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Welcome to the latest MBW Podcast – this time a special podcast entry in our long-running World's Greatest Producers series.Salaam Remi is, by any measure, a World's Greatest Producer. A Grammy winner, he's worked closely – and made timeless hits – with musical legends from Nas to Amy Winehouse, Alicia Keys, The Fugees, and many more. He's also an accomplished music biz executive and entrepreneur. On this podcast, Salaam joins MBW founder, Tim Ingham, to discuss topics including techniques for staying creatively hungry, why he decided to stop actively producing records on his 50th birthday, and what he's learned working with some of the most important artists of all time.Salaam also discusses his own music rights management company, Analog Metaverse, and its new partnership with Warner Chappell Music. (WCM's CEO is Remi's long-time friend, Guy Moot.)MBW's World's Greatest Producers series is supported by Hipgnosis.

Welcome to the Music Business Worldwide podcast supported by Voly Music. How big can an independent artist get without help from a major record label?It's been a fierce source of debate at this point for 20 years ever since the likes of TuneCore launched in the early to mid-noughties.These days, though, we have the receipts to answer the question. Take Bruno Major, a fully independent artist and our guest on this episode of the MBW Podcast.Major, who released his music via AWAL and owns his own recordings, has comfortably more than a billion streams on Spotify, with two of his tracks – Nothing and Easily – racking up over quarter of a billion streams each. He recently released his latest singles, We Were Never Really Friends and Columbo, ahead of his third studio album – also called Columbo – which will be out later this summer.Major is a successful live act, with a tour of Asia, Europe and North America recently confirmed. He's previously toured arenas with Sam Smith. He has a particularly interesting history with the record business: Major started out in the music industry by signing (and then leaving) a major label deal with Virgin Records, then owned by EMI, in Los Angeles.On this podcast, Major discusses his experience of being signed to that major record company as a young man, how that experience has help fuel his career ambitions ever since, and how he keeps himself creatively motivated as an independent artist…The Music Business Worldwide Podcast is supported by Voly Music.

Lyor Cohen believes that short-form video poses a major threat to the music business. He also thinks it might be the industry's savior.On this MBW Podcast, Cohen – Global Head of Music at YouTube – explains his fears over short-form video platforms that fail to push users into deeper engagement with music and artist content."Short-form video that doesn't lead anywhere is the most dangerous thing I've seen the music business face in a long time," says Cohen. Cohen believes that, if left unchecked, the rise and rise in music consumption on this type of short-form video platform could become one of the music industry's "biggest crises to date".(Cohen doesn't mention any particular platforms, but it's worth noting that there's been a lot of headlines written on MBW this year about TikTok's failure – so far, at least – to launch a connected music service to its main platform.)Cohen argues that YouTube's approach with its YouTube Shorts product offers an important distinction: A platform that hooks you in with short-form video – but then nudges would-be fans to longer/deeper audio and visual content about artists on both YouTube and YouTube Music.Cohen lays out three problems he sees growing to a head in the current music business:Problem No.1, he says, is an expectation for modern artists to spend a significant amount of their time, creativity and energy on certain social media platforms – platforms that in Cohen's view rarely lead to deeper fandom amongst consumers;Problem No.2, he says, lies with consumers themselves – and his concern that the next generation of fans aren't currently delving deep into artists, their stories, and their catalogs;And Problem No.3, says Cohen, lies at the door of record companies, who are struggling to break artists with regularity in this current digital environment.He believes the migration of fans away from long-standing social media platforms towards short-form video services is a major opportunity for the music business to foster true fandom in a vast potential audience globally.But he also warns the music business to drop its current "euphoric" state, and think hard about how short-form video's role must evolve to best serve the next generation of fans and artists.The MBW Podcast is supported by Voly Music.

