Imagine using a digital Sharpie pack to autograph your limited edition digital collectibles for your top fans. In this week’s episode, Obie Fernandez, founder and CEO of RCRDSHP, joins Tristra Newyear Yeager to explore how RCDSHP combines digital collectables, gamified elements, and a deep love of music culture to empower artists and enhance the fan experience. Discover how RCRDSHP (pronounced “Record Shop”) is systemizing the success of crypto-savvy musicians to provide access to all artists. F...
Aug 19, 2021•43 min•Ep. 165
In this week’s episode, Toa Dunn, head of Riot Games Music joins Dmitri Vietze to explore the incredible innovation at the intersection of music and gaming. With a full in-house music production team, find out how Riot Music is crafting compelling music experiences for fans and players. Discover how Riot Music weaves music in and around the gaming experience to evoke deeper connections with the characters and narrative. Learn how Riot Music Sessions, a copyright free music catalog, unlocks value...
Aug 12, 2021•38 min•Ep. 164
In this week’s episode, Roneil Rumburg, Forrest Browning, and Clayton Blaha join Tristra Newyear Yeager to explore how Audius is directly connecting fans with artists and exclusive new music. Discover how the digital streaming service is decentralized, allowing independent artists to own and vertically integrate their tools chains while collaborating and connecting with fans like never before. Find out how Audius lets users choose their own adventure as they engage with cryptocurrency and the bl...
Aug 05, 2021•46 min•Ep. 163
This week, Bruno Guez, founder and CEO of Revelator, joins Tristra Newyear Yeager to discuss how Revelator’s integrated decentralized tools are changing the way artists, labels, and distributors manage their data and track their assets. Dig into how Revelator’s blockchain-based Original Works platform totally reimagines how rights holders manage their IP. Discover how smart contracts are streamlining data flow, splits, percentages, and payment distribution. Find out how Bruno’s past experience r...
Jul 29, 2021•35 min•Ep. 162
In the age of mass music creation, the mobile phone is everyone’s first instrument. This week Meng Kuok, founder of BandLab joins host Dmitri Vietze to explore how the powerful, cross platform DAW is outperforming Garageband and empowering over 37 million artists around the world. Find out how BandLab is streamlining the creative workflow, allowing artists to create, record, mix, and share all on one mobile platform. With creator connect on BandLab 10.0, artists can get feedback on current creat...
Jul 22, 2021•50 min•Ep. 161
Why has digital audio been stuck in the mp3 era, while video formats get better, sharper, and faster? It’s time for a new generation of audio. In this week’s episode, Paul Hubert and Jim Rondinelli share how Immersion Networks is creating new ways for people to have deeper, more meaningful music listening experiences with their own hardware. Discover how the audio company is using ground-breaking research on sensory integration, psychoacoustics, and acoustic simulation to open the sound stage to...
Jul 15, 2021•36 min•Ep. 160
From Beirut nightclubs to home studios, artists around the world are seeking new ways to tap into their musical creativity. In this week’s episode, John McCubbery, VP of KORG International, shares how sustaining the creative force means thinking outside the box. Learn how Korg is focusing on how creators are using new platforms and technology to anticipate the tools they need to innovate and create. With the live music scene exploding again, find out how amps are the new hot commodity. Discover ...
Jul 08, 2021•45 min•Ep. 159
In this week’s episode, CEO Constantin Koehncke and President Robert Linke of Native Instruments join host Dmitri Vietze to explore the future of sound and music production. After 25 years, Native Instruments continues to be at the forefront of digital music creation and performance with state-of-the-art synths, samplers, guitar rig effects, amp simulators, and more. Find out how companies like Native Instruments are simplifying the creative experience while expanding entry level accessibility, ...
Jul 01, 2021•44 min•Ep. 158
This week, Tom Impallomeni , CEO and co-founder of TribeXR , joins host Dmitri Vietze to explore how virtual reality studio simulators are paving the way for DJs to develop and amplify their skills. Through one-on-one lessons and group masterclasses, members learn processing, timing, beat matching, and more with state-of-the-art, club standard equipment - all in VR. Find out how virtual skills on TribeXR translate seamlessly to physical equipment, and vice versa, while the portability of TribeXR...
Jun 24, 2021•45 min•Ep. 157
In this week’s episode, Dario Slavazza, Head of Curation at Feed.FM, joins host Tristra Newyear Yeager to explore how music curation balances data, algorithms, and the human element to add just the right energy to workouts, spin classes, and more. Hear how Dario’s personal experience as musician and ethnomusicologist prepared him for his role as a music curator. Learn how data and music “mood boards'' help to curate music perfectly tailored to the experiences they accompany. Find out how the rec...
