Episode 18 - Gabe Bloch (The Record Business)

SPONSORS: Analog Machine + Tri-Beam Productions

As one of the few Western executives with both work experience and language fluency in China and Japan, Gabe Bloch occupies a unique space in bridging the Asian and American music industries. He’s currently the Chief Strategy officer for Pony Canyon USA, one of most well-known indie labels in Japan and the producer of the anime Attack on Titan.

Gabe and I covered his work at Pony Canyon, his time working for TikTok parent company Byte Dance, as well as his thoughts on the Japanese music industry and how their artists are gaining traction abroad.

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