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The YMC AI Roundtable #4 On this very special episode of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart recorded a fourth edition AI Roundtable special given so much continues to be happening in this space at an almost daily pace. Our panel joining us on this latest special is author and podcaster Bobby Owsinski , author and educator Drew Thurlow, and CEO at Artist Growth Matt Urmy .   ...

Episode 325 This week, your hosts  Jay Gilbert & Mike Etchart break down these important music industry stories:   •   Spotify Removes 75 Million Songs Identified As 'AI-Generated Slop or Spam' •   Would You Listen to A.I. Music? Maybe You Already Do •   90,000 Synthetic Tracks A Day: Why Deezer Is Handing Users The Ultimate AI 'Kill Switch' •  Supreme Court Copyright Termination Music Case Explai...

YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With The Legendary Al Teller On this very special episode, your hosts  Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart sit down with Al Teller, a legend in the music business that headed CBS Records (now Sony), MCA Records (now Universal) and was an early pinoeer in signing rap artists to a major label, as well a being an early adopter of the internet in music.                   ...

Episode 324 This week, your hosts  Jay Gilbert & Mike Etchart break down these important music industry stories:   •   Goldman Sachs Just Published Its Tenth Annual "Music in the Air" R eport – Here's What You Need To Know •   Where the Streaming Services Stand On AI •   Music With No Regional Barriers •  Four Important Stories On Ticketing                                                      Subs...

Episode 323 This week, your hosts  Jay Gilbert & Mike Etchart break down these important music industry stories:   •   Record Store Day Black Friday 2026 Lineup Unveiled With 185 Exclusives! •   CDs Are Back, And We Think We Know Why. •   Billboard's 2026 Top Music Business Schools •  Music Publishers Will Be Handed Millions of Dollars Next Year. Here's Why.                                        ...

Episode 322 This week, your hosts  Jay Gilbert & Mike Etchart break down these important music industry stories:   •   AI Lost Its First Fair Use Appeal. Suno Should Be Worried. •   Phonorecords V Could Reshape Catalog Valuations for Years. Here's Why Songwriters Should Pay Attention. •   Fans Travel 38% More for Live Music, New Study Shows •  Linking Songs To Recordings Is Music Data's 'Single Bi...

Episode 321 This week, your hosts  Jay Gilbert & Mike Etchart break down these important music industry stories:   •   Over 50% of a Major Streaming Service's Tracks Come From DistroKid – And Other Revelations  From UMG's Lawsuit •   The Spotify Playlist Cleanup •   Judge Explains StubHub Arbitration Ruling: Ticket Buyer Agreed To Terms Barring Class Actions When He Clicked 'Buy Now' •   As Some L...

Episode 320 This week, your hosts  Jay Gilbert & Mike Etchart break down these important music industry stories:   •   Nearly 150,000 Tracks Are Added to Streaming Services Every Day, Luminate CEO Says. •   I Hijacked a Real Artist's Spotify with AI Music. It Was Disturbingly Easy. •   Music-Related Legislation Before Congress Right Now: A Full List of Bills. •   Streaming 2.0 Hasn't Worked. It's...

YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With Venture Music President Chris Nardone. On this special episode, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart sit down with Venture Music's Chris Nardone in a conversation about the challenges and tools and tactics of music marketing today, including influencers, short-form video, collaborations, brand partnerships, targeted online ads and much more.            ...

Episode 319 This week, your hosts  Jay Gilbert & Mike Etchart break down these important music industry stories:   •   As Suno Rolls Out Its New AI Models With Industry Licenses, What Does That Mean For the Music Business? •   Where Do We Go From Here? A Letter To The Music Industry. •   Spotify Just Hit 300 Million Subscribers. Here's What We've Learned. •   The Music Platform That Is Helping Art...

Episode 318 This week, your hosts  Jay Gilbert & Mike Etchart break down these important music industry stories:   •   RIAA 2026 Mid-Year Report: Streaming Growth Drives Revenue to $6 Billion, CD Sales Increase More Than 50%. •   Jason Isbell Files Class Action Lawsuit Claiming Suno Coded AI to 'Extract Musicians' Identities'. •   Trump Administration Just Sided With OpenAI In a Key 'Fair Use' Cas...

YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With Sound Exchange President & CEO Michael Huppe. On the special episode, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart sit down with Sound Exchange's Michael Huppe in a wide ranging conversation about AI and the industry reponse, Washington policy and who should set rules for AI, the future of AI, what to do now to protect artist royalties, and what it's really lik...

Episode 317 This week, your hosts  Jay Gilbert & Mike Etchart break down these important music industry stories:   •   The Music Industry Is in Good Shape - Despite What You May Have Heard •   How Is Each Music Listening Platform Treating AI Music? •   Best Practices for Launching Albums and Series in a Crowded Entertainment Marketplace •   The Amazon "Pain" Forest   Plus an audio drop with Kristi...

