Your Morning Coffee Podcast

Hosted by YOUR MORNING COFFEE newsletter creator / curator Jay Gilbert along with Mike Etchart, former host of the syndicated Sound & Vision Radio program. Every week, Jay & Mike break down the top stories so you stay on top of the latest news and trends in this new music business.

Episode 255 06/23/2025

Episode 255 Episode 255 On this week's edition of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart discuss these important stories: "Did Sony’s Rob Stringer Just Hand Regulators The Case To Tank Universal’s Downtown Dreams?" (Complete Music Update); "This Palm Springs Venue Was A Hot Spot For Music. Then Came The Pandemic And A Bitter Legal Battle" (LA Times); "Why Tariffs Are Quietly Undermining The American Vinyl Comeback" (Chris Castle/Music Technology Policy). Plus an audio drop from Ruby Marchand - Recording Academy Chief Awards and Global Industry Officer. Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee /episode/index/show/yourmorningcoffeepodcast/id/37109425

Episode 254 06/16/2025

Episode 254 Episode 254 On this week's episode of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart cover these important music industry stories: "Billboard Indie Power Players Revealed" (Billboard); "What Suno And Udio’s AI Licensing Deals With Music Majors Could Mean For Creators Rights" (Forbes); "It’s Time for Fair Play — AM Radio Must Pay Artists" (Music Technology Policy); "Sir Lucian Grainge’s Interview With Spotify’s Alex Norström: 5 Things We Learned…"(Music Business Worldwide). Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee /episode/index/show/yourmorningcoffeepodcast/id/37017875

YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With Jeremy Sirota, CEO of Merlin 06/10/2025

YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With Jeremy Sirota, CEO of Merlin On this very special episode of the YMC podcast, your host Jay Gilbert sits down with Merlin CEO Jeremy Sirota for an in-depth conversation. Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee /episode/index/show/yourmorningcoffeepodcast/id/36933190

Episode 253 06/09/2025

Episode 253 Episode 253 On this week's edition of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart break down these important music industry stories: "7 TAKEAWAYS FROM GOLDMAN SACHS’ NEW ‘MUSIC IN THE AIR’ REPORT" (Music Business Worldwide); "5 REASONS WHY AI LICENSING DEALS BETWEEN MAJOR LABELS AND SUNO & UDIO WILL BE HARD TO PULL OFF" (Billboard); "WHY EVENT TICKETS SHOULD NOT BE TREATED AS UNREGULATED TRADABLE EQUITIES" (Randy Nichols). Plus an audio drop from the amazing Steve Perry on his upcoming auction to benefit SoCal wildfire victims! Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee /episode/index/show/yourmorningcoffeepodcast/id/36912450

Episode 252 06/02/2025

Episode 252 Episode 252 On this week's edition of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat aout these important music business stories: "AI Continues To Alarm The Music Industry – But Artists Are Fighting Back" (Clash); "The Billboard Boxscore Midyear 2025 Report, Breaking Down The Year’s Biggest Tours, Venues And Promoters" (Billboard); "20 Years Ago, Labels Targeted Fandom. Will It Work The Second Time Around?" (MIDiA). Plus audio drops from music tech writer Drew Thurlow on copyrights and royalties, and Benn Jordan on "The Art Of 'Poison-Pilling' Music Files". Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee /episode/index/show/yourmorningcoffeepodcast/id/36810120

YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With Oscar Höglund 05/29/2025

YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With Oscar Höglund On this very special episode of the YMC podcast, your host Jay Gilbert sits down with Epidemic Sound co-founder and CEO Oscar Höglund for an in-depth conversation. Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee /episode/index/show/yourmorningcoffeepodcast/id/36764080

Episode 251 05/26/2025

Episode 251 Episode 251 On this week's feature-packed episode of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart discuss these important music industry stories: "Public Comment On Unfair And Anticompetitive Practices In The Live Ticketing Industry" (Randy Nichols); "The Economics Of Live Nation" (Wall Street Journal); "Why Some Artists Are Rethinking Touring" (Chartmetric); "Massive State Opposition To A.I. Regulation Safe Harbor Moratorium In The ‘One Big Beautiful Bill Act’" (Chris Castle for Trichordist). Plus audio drops from Meng Kuok (CEO Caldecott Music Group), Randy Nichols (Live Music & Ticketing Advocate); Lars Murray (Unlimited Supply Podcast), and The Wall Street Journal. Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee /episode/index/show/yourmorningcoffeepodcast/id/36709325

