Your Morning Coffee Podcast

Episode 278 On this week's edition of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart cover these important music industry stories:  "Warner Music Group Strikes 'Landmark' Deal With Suno; Settles C opyright Lawsuit" (Murray Stassen at Music Business Worldwide); "It's About Time Spotify Raised Subscription Prices In The U.S." (Jem Aswad at Variety) ;  "In Staff Memo, iHeartRadio Exec Says...

YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With Livia Tortella On this very special episode of the YMC podcast, your host Jay Gilbert sits down with Black Box Music Agency founder and CEO  Livia Tortella to discuss the evolution of the music industry, and the importance of real engagement in artist marketing.  Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning. Coffee

Episode 277 On this week's edition of the  YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat about these important music industry stories: "The AI Music Deals Are Here. They Raise Big, Complicated Questions"   (Robert Levine at Billboard) ;   "AI Music Creators: Music's Superfans" (Mark Mulligan at MIDiA) ;   "AI Is Transforming How We Think About Music" (Erik Hayden at Variety).  Plus aud...

The YMC AI Roundtable #2 On this very special episode of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart convene a second edition AI Roundtable special since so much has happened since we did the original back in February. Our panel joining us on this new special is Kristin Robinson (Billboard) , Virginie Berger (Matchtune) , Vickie Nauman (CrossBorderWorks) , and Bobby Owsinski (Music 3....

Episode 276 On this week's installment of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart break down these important music industry stories:   "AI Artists May Be on the Charts, But They're Not That Popular— Yet" (Glenn Peoples at Billboard) ; "50,000 AI Tracks Flood Deezer Daily – As Study Shows 97% Of Listeners Can't Tell The Difference Between Human-Made vs. Fully AI-Generated Music" (M...

YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With Josh Gruss On this very special episode of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart sit down with Round Hill Music co-founder, Chairman and CEO Josh Gruss to discuss the evolution of music rights and catalog investing. Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning. Coffee

YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With MIDiA's Mark Mulligan On this very special episode of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart sit down with MIDiA's founder and Senior Analyst Mark Mulligan to discuss their recently released report "The Future of Streaming: Change or Be Changed".    Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning. Coffee

YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With Chris Dalla Riva   On this special edition of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert  chats with Chris Dalla Riva . Chris lives at the intersection of data and music with his job as Senior Product Manager at Audiomack, where he focuses on data analytics and personalization. He also writes the popular newsletter Can't Get Much Higher and has a new book com...

Episode 273 On this week's edition of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart discuss these important stories:, "Spotify Exec Talks Working With Music Biz On Gen AI Products, Removing 'Spammy' Tracks: 'It's Still Early Days for AI Tech'" (Billboard);   "Let's Have an Honest Conversation About [Generative] AI" (Mark Mulligan at MIDiA) ; "Ticketmaster Lawsuit Explainer: Breaking Dow...

YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With Serona Elton   On this special edition of the YMC podcast, your host Jay Gilbert speaks with Serona Elton! Serona is the Interim Vice Dean at University of Miami's Frost School of Music , and the MLC Head of Educational Partnerships , as well as the co-author of the Music Business Handbook and Career Guide (Baskerville / Elton).   Subscribe to the newslett...

YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With Nathan McCartney. On this very special edition of the YMC podcast, your host Jay Gilbert chats with Nathan McCartney, founder of t he bag newsletter and discusses his recent article "First Week Sales: The Most Misleading Stat"   Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning. Coffee

Episode 272 On this week's edition of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart cover these important music industry stories: "Spotify To Develop 'Artist-First' AI Music Products In Partnership With Sony, UMG, Warner, Merlin, And Believe"  (Music Business Worldwide) ; "The Average Musician Makes $12 A Month,' Garbage Singer (Shirley Manson) Says In Onstage Rant" (SF Chronicle);  "Fa...

YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With Rio Caraeff from Musixmatch On this very special edition of the YMC podcast, your host Jay Gilbert sits down with Musixmatch Co-President Rio Caraeff to chat about the music data platform that allows users to search and share song lyrics, and how music publishers can monetize their lyrics catalogs.  For our YMC podcast listeners, here's a link for an exclu...

Episode 271 On this week's installment of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat about these important music business stories: "First Week Sales in Music: The Most Misleading Stat" (Nathan McCartney) ;   "Spotify Brings Music Recommendations To ChatGPT Via New Integration"  (Music Business Worldwide) ; "I Spent a Day Scrolling On Sora. The Music Industry Should Pay Attention...

YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With Doc McGhee On this very special edition of the YMC podcast, your host Jay Gilbert sits down with the legendary music manager Doc McGhee to chat about his insights and wonderful stories from his decades-long career.    Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning. Coffee

Episode 270 On this week's edition of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart discuss these important music industry stories: "Can Spotify Maintain Its Dominance After Daniel Ek's Departure As CEO?" (Glenn Peoples at Billboard) ; "AI Artists Are Here. Is It Ethical To Sign Them To Record Deals?" ( Steve Knopper for Billboard); " Michael Rapino Thinks Concert Tickets Are 'Underpric...

YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With Trapital's Dan Runcie On this very special Your Morning Coffee episode, your host Jay Gilbert sits down for a conversation with our friend Dan Runcie , a respected music industry writer and entrepreneur. Dan's company Trapital is a hip-hop media and research firm founded in 2018.   Subscribe to the newsletter!   YourMorning. Coffee

Episode 269 On this week's edition of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart discuss these important music industry stories: "Spotify Has Deleted 75m+ 'Spammy Tracks' – As It Unveils New AI Music Policies"  (Music Business Worldwide) ; "How TikTok Partnered With Luminate To Measure TikTok's Impact On Music Discovery, Monetization And Chart Success" (Luminate) ; "Denis Ladegailler...

YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With Verswire's Sherry Saeedi and Nick Lippman   On this very special episode of the YMC podcast, your host Jay Gilbert sits down with Verswire's founders Sherry Saeedi and Nick Lippman for a conversation about their artist-first music industry disruptor, that empowers artists with a venture capital model that champions fair pay and creative freedom for musicia...

Episode 268 On this week's episode of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart discuss these important music industry stories: "AI Won't Replace Artists — It Will Make Them Unstoppable" (Guest column from Lyor Cohen in Billboard) ; "FTC Sues Live Nation, Ticketmaster for Allowing Ticket Brokers To Break Its Rules for Profit: 'Directly Inflates Prices'"  (Billboard) ;   "Ad-Supporte...

On this very special YMC episode, your host Jay Gilbert sits down with MIDiA's VP of Music Strategy Tatiana Cirisano to discuss their recently released report entitled "All Eyes, No Ears: Why Virality Is Not Building Fandom", which was written by Tatiana and Olivia Jones.  This just-released white paper tackles one of the music industry's biggest questions: how is social media really shaping disco...

Episode 267 On this week's edition of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chatted about these important music business stories: "US Streaming Subscriptions Hit 105m In The First Half Of 2025, But Recorded Music Revenue Was Up By Less Than 1% YoY" (Music Business Worldwide) ; "Nearly A Third Of All Tracks Uploaded To Deezer Are Now Fully AI-generated, Says Platform"  (Music Bus...

Episode 266 On this week's edition of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart cover these important music industry stories: "CHRIS CASTLE FROM MUSIC TECHNOLOGY POLICY joins us with his latest OP:ED: Spotify's Updated Terms of Use: Your Data Is Their New Oil" ; "Downtown Music Boss Speaks Out On UMG Deal: 'The Debate Must Be Honest. It Must Be About Facts, Not Agendas'" (Music Busi...

YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With David Israelite A special bonus episode of the Your Morning Coffee Podcast : A Conversation with David Israelite , President of the National Music Publishers Association (NMPA). https://bio.to/UloQY6 We sit down with David to talk about the work that's being done to make sure songwriters are fairly paid for their work and the challenges they face today. Im...

Episode 265 On this week's edition of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart  discuss these important music industry stories: "Slide Into Spotify's DMs: Platform Launches In-App Messaging To Boost Content Sharing" (Music Business Worldwide) ; "Suno Argues None Of The Millions Of Tracks Made On Its Platform 'Contain Anything Like A Sample'" (Music Business Worldwide) ; "Anthropic...