May 27, 2026
Why are most brands still stuck licensing royalty-free tracks nobody recognizes while short-form content runs on music?
This week, we're sharing a conversation Jade Prieboy had at SXSW with Ferris Bseiso, founder of Cipher Music, breaking down how TikTok rewrote the economics of sync licensing, why major brands are...
May 19, 2026
Emmanuel Zunz, the CEO and founder of ONErpm, has spent 16 years building one of the fastest-growing independent music companies in the world, across 40 territories, with a staff of over 500, and without a single round of outside investment. In this episode, he breaks down exactly how that happened.
This week on the...
May 12, 2026
What does it actually look like to build a music career from the ground up as an artist in 2026?
This week Dmitri sits down with Aryyzona, a Brazillian-born, LA-based artist who has been posting videos on YouTube since 2009 and recently released her hyper pop EP Gacha World, complete with a custom video game.
With...
May 4, 2026
Most artists have no idea who their fans actually are. They know follower counts and streaming numbers, but they don't own the relationship, and according to Rob Sealy, that single problem is costing the music industry billions.
Rob is the co-founder of OpenStage, a platform helping artists from emerging talent to...