If you watch the new Netflix dramatization of the Spotify story – 'The Playlist' – you'll come across an entire episode told from the perspective of Per Sundin.That's because Sundin was the CEO of Universal Music Sweden at the time of Spotify's EU launch (2008), and one of the early believers that Daniel Ek's streaming platform could one day rule the global music industry.Yet arguably what Sundin's up to today is even more worthy of some TV drama treatment. As he explains on this MBW Podcast, Sundin has since 2019 been CEO of Pophouse Entertainment – the Stockholm-based company behind a number of successful ventures with ABBA.The most radical of those ventures is ABBA Voyage, the technologically stunning 'virtual concert residency' from the legendary Swedish band that has been playing to hundreds of thousands of wowed ticketholders in London since May this year. Portraying the group as they appeared in 1977, the show has been created by ABBA in conjunction with Pophouse and Industrial Light & Magic, the Disney-owned visual effects company most famous for working on Star Wars properties through the decades. (Founding ABBA member Björn Ulvaeus is a shareholder in, and board member of, Pophouse.)PopHouse recently got even more interesting from a music business perspective, buying a majority stake in the rights of catalogs created by names such as Swedish House Mafia and Avicii. On this podcast, Sundin tells us how Pophouse plans to "amplify" the artist brands behind this catalog music using lessons learnt from working with ABBA. He also discusses why he's confident, after a major financial investment, that the ABBA Voyage show will soon become profitable, go global – and change the face of 'virtual' artist performances forever more. And he explains why he believes that the major record companies will soon switch their smartest executives (if they haven't already) to focus more on catalog, rather than frontline, music.The MBW Podcast is supported by Voly Music.

We are BACK and have made it to double digits with the pod! They didn't think we'd make it to double digits. Just as the title suggests, this week, we talk about how WWE is finally watchable again and how AEW just put on POTENTIALLY the best episode of Dynamite ever. John: @RaspyTaylor Dante: @DanteOnDeck Join the MBW POD AFTER PARTY: https://www.patreon.com/Lumberlend Please leave a like and review, it helps the show out a TON.

Join the VIP text list to get your MBW merch early: https://lumberlend.attn.tv/p/LKE/landing-page Welcome to the 2022 SummerSlam Recap and Review episode of the MBW podcast and it is not episode 11, it's actually episode 9. Classic mistake. Join Dante and John as they go over their thoughts and opinions of every match that happened at this year's SummerSlam! John: @RaspyTaylor Dante: @DanteOnDeck Join the MBW POD AFTER PARTY: https://www.patreon.com/Lumberlend

Another week, another pod! And they, in fact, did NOT think we'd make it this far. Today on the show, we're talking Vince McMahon retiring, Triple H stepping us as head of creative, John going to AEW LIVE, and more! JOIN THE MBW POD AFTER PARTY: https://www.patreon.com/Lumberlend John: @RaspyTaylor Dante: @DanteOnDeck

Did they think we'd make it to episode 7? They did not. So that's why we're here to bring you another episode of the official MBW Podcast! A bunch to talk about, as always. We got WWE's move to TV-14, Ric Flair's final match, Logan Paul, Barbed Wire Everywhere Death Match, and MUCH more! JOIN THE MBW AFTER PARTY: https://www.patreon.com/Lumberlend Please leave a review and rating, it helps the show a ton! John: @RaspyTaylor Dante: @DanteOnDeck Chapters: 0:00 Intro 2:21 WWE is moving from PG to TV-14 8:30 Ric Flair's final match and the participants 12:00 Jeff Jarrett announced as special guest referee + SmackDown 19:50 Monday Night RAW 24:53 Asuka and Alexa Bliss involved with the 24/7 Title 29:34 Logan Paul on MizTV 34:57 AEW Fyter Fest Week 2 Shark Week 44:00 Barbed Wire Everywhere Death Match 49:13 Wrestler of the Week + Match of the Week

