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TOPICS: Artists are alleging that DistroKid is deleting their music in response to a UMG lawsuit; we answer a listener question about how artists can get acquainted with the creative community of a new city; our guest this week is multi-hyphenate artist-entrepreneur Keldamuzik. Learn more about our guest’s work at www.keldamuzik.com. Rate/review/subscribe to the Break the Business Podcast on iTunes, SoundCloud, Stitcher, and Google Play. Follow Ryan @ryankair and the Break the Business Podcast @thebtbpodcast. Like Break the Business on Facebook and tell a friend about the show. Visit www.ryankairalla.com to find out more about Ryan's entertainment, education, and business projects.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

TOPICS: Ryan answers a listener question about the Olivia Dean copyright lawsuit; the Emmys are moving to streaming; this week's guest is TaQuan Williams, aka Engineer Flip, founder of SoundVision Recording. Learn more about our guest’s work at http://www.svrecord.com. Rate/review/subscribe to the Break the Business Podcast on iTunes, SoundCloud, Stitcher, and Google Play. Follow Ryan @ryankair and the Break the Business Podcast @thebtbpodcast. Like Break the Business on Facebook and tell a friend about the show. Visit www.ryankairalla.com to find out more about Ryan's entertainment, education, and business projects.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

TOPICS: Ryan and Lauren talk about the VMAs, and Ryan is obsessed with the Yung Leandance; Ryan breaks down the latest entertainment industry legislation in Congress and asks why Congress can’t make laws that help indie creators; California passes a law targeting political endorsements from influencers; our guest this week is DJ Self Born. Ourguest’s new book “SELF BORN: How I Made A Million Dollars As A DJ... And Built A System Anyone Can Use!” is available now, and you can follow our guest on instagram@djselfborn Rate/review/subscribe to the Break the Business Podcast on iTunes, SoundCloud, Stitcher, and Google Play. Follow Ryan @ryankair and the Break the Business Podcast @thebtbpodcast. Like Break the Business on Facebook and tell a friend about the show. Visit www.ryankairalla.com to find out more about Ryan's entertainment, education, and business projects.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

TOPICS: Ryan is going to be a guest lecturer; Ryan is mad about Disney not bringing back The Muppet Show; Sherry-Lynn Lee drops by to give her thoughts on the Best Asian Pop Performance Grammy category; our guest this week is musician, spoken word artist, and professional psychic Lisa B. Lisa’s new album '60s Magic Now!: The Y-Verse is available now, and you can find out more about our guest’s work by visiting www.lisabmusic.com. Rate/review/subscribe to the Break the Business Podcast on iTunes, SoundCloud, Stitcher, and Google Play. Follow Ryan @ryankair and the Break the Business Podcast @thebtbpodcast. Like Break the Business on Facebook and tell a friend about the show. Visit www.ryankairalla.com to find out more about Ryan's entertainment, education, and business projects.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

TOPICS: Ryan wonders why The Muppet Show has not yet received a series order; Ryan and Zak talk about Miist’s Billboard editorial about her decision to submit her music to the Best Asian Pop Music Performance Grammy category; can AI help empower indie artists? Our guest this week is rock singer Tony Tripi. Tony’s upcoming album “Close to Fire: Roman's Anthology Release Part I" comes out on October 23rd. You can find out more at tripirocks.com. Rate/review/subscribe to the Break the Business Podcast on iTunes, SoundCloud, Stitcher, and Google Play. Follow Ryan @ryankair and the Break the Business Podcast @thebtbpodcast. Like Break the Business on Facebook and tell a friend about the show. Visit www.ryankairalla.com to find out more about Ryan's entertainment, education, and business projects.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

TOPICS: More Dolly Parton discussion; what are legal experts saying about Suno’s chances to succeed on a fair use claim in its copyright cases against the major labels; our guests this week are Dr. Raina Murnak and Kayla Behforouz, authors of a recent paper on how musicians can be compensated in the age of AI. Rate/review/subscribe to the Break the Business Podcast on iTunes, SoundCloud, Stitcher, and Google Play. Follow Ryan @ryankair and the Break the Business Podcast @thebtbpodcast. Like Break the Business on Facebook and tell a friend about the show. Visit www.ryankairalla.com to find out more about Ryan's entertainment, education, and business projects.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

TOPICS: Ryan and Zak Sloan spend the first segment giving a fitting tribute to music legend Dolly Parton, reflecting on her achievements as a musician, songwriter, and philanthropist while also discussing the lessons that indie artists can learn from her life. Our guest this week is Vered Benhorin, musician, music therapist, author, and founder of Baby in Tune. Vered’s new album “Adorable You” is available now, and you can find out more about her work by visiting babyintune.com. Rate/review/subscribe to the Break the Business Podcast on iTunes, SoundCloud, Stitcher, and Google Play. Follow Ryan @ryankair and the Break the Business Podcast @thebtbpodcast. Like Break the Business on Facebook and tell a friend about the show. Visit www.ryankairalla.com to find out more about Ryan's entertainment, education, and business projects.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

