Spotify Is Riddled With Fake Streams — Or Is It?
After a string of 'fake stream' scandals involving mega-stars like French Montana and G-Eazy, a serious question percolated within the music...
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The Digital Music News Podcast
The editors of Digital Music News pick apart the music industry's most important topics! Join us for some probing questions, ridiculous assertions, and wild stories about the music business.
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20 of 31 episodesI Will Build You a Streaming Music Service In 4 Weeks or Less
What's the future of streaming music platforms? While giants like Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, and YouTube Music only getting bigger,...
You Will Make More Money as a Musician — If You Listen to This Podcast
Emily White is one of the foremost experts in the music industry and an authority on how musicians can maximize the earnings from their musi...
Meet Lady A, the Black Singer Whose Name Got Taken by Lady Antebellum
When it comes to trainwrecks, this one takes the cake. Just a few weeks ago, the ultra-successful country-pop trio Lady Antebellum decided t...
Meet the Guys Taking Vinyl Mastering Out of the Stone Age
Despite a vinyl record comeback that started nearly 15 years ago, the companies manufacturing vinyl are still scrambling to get back on the...
Spotify Probably Owes You More Money — Here's How to Get It
Jeff Price is one of the music industry's foremost experts on music copyright and artist royalties. He's also a huge critic of Spotify and t...
Meet the Artist Who Is Literally Saving His Fans' Lives
Lucidious is an independent rapper with more than 100 million Spotify streams and a steady income. He's also helping his fans deal with seri...
How to Game the Billboard Charts (And Why You Shouldn't)
What does it really take to get to the top of the Billboard charts? The answer, according to Reggie Gooden, a partner at 818 Talent, depends...
How to Protect Yourself From the Copyright Trolls
James Sammataro is one of the top music industry attorneys. And like many music biz barristers, he's witnessing an alarming swell in copyrig...
Stop Chasing Playlists and Start Building a Music Career
Lucidious was a talented musician with a growing fanbase and a well-paying day job. But he also couldn't get onto a Spotify playlist to save...
The Pretty Things - The Most Important Band You Don't Know
I recently had the opportunity to speak with Phil May from the band, The Pretty Things. One of the most influential people in rock history,...
The Music Nerds Behind the World's Largest Guitar Effects Pedalboard
This week, we talk to the world's foremost experts in guitar effects pedals. After spending decades in music production, live tech, and peda...
DMN's Interview with New Internet Sensation, 'Dad'
In this episode of the Digital Music News podcast, we stray outside the usual music industry discussions to interview fast-rising YouTube se...
Are Hit Songs Under Attack? The Disturbing Trend In Copyright Trolling
Ed McPherson is one of biggest attorneys in the music industry. And he's getting worried about a spate of recent copyright infringement deci...
Interview With a Legend: Todd Rundgren
Noah Itman spends some time chatting with Todd Rundgren, one of the most influential figures in music. They discuss Todd's massive career, h...
Meet the Single Mom Cellist Who Makes a Living Off of Her Music
Zöe Keating lost her husband and business partner in 2015, leaving the cellist extraordinaire a single mother. But what happened next was as...
The Science Behind Bone-Conduction Off-Ear Headphones
Headphones are dangerous, simply because they block out everything else. Yet everyday, millions of people drive, bike, scooter, and operate...
Netflix and Spotify: Are They Really In the Same Boat?
Peter Csathy is the author of Fearless Media , which is 300+ pages about everything that happened in the media world - in just the last year...
Now That the MMA Has Passed, Who's Gonna Run the Damn Thing?
In October of 2018, the music industry passed a momentous bill: the Music Modernization Act, or MMA. The sweeping law opened a brand-new pro...
Fraud In the Music Industry: How Big of a Problem Is This?
Guenter Loibl and Nermina Mumic are trying to figure out a way to detect fraud and irregularities in royalty accounting statements. I asked...