Music Tectonics

Why are five thousand music industry pros from eighty countries descending on Cannes? Midem, the leading international event for the global music community, kicks off soon! We chat with Midem director Alexandre Deniot about Midem's role in music business history, and how it's shaping the industry's future. Get a sneak peek at this year's Midemlab, the music startup pitch competition that springboa...

CEO and president Mike Huppe digs into all the ways SoundExchange works to make the music industry more fair and frictionless through the tools they provide and the advocacy they do. In this candid interview, Mike goes in-depth into why he calls the MMA the "Music Almost Modernization Act," what it will take to future-proof the industry, and how SoundExchange is removing friction from clearance an...

Voice interaction is at a tipping point, and Vocalize.ai is there rigorously evaluating voice interfaces in apps and hardware. This week on the Music Tectonics podcast, Vocalize.ai founder & CEO Joe Murphy rates the big music streaming services on their voice experiences. Listen to find out how they stack up, what it's going to take to make voice interactions frictionless, and why Alexa is like an...

Cherie Hu returns to Music Tectonics to delve into the week's news!  Cherie digs deeper into why Hip Hop doesn't dominate YouTube's top premieres (a story from her Water + Music newsletter). What does Peloton's licensing problem mean for how the fitness industry uses music? What does Snapchat hope to gain from gaming? Is sacred music the original AR technology? Cherie chats about it all (and much...

DJ culture is coming out of the shadows, thanks to breakthroughs in licensing, hardware, and software. Stephen White, CEO and Chairman of Dubset, lays out financial and legal risks the world's 55 million DJs used to face and how Dubset's derivative content licensing and legal distribution bring DJs (and their 650 million worldwide fans)into the music biz fold. What do DJ mixes offer that playlists...

Karen Allen's InRotation channel brings new music to  Twitch, a live streaming platform designed for gamers. She takes host Dmitri Vietze on a tour of the live streaming landscape, what Twitch users love about the experience, and how successful streamers build a fanbase. Get her take on what Facebook and YouTube are getting wrong, and what's next for music discovery. The Music Tectonics podcast go...

Spotify keeps antagonizing songwriters, YouTube turns interactive, KFC takes marketing too far, and much more. Rock paper scissors' resident music tech experts, Tristra Newyear Yeager and Jade Prieboy, dig into the week's biggest and weirdest music tech news with host Dmitri Vietze. The Music Tectonics podcast goes beneath the surface of the music industry to explore how technology is changing the...

There are seismic shifts taking place in online video. Though many music fans haven't noticed these tremors they'll have drastic effects on music discovery and dissemination very soon. Rasty Turek , CEO and founder of video and music search engine Pex , reveals the emerging plateau of YouTube growth on this episode of Music Tectonics and predicts a timeframe for reaching that ceiling. He also disc...

CD Baby CEO Tracy Maddux gives his first interview since the company's big announcement! A major acquisition made CD Baby part of the family that includes Downtown Music Publishing and Songtrust. Tracy explains the background behind the deal, how this acquisition will keep CD Baby and its sister companies fiercely independent, and what the news means for indie artists.

Warner signs an algorithm (sort of), Myspace loses a decade, and music discovery happens where you least expect it. Rock paper scissors' resident music tech experts, Tristra Newyear Yeager and Jade Prieboy, dig into the headlines with host Dmitri Vietze. But wait, there's more: Music Tectonics Conference! SXSW 2019 report! Beatboxing! The Music Tectonics podcast goes beneath the surface of the mus...

Join Vickie Nauman , music tech strategy consultant and founder of CrossBorderWorks , and host Dmitri Vietze as they delve into the music tech acquisitions that shaped where the industry is today. Should music tech startups plan to get acquired, or to grow on their own? Vickie explores both options and the greatest challenges facing young companies.   Music Tectonics podcast goes beneath the surfa...

Deborah Fairchild and Drew Waters, President and Vice President of VEVA Sound, chat with host Dmitri Vietze about what metadata can do for listeners, artists, and labels. They make the case for metadata's increasing importance as music technology shifts the industry, and explain why everyone should make sure that love letter to the future gets written. The Music Tectonics Podcast goes beneath the...

Join Dae Bogan, founder and CEO of TuneRegistry, as he speaks with host Dmitri Vietze about the exciting LA tech scene. Hear about TuneRegistry's beginning, changes in the LA tech scene, and exciting music technology events. As Los Angeles takes music tech more seriously, what changes are occurring? Dae will address this, and more. You can also hear Dae speak at the upcoming SXSW Hackathon on Marc...

This week, one of rock paper scissors' resident music tech experts, Tristra Newyear Yeager, digs into the headlines with host Dmitri Vietze. Hear what's breaking, from copyright laws to morphing concert halls. The Music Tectonics podcast goes beneath the surface of the music industry to explore how technology is changing the way business gets done. The podcast includes news roundups, interviews, a...

Jade Prieboy and Tristra Newyear Yeager, rock paper scissors' resident music tech experts, dig into the headlines with host Dmitri Vietze. Hear about breaking music news, from the growing revenue projections to the potential for AI in live music. The Music Tectonics podcast goes beneath the surface of the music industry to explore how technology is changing the way business gets done. The podcast...

(UPDATED audio file 3/1/19) Join Travis Laurendine and Luann Williams, producers and co-creators of the SXSW Hackathon, as they talk with host Dmitri Vietze about the sixth annual SXSW Hackathon, March 12-13 at the Austin Omni Hotel Downtown. Hackers will gather to use APIs and SDKs from sponsors to develop new products and ideas. The application for the Hackathon, as well as additional informatio...

Join Gigi Johnson, Director of the Center for Music Innovation at UCLA, and host Dmitri Vietze as they discuss new technology and its impact on the music industry. As Artificial Intelligence and streaming continue to take over, how will the music industry adapt? Gigi and Dmitri discuss streaming takeover, the future of AI in music, and changes in data gathering and handling.

Join Jade Prieboy, new business manager at rock paper scissors, and host Dmitri Vietze as they reflect on their visit to NAMM, the vast trade show of the National Association of Music Merchandisers in January 2019. NAMM attracts over 100,000 attendees to Anaheim CA each year. In this episode, hear about exciting new brands, instruments, and trends Jade and Dmitri saw at NAMM. They got to play with...

Join Billboard and Forbes writer Cherie Hu, as she speaks with Music Tectonics host Dmitri Vietze of rock paper scissors PR, to discuss where she sees the music technology field going in 2019. Cherie explores how music is merging more and more with other creative industries including e-sports, film and TV, social media filters, and live streaming. Whereas many hoped concerts would succeed as live...

The year 2018 was a pivotal one for the music technology field. Record labels saw significant growth in streaming revenues. Music-related technology products like smart speakers, considered specialty last year, came into their own this year. Spotify's direct public offering came to light. SoundCloud did not die. And China flexed its music industry muscles. Join regular guest Tristra Newyear Yeager...

Tech-fueled earthquakes have shaken the music industry and it's easy to point fingers about who's at fault, from streaming services to record labels, from user-generated content platforms to hardware manufacturers looking for a loss leader in music. To kick off Music Tectonics, we identify several shifts in our society that have been simmering beneath the industry's ground and are surfacing in une...