Your Morning Coffee Podcast
A highly-curated weekly snapshot of the digital music business info you need to know - now as a weekly podcast! Hosted by YMC creator and curator Jay Gilbert, along with Mike Etchart, former host of the syndicated Sound & Vision Radio program . Every Monday Jay and Mike break down the important music news to keep you up to date and informed on the latest trends in the digital music world! Subscribe now wherever you get your podcasts!
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Episode 196
05/13/2024
Episode 196
Episode 196 On this week's YMC yapfest, your humble hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart discuss these important music industry stories: "TikTok Sues U.S. Government, Saying Ban Violates 1st Amendment" (LA Times); "Randy Travis' Shocks Music Industry With AI Pairing For 'Where That Came From’ - How The Song Came Together" (The Tennessean); "GENRE ISN’T DEAD, IT JUST SMELLS FUNNY: Rethinking Musical Genre For The Streaming Era" (Pop Matters). Plus an audio drop with Ryan Blakeley from Pop Matters! Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee
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YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With Music Attorney Dina LaPolt
05/09/2024
YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With Music Attorney Dina LaPolt
YMC Special Episode! To celebrate the upcoming 200th episode of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart are excited to share our conversation with music attorney Dina LaPolt. We have talked about Dina many times in the past on the podcast, so we were especially pleased when she agreed to sit down with for a chat about some of the most important issues facing artists today. Subscribe to the podcast! YourMorning.Coffee
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Episode 195
05/06/2024
Episode 195
Episode 195 On this week's YMC podcast, your mostly non-AI hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart discuss these important music business stories: "Universal Music And Tiktok Strike New Licensing Deal – Including ‘Improved Remuneration’ For UMG Artists And Songwriters" (Music Business Worldwide); "We Break Down Cleo Abrams YouTube Video “AI Music Simply Explained" (Cleo Abrams at Big If True); "Spotify vs. Songwriters (Again): NMPA Says Spotify's Latest Move To Lower Royalty Rates Is ‘Likely To End Up In A Legal Conflict’" (Music Business Worldwide). Plus audio drops with Murray Stassen from Music Business Worldwide on the UMG/TikTok agreement, and a clip from Cleo Abrams Big If True podcast on AI music. Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee
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Episode 194
04/29/2024
Episode 194
Episode 194 On this week's episode of the YMC podcast, your humble hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart wax poetic on these important music industry stories: "A New ‘Music-Only’ Subscription Tier Is Coming To Spotify, Confirms Daniel Ek… And 4 Other Things We Learned On The Company’s Latest Earnings Call" (Music Business Worldwide); "How Vinyl Can Harness the Influence of Superfans" (Billboard - Guest Column by Will Page and Fred Goldring); "Luminate Expands How It Counts Indie Retail Sales for Billboard Charts Via New Partnership" (Billboard). Plus audio drops with Kris Ahrend, Chief Executive Officer for The Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC), and Patrick Clifton from the Tunes and Tales blog with Notes From The Fan Economy. Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee
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Episode 193
04/22/2024
Episode 193
Episode 193 On this week's episode of the YMC podcast, your humble hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart kibbitz about these important stories: "TikTok Is Talking To UMG Again, But Washington May Hold The Keys To Its Future" (Billboard); "Inside Taylor Swift’s Surprise Return to TikTok" (Wall Street Journal); "NMPA accuses Spotify Of 'Attacking Songwriters' As It Changes How It Pays Mechanical Royalties In The US" (Music Business Worldwide). Plus an audio drop with Mark Mulligan, Managing Director and Analyst at MiDIA on their new research report "Bifurcation Theory: How Today's Music Business Will Become Two". Subscibe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee
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Episode 192
04/15/2024
Episode 192
Episode 192 On this week's gabtastic episode, your happy hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart converse about these important music industry stories: "Artists Are Seeing Their Music Removed From DSPs For Streaming Fraud They Didn’t Commit" (Ari Herstand for Variety); Spotify Plans To Let Subscribers Speed Up Songs – And Pay Rightsholders When Those Modified Tracks Are Streamed" (Music Business Worldwide); "Everyone Wants To Reach Superfans. It Won’t Be Easy" (Billboard). Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee
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Episode 191
04/08/2024
Episode 191
