Music Biz Weekly Podcast

Ep. 217 The Consolidation of Streaming Continues with Pandora Purchasing Rdio Assets

by Michael Brandvold | Nov 20, 2015 | Audio, Music Biz Weekly Podcast, Music Marketing, Videos

This week’s episode #217 the consolidation of streaming continues with Pandora purchasing the assets of rdio who is filing bankruptcy. I also give me impressions after a week of using Google Play Music streaming. If you are interested in speaking with Michael...

Ep. 216 Why You Should Sign Up and Use YouTube Red and Google Play Streaming

by Michael Brandvold | Nov 13, 2015 | Audio, Music Biz Weekly Podcast, Music Marketing, Videos

This week’s episode #216 Jay talks about his impressions on using the new YouTube Red subscription service and Google Play music streaming service. He attempts to convince Michael why he should join. Is he successful? If you are interested in speaking with...

Ep. 215 Digital Services and Unpaid Royalties, Licensing Music and Global Rights Database

by Michael Brandvold | Nov 6, 2015 | Audio, Music Biz Weekly Podcast, Music Marketing, Videos

This week’s episode #215 we are joined by Keith Bernstein from CrunchDigital.com to discuss royalties and licensing in the digital age. We answer these questions: What is causing music revenue to appear to be going down or not growing when you hear about all...

Ep. 214 Six Basic Do’s & Don’ts for All Bands and Musicians

by Michael Brandvold | Oct 30, 2015 | Audio, Music Biz Weekly Podcast, Music Marketing, Videos

This week’s episode #214 we share six basic do’s and don’ts that apply to all musicians, all bands. Based on years of experience in the music business these are things you should pay attention to. If you are interested in speaking with Michael about...

Ep. 213 Professional Music Database It’s Needed to Preserve Music History

by Michael Brandvold | Oct 23, 2015 | Audio, Music Biz Weekly Podcast, Music Marketing, Videos

This week’s episode #213 we are joined by Christy Crowl from ProMusicDB.org. Christy tells about the initiative to create a new standard for gathering more meta data. How gathering more data could mean that artists get paid when they aren’t right now....

Ep. 212 How To Make Streaming Royalties Fair(er) with Sharky Laguana

by Michael Brandvold | Oct 16, 2015 | Audio, Music Biz Weekly Podcast, Music Marketing, Videos

This week’s episode #212 we are joined by Sharky Laguana to discuss his article How To Make Streaming Royalties Fair(er), Let’s change how streaming royalties are calculated, and save the full-length album while we’re at it. Wow, what a great discussion on how...