Jun 21, 2021•32 min
In this episode, senior researcher, professional drummer, and martial artist, Dr. Dawn Rose shares the fascinating new ways psychologists are able to better understand the complex relationship between music and the brain. With state-of-the-art motion capture technology, researchers can see how our brains associate parts of the body with elements of music. Dr. Rose presents her incredible research on music therapy to mitigate the symptoms of Parkinson’s. By rebuilding the “temporal scaffolding” o...
Jun 17, 2021•32 min•Ep. 154
Remember the feeling of walking into an old school music store - rows of guitars, stacks of amps, and an afternoon to spend trying every instrument in the store? In this week’s episode, CEO David Mandelbrot shares how Reverb is recreating the experience with an online marketplace for new, used, and vintage musical instruments and gear. Find out how their specialized expertise, expansive global inventory, and network of buyers and sellers helps Reverb cultivate a community of music makers from ar...
Jun 10, 2021•43 min•Ep. 154
When Imogen Heap sees something she can’t do, she makes it happen. As an award-winning singer songwriter, producer, audio engineer, and industry pioneer, Imogen is breaking down barriers for artists to take control of their data and create music in new ways. Imogen explains that frustration motivated her to launch Mycelia, a play space to explore technologies around the blockchain using smart contracts to streamline payment distribution. She discusses how the successes of Mycelia led to the deve...
Jun 03, 2021•47 min•Ep. 153
These days, once you hit play on your favorite track, you’re generating data, from Spotify analytics to recommendation algorithms on Youtube. This week, host Tristra Newyear Yeager sits down with industry leader and founder of Measure of Music, Christine Osazuwa to talk about the influence of data and analytics in the music industry. Christine shares the story of her rise to Global Marketing Director of Data & Insights at Warner Music Group, which all began with a life-altering Good Charlott...
May 27, 2021•28 min•Ep. 152
In this week’s episode, Stephen White, CEO of StageIt, sits down with host Dmitri Vietze to explore how Stageit, a global ticketed live streaming platform, is setting the stage for the future of virtual performances. Like poker chips or game tokens, StageIt has gamified ticketing and tipping to keep fans engaged and optimize the monetary value of live performances for artists. Discover how StageIt is creating more ways for the artists and fans to have authentic connections with backstage, behind...
May 20, 2021•46 min•Ep. 151
In this week’s episode, Dmitri Vietze sits down with Ed Vincent, founder and CEO of the 2020 all-star startup, festivalPass. festivalPass is a global marketplace and subscription service for live events, partnering directly with ticketing companies, venues, and promoters to cultivate live events from concerts, film, comedy, sports, food, wine, and more. Find out how festivalPass is mitigating the “cannibalization” of the full price ticket while still ensuring that consumers can access affordable...
May 13, 2021•42 min•Ep. 150
Have you ever had chills listening to a song that really resonated with you? In this episode, Tristra Newyear Yeager sits down with Dr. Psyche Loui to explore what the heck is happening in our brains when we listen to music. What technology are scientists using to navigate the unique intersection between psychology, neuroscience, and music? Find out how fine tuning atmospheric music can enhance certain brain frequencies and trigger specific brain activity, such as sustained attention. Discover h...
May 06, 2021•30 min•Ep. 149
From MTV to the dawn of Youtube, music videos have become an essential medium for artists to promote their music and invite fans into immersive experiences of music, dance, fashion, and more. In this episode, J.P. Evangelista joins Tristra Newyear Yeager to discuss how Vevo, the world’s largest music video network, continues to bring premium value to music music videos as a medium as consumer habits and devices evolve. Learn how Vevo is maximizing the full commercial and promotional value of mus...
Apr 29, 2021•25 min•Ep. 148
Songwriting is the heart of the music production process and with the soaring demand for music content, there’s never been more opportunity for songwriters. John Cesario (JC) and Jonathan Stone join Tristra Newyear Yeager to discuss how Rocket Songs has cultivated the first global marketplace for songwriters to license their work directly to artists. Find out how Rocket Songs is finding new ways to virtually recreate the songwriting experience while connecting artists and songwriters from around...
Apr 22, 2021•29 min•Ep. 147
Today’s artists wear many hats from manager to social media marketer to advertiser and more: Beatchain is giving them the data science and digital marketing tools they need to succeed all in one place. Discover how Beatchain is actively and continuously reacting to the market space to determine what tools artists really need to reach their fans and make sales. Find out how state of the art tools such as Fanbuilder, Insights Overview, and Hypelinks allow artists to more efficiently gather relevan...
Apr 15, 2021•35 min•Ep. 146
Dust off your record players, because it's time to talk vinyl—and CDs and cassettes! The pandemic has brought challenges across the music industry for retailers, manufacturers, and distributors of physical music formats, but AMPED hasn’t missed a beat! Irregular host Tristra Newyear Yeager sits down with Jocelynn Pryor to discuss how AMPED is connecting independent artists and local retailers with effective ecommerce networks and distribution strategies, including production of collectible varia...
