Music Tectonics

Independent music isn’t on the margins any more: It makes up 40 percent of the industry.

This week on the podcast, Kevin Breuner joins host Dmitri Vietze to talk about how Independent self empowered …

Data Everywhere? Music In Slices? Hands of the Masses? WTF are all these Seismic Shifts we keep talking about? Podcast host Dmitri Vietze explains it all in this episode recorded live in Los Angeles …

What music fan hasn’t dreamed of playing a solo with their favorite band, or immersing themselves in every detail of their favorite song? In a Music Tectonics first, this podcast episode spans five c…

When you stream music, how much are you actually hearing? What happens to audio quality as a track makes its way from the studio to your earbuds? Find out from Dan Mackta, Managing Director at Qobuz …

Why are cover songs so popular? And it’s not just with fans but with Hollywood too. Jeff Van Driel knows: he’s CEO of mVibe, a platform for sync licensing cover songs. This week on the podcast, Jeff …

We talk a lot about seismic shifts in the music industry, and Mark Mulligan is a true music tech seismologist. If you’ve read his Music Industry Blog, followed his work with MIDiA Research, or seen h…

Put it on the blockchain! That was the cry at music industry conferences over the past couple of years, while industry veterans stood at the back of the room snickering. At Music Tectonics we are fac…

In the music streaming era, how do fans find out who’s playing on their favorite tracks? What happened to all the credits that used to fill album liner notes with fine print? Finally, there’s an IMDB…

There was a time when album sales, ticket sales and radio airplay were the only numbers that mattered in the music industry. Now, streaming generates extremely granular data about who is listening, w…

Bob Boilen has a job many of us dream of: listening to and talking about music at NPR. A concert at his tiny desk is a dream gig for up and coming performers, and his long-running All Songs Considere…

Dani Deahl and host Dmitri Vietze look at all the cans of worms that Artificial Intelligence has opened for the music biz, and how AI contributes to the seismic shifts we’ve been tracking in the indu…

Is transparency in the music industry a cause to fight for... or an inevitability? Noah Becker says it is both! Noah chats with host Dmitri Vietze about how multiple claims on music usage keeps all p…

Music is being used in so many new ways, from V.R. and video games to shortform user-generated videos and remixes, that it’s hard to keep up with new license types. Are the systems and laws keeping u…

Music for picture, also known as synch, is a growing slice of the music industry pie, and it’s experiencing seismic shifts just like the rest of the biz. Today on Music Tectonics, irregular host Tris…

Music is igniting activities and experiences that used to be siloed, spreading like wildfire and transforming other industries. Host Dmitri Vietze chats with Tristra Newyear Yeager, resident music te…

For Bandsintown CEO Fabrice Sergent, marketing concerts isn’t about hype. It’s about supporting artists, connecting people through the experience of live music, and preserving a bastion of free speec…

Just like the old nursery rhyme character Humpty Dumpty, the music industry had a great fall and shattered. Vickie Nauman witnessed the fall when the Napster-driven shift from physical to digital hit…

Music Tectonics is targeting the seismic shifts that have created the music landscape of today and tomorrow. These are climate changes, tectonic shifts beneath the surface, unexpected flash floods, o…

Jambl founder Gad Hinkis met up with podcast host Dmitri Vietze on the beach at Cannes to share his Midemlab-winning rap pitch! What happens when two crazy pants music tech guys sit down together? Li…

Multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter Imogen Heap imagined controlling effects and loops with just her gestures, not an array of buttons, knobs and pedals. Now the Mi.Mu gloves she dreamed up are a…