Run The Tape: Recent Episodes

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Run The Tape is a rapid-fire recap of music news and current events that utilizes interviews from fresh new artists and their experiences in the industry to provide perspective on the ins-and-outs of today's entertainment landscape.

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We're back for season 2 of Run the Tape! In this episode, we discuss how music artists are standing in solidarity with drag performers against anti-LGBT legislation in the south, the WGA strike, and how the top three record labels are negotiating with major streaming platforms to legally protect artists from AI soundalikes.

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In this episode, we're diving into new studies from the University Of Southern California Annenberg Inclusion Initiative Report, which provides stats on the state of gender inclusion in entertainment, and examining how our willingness to discover new music evolves with age.  At the round table, we're talking to music industry vet Lynn Davis about how women can stay empowered in the music industry. 

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We're back for 2023! This week we discuss the new Grammy nomination categories, Nikki tests out the popular new Open AI ChatGPT software to write a song, Mastercard announces its first blockchain initiative for emerging artists, and we discuss how artists are pioneering the evolution of technology that is creating the future of entertainment as we know it. Shelby Bond, GBO, Reed Waddle, The Underdogs, and David Deacon are at the roundtable. 

Featuring music by Shelby Bond and Reed Waddle. 

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This week we're wrapping up 2022 music news with Spotify Wrapped, Apple Replay, and Google's top 10 most searched songs of the year. Golden Globes nominations are released, 2023 tour dates are announced, and Warner Music Group signs a deal with a Metaverse merchant company. At the roundtable, we're talking to Trey P, TMike, TrudyTheProducer, and Benjamin Hey! 

Featuring music by TMike and TrudyThe Producer. 

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This week we're keeping the vibes high with positive news only. Music stocks rise despite high inflation in the US, the UK music industry takes major steps towards diversity and inclusion for artists of color, and scientists in Spain develop an audio-tactile algorithm that allows people who can't hear music to feel it. Featuring newly released music from Kunservative, Royce DeZorzi, Waa'Daa'Dah Boi, Dr. Jefferey P. Kee, and the host, T. Nikki Paige.

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This week we're covering the musical winners of the Creative Emmy Awards, explore options for accessible and environmentally friendly music festivals, and discuss the pressure artists feel to speak on social issues with a multi-genre panel of guests. 

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This episode we talk music industry updates on Snapchat, Soundcloud, and Limewire for independent creators, and chat music industry nostalgia with Spoke, Levi Zadoff and Dead Hendrix and JakeLuv.