Your Morning Coffee Podcast

YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With Rio Caraeff from Musixmatch On this very special edition of the YMC podcast, your host Jay Gilbert sits down with Musixmatch Co-President Rio Caraeff to chat about the music data platform that allows users to search and share song lyrics, and how music publishers can monetize their lyrics catalogs.  For our YMC podcast listeners, here's a link for an exclusive discount code for Musixmatch Pro: https://www.musixmatch.com/pro/partners/your-morning-coffee-podcast   Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee

Episode 271 On this week's installment of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat about these important music business stories: "First Week Sales in Music: The Most Misleading Stat" (Nathan McCartney);  "Spotify Brings Music Recommendations To ChatGPT Via New Integration" (Music Business Worldwide); "I Spent a Day Scrolling On Sora. The Music Industry Should Pay Attention" (Billboard).   Plus audio drops with Travis Rosenblatt from A&R research and scouting platform Meddling, and Kristin Robinson from Billboard on her piece on Sora.    Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee

YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With Doc McGhee On this very special edition of the YMC podcast, your host Jay Gilbert sits down with the legendary music manager Doc McGhee to chat about his insights and wonderful stories from his decades-long career.    Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee

Episode 270 On this week's edition of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart discuss these important music industry stories: "Can Spotify Maintain Its Dominance After Daniel Ek’s Departure As CEO?" (Glenn Peoples at Billboard); "AI Artists Are Here. Is It Ethical To Sign Them To Record Deals?" (Steve Knopper for Billboard); "Michael Rapino Thinks Concert Tickets Are 'Underpriced.'. Here’s Why He Might Be Right" (Eric Alper); "On Spotify, Not All Streams Are Created Equal" (Austin Staubus).  Plus an audio drop from Billboard's Kristin Robinson's interview with Atlantic Records CEO Elliot Grange from her new podcast On The Record!   Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee

YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With Trapital's Dan Runcie On this very special Your Morning Coffee episode, your host Jay Gilbert sits down for a conversation with our friend Dan Runcie, a respected music industry writer and entrepreneur. Dan's company Trapital is a hip-hop media and research firm founded in 2018.   Subscribe to the newsletter!  YourMorning.Coffee

Episode 269 On this week's edition of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart discuss these important music industry stories: "Spotify Has Deleted 75m+ ‘Spammy Tracks’ – As It Unveils New AI Music Policies" (Music Business Worldwide); "How TikTok Partnered With Luminate To Measure TikTok’s Impact On Music Discovery, Monetization And Chart Success"(Luminate); "Denis Ladegaillerie (Believe) Sees The Future Of Music. It Looks Nothing Like The Past." (Music Business Woreldwide).   Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee

YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With Verswire's Sherry Saeedi and Nick Lippman   On this very special episode of the YMC podcast, your host Jay Gilbert sits down with Verswire's founders Sherry Saeedi and Nick Lippman for a conversation about their artist-first music industry disruptor, that empowers artists with a venture capital model that champions fair pay and creative freedom for musicians. Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee

Episode 268 On this week's episode of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart discuss these important music industry stories: "AI Won’t Replace Artists — It Will Make Them Unstoppable" (Guest column from Lyor Cohen in Billboard); "FTC Sues Live Nation, Ticketmaster for Allowing Ticket Brokers To Break Its Rules for Profit: 'Directly Inflates Prices'" (Billboard);  "Ad-Supported Streaming Is Struggling. Is Short-Form Video to Blame?" (Billboard);  Plus audio drops from Kristin Robinson at Billboard, Jardson Almeida from Moises, Rene Ritchie and Johanna Richardson from YouTube, and Stephen Parker from NIVA.   Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee

On this very special YMC episode, your host Jay Gilbert sits down with MIDiA's VP of Music Strategy Tatiana Cirisano to discuss their recently released report entitled "All Eyes, No Ears: Why Virality Is Not Building Fandom", which was written by Tatiana and Olivia Jones.  This just-released white paper tackles one of the music industry’s biggest questions: how is social media really shaping discovery, streaming, and fandom?   Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee

Episode 267 On this week's edition of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chatted about these important music business stories: "US Streaming Subscriptions Hit 105m In The First Half Of 2025, But Recorded Music Revenue Was Up By Less Than 1% YoY" (Music Business Worldwide); "Nearly A Third Of All Tracks Uploaded To Deezer Are Now Fully AI-generated, Says Platform" (Music Business Worldwide). "What Would An AI Music License Even Look Like? It's Complicated" (Billboard);  "Spotify Is Finally Launching Lossless – But It’s Not Part Of A ‘Super Premium’ Tier" (Billboard). Plus comments from Kristin Robinson at Billboard with thoughts on the Spotify Lossless article! Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee

Episode 266 On this week's edition of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart cover these important music industry stories: "CHRIS CASTLE FROM MUSIC TECHNOLOGY POLICY joins us with his latest OP:ED: Spotify’s Updated Terms of Use: Your Data Is Their New Oil"; "Downtown Music Boss Speaks Out On UMG Deal: ‘The Debate Must Be Honest. It Must Be About Facts, Not Agendas'" (Music Business Worldwide). “The Music Industry Must Work WITH AI Companies Rather Than Fight Them In Court” (Charles Goldstuck White Paper/Billboard);  Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee

YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With David Israelite A special bonus episode of the Your Morning Coffee Podcast: A Conversation with David Israelite, President of the National Music Publishers Association (NMPA). https://bio.to/UloQY6 We sit down with David to talk about the work that's being done to make sure songwriters are fairly paid for their work and the challenges they face today. Important issues like AI training, social media and short form video use. David takes complex issues and breaks them down so they can be easily understood. Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee

Episode 265 On this week's edition of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart discuss these important music industry stories: "Slide Into Spotify’s DMs: Platform Launches In-App Messaging To Boost Content Sharing" (Music Business Worldwide); "Suno Argues None Of The Millions Of Tracks Made On Its Platform ‘Contain Anything Like A Sample’" (Music Business Worldwide); "Anthropic Settles Authors’ Lawsuit Over Pirated Books...And It Could Be A Gift For Universal Music Group’s Lawyers"(Music Business Worldwide). Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee

YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With BMG's Dan Gill  On this very special edition of the YMC podcast, your host Jay Gilbert sat down with BMG's Dan Gill, West Coast EVP of Recorded Music, for an interesting and wide ranging conversation.   Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee

Episode 264 On this week's edition of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart discuss these important stories: "Burner Pages and Volume Posting: Inside Music's Hottest New TikTok Marketing Strategy" (Machine Learning/Billboard); "Stability AI Study Says AI Is Creating ‘Potentially New’ Music Genres As Artists Take Control" (Music Business Worldwide); "The US’s ‘Click-To-Cancel’ Rule Could Soon Be Law. What Would That Mean For Streaming Services?" (Music Business Worldwide). 

Episode 263 On this week's 5th Anniversary show, and our 300th episode (regular episodes + specials), your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart break down these important stories:  "How Do Artists Get Paid When AI Models Are Training On Their Work?" (Billboard); Bob Lefsetz Weighs In On “Spotify Myths”;  "AI-Generated Music Is Here To Stay. Will Streaming Services Like Spotify Label It?" (NPR); "ElevenLabs Launches AI Music Model, Signs Licenses With Merlin & Kobalt: Here’s How It Will Work" (Billboard).    Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee

YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With David Macias On this very special edition of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart sat down with David Macias, Co-Founder and President of Thirty Tigers for an interesting and wide ranging conversation.   Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee

Episode 262 On this week's edition of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat about these important stories: "From Our Friend Chris Robley: A Special Your Morning Coffee Op:Ed “The Bad, The Ugly, And Yes, The Good Of Spotify”; "The State of Physical Music In 2025" (Ed Christman at Billboard); "You Have To Get People's Attention In The First Two Seconds" (Ted Gioia at The Honest Broker); "2025 Q2 Earnings: Here’s What Every Music Company Made" (Elizabeth Dilts Marshall and Glenn Peoples for Billboard). Plus audio drops from Chris Robley from Demo and the Scratch Track Podcast, and Jack Conte from Patreon!   Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee

Episode 261   On this week's edition of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat about these import stories: "Can You Tell If That Song Is AI-Generated? Here Are Some Things To Check" (Associated Press); "Spotify Boycott: Artists Leave 'Garbage Hole' Platform After CEO Invests In AI Weapons" (LA Times); "What Is The Value Of A Stream In 2025?" (MIDiA): "Spotify's Q2 Earnings Results: What You Should Know"(Billboard).   Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee

  YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With Dan Melnick On this very special edition of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart sat down with Dan Melnick, General Manager of Bandcamp for an interesting and wide ranging conversation.   Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee