Modern Musician Podcast

Kristine Mirelle is an indie artist and entrepreneur who’s been featured in major commercials for Mercedes and Heineken, performed the national anthem at Dodger Stadium, has been highlighted on FOX, …

Billy Big Shot Beats is an award-winning music producer from Toronto, Canada. He is a coach in a private community of nearly 3,000 musicians and co-authored the Beats Traffic Blueprint book with Kato…

Ken Kobori, CEO of SURF Music, is a successful songwriter and producer in Japan as 2SOUL. He achieved early success with "Story" by AI in 2005, which charted in Oricon's top 10 for 73 weeks. He's wor…

Nigel Sparkes is an accomplished Music Business professional who started his career as a talent manager while studying at Penn State University. He has worked with top-tier superstar talent and execu…

Judy Stakee is a world-renowned artist development specialist, author, and speaker. With over four decades of music experience, Judy has earned an industry reputation as the champion of the songwrite…

Ashley Neumeister went to Columbia College Chicago for Music Business and finished with a semester in LA focusing on Music Supervision. She quickly got an opportunity to work at music library, True M…

Kevin Breuner is a musician, educator, and advocate for independent artists. He is best known as the former Vice President of Marketing at CD Baby, one of the largest distributors of independent musi…

John Raso is the CEO of Audiam, a division of SESAC Music Group, that collects digital music royalties for music publishers, writers, and hitmakers using innovative technology and music publishing ex…

Martin Sutton is a successful songwriter, producer, and musician with over 20 years of experience in the music industry. He has sold millions of records worldwide and worked with many famous artists.…

Michael Laskow has been a prominent figure in the music industry since 1974, working with well-known artists and agencies. In 1992, he founded TAXI, the world's first independent A&R company, which h…

In this episode, Modern Musician Vice President Stephen Warner interviews Rick Barker, a renowned music industry expert and President/CEO of the Music Industry Blueprint. 

With extensive experience as…

In this episode of The Modern Musician Podcast, we chat with Dan Mangan, a successful musician and songwriter who started out playing house concerts as a DIY artist. Dan's experience and success led …

Emily White is an accomplished entrepreneur, author, and co-founder at Collective Entertainment. She is also the founder of the #iVoted Festival and the author of the Amazon #1 best-selling book, "Ho…

Meet Adam Hasslert, the CEO and entrepreneur behind Soundation, a company with a mission to facilitate musical creativity around the world. With a background in tech and business, including co-foundi…

Jon Skinner is the CEO and Founder of Music Gateway, a global music business platform. Jon started as a house DJ and later established his own record shop, label, and live performance band. He then w…

Parul Chokshi is the Senior Director of Talent at Vevo. With over 15 years of experience in the music industry and a vast knowledge of digital and brand marketing, Parul manages Vevo's talent team an…

Join us on the latest episode of Modern Musician as we sit down with Fabrice Sergent, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of the Bandsintown Group. With over 70 million registered music fans, 560,000 art…

Chris SD is an award-winning music producer with over 15 years of experience helping artists, composers, producers, and songwriters get their music synced for film, television, and other media. As th…

Evan Price is the CEO of Artist Collective, a company that helps musicians become "artistpreneurs" by launching their music brands and providing them with the necessary business skills to succeed. Ev…

Jason Grishkoff was born in South Africa and later completed his secondary education in the United States. He began his career at Google, but in 2013 he left the company to focus on Indie Shuffle, hi…