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The New Music Business with Ari Herstand

The New Music Business with Ari Herstand

In this show, Ari deconstructs the brightest minds in the music industry, digging deep to find the tools, tactics, and strategies that listeners can use to run successful careers of their own.

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245 episodesEN

Show overview

The New Music Business with Ari Herstand has been publishing since 2020, and across the 6 years since has built a catalogue of 245 episodes. That works out to roughly 260 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a fortnightly cadence.

Episodes typically run an hour to ninety minutes — most land between 57 min and 1h 12m — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Music show.

The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 2 months ago, with 21 episodes already out so far this year. Published by Ari's Take.

Episodes
245
Running
2020–2026 · 6y
Median length
1h 3m
Cadence
Fortnightly

From the publisher

**WEBBY AWARD FOR BEST MUSIC PODCAST**“#1 music industry podcast to help keep you in the loop” -Spotify“The 10 Best Music Business Podcasts of 2022" – VarietyAri Herstand is the best-selling author of How To Make It in the New Music Business. Forbes calls him “The poster child of DIY music.” In this show, he deconstructs the brightest minds in the music industry, digging deep to find the tools, tactics, and strategies that listeners can use to run successful careers of their own. Ari offers straight talk with no fluff and doesn’t let his guests off easy. If there is a way, Ari will find it.To learn more follow @aristake_ and @ariherstandVisit aristake.com to join the newsletter.-- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Latest Episodes

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Artist Manager on Viral Syncs and the State of Music Marketing

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How To Be a Professional Hit Songwriter

Jul 22, 20261h 14m

How Major Label A&R Has Evolved and How Hit Songs Are Written

Jul 15, 202655 min

How a Direct-To-Fan Rollout Secured a Billboard Top 10

Jul 8, 202651 min

How Hopeless Records Approaches Influencer and UGC Music Marketing

Jul 1, 202658 min

How CD Baby Is Changing With The Times

Jun 24, 20261h 17m

The Unauthorized AI Remix Became a Global Hit, How This Label Dealt With It

Jun 17, 202652 min

How This Manager Sold Out Tours Without Venues and Develops Artists, Songwriters and Producers

Jun 10, 20261h 7m

Has SoundCloud Cracked Superfandom and AI Music?

Jun 3, 20261h 9m

Breaking Hard Rock and Metal Bands with Sumerian Records

May 27, 20261h 4m

Going Viral In The Right Way Allowed Him To Turn Down Record Deals and Sell Out Venues Around The World

May 20, 20261h 5m

He Went from 40K Listeners to 11 Million and a Coachella Slot in Under a Year as an Indie Artist

May 13, 202651 min

New Global Booking Agency from ATC and Arrival Artists Now Reps 800 Artists

May 6, 20261h 19m

How This UK Indie Label Sold 25K Records For 1 Band First Week

Mar 18, 20261h 2m

This Artist-Run Record Label is Competing with the Majors in a Big Way

Mar 11, 20261h 8m

How SXSW Works For Music

Mar 4, 202658 min

Artist Managers on Music Videos, Artist Development, Long-term Strategy and True Fandom

Feb 25, 20261h 5m

Doja Cat's Managers Have It Down

Feb 18, 20261h 9m

DIY Band Couch on World Tours, Self Managing, and Fan Building

Feb 11, 20261h 35m
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