Episode 191 On this week's episode of the YMC podcast, your humble hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat about these important music biz stories: "Is UMG's TikTok Ban Hurting Its U.S. Streaming Numbers? Here's What The Evidence Shows" (Glenn Peoples at Billboard); "An Independent Musician’s Perspective - On The TikTok Legislation Before Congress" (Blake Morgan); "Q1 2024 Music Trend Report" (Jesse Kirschbaum's Beats & Bytes). Plus audio drops with Jen Jacobson, Executive Director of the Artists Rights Alliance, and Janice Polizzotto, Chief Relationship Officer of Music Will. Link to Ohio State Universitie's Music Industry Summit, FREE and open to all! Subcribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee
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Episode 190
04/01/2024
Episode 190
Episode 190 On this week's edition of the YMC podcast, your non-AI generated hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart cover these important stories: "How Are Musicians Supposed To Survive On $0.00173 Per Stream?" (The Guardian); "RIAA Report 2023 Takeaways: Is The U.S. Too Reliant on Paid Subscriptions?" (Billboard). Plus audio examples from AI song generation platform Suno, and AI video generation platform BITH.AI. Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee
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Episode 189
03/25/2024
Episode 189
Episode 189 On this week's scintilating episode of the YMC podcast, your humble hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat about these important music biz stories: "IFPI Global Report 2024: Music Revenues Climb 10% to $28.6 Billion" (Billboard); "Why Are IFPI & MIDiA’s 2023 Revenue Figures So Far Apart? The Answer Lies In ‘Expanded Rights'" (Billboard); "Loud & Clear: Spotify Releases Their Annual Music Report: The Top 10 Findings" (Spotify). Plus an audio drop with Jamie Dee Hart from Hart & Songs. Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee
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Episode 188
03/18/2024
Episode 188
Episode 188 On this week's episode of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart yapped about these important music business stories: "Will Congress Ban TikTok? Here's What's Going On" (Rolling Stone); "Results Of The MusicWatch 2023 Annual Music Study: Record Numbers of Music Streamers and Paid Subscribers" (Music Watch); "Vinyl Sales Keep Growing - So Why Does It Look Like They've Dropped?" (Billboard). Plus audio drops with Russ Crupnick from Music Watch, and the YouTube video Clare Dunn Exposes The Dark Side Of The Country Music Industry. Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee
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Episode 187
03/11/2024
Episode 187
Episode 187 On this week's podtastic show, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart talk about these important music business stories: "Over 38% Of Music On TikTok Is ‘Modified’, Says Study That Analyzed 100 Million Audio Tracks On The Platform" (Music Business Worldwide); "The Truth About Ticket Prices" (Live Nation); "The Music Industry’s Over-Reliance On TikTok Shows How Lazy It Has Become" (The Guardian). Plus audio drops with Martin Mills from Merlin, and Allison Hagendorf from The Allison Hagendorf Show! Subscriboe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee
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Episode 186
03/04/2024
Episode 186
Episode 186 On this week's YMC gabfest, your humble hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat about these important music industry stories: "With Label Layoffs, Will Artists Get Dropped?"(Billboard); "Blake Morgan And #irespectmusic Return To Washington For The American Music Fairness Act And #musicfairness" (Chris Castle at Music, Technology Policy); "So… Maybe Don’t Bet Your House On Universal Music Group And TikTok Reaching A Deal Anytime Soon" (Music Business Worldwide). Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee
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Episode 185
02/26/2024
Episode 185
Episode 185 On this week's episode of YMC podcast, your humble hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart cover these important stories: "The Label Recovery, Part I: Purpose" (Patrick Clifton); "Show Me the Splits: Tiffany Red Illuminates Stealing Publishing" (Chris Castle); "Anthropic Trained Its AI To Rip Off Copyrighted Lyrics - Music Publishers Allege - In Escalating Court Battle" (Music Business Worldwide). Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee
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Episode 184
02/19/2024
Episode 184
Episode 184 On this week's edition of the YMC podcast, your groovy hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart kibbitz about these important stories: "Music Subscriber Market Shares 2023" (Music Industry Blog); "The Ultimate Guide for Musicians to Have a Kickass Year 2024" (Symphonic); "Record Store Day 2024 Release List Revealed" (Stereogum). Plus audio drops from Fabrice Sergent from Bandsintown, and Megh Vakharia from SymphonyOS. Check out these music videos Jay and Mike talked about: Billy Joel "Turn The Lights Back On" The Dandy Warhols "I'd Like To Help You With Your Problem (featuring Slash)" Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee
