
How Book More Women Is Changing Festival Lineups featuring Abbey Carbonneau
Imagine your favorite music festival just dropped its lineup. You pull up the poster, scanning the names, planning your weekend. Now imagine that same lineup, filtered by gender. Suddenly, whole secti...
26 Mars 47min

MT Jones on Building a Soul Music Career From the Ground Up
Welcome back to another episode of You Had to Be There! This week, I’m so thrilled to share my interview with rising British soul musician, MT Jones. His sound pulls inspiration from the warmth of 60s...
12 Mars 38min

What It’s Really Like to Work in Entertainment with Assistants vs Agents Founder, Warner Bailey
Welcome to the season 3 finale of You Had to Be There! This week, I’m joined by Warner Bailey, who helped build one of the most honest, funny, and unexpectedly powerful platforms in entertainment.Warn...
26 Feb 48min

How Artists Use Laylo to Sell Tickets, Merch, and Build Fanbases with CEO Alec Ellin
Welcome back to You Had to Be There! This week, I’m excited to welcome Alec Ellin, Co-Founder and CEO of Laylo.Laylo is a CRM, or Customer Relationship Management drop platform, used by leading artist...
12 Feb 38min

How Softside Is Turning Fans Into Designers for Music Merch with Founder, Erin Singleton
Welcome to You Had to Be There, the podcast where we deep dive into the world of the music industry. I’m your host, Julia Gomberg. I’m so excited to introduce my guest this week, Erin Singleton, the f...
29 Jan 47min

Charlotte Sands on Building a Pop-Punk Career and Finding Her Sound
Welcome to You Had to Be There, the podcast where we deep dive into the world of the music industry. I’m your host, Julia Gomberg. This week, I’m fangirling a bit because I got to speak with the iconi...
15 Jan 47min

Twen on Building an Indie Band Career Without a Label Playbook
Welcome back to You Had to Be There! I’m so excited to end the year with a special episode featuring one of my all-time favorite bands, Twen. I’m joined by Jane and Ian to talk about their DIY approac...
1 Jan 47min

The Trends Shaping Music Right Now, According to Music Editor, Erica Campbell
Welcome back! I’m so excited to introduce Erica Campbell as this week’s guest. Erica is a seasoned music editor and writer, and most recently the former Music Editor of PAPER. She has a way of seeing ...
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