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# Your Morning Coffee Podcast: Music biz surge • an Indie Artist with 1B streams • TikTok battles back
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/your-morning-coffee-podcast-music-biz-surge-an-indie-artist-with-1b-streams-tiktok-battles-back/
- Published: 2023-06-12T13:30:00.000Z
- Updated: 2023-06-12T14:25:56.000Z
- Description: Episode 148 of Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart’s podcast Your Morning Coffee: Weekly News for the New Music Business is available now. Episode 148 On this week’s installment of the. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2023/06/your-morning-coffee-podcast-music-biz-surge-an-indie-artist-wit
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Music Business, DIY musicians, music, music industry, Music Tech, musicians, TikTok, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 09:44

Episode 148 of Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart’s podcast Your Morning Coffee: Weekly News for the New Music Business is available now.

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### Episode 148

On this week’s installment of the YMC podcast, hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat about these music industry stories:

- “The U.S. Recorded Music Business Is Surging – Can It Return to Double-Digit Revenue Growth in 2023?” (Billboard);
- “This Independent Artist Has Over A Billion Streams On Spotify. 10 Years Ago, A Record Label Told Him His Music Was ‘Unreleasable’” (Music Business Worldwide)
- “TikTok Is Under Fire From Some Of Music’s Most Powerful Players. Global Music Boss Ole Obermann Says The Future’s Bright – And Answers Some Tough Questions” (Music Business Worldwide).

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