How one entrepreneur went from an 'indie kid from Wolverhampton' to CEO disrupting the music industry

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From indie drummer to industry disruptor, Ryan Edwards has built a business on a problem most artists never even realise exist: until it's too late.Long before he was navigating boardrooms and scaling a music-tech company across 14 countries, Mr Edwards was behind a drum kit, touring the UK as part of indie band The Lines.

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Speaking to GB News, he shared how it was a formative period that offered a front-row seat to the realities of the music industry: the thrill of live performance, the grind of touring life, and the complex web of contracts and rights that underpin it all.

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The band even secured a UK Top 10 hit—an achievement many artists spend entire careers chasing.

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But it was only years later, after he had left music behind, that Edwards discovered just how opaque that system could be.Following his departure from the band in 2008, Edwards took a less conventional route into business.

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