Before the death of Buddy Holly, the conventional wisdom among record companies was: ‘stiffs don’t sell’. Times have certainly changed and the estates of some artists have become massive money makers. But how did this trend come about - and how might the artists feel about the posthumous commercialization of their work? Our guest today is Eamonn Forde, an award-winning music business writer and author.

Mike & Matt are joined by Drea Jackson, Manager of Artist Relations at SoundCloud, for a walk through the history of SoundCloud, how their Fan-Powered system differs from the Big Pool system used by the other big streaming platforms - and how it helps emerging artists.

Mike and Matt are joined by SyncFloor's Kirt Debique to talk about how labels have had to adapt to a music world where new technologies allow artists to create music, distribute it and promote it themselves.

Matt and Mike sit down with veteran music publisher and Canadian Music Industry Hall of Fame inductee Michael McCarty to learn about music royalty investing and his new venture the Kilomtre Group.

Matt and Mike learn about back catalogs, song rights and the royalty system from ROYALTY EXCHANGE’s Antony Bruno.

Matt and Mike sit down with musician, writer, poet, podcaster and digital transformation critic DAMON KRUKOWSKI about Spotify v Bandcamp, creator rights, and more.