Interviews

We chat with Chris McMurtry, Head of Music Product at Exactuals, about how machine learning & AI technologies are helping to fix the industry’s enormous data problem.

We chat to music supervisor Maggie Phillips about her work on Amazon’s Homecoming, and the many challenges involved in clearing a score of scores.

We recently sat down with Rostrum Records Sync Manager Emoni Matthews to discuss the process of building and launching the Drip Library, the go-to source for hip hop production music.

We discuss the art and evolution of music sampling, the business practices involved, exciting new platforms and more with “The Queen of Sample Clearance” Deborah Mannis-Gardner.

Music strategist Amber Horsburgh’s A-Z dictionary of artist brand strategy principles.

David Weiss chats to Sweets & Pop founder Leigh Henrich about the challenges and practicalities involved in launching a sync company.

We chat to producer/composer Rick Clark about his role at our client Silva Screen Records, what it’s like to work with Hans Zimmer, and how the market for film/TV music is evolving.

We talk to Mayra Cortez, Latin Sync Creative at Universal Music Publishing, about opportunities for Latin music in sync, and what’s next for a genre of music with such a rich cultural heritage.

Big Sync Music‘s chief executive and co-founder, Dominic Caisley chats to singer-songwriter Tom Walker about the impact of a huge sync placement, career highlights so far and his upcoming album.

We chat to Sync Director Isabel Arissó about the recently restructured Concord Music, getting familiar with new copyrights, sync strategies and trends, and adjusting to new media types and platforms. 

Ilana Goldstoff, Head of Sync at Sizzer Amsterdam, talks syncing tracks for the likes of Heineken, Volkswagen and Audi at an internationally-operating, multi award-winning music agency.

Is production music finally getting the attention that it deserves? David Weiss chats to the Production Music Association‘s Chairman Adam Taylor about the opportunities this sector brings to songwriters and rights holders in the golden age of video production.