Behind the Music Business Podcast

Here we are. Episode 80 of this little podcast that I launched back in 2018. Since then I have spoken to music business execs from the world of record labels, publishing, artist management, sync, artists themselves and also live music which is where my very special guest number 80 comes from. Russ Tannen is the president of DICE. At their core DICE is a ticketing business but as you will hear from our conversation they have become so much more than that and are continuing to grow and develop in really interesting ways. Russ is based in NYC and we met up over a video call and talked about his journey from a 15 year old Hardcore kid from the Isle of White putting on shows in his local pub that he couldnt even attend because he was too young to being the president of a multinational live music business with 460 employees worldwide. I had a lot of fun talking to Russ and hearing how much we had in common growing up when it comes to music. Please forgive the alarm that you might be able to hear in the background. There was a test going on at the DICE building whilst we spoke. https://dice.fm/ [https://dice.fm/] https://www.instagram.com/dicefm/ [https://www.instagram.com/dicefm/] https://twitter.com/dicefm [https://twitter.com/dicefm] https://www.linkedin.com/company/dice-fm/ [https://www.linkedin.com/company/dice-fm/] Get in touch with me via behindthebusinesspod@gmail.co [behindthebusinesspod@gmail.com] https://www.dcmusicpublishing.co.u [https://www.dcmusicpublishing.co.uk/] https://www.instagram.com/dcmusicpublishing [https://www.instagram.com/danmchampion/] https://twitter.com/dannychampion [https://twitter.com/dannychampion]

Very excited about getting ever closer to episode 80 of the podcast which is mad when I think about it. Episode 79 is with Emily Ardagh-Walter of This is Music. Emily recently moved into the world of artist management after leaving her breakthrough role as part of the finance team at Universal Records. I had the pleasure of teaching Emily in my first year of university lecturing at the University of South Wales in Cardiff and it would an absolute treat to catch up with her to hear about her journey since graduating in 2019. We spoke about Music business courses at uni, about internships and how to make the most out of them and how she made the decision to move on from that first role at a major to what she is doing now. This episode is definitely a good one for those of you out there interesting in making your first steps into the music business either before or after a degree. https://www.thisismusicltd.com/ [https://www.thisismusicltd.com/] https://www.instagram.com/thisismusicltd/ [https://www.instagram.com/thisismusicltd/] https://twitter.com/ThisIsMusicLtd [https://twitter.com/ThisIsMusicLtd] https://www.facebook.com/thisismusicltd [https://www.facebook.com/thisismusicltd] https://soundcloud.com/this-is-music [https://soundcloud.com/this-is-music] https://www.linkedin.com/in/emily-ardagh-walter/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/emily-ardagh-walter/] Get in touch with me via: behindthebusinesspod@gmail.com [behindthebusinesspod@gmail.com] https://www.dcmusicpublishing.co.uk [https://www.dcmusicpublishing.co.uk/] https://www.instagram.com/dcmusicpublishing [https://www.instagram.com/danmchampion/] https://twitter.com/dannychampion [https://twitter.com/dannychampion]

Big thanks to Liam for jumping on a Zoom call with me to talk about all things live music (pre and post Pandemic). I reached out to Liam as he and his agency ‘Echelon Talent’ currently look after the live side of things for a couple of acts I work with as DC Music Publishing. The Hyena Kill and Blanket. Liams agency look after a whole host of acts based in the UK and beyond who I am a big fan of so it was great to speak to him about how he has built his business, especially during such a difficult time for the live music industry. Echelon was launching only 6 months before the global pandemic shut the live entertainment business down so it was really interesting to hear what that whole period was like. We also talked about how Liam and his business work with his clients and how he likes to start working with acts early in their careers. It was a great conversation, we shared a lot of similar views and I am sure that we could have carried on talking for ages if given the chance. https://echelontalent.agency/ [https://echelontalent.agency/] https://www.instagram.com/echelontalentagency/ [https://www.instagram.com/echelontalentagency/] https://www.facebook.com/echelontalentagency/ [https://www.facebook.com/echelontalentagency/] https://www.instagram.com/liamechelon/ [https://www.instagram.com/liamechelon/] https://www.twitch.tv/liamechelon [https://www.twitch.tv/liamechelon] Get in touch with me via: https://www.dcmusicpublishing.co.uk [https://www.dcmusicpublishing.co.uk/] https://www.instagram.com/dcmusicpublishing [https://www.instagram.com/danmchampion/] https://twitter.com/dannychampion [https://twitter.com/dannychampion]

As I hurtle (slowly) closer to episode 80, this weeks conversation is with Head of Publishing, A&R and Label Manager at A&G Group/Power Haus Creative Livia Cruz. I reached out to Livia via Linkedin as she is another guest of the pod that I am yet to meet in person. I was very pleased that she was able to jump on a Zpom call with me at short notice to have this conversation. We spoke about her relationship with music having grown up in Brazil and how she got into the business over here when she came over to Europe. Liv also gave me a really interesting look into what A&G as a business are doing at the moment, especially with the relatively recent addition of Power-Haus on the master recording side of the business. I really enjoyed meeting and speaking with Liv and I hope you enjoying listening to our conversation. https://agsyncmusic.com/ [https://agsyncmusic.com/] https://www.agsongspublishing.com/ [https://www.agsongspublishing.com/] https://power-hauscreative.com/ [https://power-hauscreative.com/] https://www.instagram.com/agsync/ [https://www.instagram.com/agsync/] https://www.instagram.com/agsongspublishing/ [https://www.instagram.com/agsongspublishing/] https://www.instagram.com/powerhaus_creative/ [https://www.instagram.com/powerhaus_creative/] Get in touch with me via: https://www.dcmusicpublishing.co.uk [https://www.dcmusicpublishing.co.uk/] https://www.instagram.com/dcmusicpublishing [https://www.instagram.com/danmchampion/]https://twitter.com/dannychampion [https://twitter.com/dannychampion]

This episode is with a fellow podcaster. If you haven’t checked out the MeloCompass podcast already you definitely should. If you are listening to this then Nicky’s pod will be right up your street. Check it out on Spotify, Apple, Google or wherever you get your podcasts from. Nicky reached out to me to talk about podcasts and podcasting and in doing so we managed to set up a time to get her on BTB which was awesome. Nicky has had a varied career in the business and has loads of insights for those who are interested in getting in the business. Her area of specialism is music licensing so we have a good and thorough discussion on that and where its all going in the future as well as chatting about Nicky's personal journey in the business and the specific places she has worked as well as the MeloCompass project that she has been building for the past few years. https://www.melocompass.uk/ [https://www.melocompass.uk/] https://www.instagram.com/melocompassuk/ [https://www.instagram.com/melocompassuk/] https://www.linkedin.com/company/melocompass/ [https://www.linkedin.com/company/melocompass/] https://footprintmusic.com/ [https://footprintmusic.com/] https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickylangley/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickylangley/] Get in touch with me via: https://www.dcmusicpublishing.co.uk [https://www.dcmusicpublishing.co.uk/] https://www.instagram.com/dcmusicpublishing [https://www.instagram.com/danmchampion/]https://twitter.com/dannychampion [https://twitter.com/dannychampion]