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In addition to its original discovery features, SoundCloud now offers built-in music distribution to major streaming platforms.

This week, Ari is joined by Matt Jones who shares how artists can own their fan relationships through the new app, Medallion.

DistroKid announced the launch of Direct — a new direct-to-fan platform that expands the company’s offerings beyond audio and video distribution.

This week, Ari is joined by Ralph Torrefranca of Angry Mob Music to discuss A&R, publishing, and the fight for songwriter equity.

This week, Ari is joined by Top Music Attorney, Miss Krystle, to discuss the legality of AI generative music.

Whew, I got quite the backlash for my post about normalizing giving points to session musicians.  Seems like an innocent enough thought experiment. My fatal flaw was using Taylor Swift as an example of the wealth disparity in the music...

This week, Ari is joined by Seamus Menihane, CEO and Co-Founder of the merch company, Downright Merch (now known as Armada).

This week, Ari is joined by Tersha Willis, CEO of terrible* group, to discuss the role of merch in an artist’s income model.

One question we hear songwriters, producers, and artists ask all the time is “why do I need a music publisher if I’m a member of a PRO?”. It’s a fair question.

This week, Ari is joined by Justin Gammella to discuss the realities of professional songwriting, music publishing, and AI in music.