Social media influencers have massive audiences that can help catapult a budding musician's career. The challenge for artists is how to get their attention. Unlike Coke or Pepsi, they can’t afford to pay for placement. Our guest today was working at a record label when she stumbled on a brilliant idea, why not create a matchmaking platform to connect these groups together. Enter Thematic, a platform that connects content creators with artists across YouTube and other digital platforms.

Most dating apps use sophisticated algorithms to help singles find compatible mates based on common interests and backgrounds. One company taking an entirely new approach is Beatmatch, the dating app that helps music lovers find love connections by matching people with similar music tastes.

Stadiums, amphitheaters, bandshells, nightclubs - every live music venue offers a different type of experience. How about attending a performance in someone’s home? Here to give Matt & Mike a house tour of intimate home performances is Beatriz Ayala, the founder and CEO of Musicasa.

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.

The linkage between music and math is not well understood. People tend to think music is creative and math is perhaps the antithesis of the creative arts. But when you think about it, music is full of mathematical concepts: time signatures, sets, loops, patterns and recursion to name a few. There are even studies that show that children who play musical instruments are better at solving complex math problems. Helping us understand the music-math relationship is Marcus Miller.

Mike and Matt go digging in the archives with Tim Zawada and Ken Shipley from The Numero Group, an archival record label that researches and preserves musical gems by artists and entrepreneurs who found little commercial success upon their material's initial release.

This episode features a special guest, Barclay Crenshaw also known as Claude VonStroke. Claude is the founder of one of the hottest EDM labels - Dirtybird Records. Dirty Bird is not your typical label and Claude isn’t your typical DJ. He curates unique experiences with fans to get the crowd in the zone and help them get weird.

We all know that music can be soothing; it can reflect your mood or enhance it - it can even change it. But did you know that it can be used as therapy for a wide range of conditions? We wanted to learn about music therapy and how it works, so we reached out to Dr. Joy Allen, a licensed music therapist and thought leader in the field.

The artist-to-fan relationship is constantly evolving - from the traditional means of radio, TV and other marketing channels to ‘direct–to-fan’ and now to a ‘fan-to-fan’ model, where the fans themselves become the key to reaching and engaging new fans.

Mike and Matt sit down with Ryan Star of Stationhead to get the low down on Social Audio and how it can provide new opportunities for the creator economy and better music discovery for fans.

Mike and Matt meet with Frankie Tan, founder of Orastream, to understand what makes for good quality audio streaming.

Mike and Matt listen closely to Dr. Shelly Chadha of the World Health Organization to learn what listening habits might be creating a hearing loss epidemic and what we can do about it.

It’s no secret that concert ticketing is a mess. Mike and Matt sit down with Lawrence Peryer of Lyte ticketing to talk about creating solutions to level the playing field and ease the burden on fans’ pocketbooks.

Matt and Mike talk to Gar Ragland and Sean Moore of VinylKey and learn how merging record collecting with NFTs can unlock new opportunities for artists to engage and delight their fans.

Matt and Mike join Dr. David Greenberg to explore the relationship between musical preferences and personality.

Mike and Matt put on their sequins and join journalist and podcaster Ewan Spence on stage to pull the curtain back on the Eurovision Song Contest.

Mike and Matt join the march with author James Sullivan to learn about the evolution of music and protest.

Mike and Matt’s avatars hang out with Ian Simon of Spirit Bomb to talk about the coming explosion of virtual artists.

Mike and Matt enter the ‘Musicverse’ with Inder Phull of Pixelynx to talk about music, gaming and the metaverse.

Dr. Timothy D. Taylor, a professor in UCLA’s Department of Music, and author of The Sounds of Capitalism, walks Matt and Mike through the evolution of music in advertising.