On the 21st episode of This Week in Music, Ian Rogers visits Robb McDaniels, founder and CEO of INgrooves at his offices in San Francisco, CA. The duo talk about INgrooves' digital distribution and marketing services for artists, the evolution of INgrooves since it's inception in 2001, as well as today's current music streaming services and monetization strategies for them. 0:43 - What is INgrooves? 01:10 - What is the value of INgrooves to artists? 03:32 - Why did INgrooves focus on dance and electronic music when it started out? 06:15 - What is the business model for INgrooves? 08:15 - What services INgrooves offers beyond digital distribution. 17:05 - Why Ian Rogers used INgrooves himself when managing an artist (Get Busy Committee) 18:49 - Various tiers of INgrooves marketing 19:54 - Discussing the two major digital distribution spaces (Buying and locker content vs. renting content) 21:32 - The huge cash flow gap that exists in the music streaming service model 25:50 - Re-capturing the music listening experience from itunes by developing new services on top of streaming services. 28:30 - What music Robb is currently listening to
Keywords: music, interview, ingrooves, marketing, audio, bands, artists
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