Behind the Music Business Podcast

Aug 29 2022 14

In conversation with a cross section of music business professionals for those who want to start their journey through any part of the Music Industry. The Behind the (Music) Business Podcast looks at the music industry and talks to those who work in it about their roles, interests and motivtions in order to find out more about the people 'behind the business'. Get in touch with the show via [email protected]

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Russ Tannen 'DICE' (Live Music, Promotions, Moving to the USA)

Aug 29 2022 65 mins

Here we are. Episode 80 of this little podcast that I launched back in 2018. Since then I have spoken to music business execs from the world of record labels, publishing, artist management, sync, artists themselves and also live music which is where my very special guest number 80 comes from. Russ Tannen is the president of DICE. At their core DICE is a ticketing business but as y

Emily Ardagh-Walter 'This is Music' (Management, Internships, starting in the music business, Music business degrees)

Aug 22 2022 59 mins

Very excited about getting ever closer to episode 80 of the podcast which is mad when I think about it. Episode 79 is with Emily Ardagh-Walter of This is Music. Emily recently moved into the world of artist management after leaving her breakthrough role as part of the finance team at Universal Records. I had the pleasure of teaching Emily in my first year of university lecturing a

Liam Spencer 'Echelon Talent Agency' (Booking Agents, Live Music, UK rock and metal)

Jul 26 2022 62 mins

Big thanks to Liam for jumping on a Zoom call with me to talk about all things live music (pre and post Pandemic). I reached out to Liam as he and his agency ‘Echelon Talent’ currently look after the live side of things for a couple of acts I work with as DC Music Publishing. The Hyena Kill and Blanket. Liams agency look after a whole host of acts based in the UK and beyond who

Liva Cruz 'A&G/Power-Haus Creative (A&R, Music Publishing, Sync)

Jul 18 2022 52 mins

As I hurtle (slowly) closer to episode 80, this weeks conversation is with Head of Publishing, A&R and Label Manager at A&G Group/Power Haus Creative Livia Cruz. I reached out to Livia via Linkedin as she is another guest of the pod that I am yet to meet in person. I was very pleased that she was able to jump on a Zpom call with me at short notice to have this conversation.

Nicky Langley 'MeloCompass' (Music Rights and Licensing)

Jul 11 2022 54 mins

This episode is with a fellow podcaster. If you haven’t checked out the MeloCompass podcast already you definitely should. If you are listening to this then Nicky’s pod will be right up your street. Check it out on Spotify, Apple, Google or wherever you get your podcasts from. Nicky reached out to me to talk about podcasts and podcasting and in doing so we managed to set up a t

Vikrum Gudi 'Elephant Music' (Business ownership, Music for film, Music Publishing)

Jul 04 2022 62 mins

Episode 75 of my little podcast!!!! Three quarters of the way to the big 100. Thanks to everyone who listens and shares these episodes. It really means a lot. This episode has been a long time in the making. My guest for this episode, Vikrum Gudi, is an incredibly busy man. He currently runs a number of different businesses that we spoke about when we finally managed to find time i

Jack Williamson 'Music and You' (Music Management, Marketing, Mental Health and Coaching)

Jun 13 2022 59 mins

This is one of my all time favourite conversations. This episode, I chatted to the wonderful Jack Williamson about his journey through the music business and his current relationship with the industry as a coach, psychotherapist and mental health activist. During the chat we realised that our paths had crossed back in the day. Whilst I was the head of sync at peermusic in the UK Ja

Deborah Smith 'Anara Music Publishing' (Music Publishing)

Jun 06 2022 61 mins

I’m back for part 2 of the podcasts for 2022. This first episodes is a cracking chat about music publishing with Deborah Smith who is the Director at Anara Music Publishing based in Leicester in the UK. I reached out to Deborah online as I had never met her and managed to find a window of time in her busy schedule (Anara do a lot of work over in India which Deborah has been getti

Dean Marsh 'Creative Law and Business' (Music and entertainment industry law)

Apr 18 2022 55 mins

We’re into April 2022 and this is episode 72 of the pod. It’s a conversation with music industry lawyer Dean Marsh. Dean is based in Brighton and runs a company called Creative Law and Business. I first knew of Dean waaaay back in 2003 in my first music business job and since then he has worked with many individuals and businesses that I have done work for and with. He is a fou

George Lever 'G1 Productions' (Audio engineering, mixing, mastering and production)

Apr 15 2022 62 mins

Here is another conversation with someone doing great things in the world of metal and heavy music in the UK. I reached out to George via Instagram on the off chance he would be interested in speaking to me as I am a fan of the work he has done with bands including: Monuments, Loathe and Sleep Token as well as newer acts who I have discovered via diving further into his work like K

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