Some people say the modern music business lacks entrepreneurial new independent record companies. Those people haven't met Stef Van Vugt.The 25-year-old Dutchman founded Strange Fruits (now Fruits Music) in 2016 while studying music as an aspiring DJ.The label-cum-playlist company now has millions of followers on Spotify, where it's racked up tens of billions of streams. From Dance Fruits (5.4m followers) to LoFi Fruits (7m followers), Fruits Music's playlists have become a phenomenon on Spotify – but not without controversy.For one thing, Fruits Music 'buys out' the rights to all its tunes from artists who work with the company (although it does continue to pay through royalties as part of these deals). In addition, in order to better ride the Spotify algorithm, the lead 'artist' name on all of the tracks the company produces is Fruits Music itself (or one of its sub-brands). This creates similarities to the 'fake artists' that caused controversy for Spotify a few years back.And last year, Rolling Stone wrote an exposé of Fruits Music playlists – particularly Rain Fruits Sounds – that are designed to maximize payouts from Spotify (via its 'pro rate' royalty model). Rain Fruits Sounds contains over 2,000 'tracks' of rain noises, many of which are just over 30 seconds long. Every time one of those 'tracks' gets played, Strange Fruits increases its market share of Spotify's royalty pool – ultimately ensuring it gets paid more each month, and 'real' artists get paid less.On this MBW Podcast, Music Business Worldwide founder, Tim Ingham, grills Stef Van Vugt on the story of Strange Fruits, accusations that its actions hurt 'real' artists, the 'gaming' of streaming playlists – and what he thinks about a shift to 'user-centric' licensing on streaming platforms. (His answer to that last one might surprise you.) The MBW Podcast is supported by Voly Music) .

WE'RE BACK! After a brief break from the pod, the MBW Podcast has RETURNED! Today, Dante and John are talking new surprise AEW Tag champs, Liv Morgan winning the big one, Logan Paul's signing, and MUCH MORE! "American Soil" merch: https://www.lumberlend.com/pages/merch Join the MBW PODCAST AFTER PARTY: https://www.patreon.com/Lumberlend John: @RaspyTaylor Dante: @DanteOnDeck Chapters: 0:00 Intro 1:45 AEW Forbidden Door Predictions Results (finally) 4:35 NEW AEW TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS 16:13 Gunther vs. Shinsuke Nakamura planned 19:15 That clip of Natalya no-selling Liv Morgan 20:54 LIV MORGAN IS YOUR NEW SMACKDOWN WOMEN'S CHAMP 26:45 Logan Paul signs with WWE, a face? 31:45 WWE's future plans for the Women's Tag Team Titles? 36:50 Usos vs. Street Profits feud is GREAT 41:51 Dolph Ziggler is back in the picture 45:40 Claudio + More AEW and other stuff idk Thanks for listening! Please leave a rating and a review, it really helps the show.

Yes, we talked about it. Besides that, we also talk Bryan Danielson not being cleared, Randy's inury, Brock vs. Roman Part VI, AEW: Dynamite, Forbidden Door, plus MORE! Please follow and leave a rating/review on whatever platform you're on, it helps the show a TON! MBW Pod After Party (Patreon): https://www.patreon.com/Lumberlend MBW Channel: https://www.youtube.com/mustachebroswrestling Dante: @DanteOnDeck John: @RaspyTaylor

It's been a CRAZY week in wrestling and wrestling news. This is EPISODE 4 of the Mustache Bros. Wrestling Podcast. Today, we're talking Sasha Banks getting her WWE release, Jeff Hardy's DUI, Paige leaving WWE, Riddle being a top guy, The Young Bucks winning the tag titles, and MUCH more! Please follow and leave a rating/review on whatever platform you're on, it helps the show a TON! MBW Pod After Party (Patreon): https://www.patreon.com/Lumberlend MBW Channel: https://www.youtube.com/mustachebroswrestling Dante: @DanteOnDeck John: @RaspyTaylor

BIG BIG BIG week in wrestling and the Mustache Bros. are here to cover it ALL for you today. We're talking Cody and his messed up pec, we're talking CM Punk needing surgery, we're talking how insane that Judgement Day/Finn Balor move was, and so so so much more. It's really been a crazy week. Please follow us on whatever platform you're on and leave a like, comment, review for us, it helps out the show SO much. Thank you everyone for your support of the show! MBW Pod After Party (Patreon): https://www.patreon.com/Lumberlend MBW Channel: https://www.youtube.com/mustachebroswrestling Dante: @DanteOnDeck John: @RaspyTaylor

