Nile Rodgers: How to Make It in the Music Business Part Three (Season 1, Episode 3)
TV Episode | 60 min | Documentary

Nile Rodgers: How to Make It in the Music Business

Part Three (Season 1, Episode 3)

TV Episode | 60 min | Documentary

The final part is almost entirely set in the landscape of the music world today - a world that is near unrecognisable from the one Nile started out in over 40 years ago. Technology and digital media have revolutionised how we hear music. ...See moreThe final part is almost entirely set in the landscape of the music world today - a world that is near unrecognisable from the one Nile started out in over 40 years ago. Technology and digital media have revolutionised how we hear music. Digital platforms like YouTube, Spotify, Apple Music and others make music instantly available to everyone. Computers and the internet have changed how music is written and composed and, via social media, artists can communicate directly with their fans - they can even release their music to them with a single tweet. Nile shows us how he has adapted to this new world and why he wants to be a part of it. We discover how, in recent years, he has collaborated with a more diverse range of musicians on a greater variety of music than ever before. The first collaboration we hear about is Get Lucky with Daft Punk, which became a Grammy-award-winning international hit. Later, we have contributions from singer-songwriter Laura Mvula, who won a Novello award this year for her album The Dreaming Room which Nile worked on. We hear from top country music star Keith Urban - they were both nominated last year at the Country Music Awards. And from Swedish DJ and composer Avicii, who plays to audiences of tens of thousands around the world, we discover the closeness of their musical relationship and learn about their working methods. We discover how Nile's contribution to singer John Newman's song Give Me Your Love came about. In what is the 40th anniversary of Nile's band Chic, we see him on stage in Glasgow, and at the end of the film Nile reveals that he has just finished recording a new song. Called I Believe In Music, this at present unreleased song sums up Nile's personal philosophy toward the art form that has dominated his life. This film has exclusive access to that song. Written by Philip Armstrong Dampier See less

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11 cast members

Name	Known for
Nina Sosanya Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice) See fewer	Love Actually (2003)
Nile Rodgers Self - also co-narrator Self - also co-narrator See fewer	Coming to America (1988)
Avicii Self Self See fewer	How to Be Single (2016)
Keith Harris Self Self See fewer	Cheryl: A Million Lights - Live at the O2 (2012)
Kate Mossman Self Self See fewer	Rock Legends (2013)
Krissi Murison Self Self See fewer	History of Now: The Story of the Noughties (2010)
Laura Mvula Self Self See fewer	Beast (I) (2022)
John Newman Self Self See fewer	Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
Nick Rhodes Self Self See fewer	South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999)
Mark Ronson Self Self See fewer	Barbie (I) (2023)
Keith Urban Self Self See fewer	Act of Valor (2012)