How the platforms work

YouTube Music's own advice for dance artists.

James McGuinness, YouTube Music's UK partner manager, on what works for electronic releases on the platform. Practical, short, bring questions.

With James McGuinness

Getting the most out of Bandcamp, from Bandcamp.

Artist and label lead Aly Gillani and German rep Deniz Everling, also a Refuge Worldwide host, on fan subscriptions, merch and Bandcamp Fridays. Essential if you sell music directly.

With Deniz Everling

Ask DICE anything. They promise no pitch.

DICE's commercial lead Andrew Foggin and VP Product Saagar Bains take questions, with Steven Braines. For promoters and artists with ticketing gripes.

With Andrew Foggin, Saagar Bains, Steven Braines

Your rights when a model learns from your tracks.

Hospital Records' Chris Goss and Get Physical's Roland Leesker sit with BumaStemra counsel Kees Bulder and AI lawyer Barry Scannell, moderated by copyright lawyer Marijn Kingma. Labels that have lived through every format change, asking what this one takes from them.

With Chris Goss, Kees Bulder, Marijn Kingma, Roland Leesker

Spotify's music heads on how local goes global.

Spotify's leads for Sub-Saharan Africa, MENA, dance and electronic, and the UK, Ireland and the Netherlands, on how a local hit reaches other markets. For labels and artists outside the usual capitals.

With Andy Vincent, Mark Abou Jaoude, Phiona Okumu, Ronny Ho

Beatport's curation team takes your questions.

VP Curation Raphael Pujol and global label relations director Marina Palacios on charts, genres and discovery on the dance DSP. Bring the question your label manager won't answer.

With Marina Palacios, Raphael Pujol, Romy Harber

What breaking through on SoundCloud takes now.

SoundCloud's head of music Maurice Slade and VP Mike Spinella, with Sheffield bassline and garage producer Silva Bumpa. For independent artists.

With Maurice Slade, Mike Spinella, Silva Bumpa

Suno's music chief and a house pioneer, on the same stage.

Paul Sinclair, Chief Music Officer at Suno, faces Brooklyn house pioneer Todd Terry, whose records were built from samples long before models were. MIDiA's Laura Fisher moderates. The most direct AI conversation of the week.

With Laura Fisher, Paul Sinclair, Todd Terry