‘A decade in music is a millennium in other industries.’

In some ways, Downtown Music Services is a very different company than it was in the first half of last year. That’s because its parent company, Downtown Holdings, sold the entirety of... Read more »

NFT company Serenade just raised USD $4.2 million. What’s it going to spend it on?

Trailblazers is an MBW interview series that turns the spotlight on music entrepreneurs making waves in their local markets, who have the potential to become the global business’s power players of tomorrow.... Read more »

‘It’s one thing to make beats, but you’ve got to be able to make records.’

MBW’s World’s Greatest Producers series sees us interview – and celebrate – some of the greatest talents working in studios across the decades. The latest instalment features Malay, who has produced standout... Read more »

Geoff Taylor: My Manifesto

In My Manifesto, we ask a wide range of execs to play the role of politician. For some, it’s more of a stretch than others. For Geoff Taylor [44 articles]” href=”https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/people/geoff-taylor/”>Geoff Taylor,... Read more »

‘What I’m trying to do is shine a spotlight on brilliance and add what I can.’

MBW’s World’s Greatest Producers series sees us interview – and celebrate – some of the greatest talents working in studios across the decades. The latest instalment features British producer Fraser T Smith,... Read more »

Connect Music Group launches $10m indie artist fund backed by investment firm Preserver Partners

Memphis-based Connect Music Group, a distribution and publishing administration services startup, has launched a $10 million fund for independent artists. Connect Music was founded by CEO George Monger, the founder of another... Read more »

‘Being straightforward and honest, not skirting around the issue, always yields the best results – and an understanding artist’

MBW’s World’s Greatest Managers series profiles the best artist managers in the global business. This time, we go deep with Adam Alpert, founder of [ Sony Music Entertainment [1,183 articles]” href=”https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/companies/sony/sony-music-group/sony-music-entertainment/”>Sony Music... Read more »

‘Music has always been my safe haven, it kept me off the streets and it kept me dreaming big.’

MBW’s World’s Greatest Producers series sees us interview – and celebrate – some of the greatest talents working in studios across the decades. The latest instalment features Swizz Beatz, who has produced... Read more »

Troy Carter’s Venice is launching an NFT-gated members’ club – offering artist services, studios, and more

Troy Carter’s Venice Music is simultaneously expanding into Web3 and launching its own private members’ club. The company has today taken the wraps off a new NFT-gated project called the Venice Music... Read more »

‘In country, I feel like the magic of songwriting is still very apparent and very dominant.’

MBW’s World’s Greatest Songwriters series celebrates the pop composers behind the globe’s biggest hits. Here, we talk to Ashley Gorley, one of the most successful country music writers of the last 20... Read more »
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