Ari Herstand
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Primary Wave Publishing on Sync Licensing Cover Songs and Legacy Recordings with Marty Silverstone
Marty Silverstone is Head of Sync at Primary Wave, overseeing licensing activity for Primary Wave’s music publishing and management clients. With staff in Los Angeles and New York, the dynamic Primary Wave Sync team is a key part of Primary Wave’s proactive marketing approach, constantly creating new opportunities and driving big ideas for music in film/TV, advertising, video games, and other visual media.
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Afrobeat Artist Fiokee on Nigerian Music Scene and Staying Independent
Ifiok Effanga, professionally known as Fiokee, dubbed as Africa’s No1 sensational Guitarist is a Nigerian talent who hails from Akwa Ibom. He is known for his treble guitar solos infused with highlife steeped guitar lines. Fiokee is associated with acts such as Tiwa Savage, Yemi Alade, Patoranking, Reekado...
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Imogen Heap is Building a More Equitable Future for Musicians
Self-produced British composer and recording artist for over 20 years, Imogen Heap has released five solo albums, another as one half of Frou Frou and collaborated with countless and varied artists including Taylor Swift, Nitin Sawhney, Deadmau5, Eric Whitacre, Jeff Beck and Jon Hopkins.
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Ritt Momney on TikTok Fame and Numbers Perspective
Ritt Momney (real name Jack Rutter) is a 21-year-old musician who went viral on TikTok at the end of 2020 for his song "Put The Records On."
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Stand Atlantic on Pop Punk Resurgence, Building a Fanbase Live
Today my guest is David Potter of the band Stand Atlantic out of Sydney, Australia. This is the first guest on the show from the pop punk music scene.
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Cory Wong on Vulfpeck, Freelancing and Band Leading
Most know this week's guest, Cory Wong, as the guitar player for Vulfpeck, but he's also played in Jon Batiste's band for Stephen Colbert's late night show as well as Blake Shelton and others.
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Micro Sync Licensing with Musicbed CEO
Daniel McCarthy is the CEO of FM, which includes the music platform Musicbed. It's one of the more popular sync hybrid platforms.
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YouTube Content ID is a Scam
YouTube and the major labels and publishers are in cahoots. YouTube knows its Content ID claiming system is far from perfect, but it’s the best we got.
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Publishing Deals, Songwriting Camps from Beyoncé Collaborators Noble
Noble are a production duo originally from South Africa now residing in Los Angeles. They recently signed a publishing deal with Campfire Songs.
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Don’t Fall For This Songwriting Scam
Avoid getting scammed out of thousands of dollars (and hours of time) by this songwriting scam going around.
About Me
Ari Herstand is a Los Angeles based musician, the founder and CEO of Ari’s Take and the author of How to Make It in the New Music Business.
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