The New Music Business with Ari Herstand
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The New Music Business with Ari Herstand
**WEBBY AWARD FOR BEST MUSIC PODCAST**“#1 music industry podcast to help keep you in the loop” -Spotify“The 10 Best Music Business Podcasts of 2022" – VarietyAri Herstand is the best-selling author of How To Make It in the New Music Business. Forbes calls him “The poster child of DIY music.” In this...
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239 episodes
The Unauthorized AI Remix Became a Global Hit, How This Label Dealt With It
This week on the New Music Business podcast, Ari sits down with Adam Gross, the president of Ineffable Records. Adam founded Ineffable Records in 2019...
How This Manager Sold Out Tours Without Venues and Develops Artists, Songwriters and Producers
This week on the New Music Business podcast, Ari sits down with Joseph Pepin, artist manager, producer manager, and founder of a boutique management c...
Has SoundCloud Cracked Superfandom and AI Music?
This week on the New Music Business podcast, Ari sits down with Eliah Seton, CEO of SoundCloud. Eliah breaks down how SoundCloud is evolving beyond st...
Breaking Hard Rock and Metal Bands with Sumerian Records
This week on the New Music Business podcast, Ari sits down with Ash Avildsen, founder of Sumerian Records. Ash shares the story of building one of the...
Going Viral In The Right Way Allowed Him To Turn Down Record Deals and Sell Out Venues Around The World
This week on the New Music Business podcast, Ari sits down with Red Leather, the anonymous artist who turned viral TikTok videos into sold-out tours a...
He Went from 40K Listeners to 11 Million and a Coachella Slot in Under a Year as an Indie Artist
This week on the New Music Business podcast, Ari sits down with Oskar Med K, a breakout Norwegian EDM producer. Oskar breaks down the "overnight" succ...
New Global Booking Agency from ATC and Arrival Artists Now Reps 800 Artists
This week on the New Music Business podcast, Ari sits down with Ethan Berlin and Skully Kaplan of ROAM Artists for an inside look at the realities of...
How This UK Indie Label Sold 25K Records For 1 Band First Week
This week on the New Music Business podcast, Ari sits down with Mark Orr, the founder of Lab Records, to explore how independent labels are evolving i...
This Artist-Run Record Label is Competing with the Majors in a Big Way
This week on the New Music Business podcast, Ari sits down with Michael Turner, founder of the disruptive record label Rebellion. Turner shares how he...
How SXSW Works For Music
This week on the New Music Business podcast, Ari sits down with Brian Hobbs and Dev Sherlock from South by Southwest (SXSW). Brian, VP of Music, has b...
Artist Managers on Music Videos, Artist Development, Long-term Strategy and True Fandom
This week on the New Music Business podcast, Ari sits down with Aaron Greene and Neal O’Connor of Slush Management, the artist-first team behind Porte...
Doja Cat's Managers Have It Down
This week on the New Music Business, Ari sits down with powerhouse managers Gordan Dillard and Josh Kaplan, the team behind global superstar Doja Cat....
DIY Band Couch on World Tours, Self Managing, and Fan Building
This week on the New Music Business podcast, Ari sits down with Tema Siegel and Zach Blankstein of the band Couch. Tema is the singer and Zach is the...
Come visit me in 1974 LA
This week on the New Music Business podcast, Ari hops on for a solo episode to talk about Brassroots District—a decade-long passion project fusing imm...
LaRussell Built His Empire Brick by Brick
This week on the New Music Business podcast, Ari sits down with Bay Area rapper, LaRussell. Known for his backyard shows, revolutionary ticketing and...
How These DIY Artists Won a GRAMMY
This week on the New Music Business Podcast, Ari sits down with recent GRAMMY Award winners Matt B and Angela Benson. Matt B is a GRAMMY-winning R&B s...
Is This The Future of Superfandom?
This week on the New Music Business podcast, Ari sits down with Matt Jones, the CEO and co-founder of Medallion, a platform helping artists own their...
How Classical Pianist Chloe Flower Collabed with Cardi B, Meek Mill, Babyface and Built Her Career
This week on the New Music Business podcast, Ari sits down with acclaimed pianist and composer, Chloe Flower. Born in Pennsylvania, Chloe began playin...
