Music Ally Meets Archives - Music Ally https://musically.com/tag/music-ally-meets/ Analysis, knowledge and skills for the modern global music business Tue, 09 Dec 2025 11:12:19 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://musically.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/cropped-music-ally-square-favicon-32x32.png Music Ally Meets Archives - Music Ally https://musically.com/tag/music-ally-meets/ 32 32 212918794 Downtown Music CTO, Tom Allen: “People are running scared from AI” https://musically.com/2025/12/10/downtown-music-cto-tom-allen-people-are-running-scared-from-ai/ Wed, 10 Dec 2025 07:36:00 +0000 https://musically.com/?p=258475

Eamonn Forde Meets… – each month, the veteran music business journalist speaks to a senior industry figure about the topics that really matter – and gets the opinions of the people who make the decisions that count.

]]> 258475 Partner at Fox Rothschild, Cynthia Katz: “Any and all revenue streams related to music have turned into an asset class” https://musically.com/2025/10/15/partner-at-fox-rothschild-cynthia-katz-any-and-all-revenue-streams-related-to-music-have-turned-into-an-asset-class/ Wed, 15 Oct 2025 06:02:00 +0000 https://musically.com/?p=250946

Eamonn Forde Meets… – each month, the veteran music business journalist speaks to a senior industry figure about the topics that really matter – and gets the opinions of the people who make the decisions that count.

]]> 250946 Key Production founder and CEO, Karen Emanuel: “I’ve always found it really odd that people don’t value their staff” https://musically.com/2025/09/15/key-production-founder-and-ceo-karen-emanuel-ive-always-found-it-really-odd-that-people-dont-value-their-staff/ Mon, 15 Sep 2025 06:05:00 +0000 https://musically.com/?p=249791

Eamonn Forde Meets… – each month, the veteran music business journalist speaks to a senior industry figure about the topics that really matter – and gets the opinions of the people who make the decisions that count.

]]> 249791 Bandcamp artist and label relations lead, Aly Gillani: “If we don’t all buy each other’s records, the whole thing falls apart” https://musically.com/2025/08/15/bandcamp-artist-and-label-relations-lead-aly-gillani-if-we-dont-all-buy-each-others-records-the-whole-thing-falls-apart/ Fri, 15 Aug 2025 06:00:00 +0000 https://musically.com/?p=244931

Eamonn Forde Meets… – each month, the veteran music business journalist speaks to a senior industry figure about the topics that really matter – and gets the opinions of the people who make the decisions that count.

]]> 244931 Deezer CEO, Alexis Lanternier: “More customisation, more control and more connections” https://musically.com/2025/07/15/deezer-ceo-alexis-lanternier-more-customisation-more-control-and-more-connections/ Tue, 15 Jul 2025 06:00:00 +0000 https://musically.com/?p=242894

Eamonn Forde Meets… – each month, the veteran music business journalist speaks to a senior industry figure about the topics that really matter – and gets the opinions of the people who make the decisions that count.

]]> 242894 CEO of Dynamite Songs, Alan Wallis: “Catalogues selling for 25x? That’s gone” https://musically.com/2025/06/16/ceo-of-dynamite-songs-alan-wallis-catalogues-selling-for-25x-thats-gone/ Mon, 16 Jun 2025 07:00:00 +0000 https://musically.com/?p=241448

Eamonn Forde Meets… – each month, the veteran music business journalist speaks to a senior industry figure about the topics that really matter – and gets the opinions of the people who make the decisions that count.

]]> 241448 President and CEO of A2IM, Richard Burgess: “The majors are screwing themselves for the future if the independent sector is not thriving” https://musically.com/2025/05/19/president-and-ceo-of-a2im-richard-burgess-the-majors-are-screwing-themselves-for-the-future-if-the-independent-sector-is-not-thriving/ Mon, 19 May 2025 07:00:00 +0000 https://musically.com/?p=238332

Eamonn Forde Meets… – each month, the veteran music business journalist speaks to a senior industry figure about the topics that really matter – and gets the opinions of the people who make the decisions that count.

