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In conversation with a cross section of music business professionals for those who want to start their journey through any part of the Music Industry. The Behind the (Music) Business Podcast looks at the music industry and talks to those who work in it about their roles, interests and motivtions in order to find out more about the people 'behind the business'. Get in touch with the show via behindthebusinesspod@gmail.com
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Here we are. Episode 80 of this little podcast that I launched back in 2018. Since then I have spoken to music business execs from the world of record labels, publishing, artist management, sync, artists themselves and also live music which is where my very special guest number 80 comes from. Russ Tannen is the president of DICE. At their core DICE…
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Emily Ardagh-Walter 'This is Music' (Management, Internships, starting in the music business, Music business degrees)
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Very excited about getting ever closer to episode 80 of the podcast which is mad when I think about it. Episode 79 is with Emily Ardagh-Walter of This is Music. Emily recently moved into the world of artist management after leaving her breakthrough role as part of the finance team at Universal Records. I had the pleasure of teaching Emily in my fir…
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Big thanks to Liam for jumping on a Zoom call with me to talk about all things live music (pre and post Pandemic). I reached out to Liam as he and his agency ‘Echelon Talent’ currently look after the live side of things for a couple of acts I work with as DC Music Publishing. The Hyena Kill and Blanket. Liams agency look after a whole host of acts …
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As I hurtle (slowly) closer to episode 80, this weeks conversation is with Head of Publishing, A&R and Label Manager at A&G Group/Power Haus Creative Livia Cruz. I reached out to Livia via Linkedin as she is another guest of the pod that I am yet to meet in person. I was very pleased that she was able to jump on a Zpom call with me at short notice …
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This episode is with a fellow podcaster. If you haven’t checked out the MeloCompass podcast already you definitely should. If you are listening to this then Nicky’s pod will be right up your street. Check it out on Spotify, Apple, Google or wherever you get your podcasts from. Nicky reached out to me to talk about podcasts and podcasting and in doi…
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Episode 75 of my little podcast!!!! Three quarters of the way to the big 100. Thanks to everyone who listens and shares these episodes. It really means a lot. This episode has been a long time in the making. My guest for this episode, Vikrum Gudi, is an incredibly busy man. He currently runs a number of different businesses that we spoke about when…
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This is one of my all time favourite conversations. This episode, I chatted to the wonderful Jack Williamson about his journey through the music business and his current relationship with the industry as a coach, psychotherapist and mental health activist. During the chat we realised that our paths had crossed back in the day. Whilst I was the head…
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I’m back for part 2 of the podcasts for 2022. This first episodes is a cracking chat about music publishing with Deborah Smith who is the Director at Anara Music Publishing based in Leicester in the UK. I reached out to Deborah online as I had never met her and managed to find a window of time in her busy schedule (Anara do a lot of work over in In…
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We’re into April 2022 and this is episode 72 of the pod. It’s a conversation with music industry lawyer Dean Marsh. Dean is based in Brighton and runs a company called Creative Law and Business. I first knew of Dean waaaay back in 2003 in my first music business job and since then he has worked with many individuals and businesses that I have done …
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Here is another conversation with someone doing great things in the world of metal and heavy music in the UK. I reached out to George via Instagram on the off chance he would be interested in speaking to me as I am a fan of the work he has done with bands including: Monuments, Loathe and Sleep Token as well as newer acts who I have discovered via d…
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Julie Weir 'Music of Nations' (A&R, artist development, running a record label, uk alternaive music)
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This conversation was an extra special one for me as I have grown up listening to many of the bands that Julie has been responsible for putting out into the world. For those out there who love their UK Heavy Metal from the late 90s/early 00s you will know of her work via Visible Noise, the indie label she started who discovered bands like Bring me …
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Welcome back and thanks for coming. Here is episode 72 of my little podcast and this episode's origins are a little different to the rest of the podcasts that I have done. I was reached out to by representatives of Kirt to see if I would be interested in talking to him for the show (something I was very flattered by, I never thought i’d get to that…
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Matt Allen 'The Famous Company' (PR, Artist Development, working with new music, Cornwall and the UK South West)
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This weeks conversation for the podcast is with Matt Allen. Account Director at The Famous Company (@thefamousco) and Company Director of podcast Agency Digital Bulls (@goteampod). I had the pleasure of being interviews for the Famous Music companies podcast last year and Matt very gladly returned the favour and jumped on a call with me to talk all…
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Here is yet another wonderful Uni of Hertfordshire alumni for you. Emma is an amazing music and brand partnerships lawyer who has spent time both in house at Universal records as well as part of law firm SSB working on behalf of the talent rather than the companies who sign the talent. It’s always lovely to chat to Emma. She is open, honest and ful…
