The Digital Music News Podcast
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The Digital Music News Podcast
The editors of Digital Music News pick apart the music industry's most important topics! Join us for some probing questions, ridiculous assertions, and wild stories about the music business.
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Spotify Is Riddled With Fake Streams — Or Is It?
After a string of 'fake stream' scandals involving mega-stars like French Montana and G-Eazy, a serious question percolated within the music industry:...
I Will Build You a Streaming Music Service In 4 Weeks or Less
What's the future of streaming music platforms? While giants like Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, and YouTube Music only getting bigger, there's a...
You Will Make More Money as a Musician — If You Listen to This Podcast
Emily White is one of the foremost experts in the music industry and an authority on how musicians can maximize the earnings from their music. She's w...
Meet Lady A, the Black Singer Whose Name Got Taken by Lady Antebellum
When it comes to trainwrecks, this one takes the cake. Just a few weeks ago, the ultra-successful country-pop trio Lady Antebellum decided to change t...
Meet the Guys Taking Vinyl Mastering Out of the Stone Age
Despite a vinyl record comeback that started nearly 15 years ago, the companies manufacturing vinyl are still scrambling to get back on the field. Old...
Spotify Probably Owes You More Money — Here's How to Get It
Jeff Price is one of the music industry's foremost experts on music copyright and artist royalties. He's also a huge critic of Spotify and the recentl...
Meet the Artist Who Is Literally Saving His Fans' Lives
Lucidious is an independent rapper with more than 100 million Spotify streams and a steady income. He's also helping his fans deal with serious issues...
How to Game the Billboard Charts (And Why You Shouldn't)
What does it really take to get to the top of the Billboard charts?
The answer, according to Reggie Gooden, a partner at 818 Talent, depends on...
How to Protect Yourself From the Copyright Trolls
James Sammataro is one of the top music industry attorneys. And like many music biz barristers, he's witnessing an alarming swell in copyright infring...
Stop Chasing Playlists and Start Building a Music Career
Lucidious was a talented musician with a growing fanbase and a well-paying day job. But he also couldn't get onto a Spotify playlist to save his life...
The Pretty Things - The Most Important Band You Don't Know
I recently had the opportunity to speak with Phil May from the band, The Pretty Things. One of the most influential people in rock history, and you’ve...
The Music Nerds Behind the World's Largest Guitar Effects Pedalboard
This week, we talk to the world's foremost experts in guitar effects pedals. After spending decades in music production, live tech, and pedal developm...
DMN's Interview with New Internet Sensation, 'Dad'
In this episode of the Digital Music News podcast, we stray outside the usual music industry discussions to interview fast-rising YouTube sensation, D...
Are Hit Songs Under Attack? The Disturbing Trend In Copyright Trolling
Ed McPherson is one of biggest attorneys in the music industry. And he's getting worried about a spate of recent copyright infringement decisions wit...
Interview With a Legend: Todd Rundgren
Noah Itman spends some time chatting with Todd Rundgren, one of the most influential figures in music. They discuss Todd's massive career, his involve...
Meet the Single Mom Cellist Who Makes a Living Off of Her Music
Zöe Keating lost her husband and business partner in 2015, leaving the cellist extraordinaire a single mother. But what happened next was astonishing...
The Science Behind Bone-Conduction Off-Ear Headphones
Headphones are dangerous, simply because they block out everything else. Yet everyday, millions of people drive, bike, scooter, and operate machinery...
Netflix and Spotify: Are They Really In the Same Boat?
Peter Csathy is the author of Fearless Media, which is 300+ pages about everything that happened in the media world - in just the last year.
Tha...
Now That the MMA Has Passed, Who's Gonna Run the Damn Thing?
In October of 2018, the music industry passed a momentous bill: the Music Modernization Act, or MMA. The sweeping law opened a brand-new process for s...
Fraud In the Music Industry: How Big of a Problem Is This?
Guenter Loibl and Nermina Mumic are trying to figure out a way to detect fraud and irregularities in royalty accounting statements.
I asked Gu...
Who's Afraid of Music Startups? Investors, That's Who.
Invest in the right music startup, and you're a billionaire. Make the wrong bet, and you're out of $5 million (or in court for five years).
But...
One of These Companies Will Change Live Concerts Forever
And if it's not one of these three startups, it will likely be one of their competitors. In this episode, we dive deeply into the future of live music...
Latin America Has 640 Million People. Why Are Fewer Than 5% of Them Paying for Streaming?
The number of streaming music subscribers is soaring: according to one report from Futuresource, more than 235 million will be paying for a streaming...
Song vs. Song: "I Will Survive" vs. "Stayin' Alive"
It's an argument with no right answers. Comparing Gloria Gaynor's 1978 smash "I Will Survive" against The Bee Gees "Stayin' Alive" from 1977 is like a...
Quadraphonic Sound Died In the 70s. So Why Is Somebody Bringing It Back?
If you haven't heard of quadraphonic sound, join the club. The early-stage surround sound technology quietly died in the late 1970s, and was ultimatel...
An Insanely Detailed Discussion About the Music Modernization Act
If you want an even deeper dive, Jeff Price of Audiam (who's being interviewed) compiled a highly detailed review of the Music Modernization Act on Di...
The Complex Nightmare Behind the $6 Billion Public Performance License
The public performance license generates $6 billion annually, according to Audiam founder Jeff Price, yet it's one of the most insanely complex and mi...
Song vs. Song: "Ice Ice Baby" vs. "U Can't Touch This"
Both were amazingly huge rap songs that left questionable legacies behind. But which is ultimately the more epic track: "Ice Ice Baby" by Vanilla Ice...
Beyonce’s Band Leader: What It Takes to Be a Pro
"There are no rules for success," says Bibi McGill, leader of Beyonce’s band, Suga Mama. But these principles just might change your musical career.
Song vs. Song: Wonderwall vs. Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)
Oasis' "Wonderwall" vs. Green Day's "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)": which is the most epic? In this episode, Todd Nathanson and Danny Roth pick...
Blurred Lines: Was It Really Plagiarism?
It's the most contentious music copyright battle of the past decade. And despite howls of protests from artists, the U.S. Court of Appeals just upheld...