live music
Live Music
Dear House Sound Engineers: We Love You, We Need You, Please Stop.
Few people in the live music industry give me as much anxiety as the house sound engineers.
Booking
How To Book House Concerts With Side Door (Review)
Not only are house concerts fun to play, they can be quite lucrative. Side Door looks to bridge the gap between artist and host.
Podcasts
Promoting Shows and Engaging Fans with Bandsintown
With 560,000 registered artists, Bandsintown is one of the largest artist services platforms in the world. 97% of the Top 500 artists in America are active on the platform.
Podcasts
Succeeding on Twitch as a Musician
Danielle Allard is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and Twitch Partner.
Podcasts
Troubadour Booker on the New Live Music Landscape
This week on the New Music Business, our guest is Jordan Anderson who is the new talent buyer for the legendary Troubadour in West Hollywood.
Podcasts
Live Nation Urban VP on Festivals, Touring and Promoting Culture
This week on the New Music Business, our guest is Brandon Pankey, the Vice President of Business Development and Operations of Live Nation Urban.
Podcasts
Club Booking, Opening Slots, Deal Breakdowns with Brooklyn Bowl Talent Buyer
Our guest on the New Music Business this week is the talent buyer of the Brooklyn Bowl, Paul Bacher. In this episode, we dive into how the venue operates and books acts, how artists should be writing their booking emails, the current state of the live music industry, and much more!
Podcasts
How To Make $10K a Gig Playing Performing Arts Centers
This week on the New Music Business, our very own Ari’s Take Academy course instructor Carey Rayburn (Good Co. and Rayburn Entertainment) joins Ari to discuss Performing Arts Centers and how to best navigate your live career within the Special Events market.
Podcasts
Indie Band Played 50 States on $50 and Grossed $80K
This week on the New Music Business, the 4-piece Georgia band Walden breaks down their fully independent and successful Where’s Walden Tour that grossed $80k and carried them across the entire U.S. with only a $50 budget.
Latest News
How To (Officially) Report Shady Spotify Playlists
With an estimated 100,000 songs being uploaded to Spotify every day, it’s harder than ever to break through the (literal) noise. And now that AI companies are flooding the DSPs with their so-called “music,” it’s getting even harder to find an audience.