Your Morning Coffee Podcast
A highly-curated weekly snapshot of the digital music business info you need to know - now as a weekly podcast! Hosted by YMC creator and curator Jay Gilbert, along with Mike Etchart, former host of the syndicated Sound & Vision Radio program . Every Monday Jay and Mike break down the important music news to keep you up to date and informed on the latest trends in the digital music world! Subscribe now wherever you get your podcasts!
Episodes
Episode 245
On this week's episode of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat about these important music industry stories: "Tariff-Proof, Recession-Proof Music Industry Will Thrive Despite Global Uncertainty" (Music Business Worldwide); "Spotify Makes Kate Nash’s Argument With the Usual Blame Game" (Op-Ed from Chris Castle/Artist Rights Watch); "Did The Spotify 1,000 Stream Rule Cost Artists $47 Million? + S...
On this very special episode of the YMC podcast, your host Jay Gilbert sat down with Lava Media CEO Jason Flom for an in-depth conversation.
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Episode 244
On this week's episode of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat about these important music industry stories: "With Superfan Streaming On The Horizon, How Much Extra Revenue Awaits?" (Billboard); "The NO FAKES Act Aimed At Cracking Down On Deepfakes Reintroduced In US Congress – This Time With Support Of Google And OpenAI" (Music Business Worldwide); "A 'View' On The Internet Means Even Less Than...
Episode 243
On this week's edition of the YMC podcast, your humble hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat about these important music industry stories: "Why Songs Seem Shorter—And Why It’s More Complicated Than YouThink" (Chartmetric); “Old School Vs New School” (Bob Lefsetz); "8 Things We Learned From Universal Music Group’s 2024 Annual Report" (Music Business Worldwide).
Plus audio drops wth Harvey Mason Jr. from the Recording ...
Episode 242
On this week's edition of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart talked about these important stories: "Music Subscriber Market Shares 2024: Slowdown? What Slowdown? (MIDiA); "A Record 100 million Americans Now Pay For A Music Subscription — Is Streaming The Final Format For Fans?" (Sherwood); "22,100 Artists Generated Over $50k On Spotify Last Year. The Company Argues That ‘Way More Artists Are Genera...
Episode 241
On this week's edition of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat about these important music industry stories: "RIAA’s Year-End Report By The Numbers" (Billboard); "11 Quick (And Important) Takeaways From IFPI’s Global Music Report 2025" (Music Business Worldwide); "A Model For A New Music Streaming Industry" (MIDiA).
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On this very special episode of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat with one of their favorite people in the music business, entertainment attorney and artist rights advocate Dina LaPolt.
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Episode 240
On this week's edition of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart yap about these important stories from the music business: "2024 Recorded Music Market Share Report Is Out" (MIDiA); "The 2025 Loud & Clear Report, Unveiled" (Spotify + Howie Singer Weighs In); "4 Out Of 5 Songs Sent To Music Services Are Never Played; What This Means For The Industry" (Bill Rosenblatt for Forbes).
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On this special episode of the YMC podcast, your host Jay Gilbert sits down for a far-reaching conversation with A2IM President and CEO Richard Burgess.
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Episode 239
On this week's edition of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat about these important music industry stories: "A Letter To Steve Boom" (Tim Ingham at Music Business Worldwide); "No, Spotify Hasn’t Gone Down – Unless You Were Pirating The Premium Service" (Music Business Worldwide); "Why Are The Grammys' Rock Categories Stuck In The Past?" (NPR).
Plus audio drops from Alexis Schreiber on AI, and ...
On this YMC Special Episode, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart have a conversation on AI with Benji Rogers from Sureel AI.
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Episode 238
On this week's edition of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat about these important stories: "$500m-Valued Suno Has Admitted Training AI On Copyrighted Music. That Hasn’t Stopped Amazon From Adding Its Controversial Tech To Alexa" (Music Business Worldwide); "iHeart Being Investigated For Payola. Is Spotify Next?" (Music Technology Policy); "Major Record Company Bosses Back Campaign Against UK ...
YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With Molly Neuman
On this very special edition of the YMC podcast, your host Jay Gilbert had a wondeful, in-depth conversation with CD Baby President Molly Neuman.
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Episode 237
On this week's edition of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat about these important music industry stories: "Pay To Get Playlisted? The Accusations Against Spotify’s Discovery Mode" (The Guardian); "Michael Rapino Confirms Live Nation Ticketing Talks With Spotify, Apple And Amazon For Superfan Tiers" (Music Business Worldwide); "TikTok And Luminate Release The Latest Music Impact Report" (TikTo...
Episode 236
On this week's edition of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart break down these important stories: "How Are Spotify, YouTube, Soundcloud And More Preparoing For AI Music? (Billboard); "Oasis Fans Outraged As Ticketmaster Begins Canceling Bots Tickets" (Rolling Stone); "Songs Are Reaching 1 Billion Streams Faster Than Ever' (Hypebot).
Plus an audio drop from Angry Mob Music CEO Marc Caruso!
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On this special edition of the YMC podcast, hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart had a wonderful conversation with panel of experts about how AI is re-shaping the music industry.
Our experts were Bobby Owsinski (Music 3.0), Kristin Robinson (Billboard), Virginie Berger (Matchtune) and Matt Adell (Music AI).
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Episode 234
On this week's rockin' episode of the YMC podcast, your humble hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chatted about these important stories: "Spotify Has Led The Music Business To Record Growth. So Why Are Artists& Songwriters So Angry?" (Billboard); "Universal Music Group And Spotify Have A New Deal. It wipes out Spotify's Infamous 'Audiobook Bundle' Royalty Discount In The US" (Music Business Worldwide); "18 Music Industr...
On this very special edition of the YMC podcast, your host Jay Gilbert has an in-depth conversation with author Liz Pelly on her recently released book entitled Mood Machine - The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist.
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Episode 233
On this week's edition of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart break down these important stories: "The Playlist Power Broker Who Makes Or Breaks New Artists" (The Wall Street Journal); "Is The Album Dead? Are We Facing A World Of Endless Singles & EP's?" (Soundmatters); "In The Music Business, 80 Is The New 20" (Ted Gioia).
Plus an audio clip from a presentation by Darren Hemmings.
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