Episode 250 05/19/2025

Episode 250 Episode 250 On this week's episode of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart converse about these important music business stories: "Will Record Stores Resurge Like Bookstores? A Guest Column By (our friend) Fred Goldring" (Billboard); "Why Are So Many Artists Changing Management This Year?" (Billboard); "Indie Retail’s Evolving Sales Data & Increasingly Young Customer Base Get Spotlight At Music Biz 2025 Panel" (Billboard). Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee /episode/index/show/yourmorningcoffeepodcast/id/36620275

YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With Jennie Smythe 05/15/2025

YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With Jennie Smythe On this very special episode of the YMC podcast with author and CEO of Girlilla Marketing Jennie Smythe, we sit down with her to discuss overcoming adversity, the importance of relationships in the music industry, and her female-led business. She emphasized mental health, early cancer detection, and the need for gratitude amidst challenges. Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee /episode/index/show/yourmorningcoffeepodcast/id/36574840

Episode 248 05/12/2025

Episode 248 Episode 248 On this week's edition of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat about these important music industry stories: "The Department Of Justice And Federal Trade Commission Open Inquiry Into The Concert Industry" (LA Times); "Licensing AI Music: The Industry Is Focusing On The Wrong Problem" (Music Ally); "How Record Labels Came Back From The Dead And Turned into Tech Platforms" (Big Newsletter). Plus audio drops from Chris Castle from Music Technology Policy and Johan Lagerlof from Pophouse! Subscribe to the newsletter!! YourMorning.Coffee /episode/index/show/yourmorningcoffeepodcast/id/36525000

YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With Michael Huppe 05/08/2025

YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With Michael Huppe On this very special edition of the YMC podcast, your host Jay Gilbert sits down with SoundExchange President and CEO Michael Huppe for an engaging conversation! Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee /episode/index/show/yourmorningcoffeepodcast/id/36481815

Episode 247 05/05/2025

Episode 247 Episode 247 On this week's episode of the YMC podcast, join your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart as they discuss these important music industry stories: "2025 Q1 Earnings: Here’s What Every Music Company Made" (Billboard); "The Music Business Saturation Problem Keeps Getting Bigger" (Billboard); "Are We Reaching Peak Fandom?" (MIDiA). Plus audio drops from Portia Sabin, President of the Music Business Association, Russ Crupnick, Managing Partner of Musicwatch, and Michael Huppe, President and CEO at Sound Exchange. Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee /episode/index/show/yourmorningcoffeepodcast/id/36431495

Episode 246 04/28/2025

Episode 246 Episode 246 On this week's episode of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart discuss these important music industry stories: "Disc Maker CEO Responds To Spotify In ‘1,000 Streams’ Debate" (Hypebot); "What Is The Point Of An Independent Record Label In 2025?" (SmartDumb); "Imogen Heap Just Went Viral With ‘Headlock’ — Now She’s Letting You Borrow Its Vibe Via AI" (Rolling Stone). Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee! /episode/index/show/yourmorningcoffeepodcast/id/36334295

Episode 245 04/21/2025

Episode 245 Episode 245 On this week's episode of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat about these important music industry stories: "Tariff-Proof, Recession-Proof Music Industry Will Thrive Despite Global Uncertainty" (Music Business Worldwide); "Spotify Makes Kate Nash’s Argument With the Usual Blame Game" (Op-Ed from Chris Castle/Artist Rights Watch); "Did The Spotify 1,000 Stream Rule Cost Artists $47 Million? + Spotify Responds" (Hypebot). Plus audio drops with Jorge Brea, CEO of Symphonic Distribution, and David Ponte, Co-founder and CMO at Audiomack. Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee /episode/index/show/yourmorningcoffeepodcast/id/36237215

YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With Jason Flom 04/17/2025

YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With Jason Flom On this very special episode of the YMC podcast, your host Jay Gilbert sat down with Lava Media CEO Jason Flom for an in-depth conversation. Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee /episode/index/show/yourmorningcoffeepodcast/id/36201975

Episode 244 04/14/2025

Episode 244 Episode 244 On this week's episode of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat about these important music industry stories: "With Superfan Streaming On The Horizon, How Much Extra Revenue Awaits?" (Billboard); "The NO FAKES Act Aimed At Cracking Down On Deepfakes Reintroduced In US Congress – This Time With Support Of Google And OpenAI" (Music Business Worldwide); "A 'View' On The Internet Means Even Less Than You Think" (The Verge). Plus audio drops with Matt Zarracina, CEO of True Tickets, and producer Howard Benson. Your Morning Coffee Podcast featured in FeedSpot Top 25 Music Industry Podcasts! Subcribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee /episode/index/show/yourmorningcoffeepodcast/id/36112215

Episode 243 04/07/2025

Episode 243 Episode 243 On this week's edition of the YMC podcast, your humble hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat about these important music industry stories: "Why Songs Seem Shorter—And Why It’s More Complicated Than YouThink" (Chartmetric); “Old School Vs New School” (Bob Lefsetz); "8 Things We Learned From Universal Music Group’s 2024 Annual Report" (Music Business Worldwide). Plus audio drops wth Harvey Mason Jr. from the Recording Academy, Michael Huppe from Sound Exchange, and Mark Mulligan from MIDiA! Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee /episode/index/show/yourmorningcoffeepodcast/id/36028280

Episode 242 03/31/2025

Episode 242 Episode 242 On this week's edition of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart talked about these important stories: "Music Subscriber Market Shares 2024: Slowdown? What Slowdown? (MIDiA); "A Record 100 million Americans Now Pay For A Music Subscription — Is Streaming The Final Format For Fans?" (Sherwood); "22,100 Artists Generated Over $50k On Spotify Last Year. The Company Argues That ‘Way More Artists Are Generating Meaningful Money Now Than In Any Previous Era Of The Music Industry’" (Music Business Worldwide); "SoundCloud Listener Report Highlights the Platform's Role As A Gen-Z Tastemaker" (Billboard). Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee /episode/index/show/yourmorningcoffeepodcast/id/35931925

Episode 241 03/24/2025

Episode 241 Episode 241 On this week's edition of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat about these important music industry stories: "RIAA’s Year-End Report By The Numbers" (Billboard); "11 Quick (And Important) Takeaways From IFPI’s Global Music Report 2025" (Music Business Worldwide); "A Model For A New Music Streaming Industry" (MIDiA). Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee /episode/index/show/yourmorningcoffeepodcast/id/35830135

YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With Dina LaPolt 03/19/2025

YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With Dina LaPolt On this very special episode of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat with one of their favorite people in the music business, entertainment attorney and artist rights advocate Dina LaPolt. Subscribe to the podcast! YourMorning.Coffee /episode/index/show/yourmorningcoffeepodcast/id/35741470

Episode 240 03/17/2025

Episode 240 Episode 240 On this week's edition of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart yap about these important stories from the music business: "2024 Recorded Music Market Share Report Is Out" (MIDiA); "The 2025 Loud & Clear Report, Unveiled" (Spotify + Howie Singer Weighs In); "4 Out Of 5 Songs Sent To Music Services Are Never Played; What This Means For The Industry" (Bill Rosenblatt for Forbes). Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee /episode/index/show/yourmorningcoffeepodcast/id/35715110

YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With Richard Burgess 03/13/2025

YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With Richard Burgess On this special episode of the YMC podcast, your host Jay Gilbert sits down for a far-reaching conversation with A2IM President and CEO Richard Burgess. Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee /episode/index/show/yourmorningcoffeepodcast/id/35667920

