Explore every episode of the podcast Modern Music Marketing
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| Spotify Executive Explains How Spotify ACTUALLY Works feat. Sam Duboff | 20 mars 2026 | 00:53:31 | |
In this interview I talk with Sam Duboff, the Global Head of Marketing & Policy at Spotify, about how Spotify royalties work, why they imposed a 1,000 stream monetization threshold, how they're handling AI music and much more. | |||
| How Music Artists Get Heard feat. Jesse Cannon | 28 févr. 2026 | 01:16:21 | |
In this episode I talk to Jesse Cannon about how artists can get their music heard, and his amazing 30+ year journey working in the music industry. 🏆 Hire us to run your ads | |||
| From YouTuber to Touring Artist feat. Keyan Houshmand | 15 janv. 2026 | 00:55:01 | |
In this episode I talk with Keyan Houshmand - a guitarist that built an online audience of nearly 200k followers, 15 million views on YouTube alone, and who made the gap to playing shows with artists like Animals As Leaders, I Built The Sky and more. | |||
| Running a 7-Figure Record Label with James Rhodes of FiXT Records | 08 janv. 2026 | 00:48:07 | |
In this video I talk to James Rhodes, the president of FiXT Records. We talk about what it's like running a label, what revenue sources are most important for them and how they approach marketing their artists. Check out FiXT and FiXT Academy: 🏆 Hire us to run your ads | |||
| How Noah Kellman Grew to 200k Subscribers on YouTube | 30 déc. 2025 | 00:42:44 | |
In this episode I spoke with Noah Kellman, a jazz piano player that grew to 200,000 subscribers on YouTube and makes a living in the music industry. Watch more of Noah here. 🏆 Hire us to run your ads | |||
| How Indie Artists Can Grow Without A Team feat. Goshfather | 24 oct. 2025 | 00:38:21 | |
In this episode I talk with Goshfather about how he went from almost quitting music to 50k monthly listeners, playing EDC, being an Insomniac radio host and more in under 2 years. 🏆 Hire us to run your ads | |||
| After Mastering 16,000+ Albums, Here's His Advice For Artists feat. Alan Douches | 14 oct. 2025 | 00:36:05 | |
In this episode I chat with Alan Douches, a Grammy award winning mastering engineer with over 16,000 credits to his name and founder of West West Side Music. 🏆 Hire us to run your ads | |||
| How To Find Real Fans That Come To Shows feat. Mark Roberge | 17 sept. 2025 | 00:41:43 | |
In this episode I talk to Mark Roberge about how artists can grow their fanbase, get more fans to shows, sell more merch, and how he promotes his band back from the Myspace days to now. Check out FanFlowy: https://www.makeourmusic.com/andrew_fanflowy 🏆 Hire us to run your ads | |||
| Why Music Quality STILL Matters For Music Marketing feat. The Online Recording Studio | 03 sept. 2025 | 00:31:15 | |
In this episode I talk to Joe Wadsworth from The Online Recording Studio about the importance of song quality, how artists are making money with their music and how an online recording studio works. 🏆 Hire us to run your ads | |||
| Are CDs and Vinyl the Future of Music? feat Rob Bach (Spinney Media) | 22 août 2025 | 00:39:33 | |
Is physical media back? Rob Bach, formerly of Virgin Megastores, Amazon and CD Baby, talks about the value of physical media for music artists and how artists can get into it without the hassle of dealing with shipping. 🏆 Hire us to run your ads | |||
| How Michael Walker Helped Make Indie Music Artists Over $12 Million | 13 août 2025 | 00:28:13 | |
Michael Walker got over 24 million streams with his band Paradise Fears, but now with his company Modern Musician he's helped indie music artists make over $12 Million in revenue. My interview on the Modern Musician Podcast 🏆 Hire us to run your ads | |||
| Advice From A Label Founder with 200+ Artists feat. Jimmy Mikaoui | 30 juil. 2025 | 00:35:07 | |
Jimmy Mikaoui co-founded Marathon Music Group, which has a roster of 200+ artists including Courtney Barnett and Afro B. He sits on the board of multiple music tech companies such as Mahogany, SongTools Web3 Music Association and more. 🏆 Hire us to run your ads | |||
