No Labels Necessary
By BRANDMAN NETWORK
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Episodes: 167
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No Labels Necessary is a Weekly Podcast unveiling the world of marketing from Indie Artists to Major Labels.
This podcast is hosted by the founders of ContraBrand Agency, Sean "Brandman" Taylor and Jacorey "Kohrey" Barkley. ContraBrand Agency is a music-first marketing agency that helps artists impact culture through digital content and marketing.
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#165 | Concert Ticket Price Rises Are Outpacing Inflation... Here's What It Means For Artists
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May 02, 2024 |
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#164 | What Artists Are Getting Wrong About Music Lawyers
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Apr 30, 2024 |
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#163 | Artists Have A New Boogeyman... (and it's not the record labels)
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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#162 | First Step For Indie Artist Growth, Publishing Royalties EXPLAINED, Why Early Labels FAIL Artists
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Apr 23, 2024 |
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#161 | From Regular Job To Full-Time Indie Artist, Managing $20K in Paid Ads, Spotify Payouts Ft Nate Rose
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Apr 18, 2024 |
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#160 | How Dax Turned Himself Into An Indie Music Superstar (INTERVIEW) Ft. @Thatsdax
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Apr 16, 2024 |
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#159 | Hip Hop IS NOT DEAD (The Royal Rumble Rap Beef of 2024)
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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#158 | Indie Artist Bully: Music Attorney Exposes DSPs For Stealing Artist's Money? Ft. Top Music Attorney
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Apr 11, 2024 |
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#157 | Why J. Cole Apologized and Removed His DISS Track on Kendrick Lamar
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Apr 09, 2024 |
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#156 | Growing A Profit-Sharing Label With Russ, Monetizing Your Fanbase, The Artist Economy Ft. Bugus
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Apr 04, 2024 |
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#155 | 6 Easy Social Media Post To Break An Artist in 2024 (Part 1)
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Apr 02, 2024 |
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#154 | Monetize Your Music Career: How Indie Artists Can Control Their Royalties ft. Rameen Satar
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Mar 28, 2024 |
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#153 | Why Are These Artists Going Independent? (New Indie Artist Platform?)
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Mar 26, 2024 |
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#152 | Indie Artist Grew 3,000,000 MONTHLY Streams, Hooking Spotify Listeners, + TikTok w/ Chaz Bademan
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Mar 21, 2024 |
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#151 | This is About to Make A LOT of Artists Money...
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Mar 19, 2024 |
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#150 | Rebranding, Authentic Music & The Struggles Of A Small Town Artist w/ Lawrence Matthews
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Mar 14, 2024 |
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#149 | Where The Music Industry is About To Go...
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Mar 12, 2024 |
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#148 | Artist Who DOMINATES TikTok REVEALS Endless Fan-building Content Strategy w/ Jayo
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Mar 07, 2024 |
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#147 | Successful Indie Artist Reveals The Keys Making Money, Touring & Branding w/ Kota The Friend
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Mar 05, 2024 |
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#146 | How to Blow Up Your Music in 2024 (It's Global & Cheaper)
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Feb 29, 2024 |
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#145 | How This Indie Rapper Turned His 20-Year Music Career Full Time Using Social Media
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Feb 27, 2024 |
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#144 | Music Marketer Reveals Why Your Music Career WON'T START UNTIL After 5 YEARS ft. @promogod33
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Feb 22, 2024 |
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#143 | Why Beyonce Failed Because Of Her Weak Personal Brand Hurt Her (How To Fix It)
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Feb 20, 2024 |
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#142 | BE CAREFUL! Behind-the-scenes of a music marketing scam (How Artists Get FOOLED)
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Feb 15, 2024 |
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#141 | Fanbase Building: How To Never Lose Your Core Fans & Create A LASTING Music Brand
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Feb 13, 2024 |
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#140 | Here's How Social Media Manipulation Actually Works (Music PR and TMZ Tactics) Ft. Van Lathan
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Feb 08, 2024 |
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#139 | The Smart Album Release Strategy That Got Over 30,000,000 Views in Only 90 Days (Free Promo)
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Feb 06, 2024 |
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#138 | The Perfect Time For Small Artists To Leave Spotify & Streaming Ft. @DJPain1
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Feb 01, 2024 |
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#137 | How This Rapper Went From 0 to 4,000,000 Monthly Listeners in 2 Months
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Jan 30, 2024 |
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#136 | The New Roles of a Music Manager in 2024 ft. Dame Ritter
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Jan 25, 2024 |
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#135 | Lil Uzi’s Ex Engineer Reveals How To Record The Best Music
