How Record Industry Changes Will Affect DJs

About this episode

The episode discusses how changes in the record industry impact DJs and music discovery.

Send us a message The song is fire, but the tag says 2026. We kick things off with a rant every DJ will relate to—bad metadata—and then follow the thread into the biggest shifts reshaping music discovery and live events. From Netflix flirting with the label game to Sony’s surge across streaming, publishing, live, and merch, we break down how the industry is acting less like record sellers and more like IP builders, and why that matters for what actually works on a dance floor. We unpack how ...

People in this episode

Hosts: Joe Bunn, Brian B

Topics covered

• record industry changes
• DJs
• music discovery
• live events
• metadata
• streaming

Keywords

• record industry
• DJs
• metadata
• music discovery
• live events
• streaming
• Sony
• Netflix

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Netflix, Sony

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