THE MELOCOMPASS PODCAST

Helen is Head of Sampling and Infringements at Universal Music Publishing. With almost 30 years experience in the music industry, Helen has a wealth of knowledge in her field. She has also been described by Music Week as having “fantastic music taste”! In this episode we discuss the process of sampling from the perspective not only of a publisher but also from a producer/ writer who may be lo...

Since our recording Mina has been promoted from Junior Project Manager to Project Manager within the marketing department at AWAL! Mina currently works with artists including The Wombats, mxmtoon and Samm Henshaw. In this episode we discuss the process of creating a marketing campaign, upcoming releases, all the different people Mina speaks to on a day to day basis to drive her projects forward as...

Sara is International Manager for Music Labels Technical Operations at YouTube across the EMEA and APAC regions. In this episode we follow Sara’s love of music, from starting to learn the clarinet when she was young, the vision of her career and how she got there.  We discuss how early non-music roles played a huge part in her securing roles for the BBC Music tech team and now YouTube. We als...

Georgia has had a varied career. Having studied law at university she has worked in music journalism, artist management, sync and promotions. Georgia is now Black Butter’s Senior Promotions & Streaming Manager. We talk about what Georgia’s typical day to day looks like in her role at Black Butter, diversity within radio and the power of having a mentor! It was so lovely to speak to Georgia and...

Over the course of Series 1 we have had the privilege of speaking to so many accomplished women across the music industry. There have been many funny and informative moments which we had to cut; however, we wanted to share these with you, so have compiled some of our favourite moments into this bloopers episode! This episode brings us to the end of Series 1, though we have many more exciting plans...

Eve Horne is a singer, songwriter, producer, sound engineer and campaigner.  This episode is full of passion, magic and collaboration which are all key qualities when working on both the creative and business side of music.  Eve has had an incredible career from signing with Polydor and having chart success with girl group JUICE in the 90s to studying to be a sound engineer. She also spent some ti...

Sybil is Founder of Independent Venue Week a 7-day celebration of gigs on a national level with collaboration at the heart. Independent Venue Week is now in it's 8th year and for the first (and probably only) time was online this year due to the pandemic.  She has also co-owned a venue (Moles Live Venue), managed an artist, appeared on many panels including for SXSW, BBC Radio 1 and Liverpool's So...

Roberta is the Founder of music consultancy Little Pink Book. Having worked in music for ten years, Roberta's big break was securing a Label Manager role at MTV. Here she curated the annual MTV Push: Ones To Watch list, working with all the talent on the list to guarantee maximum exposure in both the press and across the MTV network. She also project managed and curated House of MTV - four days of...

Today we are talking about sync!  If you were wondering how sync worked before, you will be thoroughly clued up after listening to this episode. This is an in depth and passionate conversation with Chi Chi and Miranda from Sony Music Publishing. Together they make up the two sides of sync - creative and licensing so we thought it would be perfect to have them on the podcast together!  Both of them...

Having started her career in marketing at Columbia Records, Sheniece is now Artist Relations Manager at YouTube and YouTube Music!  Sheniece has worked with some massive artists including George Ezra, Rick Ross, Skepta, Stefflon Don, Wretch 32 the list goes on! We dive into her career history, the importance of making yourself indisposable, along with some of the amazing projects she spearheaded i...

Victoria is AWAL's Senior Director of Artist & Label Development.  In this episode we go into the detail of what AWAL does as a business, how Victoria's role fits into this, how her team works with artists and label partners as well as what qualities she looks for in anyone joining the team and some of the proudest moments of her career. Like all our episodes, this episode was recorded remotely.  ...

Bina or 'Bob' is a digital licensing expert. She is currently Digital Legal Counsel at Warner Chappell and previously worked at Apple Music, Discovery Channel and PRS for Music. Bob is massively knowledgeable about all things music rights and in December 2020 launched music:defined, a music consultancy offering a 121 service for artists and songwriters as well as businesses.  We talk about diversi...

Most of us will know Harriet as Founder of Secret Sessions, which in January 2021 celebrated it's 10 year anniversairy!  More recently, in response to supporting artists during Covid-19, Harriet also founded GIRLS TO THE FRONT. The platform, also known as GTTF, is created to help female musicians grow their fanbase and network.  We talk about her current day to day, her experience as a female entr...

Daisy wears many hats; photographer, music video director, lyric video animator and graphic designer but she is most simply described as a Creative Director! Daisy has worked with some of the biggest dance acts including DJ Snake, Axwell and Grosso, Chase & Status, Amber Mark, SG Lewis plus many more! We dive into what it means to be a Creative Director, what qualities she looks for in a creative...

This gives you a taste for what we have coming up in the MeloCompass podcast! Join us for conversations with accomplished individuals from across the music industry, spilling the beans on what they do day to day along with lots of tips and advice on what Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.