| From Discovering Lady Gaga to Spotify Executive feat. Troy Carter (Venice Music) | 22 juil. 2025 | 00:52:53 | |
Troy Carter discovered Lady Gaga, managed John Legend, Nelly, Meghan Trainor, Eve and many more. Then he became Global Head of Creator Services at Spotify. Nowadays he helps independent artists through his innovative distribution platform Venice Music, and he's here in this episode to give you advice on your music career. 🏆 Hire us to run your ads | |||
| Music Ad Tips YOU Need (From A Profitable Record Label) feat. spiration music | 08 juil. 2025 | 00:32:04 | |
In this interview I have a chat with Alex Bochel, who runs a profitable record label called spiration music by running Meta ads for music marketing. 🏆 Hire us to run your ads | |||
| How Music Sync Licensing REALLY Works feat. Chris SD | 20 juin 2025 | 00:40:38 | |
Looking to get sync placements for your music? Chris SD has helped countless indie artists get their music placed in TV, Film and Ads. | |||
| How An Artist Dropped by Sony Made $250k Selling Music NFTs feat. Sammy Arriaga | 11 juin 2025 | 00:30:46 | |
Sammy Arriaga is a country / Latin artist that was dropped by Sony, grew to 1 Million Spotify streams per month organically and made over $250k selling music NFTs. In this interview we talk about how he did it. Sammy's site: https://www.sammyarriaga.com/ | |||
| From Zero to Full Time Music Creator in 2 Years feat. PLV Music | 30 mai 2025 | 00:30:29 | |
In this interview PLV Music (Aurelie) and I talk about how she went from no knowledge of music to a full time producer in less than 2 years, while being entirely self-taught. 🚀 Spotify Growth Machine Course | |||
| Meet The Guy Fighting Fraud On Spotify feat. Beatdapp's Andrew Batey | 24 mai 2025 | 00:35:42 | |
Andrew Batey is the founder of Beatdapp, the company that does fraud detection for Spotify and all other DSPs. In this interview we talk about how music fraud works. Beatdapp Site | |||
| The Easiest Way To Get Spotify Playlist Placements feat. SongTools Founder | 21 mai 2025 | 00:47:24 | |
In this interview I talk to Danny Garcia, a music marketing expert and CEO of SongTools, a tech platform that simplifies music marketing for creators and companies, helping over +1.5 million songs get discovered worldwide. Try SongTools here. | |||
| How Ryan Shuck Sold 3,000,000+ Albums (and 400+ Million Streams) | 19 mai 2025 | 00:59:44 | |
Ryan Shuck is a platinum selling musician and co-founder of Orgy, Julien-K and Dead by Sunrise. He was the lead singer of Adema and has writing credits with Korn. In this interview he talks about his journey and how being a major label artist compares to being an independent artist. | |||
| How Music Law & Music Royalties ACTUALLY Work feat. Ryan Schmidt | 17 mai 2025 | 00:50:46 | |
In this interview Ryan Schmidt and I talk about music law, how artists and labels can protect themselves and how music royalties ACTUALLY work in language anyone can understand. | |||
| How Artists Make It In The Music Industry feat. Johannes Formella | 14 mai 2025 | 00:33:23 | |
Johannes Formella has toured internationally, worked at Warner Music and Universal Music and is an expert in flow states in music. In this video we talk about how artists can make it in the music industry and how to maximize your creative output. | |||
| How This Artist Grew 2,000,000 Spotify Listeners Using ONLY Ads (Jend) | 12 mai 2025 | 00:36:55 | |
Jend (Nico) was able to grow to 2 million monthly listeners on Spotify using Meta ads. When we filmed this video he had 1.8 million, but at the time of upload he has 2 million! | |||
| What Happens When Your Song Is Featured On Netflix | 09 mai 2025 | 00:35:43 | |
Eric Copeland (Make Music Income) got his song placed in hit Netflix show 'Love Is Blind' - what happened to his Spotify afterwards? | |||
| Unexpected Revenue Streams for Musicians feat. Tonya Lawson | 07 mai 2025 | 00:26:14 | |
