201 Episodes

  1. How This Artist Manager Deepens the Fan Relationship and Prioritizes Mental Health

    Published: 5/28/2025
  2. How The World's Largest Songwriting Camp Works

    Published: 5/21/2025
  3. How Bandcamp is Thinking About Superfans

    Published: 5/14/2025
  4. Don't Cut Your Drummer Into Publishing...

    Published: 4/30/2025
  5. How Publishing Works and Songwriters Get Paid

    Published: 4/23/2025
  6. This Superfan Platform Gets Artists Paid 10x+ What They Make From Streaming

    Published: 4/16/2025
  7. Lyor Cohen on YouTube Music's Future and the Music Industry's Past

    Published: 4/9/2025
  8. Victoria Canal Attracts Her Fans for The Right Reasons

    Published: 4/3/2025
  9. Transviolet on Surprise China Fame, Softcore Millennial Cringe and Touring in an RV

    Published: 3/26/2025
  10. Euphoria Music Supervisor Gives a Sh*t

    Published: 3/19/2025
  11. Imogen Heap is Building a More Equitable Future for Musicians

    Published: 3/12/2025
  12. The Business of Hit Songwriting With Bonnie McKee

    Published: 3/10/2025
  13. How To Make It in Country Music from Bailey Zimmerman and Nate Smith's Manager

    Published: 2/26/2025
  14. How Independent Music Publishing Works (Or Doesn't)

    Published: 2/19/2025
  15. Spotify Commissioned Cheap "Fake Artists" And She's Got the Proof

    Published: 2/12/2025
  16. How This DIY Darkwave Band From Texas Sells Out Venues Around The World & Gets Millions of Streams

    Published: 2/5/2025
  17. How the China Music Market Works

    Published: 1/29/2025
  18. He Wrote/Produced 10 #1 Hit Songs: Stargate's Tor Hermansen on How To Do It

    Published: 1/22/2025
  19. How YouTube Works for Music

    Published: 1/15/2025
  20. Cody Fry on Leaving a Major Record Label and Finding His Niche Fronting Orchestras

    Published: 1/8/2025

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