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.

YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With Al Teller 10/21/2026

YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With Al Teller YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With The Legendary Al Teller On this very special episode, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart sit down with Al Teller, a legend in the music business that headed CBS Records (now Sony), MCA Records (now Universal) and was an early pinoeer in signing rap artists to a major label, as well a being an early adopter of the internet in music. Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee /episode/index/show/yourmorningcoffeepodcast/id/43384819

Episode 324 10/19/2026

Episode 324 Episode 324 This week, your hosts Jay Gilbert & Mike Etchart break down these important music industry stories: • Goldman Sachs Just Published Its Tenth Annual “Music in the Air” Report – Here’s What You Need To Know • Where the Streaming Services Stand On AI • Music With No Regional Barriers • Four Important Stories On Ticketing Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee /episode/index/show/yourmorningcoffeepodcast/id/43349894

Episode 323 10/12/2026

Episode 323 Episode 323 This week, your hosts Jay Gilbert & Mike Etchart break down these important music industry stories: • Record Store Day Black Friday 2026 Lineup Unveiled With 185 Exclusives! • CDs Are Back, And We Think We Know Why. • Billboard’s 2026 Top Music Business Schools • Music Publishers Will Be Handed Millions of Dollars Next Year. Here’s Why. Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee /episode/index/show/yourmorningcoffeepodcast/id/43251948

Episode 322 10/05/2026

Episode 322 Episode 322 This week, your hosts Jay Gilbert & Mike Etchart break down these important music industry stories: • AI Lost Its First Fair Use Appeal. Suno Should Be Worried. • Phonorecords V Could Reshape Catalog Valuations for Years. Here’s Why Songwriters Should Pay Attention. • Fans Travel 38% More for Live Music, New Study Shows • Linking Songs To Recordings Is Music Data’s ‘Single Biggest Unsolved Problem.’ Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee /episode/index/show/yourmorningcoffeepodcast/id/43167933

Episode 321 09/28/2026

Episode 321 Episode 321 This week, your hosts Jay Gilbert & Mike Etchart break down these important music industry stories: • Over 50% of a Major Streaming Service’s Tracks Come From DistroKid – And Other Revelations From UMG’s Lawsuit • The Spotify Playlist Cleanup • Judge Explains StubHub Arbitration Ruling: Ticket Buyer Agreed To Terms Barring Class Actions When He Clicked ‘Buy Now’ • As Some Labels Strike Deals With Suno, Artist Reps Sound Off: ‘It’s the Wild, Wild West’ Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee /episode/index/show/yourmorningcoffeepodcast/id/43048603

Episode 320 09/21/2026

Episode 320 Episode 320 This week, your hosts Jay Gilbert & Mike Etchart break down these important music industry stories: • Nearly 150,000 Tracks Are Added to Streaming Services Every Day, Luminate CEO Says. • I Hijacked a Real Artist's Spotify with AI Music. It Was Disturbingly Easy. • Music-Related Legislation Before Congress Right Now: A Full List of Bills. • Streaming 2.0 Hasn’t Worked. It’s Time For An Upload Fee. Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee /episode/index/show/yourmorningcoffeepodcast/id/42969778

YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With Venture Music President Chris Nardone 09/16/2026

YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With Venture Music President Chris Nardone YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With Venture Music President Chris Nardone. On this special episode, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart sit down with Venture Music's Chris Nardone in a conversation about the challenges and tools and tactics of music marketing today, including influencers, short-form video, collaborations, brand partnerships, targeted online ads and much more. Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee /episode/index/show/yourmorningcoffeepodcast/id/42919277

Episode 319 09/14/2026

Episode 319 Episode 319 This week, your hosts Jay Gilbert & Mike Etchart break down these important music industry stories: • As Suno Rolls Out Its New AI Models With Industry Licenses, What Does That Mean For the Music Business? • Where Do We Go From Here? A Letter To The Music Industry. • Spotify Just Hit 300 Million Subscribers. Here’s What We’ve Learned. • The Music Platform That Is Helping Artists Find Unclaimed Money Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee /episode/index/show/yourmorningcoffeepodcast/id/42890990