Dr. Tonya Lawson is a musician, blogger and passive income specialist. In this video we talk about diversifying your income streams, SEO for musicians, building a music studio and more! | |||
| From 0 to 50k Spotify Monthly Listeners in 1 Year feat. Forest Slater | 05 mai 2025 | 00:26:00 | |
In this video I talk to Forest Slater about how he grew from zero to 50,000 monthly listeners on Spotify with a modest ad budget. | |||
| 28 Years of Music Marketing Advice In 1 Video feat. Ariel Hyatt (CyberPR) | 03 mai 2025 | 00:26:10 | |
Ariel Hyatt is the founder of CyberPR who has been helping artists get heard for 28 years. We talk about artist branding, social media strategies, the current landscape of touring, AI's place in music and more. Check out CyberPR here. 🚀 Spotify Growth Machine Course | |||
| Artist Branding & Coaching Superstars feat. Wendy Parr | 19 mars 2025 | 00:26:08 | |
Wendy Parr is a holistic vocal coach with 20 years of experience working with big name artists, and she's won a Grammy for her songwriting work. Many music industry vets hail Wendy as ‘The Artist’s Secret Weapon’. Wendy Parr's Blueprint Course. 🚀 Spotify Growth Machine Course | |||
| TikTok Expert Exposes The Algorithm feat. Taran Gray | 18 mars 2025 | 00:30:03 | |
In this video Taran Gray and I talk about how artists can make money from music without relying on streams, and how to capitalize on the TikTok algorithm. Taran is a TikTok content specialist managing content for Yamaha and other popular brands, and he runs a content marketing agency called Social Play Digital. 🚀 Spotify Growth Machine Course | |||
| Taylor Swift's Former Manager Rips Apart My Band's Instagram - feat. Rick Barker | 14 mars 2025 | 00:37:05 | |
In this video Rick Barker (Taylor Swift's former manager) rips apart my band's Instagram, and shows me how to automate fan growth on Instagram. Get lifetime access to Instachamp Platinum here. 🚀 Spotify Growth Machine Course | |||
| Making Money From Presets and Sample Packs feat. Agent Method | 12 mars 2025 | 01:20:04 | |
In this video I chat with Agent Method about being a professional sound designer and composer, getting paid to make presets, sample packs and more. 🚀 Spotify Growth Machine Course | |||
| How To Grow Your Fanbase with Giovanni Bottan (Smart Noise) | 31 mai 2024 | 00:59:20 | |
In this episode I talk to Giovanni Bottan, the founder of Smart Noise, about how artists can grow their fanbase. We talk about ad tactics, other music marketing methods and how Smart Noise can help. 🚀 Spotify Growth Machine Course | |||
| How To Make It In Music feat. Ben Patterson | 11 déc. 2023 | 01:02:39 | |
In this episode Ben Patterson, president of Downtown Artist & Label Services, and I talk about music marketing, the industry, Spotify's changes and more! 🚀 Spotify Growth Machine Course Check out Downtown Artist & Label Services here. | |||
| Music Marketing For Major Record Labels feat Cassie Petrey | 14 nov. 2023 | 00:47:16 | |
In this episode I spoke with Cassie Petrey, founder of Crowd Surf, who has worked on marketing campaigns for Backstreet Boys, Camila Cabello, Paramore and more! 🚀 Spotify Growth Machine Course | |||
| Organic Music Marketing feat. Anthony Pacheco | 11 nov. 2023 | 00:58:34 | |
In this episode Anthony Pacheco from Simpl and I talk about using organic social media content and ads to market your music. 🚀 Spotify Growth Machine Course | |||
| Six Figure Music Income & Sync Licensing feat. Eric Copeland (Make Music Income) | 10 oct. 2023 | 01:09:53 | |
Making a six figure income with music, sync licensing, micro licensing and royalty collection with Eric Copeland of Make Music Income and Hello Composers. 🚀 Spotify Growth Machine Course | |||
| 700k Spotify Monthly Listeners in 9 Months feat. Tia Tia & Ryan McMahone | 20 sept. 2023 | 01:00:53 | |
Tia Tia & Ryan McMahon have written songs for Justin Bieber, Walk The Moon, Sabrina Carpenter, The Chainsmokers and more. They've managed to get to 700k monthly listeners on Spotify in about 9 months on their artist projects. 🚀 Spotify Growth Machine Course | |||