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Jan 23, 2024 |
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#134 | JID's Manager Reveals Why Artists Are Failing at Music Promo (DEEP DIVE)
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Jan 18, 2024 |
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#133 | Small Artist's Shadiest Enemy: The Challenges of Having 1000 Monthly Listeners
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Jan 16, 2024 |
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#132 | 5X Award Winning Producer: Get Paid To Promote Your Music (7 Different Ways)
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Jan 14, 2024 |
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#131 | 3 Surprising Indie Artist Stats That Boost Spotify & Apple Stream Payout
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Jan 11, 2024 |
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#130 | Rapper WARNS Artists: How ONE Bad Manager LOST $1.6 Million and RUINED His Music Career
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Jan 09, 2024 |
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#129 | B.O.B's Manager Spills Music Industry Secret (The Paid Feature Finesse)
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Jan 02, 2024 |
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#128 | Social Media is TRICKING ARTISTS to Waste Their Music Careers Ft. Rashad Bilal
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Dec 26, 2023 |
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#127 | A&R Reveals The BIZZARE Way To Get Signed By Major Labels (Building A Music Industry Team)
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Dec 21, 2023 |
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#126 | Cheap Music Strategies To Blow Up Your Fanbase (Viral Content Farming, Ads, Brand Manipulation)
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Dec 20, 2023 |
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#125 | Why Artists Are WRONG For HATING THIS Part of Music Marketing (TRIGGER WARNING)
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Dec 17, 2023 |
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#124 | Music Marketers Reveal Why Artists Always FAIL At Music Promo
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Dec 14, 2023 |
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#123 | Chance The Rapper's Manager Exposes Why The Big Day Was A Massive Failure
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Dec 12, 2023 |
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#122 | A Wake Up Call To Building a Dominant Brand That's Never Forgotten (Supreme Deep Dive)
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Dec 10, 2023 |
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#121 | A&R EXPOSES Huge Problem with Signing Artists Solely Based on Numbers
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Dec 07, 2023 |
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#120 | T-Pain: Stop Taking Artists Advice on Instagram (Don't Make This Mistake)
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Dec 05, 2023 |
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#119 | Tyler The Creator: Stop Promoting Your Personality to Build A Fanbase
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Dec 03, 2023 |
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#118 | Building A Spotify Payout Strategy For Indie Artists in 2023 (Streaming Strategies)
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Nov 30, 2023 |
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#117 | Music Exec Reveals Why Rappers ALWAYS LOSE Their First Record Deals (Deep Dive)
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Nov 28, 2023 |
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#116 | This Rapper CHOSE Authenticity and LOST His Career & Fans (It Only Took 4 Words)
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Nov 27, 2023 |
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#115 | Grammy Producer Reveals His Songwriting Secret To The BEST Records at His Home Studio
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Nov 23, 2023 |
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#114 | Exposing The True Reality of an Artist
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Nov 21, 2023 |
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#113 | Spotify is LYING About Small Artist Growth (Release Radar & Discovery Mode)
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Nov 19, 2023 |
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#112 | How Artists Are Turning Into TikTok Songwriters (Without Selling Out)
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Nov 16, 2023 |
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#111 | Spotify Responds with NEW Instagram Features To Boost Artists Streams
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Nov 14, 2023 |
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#110 | Grammy Winning Songwriter Reveals How Much It Costs To Make Chart-Topping Music
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Nov 12, 2023 |
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#109 | Music Producer Reveals How Fast Making Money is WITHOUT Spotify
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Nov 09, 2023 |
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#108 | Rapper WARNS Artists How Fast Music Politics Will Ruin Your Career (BlackBalled)
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Nov 07, 2023 |
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BREAKING NEWS! Spotify Finally Reveals Their New Streaming Minimum (In Detail)
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Nov 06, 2023 |
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Music Executive Reveals How The TikTok Formula RUINED Music
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Nov 05, 2023 |
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#107 | UPDATE: Spotify Just Made Streams Completely Worthless for Small Artists (Deep Dive)
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Nov 02, 2023 |
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Why This Streaming Service Is Not Stop Paying Small Artists (New Royalty Model)
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Oct 31, 2023 |
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Indie Artists Reveals How To Get To 1,000 Monthly Listeners
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Oct 29, 2023 |
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#106 | The Fastest Way for Indie Artists to Learn The Entire Music Business (UPDATED) ft. Don Passman
