Episode 575 – Vinyl Group CEO Josh Simons On The Future Of Record Labels

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My guest today is Josh Simons, CEO of Australia’s only ASX-listed music company, Vinyl Group. 

Josh’s journey is as diverse as it gets. He founded Vampr, the ‘LinkedIn for creatives,’ connecting over 1.4 million music professionals worldwide.

He’s also been instrumental in developing platforms like Jaxsta and Vinyl.com, tackling challenges in music metadata and e-commerce.

Prior to working in tech Josh ran a record label, publishing function, film production company, and was the lead singer of Australian indie rock band Buchanan.

As a songwriter and producer, he’s shared credits with Travis Scott, Troye Sivan and Kanye West, and as a performer has toured with Coldplay, Keith Urban and Carrie Underwood.

During the interview we spoke about innovations in music consumption, the future of music labels, the intersection of physical and digital media, the resurgence of cassettes, and much more.

I spoke to Josh via zoom from his office in Melbourne, Australia.

Also, a video version is now available on YouTube as well.