  On this very special YMC episode, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart sit down with MIDiA's VP of Music Strategy Tatiana Cirisano and Head of Data Perry Gresham to discuss their recently released   "MIDiA Research 2026-2033 Global Music Forecasts - A Diversifying Market", which was written by Tatiana and Perry, along with Mark Mulligan, Mark Qi, Olivia Jones and Pierre Lewis.  Subscribe to t...

Episode 316 This week, your hosts  Jay Gilbert & Mike Etchart break down these important music industry stories:   •   Spotify's Playlist Editors Now Explain Their Picks To Listeners, And Get Their Own Public Profiles •   OP-ED: Blue Dot Fever Isn't a Ticket Sales Problem. It's a Good Old Fashioned American Greed Problem •   Robert Kyncl Justifies Suno Deal, as UMG and Sony Press on with Lawsuit:...

Episode 315 This week, your hosts  Jay Gilbert & Mike Etchart break down these important music industry stories:   •   Suno Inks Global Licensing Deal With BMG, Ahead Of Launching New Music Model •   Global Recorded Music Retail Revenue to Top $121 Billion by 2033, MIDiA Report Says •   Spotify To Label AI Artists With New 'AI Persona' Badge – Keeping Their Music Out Of Recommendations By Default...

Episode 314 This week, your hosts  Jay Gilbert & Mike Etchart break down these important music industry stories:   •   Spotify Hits 300M Premium Subscribers in Q2, Adding 7M, As Streamer Posts $762M Operating Profit. •   The "Stadium Nations": What's Driving the Global Touring Boom? •   The Music Industry Is Trying to Guess the AI Recipe "After Dinner Was Served". •   A 'Pressing' Issue: Why Are V...

Episode 313 This week, your hosts  Jay Gilbert & Mike Etchart break down these important music industry stories:   •   Majors, Believe, BMG, Concord, HYBE (and more) Propose Chart Eligibility Rules for AI Music •  G rammys CEO Defends New Asian Pop Category After BTS Says They Won't Participate in 2027 Awards •   Once You Hear It: The 'Gen Alpha Melody' Is Everywhere •   10 Biggest AI Music Artist...

Episode 312 This week, your hosts  Jay Gilbert & Mike Etchart break down these important music industry stories:   •   The Trouble With Labeling AI Music: Why a Proposal to Add 'AI' Tags Is Missing the Point •   8 Music Business Stories to Watch in the Last Half of 2026 •   90,000 AI tracks Flood Deezer Daily – Passing 50% of All New Music Uploads For the First Time •   Major Album Launches Are Le...

A Your Morning Coffee Special Episode: A Conversation with Dan Mackta , the Managing Director at Qobuz   Your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat with Dan about what makes Qobuz a different DSP, the challenges of AI, and who's listening to high rez audio.   Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning. Coffee

Episode 311 This week, your hosts  Jay Gilbert & Mike Etchart break down these important music industry stories:   •   Luminate Midyear Report 2026: R&B/Hip-Hop Falls, Dance Rises, CDs Surge 16% & More •   Suno Scraped YouTube, Deezer to Train AI, Hacked Code Reveals - Potentially Strengthening UMG & Sony's Case •  S potify's Editorial Playlists Look Enormous, But They're Shrinking •   Your Catalo...

A Your Morning Coffee Special Episode: A conversation with Jaime Marconette , the VP Music Insights and Industry Relations at Luminate.   Your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat with Jaime about their just released  Mid-Year Report, Trends in Music, TV & film. We discuss the health of the music business, a spike in CD sales, growth areas, music documentaries and, of course, AI.   Subscribe to...

Episode 310 This week, your hosts  Jay Gilbert & Mike Etchart break down these important music industry stories:   •   Analyzing the 12 Top Music Business Stories of 2026 - So Far •   The Future of the Music Creator Economy •   RIAA, IFPI & More Come Together to Create System for Tagging AI-Generated Songs •   StubHub's 'Marketplace for Fans' is Run by a Mass Scalper, According to SEC Filings   Su...

A Your Morning Coffee Special Episode: A conversation with Manuel Moussallam , the VP of Research & Data Science at streaming service Deezer .    Your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat with Manuel about a variety of topics, including AI detection, their User-Centric model approach, and the challenges all streaming services have to navigate in the marketplace today.    Subscribe to the newsle...

Episode 309   This week, your hosts  Jay Gilbert & Mike Etchart break down these important music industry stories:   •  Spotify Slashes Streams of Hit Song after Suspicious Activity on Prediction Market Kalshi •   Viberate Opens Music Data to ChatGPT, Claude and Other AI bots Via Official MCP Server Launch •   Google Says AI Training Is Fair Use and Copyright Should Be Policed on Outputs, Not Inpu...