How a Mastering Engineer Works With (and Without) AI
This week on the New Music Business podcast, Ari sits down with Daniel Rowland, a rare combination of audio engineer, producer, tech executive, and ed...
How A&R at Publishing Companies Work
This week on the New Music Business podcast, Ari sits down with Ralph Torrefranca, Executive Director of A&R at Angry Mob Music. With nearly two decad...
GRAMMY Winning NYC Jazz Singer/Songwriter/Arranger Makes It Work
This week on the New Music Business podcast, Ari sits down with Nicole Zuraitis, a GRAMMY-winning New York-based jazz singer, songwriter, pianist, and...
Finding Accidental Streaming Success in a Niche Market
This week on the New Music Business podcast, Ari sits down with Sol Rising, a producer and DJ whose eclectic blend of electronic, downtempo, and lo-fi...
How To Produce Live Music Events That Make Community
This week on the New Music Business podcast, Ari sits down with Fede Petro to discuss Open Folk, a community driven, international live event series....
Suno and Udio SUED By Indie Musicians - The Lead Attorney Tells All
This week on the New Music Business podcast, Ari sits down with Top Music Attorney, Miss Krystle. Miss Krystle is an entertainment attorney, independe...
This Music Publicist Has Upended the Entire PR Model
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The FTC Sues Live Nation and Ticketmaster - NIVA Responds
This week on the New Music Business podcast, Ari sits down with Stephen Parker, Executive Director of the National Independent Venue Association (NIVA...
This Merch Company Has Paid Artists $30+ Million
This week on the New Music Business podcast, Ari sits down with Seamus Menihane, CEO and Co-Founder of the merch company, Downright Merch (now known a...
Krewella on Collabs in EDM, Going Indie and New Fandom
This week on the New Music Business podcast, Ari sits down with sisters Jahan and Yasmine Yousaf of the groundbreaking electronic duo, Krewella. Krewe...
Save the Music Brings Music Education To Schools in Need
This week on the New Music Business podcast, Ari sits down with Henry Donahue, Executive Director of Save the Music Foundation which focuses to provid...
Who Olivia Rodrigo, Green Day and Beyonce Turn to for Mental Health Services for Their Tours
This week on the New Music Business podcast, Ari sits down with Dr. Chayim Newman and Zack Borer, co-founders of Amber Health, an organization dedicat...
Old Dominion on Songwriting, Keeping Band Harmony and Maintaining a Die Hard Fan Base
This week, Ari is joined by Matthew Ramsey, lead singer of Old Dominion, to discuss songwriting, touring, and artistic integrity. Old Dominion’s skysc...
How Merch Companies Help Artists Thrive
This week on the New Music Business podcast, Ari sits down with Tersha Willis, co-founder and CEO of terrible*, a UK-based merch company known for its...
Naethan Apollo Is Building a Fantasy World of Real Fans
This week on the New Music Business podcast, Ari sits down with Naethan Apollo, an independent artist known for blending immersive storytelling with g...
1 Billion Streams of Children's Music Completely DIY
This week on the New Music Business podcast, Ari sits down with Dave and JJ Heller to discuss building a completely independent music business for a n...
How Outside Lands Music Festival Keeps Its Magic
This week on the New Music Business podcast, Ari sits down with Rick Farman. Farman is an experienced entrepreneur, co-founder, and executive at Super...
Should AI Artists Have Fans, Custom Music For Sync
This week on the New Music Business podcast, Ari sits down with Jess Furman—a creative executive, Emmy-nominated composer, and music industry leader w...
Jack Harlow and Shaboozey's Management Company has Range
This week on the New Music Business podcast, Ari sits down with Matt Graham, founding manager partner of Range Media Partners and head of Range Music....
Michael Seyer is All Vibes Running a DIY Music Career
This week on the New Music Business podcast, Ari sits down with indie artist Michael Seyer, who’s spent the last decade shaping his artistic identity...
Hit Songwriter/Producer on Publishing Deals and Artists Taking Credit for Songs They Didn't Write
This week on the New Music Business podcast, Ari sits down with Justin Gammella, a hit songwriter, producer, top liner, and multi-instrumentalist base...
Epidemic Sound Removes Rights and Royalties From the Equation
This week on the New Music Business podcast, Ari sits down with Oscar Höglund, the co-founder and CEO of Epidemic Sound. Epidemic Sound is a leading m...