We made it to Epiosde 2! We did it, now we're officially a podcast. Today on the show, Dante and John discuss the incredible MJF promo, Hell in a Cell 2022, CM Punk being the 43 year old champ, Cody Rhodes, if Jeff Hardy should hang it up, and MUCH more! Please leave a comment and review of the show, it helps us out so much. Thanks for listening! MBW Pod After Party (Patreon): https://www.patreon.com/Lumberlend MBW Channel: https://www.youtube.com/mustachebroswrestling Dante: @DanteOnDeck John: @RaspyTaylor

WELCOME to the first ever episode of the official Mustache Bros. Wrestling Podcast! Today, Dante and John sit down to give you a little introductry episode and give you a peak behind the curtain to how MBW came to be. They talk about the first videos that started it all and how they ended up getting their own channel with Lumberlend. They also dive into their wrestling fandom origin! Please follow us on whatever podcast platform you prefer and leave a rating and review, it really helps the show! https://www.lumberlend.com MBW Channel: https://www.youtube.com/mustachebroswrestling Dante: @DanteOnDeck John: @RaspyTaylor

We've called SK Sharma an 'AI expert' in the headline above, but it hardly does him justice.We could have just as easily called him an expert on theoretical chemical physics, marketing analytics, computational biophysics, or antimicrobial therapeutics.Granted, 'AI expert' was snappier.In his 20s, Sharma graduated with a Ph.D in Chemical Physics and Biophysical Chemistry from Caltech.He went on to create medical pharmaceuticals, before turning his hand to analyzing markets for the likes of Goldman Sachs and Lehman Brothers.Along the way, he began managing investments – using data science to help guide his clients' money. Amongst his early bets? Tesla, owned by that shrinking violet, Elon Musk.From there, Sharma went on an impressive run as an entrepreneur: To date, he has either been a co-founder or a Partner / equity owner in four startups, in multiple fields, that have each exited for over $100 million.And then, in 2017, he took a sharp turn into the music business – joining Ingrooves Music Group, the global distribution and services provider for indie artists and labels.Ingrooves first successfully patented tech underpinning its 'Smart Audience' marketing platform in 2020.The other week, it announced that it had won its second US patent for further developments on this tech – developments, the company claims, that now means Smart Audience drives streams for artists that amount to more than double the plays they would have received via traditional digital marketing methods.In this latest MBW Podcast (supported by Voly Music), SK Sharma discusses Ingrooves' strategy, the music business's relationship with technology – and why, in his view, the "defining characteristic of success" for any new-fangled inventions in music (see: metaverse, NFTs etc.) is "going to be separating the bulls**t from the facts..."

Gunnar Greve believes, with all his heart, that Web3 and decentralized networks are about to turn the music industry upside down. In a good way.Greve is the long-term manager of Alan Walker, the Norwegian-British electronic music sensation whose tracks have been streamed across audio and video no less than 50 billion (!) times... including more than 5 billion times in China.In addition, Greve is a co-composer of Alan Walker's music (including the 2015 global mega-smash, Faded).But all of that is just part of why Greve joins MBW founder, Tim Ingham, on this MBW Podcast (supported by Voly Music).Alan Walker's background is intertwined with the world of video games. Walker is a video games design geek, and proud of it. His music career began when, as a teenager, he began sharing his epic compositions with fellow video games fans online.Today, Walker (with Greve's help) has devised his own entire fictional world – The World Of Walker – within which his fans, the Walkers, are (not surprisingly!) the good guys.This world extends to Walker's music videos, which have racked up over 11 billion views on his YouTube channel... which happens to be the world's 11th biggest music artist channel on the platform.It's no great shock, then, that Gunnar and Alan are rather enthused about the possibilities for Web3's combination with music – and the impact it can have on artist-fan relationships.If you're growing a little weary of all the chatter around the metaverse, NFTs and the blockchain, this is just the pep talk you need.