Episode 318 09/07/2026

Episode 318 Episode 318 This week, your hosts Jay Gilbert & Mike Etchart break down these important music industry stories: • RIAA 2026 Mid-Year Report: Streaming Growth Drives Revenue to $6 Billion, CD Sales Increase More Than 50%. • Jason Isbell Files Class Action Lawsuit Claiming Suno Coded AI to ‘Extract Musicians’ Identities’. • Trump Administration Just Sided With OpenAI In a Key ‘Fair Use’ Case. What It Means For Music’s Fight With Anthropic and Suno. • New Report Asks - Who Owns the Systems Behind Indie Music? Plus an audio drop with Steve Shirley from Soundcloud on letting artists sell tracks directly from their profiles. Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee /episode/index/show/yourmorningcoffeepodcast/id/42803125

YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With Sound Exchange CEO Michael Huppe 09/04/2026

YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With Sound Exchange CEO Michael Huppe YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With Sound Exchange President & CEO Michael Huppe. On the special episode, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart sit down with Sound Exchange's Michael Huppe in a wide ranging conversation about AI and the industry reponse, Washington policy and who should set rules for AI, the future of AI, what to do now to protect artist royalties, and what it's really like to testify before congress. Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee /episode/index/show/yourmorningcoffeepodcast/id/42780630

Episode 317 08/31/2026

Episode 317 Episode 317 This week, your hosts Jay Gilbert & Mike Etchart break down these important music industry stories: • The Music Industry Is in Good Shape - Despite What You May Have Heard • How Is Each Music Listening Platform Treating AI Music? • Best Practices for Launching Albums and Series in a Crowded Entertainment Marketplace • The Amazon “Pain” Forest Plus an audio drop with Kristin Robinson from Billboard on the different policies for streaming AI generated music. Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee /episode/index/show/yourmorningcoffeepodcast/id/42616350

YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With MIDiA's Tatiana Cirisano and Perry Gresham. 08/27/2026

YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With MIDiA's Tatiana Cirisano and Perry Gresham. On this very special YMC episode, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart sit down with MIDiA's VP of Music Strategy Tatiana Cirisano and Head of Data Perry Gresham to discuss their recently released "MIDiA Research 2026-2033 Global Music Forecasts - A Diversifying Market", which was written by Tatiana and Perry, along with Mark Mulligan, Mark Qi, Olivia Jones and Pierre Lewis. Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee /episode/index/show/yourmorningcoffeepodcast/id/42574645

Episode 316 08/24/2026

Episode 316 Episode 316 This week, your hosts Jay Gilbert & Mike Etchart break down these important music industry stories: • Spotify’s Playlist Editors Now Explain Their Picks To Listeners, And Get Their Own Public Profiles • OP-ED: Blue Dot Fever Isn’t a Ticket Sales Problem. It’s a Good Old Fashioned American Greed Problem • Robert Kyncl Justifies Suno Deal, as UMG and Sony Press on with Lawsuit: ‘In My Opinion, You Embrace It.’ • 5 Things To Know About Suno’s BMG Licensing Deal - Download Caps, Watermarks, and More Plus an audio drop with Kristin Robinson from Billboard on the challenges of labeling AI generated music. Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee /episode/index/show/yourmorningcoffeepodcast/id/42533785

Episode 315 08/17/2026

Episode 315 Episode 315 This week, your hosts Jay Gilbert & Mike Etchart break down these important music industry stories: • Suno Inks Global Licensing Deal With BMG, Ahead Of Launching New Music Model • Global Recorded Music Retail Revenue to Top $121 Billion by 2033, MIDiA Report Says • Spotify To Label AI Artists With New ‘AI Persona’ Badge – Keeping Their Music Out Of Recommendations By Default • The Illegal Sellers, Costing Musicians Millions in Revenue Plus audio drops with Sam Duboff, Spotify’s Global Head of Music Policy on their new "AI Persona" badge, and Steve Knopper on his piece for the WSJ on counterfeit merch! Subscribe to the newsletter! : YourMorning.Coffee /episode/index/show/yourmorningcoffeepodcast/id/42457010

Episode 314 08/10/2026

Episode 314 Episode 314 This week, your hosts Jay Gilbert & Mike Etchart break down these important music industry stories: • Spotify Hits 300M Premium Subscribers in Q2, Adding 7M, As Streamer Posts $762M Operating Profit. • The "Stadium Nations": What’s Driving the Global Touring Boom? • The Music Industry Is Trying to Guess the AI Recipe "After Dinner Was Served". • A 'Pressing' Issue: Why Are Vinyl Albums Becoming So Different From Their Digital Versions? Subscribe to the newsletter! : YourMorning.Coffee /episode/index/show/yourmorningcoffeepodcast/id/42372810

