Tune in Dialogues Podcast
ECSA’s Tune in Dialogues podcast highlights the work of ECSA to defend and promote the rights of music authors across Europe. With interviews, conversations, and panel sessions featuring composers, songwriters, and other industry professionals, the podcast brings you up to date on developments related to artificial intelligence, music streaming, creativity in composing, diversity and inclusion in the creative sectors, and other topics.
E03 - Liz Pelly on why we should fix the music streaming ecosystem
In this episode, ECSA President Helienne Lindvall speaks to Liz Pelly, author of the book "Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist" (2025). In her book, she explores Spotify’s influence on music creation and consumption, and examines how streaming services have reshaped the music industry as a whole. During this podcast interview, Helienne and Liz talk about how Spotify’s increasing focus on algorithms, playlisting, and personalisation often comes at the expense of the majority of music creators. They also discuss the lack of transparency behind these practices, how Spotify's approach influences songwriting, how we should address the rise of AI-generated content on streaming platforms, and how we can work towards a fairer streaming ecosystem.
E02 - Towards a Safer Working Environment in the Music Sector
In November 2024, ECSA published a report titled "Fostering Gender Equality among Music Creators”. One of the main issues the report touches upon is the issue of harassment and unwanted behaviour in the music sector. A majority of women in music experience sexual harassment, while most of them do not report these experiences, due to fear of retaliation or the belief that nothing would change. What can we do to accommodate those who experienced harassment or unwanted behaviour in the music industry in the best way? Can we learn from initiatives taken by ECSA member organisations? In this episode, ECSA delegates Delphine Ciampi-Ellis (UNAC), Jojo von Hertzen (Finnish Music Creators), and Aafke Romeijn (BAM Popauteurs) share their experiences and insights on initiatives taken on national level in their respective countries.
E01 - Copyright and Generative AI: Fundamental Challenges for Creators and the Way Forward
On 25 March 2025, ECSA organised the Creators Conference at the European Parliament in Brussels. This first podcast episode features a recording of the first panel of this conference, titled "Copyright and Generative AI: Fundamental Challenges for Creators and the Way Forward", during which Alexandra Bensamoun (Université Paris-Saclay), Helienne Lindvall (ECSA), Dominick Luquer (FIA), and Julia Niebler-Kaiser (GEMA) dived into the main challenges posed by AI training to music authors, creators and others rightsholders in the context of the current EU legal framework.