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Episode 183
02/12/2024
Episode 183
Episode 183 On this week's episode, your humble hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat about these important stories: "Universal Deflates The TikTok Hype: Does TikTok Have A Napster Problem?" (Chris Castle); "Overnight Success Is Very Rare In Music, And There's Date To Prove It" (Billboard); "Robert Kyncl Is 'Confident' That Universal And TikTok Will Resolve Their Spat...And 3 Other Things We Learned From WMG's Latest Earnings Call" (Music Business Worldwide). Plus audio drops from Jorge Brea, CEO of Symphonic, Christine Asazuwa founder of the Measure of Music Conference, and Chris Castle from Music Technology Policy. Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee
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A YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With Will Page On SoundCloud Rockonomics
02/08/2024
A YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With Will Page On SoundCloud Rockonomics
On this YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With Will Page, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat with our friend Will Page about his second in a series of beautifully designed websites that lift the lid on how new models of music streaming serve creators and consumers alike. Getting exclusive access to data (and data scientists) from SoundCloud has allowed Will to surface the relevant engagement metrics that matter to our industry. Here's a link to the website: Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee
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Episode 182
02/05/2024
Episode 182
Episode 182 On this week's episode of the YMC podcast, your humble hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chatted about these important stories: "TikTok Just Lost A Huge Catalog Of Music. What Happened?" (New York Times); "78% Of Small-To-Midsize Businesses In The US Currently Misuse Personal Streaming Accounts To Play Music To Their Customers. It’s Costing The Music Industry $1.38 Billion Per Year." (Music Business Worldwide); "USC Annenberg's Report On Women's Gains In The Music Industry" (The New York Times). Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee
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Episode 181
01/29/2024
Episode 181
Episode 181 On this week's wiz-bang episode, your groovy hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart discuss these important topics and stories: "RUSS CRUPNICK From MusicWatch, Independent Analyst RICHARD KRAMER and Beatdap CEO MORGAN HAYDUK" (Audio Drops); Industry Leaders On Key Issues Including Artist Development, Exports And AI"(MusicWeek); "If The Music Business Keeps Growing, Why The Layoffs?" (Billboard). Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee
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Episode 180
01/22/2024
Episode 180
Episode 180 On this week's gabfest, your humble hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat about these important stories: "Patrick Clifton Breaks Down His Story 'The Record Label Crisis'"; "Spotify Dominates Audio Streaming, But Where Are The Profits?" (Wall Street Journal); "The Music Industry Needs A New Growth Story" (Bloomberg). Luminate Year-End Music Report: Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee Patrick Clifton's article: ()
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Episode 179
01/15/2024
Episode 179
Episode 179 On this week's edition of the YMC podcast, your groovy hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart yap about these important stories: "The Luminate U.S. Year-End Music Report For 2023 Is Here" (Luminate); "UMG Stock Gains On Layoff News, BELIEVE Shares Fall On Possible Takeover Report, K-Pop Stocks Flop" (Billboard); "The Future of Vinyl: Dustin Blocker Breaks Down The Resurgence Of Analog In A Digital World" (Magnetic). Plus an audio drop from Brianna Schwartz and Alexis Schreiber from Schwartz & Schreiber PLLC on Fair Use and Ai. Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee
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Episode 178
01/08/2024
Episode 178
Episode 178 On this week's edition of the YMC podcast, your humble hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart discuss these importan music industry stories: "Andreessen Horowitz’s Thoughts On AI Shows What The Music Industry Will Be Up Against In 2024" (Music Business Worldwide); "TikTok Global Head Of Music Ole Obermann On All Things Music" (Forbes); "Spotify’s 138% Gain Leads Billboard Global Music Index’s 31% Improvement In 2023" (Billboard). Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee
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A YMC Special Episode - A Conversation with Bobby Owsinski
01/03/2024
A YMC Special Episode - A Conversation with Bobby Owsinski
On this special YMC episode, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart have an in-depth conversation with audio engineer, producer and author Bobby Owsinski on his new book, The Musician's Ai Handbook. Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee
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Episode 177
01/01/2024
Episode 177
Episode 177 Happy New Year to everyone from Jay and Mike! On our first episode of 2024, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart talk about these important stories: "6 Music Business Stories You Missed Over The Holiday Break" (Hypebot); "2023’s Music By The Numbers: Taylor Swift Dominated, Country Boomed, And Hip-Hop Sunk" (Rolling Stone); "The 10 Biggest Music Business Deals Of 2023" (Billboard). Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee
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Episode 176
12/25/2023
Episode 176
Episode 176 On the last YMC podcast episode of the year, your happy hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart unceremoniously shove 2023 out the door and cover these important stories: "The 10 Biggest Music Business Stories of 2023" (Billboard); "Mark Mulligan Of MIDiA’s 2024 Music Industry Predictions" (Hypebot); "The Record Label Crisis" (Patrick Clifton). Plus an audio drop from Billboard editor at large Steve Knopper on the new Immediate Family documentary. Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee
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Episode 175
12/18/2023
Episode 175
Episode 175 On this week's episode of the YMC podcast, your happy hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart discuss these important music industry stories: "11 Music Business Predictions For 2024- From Jay Gilbert!" (Hypebot); "2023 Music Economics Report For Independent Artists" (Duetti); "'We’re On TikTok? What’s TikTok?’ The Forgotten Bands Going Supersonic Thanks To Gen Z" (The Guardian). Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee
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YMC Special Episode - "Key Changes", with Howie Singer and Bill Rosenblatt
12/15/2023
YMC Special Episode - "Key Changes", with Howie Singer and Bill Rosenblatt
On this very special episode of the Your Morning Coffee podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart have a conversation with Howie Singer and Bill Rosenblatt, the authors of the new book "Key Changes - The Ten Times Technology Transformed The Music Industry". This book is a must-read for anyone in or interested in the music industry, and we are really excited to share this with our listeners.
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Episode 174
12/11/2023
Episode 174
Episode 174 On this week's YMC gabfest, your groovy hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat about these important stories: "Vinyl Industry Opposes ‘Dramatic’ Shift In Music Store Sales Reporting" (Hypebot); "As AI Grows, Artists & Labels Consider: Who Owns a Voice?" (Billboard); and discussion about "The Senate passing the FANS FIRST ACT and Fair Use and Support for Federal Protections Against AI Voice Cloning & Deepfakes". Plus an audio drop with Jacquelle Amankonah Horton, founder and CEO of FAVE, a new fan engagement platform and marketplace dedicated to empowering superfans! Their new AI-supported tool for artists and their teams is called "FanFinder". If you are interested in testing FanFinder, reach out to Jacquelle at [email protected]!
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Episode 173
12/04/2023
Episode 173
Episode 173 On this week's YMC podcast, your humble hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart yap ahout these important stories: "SPOTIFY WRAPPED IS HERE! The Top Songs, Artists, Podcasts and Listening Trends of 2023 Revealed" (Spotify); "Will AI Be Used To Raise Musicians From The Dead? (Billboard); "Historic Mechanical Royalty Increases, Inflation Adjustments Explained!" (Chris Castle). Plus an audio drop with Mike Warner, author of Work Hard, Playlist Hard. Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee
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YMC Bonus Special Episode - A Conversation With Will Page 3
11/30/2023
YMC Bonus Special Episode - A Conversation With Will Page 3
On this bonus special YMC episode, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart talk with their good friend and economist Will Page about his article stating the global value of music copyrights for 2022 is hitting the $41.5 BILLION dollar mark! Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee
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Episode 172
11/27/2023
Episode 172
Episode 172 On this week's YMC podcast, your humble hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart discuss these important stories: "Everything To Know About Spotify's New Royalties Model: How Does It Work & Who Will It Impact?" (Billboard); "New Study Confirms TikTok Drives Streaming, But There’s No Magic Bullet on Going Viral" (Billboard); "YouTube Launches Test Of AI Music Generator That Can Mimic Demi Lovato, John Legend, Charlie Puth, Troye Sivan, T-Pain And More" (Variety). Plus an audio drop with Astral co-founder Jack Bogdan! Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee
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