Aug 26, 2026
What happens when businesses, apps, and games use music without really paying for it?
This week we're on the third revenue multiplier of our Rising Tide miniseries: new forms of licensing hiding in plain sight.
First, Soundtrack CEO Ola Sars breaks down the 40 billion dollar market for background music in businesses,...
Aug 19, 2026
What is your music catalog actually worth, and how would you even find out?
This week we're on the second stop of our Rising Tide miniseries, tackling catalog valuation, one of the revenue multipliers we're covering ahead of the Music Tectonics Conference this October.
First, music lawyer and Instagram creator Ryan...
Aug 12, 2026
There's no lost and found for your royalties. If you don't claim them, they don't come looking for you, and depending on where the money's sitting, you may only have a few years before it's gone for good.
This week we kick off a new thread inside our Rising Tide miniseries: the eight revenue multipliers in music....
Aug 5, 2026
What's your music catalog actually worth, and where is the industry still leaving money on the table?
This week, Dmitri is joined by our chief writer Tristra Newyear Yeager for a deep dive into eight revenue multipliers that they believe can grow the total addressable market for music. Building on last month’s...
Aug 3, 2026
We interrupt this miniseries for a special bonus episode! Last week, we laid out a theory on what technology can do to grow the value of music, so this time we wanted to hear from someone who is actually betting billions of dollars on the answer.
Sam Hendel is the managing partner of Chord Music Partners, a leading pure...