| How Music Artists Go Viral on Social Media feat. Next Step Talent (Temima Shames) | 15 août 2023 | 00:59:04 | |
Temima Shames is the founder of Next Step Talent - a full service management company and digital brand consulting agency for content creators and music artists. Her team has generated over 6 billion YouTube views, debuted an album at #7 on Spotify charts and won TikTok's biggest POV star. Next Step Talent: https://www.nextsteptalent.co/ Watch the YouTube version: https://youtu.be/rUAdXOX8kfk 🚀 Spotify Growth Machine Course | |||
| Music Marketing with Facebook Ads feat. Kyle The Ally | 08 août 2023 | 00:58:47 | |
In this episode Kyle Markland and I talk about marketing your music with Facebook ads, how to get a better cost per conversion, how artists should think about risk and more! Video Version: https://youtu.be/7jbEaJtggq8 🚀 Spotify Growth Machine Course | |||
| 30 MILLION Spotify Streams Per Week feat. Alternate Side | 05 juil. 2023 | 01:03:34 | |
Evange Livanos and Zack Zarrillo own a full service music management company called Alternate Side that rakes in over 30 million Spotify streams per week. They manage artists like Caveton, Erra, Fit For A King, Chelsea Grin, guccihighwaters and many more. They do a lot more than just streaming, they support their artists touring and helping them build their music career into a thriving business. Video Version: https://youtu.be/9RuwCYsHws8 🚀 Spotify Growth Machine Course: https://learn.generastudios.com/spotify-growth-machine 🏆 Hire us to run your ads: https://www.forbidmedia.com/ 🌍 Best website / store / funnels for music artists: https://musicfunnels.io/ (get your 14-day FREE trial!) 🎬 YouTube Growth Machine: https://learn.generastudios.com/youtube-google-growth-machine/ 🧑💻 Consultations: https://generastudios.com/pages/consulting 📰Join the FREE Music Marketing Monday newsletter here: https://www.musicmarketingmonday.com/subscribe ⌨️ Chat in the community (FREE): https://community.generastudios.com/ | |||
| 250,000 Spotify Monthly Listeners in 2 Years feat. Chaitha | 03 juil. 2023 | 00:56:19 | |
In this episode of Modern Music Marketing I talk to Chaitha about how he grew his Spotify to 250,000 monthly listeners in only 2 years. We talk about Facebook ads, playlisting and his journey as an artist. Video Version: https://youtu.be/13agoStRA4I 🚀 Spotify Growth Machine Course: https://learn.generastudios.com/spotify-growth-machine 🏆 Hire us to run your ads: https://www.forbidmedia.com/ 🌍 Best website / store / funnels for music artists: https://musicfunnels.io/ (get your 14-day FREE trial!) 🎬 YouTube Growth Machine: https://learn.generastudios.com/youtube-google-growth-machine/ 🧑💻 Consultations: https://generastudios.com/pages/consulting 📰Join the FREE Music Marketing Monday newsletter here: https://www.musicmarketingmonday.com/subscribe ⌨️ Chat in the community (FREE): https://community.generastudios.com/
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| Growing to 237,000 YouTube Subscribers feat. Trey Xavier | 16 juin 2023 | 01:55:44 | |
Trey Xavier started as a writer at the blog Gear Gods, grew their YouTube channel to 237k subscribers and then purchased the brand from his employer. In this video we talk about that journey, what its like owning a music blog and other music industry secrets. Video Version: https://youtu.be/brRRbVgJ418 Trey's channel: https://www.youtube.com/@treyxaviermusic 🚀 Spotify Growth Machine Course: https://learn.generastudios.com/spotify-growth-machine 🏆 Hire us to run your ads: https://www.forbidmedia.com/ 🌍 Best website / store / funnels for music artists: https://musicfunnels.io/ (get your 14-day FREE trial!) 🎬 YouTube Growth Machine: https://learn.generastudios.com/youtube-google-growth-machine/ 🧑💻 Consultations: https://generastudios.com/pages/consulting 📰Join the FREE Music Marketing Monday newsletter here: https://www.musicmarketingmonday.com/subscribe ⌨️ Chat in the community (FREE): https://community.generastudios.com/