Amy Thomson has pretty much done it all as an artist manager, and is now disrupting the modern music industry from another angle as Chief Catalog Officer of Hipgnosis Song Management. Before joining Hipgnosis in 2020, Amy ran her company ATM artists, and has managed acts including Seal, DJ Snake, and Swedish House Mafia. Most famously, Amy took Swedish House Mafia from being a baby band to kings of the globally dominant EDM scene of the early 2010s. She also worked closely with Kanye West on the stunning marketing campaigns launched during his Yeezus era. On this MBW Podcast (supported by Voly Music), Amy discusses the three areas of the music business that she believes need drastic change. Those areas are: (1) NDAs. That's nondisclosure agreements in artist and songwriter contracts; (2) Data – as in the flow of data to music makers and the vast inefficiencies that bad data is causing; and (3) Service and royalties, particularly the level of service that catalog artists are receiving from labels. Claims Thomson: "I think that the service of record labels for 99% of artists since 2006 has been absolutely shocking. In 2006, when streaming was launched 30 million records got re-released [on streaming platforms]...  "Labels are getting better at [marketing catalog records]. But when I say better, that means instead of 500 catalog projects a year [being prioritized for marketing by the major record companies], maybe there's now 700 catalog projects a year. "There are 30 million records on Spotify. [And] 75% of streaming is catalog, and that grew 10% last year."

There isn't much about Spotify's explosive growth over the past ten years that Sachin Doshi can't tell you about in great detail.Doshi was working in business development at Universal Music Group in New York in early 2008, when Daniel Ek left him with a demo of the platform. As Doshi explains on this Music Business Worldwide Podcast (supported by Voly Music): "Both from a pure concept perspective, and the execution that Spotify was bringing to the market, I genuinely believed it would scale... I was pitching internally at Universal this idea that like music subscription should become a household utility like cable."He was right, of course: now, 13 years on, there are over 500 million paying subscribers to music streaming services worldwide. Doshi was such a Spotify acolyte that he not only played a key role in the service's launch in the US in 2011 while working at Universal Music Group – he then left UMG to join Daniel Ek's company as Spotify's VP of Content towards the end of that year.Doshi eventually departed Spotify in 2016 to co-found the ad-free news subscription app, Scroll, which grew to the point it was acquired by Twitter last year (2021).This month (January 2022), Doshi was unveiled as the new Chief Content Officer (CCO) at Podimo, a Denmark-based podcast and audiobook subscription platform that competes with other providers such as Spotify, Apple, and Luminary.Podimo has been making serious moves in this fast-growing space, including a raise of $78 million in a Series B round last year.On this podcast, MBW quizzes Doshi about the rise of Spotify, the stagnation of music streaming pricing, the potential of Podimo to rival some of the world's biggest tech companies – and whether the music business should be scared of the rapid growth in podcasting's global reach.The Music Business Worldwide Podcast is supported by Voly Music, the new bespoke financial management platform for people in the music business.

On this episode of the Music Business Worldwide Podcast (supported by Voly Music), we speak to a legendary entrepreneur in the world of dance and electronic music: Patrick Moxey.Moxey hit the headlines last week after Sony Music confirmed it had acquired 100% of the famed record label he founded, Ultra Records.According to Moxey, Sony acquired 50% of Ultra Records via a partnership deal in 2013, and has now acquired the remaining 50% stake – from Moxey himself – to take full control.As such, Moxey is walking away from Ultra Records, the label he founded way back in the mid-nineties, after more than 25 years. (Ultra's history really is a who's who of dance music: the label has released music by everyone from Steve Aoki to Roger Sanchez, Kygo, Deadmau5, Benny Benassi and many, many more.)There are, though, big plans afoot: Moxey says he's readying the launch of a new independent record label, for which he has already employed 38 staff worldwide.  Moxey has additionally maintained ownership of Ultra's sister publishing company, which he says has a portfolio of 35,000 copyrights. On this podcast, Patrick Moxey – also the founder of hip-hop specialist Payday Records – discusses the reasons he decided to leave Sony Music, and explains why he believes the streaming-led modern music business is the perfect place to grow his new venture.He also talks NFTs, and why he thinks they will be an increasingly meaningful piece of the music business as it heads into the web3 era: Moxey says Ultra recently worked with DJ NGHTMRE on an NFT drop that raised $1.3 million within three hours.The Music Business Worldwide Podcast is supported by Voly Music, the new bespoke financial management platform for people in the music business.