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Oct 26, 2023 |
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How To Monetize Your Creative Genius: These Artists Created Business Models Of The Future
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Oct 24, 2023 |
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"Artists Are The Last To Get Paid" - LaRussell Breaks Down The Music Business
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Oct 22, 2023 |
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#104 | Music Marketer Reveals How He Breaks Artists EVERY YEAR (Social Media Ads Strategy)
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Oct 19, 2023 |
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#103 | Why Signed Artists GET STUCK and STRUGGLE To Break at Their Record Label
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Oct 17, 2023 |
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Music Exec Explains Why He Won't Give His Artists' Their Masters (Full Breakdown)
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Oct 15, 2023 |
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#102 | Why Drake's Most Hated Rollout is The Formula To A Long Music Career (Joe Budden Diss)
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Oct 12, 2023 |
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#101 | Music Branding: Drake's Escape From The Music Business (The Catalog Strategy)
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Oct 10, 2023 |
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#100 | Vocal Coach Reveals Why Artists Who Can't Sing Are Successful ft. Lara Chapman
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Oct 05, 2023 |
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Diddy Exposes How Corporations Exploits Creators & Artists (Sues Diageo / Ciroc: Full Breakdown )
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Oct 04, 2023 |
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#99 | Artist Exposed Record Labels Secret Songwriting Formula ( And It WORKED! )
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Oct 03, 2023 |
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#98 | Grammy Winning Coach Explains Why Artists BURNOUT FAST ft. Wendy Parr
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Sep 28, 2023 |
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#97 | Making Money Early in Your Music Career Without Spotify - Q&A
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Sep 26, 2023 |
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#96 | Female Rap: The Troubles of Getting Respect in Hip-Hop + More ft. Nilla Allin
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Sep 21, 2023 |
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#95 | They Made $18K a Month on Spotify Without Making Music
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Sep 19, 2023 |
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#94 | R&B Artist's Biggest Secret: The Route to a Chart Topping Song ft. Adrian Milanio
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Sep 17, 2023 |
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#93 | 7x Grammy Artist: Make Music You Don't Like, 2 Million Followers and BROKE + Ghostwriting
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Sep 12, 2023 |
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#92 | Retail Worker Turned Rapper: JID and Smino Tour, Brent Faiyaz Touring Blueprint ft. Chris Patrick
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Sep 07, 2023 |
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#91 | How We Sold Out Our FIRST EVENT in 2 Weeks (Our Content Strategy)
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Sep 05, 2023 |
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#90 | The Prodigy Working Behind-The-Scenes With Kanye, Mike Dean, Metro Boomin ft. Johan Lenox
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Aug 31, 2023 |
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#89 | Why This Artist Brand Move is a Dangerous Game... ft. Jaylon Ashaun
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Aug 29, 2023 |
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#88 | How to Create Viral Pop Music From Your Room, Lil Boo Thang Famous Sample Cleared ft. Paul Russell
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Aug 24, 2023 |
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#87 | Making Money WITHOUT Blowing Your Music (The End of The Starving Artist) ft. @RuslanKD
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Aug 22, 2023 |
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#86 | How Indie Artists Create Content Vs Signed Artists, AfroBeats in Danger ft. MannyWellz
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Aug 17, 2023 |
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#85 | The Music Branding Plan: How To Grow Your Fanbase Beyond Spotify ft. Clinton Sparks
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Aug 15, 2023 |
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#84 | His Viral Short Form Content Formula is Breaking These Artists
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Aug 10, 2023 |
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#83 | Worse Than A 360 Record Deal , Exposing Features Scam, Threads vs. X
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Aug 08, 2023 |
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#82 | Turning Artists To Legends: Marketing Music, Strip Clubs and Lifestyle ft. Nick Love
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Aug 03, 2023 |
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#81 | Is Touring Dead? How Festivals Are Taking Your Fans (ft. Lil Baby & Kid Laroi)
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Aug 02, 2023 |
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#80 | How He Turned His Music Career into $10 Million Merch Brand
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Aug 01, 2023 |
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#79 | How To Network in The Music Industry & Build A Winning Music Career ft. Mike Norris
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Jul 27, 2023 |
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#78 | Music Exec Reveals Why It Cost $200k To Get Your Song on The Radio ft. Ferrari Simmons
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Jul 25, 2023 |
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#77 | How Smart Artist Grow Without Streams, Social Media or Breakout Record ft. TJ Chapman
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Jul 20, 2023 |
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#76 | How We Got 10 Million Streams With A Simple Content Strategy (Only 30 Days) ft. Flyana Boss
