In this, Episode 50 (which is part of Series 5) of the SyncLodge Exploring Music Podcast we explore best practices for the independent music artist, the steps and perspectives needed to build a sustainable career in the music industry. With professional insights into how to build your career, from show strategy to industry relationships. This is the first part of a two part conversation. Sophie Small, COO and Head of Music at Music Gateway cut her teeth in the live sector as an intern and Artist Liaison at Festival Republic before moving to music tech platform, Music Gateway, in 2014. She joined the company as an intern and was promoted through the ranks to Marketing Manager in 2015 and Head of Operations in 2016. At 23, Sophie led her first major UK-wide campaign from inception to fulfilment, managing Music Gateway’s lead team, in partnership with Gibson Brands and Argos & Metropolis. Today, as COO and Head of Music, Sophie manages targets and KPIs across each department. She is passionate about levelling the playing field and empowering independents who need help creating, managing and monetizing their music.  And Joining Sophie is Rachael Scarsbrook.Rachael Scarsbrook works as the Music Promotions Manager at Music Gateway.  Rachael is charged with devising and delivering campaigns to help artists gain exposure across radio, DSPs, TV, Press & Online in order to build their brands and network of fans. She started out in music journalism at age 16 and went on to study journalism at university.  Rachael hosted and produced student radio and was the Music Editor for the student paper in print and online. She has gone on to be published in The 405, The Guardian, GoldFlakePaint, SOUNDS Magazine, Highclouds & Renowned For Sound.  Rach also writes festival reviews for Festival Republic and can be found working the merch desk of MUNA shows throughout the UK. She joined Music Gateway early last year after she sold the CMO a coffee in the cafe where she was working. She is, perhaps, too in love with the city of Los Angeles--a love which blossomed after flying there on a whim to see Haim play for the 36th time.   For more information on Music Gateway please visit www.musicgateway.comThe music for this episode is by the Lex Records recording artist GILA from the album Energy Demonstrations, including tracks Mana Orange, Buffalo 2 Miami, Pacifico Entrancer, and Late Night Fighter. For more information please visit www.lexrecords.com The EMP theme music players are Joe Schirl on bass guitar and Peter Mayerhofer on hand pan. The music played through the conversation was composed, engineered and mixed by Lionel Lodge.This episode conversation was recorded at The Joint in the Kings Cross area of London, England. For more information on their services please visit www.thejoint.org.uk The Exploring Music Podcast is produced by SyncLodge, the sync licensing project management system. For more information please visit www.synclodge.com If you wish to support us in producing this podcast series, please click the donate button. Any and all help will be put towards production of future episodes.Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=WVZLRF49C7Y6A&source=url)

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EMP Ep 50 The Independent Artist Check List with Sophie Small and Rachael Scarsbrook part 1 of 2

For this episode, which is titled ‘The Long Arch of Jazz’ Rens Newland and Martin Fuss, who collectively run Jive Music Austria, dig in deep into the traditional and the extreme corners of the music that has influenced everything.Rens is a master guitarist from Holland who has made his unique mark on the music scene through decades of tireless, dedicated work. Starting with his early years as a pop guitarist, he quickly transitioned into Blues and Jazz. This evolution led him to be a part of the Jazz-Rock revolution, and the USA Billboards Charts’ success of his first album with the band Scope. Among his notable accomplishments over his more than 4-decades musical career, is his work as musical Director and Guitarist for Gloria Gaynor and for The Supremes. Rens is a quadruple musical threat. He is a guitarist, producer, composer, and orchestrator, he has recorded over a dozen - mostly Jazz or Fusion jazz - albums under his own name, plus many more with other projects like the famous Ostinato, plus he is on numerous albums as a side-man.http://www.rensnewland.com/http://jivemusic.at/index.php/artists/n/rens-newlandMartin’s musical education started at the age of 12 with classical clarinet lessons - but shortly after he changed to the tenorsax. He completed his studies at the Conservatory of Music, Vienna (master of arts) and the Berklee College of Music(Boston/USA). He is one of the most demanded studio and session players as well as jazz soloist in styles ranging from small jazz groups to big band and also plays in orchestral settings. Since 1991 he is teaching at the University of Music in Vienna and is endorser for Schagerl Saxophones and D&apos;ADDARIO PERFORMING ARTISTS.http://martinfuss.com/http://jivemusic.at/index.php/artists/f/martin-fussThe EMP theme music players are Joe Schirl on bass guitar and Peter Mayerhofer on hand pan. The music played through the conversation was composed, engineered and mixed by Lionel Lodge.This episode conversation was recorded at Bizzyman Studio of Vienna, Austria. If you wish to support us in producing this podcast series, please click the donate button. Any and all help will be put towards production of future episodes.Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=WVZLRF49C7Y6A&source=url)

Exploring Music E43 The Long Arc of Jazz part 2 of 2 with Rens Newland and Martin Fuss

