Music 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 re...
Jul 25, 2019•42 min
For 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 partn...
Jul 18, 2019•33 min
Just 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 chang...
Jul 11, 2019•40 min
Music 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 flattening t...
Jul 08, 2019•25 min
Jambl 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 bigge...
Jun 27, 2019•22 min
Multi-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 freedom,...
Jun 25, 2019•20 min
What’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 in Ca...
Jun 20, 2019•25 min
Just 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 hearing l...
Jun 20, 2019•8 min
Audio 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 and...
Jun 13, 2019•41 min
Fresh 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...
Jun 12, 2019•15 min
After 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...
Jun 11, 2019•13 min
Roy 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 visu...
Jun 11, 2019•13 min
Would 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 finalist at ...
Jun 10, 2019•16 min
What 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 #MidemTectonics epis...
Jun 10, 2019•18 min
Music 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 on th...
Jun 09, 2019•23 min
Midem 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 #Mide...
Jun 09, 2019•20 min
What’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 year’...
Jun 07, 2019•16 min
Emma 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. Music Tecton...
Jun 06, 2019•11 min
Music 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 the...
Jun 06, 2019•27 min
Tim 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 Midem...
Jun 05, 2019•34 min
Straight 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 tech su...
Jun 05, 2019•15 min
Listen 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 Dmitri V...
Jun 04, 2019•32 min
Get 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! Stay t...
May 31, 2019•28 min
Why 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 stor...
May 30, 2019•24 min
CEO 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 hate f...
May 23, 2019•47 min
Voice 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...
May 16, 2019•37 min
Cherie 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 Tecton...
May 08, 2019•49 min
DJ 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 tectoni...
May 02, 2019•27 min
Karen 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 business g...
Apr 25, 2019•53 min
Spotify 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.
Apr 18, 2019•33 min
