Conversely is a weekly look at what's awesome and what's broken in music, business, and technology. We pull no punches, and aim to make sense of the constantly changing music business for creators and innovators building the new music industry. Your hosts are an MIT nerd, a hardened music biz vetera…
In the age of the Intarnetz, radio is an easy target. I mean, it’s kind of low tech, in the grand scheme of things. Electromagnetic waves flying through the air?...
Are you enjoying your 3 month free trial of Apple Music? Or have you just been listening to music for free your entire life? Yeah. About that. This episode is....
Bands and brands have always played nice nice, but sometimes it gets a little close for comfort. On today’s episode we welcome our intern Zack Sparrow (yes, that’s actually his...
We’re probably gonna get in trouble for this one. We begin today’s episode with the thesis that lasting change is coming to the music industry. We know this because, well,...
In which we answer the age old question: is anything in the music industry actually broken? Subscribe (iTunes) Subscribe (Stitcher) Subscribe (RSS) Subscribe (Spotify) Subscribe (Rdio)
We all know money doesn’t grow on trees. But what if it did? In this episode we explore the strange world of music tech capital: where does it come from?...
An artist-owned streaming service sure sounds like a good idea. A streaming service that pays higher royalties sounds like a great idea. Unfortunately TIDAL is neither of those things. And on...
Today we welcome all four teams from Project Music that BPG has been graciously asked to advise. Project Music is the first ever accelerator devoted specifically to music technology, and...
Welcome back, my friends, to the show that seemed to have ended. We’re back with a brand new Conversely, and we do hope that you enjoy the new format. We’re...
Hello and welcome to this not-really-an-episode of Conversely. As you may have noticed, we haven’t been recording Conversely episodes lately. Don’t worry, we’re coming back. Soon. In the meantime, we’re...