Welcome to the Music Business Worldwide Podcast, supported by Voly Music.Tempo Music has been sitting on a billion-dollar-plus fund to buy music rights since 2019. This fund is bankrolled by a private equity giant – Providence Equity – that has over $45 billion in assets under its control.Josh Empson (pictured) is the CEO and founder of Tempo Music, and the guest of this episode of the MBW Podcast.According to Empson, Tempo is quietly and efficiently building a catalog of what he terms "modern masters".Not to be confused (solely) with master rights, Empson's "modern masters" descriptor refers to songwriters and artists who have established themselves as standout, enduring talents over the past 10 or 20 years.This explains Tempo's occasional announcement of deals in 2021 that have included its acquisition of a portion of the song catalog of Twenty One Pilots star, Tyler Joseph, as well as – more recently – its acquisition of a majority stake in the recording rights of two classic albums by Korn.Josh Empson knows the finance world intimately: before founding Tempo, he was previously a Managing Director at Providence and a director of Learfield Sports, MLS Media and the NFL/PEP investment fund.With a rich history of investing in media/entertainment properties and IP, he moonlights today as Director of European Media Partnership – a big-money partner of soccer giant Real Madrid.Here, MBW asks Empson about Tempo Music's strategy going forward, and how contingent that strategy might be on the fund's cozy relationship with Warner Music Group.We also get into how Empson believes the shape of the music business might change in the years ahead, and why Tempo is quite so bullish on the future growth of value in music rights.The MBW Podcast is supported by Voly Music, the new bespoke financial management platform for people in the music business.

It's the biggest story in the modern music business, certainly for those whose eyes are drawn to dollar signs:  acquisition funds buying up music rights.From Blackstone to KKR and beyond, recent months have seen some of the world's most powerful investment institutions throwing billions at the music market to quickly capture market share.Many investors presumed that year zero for this trend began when Hipgnosis Songs Fund floated on the London Stock Exchange in summer 2018. And it's certainly true that Merck Mercuriadis's then-flamboyant-looking move to publicly list his fund was a swift accelerant of the rush to buy and sell music rights.But Hipgnosis wasn't the first player in this space. In the United States, for one example, Primary Wave, led by Larry Mestel, was acquiring music rights using institutional investor money from as early as 2006.And over in the UK, one of the most notable pioneers in this space was Darren Michaelson, who joins us on this episode of the Music Business Worldwide Podcast.After leading a bunch of activity in the music rights space, in 2018 Michaelson co-founded the Barometer Music Royalties fund, partnering with Toronto's Barometer Capital.Barometer Music Royalties fund acquired hits made famous by the likes of Jason Derulo, Chris Brown, Notorious B.I.G and more, before the fund (and its portfolio) was sold on to a Swiss Fund of Funds earlier this year, having delivered a internal rate of return of 24.5% to investors.Here, Michaelson tells us what he's observed from his front-row seat to the music M&A market in the past half-decade – and explains why he's so bullish about music's growing value in the future.The Music Business Worldwide Podcast is supported by  Voly Music, the new bespoke financial management platform for people in the music business.

Late yesterday (October 14), the National Music Publishers' Association made the claim that a number of digital service owners – including Spotify, Apple, Amazon, and Pandora – are trying to cut the amount of money they pay songwriters in the US to the "lowest royalty rates in history".That claim was made by David Israelite, CEO and President of the NMPA, in reference to a new rate-setting procedure in the States involving the Copyright Royalty Board ('CRB IV') that has just got underway.CRB IV will result in a new statutory royalty rate paid to songwriters between the years of 2023 and 2027.Each digital service provider must now file a proposal for what they think songwriters should get paid from their platforms during this period.These filings aren't yet public, but Israelite claims he knows what's in them – and it's not good news.In this exclusive Music Business Worldwide Podcast, Israelite sets out his argument, explaining why the NMPA is now demanding that songwriters in the US effectively get 20% of revenue generated by any streaming service.He also tackles the counter-arguments of Big Tech over a songwriter pay rise head on... and doesn't mince his words.The MBW Podcast is supported by Voly Music.