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Remi Harris MBE 'Consultant/Coach' (Associatation of Independent Music, UK Music, Music Business Consultancy, funding, Young guns network)
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Episode 2 for 2022. Sorry it’s a bit late. At time of release its Half term so I’m going to have to be that guy and blame my children (how awful is that…) Anyway, this episode is a very special one as its a conversation that I have wanted to have for some time. Remi Harris MBE is a business consultant and business coach who has and does work with a…
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Hamish Duff 'First Artists Management' (Artist Management, Composers for Film and TV, Promoter, Tour Management)
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Hamish Duff is a talent agent working for First Artists Management (FAM), managing its UK and European business representing composers and music supervisors for film, television, and video games. Its roster includes: Carter Burwell, Vangelis, Craig Armstrong, Rolfe Kent, Anne Chmelewsky, Clark, Hannah Peel, Blanck Mass, Dan Deacon, Emily Rice and m…
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Welcome back and here is the final Behind the Music Business Podcast of 2021. I am going to take a break for the rest of the year from releasing episodes but I am hoping to come back in 2022 with brand new conversations with some amazing music industry professionals. To round things off for 2021 and for my 65th episode I have the founder and CEO of…
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Dee Adam 'Songwriter/Producer' (Professional Songwriting, Collaborating in Lockdown, Relationships with publishers)
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This week's episode is a conversation about songwriting with professional songwriter Dee Adam. I know Dee from our time together at peermusic and I am immensely grateful that she found the time in her schedule to talk to me. I always like talking to songwriters about how they do their thing. Dee herself is a writer and producer who has worked with …
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Here is one of my favourite of all the episodes that I have done of this podcast. A chat with artist and producer manager Ellie Giles. Ellie has had an amazing career in A&R and management for the best part of 20 years and set up her company Step Management in 2018. This was an amazing chat about the creative side of the business, about A&R in gene…
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Lucie is the General Manager and Chief Policy Officer of the Music Publishers Association (MPA). The MPA represents over 95% of the UK’s song rights, through its membership of over 200 music publishers, ranging from iconic Independents to the international Major Publishers. Prior to the MPA, Lucie was the CEO of performing artists’ collective, the …
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Today (August 13th 2021) is my birthday and to celebrate I am doing the most self indulgent thing I could think of and releasing an episode of my podcast that is about me :) I found it very hard to do and it is thankfully MUCH shorter than the rest of the episodes. If you would like to know more about me or if you think that I could help you out in…
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The big 6-0. 60 episodes and counting. To some that probably means very little but I’m pretty proud that I have got here all on my own. This episode is with yet another Uni of Hertfordshire alumni. Graham was part of the group that I was involved with at Uni. We had a wonderful time and have remained firm friends 10+ years on from when we graduated…
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It’s already July 2021!!! Doesn’t time fly when you’re in a pandemic. This weeks conversation, like last week, focuses on the world of sync. However this time around from a slightly different point of view. Sergio Pimental has worked around music and computer games for as long as I have known him and it would great chatting with him and finding mor…
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Here is another chat about all things music publishing and sync for your ear holes. I know James from way back in 2009 when he first joined Sony Music Publishing and he was there through till 2020 (including the EMI buyout) when he left to set up his own thing ‘Rocket Science Music’. It was great to catch up with James and find out his motivations …
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As we enter into the summer of 2021 I have the privilege to release this great chat with guitarist and composer Charlotte Hatherley. This episode was a long time in the making as our chat was originally scheduled for April 2020 but due to all thing global pandemic it was pushed back to earlier this year. You might know Charlotte from her time in As…
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Here is another chat with a Uni of Hertfordshire alumni and this is the first chance I have had to talk to someone about the world of PR. Jen has been at Chuff Media for 10 years now and has grown with the business. It was lovely to catch up with her and to talk about how she got into the world of PR and what it takes to excel in that world. Apolog…
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Marc Brown and his team reached out to me last year and very kindly asked me to feature in their ‘How we listen’ feature (link below) and it was great having him on the pod as a guest to return the favour. Marc’s career has taken him across many countries and through a number of interesting roles starting in PR and promotion and now he is firmly fo…
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Claire Rose is the outreach manager for the South West region for PRS for Music. She is an amazing asset to have (as are all the outreach managers across the UK who help out new PRS members as well as those who are thinking about joining). We spoke over Zoom (like we all do at time for recording) and chatted about her role, the PRS in general, what…
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After a ridiculous break, a few false starts, a change of location (I moved house), an addition to my family (I welcomed a daughter into the world) and nearly deciding to stop doing the pod altogether I am back and there will be new episodes every two weeks (hopefully) this year. Episode 1 of 2021 is with the fantastic Chantal Epp. Founder of music…
