Inspiring Women

‘Streaming is one part of an artist’s evolution. Amazon is looking for all the ways to connect you to your fans.’

Phylicia Fant, Head of Music Industry and Culture Collaborations at Amazon Music talks about breaking into the business, her experience in the major label system, the marriage of technology and creativity and the ongoing power of music

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‘The music business is still not the safest place for women to work.’

Venice Music Head of Sync Jessica Vaughn reflects on her 'dark comedy' of a life so far and argues that in many areas the music industry is not just unfair but unsafe

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‘You don’t have to ask for permission in the music industry. Not many industries are like that.’

Virgin Music UK President Vanessa Bosåen talks about how starting out as an artist informed her career as an exec and about the power of marrying the best independent artists and labels with a major record company infrastructure

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‘The most important advice for all of us, particularly women, is that no one else should dictate the ceiling of your capabilities.’

Juliette Jones, Alamo Records COO and previously a widely-respected radio promotions exec, talks about her career to date, strength in independence and finding her voice

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‘The TikTok era is over. Artists aren’t being signed based on one thing going viral anymore.’

MBW's Inspiring Women series meets Michele Harrison, founder of management company, MPH Collective

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‘In K-pop, the number one thing is the relationship with your fans. Non K-pop artists have to put their fans on the same level as their artistry.’

MBW's Inspiring Women series meets Mitra Darab, President HxG at HYBE America

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‘Majors and independents have the same end goal. Being aligned on how we get there, and garnering the same respect from different services, is crucial to that.’

Emily Stephenson, President of Publishing at Downtown Music, talks about her career path, her work/life balance and the evolution of publishing

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‘AI is exciting and terrifying. It’s something we all should be paying significant attention to, especially managers of deceased icons.’

Ashley Austin, founder of Artist Legacy Group, on the responsibilities and opportunities of managing the estates of legendary artists

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‘The best music managers wear 65 hats and are experts in all of them.’

Blaike Ford discusses her time at Spotify when the streaming giant was a start-up and her self-defined role at Range Media Partners where she is looking to make a similarly seismic impact

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‘The record label model isn’t created for artists to recoup or make money.’

Verswire founder and dedicated disruptor Sherry Saeedi on what her new company offers artists and why major labels have to re-think everything

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‘The music industry makes the ticket-buying process hard. I’d like to see us focus on the user experience.’

MBW's Inspiring Women series meets AEG Presents Chief Digital Officer, Brooke Kain

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‘As a publisher, you can’t just sit around and wait for the money to roll in. We really have to be proactive.’

MBW's Inspiring Women series meets Ashley Winton, Senior Vice President, Global Creative Services at Warner Chappell Music

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‘Amazon Music operates at 100 miles per hour, at all times. That’s fine. It matches mine and the team’s ambition’

Laura Lukanz, Amazon Music’s principal point person for the industry in the UK, looks back on her time in radio and then management, and discusses the power and future of streaming…

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‘We don’t bow to pressure from numbers on a screen. It’s about your artistry and how you speak to your fans.’

MBW's Inspiring Women series interviews Twiggy Rowley, who co-manages Charli XCX alongside her business partner Sam Pringle and Brandon Creed in the US

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‘Don’t ever chase the hype. Stick to what you love and you can’t go wrong.’

MBW's Inspiring Women series interviews UTA's Cheryl Paglierani, who reps acts such as Post Malone, Cardi B, Offset, 21 Savage, Chance the Rapper and more.