Sean Bradford is an artist, DJ, and founder of Origin Støries, a creative studio that makes “custom AI-powered tools for co-created experiences.” The company has created a number of interactive […]
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IDOL’s Roo Currier: “People see our roster and say, ‘Yeah, I want to work on that.'”
Independent digital distributor and artist / label services company IDOL has been busy in 2024, expanding its team, investing in new services like audience development, and growing internationally. Roo Currier is general […]
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Wasserman Music president Lee Anderson: “Festivals need to take more of a risk”
September 2024: Lee Anderson, President of Wasserman’s music division. Festival-ley of darkness: the death spiral of the music festival is simultaneously over- and under-exaggerated. The biggest keep getting bigger, but […]
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Maxime Dodinet: ‘Spanish music has more credibility than ever’
Maxime Dodinet is head of digital marketing at Sony Music Spain. He talked to Music Ally’s Juliana Ortiz about marketing trends there.
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Ellevate’s Charlotte Caleb: ‘A lot of artists want a manager too early’
Charlotte Caleb is the founder and CEO of Ellevate, a startup offering a subscription-based platform that offers artists management expertise.
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Jeremiah Gogo: ‘We need to create pathways and opportunities’
Jeremiah Gogo is head of data, A&R analytics and business development at Virgin Music UK. He was recently named as Alumnus of the Year by the University of Essex.
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Orfium CEO Rob Wells: “If you’re not delivering your information correctly, you’re underserving your constituents.”
August 2024: Rob Wells, CEO of Orfium. He discusses the “creeping issue” of broken data, how a fix today does not always ward off a problem tomorrow, why major labels […]
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Lickd’s Mark Cantwell: “There are kids that will never use music streaming – because they experience it in games”
Mark Cantwell arrived as Partnerships and Marketing Director at music licensing company Lickd with a background in games publishing. He spoke to Music Ally’s Amy Lilley about how he’s helping […]
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Artists on TikTok: ‘It’s about keeping it simple and trying different things
If you’d asked Music Ally which artists are doing TikTok well in 2024, Travis wouldn’t have been the first name that came to mind.
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Question Mark Entertainment’s Simon Baptiste: ‘I believe that there’s a different way…’
2020 was the 20th birthday of Question Mark Entertainment, but it was a tough year for the Trinidad and Tobago-based company.
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SoundCloud global head of music Emmy Lovell: “To have zero plays is soul destroying for musicians.”
July 2024: Emmy Lovell, global head of music at SoundCloud. She discusses how, in an age of plenty, the mythical level playing field of digital is often a cemetery, why […]
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Team Talk: Alberto Garcia of Salt on helping build infrastructure in Africa
Royalties and metadata firm Salt has been building its business steadily – and recently raised funding from a host of big names, including Bjórn Ulvaeus, Dave Stewart, Quincy Jones, and Dan […]
