Music Tectonics

Music is being used in so many new ways, from V.R. and video games to shortform user-generated videos and remixes, that it's hard to keep up with new license types. Are the systems and laws keeping up or is the industry struggling to adapt to the rapid pace of change? Host Dmitri Vietze chats with guest Seth Schachner of Strat Americas about how the music industry responds to rapid change and the...

Music for picture, also known as synch, is a growing slice of the music industry pie, and it's experiencing seismic shifts just like the rest of the biz. Today on Music Tectonics, irregular host Tristra Newyear Yeager explores the synch terrain with Tanvi Patel, CEO and owner of indie catalog company Crucial Music. Tanvi digs in to how synch works and how the shifting media landscape is causing tr...

Music is igniting activities and experiences that used to be siloed, spreading like wildfire and transforming other industries. Host Dmitri Vietze chats with Tristra Newyear Yeager, resident music tech expert, about where the music spark is catching fire, from the sublime to the ridiculous. How is music changing TV, movies, and games, and vice versa? Going beyond media, what role does music have t...

For Bandsintown CEO Fabrice Sergent, marketing concerts isn't about hype. It's about supporting artists, connecting people through the experience of live music, and preserving a bastion of free speech. That's why Bandsintown built a platform to help fans discover live concerts and to let artists promote their shows. Now, Bandsintown drives 500,000 ticket clicks every day and provides solutions for...

Just like the old nursery rhyme character Humpty Dumpty, the music industry had a great fall and shattered. Vickie Nauman witnessed the fall when the Napster-driven shift from physical to digital hit in 2000, and is one of the digital music pioneers who put the industry back together again. Listen in as she explores the aftermath with host Dmitri Vietze. How successfully have the music biz egg bee...

Music Tectonics is targeting the seismic shifts that have created the music landscape of today and tomorrow. These are climate changes, tectonic shifts beneath the surface, unexpected flash floods, or meteor collisions. Today we tackle "Music is More Global Than Ever," a look at the many ways that the shift from physical to digital music has made the world smaller. What do Mongolian cab drivers pl...

Jambl founder Gad Hinkis met up with podcast host Dmitri Vietze on the beach at Cannes to share his Midemlab-winning rap pitch! What happens when two crazy pants music tech guys sit down together? Listen in on their conversation about democratizing music creation and removing the barriers between beginners and electronic music making. Find out how the idea for Jambl came out of Gad's experiments m...

Multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter Imogen Heap imagined controlling effects and loops with just her gestures, not an array of buttons, knobs and pedals. Now the Mi. Mu gloves she dreamed up are a reality, and they're available to buy. Mi. Mu Managing Director Adam Stark chatted with host Dmitri Vietze at Midem about taking the idea from an art project to a business while staying focused on ar...

What's the official online home of Queen? It's not Queen.com, it's Queenonline.com. Kiss.com? Nothing to do with the band- it's a dating website. Constantine Roussos imagines a better web experience, where artists can claim their own names and fans can find authentic content. He created DotMusic to fight for control of the .music top-level domain on behalf of the music community. What key innovati...

Just after TuneFork's win at the Midemlab pitch session in the Experiential Technologies category, CEO Tomer Shor came by the traveling podcast studio. When you listen to the same song as your friends, how do you know you're really hearing the same thing? TuneFork assesses your unique "earprint-" the frequencies you hear best and those that feel fuzzy- and personalizes your audio experience to com...

Audio for marketing isn't just about jingles any more- it's about a complete sound experience created by ads and the products themselves. This week on the Music Tectonics podcast, Veritonic co-founder and COO Andrew Eisner digs into what makes audio for marketing effective. Find out how Veritonic is bringing data-driven decision making to audio, why they turned to machine learning to evaluate audi...

Fresh from ClicknClear's win at the Midemlab pitch session in the Music Discovery & Distribution category, Chantal Epp came by the traveling podcast studio. Chantal is a music licensing cheerleader- really! How did her experience in both licensing and cheer lead her to create ClicknClear? How much untapped revenue is there in licensing music for performance sports like cheer, gymnastics, and figur...

After Legitary won the Midemlab pitch session in the Data & Analytics category, CEO Nermina Mumic sat down with podcast host Dmitri Vietze in Cannes for a chat. How is Legitary prying open the "black box" of music industry royalties and checking the data? Find out on this #podcast dispatch from Midem. Legitary is a 2019 finalist at Midemlab, the pitch competition that launched SoundCloud, KickStar...

