaways: Is The U.S. Too Reliant on Paid Subscriptions?" (Billboard). Plus audio examples from AI song generation platform Suno, and AI video generation platform BITH.AI. Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee
Episode 189
March 25, 2024 11:00 - 48 minutes - 44.3 MBEpisode 189 On this week's scintilating episode of the YMC podcast, your humble hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat about these important music biz stories: "IFPI Global Report 2024: Music Revenues Climb 10% to $28.6 Billion" (Billboard); "Why Are IFPI & MIDiA’s 2023 Revenue Figures So Far Apart? The Answer Lies In ‘Expanded Rights'" (Billboard); "Loud & Clear: Spotify Releases Their Annual Music Report: The Top 10 Findings" (Spotify). Plus an audio drop with Jamie Dee Hart from Hart...
Episode 188
March 18, 2024 11:00 - 1 hour - 85.7 MBEpisode 188 On this week's episode of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart yapped about these important music business stories: "Will Congress Ban TikTok? Here's What's Going On" (Rolling Stone); "Results Of The MusicWatch 2023 Annual Music Study: Record Numbers of Music Streamers and Paid Subscribers" (Music Watch); "Vinyl Sales Keep Growing - So Why Does It Look Like They've Dropped?" (Billboard). Plus audio drops with Russ Crupnick from Music Watch, and the YouTube...
Episode 187
March 11, 2024 11:00 - 58 minutes - 80.6 MBEpisode 187 On this week's podtastic show, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart talk about these important music business stories: "Over 38% Of Music On TikTok Is ‘Modified’, Says Study That Analyzed 100 Million Audio Tracks On The Platform" (Music Business Worldwide); "The Truth About Ticket Prices" (Live Nation); "The Music Industry’s Over-Reliance On TikTok Shows How Lazy It Has Become" (The Guardian). Plus audio drops with Martin Mills from Merlin, and Allison Hagendorf from The A...
Episode 186
March 04, 2024 12:00 - 47 minutes - 65.5 MBEpisode 186 On this week's YMC gabfest, your humble hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat about these important music industry stories: "With Label Layoffs, Will Artists Get Dropped?"(Billboard); "Blake Morgan And #irespectmusic Return To Washington For The American Music Fairness Act And #musicfairness" (Chris Castle at Music, Technology Policy); "So… Maybe Don’t Bet Your House On Universal Music Group And TikTok Reaching A Deal Anytime Soon" (Music Business Worldwide). Subscribe to t...
Episode 185
February 26, 2024 12:00 - 50 minutes - 69.4 MBEpisode 185 On this week's episode of YMC podcast, your humble hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart cover these important stories: "The Label Recovery, Part I: Purpose" (Patrick Clifton); "Show Me the Splits: Tiffany Red Illuminates Stealing Publishing" (Chris Castle); "Anthropic Trained Its AI To Rip Off Copyrighted Lyrics - Music Publishers Allege - In Escalating Court Battle" (Music Business Worldwide). Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee
Episode 184
February 19, 2024 12:00 - 43 minutes - 59.6 MBEpisode 184 On this week's edition of the YMC podcast, your groovy hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart kibbitz about these important stories: "Music Subscriber Market Shares 2023" (Music Industry Blog); "The Ultimate Guide for Musicians to Have a Kickass Year 2024" (Symphonic); "Record Store Day 2024 Release List Revealed" (Stereogum). Plus audio drops from Fabrice Sergent from Bandsintown, and Megh Vakharia from SymphonyOS. Check out these music videos Jay and Mike talked about: Bill...
Episode 183
February 12, 2024 12:00 - 58 minutes - 80.5 MBEpisode 183 On this week's episode, your humble hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat about these important stories: "Universal Deflates The TikTok Hype: Does TikTok Have A Napster Problem?" (Chris Castle); "Overnight Success Is Very Rare In Music, And There's Date To Prove It" (Billboard); "Robert Kyncl Is 'Confident' That Universal And TikTok Will Resolve Their Spat...And 3 Other Things We Learned From WMG's Latest Earnings Call" (Music Business Worldwide). Plus audio drops from Jorg...
A YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With Will Page On SoundCloud Rockonomics
February 08, 2024 12:00 - 28 minutes - 39.2 MBOn this YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With Will Page, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat with our friend Will Page about his second in a series of beautifully designed websites that lift the lid on how new models of music streaming serve creators and consumers alike. Getting exclusive access to data (and data scientists) from SoundCloud has allowed Will to surface the relevant engagement metrics that matter to our industry. Here's a link to the website: https://www.so...
Episode 182
February 05, 2024 12:00 - 46 minutes - 64.2 MBEpisode 182 On this week's episode of the YMC podcast, your humble hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chatted about these important stories: "TikTok Just Lost A Huge Catalog Of Music. What Happened?" (New York Times); "78% Of Small-To-Midsize Businesses In The US Currently Misuse Personal Streaming Accounts To Play Music To Their Customers. It’s Costing The Music Industry $1.38 Billion Per Year." (Music Business Worldwide); "USC Annenberg's Report On Women's Gains In The Music Industry" (T...
Episode 181
January 29, 2024 12:00 - 50 minutes - 69.1 MBEpisode 181 On this week's wiz-bang episode, your groovy hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart discuss these important topics and stories: "RUSS CRUPNICK From MusicWatch, Independent Analyst RICHARD KRAMER and Beatdap CEO MORGAN HAYDUK" (Audio Drops); Industry Leaders On Key Issues Including Artist Development, Exports And AI"(MusicWeek); "If The Music Business Keeps Growing, Why The Layoffs?" (Billboard). Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee
Episode 180
January 22, 2024 12:00 - 51 minutes - 71.2 MBEpisode 180 On this week's gabfest, your humble hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat about these important stories: "Patrick Clifton Breaks Down His Story 'The Record Label Crisis'"; "Spotify Dominates Audio Streaming, But Where Are The Profits?" (Wall Street Journal); "The Music Industry Needs A New Growth Story" (Bloomberg). Luminate Year-End Music Report: https://luminatedata.com/reports/yearend-music-industry-report/ Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee Patri...
Episode 179
January 15, 2024 12:00 - 43 minutes - 59.9 MBEpisode 179 On this week's edition of the YMC podcast, your groovy hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart yap about these important stories: "The Luminate U.S. Year-End Music Report For 2023 Is Here" (Luminate); "UMG Stock Gains On Layoff News, BELIEVE Shares Fall On Possible Takeover Report, K-Pop Stocks Flop" (Billboard); "The Future of Vinyl: Dustin Blocker Breaks Down The Resurgence Of Analog In A Digital World" (Magnetic). Plus an audio drop from Brianna Schwartz and Alexis Schreiber f...
Episode 178
January 08, 2024 12:00 - 45 minutes - 61.9 MBEpisode 178 On this week's edition of the YMC podcast, your humble hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart discuss these importan music industry stories: "Andreessen Horowitz’s Thoughts On AI Shows What The Music Industry Will Be Up Against In 2024" (Music Business Worldwide); "TikTok Global Head Of Music Ole Obermann On All Things Music" (Forbes); "Spotify’s 138% Gain Leads Billboard Global Music Index’s 31% Improvement In 2023" (Billboard). Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee
A YMC Special Episode - A Conversation with Bobby Owsinski
January 03, 2024 12:00 - 44 minutes - 61.8 MBOn this special YMC episode, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart have an in-depth conversation with audio engineer, producer and author Bobby Owsinski on his new book, The Musician's Ai Handbook. Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee
Episode 177
January 01, 2024 12:00 - 44 minutes - 60.7 MBEpisode 177 Happy New Year to everyone from Jay and Mike! On our first episode of 2024, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart talk about these important stories: "6 Music Business Stories You Missed Over The Holiday Break" (Hypebot); "2023’s Music By The Numbers: Taylor Swift Dominated, Country Boomed, And Hip-Hop Sunk" (Rolling Stone); "The 10 Biggest Music Business Deals Of 2023" (Billboard). Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee
Episode 176
December 25, 2023 12:00 - 56 minutes - 77.8 MBEpisode 176 On the last YMC podcast episode of the year, your happy hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart unceremoniously shove 2023 out the door and cover these important stories: "The 10 Biggest Music Business Stories of 2023" (Billboard); "Mark Mulligan Of MIDiA’s 2024 Music Industry Predictions" (Hypebot); "The Record Label Crisis" (Patrick Clifton). Plus an audio drop from Billboard editor at large Steve Knopper on the new Immediate Family documentary. Subscribe to the newsletter! Y...
