Release Strategy

One of the most important steps to do before releasing a song is to figure out royalty splits.  It’s much more complicated than it sounds. There are all sorts of splits baked into every recording. There’s publishing (who wrote the...

This week, Ari is joined by the band DOUBLECAMP to discuss how they built such a successful independent career.

This week, Ari is joined by Heather Vassar, Senior VP at EMPIRE, to discuss Shaboozey’s global success on an indie label.

This week, Ari is joined by Glenn McDonald, Spotify’s data alchemist and the creator of the music exploration site Every Noise at Once.

This week, Ari discusses his recent Variety article entitled “Why Spotify’s New Payment Model Falls Short For Emerging Artists.”

This week, Ari is joined by Ryan Vaughn, Artist Manager at Backline Creative and CFO of Head Bitch Music.

Releasing music today is vastly different from releasing music even just 5 years ago. It's no longer about release week. It's now about release year. There are extremely important steps to take before *and after* the release of each single and album to make sure you have the biggest effect.

In honor of our 100th episode celebration, Ari will be answering more of your music industry questions!

Part two of Ari answering your music industry questions!