The Gatekeepers of SoundCloud Rap

https://www.vulture.com/2018/12/the-gatekeepers-of-soundcloud-rap.html

Jonathan Dickins interview

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/jonathan-dickins-on-adele-working-with-labels-and-what-makes-a-great-manager/

Forbes Marshmello interview

https://www.forbes.com/sites/zackomalleygreenburg/2018/11/07/forbes-30-under-30-cover-story-how-marshmello-became-a-44-million-dj/?curator=MusicREDEF

Milk & Honey interview

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/lucas-keller-lots-of-people-told-me-that-managing-songwriters-and-producers-wasnt-a-real-business/

John Janick interview

http://hitsdailydouble.com/news&id=314109

PROFITS, PAYMENTS AND PODCASTS: 5 TAKEAWAYS FROM SPOTIFY’S Q3 EARNINGS CALL

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/profits-payments-and-podcasts-5-takeaways-from-spotifys-q3-earnings-call/

Ditto Music interview laying into major labels

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/ditto-music-lee-parsons-interview-749510/?curator=MusicREDEF

Chance the Rapper on Apple Music and streaming exclusives

https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2018/10/09/chance-the-rapper-apple-music-streaming-exclusive/

Jamie Oborne interview

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/the-1975-are-the-best-band-in-the-world-like-unquestionably-the-best-band-in-the-world/

Justin Tranter interview

https://www.playboy.com/read/school-of-pop-how-justin-tranter-became-the-man-behind-almost-every-song-you-love

SPOTIFY’S DIRECT DISTRIBUTION DEALS: WHAT DO ARTISTS GET PAID?

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/spotifys-direct-distribution-deals-what-do-the-artists-get/

Spotify testing tool to allow artists to upload music directly

https://musically.com/2018/09/20/spotify-tool-artists-upload-directly/

Dan Wilson interview

https://www.forbes.com/sites/dannyross1/2018/09/05/from-adele-to-halsey-this-hitmaker-sees-no-closing-time/#2e7c79a62024

Valerie Simpson interview

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/songwriters-should-be-prepared-to-go-through-a-lot-of-stuff-to-get-to-the-real-thing/

Dre London interview

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/dre-london-my-ambition-to-build-an-empire/

interview with Zach Gurka of Ground Up Mgmt

https://www.forbes.com/sites/dannyross1/2018/07/27/from-dua-lipa-to-the-chainsmokers-this-music-manager-creates-new-rules/#2a89c6d472c5

the songwriting camps where pop's biggest hits get crafted

http://www.vulture.com/2018/08/the-songwriting-camps-where-pops-biggest-hits-get-crafted.html

The Evolution of Country Music in Nashville

http://www.vulture.com/2018/08/the-evolution-of-country-music-in-nashville.html

Spotify’s playlist for global domination - Daniel Ek interview

https://www.fastcompany.com/90205519/spotifys-playlist-for-global-domination?curator=MediaREDEF

Jean-Paul Goude's best photograph: an androgynous Grace Jones

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/aug/01/jean-paul-goude-best-photograph-grace-jones-nightclubbing

Spotlight: Commission Music Co-Founders on Breaking Lil Dicky & MadeinTYO, Being Bigger Than an Indie Label

https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/8465783/commission-martini-neumann-lil-dicky-madeintyo-spotlight-interview

MERCK MERCURIADIS WANTS TO RAISE A BILLION DOLLARS. AND THEN HE WANTS TO CHANGE THE FACE OF THE MUSIC BUSINESS.

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/merck-mercuriadis-wants-to-raise-a-billion-dollars-and-then-he-wants-to-change-the-face-of-the-music-business/

Millions of Followers? Yes, But Some Top Spotify Playlists Fall Short on Engagement

https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/8463174/spotify-playlists-engagement-analysis-study?curator=MusicREDEF

Matt Pincus interview

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/matt-pincus-this-is-probably-the-most-exciting-time-i-can-remember-in-the-music-business/

Tap Mgmt interview

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/artists-have-the-best-chance-of-success-when-they-get-things-rolling-themselves/

Quality Control interview

http://hitsdailydouble.com/news&id=312319

Jamie Hartman's tips for songwriters

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/people-in-the-music-business-often-do-and-say-cruel-things-in-order-to-elevate-themselves-avoid-these-people/

what to do if a band's name is similar to yours

http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2018/06/trademark-101-what-to-do-if-a-bands-name-is-similar-to-yours.html

Twitter thread about Spotify usage and how to get on Discover Weekly

https://twitter.com/cheriehu42/status/1001809657478963200

Daniel Glass interview

https://www.forbes.com/sites/dannyross1/2018/05/23/meet-the-music-exec-taking-bands-from-the-fringes-to-the-grammys/#2deef1475b13

Post Malone's Manager Dre London On Secrets to Success -- And Singer's Plans to Launch Own Label

https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/8457392/post-malone-manager-dre-london-label-interview-photos?curator=MusicREDEF

songwriting and anxiety

https://somethinghonest.blog/index.php/2018/05/13/songwritingandanxiety/

How American R&B Songwriters Found a New Home in K-Pop

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/american-rb-songwriters-talk-writing-k-pop-hits-w519033?curator=MusicREDEF

