Music Ally Today takes a key story from Music Ally’s daily music industry newsletter and gives you the analysis you need to know. Today: Joe Sparrow and Stuart Dredge discuss how 'Folklore' is being sold in China, on streaming service NetEase Cloud Music. The album *isn't* available on that platform's free OR paid tiers, but instead has to be paid for: RMB 25 ($3.55) for the album or RMB 2 ($0.28) per track, which lets people download and stream the music. Follow us on: Instagram: https://www.in...
Jul 27, 2020•9 min
This episode: A Spotify marketing special! How can artists use Spotify's tools to maximise their impact on - and off - the platform? In this workshop-panel we’re going to talk to Spotify’s Charleton Lamb and Jeff Stempeck about getting the most out of Spotify for Artists, the Playlist Submission tool, Canvas, Marquee and more. We’ll also get the perspective of some real-world marketers who’ve used Spotify as a marketing tool to great effect: Moody Jones of EMPIRE and Breyner Baptista of Blacksta...
Jul 01, 2020•1 hr 17 min•Season 1Ep. 10
This episode: Look past necessity and novelty - what is the real future of livestreaming gigs? We’re talking to Russ Tannen, CRO of DICE and Roxanne de Bastion, Artist and Board Director of The Featured Artists Coalition, who recently "virtually toured" the UK to support her recent single ERASE, about livestreaming artists from a platform perspective. What do users want, what do artists want, and what are the payment opportunities? It's de rigueur to stream gig and events now - but will they hav...
Jul 01, 2020•58 min•Season 1Ep. 9
This episode: A #TheShowMustBePaused Next Steps special. All kinds of music companies, Music Ally included, took the day of 2 June 2020 to pause their regular work so that people could educate themselves; attend protests; make donations; reconnect with their communities; and discuss ways forward for the industry. So what are the actionable, structural, long-term changes that should be made, why should they happen, who should be doing what, and what are the first steps? Featuring: Mulika Sannie -...
Jun 16, 2020•1 hr 13 min•Season 1Ep. 8
This episode: Music Ally TV show builds on the conversation with the #brokenrecord campaign we had a few weeks ago, where we discussed what the problem was – and now we’re moving the conversation on to talk about how change can happen and whether licensing needs modernisation. Guests: in an exclusive pre-recorded interview, award-winning author and activist Cory Doctorow discusses his revolutionary plan for a blanket internet music license, which he created on behalf of the digital civil liberti...
Jun 10, 2020•1 hr 19 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Sign up for the next one: https://musically.lnk.to/TVShowSignup | Episodes Live Fridays 4pm CET / 3pm UK / 10am ET / 7am PT This episode: Superstar DJ Martin Jensen joins us to discuss live-streaming performances and connecting directly with fans. With over 1 billion streams on Spotify alone, remixes for Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran, and a #45 spot in the DJ Mag Top 100 DJ’s Poll, Martin normally DJs on huge stages at Lollapalooza and Tomorrowland. But when COVID-19 hit, he switched to streaming hi...
Jun 05, 2020•52 min•Season 1Ep. 6
5th Episode of Music Ally TV, Innovative Merchandising In The COVID-19 Era Sign up for the next one: https://musically.lnk.to/TVShowSignup Episodes Live Fridays 4pm CET / 3pm UK / 10am ET / 7am PT #StayHome And Learn #WithMe This episode: Tersha Willis, Co-founder/CEO of Terrible Merch, the innovative artist-focused merchandise company, joins us to discuss how merch can be used to create close connections with fans as well as a reliable and valuable income stream. Finding new forms of income and...
May 28, 2020•1 hr 20 min
4th Episode of Music Ally TV, A #BrokenRecord special with Tom Gray and Sammy Andrews Sign up for the next one: https://musically.lnk.to/TVShowSignup Episodes Live Fridays 4pm CET / 3pm UK / 10am ET / 7am PT #StayHome And Learn #WithMe #BrokenRecord This episode: We discuss a topic that’s gained a lot of attention in recent weeks – the #BrokenRecord campaign, which addresses what it sees as inequities for artists and songwriters in the modern music business. We’re thrilled to be joined by Tom Gr...
May 18, 2020•1 hr 20 min•Season 1Ep. 4
3rd Episode of the podcast taken from Music Ally TV: The Impact Of COVID-19 On Streaming (With Chartmetric!) Sign up for the next one: https://musically.lnk.to/TVShowSignup Episodes Live Fridays 4pm CET / 3pm UK / 10am ET / 7am PT This episode: The Impact Of COVID-19 On Streaming There has rightly been a lot of discussion of how the live industries have been affected by Coronavirus - but what about music streaming? Jason Joven, Content/insight manager at Chartmetric, joins the panel as special g...
May 05, 2020•57 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Getting on big-name DSP playlists with millions of followers is the ambition for many artist teams. But a huge number of focussed, niche, and powerful playlists - often by third parties or brands - are often overlooked, and they can really kick-off careers. We'll discuss how big is not always best.
Apr 27, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 2
This is the podcast taken from Music Ally TV - this episode is all about YouTube. Sign up for the next one here: https://musically.lnk.to/TVShowSignup This episode features Rosie Lopez - President @ Tommy Boy, Henriette Heimdal - Market Development @ CD Baby, Joe Sparrow - Music Ally Contributor, Patrick Ross - SVP, Digital Strategy @ Music Ally and Stuart Dredge - Music Ally Editor. Topics include: How does COVID-19 affect streaming and album releases , and how musicians can better use Youtube ...
Apr 20, 2020•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 1
