Best Explain It To Jamie Podcasts (2024)

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Episode 70 - The Apology 16:16

1d ago16:16

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I am sick of waiting. I am going to talk to Jim right now whether he likes it or not. Cast: Jamie Petronis as Nate If you would like to listen to the show ad free, you can join the Patreon at any tier. The Cellar Letters is creating A Weekly Horror Audio Drama | Patreon The Cellar Letters is an Audio Drama created by Jamie Petronis. If you would li…

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Marijuana Schedule Changes 19:50

3d ago19:50

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Dirty Hit's Jamie Oborne on managing The 1975, trusting your artists' instincts, and how the power of cringe helps to choose what not to do 40:38

18d ago40:38

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Ep. 158: When Jamie Oborne's career as a musician ended, he decided that the second best thing was to be an artist manager. He also decided that he'd stay independent, write contracts different to the one's he'd signed, and work closely with his artists. Twenty years on, Oborne's approach seems to have worked well enough: he runs management company…

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Episode 69 - Root Cellar 12:23

29d ago12:23

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What the hell is in the basement... how did I miss this the whole time? Cast: Jamie Petronis as Nate If you would like to listen to the show ad free, you can join the Patreon at any tier. The Cellar Letters is creating A Weekly Horror Audio Drama | Patreon The Cellar Letters is an Audio Drama created by Jamie Petronis. If you would like to listen t…

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Livestreaming in 2024: what do artists and fans want from it now? And what about superfans? On Air CEO Jakub Krampl explains 28:40

1M ago28:40

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Ep 157: Cast your mind back to 2020, when public spaces were shut down and the world suddenly felt insular and closed. Live-streaming became wildly popular overnight – in fact this podcast began in these circumstances – and many apps and platforms appeared and disappeared to feed the need for watching live events from our homes. A mere four years l…

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Episode 68 - Freewriting 14:42

1M ago14:42

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I am going to give freewriting a try. Maybe it can lead to a revelation or two. Cast: Jamie Petronis as Nate Harlan Guthrie as John If you would like to listen to the show ad free, you can join the Patreon at any tier. The Cellar Letters is creating A Weekly Horror Audio Drama | Patreon The Cellar Letters is an Audio Drama created by Jamie Petronis…

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Feed Drop - Dead Space: Deep Cover 37:59

1M ago37:59

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Listen everyone. I freaking love Dead Space. It's an honor to be able to feature the show on my feed. Give it a listen! On the colonized moon of Ganymede, a brutal murder prompts reporter Emmeline Ayuba to go undercover with the mysterious Church of Unitology. Will she find the answers she is looking for, or will she become lost to the church as he…

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Episode 67 - Session 1-B Part 2 14:49

1M ago14:49

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I listened to more of this tape... damn it Dad... what the hell did you do? Cast: Jamie Petronis as Nate Nathan Lunsford as Nathan Erika Sanderson as Therapist If you would like to listen to the show ad free, you can join the Patreon at any tier. The Cellar Letters is creating A Weekly Horror Audio Drama | Patreon The Cellar Letters is an Audio Dra…

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Interview with Steve 25:41

2M ago25:41

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Former football player, Jarrett Irons, who is also the son of NFL football legend Gerald Irons discusses the personal impact of brain injury following the loss of his father. 43:33

2M ago43:33

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Writer, journalist, and traumatic brain injury survivor, Christina Brown Fisher speaks with former linebacker Jarrett Irons about the impact of brain injury. His father, Gerald Irons, played in the National Football League for ten years. Gerald was a linebacker for the Oakland Raiders and is listed as one of the top 100 players for the Cleveland Br…

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Super-serving superfans – Jacquelle Horton of Fave on superfandom and superfan strategies for artists of all sizes 37:01

2M ago37:01

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Ep 156: Superfandom, superfandom, superfandom. Unless you’ve been living on the moon for the last year, you’ll not have been able to avoid the latest obsession of pretty much anyone working in the music industry. We chatted to Jacquelle Horton, CEO/Founder of superfan platform Fave, about the nature of superfandom – and we also dug into how to nurt…

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The Nations: from YouTube remixes to modern music radio – founder Andre Benz explains how he tries to meet the needs of young music consumers 34:08