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Here is the other returning guest. This was meant to be part two of episode 50 but instead it had to be a separate episode in its own right. Mike was Episode 1 (https://audioboom.com/posts/7020047-mike-burgess-sound-with-mike-music-business-coach) so its fitting that he is also episodes 51 and kicks off the next 50 (I hope) episodes.A lot has happe…
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A special one for Episode 50. I was going to get 2 previous guests back to speak a little bit about what they have been up to these past 2 years but both conversations were longer than anticipated and too good to edit down more than this so they have been split into separate episodes.Here is Danny Roberts (Episode 5 (https://audioboom.com/posts/702…
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What an amazing conversation this was. So amazing in fact that I have had to split it into two parts, and here is PART 2. Matt is an amazing Music Supervisor with countless credits to his name. Check him out on IMDB (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0081676/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1) to see what he has worked on. We talked about his process as a music supervisor…
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What an amazing conversation this was. So amazing in fact that I have had to split it into two parts. Matt is an amazing Music Supervisor with countless credits to his name. Check him out on IMDB (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0081676/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1) to see what he has worked on. We talked about his process as a music supervisor and about time he h…
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Giles is an editor in the TV world in Bristol and also the founder and owner of a music production company based out that way as well. So we talked about working in TV and what goes into that, how music fits into that side of his work (great insight into a very important area of the business for those interested in getting their music used in TV an…
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I worked with Neil for a time whilst I was part of the team at peermusic publishing so it was awesome just to catch up with him for this conversation. He is an amazing fountain of knowledge for everything music rights related. Something many people take for granted but if you want to be discovered easier and very importantly if you want to get paid…
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This one has been a long time coming. I have been speaking with Laura for many months to be able to talk to her about her career in the creative industries and her current work with mental health and music but we just never managed to find a date that worked...until now.We spoke over zoom about music, mental health, the benefits of coaching, settin…
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Welcome back. New episodes released each week for the next 6 to 8 weeks, I hope you enjoy them. This chat with Nathan is all about starting up a record label, working with some of the more niche genres and how new artists can best utilise the label service sector.Really appreciate Nathan giving me some time for a chat over Zoom and do make sure to …
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Whats Going On young World?! Its Radioo Rasheed and Your Tuning into Behind The Music The Podcast ! Today We have Special Guest, Indie Pop Artist, Camp Candle ! At the end of this interview we'll play 3 tracks Back 2 Back and We'll have all of the Social Media Info for you guys to follow them ! sit back, relax and ENJOY !!!…
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The final episode for 2019 is here and it’s a great chat with Promotion, Publicity and Tour Marketing manager at Redbull Records Joe Kettle. Joe is another friend from Uni (I promise there are only a couple more of these) who has done some amazing things in his journey through the music business.In this episode we discuss artist management, Redbull…
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The penultimate episode of series 2 is with the wonderful Hannah Cartwright from the band Snow Ghosts (amongst many other creative projects that we discuss). She invited me to come to her studio (castle) near Bath and have a chat about her life in music and being a composer, being in bands and writing music for media.I had met Hannah the first time…
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This week's Episode is taking another look at the world of live music for a different point of view. This time from the venue owners perspective with Dom Frazer from Boileroom in Guildford.I was put in touch with Dom through a mutual friend in order to have this chat so this was the first time we had spoken and it was a wonderful conversation about…
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Episode 17 is with Luke Armitage. Someone I have known since University and who I have seen go from Intern at Universal Publishing a decade ago through to Vice President of Global Marketing of Astral Werks (Part of Capitol Records) based in LA.Luke is a very bright and driven person who was always going to do well and it was really great catching u…
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This episode (10) of the pod is with Daisy Carberry. Marketing co-ordinator at BMG Rights Management. Daisy is another one of the wonderful ex students of mine who have kindly been up for coming on the show to chat about what they are up to since graduating from uni and Daisy is currently smashing it at BMG.We talk about her time at uni and how she…
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This weeks episode takes a different look at the live music business. After speaking to promoters and booking agents here is a chat with a member of the touring crew.James Pepper is a uni friend who is now doing wonderful things over in the USA as a major part of Nathaniel Rateliff’s road crew.Pepper has been in this work for around 8 years now and…
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EP 14. More live music chat with Rob McGee, Booking agent with Empire Agency. Rob is based in Bristol and is booking agent for bands such as Lazy Day, Tusks, Thumper & Tungz.Rob talks opening and honestly about starting up his own business and the struggles that came with it which was refreshing and great to listen to. He also talks about the deal …
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