For this episode, which is titled ‘The Devaluation of Music’ Helienne and Jay discuss what has and is happening to the value of music and what can be done to turn it around.Jay Mistry is a Music Industry Consultant and CEO at JM Consultancy. Jay has decades of experience in consulting and driving innovation in the music industry. He is a highly motivated, innovative and experienced professional who has built a global reputation in advising music companies and individuals on how to decipher and evaluate their assets and music rights, implement procedures, realise their goals and to reach or exceed financial targets. Jay has been on the inside of most sides of the publishing industry including his start with 9 years at PRS, the UK PRO and following that with close to 9 years at BMG managing innovations in their royalty tracking systems. In the over 16 years since leaving BMG Jay has brought innovative changes to a quite diverse list of entertainment companies including The Discovery Channel, Music Sales Group, Montreux Jazz Festival and many, many more. And to back up his reputation is hundreds of peer endorsements on LinkedIn. Jay is also currently managing the careers of Sarah DeCourcy, who is a producer and a composer, Simon Tellier, a drummer for, among others, The Pet Shop Boys, Jamie Wright who is a composer for visual media and Fred Bux who is also a media composer.https://www.jmconsultancy.biz/Helienne Lindvall is on the Board of Directors of the Ivors Academy of Music Creators which used to be called the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors or BASCA. She also holds the position of Director of Business Development and Artist Relations UK for Landr Audio Inc, a music creator platform whose core service is AI music mastering. Helienne is also an award-winning professional songwriter and musician who has written with and for major recording artists on both sides of the Atlantic. Plus, she has a long history as a music and media writer for publications including weekly columns for the Guardian newspaper. Previously Helienne has held positions of Head of Business & Songwriter relations for the song data management platform Auddly, Director of Industry Relations Europe for VEVA Sound and is regularly invited to discuss music industry topics on Sky TV and the BBC.https://www.linkedin.com/in/helienne-lindvall-a2448920/The EMP theme music players are Joe Schirl on bass guitar and Peter Mayerhofer on hand pan. The music played through the conversation was composed, engineered and mixed by Lionel Lodge.This episode conversation was recorded at The Joint in the Kings Cross area of London, England. Click here for more information on their services. If you wish to support us in producing this podcast series, please click the donate button. Any and all help will be put towards production of future episodes.Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=WVZLRF49C7Y6A&source=url)Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=WVZLRF49C7Y6A&source=url)

Exploring Music E40 The Devaluation of Music part 1 of 2 with Jay Mistry and Helienne Lindvall

Alison and Stuart discuss Diversity, in the music, in the industry, in the past, in the future, in the world. For some it is a painful reality change, for others it is the obvious way forward.Alison Wenham has worked in the music industry for over 40 years and is one of the most experienced and well-known international practitioners in the business.Founding AIM, Association of Independent Music in 1999, she has been Chairman and CEO since inception. Alison developed AIM’s strength and visibility in representing the British music industry SMEs at a political level, working closely with government departments to shape and advise on legislation relevant to the industry.Prior to founding AIM, Alison was MD at BMG Conifer International (UK), having sold Conifer Records (which under her direction had grown to be the UK’s largest independent record and distribution company in the specialist music field) to BMG in 1994.In 2006 Alison was elected as founding Chairman of WIN, the Worldwide Independent Network comprising over 25 independent trade associations representing thousands of independent music companies globally.  She is a founding Board Member of IMPALA, the European organisation representing the interests of small record companies and publishers in Europe, a fellow of the Royal Society for the Arts, was a founding Board Director of Merlin, the independent global rights licensing agency, and also UKMusic, the body representing the UK Music Industry; she attends PPL and VPL Board meetings and sits on a variety of government and industry committees.In 2006, Alison was inducted into the MMF Roll of Honour , and in March 2009 she was presented with a Special Achievement award by Music Week, for 10 years of AIM. She has featured in Billboard’s Top Women in Music every year since publication.In 2010, Alison was honoured with an OBE. In 2011 she was awarded the prestigious Order of Arts and Letters by the French Government for services to culture Stuart Dredge is a journalist with 20 years&apos; experience covering technology, games, the music industry and children&apos;s media. He writes the Music Ally&apos;s daily news bulletin and contributes to the company&apos;s fortnightly report as well as joining in on the Music Ally TV Show on Youtube. Plus, Stuart writes weekly for The Week Junior, a bi-monthly mobile games column for the Guardian; and features for the Observer and Medium. Twice a year, he does blogging and socials for Reed Midem at its MIPTV and MIPCOM television-industry conferences. Stuart also has a new site focused on children&apos;s tech called ContempoPlay. Past freelance clients include the Sunday Times, CNET, Medium&apos;s CuePoint, Stylus and T3. The EMP theme music players are Joe Schirl on bass guitar and Peter Mayerhofer on hand pan. The music played through the conversation was composed, engineered and mixed by Lionel Lodge.This episode conversation was recorded at The Joint in the Kings Cross area of London, England. Click here for more information on their services. If you wish to support us in producing this podcast series, please click the donate button. Any and all help will be put towards production of future episodes.Links:AIM Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=WVZLRF49C7Y6A&source=url)

Exploring Music E36 Diversity part 1 of 2 with Alison Wenham and Stuart Dredge

The SyncLodge Podcast Series Exploring Music, where we explore the obscure, where we delve in deep, into the vast vaults of great, but maybe, not so known, music and the industry that, for better or worse, supports it.. For each episode we bring together two music industry professionals, to discuss in depth an area of music, and/or the industry, they are passionate about and have an intimate knowledge of. Each episode has a link to a playlist, in the episode description, with all the music and artists mentioned during the conversation. The list is in order of mention.

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