On paper, Richard "Biff" Stannard is having one of the toughest years of his life. But music, as it has time and time again, has steered him away from the shadows – and towards celebration.Stannard says that his songwriting style has always been to "write myself happy". This approach has led to him writing and producing some of the fizziest and most successful pop songs of all time, including a run of Spice Girls' hits such as Wannabe – a timeless No.1 record in both the US and the UK."Writing himself happy" is also a big part of how Stannard has dealt with mental health issues across his whole life. That life began in East London in 1966, in a house typified, he says, by an "environment of hyper-masculine men". Stannard had a troubled relationship with his father, a boxer, who didn't take kindly to his son's childhood love of music.In this candid MBW Podcast, Stannard discusses his personal journey, including his early relationship with British maverick impresario, Tom Watkins, who gave the songwriter his break working with boyband East 17 in the 1990s. Watkins sadly died earlier this year – as did Stannard's mother, at 91. Stannard says his mom was particularly "protective" of him during his youth, and the only member of his immediate family that didn't discourage his love of music and creativity. That's not the only trauma Stannard has faced in the past 12 months, either. Having re-invented himself as a weight-lifter – replete with muscles like beach balls – Stannard broke the UK record for bench-press in his age category during a competition. He walked off stage jubilant, an official master of yet another discipline... before suffering a life-changing heart attack.This narrative, though – again, thanks to music – has a happy ending. Stannard has co-written two singles on Kylie Minogue's DISCO, which has just become the UK's fastest-selling album of 2020, even outstripping the first-week performances of new records from superstars like Lady Gaga.As such, DISCO is Stannard's biggest career success since he co-wrote and produced Ellie Goulding's worldwide hit Lights six years ago – and the beginning of a new chapter in his book of triumphs.Kylie has been a constant collaborator in Stannard's career, which has seen him work with everyone from U2 to Little Mix, One Direction and Leona Lewis – and win both Ivor Novello and ASCAP Awards.

Is Larry Mestel about to raise a billion dollars? Don't bet against it.Mestel's Primary Wave has already raised over $800m in the past four years via two IP funds: a $300m fund in 2016, backed by Black Rock, and a further $500m-plus fund launched last year.This money has been used by Primary Wave to acquire assets that live up to the company's billing as "the home of legends". As such, Primary Wave now owns substantial stakes in the song catalogs of the likes of Ray Charles, Bob Marley, Whitney Houston, Smokey Robinson and the Four Seasons.Now, Mestel tells the MBW Podcast that Primary Wave is plotting an additional raise of equity that will be "significantly bigger" than those that have come before – although he's remaining tight-lipped on what form this might take.Other topics covered in this discussion between Mestel and MBW founder, Tim Ingham, include Primary Wave's record label-esque approach to marketing,  why the firm might consider a fundraise on the stock exchange, and the fiercely competitive modern music rights acquisition marketplace. 

An exclusive interview with SoundCloud CEO Kerry Trainor on the MBW Podcast. Trainor, who took charge of SoundCloud in August 2017, discusses a range of topics with MBW, including SoundCloud's power for emerging artists, the company's financial health, his hopes for the future of the industry and Spotify's recent flotation on the New York Stock Exchange.

In part 1 of the Teak shoe rack build I milled this amazing Teak stock my friend Jim sent. In today's episode it's time to wrap up the milling process by taking the components over to the router table and profiling the edges on all the pieces followed by prepping them for the mechanical fasteners. The final result is an amazing project that my family will put their shoes all over, soaking wet and nasty. But since it's made from Teak I'm not worried about it all. Tools featured in today's show: Fisch Drillbit/Countersink Set Bench Dog 40-300 ProMax RT Complete SawStop Cabinet Table Saw Steel City Tool Works 14-Inch Band Saw Wood Slicer Resaw Bandsaw Blade Bora Pistol Grip Clamps Micro Jig ZeroPlay Guide Bar System Download HD 720 Video Help support the show - please visit our advertisers