Apr 08, 2021•31 min•Ep. 145
Music has permeated nearly every aspect of our lives from ads to fitness to social media, made possible through the use of sync licenses. Syncfloor is making it easier than ever to navigate the world of sync licensing. In this episode, CEO/CTO Kirt Debique explores how Syncfloor is streamlining commercial sync licensing with Syncstores, a Shopify-like platform that lets artists license their tracks for sync as easily as they sell merch. Find out how Syncfloor is making it easier than ever to sif...
Apr 01, 2021•46 min•Ep. 144
Make music with the actual sounds from retro 8-bit games, or sample FM radio to add local flavor to your beats. Swedish design and technology company Teenage Engineering packs off-the-wall features like these into portable, powerful gear for music making and listening that looks and feels good. In this episode, Co-founder /VP David Möllerstedt explores Teenage Engineering’s origin story and the inspiration behind the playful things they make: tiny, inexpensive Pocket Operators, the candy-like, h...
Mar 25, 2021•43 min•Ep. 143
What are music industry solutions for monetizing fandom missing about the true power of fans? Jacquelle Amankonah Horton, founder of Fave, sits down with host, Tristra Newyear Yeager, to explore the wild world of fandom. Jacquelle discusses the inspiration for Fave, her own personal experience as a diehard fan, and the ever-evolving definition of what it means to be a fan. Discover how Fave, one of Techstars Music’s 2021 class of startups is creating the “Etsy of fandom” by integrating fans into...
Mar 18, 2021•37 min•Ep. 142
Special episode: We’re sponsoring a Music Tech Meetup at SXSW 2021 Online, this Wednesday March 17! Plus, host Dmitri Vietze invites you to more virtual venue hopping events March 18-20. Explore eclectic online environments via 3D avatar, video chat, and voice. Mix and mingle with music and tech’s brightest minds at fun, spontaneous meetups. We're teaming up with LyricFind, Strat Americas, Super Hi-Fi, and Coffee Shift to recapture the secret-back-door vibe of venue-hopping at Keep Music Tech We...
Mar 15, 2021•4 min•Ep. 141
You probably heard that the Mechanical Licensing Collective (The MLC) received $424 million in historical unmatched royalties from music streaming services. In this interview with MLC CEO Kris Ahrend, we find out where that money came from, who it is going to be paid out to, and when. What will the time frame be for additional collections and payouts moving forward? Get an inside look at this historic moment of unlocking a significant amount of revenue for publishers, administrators, and self-pu...
Mar 11, 2021•37 min•Ep. 140
What do Prince, Justin Bieber, and Pepsi have in common? They all turn to John Petrocelli for amazing livestream concerts. When livestreaming boomed in 2020, the Bulldog DM founder already had 20 years of experience. John sits down with host Dmitri Vietze to dig into Bulldog DM’s best practices for compelling, interactive livestream experiences for artists, brands, and the fans that love them. Find out how a transformative experience with Prince led John to found Bulldog DM a decade before lives...
Mar 04, 2021•47 min•Ep. 139
What happens when Amazon and Spotify’s “Audio First” strategies bring music, audiobooks, and podcasts into one audiosphere? Our guide to this new landscape is author, podcaster, and literary entrepreneur Joanna Penn. Joanna takes host Tristra Newyear Yeager on a tour of the evolution of audio and authorship, and how a digital revolution is shaking up that world too. Find out how the streaming economy affects indie authors and indie musicians in similar ways, and how they both need to adapt. What...
Feb 25, 2021•34 min•Ep. 138
When tech tools let you play with a song’s component stems, the soundtrack of your life is no longer passive. In this episode, learn how Audionamix’s AI-powered source separation tools unbake the musical cake, pulling out crystal clear individual tracks long after the original multitrack recordings have disappeared. Ellie McNeil and Cory Sims of Audionamix sit down with Tristra Newyear Yeager to explore the evolution of audio isolation. They cover everything from the rise of karaoke in the 1970s...
Feb 18, 2021•33 min•Ep. 137
Dan Runcie’s Trapital Media gives the business of hip-hop the rigorous coverage and in-depth analysis that it deserves. This week, Dan gives host Dmitri Vietze a picture of the state of hip-hop as a culture, a musical genre, and an influential business ethos— and how it’s evolving faster than ever. Find out why emerging hip-hop artists are so focused on creating their own lane and owning their careers, whether they sign to a label or choose the DIY path. Dan shares Trapital highlights, from an e...
Feb 11, 2021•54 min•Ep. 136
