Top Tools and Tips for Running Your Morning Coffee
Music Industry Consultant, Jay Gilbert, provides his go-to resources for running Your Morning Coffee.
Wednesday, July 17, 2024
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Jay Gilbert of Your Morning Coffee has been on the cutting edge of Digital Music Marketing with Universal Music, Sony Music and Warner Music Groups and more. It is this unique perspective as a musician, music executive and fan that makes his approach to Digital Strategy and Online Marketing so artist-friendly.
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Magazines & Music Blogs
In addition to world-class reporting by Glenn Peoples, Elias Leight, Kristin Robinson, Bill Donahue, Steve Knopper etc, Billboard Pro offers some amazing weekly newsletters like the Billboard Bulletin, The Ledger and The Legal Beat.
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Job Boards
Tim Ingham and his team have some of the best stories and insights in the business every week. They also have brilliant features like “Inspiring Women” and “MBW Views.” I never miss an episode of the MBW Podcast.
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Research, Insights & Reports
I love smart people who provide actionable data, analysis and forecasts. Mark Mulligan and his team, including Tatiana Cirisano, Kris Thakrah, Keith Jopling and others do just that. What makes them so good at what they do is that they’re all passionate music fans.
Bruce Houghton and Alana Bonilla cover and curate everything in music and technology. It feels like a community of smart music industry insiders helping their readers understand this quickly changing music industry.
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Physical Distributors
Randi Zimmerman is a bad ass. Her superpower is education and optimization, The music business is complex by design. Randi explains how artists can optimize efforts vs gaming the system by sharing best practices across platforms like YouTube, TikTok and DSPs.
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Research, Insights & Reports
Jaime Marconette and Haley Jones do these great webinars where they break down their mid-year and year-end reports. I learn something new every time. Subscribe to their “Tuesday Takeaway” newsletter.
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Magazines & Music Blogs
Rolling Stone Pro is where I go to learn about the music business from an artist’s perspective. A great source for artist interviews and keeping up with music trends.
Other resources include: MusicAlly, Variety, The Verge, Linked In groups, Google Alerts and press releases (I get a lot of ‘em!)
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"We use ROSTR constantly. It’s the best resource in the music business." - Marc Geiger, Chairman and CEO @ SaveLive
Music industry professionals use ROSTR to build their network, discover artists, save time & stay in the loop.
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Newsletters & Blogs
If you want to understand what goes on behind the headlines, I highly recommend Chris Castle’s blog, Music Technology Policy. Chris has a unique perspective and understanding of the music industry because of his experience as a recording artist, producer, label executive, and his respected law firm.
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where-musics-going
Newsletters & Blogs
Rob Abelow’s “Where Music’s Going” blog / newsletter is fantastic. Great insights with zero hyperbole. Highly recommended.
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EDITOR'S NOTE: Make sure to check out Jay's newsletter and Podcast "Your Morning Coffee"!
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Contributor
Jay Gilbert
Music Industry Consultant www.jaygilbert.coffee
Co-founder, Digital Strategy and Analytics at Label Logic https://www.label-logic.net/
Curator of Your Morning Coffee :: Weekly Music News for the New Music Business
Co-host of the Your Morning Coffee Podcast (with Michel Etchart)
Co-host of the Billboard Behind The Setlist Podcast (with Glenn Peoples)
Co-host of the Music Biz Weekly Podcast (with Mike Brandvold)
Photography: https://www.jaygilbert.net/
About Me: https://www.jaygilbertconsulting.com/about
Jay has been on the cutting edge of Digital Strategy & Marketing as a music industry consultant, curator of the weekly “Your Morning Coffee” newsletter and former executive with Universal Music, Sony Music and Warner Music group. It is this unique perspective as a musician, music executive and fan that makes his approach to Digital Strategy and Marketing so artist-friendly.
- In 2004 while at Universal, Jay launched the first digital-only label, responsible for all aspects of the operations. The groundbreaking label was featured on NPR, Billboard Magazine, Nights With Alice Cooper, and in the New York Times.
- Launched the industry's first sheet music + album download (for the Grammy award-winning “Fingerprints” album by Peter Frampton)
- Created and executed unique online marketing plans for Nirvana, The Police, KISS, Motley Crue, Bob Marley, Jimi Hendrix, Elton John, Styx, Rob Zombie, Johnny Cash, Guns ‘N Roses, Smokey Robinson, Tears For Fears, Rick Springfield, Lisa Loeb, Ringo Starr, Ron White, Peter Frampton, The Temptations, Amy Grant, Melissa Etheridge, The Accidentals, Travis Tritt and many others.
- Guest speaker at UCLA, USC, CSU, Columbia University, University of Washington, Los Angeles College of Music, Portland State, Colorado State, UC Denver, Hoffstra University Music Business Programs, SXSW, Folk Alliance, Americanafest, Grammy.com, and Music Business Association.
- Voting member of the Recording Academy
- Mentor with the Recording Academy’s Grammys
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