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The New Music Business with Ari Herstand - Podcast

The New Music Business with Ari Herstand

**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" – Variety

Ari 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.


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Update frequency
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Average duration
64 minutes
Episodes
212
Years Active
2020 - 2025
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Victoria Canal Attracts Her Fans for The Right Reasons

Victoria Canal Attracts Her Fans for The Right Reasons

This week Ari sits down with Victoria Canal, the rising singer-songwriter known for her deeply moving and introspective music. Victoria has performed on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Later… with Jools Holland,

01:06:34  |   Thu 03 Apr 2025
Transviolet on Surprise China Fame, Softcore Millennial Cringe and Touring in an RV

Transviolet on Surprise China Fame, Softcore Millennial Cringe and Touring in an RV

This week on the New Music Business podcast, Ari sits down with Sarah McTaggart from the hit alt-pop band Transviolet. Transviolet exploded onto the scene in 2015 with their breakout single “Girls Yo…

01:10:56  |   Wed 26 Mar 2025
Euphoria Music Supervisor Gives a Sh*t

Euphoria Music Supervisor Gives a Sh*t

This month, for Women's History Month, we are replaying some of our favorite New Music Business episodes featuring incredible women of the industry. This episode highlights star music supervisor Jen …

01:11:10  |   Wed 19 Mar 2025
Imogen Heap is Building a More Equitable Future for Musicians

Imogen Heap is Building a More Equitable Future for Musicians

This month, for Women's History Month, we are replaying some of our favorite New Music Business episodes featuring incredible women of the industry. This episode highlights award-winning artist, song…

00:56:25  |   Wed 12 Mar 2025
The Business of Hit Songwriting With Bonnie McKee

The Business of Hit Songwriting With Bonnie McKee

In honor of Women’s History Month, we are replaying some of our favorite episodes featuring incredible women of the industry. This episode spotlights Grammy-nominated, hit singer and songwriter Bonni…

00:44:40  |   Mon 10 Mar 2025
How To Make It in Country Music from Bailey Zimmerman and Nate Smith's Manager

How To Make It in Country Music from Bailey Zimmerman and Nate Smith's Manager

This week Ari sits down with Simon Tikhman, the co-founder of The Core Entertainment and The Core Records. The Core Entertainment first made waves as an artist management company, guiding the careers…

01:07:32  |   Wed 26 Feb 2025
How Independent Music Publishing Works (Or Doesn't)

How Independent Music Publishing Works (Or Doesn't)

This week Ari sits down with Marc Caruso, the CEO and co-founder of Angry Mob Music, an independent music publisher based in LA. Aside from being an advocate for independent artists in the publishing…

01:18:34  |   Wed 19 Feb 2025
Spotify Commissioned Cheap

Spotify Commissioned Cheap "Fake Artists" And She's Got the Proof

This week Ari sits down with Liz Pelly, a prominent music journalist and author of the new book Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist. Liz’s journalism has appeared …

01:22:51  |   Wed 12 Feb 2025
How This DIY Darkwave Band From Texas Sells Out Venues Around The World & Gets Millions of Streams

How This DIY Darkwave Band From Texas Sells Out Venues Around The World & Gets Millions of Streams

This week Ari sits down with Luis Navarro and Joel Niño Jr. of the duo Twin Tribes. This dark wave band out of Brownsville, TX has been gaining impressive momentum on the gothic scene—and they’re doi…

00:57:02  |   Wed 05 Feb 2025
How the China Music Market Works

How the China Music Market Works

This week Ari sits down with Alex Taggart, an expert on the Chinese music market. Alex spent 10 years in China overseeing local strategy for clients such as Dua Lipa, Diplo, Lauv, John Legend and so …

01:12:44  |   Wed 29 Jan 2025
He Wrote/Produced 10 #1 Hit Songs: Stargate's Tor Hermansen on How To Do It

He Wrote/Produced 10 #1 Hit Songs: Stargate's Tor Hermansen on How To Do It

This week Ari sits down with Tor Hermansen, half of the production/songwriter duo Stargate. Stargate has written and produced major hit songs for artists such as Beyonce, Rihanna, Selena Gomez, Katy …

01:05:21  |   Wed 22 Jan 2025
How YouTube Works for Music

How YouTube Works for Music

This week Ari sits down with George Karalexis & Donna Budica, the co-founders and CEO/COO (respectively) of TEN2 Media, a content distribution and marketing company that helps artists and labels maxi…

01:14:08  |   Wed 15 Jan 2025
Cody Fry on Leaving a Major Record Label and Finding His Niche Fronting Orchestras

Cody Fry on Leaving a Major Record Label and Finding His Niche Fronting Orchestras

This week Ari sits down with Cody Fry, a multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, and orchestral arranger known for his symphonic arrangements of his own music and other artists’ songs. Cody has be…

01:21:54  |   Wed 08 Jan 2025
Can The Music Industry Be a Safe Place?

Can The Music Industry Be a Safe Place?

This week Ari sits down with Katie Tucker, a double-platinum songwriter, vocal producer, studio owner, and the visionary behind Sharp Edges Records with its accompanying recording studio. As a songwr…

01:00:15  |   Wed 18 Dec 2024
Selling out Clubs With Very Few Followers? This DIY Band Is Making It Happen.

Selling out Clubs With Very Few Followers? This DIY Band Is Making It Happen.

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

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00:56:51  |   Wed 11 Dec 2024
How Shaboozey's

How Shaboozey's "A Bar Song (Tipsy)" Made History and Became the Biggest Song in the World

This week Ari sits down with Heather Vassar, the Senior Vice President at EMPIRE—a fully independent record label, publishing company, and distributor. Heather’s career began at Universal Music Group…

01:07:13  |   Wed 04 Dec 2024
An Iranian Refugee Became a Hit Producer and Now Finds Humanity with Global Collabs

An Iranian Refugee Became a Hit Producer and Now Finds Humanity with Global Collabs

This week Ari sits down with AFSHEEN, an electronic artist, producer, songwriter, and DJ. Initially, AFSHEEN became well-known for producing music by Madonna, Janet Jackson, Selena Gomez, Chris Brown…

01:04:40  |   Wed 27 Nov 2024
Noga Erez on her Major Label Debut Album and Dealing With Hate

Noga Erez on her Major Label Debut Album and Dealing With Hate

This week Ari sits down with alt-pop singer, rapper & multi-hyphenate, Noga Erez. Her breakout album Off The Radar earned worldwide acclaim and her sophomore project KIDS brought even greater success…

01:11:35  |   Wed 06 Nov 2024
How Partisan Records Markets Artists

How Partisan Records Markets Artists

This week Ari sits down with Zena White, the chief operating officer at Partisan Records. Partisan is an internationally renowned independent record label headquartered in Brooklyn, NY. Zena has over…

01:19:54  |   Wed 30 Oct 2024
Billboard Exec on Linkin Park and the state of Music Journalism

Billboard Exec on Linkin Park and the state of Music Journalism

This week, Ari is joined by Jason Lipshutz, the Executive Director of Music at Billboard. Jason has written about music for over a decade and has penned cover stories on Taylor Swift, U2, Blink-182, …

00:58:19  |   Wed 23 Oct 2024
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