2M ago34:08

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Ep. 155: Andre Benz founded The Nations when he was in high school. What began as a Youtube channel uploading dance music remixes has transformed into a media conglomerate with a record label and various genre-focused channels. In the latest episode of the Music Ally Focus podcast, he explains the challenges of building a multi-faceted ecosystem th…

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"This isn't just another #MeToo issue... it's way bigger than that." Sexual violence, NDAs, and the music industry – with Caroline Heldman, PhD and Samantha Maloney of the Sound Off Coalition 46:20

3M ago46:20

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Content warning: this episode discusses sexual abuse. Ep. 154: Caroline Heldman Ph.D and Samantha Maloney are co-founders of the Sound Off Coalition, which recently published a report that called out “the scathing history and financial impact of decades of sexual abuse and coverups in the music industry”. In the report, publicly-available informati…

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"The music festival industry is suffering and there is something fundamentally wrong at its heart" – so what can be done to revive it? 40:03

3M ago40:03

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Episode 153: What's the health of the music festival ecosystem like? Not great, says Nick Morgan, CEO of UK festival company The Fair. Nick, who is also vice chair of the UK’s Association of Independent Festivals (AIF), and his colleague Yasmin Galletti join Music Ally's editor Joe Sparrow and discuss the pressures festivals are under, in an enviro…

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"We're not just creating musicians; we're shaping well-rounded individuals" – Young Voices CEO Ben Lewis and violinist Anna Phoebe on the impact of choir singing on children 43:57

4M ago43:57

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Episode 152: Young Voices arranges huge, arena-sized, choir performances for school children, and we were joined by Ben Lewis, CEO of Young Voices, and Anna Phoebe, violinist who performs with Young Voices (and is on the Board at The Ivors Academy.) We spoke about the importance of music at the grassroots level, and encouraging children to sing and…

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"The music industry's approach to mental health was disastrous” 43:29

4M ago43:29

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Episode 151: We're joined by music industry psychologist and therapist Anne Löhr to get a snapshot of the state of mental health within the music industry, and her interpretation of how well the industry has supported the mental health of the people in it. SPOILER: uh-oh, it’s not been great – but it’s getting better. The music industry has, accord…

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Dr. Russell Gore, neurologist, biomedical engineer, and former U.S. Air Force flight surgeon, explains why first responders, military service members and veterans, are our nation's "silent sufferers" as ... 1:25:20

5M ago1:25:20

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Writer, journalist, U.S. Air Force Veteran, and traumatic brain injury survivor, Christina Brown Fisher speaks with Dr. Russell Gore who is the chief medical officer of the Avalon Action Alliance (www.avalonactionalliance.org). The Avalon Action Alliance is a national network of programs treating mild and complex traumatic brain injury, for first r…

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How to make disabled people’s access to live events environmentally sustainable – with Suzanne Bull, founder of Attitude is Everything & Dr Teresa Moore, Director at A Greener Future 36:03

4M ago36:03

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Episode 150(!): Suzanne Bull, founder of Attitude is Everything – which connects disabled people with music and live event industries to improve access – and Dr Teresa Moore, Director at A Greener Future – which helps organisations, events, festivals and venues be more environmentally sustainable – join Music Ally's editor Joe Sparrow. They spoke a…

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Local, independent artists want to play gigs – but it's increasingly hard to make money or find a venue. Sofar Sounds CEO Jim Lucchese, talks about the economics of live music – and what should change 30:33

4M ago30:33

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Ep 149: Sofar Sounds CEO Jim Lucchese joins Music Ally editor Joe Sparrow to talk about the current economics of live music and its impact on local, independent artists. Live music is a hard business at the best of times, but for smaller and emerging artists, it can be brutally tough. A good number of artists now get their start playing Sofar Sound…

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Marketing music to Gen Z: hyper-authentic, and always online – how do you connect with this elusive audience? Keturah Cummings of Forward Slash explains 27:31

5M ago27:31

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Ep 148: Gen Z music fans are able to immediately sense when an artist’s communications with fans feel inauthentic. But marketing has in its nature an element of inauthenticity – so how do you maintain a feeling of authenticity when marketing to this young, online-only generation? And how can artists and teams market effectively directly to these yo…

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The biggest questions that music streaming platforms face in 2024 – Music Ally's Head of Insight, Stuart Dredge, answers them. 37:47

5M ago37:47

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Ep. 147: Stuart Dredge, Music Ally’s Head of Insight, joins Editor Joe Sparrow to answer some of the biggest and most complex questions in the DSP space in 2024. This podcast is aligned with Music Ally’s new quarterly report and the Big Questions they chat about include: • Who are the winners and losers from artist-centric payment systems – and wil…

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Episode 16 - Buprenorphine, Naltrexone, Phenobarbital - How Are These Medications Used In Addiction Medicine? 23:58

5M ago23:58

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Episode 16 is our first interview episode. Dr. T joined us in the studio to talk about medications used in addiction medicine, such as Buprenorphine, Naltrexone and Phenobarbital. What are these medications and what are they prescribed for? Who can take them and when? Listen now to get the answers to these questions and many more!…

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How do people search for music – and what do they really want in their results? 29:07

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Ep. 146: In this episode we ask: how do people search for music today and what do people really want in their results? We welcome Einar Helde, AIMS API co-founder and CCO, to the Focus podcast to answer that question, as well as to explain how technology is allowing people to search in novel and nuanced ways – and what that means for people who mak…

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Friday Rec - Worlds Collide 26:28

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This week's recommendation is Worlds Collide If you enjoy this episode, please consider leaving a review and telling them that I sent you! 001: At the Confluence of Fates [CWs: Parental Death] In this episode, we meet our heroes and follow along as they are pulled from their lives and charged with a monumental task. Join our party of 5 and start to…

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How will AI-generated music be used in virtual spaces like metaverses and video games? And do we lose a communal experience if we all hear different music? Verses' Sean Lee & Kyungtae Kim explain. 34:54

5M ago34:54

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Ep 145: Joe Sparrow is joined by Sean Lee, CEO/co-founder and Kyungtae Kim, co-founder and Audio & AI Specialist, of Verses, an AI music platform that powers music generation in virtual spaces. We wanted to talk about the use of dynamic AI-created music in the metaverse, and how that music then connects to virtual items. Essentially: where three of…

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Friday Rec - Eeler's Choice 29:55

6M ago29:55

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While the series is on a mini-hiatus while I try and obtain a monitor to work on, I will be throwing some recommended shows on my feed. First up is Eeler's Choice! Created by Lou Sutcliffe and Daisy McNamara This episode features: Rae Lundberg B. Narr Rowan Van Grinsven Wyatt West Tal Minear Tanja Milojevic Lindsey C David Ault J.E. Haywood Diego H…

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Should music streaming platforms charge to store music? Con Raso of Tuned Global explains the potential impacts on indie and major rightsholders. 31:08

6M ago31:08

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Ep. 144: Tuned Global's CEO Con Raso joins Joe Sparrow to talk about something that sounds a bit intangible and distant: the cost of storing all the music that gets streamed. If it’s essentially free for owners of huge catalogues of music to upload their files to someone else’s server, then they will – and smaller rightsholders like DIY artists and…

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Marie Clausen, Merlin's Managing Board Director, on mentoring women to help them rise to senior positions in the music industry 30:39

6M ago30:39

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Ep 143: Marie Clausen worked hard to rise to a senior position in the music industry, only to find that she was often the only woman in the room. So she’s now driven to change that – and she explains to Joe Sparrow how she initiated Merlin’s Engage mentorship program, designed to boost the representation of women in the top ranks of the music indus…

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The enshittification of music – Cory Doctorow explains how a monopolistic music industry's rush to claw back value might also kill it. PLUS! An exclusive extract from Cory's new audiobook 1:11:16

6M ago1:11:16

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Ep 142: Cory Docorow is a highly regarded sci-fi author, activist and journalist who is in favour of the liberalisation and modernisation of copyright laws. He recently coined the concept of "enshittification", which is when monopolistic digital platforms offer increasingly worse services to continue making money... and then they die. We talk about…

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How can you unlock more value from music catalogues using AI? Harmix CTO Dmytro Lopushanskyy explains how this AI tech works – and how artists should be able to opt music out of AI model training 32:57

6M ago32:57

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Ep 141: Dmytro Lopushanskyy, CTO of AI-powered song analysis and discovery tool Harmix, joins Joe to explain how tools like his actually work, and how they can find overlooked songs that are buried deep in catalogues. Dmytro also talks about what life in the music industry may be like when we have useful AI assistants, and how artists and rightshol…

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Episode 15 - NEEDLES 46:33

7M ago46:33

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Welcome back to Walking Away From Addiction Podcast! In episode 15, we talk about what the letters in "NEEDLES" stand for. This is part two of the "Seven Needles In A Haystack" series.By By Bob, Anja & Jamie

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Will this idea disrupt the record label model? Sherry Saeedi says that her company Verswire – “a venture capital model alternative for signing musicians” – is the future of music. We ask how and why. 37:34

6M ago37:34

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Ep. 140: Joe is joined by Sherry Saeedi, founder & CEO of Verswire. Sherry says that Verswire is a new alternative to record labels – or “a venture capital model alternative for signing musicians” as she puts it. We ask her why she believes it is “the future of music” and Sherry talks with the passion and language of a tech founder. She thinks that…

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Episode 66 - Session 1-B 14:11

7M ago14:11

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There will be a small break between episodes 66 and 67. Stay tuned! I don't want to listen to anymore without John... So I'll go back and listen to the first tape. Maybe I missed something. Cast: Jamie Petronis as Nate Harlan Guthrie as John Nathan Lunsford as Nathan Erika Sanderson as Therapist If you would like to listen to the show ad free, you …

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What's it like to manage the Black Eyed Peas? Co-manager Rachel Strassberger explains the challenges of managing a household name artist, and how managers will need to change in the coming years 31:49

7M ago31:49

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Ep. 139: The Black Eyed Peas have sold an estimated 80 million records, are one of only a handful of artists to have simultaneously held the number-one and number-two spots on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and have headlined the Super Bowl half-time show. We were very happy to talk to Rachel Strassberger, one third of the Black Eyed Peas' management…

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Episode 65 - Keep Listening 11:57

7M ago11:57

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The Cellar Letters is an Audio Drama created by Jamie Petronis. If you would like to listen to the show ad free, you can get join the Patreon at any tier. The Cellar Letters is creating A Weekly Horror Audio Drama | Patreon John is pissed at me. Why am I so annoying. Why do I push everyone away. Cast: Jamie Petronis as Nate Harlan Guthrie as John T…

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Episode 64 - Woods 14:41

7M ago14:41

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The Cellar Letters is an Audio Drama created by Jamie Petronis. If you would like to listen to the show ad free, you can get join the Patreon at any tier. The Cellar Letters is creating A Weekly Horror Audio Drama | Patreon I don't want to listen to any new tapes without John here... So I guess I'll just sit down and read another letter. Cast: Jami…

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What next for song lyrics? From autonomous cars to AI chats, we discuss lyrics' future with Darryl Ballantyne of LyricFind 36:37

7M ago36:37

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Ep. 138: Lyrics are now everywhere - in our streaming apps, on short form social media, and in the now ubiquitous lyric video. So how might lyrics be used in the future in ways we may not have thought of? Joe Sparrow is joined by Darryl Ballantyne, founder & CEO of LyricFind, one of the oldest companies to license lyrics on behalf of rightsholders …

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Episode 63 - Session 2 10:20

8M ago10:20

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The Cellar Letters is an Audio Drama created by Jamie Petronis. If you would like to listen to the show ad free, you can get join the Patreon at any tier. The Cellar Letters is creating A Weekly Horror Audio Drama | Patreon John has been acting so weird lately. I'm not sure what that's about... but anyway, time to listen to the second tape. Cast: J…

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Gender representation in the music industry, and how to undertake a "total restructure" – with Marie Fol, of the Keychange initiative 48:48

7M ago48:48

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Ep. 137: Marie Fol, Lead of the Keychange initiative, joins Music Ally’s Editor Joe Sparrow and they takes stock of gender representation in the music industry in 2024. Keychange is a global network and movement with a wide ranging remit to works towards what it calls “a total restructure of the music industry in reaching full gender equality.” Joe…

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