SPOTIFY Q1 2018 RESULTS: FULL STREAM AHEAD

http://www.midiaresearch.com/blog/spotify-q1-2018-results-full-stream-ahead/

SWEDEN MIGHT JUST HAVE SHOWN US WHAT THE FUTURE OF MUSIC REVENUES WILL LOOK LIKE

http://www.midiaresearch.com/blog/sweden-might-just-have-shown-us-what-the-future-of-the-music-revenues-will-look-like/

How This Startup Is Finding Millions in Unclaimed YouTube Revenue For Artists and Labels

https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/8357947/create-music-group-youtube-revenue-recovery-artists-labels?curator=MusicREDEF

‘We’ve got more money swirling around’: how streaming saved the music industry

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/apr/24/weve-got-more-money-swirling-around-how-streaming-saved-the-music-industry?curator=MusicREDEF

how Ed Sheeran's Shape Of You was written

https://www.nytimes.com/video/arts/music/100000005469604/ed-sheeran-shape-of-you.html

how Zedd's The Middle was written

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/22/arts/music/diary-of-a-song-the-middle-zedd-maren-morris-grey.html?curator=MusicREDEF

Platoon interview

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/platoon-denzyl-feigelson-saul-klein-artists-are-telling-other-artists-about-us/?curator=MusicREDEF

musicologists post-Blurred Lines

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/music-copyright-after-blurred-lines-experts-speak-out-w518206?curator=MusicREDEF

Mark Mulligan on Spotify looking forward

https://musicindustryblog.wordpress.com/2018/04/03/spotify-dpo-day/

Billboard Dance Power Players 2018

https://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/8258223/billboard-dance-power-players-2018-the-managers-live-leaders-tastemakers?curator=MusicREDEF

Spotify Saved Music. Can It Save Itself?

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-23/spotify-saved-music-can-it-save-itself?curator=MusicREDEF

Inside The Chainsmokers' Plan to Rethink the Album Cycle

https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/8257719/inside-the-chainsmokers-plan-rethink-album-cycle?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=BB%20MASTER%20Record%20Labels%20Update2&utm_term=biz_recordlabel

interview with Carl Hitchborn of High Time (The Hunna, Coasts)

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/carl-hitchborn-i-realised-that-no-one-in-the-music-business-really-knew-what-they-were-doing/

smart speakers

http://musically.com/2018/03/21/smart-speakers-impact-music/

Inside the booming black market for Spotify playlists

https://www.dailydot.com/upstream/spotify-playlist-black-market/?curator=MusicREDEF

explanation of breakage in the streaming era

http://hitsdailydouble.com/news&id=310836

KOBALT INVESTS $150M IN INDEPENDENT ARTISTS TO CHALLENGE ‘STUPIDITY’ OF TRADITIONAL MAJOR LABEL DEALS

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/kobalt-invests-150m-in-independent-artists-to-challenge-stupid-traditional-major-label-deals/?curator=MusicREDEF

interview with Frazer T Smith

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-43224339

10cc - how we made I'm Not In Love

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/feb/26/10cc-how-we-made-im-not-in-love

interview with Phil Harvey and Dave Holmes (Coldplay)

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/they-played-a-tiny-cafe-there-were-four-people-in-the-audience/

Keith Rosencraft indeed... how soon they forget.

how Stockholm, Sweden became a dominant force in global pop music

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/music/how-stockholm-became-a-dominant-force-in-global-popmusic/article37541953/

So Much for Conversion: Apple Set to Pass Spotify in Subscribers

https://musictechpolicy.com/2018/02/04/so-much-for-conversion-apple-set-to-pass-spotify-in-subscribers/

Charlie Puth Takes Charge: The 'Attention' Singer on His New Critical Acclaim and Why His First Album Was 'Not Me At All'

https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8097384/charlie-puth-voicenotes-interview-billboard-cover-story-2018?curator=MusicREDEF

Here’s Why Migos, Drake, and Rae Sremmurd Are Releasing These Giant, Bloated Records

https://consequenceofsound.net/2018/02/heres-why-migos-drake-and-rae-sremmurd-are-releasing-these-giant-bloated-records/?curator=MusicREDEF

2017 Streaming Price Bible! Spotify per Stream Rates Drop 9%, Apple Music Gains Marketshare of Both Plays and Overall Revenue

https://thetrichordist.com/2018/01/15/2017-streaming-price-bible-spotify-per-stream-rates-drop-9-apple-music-gains-marketshare-of-both-plays-and-overall-revenue/

The Future of the Streaming Economy: 5 Things to Watch

https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/8095788/future-streaming-economy-5-things-to-watch-jordan-bromley

Minty Fresh: Spotify Makes a New Home for EDM - Chartmetric data

https://blog.chartmetric.io/minty-fresh-spotify-makes-a-new-home-for-edm-62eccfee2b09

Bruce Allen interview

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/bruce-allen-artists-today-have-more-power-than-they-realize/