Break the Business

TOPICS: It’s Ryan’s birthday (and we had a few surprises ready for him); Twitch is cutting payouts for its top streamers; we interview music professor Raina Murnak of the University of Miami. Dr. Murnak talks about her research into positive psychology for musicians and music industry professionals. You can find out more about her work by visiting www.rainamurnak.com.Rate/review/subscribe to the Break the Business Podcast on iTunes, SoundCloud, Stitcher, and Google Play. Follow Ryan @ryankair and the Break the Business Podcast @thebtbpodcast. Like Break the Business on Facebook and tell a friend about the show. Visit www.ryankairalla.com to find out more about Ryan's entertainment, education, and business projects.”

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TOPICS: Netflix sues “The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical; we interview acclaimed songwriter William Goldstein (Fame, The Twilight Zone) and he does a live demonstration of his “Instant Compositions” ability where he can take any three notes and instantaneously improvise a full song. It is unbelievable! You can find out more about our guest’s work by visiting www.williamgoldstein.com.Rate/review/subscribe to the Break the Business Podcast on iTunes, SoundCloud, Stitcher, and Google Play. Follow Ryan @ryankair and the Break the Business Podcast @thebtbpodcast. Like Break the Business on Facebook and tell a friend about the show. Visit www.ryankairalla.com to find out more about Ryan's entertainment, education, and business projects.”

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TOPICS: Mike Ryan Ruiz of The Dan Lebatard Show with Stugotz(Meadowlark Media) drops by the show in the first segment to talk about his “The Big Game” musical project. In the second segment, Lyte Chief Commercial Officer Lawrence Peryer joins us for an interview. Lyte is a reservations technology platform that has developed a live ticketing solution that allows for refundable and risk-free tickets for concertgoers that also combats bots and scalpers. You can find out more about our guest and his work by visiting lyte.com and lawrenceperyer.com.Rate/review/subscribe to the Break the Business Podcast on iTunes, SoundCloud, Stitcher, and Google Play. Follow Ryan @ryankair and the Break the Business Podcast @thebtbpodcast. Like Break the Business on Facebook and tell a friend about the show. Visit www.ryankairalla.com to find out more about Ryan's entertainment, education, and business projects.

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TOPICS: We talk about the “Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey” and Weird Al biopic movie trailers; Bill “Downupright” Boulden stops by to talk about their latest Kickstarter campaign; we interview musicianand comedian Jeff Hilliard about his music video projects. You can find out more about our guest’s work by visiting www.jeffhilliard.tv.Check out Bill’s Kickstarter campaign for the “We’re Doomed, We’re Dancing” album at tinyurl.com/billboulden.Rate/review/subscribe to the Break the Business Podcast on iTunes, SoundCloud, Stitcher, and Google Play. Follow Ryan @ryankair and the Break the Business Podcast @thebtbpodcast. Like Break the Business on Facebook and tell a friend about the show. Visit www.ryankairalla.com to find out more about Ryan's entertainment, education, and business projects.”

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TOPICS: Ryan, Zak, and Lauren have a “Will itSad Song” competition in honor of PJ Harding’s TikTok trend. We interview award-winning pianist Martin Mayer. You can find out more about our guest’s work by visiting www.martinmayermusic.com.Rate/review/subscribe to the Break the Business Podcast on iTunes, SoundCloud, Stitcher, and Google Play. Follow Ryan @ryankair and the Break the Business Podcast @thebtbpodcast. Like Break the Business on Facebook and tell a friend about the show. Visit www.ryankairalla.com to find out more about Ryan's entertainment, education, and business projects.”

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TOPICS: Ryan is back from paternity leave and talks about his new baby. We also discuss the recent Washington Post story talking about how Triller may be breaking its promises to deliver cash payments and equity to Black creators on the platform. Our guest this week is entertainment attorney Joshua Lastine who talks to us about the art of entertainment dealmaking for indie creators.Rate/review/subscribe to the Break the Business Podcast on iTunes, SoundCloud, Stitcher, and Google Play. Follow Ryan @ryankair and the Break the Business Podcast @thebtbpodcast. Like Break the Business on Facebook and tell a friend about the show. Visit www.ryankairalla.com to find out more about Ryan's entertainment, education, and business projects.”

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TOPICS: Break the Business is traveling the world meeting and empowering indie creators. Guest Host ElisaRockDoc tells us about her experience at GenCon, and Producer Lauren is live from Edinburgh, Scotland where she is covering the Ed Fringe Festival. We discuss Buskers/Street performers and tabletop/board game creators and consumers.Rate/review/subscribe to the Break the Business Podcast on iTunes, SoundCloud, Stitcher, and Google Play. Follow Ryan @ryankair and the Break the Business Podcast @thebtbpodcast. Like Break the Business on Facebook and tell a friend about the show. Visit www.ryankairalla.com to find out more about Ryan's entertainment, education, and business projects.”

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TOPICS: With Ryan taking care of his new baby, ElisaRockDoc is guest hosting the program. In addition to sharing her unique insights on indie artist entrepreneurship, Elisa also interviews artist/producer Pat Kiloran (known professionally as “nobodylikesyoupat”) about his upcoming album and his experience having his latest single go viral on TikTok. You can check out our guest on TikTok @nobodylikesyoupat.Rate/review/subscribe to the Break the Business Podcast on iTunes, SoundCloud, Stitcher, and Google Play. Follow Ryan @ryankair and the Break the Business Podcast @thebtbpodcast. Like Break the Business on Facebook and tell a friend about the show. Visit www.ryankairalla.com to find out more about Ryan's entertainment, education, and business projects.”

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TOPICS: Guest host ElisaRockDoc breaks down the latest news for indie creators and sits down with Adam Blank, CEO of Blank Records.Rate/review/subscribe to the Break the Business Podcast on iTunes, SoundCloud, Stitcher, and Google Play. Follow Ryan @ryankair and the Break the Business Podcast @thebtbpodcast. Like Break the Business on Facebook and tell a friend about the show. Visit www.ryankairalla.com to find out more about Ryan's entertainment, education, and business projects.”

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TOPICS: ElisaRockDoc is guest hosting the program while Ryan is welcoming his new baby into the world. Elisa has plenty of great indie creator empowering topics to share (video game releases/ Twitch Charity mode for fundraising), and she will also interview TuneCore CEO Andreea Gleeson about her service’s new unlimited pricing program. You can find out more by visiting www.tunecore.com.Rate/review/subscribe to the Break the Business Podcast on iTunes, SoundCloud, Stitcher, and Google Play. Follow Ryan @ryankair and the Break the Business Podcast @thebtbpodcast. Like Break the Business on Facebook and tell a friend about the show. Visit www.ryankairalla.com to find out more about Ryan's entertainment, education, and business projects.”

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