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!

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

Episode 234 02/03/2025

Episode 234 Episode 234 On this week's rockin' episode of the YMC podcast, your humble hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chatted about these important stories: "Spotify Has Led The Music Business To Record Growth. So Why Are Artists& Songwriters So Angry?" (Billboard); "Universal Music Group And Spotify Have A New Deal. It wipes out Spotify's Infamous 'Audiobook Bundle' Royalty Discount In The US" (Music Business Worldwide); "18 Music Industry Power Players Share Predictions for 2025" (Billboard). Plus an audio drop from Tony van Veen from Disk Makers! Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee /episode/index/show/yourmorningcoffeepodcast/id/35121490

YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With Liz Pelly 01/29/2025

YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With Liz Pelly On this very special edition of the YMC podcast, your host Jay Gilbert has an in-depth conversation with author Liz Pelly on her recently released book entitled Mood Machine - The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist. Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee /episode/index/show/yourmorningcoffeepodcast/id/35061865

Episode 233 01/27/2025

Episode 233 Episode 233 On this week's edition of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart break down these important stories: "The Playlist Power Broker Who Makes Or Breaks New Artists" (The Wall Street Journal); "Is The Album Dead? Are We Facing A World Of Endless Singles & EP's?" (Soundmatters); "In The Music Business, 80 Is The New 20" (Ted Gioia). Plus an audio clip from a presentation by Darren Hemmings. Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee /episode/index/show/yourmorningcoffeepodcast/id/35025070

Episode 232 01/20/2025

Episode 232 On this week's YMC podcast episode, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart break down these important music business stories: "There Are Now Over 200M Tracks On Audio Streaming Services. Nearly 100M Of Them Aren’t Played More Than 10 Times Each Year" (Music Business Worldwide): "Music Business Trends, Topics & Stories To Watch In 2025" (Billboard); "Why Physical Album Variants Have Exploded In The Streaming Era" (Billboard). Plus a quick audio drop from YouTuber Benn Jordan who says he’s found a way to spot AI-generated music that so far has identified songs generated using the Suno platform (which many think is the best at creating human-like music) 100% of the time. Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee /episode/index/show/yourmorningcoffeepodcast/id/34919955

YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With Jaime Marconette And The Luminate 2024 Report 01/16/2025

YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With Jaime Marconette And The Luminate 2024 Report On this very special episode of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart sit down with Jaime Marconette, VP of Music Insights and Artist Relations at Luminate to break down their recently released 2024 Year-End Music Report. Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee /episode/index/show/yourmorningcoffeepodcast/id/34878030

Episode 231 01/13/2025

Episode 231 Episode 231 On this week's YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart disucss these important music industry stories: "Big Music Myth #1: Streamers Are In The Music Business" (Chris Castle); "Avenged Sevenfold's M. Shadows Unmasks Truth Behind 'Dynamic' Ticket Pricing: 'Artists Love To Hide Behind Live Nation And Ticketmaster And Go, 'Oh. We Had No Clue''' (Ultimate Guitar); "Yes, A TikTok Ban Is Closer Than Ever. No, Your App Won’t Just Disappear" (CNN). Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee /episode/index/show/yourmorningcoffeepodcast/id/34830345

YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With Jesse Kirshbaum 01/08/2025

YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With Jesse Kirshbaum YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With Jesse Kirshbaum On this special episode of the YMC podcast, your host Jay Gilbert chats with Jesse Kirshbaum of the Nue Agency and Beats + Bytes on the new 2024 Trend Report. Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee /episode/index/show/yourmorningcoffeepodcast/id/34770025

Episode 230 01/06/2025

Episode 230 Episode 230 As we launch into 2025 with the YMC podcast, your humble hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart discuss these important music indsutry stories: "Bob Lefsetz, The Man Who Was ‘So Mean’ To Taylor Swift" (Wall Street Journal); "AI’s Impact On Music In 2025: Licensing, Creativity And Industry Survival" (Forbes); "20 Essential Music Documentaries To Stream Right Now (LA Times). Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee /episode/index/show/yourmorningcoffeepodcast/id/34731160

YMC Special Episode - A Conversation with Rob Abelow 01/02/2025

YMC Special Episode - A Conversation with Rob Abelow On this special episode of the YMC podcast, your host Jay Gilbert sits down with Rob Abelow from Where Music's Going about the article in his newsletter, "Music's Biggest Problems". Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee /episode/index/show/yourmorningcoffeepodcast/id/34693550

Episode 229 12/30/2024

Episode 229 Episode 229 On this New Year's edtion of the YMC podcast, your humble hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart welcome 2025 by chatting about these important music industry stories: "Trends That Will Drive The Music Business In 2025" (Hypebot); "Music CAN Thrive In The AI Era" (Wired); "As Vinyl Grows, High-Priced Audiophile Editions Are More Popular. Are They Worth It?" (Billboard). Plus an audio drop with Bill Hein from Pressing Business. Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee /episode/index/show/yourmorningcoffeepodcast/id/34650535

Episode 228 12/23/2024

Episode 228 Episode 228 On this Christmas edition of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat about these important music business stories: "The Ghosts In The Machine: Spotify’s Plot Against Musicians" (Harpers); "4 Observations On Downtown's Agreed $775 Million Sale To Universal's Virgin Music Group" (Music Business Worldwide); "Five Music Marketing Strategies To Leave Behind In 2024" (Forbes). Plus an audio drop with MIDiA's Kriss Thakrar on the UMG purchase of Downtown. Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee /episode/index/show/yourmorningcoffeepodcast/id/34575920

Episode 227 12/16/2024

Episode 227 Episode 227 On this week's action packed episode of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart discussed these important music industry stories: "Pitchfork Album Of The Year Is Not On Spotify: Trend Or Anomaly?" (Hypebot); "The Year In Pop: Hits Without Stars, Stars Without Hits" (New York Times); "Overanalysing Our Spotify Wrapped: What MIDiA’s Stats Say About The Industry" (MIDiA). Plus an audio drop with Brianna Schwartz Esq. from Schwartz & Schreiber! Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee /episode/index/show/yourmorningcoffeepodcast/id/34460995

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