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| 10k Streams in 6 Weeks for FREE feat. All About Helping | 07 juin 2023 | 00:55:27 | |
In this episode Ayaz Hussain & I talk about how artists can promote their music for free using social media. We also discuss ad strategies, and how artists can make money with brand deals on their platforms. Video Version: https://youtu.be/Ao4OAXsp4Yc Learn more about Ayaz here: https://www.allabouthelping.co.uk 🚀 Spotify Growth Machine Course: https://learn.generastudios.com/spotify-growth-machine 🏆 Hire us to run your ads: https://www.forbidmedia.com/ 🌍 Best website / store / funnels for music artists: https://musicfunnels.io/ (get your 14-day FREE trial!) 🎬 YouTube Growth Machine: https://learn.generastudios.com/youtube-google-growth-machine/ 🧑💻 Consultations: https://generastudios.com/pages/consulting ⌨️ Chat in the community (FREE): https://community.generastudios.com/ 📰Join the Music Marketing Monday newsletter here: https://www.musicmarketingmonday.com/subscribe
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| The Full Story of SubmitHub with Jason Grishkoff | 05 mai 2023 | 01:36:23 | |
SubmitHub is a platform that connects music artists with curators. Jason Grishkoff is the founder of SubmitHub and in this video we have a chat about the platform and how music artists can use it to grow their fanbase. Get 10% off SubmitHub here: https://www.submithub.com/coupon/andrewsouthworth Video Version: https://youtu.be/RD96FiHbZwo Get 10% off Moonstrive Media with coupon code ANDREWSOUTHWORTH at this link: https://www.moonstrivemedia.com/?ref=ANDREWSOUTHWORT ►► Spotify Growth Machine Course: https://learn.generastudios.com/spotify-growth-machine ►► Hire us to run your ads: https://www.forbidmedia.com/ ►► Best website / store / funnels for music artists: https://musicfunnels.io/ (get your 14-day FREE trial!) ►► YouTube Growth Machine: https://learn.generastudios.com/youtube-google-growth-machine/ ►► Consultations: https://generastudios.com/pages/consulting
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| 1 Million Monthly Listeners on Spotify feat. Smart Music Business | 03 mai 2023 | 00:55:07 | |
Manafest (Chris Greenwood) has about 1 million monthly listeners on Spotify, has been signed to multiple record labels and has sold tens of thousands of albums. In this interview we talk about how he did it and how you can too!
Video Version: https://youtu.be/84dPn2tPEjc ►► Spotify Growth Machine Course: https://learn.generastudios.com/spotify-growth-machine ►► Hire us to run your ads: https://www.forbidmedia.com/ ►► Best website / store / funnels for music artists: https://musicfunnels.io/ (get your 14-day FREE trial!) ►► YouTube Growth Machine: https://learn.generastudios.com/youtube-google-growth-machine/ ►► Consultations: https://generastudios.com/pages/consulting
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| $100k Online Music Income with Adam Ivy | 26 avr. 2023 | 00:46:29 | |
Adam Ivy built a six figure online income with his music, and built a YouTube channel with 300k subscribers sharing how he did it. In this episode we talk organic content strategy and music business development. Join the Sell Music Masterclass 4.0 here: https://www.sellmusicmasterclass.com/a/2147536211/BYzxQV3F Video Version: https://youtu.be/wl-QcJ9O4sw ►► Spotify Growth Machine Course: https://learn.generastudios.com/spotify-growth-machine ►► Hire us to run your ads: https://www.forbidmedia.com/ ►► Best website / store / funnels for music artists: https://musicfunnels.io/ (get your 14-day FREE trial!) ►► YouTube Growth Machine: https://learn.generastudios.com/youtube-google-growth-machine/ ►► Consultations: https://generastudios.com/pages/consulting ►► Chat in the community (FREE): https://community.generastudios.com/
