A BLOG OF SORTS FROM CHRIS COOKE
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| My name is Chris Cooke. I’m an editor, journalist and media entrepreneur. I publish and write for CMU, ThisWeek Culture and ThreeWeeks Edinburgh. I run UnLimited Media, co-lead Pathways Into Music, advise the Council Of Music Makers, and wrote Dissecting The Digital Dollar and Music Copyright Explained. You’ll find my latest updates and articles below – click the links for: info about my projects | more updates | more content |
I’m currently in Castellón in Spain for Pro Weekend, which is exciting. The festivities kicked off earlier today, and tomorrow I’m presenting my all new speed briefing – ‘WHERE’S MY F*CKING MONEY?’ – all about how to get paid when your music is streamed. Looking forward to it.
You can now listen to the Sound On Sound podcast all about the Producers Deals Guide we launched earlier this year, in which I join music producer and MPG executive director Cameron Craig to explain why the guide was needed and the key things producers, artists and managers need to know about producer deals in 2026. You can listen in here.
It’s good to know the conference centre where we are hosting our Educator Pathway Weekend has a PRS licence, just in case Phil decides to swap the fanbase building section with a sing song. Though I’m trying to work out how old this sticker must be, given that’s not been the PRS logo for a very long time.
At last count I have been through Stafford Station about 404,791 times, but I’d never got off a train at Stafford Station – until yesterday! We are at a conference centre in the Staffordshire countryside for our latest Pathways Into Music Educator Pathway Weekend.
