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This week, Ari is joined by Molly Neuman, President of CD Baby, to discuss AI music, streaming fraud, artist rights, and the future of independent music.

This week, Ari is joined by Ash Avildsen, founder of Sumerian Records, to discuss breaking artists, music videos, touring, and the future of rock music.

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

This week, Ari is joined by Sol Rising to talk meditation, hip-hop roots, and 20+ albums of inspired electronic music.

This week, Ari is joined by Dave and JJ Heller to discuss their journey of building a completely independent music business for a niche audience of moms.

Spotify just released their new Loud and Clear report today which profiled a lot of really interesting figures. The three most surprising things that stuck out to me from this report are: How many DIY, self-released artists are earning...

On this episode, Ari breaks down the whole Spotify issue of the moment and why the music industry seems to be up in arms. He discusses the discrepancy between streams and sales, why the per-stream rate is the wrong conversation to be having, how songwriters can get paid more from streaming, why everyone’s anger is misguided, how indie artists can monetize their audience, and how many artists are actually earning $10,000+ from Spotify royalties.