On this week’s episode of the Music Business Podcast, we talked with someone who’s seen it all when it comes to understanding and keeping up with music trends - Head of Artists Services at US Tunecore, Chris Maltese. Chris has worked in media as a Senior Producer at MTV, has managed a wide variety of artists from up and coming to Grammy Award winning, has worked as an A&R in publishing and now heads up a new label division at TuneCore / Believe. He and his team are planning on creating artist-centric record labels that are focused on specific genres. This past March, they launched their first project, a hip hop and R&B-focused label called PIVTL Projects. Chris talked about his experiences in music media and the differences between being a music manager and leading a record label. He also gave valuable pointers on what makes artists and music professionals successful in such a fickle industry. As always, please leave a review and hit @musicbusinesspodcast on instagram and let us know what you think! Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.