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Jul 18, 2023 |
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#75 | The True Reality of a Music Manager, Monetizing Content, Funk Volume + More ft. Damien Ritter
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Jul 13, 2023 |
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#74 | Before You Record Your Music Video Watch This… (How To Get Results) ft. YelloPain
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Jul 11, 2023 |
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#73 | How To Break an Artist in 2 Phases (Rick Ross, Citi Under Siege, Ray Daniels)
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Jul 06, 2023 |
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#72 | Your Wake Up Call To Making Money in The Music Industry and Building Community ft. Rapjuggernaut
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Jul 04, 2023 |
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#71 | Why Society Hates Artists: The Pressures Of Success & Mental Health (And what to do about it)
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Jun 29, 2023 |
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#69 | Why Artists NEVER SUCCEED in The Music Industry, Are Publicists a Scam + Beating The Industry
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Jun 22, 2023 |
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#68 | Battle of Genres: The Unexpected Takeover of Afrobeats
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Jun 20, 2023 |
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#67 | The ONLY WAY TO Indie Artist Success, Breaking Artists For The Past 30 Years ft. Wendy Day
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Jun 15, 2023 |
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#66 | How The Music Industry Will Look Like in 2024 (PREPARE NOW) ft. @musicmarketing
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Jun 13, 2023 |
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#65 | The Truth About Being Taylor Swift's Manager and The Unforgiving Music Industry ft. Rick Barker
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Jun 08, 2023 |
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#64 | What Artists Get Wrong About Promoting Music Using Social Media Ads and Data ft Dan Runcie
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Jun 06, 2023 |
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#63 | Selling Merch: The Things We Wish We Knew Before Starting
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Jun 01, 2023 |
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#62 | Turning Down $1.5 Million Record Deal, Jay-Z 360 Deal, Building A Fanbase ft. LaRussell
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May 30, 2023 |
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#61 | How This Artist Trolled Elon Musk and Got Millions Of Views in 7 Hours + More
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May 25, 2023 |
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#60 | The Reality of Getting Signed By Labels, The Role of Music Managers, Indie Label Breakdown
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May 23, 2023 |
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#59 | Music Branding: Making Money Without Hit Songs, Formula To Viral TikTok Songs + More
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May 18, 2023 |
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#58 | JID's Manager Questions The Impact Of Rap, Is Street Music Ruining Our Culture?
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May 16, 2023 |
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#57 | Fake Cosigns Got This Rapper 2X Instagram Followers, Music Deals and Features ft. @JADYSBIRTHDAY
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May 11, 2023 |
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#56 | The Only Way TO REAL FANS, LaRussell's Strategy, Serious Money With Small Fans ft. J.R. McKee
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May 09, 2023 |
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#55 | Content Creators Biggest Threat, Kai Cenat and Jidion Permaban, DJ Akademiks Solution
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May 04, 2023 |
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#54 | This Indie Artist Made $200K From These Music Deals, Sync Licensing Explained
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May 02, 2023 |
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#53 | Exposing Music Fanbase Strategies, Anti-Fans, 6ixN9ne's Hate Strategy, Russ Vs. LaRussell
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Apr 27, 2023 |
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#52 | Record label vs. Artist: My 20 Million Stream Song ft. @is0kenny
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Apr 25, 2023 |
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#51 | Music Industry is being disrupted as we speak, A.I Music Promotion Strategies
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Apr 20, 2023 |
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#50 | Rapper Makes $82k Without Spotify using Fiverr, Making Music A Career Without A Label
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Apr 18, 2023 |
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#49 | Why 38 Million Songs Went Unheard This Year, How To Avoid Making Easy Music
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Apr 13, 2023 |
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#48 | Landing A Job At Def Jam, Creating Viral Campaigns On TikTok In 2023 ft. Patrick Mgbemena
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Apr 11, 2023 |
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#47 | A Warning For Artists and Songwriters (A.I. is Coming), Creating a Branding Strategy
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Apr 06, 2023 |
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#46 | Rapper Makes $70k With Spotify Bots, Music Industry Exposed ft. Chad Focus
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Apr 04, 2023 |
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#45 | SXSW 2023: Would We Attend Again and Easy Networking Tips For Artists
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Mar 30, 2023 |
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#44 | Fiverr Artist Makes $82K, Selling Out Every Show, The Artist Struggle
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Mar 28, 2023 |
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#43 | TikTok & Reels Dying: What To Do, Will You Turn Down a $1M Feature?
