Music Tectonics
The Music Tectonics podcast goes beneath the surface of the music industry to explore how technology is changing the way business gets done. The podcast includes news roundups, interviews, and more. Our host is Dmitri Vietze, CEO of PR firm rock paper scissors.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 39 minutes
- Episodes
- 378
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
Cherie Hu on YouTube's Missing Hip Hop Premieres, Peloton's clapback, and Audio AR: a News Roundup for May 8, 2019
Cherie Hu returns to Music Tectonics to delve into the week's news! Cherie digs deeper into why Hip Hop doesn't dominate YouTube's top premieres (a story from her Water + Music newsletter). What doe…
Don't Call It Derivative: The DJ Revolution with Dubset’s Stephen White
DJ culture is coming out of the shadows, thanks to breakthroughs in licensing, hardware, and software. Stephen White, CEO and Chairman of Dubset, lays out financial and legal risks the world's 55 mil…
Rotating the Music Industry with Karen Allen
Karen Allen's InRotation channel brings new music to Twitch, a live streaming platform designed for gamers. She takes host Dmitri Vietze on a tour of the live streaming landscape, what Twitch users l…
News Roundup April 18, 2019
Spotify keeps antagonizing songwriters, YouTube turns interactive, KFC takes marketing too far, and much more. Rock paper scissors' resident music tech experts, Tristra Newyear Yeager and Jade Priebo…
Tremors in Online Video & Music: Pex CEO Rasty Turek Talks YouTube’s Plateau, Article 17, and More
There are seismic shifts taking place in online video. Though many music fans haven’t noticed these tremors they’ll have drastic effects on music discovery and dissemination very soon. Rasty Turek, C…
A Gateway, not a Gatekeeper: Tracy Maddux on CD Baby Acquisition
CD Baby CEO Tracy Maddux gives his first interview since the company's big announcement! A major acquisition made CD Baby part of the family that includes Downtown Music Publishing and Songtrust. Tra…
News Roundup March 28, 2019
Warner signs an algorithm (sort of), Myspace loses a decade, and music discovery happens where you least expect it. Rock paper scissors' resident music tech experts, Tristra Newyear Yeager and Jade P…
Music Tech Acquisitions Spectrum with Vickie Nauman
Metadata is a Love Letter to the Future with VEVA Sound
Deborah Fairchild and Drew Waters, President and Vice President of VEVA Sound, chat with host Dmitri Vietze about what metadata can do for listeners, artists, and labels. They make the case for metad…
The Shifting LA Music Tech Scene with Dae Bogan
Join Dae Bogan, founder and CEO of TuneRegistry, as he speaks with host Dmitri Vietze about the exciting LA tech scene. Hear about TuneRegistry’s beginning, changes in the LA tech scene, and exciting…
News Roundup March 5, 2019
This week, one of rock paper scissors' resident music tech experts, Tristra Newyear Yeager, digs into the headlines with host Dmitri Vietze. Hear what's breaking, from copyright laws to morphing conc…
News Roundup March 1, 2019
Jade Prieboy and Tristra Newyear Yeager, rock paper scissors' resident music tech experts, dig into the headlines with host Dmitri Vietze. Hear about breaking music news, from the growing revenue pro…
SXSW Hackathon 2019
(UPDATED audio file 3/1/19) Join Travis Laurendine and Luann Williams, producers and co-creators of the SXSW Hackathon, as they talk with host Dmitri Vietze about the sixth annual SXSW Hackathon, Mar…
Gigi Johnson on Music 4.0: The Future of the Music Industry
Join Gigi Johnson, Director of the Center for Music Innovation at UCLA, and host Dmitri Vietze as they discuss new technology and its impact on the music industry. As Artificial Intelligence and stre…
New Gear, New Music Tech Trends at NAMM 2019
Join Jade Prieboy, new business manager at rock paper scissors, and host Dmitri Vietze as they reflect on their visit to NAMM, the vast trade show of the National Association of Music Merchandisers i…
Cherie Hu Sets the Stage for 2019's Music Tech Trajectory
Join Billboard and Forbes writer Cherie Hu, as she speaks with Music Tectonics host Dmitri Vietze of rock paper scissors PR, to discuss where she sees the music technology field going in 2019. Cherie…
2018 Music Tech News Roundup
The year 2018 was a pivotal one for the music technology field. Record labels saw significant growth in streaming revenues. Music-related technology products like smart speakers, considered specialty…
3000 Years of Trends in Music Technology
Tech-fueled earthquakes have shaken the music industry and it’s easy to point fingers about who’s at fault, from streaming services to record labels, from user-generated content platforms to hardware…