Why The F*** Aren’t You Selling CDs and Vinyl Yet? #281
Physical music is back, and this episode is the whole playbook: what is actually selling right now, what it costs to make, where to sell it, and how an artist with no budget can start this week. Free ...
7 Sep 34min
Most Artists Will Never Get a Manager. Here's What to Do Instead ft. Troy Carter #280
He managed Lady Gaga. Now he wants to manage a million artists at once. Troy Carter (Atom Factory, ex-Spotify, now Venice Music) joins us to break down why most artists are never getting a manager, an...
31 Aug 1h 24min
How Artists Turn a Small Fanbase into a Full-Time Living ft. Tim Weber (Grouped) #279
Tim Weber has spent 17 years listening to independent artists blame their reach, and he is convinced the real problem is that you asked those fans for money about three steps too early. In this episo...
24 Aug 1h 35min
Brand Deals Aren't Just for Big Artists ft. Gary Vee's Music Strategist Mike Boyd #278
Mike Boyd runs music at VaynerX, Gary Vaynerchuk's ad agency, and one of the artists his team got paid had 300 monthly listeners on Spotify at the time. In this episode, Mike breaks down why he never...
17 Aug 1h 19min
Most of Your Music Career Doesn't Need You. Here's What To Give AI #277
About 80% of what eats your week as an artist is not the music, it is the admin, the analytics, the outreach and the content, and almost none of it actually needs you. In this episode we share five A...
10 Aug 39min
62M Streams, Sold-Out Shows, & 6-Figure Brand Deals: All From Content ft. Jayo #276
Jayo has more than 60 million streams on Spotify and Apple Music alone, sold-out shows, a publishing deal and a debut album, and he still makes more money from content and brand deals than he does fro...
3 Aug 1h 21min
$0 to $100K in Music With No Label, No Hit, and No Luck #275
Lil Breadstick has zero dollars, a Spotify account, and a dream. In this internal episode we walk him from broke to $100,000 in music revenue with no viral moment, no record deal, and no rich uncle. J...
27 Juli 33min
Artist Development in 2026: What Every Independent Artist Gets Wrong ft. Amber Grimes (LVRN) #274
Amber Grimes is only the fourth guest to ever return to this show, and she came back to argue something uncomfortable: the music by itself is not enough. She is an executive at LVRN and a Billboard Po...
20 Juli 1h 36min