Episode 313 08/03/2026

Episode 313 Episode 313 This week, your hosts Jay Gilbert & Mike Etchart break down these important music industry stories: • Majors, Believe, BMG, Concord, HYBE (and more) Propose Chart Eligibility Rules for AI Music • Grammys CEO Defends New Asian Pop Category After BTS Says They Won’t Participate in 2027 Awards • Once You Hear It: The ‘Gen Alpha Melody’ Is Everywhere • 10 Biggest AI Music Artists Have Made $6.1 million on Spotify and YouTube, Report Suggests Plus an audio drop with Matt Urmy, CoFounder & CEO at Artist Growth. Subscribe to the newsletter! : YourMorning.Coffee /episode/index/show/yourmorningcoffeepodcast/id/42293750

Episode 312 07/27/2026

Episode 312 Episode 312 This week, your hosts Jay Gilbert & Mike Etchart break down these important music industry stories: • The Trouble With Labeling AI Music: Why a Proposal to Add ‘AI’ Tags Is Missing the Point • 8 Music Business Stories to Watch in the Last Half of 2026 • 90,000 AI tracks Flood Deezer Daily – Passing 50% of All New Music Uploads For the First Time • Major Album Launches Are Leaving Streaming. What Will Bring Them Back? Plus an audio drop with Sam Ramirez from Spotify Subscribe to the newsletter! : YourMorning.Coffee /episode/index/show/yourmorningcoffeepodcast/id/42223940

A Your Morning Coffee Special Episode: A Conversation with Dan Mackta, Managing Director at Qobuz 07/23/2026

A Your Morning Coffee Special Episode: A Conversation with Dan Mackta, Managing Director at Qobuz A Your Morning Coffee Special Episode: A Conversation with Dan Mackta, the Managing Director at Qobuz Your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat with Dan about what makes Qobuz a different DSP, the challenges of AI, and who's listening to high rez audio. Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee /episode/index/show/yourmorningcoffeepodcast/id/42191095

Episode 311 07/20/2026

Episode 311 Episode 311 This week, your hosts Jay Gilbert & Mike Etchart break down these important music industry stories: • Luminate Midyear Report 2026: R&B/Hip-Hop Falls, Dance Rises, CDs Surge 16% & More • Suno Scraped YouTube, Deezer to Train AI, Hacked Code Reveals - Potentially Strengthening UMG & Sony's Case • Spotify’s Editorial Playlists Look Enormous, But They’re Shrinking • Your Catalog Might Be Your Best Marketing Asset, Here’s How To Use It Plus an audio with Craig Meyer from GigLogic! Subscribe to the newsletter! : YourMorning.Coffee /episode/index/show/yourmorningcoffeepodcast/id/42147145

A Your Morning Coffee Special Episode: A conversation with Jaime Marconette 07/15/2026

A Your Morning Coffee Special Episode: A conversation with Jaime Marconette A Your Morning Coffee Special Episode: A conversation with Jaime Marconette, the VP Music Insights and Industry Relations at Luminate. Your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat with Jaime about their just released Mid-Year Report, Trends in Music, TV & film. We discuss the health of the music business, a spike in CD sales, growth areas, music documentaries and, of course, AI. Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee /episode/index/show/yourmorningcoffeepodcast/id/42102865

Episode 310 07/13/2026

Episode 310 Episode 310 This week, your hosts Jay Gilbert & Mike Etchart break down these important music industry stories: • Analyzing the 12 Top Music Business Stories of 2026 - So Far • The Future of the Music Creator Economy • RIAA, IFPI & More Come Together to Create System for Tagging AI-Generated Songs • StubHub's 'Marketplace for Fans' is Run by a Mass Scalper, According to SEC Filings Subscribe to the newsletter! : YourMorning.Coffee /episode/index/show/yourmorningcoffeepodcast/id/42053945

A Your Morning Coffee Special Episode: A Conversation with Deezer's Manuel Moussallam 07/10/2026

A Your Morning Coffee Special Episode: A Conversation with Deezer's Manuel Moussallam A Your Morning Coffee Special Episode: A conversation with Manuel Moussallam, the VP of Research & Data Science at streaming service Deezer. Your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat with Manuel about a variety of topics, including AI detection, their User-Centric model approach, and the challenges all streaming services have to navigate in the marketplace today. Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee /episode/index/show/yourmorningcoffeepodcast/id/42031145

Episode 309 07/06/2026

Episode 309 Episode 309 This week, your hosts Jay Gilbert & Mike Etchart break down these important music industry stories: • Spotify Slashes Streams of Hit Song after Suspicious Activity on Prediction Market Kalshi • Viberate Opens Music Data to ChatGPT, Claude and Other AI bots Via Official MCP Server Launch • Google Says AI Training Is Fair Use and Copyright Should Be Policed on Outputs, Not Inputs • The Trends Defining Music, Culture & Brand Marketing in 2026 Subscribe to the newsletter! : YourMorning.Coffee /episode/index/show/yourmorningcoffeepodcast/id/41968800

A Your Morning Coffee Special Episode: A Conversation With Graham Davies of DIMA 07/01/2026

A Your Morning Coffee Special Episode: A Conversation With Graham Davies of DIMA A Your Morning Coffee Special Episode: A conversation with Graham Davies, the prersident of the Digital Media Association (DIMA). Your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat with Graham about a variety of topics from their recently released 2026 Annual Report. Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee /episode/index/show/yourmorningcoffeepodcast/id/41921590

Episode 308 06/29/2026

Episode 308 Episode 308 This week, your hosts Jay Gilbert & Mike Etchart break down these important music industry stories: • Suno Launches Artist Incubator, Offering Grants and Marketing to Indie Talents • Why Artists Can’t Ignore Vanity Metrics • The Science Behind Ticketing: How Artists & Their Teams Price Tours • The Label Model Is Training Artists Not to Need Labels Subscribe to the newsletter! : YourMorning.Coffee /episode/index/show/yourmorningcoffeepodcast/id/41857490

A Your Morning Coffee Special Episode with Molly Neuman, Aly Gillani and Sean Johnson 06/24/2026

A Your Morning Coffee Special Episode with Molly Neuman, Aly Gillani and Sean Johnson A Your Morning Coffee Special Episode: An Indie Week second edition live conversations with Jay Gilbert and CD Baby's Molly Neuman, Bandcamp's Aly Gillani, and Sean Johnson from Top Drawer. Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee /episode/index/show/yourmorningcoffeepodcast/id/41789795

Episode 307 06/22/2026

Episode 307 Episode 307 This week, your hosts Jay Gilbert & Mike Etchart break down these important music industry stories: • The Music Industry Is Closing In On A Billion Global Subscribers—with Spotify Out In Front • No Fakes Act, Bill Meant To Curb Unauthorized Digital Replicas, Clears Senate Judiciary Committee • Warner and UMG are Quietly Asking Artists for Their Stems • Four Music Datasets Holding Millions Of Tracks Are Being Shared Among AI Developers Subscribe to the newsletter! : YourMorning.Coffee /episode/index/show/yourmorningcoffeepodcast/id/41720270

A Your Morning Coffee Special Episode: A Conversation With Mark Jowett and Zena White 06/19/2026

A Your Morning Coffee Special Episode: A Conversation With Mark Jowett and Zena White A Your Morning Coffee Special Episode: An Indie Week live conversation with Jay Gilbert and Nettwerk's Mike Jowett and Partisan Records Zena White. Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee /episode/index/show/yourmorningcoffeepodcast/id/41699095

Episode 306 06/15/2026

Episode 306 Episode 306 This week, your hosts Jay Gilbert & Mike Etchart break down these important music industry stories: • Google Asserts That YouTube’s Terms of Service Allow It to Train AI Models • NMPA Reports Spotify and Amazon Bundling Cost Nearly $500M in Lost Value Since 2024 • WMG Acquires Sureel AI, a Platform That Aims to Protect Music and Other Assets From Unauthorized Use and Monetization • Indie Venues Call For ‘Dismantling’ the PRO’s Blanket Licensing Practice All of this plus Jeremy Sirota drops in to talk about “Breaking Into The Music Business” Jeremy's list of 100+ music companies: Subscribe to the newsletter! : YourMorning.Coffee /episode/index/show/yourmorningcoffeepodcast/id/41644995

Episode 305 06/08/2026

Episode 305 Episode 305 This week, your hosts Jay Gilbert & Mike Etchart break down these important music industry stories: • The AI Music Streaming Flood: Where We’re At • Will Live Nation & Ticketmaster Really Get Broken Up? • Meta Launches Paid Subscriptions: Is the Era of Free Social Media at an End? • Suno Raised $400M Ahead of New AI Model Made in Partnership With Music Industry Establishment Subscribe to the newsletter! : YourMorning.Coffee /episode/index/show/yourmorningcoffeepodcast/id/41568890

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