]]> 238332 President of CD Baby, Molly Neuman: “There is a narrowing of success where there should be a big pool of possibility” https://musically.com/2025/04/15/president-of-cd-baby-molly-neuman-there-is-a-narrowing-of-success-where-there-should-be-a-big-pool-of-possibility/ Tue, 15 Apr 2025 11:34:03 +0000 https://musically.com/?p=236830

Eamonn Forde Meets… – each month, the veteran music business journalist speaks to a senior industry figure about the topics that really matter – and gets the opinions of the people who make the decisions that count.

]]> 236830 Author and journalist, Liz Pelly: “Spotify is not the music business – it’s the technology industry”  https://musically.com/2025/03/13/author-and-journalist-liz-pelly-spotify-is-not-the-music-business-its-the-technology-industry/ Thu, 13 Mar 2025 08:00:00 +0000 https://musically.com/?p=189671

Eamonn Forde Meets… – each month, the veteran music business journalist speaks to a senior industry figure about the topics that really matter – and gets the opinions of the people who make the decisions that count.

]]> 189671 Sacem CEO, Cécile Rap-Veber: “DSPs shouldn’t take more value from streaming than creators”  https://musically.com/2025/02/13/sacem-ceo-cecile-rap-veber-dsps-shouldnt-take-more-value-from-streaming-than-creators/ Thu, 13 Feb 2025 08:00:00 +0000 https://musically.com/?p=189472 February 2025: Cécile Rap-Veber, CEO of SACEM.

Journey to the centric of the worth: artist-centric licensing debates have tended to be about their impact on recording artists, but there is a push to make this equally a songwriter-centric debate.

]]> 189472 Warner Music UK COO, Isabel Garvey: “We will tolerate the red for a long time”  https://musically.com/2025/01/22/warner-music-uk-coo-isabel-garvey-we-will-tolerate-the-red-for-a-long-time/ Wed, 22 Jan 2025 09:00:00 +0000 https://musically.com/?p=187219

Eamonn Forde Meets… – each month, the veteran music business journalist speaks to a senior industry figure about the topics that really matter – and gets the opinions of the people who make the decisions that count.

]]> 187219 Spotify VP of markets & subscriptions, Gustav Gyllenhammar: “What would it take to build a service that is loved by a billion subscribers globally?” https://musically.com/2024/12/05/spotify-vp-of-markets-subscriptions-gustav-gyllenhammar-what-would-it-take-to-build-a-service-that-is-loved-by-a-billion-subscribers-globally/ Thu, 05 Dec 2024 08:30:00 +0000 https://musically.com/?p=185190

Eamonn Forde Meets… – each month, the veteran music business journalist speaks to a senior industry figure about the topics that really matter – and gets the opinions of the people who make the decisions that count.

]]> 185190 Merlin CEO Jeremy Sirota: “Licensing has always been too restrictive” https://musically.com/2024/11/05/merlin-ceo-jeremy-sirota-licensing-has-always-been-too-restrictive/ Tue, 05 Nov 2024 08:00:00 +0000 https://musically.com/?p=182539

Eamonn Forde Meets… – each month, the veteran music business journalist speaks to a senior industry figure about the topics that really matter – and gets the opinions of the people who make the decisions that count.

]]> 182539 Peermusic CEO Mary Megan Peer: “We’re seeing K-pop become part of the rubric of songs” https://musically.com/2024/10/04/peermusic-ceo-mary-megan-peer-were-seeing-k-pop-become-part-of-the-rubric-of-songs/ Fri, 04 Oct 2024 06:30:00 +0000 https://musically.com/?p=177216

Eamonn Forde Meets… – each month, the veteran music business journalist speaks to a senior industry figure about the topics that really matter – and gets the opinions of the people who make the decisions that count.

]]> 177216 Wasserman Music president Lee Anderson: “Festivals need to take more of a risk” https://musically.com/2024/09/04/wasserman-music-president-lee-anderson-festivals-need-to-take-more-of-a-risk/ Wed, 04 Sep 2024 07:30:00 +0000 https://musically.com/?p=174143

Eamonn Forde Meets… – each month, the veteran music business journalist speaks to a senior industry figure about the topics that really matter – and gets the opinions of the people who make the decisions that count.

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