The Africa Music Law™ Show | Music Business & Entertainment Law

The Africa Music Law™ Show | Music Business & Entertainment Law


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AML 135: Artist Manager Bond Stanley Ebigbo on New Book, ‘Grounded Ways to the Music Business.’
June 22, 2020

Bond Stanley Ebigbo, (Guest) is the founder of Grounded Promotions and a seasoned artist manager responsible for guiding the professional careers of Nigeria’s leading artists including hip-hop artist Phyno. Ebigbo, for example,

AML 134: Peter Lentini on How to Build Diverse Streams of Income to Handle Life’s Seasons.
April 01, 2020

Peter Lentini, a trailblazer, influencer and household name among the African Diaspora in the United States, especially in California, joins host of the Africa Music Law, Ms. Uduak, on the 134th episode to discuss how to build diverse streams of income...

AML 133: COVID-19 + Isioma Idigbe on China-Nollywood Co-Production Deals & More.
March 20, 2020

This concludes our three-part series with Isioma Idigbe, a top entertainment lawyer in Nigeria on the business of entertainment. In this 133rd episode, Ms. Uduak, founder and host of the Africa Music Law Podcast Show, addresses the COVID-19 pandemic,

AML 132: Isioma Idigbe on the Problems Nollywood & its Entertainment Lawyers Need to Fix
March 09, 2020

We continue to part two of our three-part series with Isioma Idigbe, a top entertainment lawyer in Nigeria who is known for filing a historic copyright infringement lawsuit against top Filmmaker Omoni Oboli for the movie ‘Okafor’s Law’ and top movie di...

AML 131: Isioma Idigbe on Filing Nollywood’s Historic Copyright Lawsuit Against Omoni Oboli & Filmhouse Cinema
March 04, 2020

On Friday, March 24, 2017, a large audience gathered for the premiere of Filmmaker Omoni Oboli’s movie ‘Okafor’s Law’ at the Film House Cinema in Lekki Lagos. The event, however, came to a screeching halt because  Isioma obtained an injunction,

AML 130: Oye Akideinde on the Digital Evolution of the Nigerian Music Industry
January 20, 2020

Oye Akideinde (Oye) (Guest)  is a media, tech and entertainment executive with over 20+ years experience in primarily the media, entertainment, technology, consumer goods, eBusiness, financial, and digital sectors. Currently,

AML 129: BEZ Idakula on New Album and How to Become a Successful Indie Artist in Nigeria & Africa
January 13, 2020

Bez Idakula was born into music. As a young musician and performer, Bez began fine-tuning his sound, drawing inspiration from various genres. Indeed, African beats, hip hop, soul and jazz unified to enrich his music, giving life to a new genre,

AML 128: Interview with Bizzle Osikoya, Nigeria & Africa’s Top A&R Executive
January 06, 2020

 Abiodun “Bizzle” Osikoya is a self-proclaimed artist helper, talent developer, respected A&R, music business consultant, digital marketer and co-founder of The Plug, Africa’s leading talent management agency with diverse music services including lice...

AML 127: Beyonce’s Lion King Album, Wizkid, Burna Boy, Flame v. Katy Perry, Tekno v. Ubi Franklin (Podcast)
August 09, 2019

Is Beyonce Africa’s music industry’s savior? What’s going on with Wizkid’s career? Why hasn’t he dropped an album since 2017? Has Burna Boy finally proved he is an African Giant? Did the jury get it right with its $2.

AML 126: The Third Wave: Surfing the Emerging Streaming Landscape #MusicBiz2019
May 13, 2019

I had the pleasure of attending AML super fan Iredumare (Ire) Opeyemi’s panel session held on May 6, 2019, at the Music Biz 2019 conference in Nashville, produced by the Music Business Association. If you have been following this blog and podcast for a...