Archives: Live: In Conversation
Every month Byta’s founder Marc Brown sits down for an in-depth one-to-one Zoom conversation with someone who provides deep music industry insights and tips. #HowWeListen Live: In Conversation is designed to deliver the knowledge to enable tomorrow’s artists and industry leaders to better manoeuvre their way through the music ecosystem.

Arts Curation: Championing Independent Music for Over 2 Decades
An in-depth conversation about music discovery, the evolution of festival curation and artist management.
Creative Director & Co-founder of POP Montreal Music Festival

Helping Creators to Promote Their Music & Manage Careers
How best to have streaming services serve you, plus some talk about heavier music making.
Senior Manager: Creator & Catalog Services (Pandora / Sirius XM)

Breaking the Mold: Record Label & Sync A&R!
An interview with May Mahmoudi from Big Dada Recordings and Ninja Tune about her journey in the music industry and advice for new artists.
Big Dada Recordings (Ninja Tune)

Signing, Releasing & Developing Music from Africa to the World
Finding, Developing and Launching New Music From Africa to Africa & The World
A&R Executive at Horus Music, Nigeria

Streaming: Tools for Musicians to Succeed
Mike will discuss how he made his way into his position at Believe and how music streaming became his big focus. Also, some tips and tricks on customizing your artist profiles on DSPs; building a playlist and growing followers.
Author / Founder - Work Hard Playlist Hard

DIY Music Promotion: Connecting Artists, Creators, Curators & Influencers
One of the key stages of getting your music heard and promoted outside of your own network is accessing the world’s music curators, but who are they? How can artists and creators access these curators and influencers themselves?
Founder of SubmitHub

What does the future of music discovery look like in 2023 and beyond!
This event was our year-end wrap up and look forward: THE FUTURE OF MUSIC DISCOVERY – 2023 & BEYOND! Our guests included Mira Silver (FORT Agency), Nikishe Bailey(Nvak Collective) & Phil Loutsis(AWAL)
2023 & Beyond

Fairness in Future: Compensation & Advocacy for Artists
Director: Future of Music Coalition

Transforming Audio Culture: Elevating the Art of Music Discovery
Saidah talks about her experiences entering the music industry and what it means to curate Sonos Radio.
Senior Manager and the Executive Producer at Sonos Radio

Release Planning: Building Your Streaming Audience
Doing It Yourself: better-educating musicians so they have the confidence and skills required to take their careers to the next level.
Senior VP of Artist Engagement & Education at CD Baby

Music Publishing & Sync: Where to Start?
What can new, emerging and DIY artists, and their teams, learn about publishing? When is the right time to look for or land a deal?
Senior VP Creative, Kobalt Music Publishing

Understanding Africa’s Music Ecosystem
Head of TuneCore, West & East Africa

Hand in Hand: The Art of Booking Tours & Artist Management
In a pre-COVID world, touring was becoming key to monetising a music career. After putting everything on hold for 24 months, “live” has never been more important. What does the future hold?
Founder, Panache Booking & Management

Communities Are Key: Big Careers Start Local
Everyone has to start somewhere. Developing a loyal community out of your local music scene is key.
Regional Manager for Australia & New Zealand, Ditto Music

More Than Just Video: Maximise your Promo Power
Corbyn Asbury explains how he made his way to YouTube, the power of video for artists, and how it moved from video into streaming.
Label Relations Manager at YouTube

From Discovery To Stage: Programming Tomorrow’s Artists
Head of Music, The Great Escape Festival

Artist Development: What is a “Full Service” Music Company?
Co-founder and managing director, Bonsound

Prepare for Takeoff: Release Planning & Building A Team
Release planning, securing editorial support, building a team & marketing your music.
VP of Community, AWAL

Make Streams Come True: Using Streaming Platforms to Your Advantage
Head Of Global Artist Relations at Napster

Developing Your Branding & Marketing Strategy
What are the best steps when building an artist branding strategy?
Music Strategist, Digital Marketer & Educator

Damn Good Numbers: Backing Up Your Music with Data & Insights
Founder of Measure of Music

Independently Minded, Globally Ambitious
Learning from Latin America’s Music Scene
Head of TuneCore Brazil & Latin America

Riding The Rock & Roll Rollercoaster
Artist, musician and composer