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Listen to ‘Over' everywhere here: https://streamandrew.com/over.owe Lyrics: Every time you lie Every time you push and pull me Every time you cry Regret all those things you told me I will not be simplified I cannot be synthesized Digging deeper, digging out Dig your grave without a doubt I am so alone I am lost...
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In this episode of Modern Music Marketing I talk to Llynks, a music artist in the trenches building a music career from scratch. Currently she has 40,000 monthly listeners on Spotify, 2,300 subscribers on YouTube, 3,500 on TikTok and more on other platforms. A lot of music marketing people talk about ‘building a community', but...
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Sunrise Lyrics: A finicky Affinity For Soliloquy In my mind I can't believe You're kidding me We'll never see You again After all this time I thought you Were so alive I always thought you were okay but Surprise You hid it all in your smile To be lost again, I know It must be...
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In this chat I talk to Ricky Tinez about how he grew his YouTube music channel of about 120,000 subscribers, how he ended up working in the music industry at Novation and what its like, as well as tips for other creators who would like to do what he does. Listen on your favorite Podcast...
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In this episode I talk to The Anix (Brandon Smith) about his music career spanning 8 albums and multiple record labels such as Universal Records, Cleopatra Records and currently FiXT, his approach to merchandise and art creation, as well as his DIY attitude. We also talk about his brand that he's developed and about the...
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Xan Griffin has grown his Spotify monthly listeners to currently over 100,000, ORGANICALLY! Plus in the past he's hit highs of up to 500,000 monthly listeners, has a YouTube channel with about 30,000 subscribers, and has a successful presence all around the internet. In this episode we talk about how he did it. Listen on...
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In this episode of Modern Music Marketing, Tom DuPree III and I talk about music marketing and Facebook Ads. Both Tom and I share a lot of videos on YouTube talking about music marketing, and both of us use Facebook Ads as the main way to promote our music. Here we share strategies and talk...
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Anup Sastry started doing drum videos on YouTube which got him a gig with Jeff Loomis on tour. Since then he's released music / recorded with Intervals, Skyharbor, Marty Friedman, Monuments and many more. He used his YouTube channel like a resume to attract potential clients, and it helped turn him into a professional musician....
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Jesse Gillenwalters sells hundreds of CD's per month for his project Basic Printer and works at Indepreneur doing coaching and Facebook ad management for music artists. In this video we talk about how he got started at Indepreneur, what the most common pitfalls are for students working through their ‘Buddy System', and what are some...
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A lot of artists and producers want to know how to make a living with music, and Benn Jordan (AKA The Flashbulb) has done exactly that. He has 145,000 monthly listeners on Spotify, 70,000 subscribers on YouTube, has been signed, toured, made music for TV & Film and also made music for commercials. In this...
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Battz grew to 287k TikTok followers, 1,100 YouTube subscribers, 6,100 Instagram followers and 1,400 Spotify followers 100% DIY in the past year (and only really taking it seriously for half that). On top of that he's cranking out 1 single per week going forward along with a music video, and for a while he was...
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Why do so many of us wait until we retire to pursue our dreams and passions?
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In this episode I talk to Patrick Cc about how he got 1 million Spotify streams in 2 months, how he grew his YouTube channel, which music marketing strategies have worked and more! Patrick runs a YouTube channel where he talks about music, music marketing, music entertainment and does music review live streams – also...
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In this video I talk to Tommy Zee about how to make a living from music by making music for brands in advertisements. Tommy runs a company called Tommy Zee & Co where he's made music for brands like Nike, Google, Visa and more. He also teaches musicians how to get into this industry with...
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Thanks so much for checking out my song Fire! Below you can find links to listen to the song on streaming and stores, the music video on my YouTube music channel, and the lyrics as well. Listen here: https://hd.andrewonspotify.com/link/04ayn6 Fire Lyrics: I wouldn’t give a care if I were you No I wouldn’t give a...
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In this episode Jesse Cannon (Musformation) and I talk about how record labels market music, Facebook ads vs other music marketing methods, and how indie artists can grow their fanbase. Jesse has experience from working at major record labels, producing artists are major and indie labels, working with artists 1-on-1 and wrote the top rated...
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In this podcast episode I talk to Adriel Rivera (Show Your Genius) about how to grow your music YouTube channel, since he's grown his to about 13,000 subscribers! We talk about content type, how long it takes, and how to stand out. We also talk about music marketing topics, and general life stuff as well....
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In this episode I talk to Courtney Hawkins about how to be a musician on YouTube. Courtney has an AWESOME YouTube channel doing music production and making beats, and has been featured by Native Instruments several times over the years. We talk about her path on YouTube, and what artists thinking about getting into YouTube...
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Is TikTok for musicians? Well, music creator Daniel Wall managed to grow his music TikTok channel to 400,000 followers, so i'd say the answer is yes. We talk about how how many videos it took, what types of content worked, how he promotes his music on TikTok, and his plans if TikTok gets banned. Listen...
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In this episode I chat with Mike Sarge about social media for music artists, branding for music artists, why music blogs are still important, and other music marketing tactics. Mike Sarge is an artist, but he also has an awesome YouTube channel sharing his knowledge of music marketing – if you like my channel you'll...
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In this episode Ashley K. Stoyanov from #WomenCrushMusic gives music promotion tips and advice for how artists can build a community around their music. She's worked at PR agencies, record labels, helps businesses with community building, and founded #WomenCrushMusic. Her approach to music promotion is entirely organic, without advertisements, focusing on making connections, engaging fans organically on...
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In this episode Adameant and I talk largely about how to start a music business, how to monetize the skillset you have with your music, how to invest in music gear and a home studio, and many other related topics. While Adameant is relatively new to the music scene, he's setting himself up for longterm...
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In this episode we'll study the Good Mythical Morning brand, and draw some parallels to things you could implement in your music brand. GMM has an INCREDIBLY powerful brand, and I consider them to be geniuses at branding and content creation, which is why I chose them for this brand analysis. From their name, to...
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In this episode of Modern Music Marketing I discuss music promotion strategies with Matt Pelosi from Cyber PR. Matt is a music producer, but he does music marketing for a living, specializing in ad strategies and social media management for artists. The book I talk about late in the episode is Traffic Secrets by Russell...
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