Roy LaManna of Vydia stopped by the #MidemTectonics traveling podcast studio to talk about how Vydia empowers the next generation of music creators, managers, and labels. Their platform provides the digital infrastructure for audio and video distribution, content protection, rights management, advanced payments, and data tracking, all in one place. Roy discusses Vydia's video-first approach, how t...

Would you rather work in a busy cafe or a woodland clearing? When you're trying to get to sleep, do you want to hear soft rainfall or an ethereal harp melody? Lonofi lets you compose ambient soundscapes out of simple ingredients- and they never end or loop. Ed Tallec stopped by the #MidemTectonics podcast booth at Cannes to discuss how the app was inspired by research into urban noise, why ambient...

What if your playlist could adapt to how you're feeling? Bosco Bellinghausen created Alissia Music to make music listening more personalized. He sat down with podcast host Dmitri Vietze in Cannes to explain how Alissia learns your personal tastes and preferences and matches your mood with immersive, high-quality music. Alissia Music is a 2019 finalist at Midemlab, the pitch competition that launch...

Music Tectonics at Midem continues! Sophie Ziessel and Myriam Caron stopped by the podcast booth to explain how Muzeek's "augmented composer" provides soundtrack music that can be tailored to fit video projects perfectly. Muzeek is a 2019 finalist at Midemlab, the pitch competition that launched SoundCloud, KickStarter, Soundcharts, The Echo Nest, and more. Listen to our #MidemTectonics episodes t...

Midem is over, but our Music Tectonics at Midem series continues! Listen in as Hazel Savage chats with Dmitri Vietze about how her career began at a little startup called Shazam- maybe you've heard of it- and what her new project, Musiio, is all about. Musiio provides AI solutions to the music industry, making great music more discoverable. Musiio is a 2019 finalist at Midemlab, the pitch competit...

What's keeping you from creating your own new music? Aviv Ben Yehuda designed the game Big Ear to make music creation and sharing approachable for the neophyte. At Midem, Aviv chatted with podcast host Dmitri Vietze and regular guest Jade Prieboy about how music technology can bring people to music creation. Big Ear Games is a 2019 Midemlab finalist. This annual pitch competition launched the like...

Emma McGann is one of the first artists to create and launch her own Amazon Alexa skill. It all started when Emma was livestreaming on YouNow. When she asked her smartspeaker to turn on the lights, the smartspeakers in her fans' homes responded! At Midem, we chatted with Emma and her manager James Plester about how this lightbulb moment led to an Alexa skill that makes it more fun and easy for her...

Music Tectonics at Midem continues with Dan Dewar of Paperchain, a fintech company creating solutions for music biz problems with a real-time payment model. Paperchain is a 2019 Midemlab finalist. This annual pitch competition launched the likes of SoundCloud, KickStarter, Soundcharts, and The Echo Nest. Get to know the startups at this year's Midemlab competition before they break out! Stay tuned...

Tim Exile met up with us in Cannes to chat about Endlesss , a virtual place where you can make and share music in the moment, solo or with friends. Tim's goal is to make music part of the short-form collaborative revolution, the way SnapChat, Twitter and Instagram have changed video, writing, and photography. Endlesss is a finalist at Midemlab, the annual pitch competition launched the likes of So...

Straight from Cannes, a Midem interview with Twitter's Kevin O'Donnell! Kevin heads music partnerships at Twitter, where he works with artists to best market their brands and tell their stories on the platform.  He stopped by the #MidemTectonics roving podcast studio to chat about what twitter lets artists do, and what's next for social media and the music biz. Music Tectonics is at Midem! Podcast...

Listen to Mark Mulligan's electric Midem keynote address, recorded earlier today in Cannes! Mark, a long term music industry analyst and the managing director of MIDiA Research , presents the 10 trends that will reshape the Music industry based on MIDiA's rigorous analysis. What he has to say about the global music streaming marketplace, audience engagement, and music discovery may surprise you! M...

Get ready for Midem with Marjorie Paillon! Marjorie hosts and produces #TECH24, France 24's tech and innovation magazine show. As a journalist, presenter and producer, she covers topics ranging from media trends to American politics. A four-time juror for the Midemlab startup competition, Marjorie gives her take on what makes the competition so exciting, the next surprising source of music tech in...