“Music lawyers need to remember they are not the fifth member of the band!” Alexi Cory-Smith, Bella Figura Music


“It makes it much more difficult to get anything done if you don’t have rapport… I went shopping with Myles Smith the other day – you’ve got to have relationships like that with people” Stacey Tang, RCA


“Some independent labels still think there’s a war between indies and majors – I don’t see it that way at all” Kenny Gates, PIAS


“We’re competing with other majors, distro, indies and we’ve got Americans trying to steal our lunch – but I believe in competition, I embrace it”


Louis Bloom, Island EMI Label Group


“Everybody repeat after me: ‘I am the master of AI, AI is not the master of I’” Wyclef Jean


thinking, ‘Can I write another Stargazing?’ But then I snap myself out of it and say, ‘Of course I could!’” Myles Smith


“Success isn’t linear or out of anybody’s reach… I’ve seen how targeted support can transform lives” Laura Lukanz, Amazon Music


“When Ordinary got to over 200 million streams, I thought, ‘Is this actually real, or is it just three people playing it over and over again to make me feel good?’” Alex Warren


“The music industry can be fake – if you let it, it can make you fake, too” Henrie Kwushue


“I’m working with some of the best artists in the world, if they don’t know what they’re doing then we’re all doomed!” Fraser T Smith


“My music is umami for the ears” Miso Extra


“It doesn’t matter how much you’ve read about Joni Mitchell, or how familiar you are with her music – you’re never ready for that first meeting...” Golnar Khosrowshahi, Reservoir Media


“The biggest issue facing music managers at the moment? How long have you got?!” Kat Kennedy, Big Life Management


“One day I want to make a book of all the ideas we came up with that never came to life… Each page will have a lot of teardrops on it!” Peter Bittenbender, Mass Appeal


“Everyone can read data, what’s missing are brave characters willing to die on the hills they fight on” Rich Castillo,


Lionbear Music Group


“Consider your own career like an artist’s: sometimes you’ll see others have a viral moment – that’s great for them, but there’s value in being a development artist, putting the graft in and earning your stripes” Victoria Needs, AWAL


“If you’re trying to judge what you’re doing day-to-day against the same standards you did 10 years ago, you’re doing


something wrong” Ed Howard, Atlantic


“I’ve sat there


“A streaming hit does not equate to a fan” Nickie Owen, Universal Music Group UK


“We’ve got a contract for everybody at Warner Chappell – I’ve got a drawer full of them!”


Guy Moot, Warner Chappell Music Music Week | 61


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