In part 1 of the Teak shoe rack build I milled this amazing Teak stock my friend Jim sent. In today's episode it's time to wrap up the milling process by taking the components over to the router table and profiling the edges on all the pieces followed by prepping them for the mechanical fasteners. The final result is an amazing project that my family will put their shoes all over, soaking wet and nasty. But since it's made from Teak I'm not worried about it all. Tools featured in today's show: Fisch Drillbit/Countersink Set Bench Dog 40-300 ProMax RT Complete SawStop Cabinet Table Saw Steel City Tool Works 14-Inch Band Saw Wood Slicer Resaw Bandsaw Blade Bora Pistol Grip Clamps Micro Jig ZeroPlay Guide Bar System Download Video Help support the show - please visit our advertisers

In part 1 of the Teak shoe rack build I milled this amazing Teak stock my friend Jim sent. In today's episode it's time to wrap up the milling process by taking the components over to the router table and profiling the edges on all the pieces followed by prepping them for the mechanical fasteners. The final result is an amazing project that my family will put their shoes all over, soaking wet and nasty. But since it's made from Teak I'm not worried about it all. Tools featured in today's show: Fisch Drillbit/Countersink Set Bench Dog 40-300 ProMax RT Complete SawStop Cabinet Table Saw Steel City Tool Works 14-Inch Band Saw Wood Slicer Resaw Bandsaw Blade Bora Pistol Grip Clamps Micro Jig ZeroPlay Guide Bar System Download Audio Help support the show - please visit our advertisers

It's never easy asking for financial assistance from anyone, especially family and friends, but in the seven years since I posted the first episode of Matt's Basement Workshop a lot of things have changed. Recording equipment, cameras, hosting services, shop set-ups and even the tools and projects I've used and built over that same time. The one thing that hasn't changed is the generosity and appreciation from the viewers and visitors of the show. I'm still uncomfortable asking for assistance in such a manner as this, but I know from previous experience, I've always been amazed by the heart-felt support and reaction whenever I've needed help. Amongst the many changes at MBW Podcast has been the format of the show. In 2006 the first episodes started as an audio only podcast. Shortly afterwards I recorded the first video episode, and since then, the show has continued evolving year after year. While my camera and audio equipment has undergone significant changes the most important piece of the show, the website, hasn't had a significant change in quite a long time. That's the reason for this fundraiser. In order to create an amazing destination for the audience to visit I need to raise the money to hire someone who can take my existing site and transform into something much more user friendly. A place where visitors can find the content they're looking for much easier, a site that's far more uncluttered than the current and one with plenty of room for upgrades and expansion as new and better ideas for interaction with fellow woodworkers arise. I've already talked with someone who can do just THAT and can't wait to get started! While I know many of you would be more than willing to donate money without the expectation of a reward, other than continuing to produce more and more content, I have a set of reward levels to say thanks for your donations. Once the new website is launched I plan to post a walk-through video to show off some of the new features and the overall new look. Level 1 - $5 - Your $5 donation gets your name posted as a "Friend of MBW" in the show notes for the walk-through video. My way of saying "Thank You" and letting others know you helped to make this much more improved website happen. Level 2 - $10 - Your $10 donation gets your name posted as a "Supporter of MBW" in the show notes AND included in the credits at the end of the video. Level 3 - $50 - Your $50 donation includes the same as Level 2 plus you get a "Your brain on Matt's Basement Workshop" t-shirt to wear proudly in the shop or wherever you need to look your best. Level 4 - $100 - Your $100 donation includes the same as Level 3 plus a "468x60" banner ad for your personal message, your company or whatever you want to promote (family friendly only) during a month of your choosing after the new website goes live. Level 5 - $200 - Your $200 donation includes the same as Level 3 plus a "Sponsorship" ad spot in the videos released during the month of your choosing after the new website goes live. A great opportunity to get your personal message, your company or whatever you want to promote (family friendly only) out to the people that can appreciate it the most. Thank you for taking the time to check out this fundraiser video and what I have to offer in exchange for your help. Even if you can't donate at any level, I truly appreciate your visiting the site as often as you have. "Straight Grains & Sharp Blades" Help support the show - please visit our advertisers