Episode 175
December 18, 2023 12:00 - 46 minutes - 64.4 MBEpisode 175 On this week's episode of the YMC podcast, your happy hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart discuss these important music industry stories: "11 Music Business Predictions For 2024- From Jay Gilbert!" (Hypebot); "2023 Music Economics Report For Independent Artists" (Duetti); "'We’re On TikTok? What’s TikTok?’ The Forgotten Bands Going Supersonic Thanks To Gen Z" (The Guardian). Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee
YMC Special Episode - "Key Changes", with Howie Singer and Bill Rosenblatt
December 15, 2023 12:00 - 46 minutes - 64.1 MBOn this very special episode of the Your Morning Coffee podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart have a conversation with Howie Singer and Bill Rosenblatt, the authors of the new book "Key Changes - The Ten Times Technology Transformed The Music Industry". This book is a must-read for anyone in or interested in the music industry, and we are really excited to share this with our listeners.
Episode 174
December 11, 2023 12:00 - 45 minutes - 62.2 MBEpisode 174 On this week's YMC gabfest, your groovy hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat about these important stories: "Vinyl Industry Opposes ‘Dramatic’ Shift In Music Store Sales Reporting" (Hypebot); "As AI Grows, Artists & Labels Consider: Who Owns a Voice?" (Billboard); and discussion about "The Senate passing the FANS FIRST ACT and Fair Use and Support for Federal Protections Against AI Voice Cloning & Deepfakes". Plus an audio drop with Jacquelle Amankonah Horton, founder and...
Episode 173
December 04, 2023 12:00 - 51 minutes - 70.6 MBEpisode 173 On this week's YMC podcast, your humble hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart yap ahout these important stories: "SPOTIFY WRAPPED IS HERE! The Top Songs, Artists, Podcasts and Listening Trends of 2023 Revealed" (Spotify); "Will AI Be Used To Raise Musicians From The Dead? (Billboard); "Historic Mechanical Royalty Increases, Inflation Adjustments Explained!" (Chris Castle). Plus an audio drop with Mike Warner, author of Work Hard, Playlist Hard. Subscribe to the newsletter...
YMC Bonus Special Episode - A Conversation With Will Page 3
November 30, 2023 12:00 - 32 minutes - 44.5 MBOn this bonus special YMC episode, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart talk with their good friend and economist Will Page about his article stating the global value of music copyrights for 2022 is hitting the $41.5 BILLION dollar mark! Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee
Episode 172
November 27, 2023 12:00 - 48 minutes - 67.1 MBEpisode 172 On this week's YMC podcast, your humble hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart discuss these important stories: "Everything To Know About Spotify's New Royalties Model: How Does It Work & Who Will It Impact?" (Billboard); "New Study Confirms TikTok Drives Streaming, But There’s No Magic Bullet on Going Viral" (Billboard); "YouTube Launches Test Of AI Music Generator That Can Mimic Demi Lovato, John Legend, Charlie Puth, Troye Sivan, T-Pain And More" (Variety). Plus an audio drop...
Episode 171
November 20, 2023 12:00 - 44 minutes - 61.1 MBEpisode 171 On this week's YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart yap about these important stories: "TikTok Strikes Partnership With Spotify, Apple Music And Amazon Music To Link App Directly To Music Streaming Services" (Music Business Worldwide); "Spotify Plans to Charge for Fraud: How It Works & Who It Affects the Most" (Billboard); "YouTube To Require Creators To Flag AI-Generated Content, Will Add New Ways To Request Removal Of Deepfakes Including Music Videos That Mim...
