No Labels Necessary is a Weekly Podcast unveiling the world of marketing from Indie Artists to Major Labels.

In this episode, Sean "BrandMan" Taylor and Jacorey "Kohrey" Barkley discuss how blowing up overnight can be monumental in an artist's career but can easily lead to things taking a turn for the worse...

Topics Covered:

• 00:47 - Artists That Blew Up Too Soon
• 33:02 - Saweetie TURNS DOWN VladTv Interview
• 1:05:30 - The Truth About Major Artists FAKE STREAMS

No Labels Necessary is a Weekly Podcast unveiling the world of marketing from Indie Artists to Major Labels.

In this episode, Sean "BrandMan" Taylor and Jacorey "Kohrey" Barkley discuss College Athletes being able to fund their careers in music and much more.

Topics Covered:

• 01:19 - College Athletes Funding Their Music Careers
• 24:35 - Hacking Your Fan's Reality
• 46:19 - Industry Plants Were Created by Fans
• 1:10:49 - Why Independent Artists WILL ALWAYS WIN
• 1:23:50 - Charlie D'amelio HULU Bot Accusation
• 1:32:13 - Followers and Subscribers DO NOT MATTER ANYMORE
• 1:49:42 - THE ANSWER TO THE TIKTOK SHADOWBAN
• 1:56:20 - TikTok Ran Bots on PAID CAMPAIGNS

No Labels Necessary is a Weekly Podcast unveiling the world of marketing from Indie Artists to Major Labels.

In this episode, Sean "BrandMan" Taylor and Jacorey "Kohrey" Barkley discuss the new way of selling concert tickets and how Omarion is leading the way by bringing his fans food, healing treatments, and photos!

Topics Covered:

• 02:00 - What Is the Omarion Experience
• 30:24 - Oprah Winfrey Watches This Small Content Creator
• 49:05 - Music is Getting Bad in the Content Age

No Labels Necessary is a Weekly Podcast unveiling the world of marketing from Indie Artists to Major Labels.

In this episode, Sean "BrandMan" Taylor and Jacorey "Kohrey" Barkley discuss how artists should promote their music in December, YouTube's attention economy battle with TikTok, and give their thoughts on the Kanye West saga.

Topics Covered:

• 01:38 - Classical Musicians Are Making Serious Streaming Dollars
• 17:15 - 59% Of Gen Z Watch Longer Versions Of Videos That They Discover On Short-Form Video Apps
• 23:30 - YouTube Shorts vs TikTok Monetization + New TikTok Pulse Updates
• 52:25 - Now The Industry Is Shutting Down For The Holidays How Should You Promote Your Music In December?
• 1:17:30 - Social Media Users Are Disappointed That Mary J Blige Hasn’t Launched A Shoe Line Yet
• 1:25:21 - The Kanye West Debacle: Our Thoughts
• 2:05:24 - 21 Savage Says Nas Isn’t Relevant 

No Labels Necessary is a Weekly Podcast unveiling the world of marketing from Indie Artists to Major Labels.

In this episode, Sean "BrandMan" Taylor and Jacorey "Kohrey" Barkley discuss the current state of touring for artists following Lorde's strong comments as well as how artists can find other ways to make money during these difficult times.

Topics Covered:

• 01:18 - DejLoaf - The first unisex Rapper
• 19:15 - Bots are inflating your ad metrics o social media and giving you fake leads – here’s how you can optimize them to prevent this
• 31:43 - TikTok’s influence on pop culture continues to grow as Summer Walker releases a sped-up edition of her latest album
• 53:11 - Lorde: “Touring Has Become A Demented Struggle To Break Even Or Face Debt”
• 1:32:46 - 50 Cent leaves New York because of taxes – here’s how you can keep your money
• 1:45:00 - 21 Savage calls out his XXL classmates

No Labels Necessary is a Weekly Podcast unveiling the world of marketing from Indie Artists to Major Labels.

In this episode, Sean "BrandMan" Taylor and Jacorey "Kohrey" Barkley discuss the news regarding a Major Label rep giving his perspective on why small artists fail and how they can avoid it.

Topics Covered:

• 1:41 - Barry Hefner's Advice to Small Artists
• 21:29 - What's different about Spotify Wrapped 2023
• 31:00 - YouTube Monetization For Artists
• 49:40 - The New TikTok Live Subscription
• 59:35 - Does Patreon Work for Artists?
• 1:10:00 - Artist Experiences (RETAIL CASE STUDY)
• 1:26:00 - Why Paying for Twitter Verification is SMART