Episode 239 03/10/2025

Episode 239 Episode 239 On this week's edition of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat about these important music industry stories: "A Letter To Steve Boom" (Tim Ingham at Music Business Worldwide); "No, Spotify Hasn’t Gone Down – Unless You Were Pirating The Premium Service" (Music Business Worldwide); "Why Are The Grammys' Rock Categories Stuck In The Past?" (NPR). Plus audio drops from Alexis Schreiber on AI, and Rick Beato on the importance of albums. Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee /episode/index/show/yourmorningcoffeepodcast/id/35596070

YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With Benji Rogers 03/05/2025

YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With Benji Rogers On this YMC Special Episode, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart have a conversation on AI with Benji Rogers from Sureel AI. Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee /episode/index/show/yourmorningcoffeepodcast/id/35541440

Episode 238 03/03/2025

Episode 238 Episode 238 On this week's edition of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat about these important stories: "$500m-Valued Suno Has Admitted Training AI On Copyrighted Music. That Hasn’t Stopped Amazon From Adding Its Controversial Tech To Alexa" (Music Business Worldwide); "iHeart Being Investigated For Payola. Is Spotify Next?" (Music Technology Policy); "Major Record Company Bosses Back Campaign Against UK AI Copyright Proposal" (Music Business Worldwide). Plus an audio drop with Russ Crupnick from MusicWatch. Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee /episode/index/show/yourmorningcoffeepodcast/id/35502440

YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With Molly Neuman 02/26/2025

YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With Molly Neuman YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With Molly Neuman On this very special edition of the YMC podcast, your host Jay Gilbert had a wondeful, in-depth conversation with CD Baby President Molly Neuman. Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee /episode/index/show/yourmorningcoffeepodcast/id/35433270

Episode 237 02/24/2025

Episode 237 Episode 237 On this week's edition of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat about these important music industry stories: "Pay To Get Playlisted? The Accusations Against Spotify’s Discovery Mode" (The Guardian); "Michael Rapino Confirms Live Nation Ticketing Talks With Spotify, Apple And Amazon For Superfan Tiers" (Music Business Worldwide); "TikTok And Luminate Release The Latest Music Impact Report" (TikTok). Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee /episode/index/show/yourmorningcoffeepodcast/id/35391675

Episode 236 02/18/2025

Episode 236 Episode 236 On this week's edition of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart break down these important stories: "How Are Spotify, YouTube, Soundcloud And More Preparoing For AI Music? (Billboard); "Oasis Fans Outraged As Ticketmaster Begins Canceling Bots Tickets" (Rolling Stone); "Songs Are Reaching 1 Billion Streams Faster Than Ever' (Hypebot). Plus an audio drop from Angry Mob Music CEO Marc Caruso! Subscribe to the newslettter! YourMorning.Coffee /episode/index/show/yourmorningcoffeepodcast/id/35324685

Episode 235 02/10/2025

Episode 235 Episode 235 On this week's YMC podcast show, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart discuss these important music industry stories: "Spotify Adds Highest-Ever 35 Million Monthly Users In Fourth Quarter" (Billboard); "Sir Lucian Grainge’s 2025 Memo To Universal Music Group Staff" (Music Business Worldwide); "Warner Has A New Deal With Amazon Music… And 4 Other Things We Learned From Robert Kyncl On WMG’s Latest Earnings Call" (Music Business Worldwide); "A Judge Says Copyright Termination Is Global. Will That Help Songwriters - Or Cause ‘Chaos’?" (Billboard) with Tim Kappel from music law Firm, Wells / Kappel dropping in to break it all down for us! Songwriters Who Unknowingly Signed Away Their Rights Finally Get a Real Second Chance: The Promise of Vetter v. Resnik (Guest Column) VARIETY Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee /episode/index/show/yourmorningcoffeepodcast/id/35213640

YMC Special Episode - The AI Roundtable Panel 02/05/2025

YMC Special Episode - The AI Roundtable Panel On this special edition of the YMC podcast, hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart had a wonderful conversation with panel of experts about how AI is re-shaping the music industry. Our experts were Bobby Owsinski (Music 3.0), Kristin Robinson (Billboard), Virginie Berger (Matchtune) and Matt Adell (Music AI). Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee /episode/index/show/yourmorningcoffeepodcast/id/35158685

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