Episode 170
November 13, 2023 12:00 - 52 minutes - 71.8 MBEpisode 170 On this week's edition of the YMC podcast, your humble hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart yap about these important stories: "10 Predictions For Music's Future" (Rob Abelow); "The Evolving Roles & Responsibilities Of Artist Management Today" (Chris Nilsson from 10th Street Entertainment); "What Spotify’s New Royalty Model Really Means" (Variety); "The MLC Has Paid Out Over $1.5bn To Songwriters To Date" (Music Business Worldwide). Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning....
Episode 169
November 06, 2023 12:00 - 50 minutes - 70 MBEpisode 169 On this week's YMC gabfest, your humble hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart discuss these important stories: "Most Tracks On Spotify Won’t Earn A Royalty Under New Scheme" (Billboard); "It’s Out! The Trapital Report" (Trapital); "Key Changes: The Ten Times Technology Transformed The Music Industry" (Howie Singer/Bill Rosenblatt). Plus audio drops with Dan Runice from Trapital, and Howie Singer and Bill Rosenblatt, authors of "Key Changes: The Ten Times Technology Transformed ...
Episode 168
October 30, 2023 11:00 - 51 minutes - 70.3 MBEpisode 168 On this week's episode of the YMC podcast, your digital music mavens Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart discuss these important music industry stories: "Spotify Is Changing Its Royalty Model To Crush Streaming Fraud And Introduce A Minimum Threshold For Payment" (Music Business Worldwide); "50 Years Of Music Industry Revenues, By Format" (Visual Capitalist); "Spotify’s Price Hike Didn’t Hurt Subscriptions, And 3 Other Things We Learned On Its Latest Earnings Call" (Music Business Wor...
Episode 167
October 23, 2023 11:00 - 42 minutes - 58.7 MBEpisode 167 On this week's edition of the YMC podcast, your groovy hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart kibbitz about these important music industry stories: "Music Has Become A ‘Just-In-Time’ Economy" (MIDiA); "Superfans And Supine Fans: The Music Industry Is Getting Its Priorities The Wrong Way Around" (Music Business Wordwide); "UMG Sues AI Company For Using Songs To Train Models: ‘Systematic & Widespread Infringement’" (Billboard). Subscribw to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee
Episode 166
October 16, 2023 11:00 - 48 minutes - 66.7 MBEpisode 166 On this week's YMC podcast, your happy hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat about these important music industry stories: "Music Attorney Don Passman On Contracts, AI And What Makes Superstars Different" (Billboard); "Streaming Is Missing Cultural Moments, And Superstars Know It" (MIDiA); "From Points To Publishing, Here’s How — And How Much — Producers Get Paid Now" (Billboard). Jump Global Summit November 12 - 14 in Los Angeles $200 discount for YMC listeners: promo c...
Episode 165
October 09, 2023 11:00 - 44 minutes - 61.2 MBEpisode 165 On this week's wild and rockin' episode, your humble hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat about these important stories: "Record Label Market Share Q3 2023: Republic Stays Dominant While Interscope & Atlantic Surge" (Billboard); "5 Observations On… Epic Games’ Sale Of Bandcamp To Songtradr" (Music Business Worldwide); "Does Culture Become A Commodity, Or Do Commodities Become Culture?" (MIDiA). Jump Global annual summit 2023 Nov 12 - 14 in Los Angeles: Personal and Pr...
Episode 164
October 02, 2023 11:00 - 44 minutes - 61.8 MBEpisode 164 On this week's installment of the YMC podcast, your dynamic duo hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart yap about these important stories: "The Truth Behind Why You Aren't Getting More Streams" (Randall Foster on Hypebot); "The Fans Also Like Nightmare Of September 2023 – Spotify Fans Also Like Update" (Anothony Pacheco -Simpl.); "Live Nation Scraps Artist Merch Fees at Its US Club Venues As Part Of New ‘On the Road Again’ Program" (Music Business Worldwide). Subscribe to the new...
