on to being a DJ and producer, he hosts the popular Melodics podcast and owns the Southern Exposure Music record label.  As a producer, one of his recent releases “No Place To Hide” spent many weeks on the Beatport Top 100 list and has also released multiple tracks that broke into the top 10.

Beatport on the collaborative Devil’s Breath release by Black Square Recordings, and has also released on a variety of labels including Pure Dope Digital, Format Recordings, Intact Dark Balance, Southern Exposure, and is a regular with White Line Music.  ZeXter’s unique sound stems from his love of European dance music, his classical instrument training, and his degree in sound design.

Today's guest is Kofla: a Columbian drummer who brings groovy Latin vibes to his tech house tracks and has been tearing up venues all over Atlanta from boat parties to major clubs.

Today I’m joined by David López, an audio engineer, consultant, educator, producer, DJ, and Ableton Certified trainer. As Didactic, he performs in various genres from electronic pop to reggae to downtempo to house music. He has over 20 years of experience and holds a degree in audio technology from SAE where he also spent seven years teaching recording arts and sciences.

Today I’m joined by Sai Aditya, better known as aboywithabag.  Sai is a multi-talented producer who was born in India and spent time growing up in both south India and in Chicago.  He’s an up-and-coming house music producer with his first release on Dim Mak Records two months ago.  Sai has been generating a lot of interest online with his high-energy, danceable tracks which resulted in a recent interview with EDMIdentity.

Today I’m joined by Kevin Breuner, a recording artist with Smalltown Poets who were signed to EMI and nominated for a Grammy and three dove awards. Additionally, he’s the Senior Vice President of Marketing and Artist Brands at CD Baby.  Since 2007 he’s been the host of the DIY Musician Podcast which just hit 279 episodes and was named by Variety magazine as one of the “13 essential music industry podcasts.”

Today’s guest is Chris Robley: a singer-songwriter and award-winning poet who also happens to be one of the creative genius behind the marketing team at CD Baby.  For more than a decade he’s edited the DIY Musician Blog and been the co-host of the DIY Musician Podcast, both of which are terrific resources I strongly encourage you to check out.

I spent the last three days attended CD Baby's 2021 virtual music conference. On today's episode I'm recapping many of the surprising things I learned about Spotify, Pandora, YouTube, branding, and more. I'm not going to try to cover all three days in one podcast (I took 17 pages of notes!), so instead I'll highlight some of the most important, actionable takeaways. This is one of the most information dense, actionable episodes I've ever done... so make sure you're in a place to take notes!

You'll Learn

When to consider managementSpotify marketing resourcesMust-have's for your press kitWhy URLs rule Best practices for Instagram including the "Live waterfall" content techniqueAccounts to followHow a YouTube Official Artist Channel (OAC) can benefit youTips for booking yourselfQuestions to ask for authentic branding (Wendy Parr)Cool stuff to try with Pandora Amp (Michelle Solomon and Andee Connors)

Resources

SpotifySpotifycodes.comFanstudy.byspotify.comAds.spotify.comglobal-label-sales (at) spotify.com - Email address to sign up for marqueesAmazon Music for Artists (AMA) artists.amazon.com vs artists.amazonmusic.comBrandservices.amazon.comCD Baby's Release plan generatorPandoraSubmit.pandora.comAmpplaybook.comSignup for Pandora StoriesInstagram: @amp_pandoraTwitter: @PandoraAMPInstagram / FacebookInstagram: @Creators @IGmusicPartners Other helpful tools: Coda, Mailchimp, Squarespace, Later.com, Asana, Airtable.comCD Baby DIY Podcast2018 CD Baby DIY Conference notesPLP 052: How to Boost your Streaming Numbers with Spotify Canvas

https://youtu.be/rcGXfW3UlFE

I just dropped this bootleg remix on August 27th. Check it out and let me know what you think!

Minor correction to the episode: Rick Barker runs the Music Industry Blueprint podcast.

Today on the podcast we’re going to focus on tech house, a subgenre of house music that combines the minimal influences of techno with the grooviness of house music.   We’ll be picking apart what that means, providing some examples, and giving you a sneak peak of a work in progress.   Also, make sure you listen through to the end of the episode because I want to tell you about a terrific free opportunity you’re not going to want to miss.

Raheem Jarbo, better known as Mega Ran, is a nerdcore rapper and Guinness World record holder who fuses hip-hop with gaming and geek culture to create infectious beats and memorable music. Mega Ran’s music and story have been featured on CNN, ABC, NBC, ESPN, Tosh.O, and WWE wrestling. Four of his albums have placed in the top 200 Billboard charts and he has more than 64,000 monthly plays on Spotify. Additionally, Mega Ran is an experienced podcaster, variously hosting the Random Encounters podcast, Mat Mania, and most recently Castle Grayskull Radio. 

In 2020 he published his autobiography Dream Master which already has over 100 five star reviews on Amazon.  In his brutally honest, introspective and entertaining book he talks about his incredible journey from the streets of Philly to stages across the world and to the Guinness book of World Records.  

You'll Learn

Mega Rans' nearly unlimited source of inspiration

His studio gear

Useful websites for indie artists

His process for booking his own tours

Resources

Mega Ran online:

Website - music, discord, merch, event schedule, Patreon, and more)

Spotify

Twitter

Instagram

Dream Master - From the Stoop to the Stage to the Stars (autobiography on Amazon)

Live '95 Album Kickstarter

Castle Grayskull Radio

Wikipedia

Resources:

Indie on the Move

Songstats.com

Anchor.fm

Home Studio Gear:

DAW: Reaper, Logic Pro, and Reason

Akai MPK keyboard

AT2020 microphone (home) or Neuman u87 (studio)

Pioneer DDJ SB3

The 80/20 Show - Produce like a Ninja (House Ninja)

https://youtu.be/1xMusiaR440https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DZ06evO1lKirM