TOPICS: Continuing our discussion of scam trademark and copyright emails; EllieGoulding sues her former managers; our guest this week is indie singer-songwriter PrimaApollinaare. Her new EP “23” is available now, and you can follow her on Instagram@themusiconmymind. Rate/review/subscribe to the Break the Business Podcast on iTunes, SoundCloud, Stitcher, and Google Play. Follow Ryan @ryankair and the Break the Business Podcast @thebtbpodcast. Like Break the Business on Facebook and tell a friend about the show. Visit www.ryankairalla.com to find out more about Ryan's entertainment, education, and business projects.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

TOPICS: Katie Zaccardi’s movie review of “One Night Only”; artists and entrepreneurs putting up with junk mail; Spotify announces that it will disclose AI accounts on the platform; Claude is creating watermarks to uncover AI-generated text; our guest this week is JC Sanchez, founder and CEO of AI-native artist management platform Orphiq. You can find out more about our guest’s work by visiting www.orphiq.com. Rate/review/subscribe to the Break the Business Podcast on iTunes, SoundCloud, Stitcher, and Google Play. Follow Ryan @ryankair and the Break the Business Podcast @thebtbpodcast. Like Break the Business on Facebook and tell a friend about the show. Visit www.ryankairalla.com to find out more about Ryan's entertainment, education, and business projects.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

TOPICS: Ryan and Zak Sloan talk about the loss of Oscar-winning musician Glen Hansard; BTS withdraws from Grammy consideration; our guest this week is Fritz Michel, frontman of the New York band Young Allies. Young Allies’ EP “Fingers Entwined” is available now, and you can find out more at youngallies.com. Rate/review/subscribe to the Break the Business Podcast on iTunes, SoundCloud, Stitcher, and Google Play. Follow Ryan @ryankair and the Break the Business Podcast @thebtbpodcast. Like Break the Business on Facebook and tell a friend about the show. Visit www.ryankairalla.com to find out more about Ryan's entertainment, education, and business projects.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

TOPICS: Ryan and Producer Lauren talk about the latest in the Live Nation antitrust lawsuit and what creators can do to speak out about the pending DOJ settlement; we answer a listener question about transitioning from being a full-time to part-time creator; our guest this week is Gregoire Gensollen of Tucker Tooley Entertainment. His latest project is "Band of Strangers", a new online series that brings together musicians who've never met and has them build an original song from scratch. Check out "Band of Strangers" on YouTube! Rate/review/subscribe to the Break the Business Podcast on iTunes, SoundCloud, Stitcher, and Google Play. Follow Ryan @ryankair and the Break the Business Podcast @thebtbpodcast. Like Break the Business on Facebook and tell a friend about the show. Visit www.ryankairalla.com to find out more about Ryan's entertainment, education, and business projects.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

TOPICS: Ryan is confused about the “One Night Only” romantic comedy coming out soon; Ryan and Katie Z talk about the upcoming “I Am Rocky” biopic and how the story of the “Rocky” movie's production offers great lessons for indie artists. Our guest this week is Steff Agathis, the CEO of Vitalize Projects and Vitalize Records. You can find out more about our guest’s work by visiting vitalize-projects.com. Rate/review/subscribe to the Break the Business Podcast on iTunes, SoundCloud, Stitcher, and Google Play. Follow Ryan @ryankair and the Break the Business Podcast @thebtbpodcast. Like Break the Business on Facebook and tell a friend about the show. Visit www.ryankairalla.com to find out more about Ryan's entertainment, education, and business projects.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

TOPICS: Ryan and Gideon King have a belated celebration of the Knicks' NBA title; the UMAW launches the “Raise the Bar” campaign to get venues to pledge to adopt artist- favorable terms in their venue contracts; we answer a listener question about when a producer becomes a songwriter on a music project; our guest this week is Songproof CEO and co-founder Nadim Rahman. You can find out more about our guest’s work by visiting www.songproof.com. Rate/review/subscribe to the Break the Business Podcast on iTunes, SoundCloud, Stitcher, and Google Play. Follow Ryan @ryankair and the Break the Business Podcast @thebtbpodcast. Like Break the Business on Facebook and tell a friend about the show. Visit www.ryankairalla.com to find out more about Ryan's entertainment, education, and business projects.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

TOPICS: By demanding that artists have established careers before signing them, are labels making themselves obsolete? Ryan answers a listener question about copyright registration; our guest this week is singer-songwriter Ammar Farooki. Ammar’s new album“Twelve” is available now! Rate/review/subscribe to the Break the Business Podcast on iTunes, SoundCloud, Stitcher, and Google Play. Follow Ryan @ryankair and the Break the Business Podcast @thebtbpodcast. Like Break the Business on Facebook and tell a friend about the show. Visit www.ryankairalla.com to find out more about Ryan's entertainment, education, and business projects.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

TOPICS: Legendary music executive Clive Davis passes away at the age of 94; the NOFAKES Act passes the Senate Judiciary Committee; our guest this week is John Lister, the head of Content and Community at Rap Fame. John is here to break down Rap Fame’s new report about how underground and independent rappers feel about AI and the current state of the underground genre. You can find out more about our guest’s work by visiting rapfame.app. Rate/review/subscribe to the Break the Business Podcast on iTunes, SoundCloud, Stitcher, and Google Play. Follow Ryan @ryankair and the Break the Business Podcast @thebtbpodcast. Like Break the Business on Facebook and tell a friend about the show. Visit www.ryankairalla.com to find out more about Ryan's entertainment, education, and business projects.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.