Episode 163
September 25, 2023 11:00 - 48 minutes - 66.7 MBEpisode 163 On this week's edition of the YMC podcast, your groovy hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart kibbitz about these important music industry stories: "Four Takeaways From The RIAA 2023 Mid-Year Report: Prices Rise, Subscriptions Slow & More" (Billboard); "Artificial Intelligence In The Music Business ~ What You Need To Know" (Mulitple Sources); "6 Music Industry Topics Every Musician Should Learn More About" (Symphonic). Plus an audio drop with Jack Bogdan, co-founder and CPO of A...
Episode 162
September 18, 2023 11:00 - 49 minutes - 68.4 MBEpisode 162 On this week's YMC podcast, your groovy hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart wax poetic on these important music industry stories: "Streaming Is Changing The Sound of Music" (Wall Street Journal); "If I Ran Spotify, I'd Do These 8 Things" (Rob Abelow); "A New Era Of ‘Fan-Made’ Music Is About To Begin" (MIDiA). Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee
Episode 161
September 11, 2023 11:00 - 50 minutes - 69.3 MBEpisode 161 On this week's YMC gabfest, your humble hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart discuss these important stories: "How to Make Artist Centric, Artist Centric" (Mark Mulligan Via The Music Industry Blog); "Multiple Criminal Gang Members Confirm They've Used Spotify For Money Laundering In Bombshell New Report" (Music Business Worldwide); "Independent artists Deserve An Equitable Music Ecosystem" (A Guest Post By Ben Patterson, President, Artist & Label Services of Downtown Music)....
The YMC Third Anniversary Special
September 08, 2023 11:00 - 51 minutes - 70.4 MBYour hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart celebrate their third anniversary of the podcast with a very special episode featuring Tatiana Cirisano and Kriss Thakrar from MIDiA. Tatiana and Kriss break down MIDiA's two recently released reports: The MIDiA Research 2023-2030 Global Music Forecasts (Speed Bump) and The State and Future Of Music Fandom - Unleashing Fan Creativity. Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee
Episode 160
September 04, 2023 11:00 - 58 minutes - 79.7 MBEpisode 160 On this week's edition of the YMC podcast, your humble hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart yap about these important music industry stories: "From Madelynn Elyse & Hypebot -Build Fans, Don’t Chase Streams" (Hypebot); "Has TikTok Killed the Music Video Star?" (Billboard); "Economist Will Page Unwraps the Touring Bounceback" (IQ). Plus audio drops from Madelynn Elyse on her story in Hypebot, and Dimitri Vietze on the upcoming Music Tectonics conference - and with a special de...
Episode 159
August 28, 2023 11:00 - 49 minutes - 67.5 MBEpisode 159 On this weeks YMC podcast, your gregarious groovy guys Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart discuss these important music industry stories: "Pushing Songs Up the Charts Was a Label Job. Then Fans Took Over" (Billboard); "Up Close And Personal: When The Algorithm Goes Too Far" (MIDiA); "The CD Finds New Life Among Gen Z Collectors" (The Washington Post). Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee
Episode 158
August 21, 2023 11:00 - 52 minutes - 72.2 MBEpisode 158 On this week's episode of the YMC podcast, the boys Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart yap about these important stories: "We Got An Early Look At TikTok's New Music App That Hasn't Arrived In The US Yet. The Spotify Rival Made Great Playlists But Had A Few Big Flaws" (Business Insider); "Songwriters & Publishers Have A $250M Payday Coming After Streaming Royalty Determination" (Billboard); "If I Ran a Major Record Label..." (Ted Gioia). Plus and audio drop with AudioShake CEO Jess...
Episode 157
August 14, 2023 11:00 - 57 minutes - 78.7 MBEpisode 157 On this week's YMC podcast, your humble hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat about these important music industry stories: "The 3 Major Music Companies Generated $1bn More In The First Half Of 2023 Vs. The First Half Of 2022" (Music Business Worldwide); "AI Music: What Musicians Need To Know" (Berklee Online); "State of the Hot 100 Top 10: Mid-Year 2023 Report" (Billboard). Plus and audio drop from Kuok Meng Ru, the founder of BandLab.