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Mar 23, 2023 |
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#42 | Spotify Massive Update in 2023, Tidal's Comeback?, Artists Jobs Wanted
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Mar 21, 2023 |
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#41 | 80 Minutes of Music Advice for Indie Artists
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Mar 16, 2023 |
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#40 | Artists NEED THIS on a Team, How To Start Touring, $100 Sold Out Show
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Mar 14, 2023 |
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#39 | Winning A Grammy (2x), Making $30k Per Month Changed My Life - ft. JR McKee
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Mar 09, 2023 |
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#38 | Artist Need to Rethink Social Media, Why Popular Song Sounds The Same
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Mar 07, 2023 |
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#37 | Artists Downfall, Labels Lie about Bots, Your Music ISNT FOR SALE (Part 1)
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Mar 02, 2023 |
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#36 | Should Artists be CEO's, Artist Failed Viral Moment, AMP's Biggest Problem
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Feb 28, 2023 |
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#35 | When Did Artists Become Sellouts, Is Hip Hop Dying, Age To Quit Music
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Feb 23, 2023 |
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#34 | Equity or Upfront Money, Central Cee Industry Plant, U.S Music Declining
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Feb 21, 2023 |
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#33 | Bad Content Does Better, TikTok is Taking Over Record Labels With A.I
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Feb 16, 2023 |
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#32 | Release Music The Right Way, Artist Escapes Major Label, Where's The Money
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Feb 14, 2023 |
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#31 | Viral Music Strategy With No Budget, Marketing Mistakes, Rollouts in 2023
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Feb 09, 2023 |
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#29 | 5 Things We Learned From Running A Music Marketing Podcast
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Feb 02, 2023 |
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#28 | MrBeast Content Truth, Artists Give Advice, Rick Ross $3B , Lattos Panties
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Jan 31, 2023 |
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#27 | Get A Music Job Fast, TikTok's Viral Button, Spotify Skip Rates
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Jan 26, 2023 |
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#26 | The Biggest Problem with Artists, Artists Career Wheel, Label Negotiations
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Jan 24, 2023 |
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#25 | Indie Artists Downfall, The Cheap Ads Race, New Concert Ticket Prices
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Jan 19, 2023 |
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Fake Spotify Curators, Music Blogs Are Dying, Payola Affecting The Industry, SubmitHub Cofounder
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Jan 19, 2023 |
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#24 | Rollout Secret That Many Artist Forget, Being Authentic, Lil Uzi Advice
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Jan 17, 2023 |
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#23 | The New Era of Indie Artist , How Managers See Their Artists, Brand Vision
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Jan 12, 2023 |
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#22 | The Reason For Artists Failure, Steps To Breaking An Artist, + Tyler Perry
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Jan 10, 2023 |
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#21 | Ruining Your Music Career With Money, Jay Z's Budget, Releasing on Fridays
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Jan 05, 2023 |
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#20 | Promoting Music Can Be This Easy, Cost Of Features, MTV Gets Exposed
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Jan 03, 2023 |
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#19 | Labels Don't Want You To See This, Free Streams in 2023, Community Hacking
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Dec 29, 2022 |
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#18 | Exposing Album Release Strategies, Music Videos Are Dead, Bad Artist Habits
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Dec 27, 2022 |
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#17 | Starting Your Career in The Music Industry, GloRilla Hiring, Artist Deals
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Dec 22, 2022 |
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#16 | Don't Release Music Until You Mastered These 3 Things, AI MUSIC MARKETER
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Dec 20, 2022 |
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#15 | What Your Team Needs, YouTube Updates For Artists, Drake's Marriage
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Dec 15, 2022 |
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#14 | Artists NEED To Start Doing This, Narcissistic Rappers, 80 Song Album
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Dec 13, 2022 |
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#13 | Disaster In The Music Industry, T.I Biggest Rollout , VladTV Reveal
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Dec 08, 2022 |
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#12 | Fan Psychology, Post Malone's Truth, Artists Changing The Industry
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Dec 06, 2022 |
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#11 | Hitboy Career-Ending Contract, Brent Faiyaz Toxic RNB, Release Strategy
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Dec 01, 2022 |
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#10 | Artists That Blew Up Too Soon, Saweetie TURNS DOWN VladTV, FAKE STREAMS
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Nov 29, 2022 |
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#9 | College Athletes Becoming Artists, Hacking Fans Reality, Industry Plants
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Nov 24, 2022 |
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#8 | The New Fan Experience, Getting Co-Signed, Artists Getting Disrespect
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Nov 22, 2022 |
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#7 | Creating A LASTING Fanbase, YouTube Updates, New Artist Merch Strategy
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Nov 17, 2022 |
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#6 | Artist Touring DESTROYED, Crossover Rappers and 21 Savage
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Nov 15, 2022 |
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#5 | Artists MISTAKES To AVOID, Spotify Unwrapped Strategy & Fan Subscriptions
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Nov 10, 2022 |