Episode 114 - Tom Gray - Gomez & Chair of the Ivor Academy

Originally recorded and uploaded: July 2023 Currently, an artist would need 62million streams on Spotify to break even on a £25k budget. This needs to change and our guest today Tom Gray is leading that change. Tom is Chair of the prestigious Ivor Novello’s, and founding member of Gomez, and is doing more to try to change the music industry than most, through his Broken Records campaign which was backed by The Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney and many more, to ensure the fairer distribution of streaming royalties to artists at every level. Today we’ll be taking a deep dive into this topic, hearing how we as listeners can help, Whippin’ Piccadilly, and how the Ivor Novello's choose winners. Hosted and Produced by Chris Simpson. Edited by: Beth Iles Follow The StageLeft Podcast: Website: https://www.thestageleftpodcast.com/ Instagram:   / thestageleftpodcast   Facebook:   / thestageleftpodcast   X: https://twitter.com/thestageleftpod?l... Listen on: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1CfrQQW... Audioboom: https://audioboom.com/channels/466463... Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/3b7... Deezer: http://www.deezer.com/show/5405557 Image & Photo Credits: Tom Gray: (Instagram: Automatoms ) Tom Gray: (Instagram: Automatoms ) Tom Gray: (Instagram: Automatoms ) (Tags: The StageLeft Podcast, Music, Education, Educational, Interview, biography, Music Podcast, Tom Gray, Gomez & Chair of the Ivor Academy, Ivor Academy, Rolling Stones, The Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, Broken Records Campaign, Whippin Piccadilly, Ivor Novello, Spotify, breakthrough artists )