Episode 156
August 07, 2023 11:00 - 50 minutes - 68.7 MBEpisode 156 On this week's YMC podcast, your punchdrunk hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat about these important stories: "Pop Stars Aren’t Popping Like They Used To — Do Labels Have A Plan?" (Billboard); "A Guide To 'Fan' Organizations Funded By The Ticketing Industry" (Pitchfork); "Dustin Blocker Key Takeaways From The Making Vinyl Conference". Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee
A YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With Will Page
August 04, 2023 11:00 - 54 minutes - 74.6 MBA YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With Will Page In this special episode of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart have an extended conversion with our friend Will Page. Will is the author of one of our favorite industry books "Tarzan Economics: Eight Principles For Pivoting Through Disruption", which has been renamed for the paperback (Will tells us why in the episode) to "Pivot: Eight Principles For Transforming Your Business In A Time Of Disruption". He...
Episode 155
July 31, 2023 11:00 - 49 minutes - 68.1 MBEpisode 155 On this week's episode of the YMC podcast, your happening hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart discussed these music industry stories: "Fan Study: Fans Make It Possible, And We Have The Data To Prove It" (Spotify for Artists); "An Updated Look At Artist Merch Trends In 2023" (ATVENU); "User-centric: New Study Of 50k Indie SoundCloud Artists Shows 1 In 5 Could Double Income Under Streaming Model" (Music Business Worldwide). Plus and audio drop from Fabrice Sergent from Bandsin...
Episode 154
July 24, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour - 83.6 MBEpisode 154 On this week's show, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat about these important music business stories: "Talking Merch Cut Blues - #MyMerch; Jackie Venson Reading Her OpEd" (Music Technology Policy); "‘People Really Like Music. But The Music Industry Lets Everyone Else Capture The Value’ " (Music Business Worldwide); "Music’s Addicted To The ‘Monthly Active User’ Metric. But It Tells Us Nothing." (Music Business Worldwide). Plus an audio drop with Tony Van Veen from ...
Episode 153
July 17, 2023 11:00 - 58 minutes - 80.6 MBEpisode 153 On this week's YMC podcast, your happening hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart yap about these important stories: "On-Demand Audio Streams Grew 13.5% To Reach 616.5bn In The US And 5 Other Key Stats From Luminate’s Midyear Report" (Music Business Worldwide); "Predatory Ticket Resellers Cost Artists & Confused Fans Millions, NITO Study Shows" (Hypebot); "There’s A Free Mobile App Helping Teens Crash The Hot 100, And It’s Not TikTok" (Billboard). Plus audio drops from Keith Jop...
A Your Morning Coffee Special Episode - The Luminate Midyear Report 2023
July 13, 2023 11:00 - 31 minutes - 42.7 MBYMC Special Episode - The Luminate Midyear Report 2023 On this special edition of the YMC podcast, hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart talk to Luminate Senior Director of Music Insights and Industry Relations Jaime Marconette about their eye-popping Midyear Report for 2023. Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee
Episode 152
July 10, 2023 11:00 - 46 minutes - 63.5 MBEpisode 152 On this week's episode of the YMC podcast, your hipster hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart get jiggy with these important stories: "Spotify Had 44.4m US Subscribers In February, Apple Music Had 32.6m, According To New Data" (Music Business Worldwide); "Let’s Bust The 10 Biggest AI Music Myths" (Bobby Owsinski's Music 3.0); "How to Succeed In Business Like Taylor Swift" (Wall Street Journal). Subsribe to the newsletter! Yes you! YourMorning.Coffee
YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With Chris Castle
July 06, 2023 11:00 - 44 minutes - 61.2 MBOn this special edition of the YMC podcast, Jay Gilbert sits down for an extended conversation with our good friend Chris Castle in a wide-ranging interview! Chris is a well respected attorney and writes for the Music Technology Policy blog. Sunscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee