Interviews – Page 2 – The Talking Fern

‘Generally, I feel the more people involved in songwriting, the less personal it gets.’

Per Gessle on how he wrote Roxette’s biggest hits but always felt like an outsider
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With fresh eight-figure financing, and a new CEO, Napster wants to take Web3 music to the mainstream

MBW interviews Napster’s new CEO Jon Vlassopulos
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‘A one size fits all approach in music is holding back creativity.’

Corite COO Emelie Olsson discusses the future of the platform, the evolution of audience-power in music, Web3 and much more besides
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New $100m-backed fund launches to buy catalogs in Asia, led by industry veteran Chee Meng Tan and ex-Universal Music China MD Garand Wu

Singapore-based music fund launches with initial raise of USD $100m
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‘The more inclusive we become, the more successful we will be.’

Doreen Schimk, co-President of Warner Music Central Europe, discusses gender equality in music, bringing German hip-hop to the global stage, and much more besides
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‘I would never just show up at the party just because there’s an invitation; I have to believe I can make a contribution’

Legendary producer Daniel Lanois on his role in U2’s global breakthrough, two of Bob Dylan’s career highlights and the importance of trust
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‘Classical music is not subject to trends and fads. The genre shows longer-term value across generations.’

MBW’s Trailblazers series interviews Martin Kudla, Deputy Director and Digital Marketing Manager at Czech record label SUPRAPHON
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Concord turned down a $5bn+ acquisition offer. It explains why – and where it’s going next.

Concord CEO, Scott Pascucci, and President, Bob Valentine, map out an “aggressive” next five years for the US company
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‘I’m confident that in the future, 15-20% of all music on the global charts will be by African artists.’

MBW’s World Leaders series interviews Martin Nielsen, CEO of African music streaming service Mdundo
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‘With production music, there are no limits on the opportunities we can bring emerging talent’

West One Music’s Global CEO Edwin Cox tells us more about the firm’s origins, the evolution of the production music space, and how the globalisation of media has changed the way the company licenses its music
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