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| Making A Living In The Music Industry with Venus Theory | 05 avr. 2023 | 01:08:49 | |
Venus Theory makes a living as a sound designer / music producer and YouTube creator with over 200k subscribers. Companies hire him to make presets, samples, and sample libraries for their products, or to compose music or create sound effects for their visual media. In this episode of Modern Music Marketing he shares how he did it and how you can too. Video Version: https://youtu.be/iA5jUCIGBlo Hire us to run your ads: https://www.forbidmedia.com/ ►► Spotify Growth Machine Course: https://learn.generastudios.com/spotify-growth-machine ►► Best website / store / funnels for music artists: https://musicfunnels.io/ (get your 14-day FREE trial!) ►► YouTube Growth Machine: https://learn.generastudios.com/youtube-google-growth-machine/ ►► Consultations: https://generastudios.com/pages/consulting ►► Chat in the community (FREE): https://community.generastudios.com/
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| How Music PR Works feat. Jon from Two Story Melody | 23 mars 2023 | 01:43:31 | |
Ever wonder how PR works for music, when you should use it, and how it helps? Jon Anderson from Two Story Melody runs a music review blog and has also done a lot of work in the world of PR and music marketing. In this episode we talk about all that and more. Video Version: https://youtu.be/WcxxTcG7g38 ►► Spotify Growth Machine: https://learn.generastudios.com/spotify-growth-machine ►► YouTube Growth Machine: https://learn.generastudios.com/youtube-google-growth-machine/ ►► Consultations: https://generastudios.com/pages/consulting ►►Best website / funnel builder for music artists: https://musicfunnels.io/ ►► Get 7% off DistroKid when you signup through my link → https://distrokid.com/vip/andrewsouthworth ►► FeatureFM: https://feature.fm/andrewsouthworth - use code ASOUTH30 for 30% off for any annual plan! ►► Hypeddit: https://hypeddit.com/r/t75hkr6c
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| Journey to 1 Million Spotify Streams feat. Alex Bochel | 20 mars 2023 | 00:50:03 | |
In this episode I talk with Alex Bochel about how he used Facebook ads to get over 1 million streams on Spotify and grow his own network of Spotify playlists. Video Version: https://youtu.be/yjmfKDvl9g0 Book a call with Alex here: https://generastudios.com/pages/consulting ►► Spotify Growth Machine: https://learn.generastudios.com/spotify-growth-machine ►►Best website / funnel builder for music artists: https://musicfunnels.io/ ►► Ad Management: https://generastudios.com/pages/growth-ads ►► YouTube Growth Machine: https://learn.generastudios.com/youtube-google-growth-machine/ ►► Consultations: https://generastudios.com/pages/consulting ►► Get 7% off DistroKid when you signup through my link → https://distrokid.com/vip/andrewsouthworth ►► FeatureFM: https://feature.fm/andrewsouthworth - use code ASOUTH30 for 30% off for any annual plan! ►► Hypeddit: https://hypeddit.com/r/t75hkr6c | |||
| Helping Artists Get Heard feat. Dorian Perron from Groover.Co | 03 sept. 2022 | 01:20:01 | |
In this video I chat with Groover co-founder Dorian Perron about how their platform works, how Groover differs from the competition and paths artists can take to get their music heard. Get 10% off on Groover with code ANDREWGROOVERVIP -> https://groover.co/ Watch Video Version: https://youtu.be/_62jXfl5w2U ►► Spotify Growth Machine Course: https://learn.generastudios.com/spotify-growth-machine ►► YouTube Growth Machine: https://learn.generastudios.com/youtube-google-growth-machine/ ►► Consultations: https://generastudios.com/pages/consulting ►►Best website / funnel builder for music artists: https://musicfunnels.io/ ►► Get 7% off DistroKid when you signup through my link → https://distrokid.com/vip/andrewsouthworth ►► FeatureFM: https://feature.fm/andrewsouthworth - use code ASOUTH30 for 30% off for any annual plan! ►► Hypeddit: https://hypeddit.com/r/t75hkr6c
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