The Helping Musicians Podcast

By The Helping Musicians Podcast

A weekly musician helping podcast. 🤝

Your mates who just wanna help ya make a living from your music.

Answering the questions you give us, plus getting industry experts to share their tips, stories... more

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How many episodes does The Helping Musicians Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 125 episodes available.

The Helping Musicians Podcast episodes:

May 06, 2024The Helping Musicians Podcast - 084 - ALT BLK ERA
Huge festival bookings, MOBO award nomination, loads of BBC Radio 1 plays and more. ALT BLK ERA have absolutely destroyed the past two years in the best way possible.
Now, as they enter their next era (no pun intended), they share the things they wish they knew starting out, the best places to learn (for free), plus …
ALT BLK ERA INSTA - https://www.instagram.com/altblkera/
Episode Features:
How ABE built such a dedicated fanbase / community.

How they learned what they wanted to build.

Why you need to speak up / communicate your vision.

Bothering. Grants. Gigs. Networking.

The importance of choosing a good team.

What free resources helped ABE.
OUR INSTA - https://www.instagram.com/helpingmusicianspod/
New episodes every Monday.
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27min
April 29, 2024The Helping Musicians Podcast - 083 - Nate Sirotta (Impulse Artists)
Founder of Impulse Artists - a PR / marketing org who handle press for loads of your favourite artists. For over ten years, Nate has been working with everything from old-skool magazines and blogs, through to new school socials and influencers.
On this episode, Nate essentially shares a masterclass on wtf is PR in 2024, when is the time to hire PR for your own project, plus what things should you defo not waste your money on in 24.
IMPULSE ARTISTS - https://impulseartists.com/
Episode Features:
Why you should defo be releasing loads of music organically before you get PR.

If you only have $1000 to spend on your whole music career, where should it go? And is it PR?

What even is ‘PR’ for a musician in 2024?

Is a good song ‘enough’ in 2024? Or does it need a story to be a success.

The importance of having your brand be cohesive.

How to write the best cold email / pitch.

SubmitHub - should you use it in 2024?

When is the right time to get a PR team?

Is it ever worth doing pay for pay with playlisters / magazines / blogs etc?

Paying for content creators to use your song - and is it worth it.
OUR INSTA - https://www.instagram.com/helpingmusicianspod/
New episode every Monday.
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April 22, 2024 The Helping Musicians Podcast - 082 - Danny Quest
An incredibly talented producer, DJ, songwriter. 50 million + streams. Shows all around the world. And potentially most importantly - an incredibly lovely human being.
This episode is almost a greatest hits of 'things ya need to know or think about to make a living from music'. All in less than 30 mins. LFG!
DANNY INSTAGRAM - https://www.instagram.com/danny.quest/
Episode Features:
- Why you need to spend time learning how you work best.
- Why promptness can be your friend.
- The importance of doing hard things.
- A very wholesome story on the importance of being nice.
- The power of shooting your shot / sending the email.
- And the power of having a strong network.
- Be open-minded when it comes to how you make money from music.
New episodes every Monday.
OUR INSTA - ⁠https://www.instagram.com/helpingmusicianspod
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27min
April 16, 2024The Helping Musicians Podcast - 081 - David Rishty
President of Palm Tree Records (Kygo’s joint venture with Sony Music), manager of EMBRZ, plus an epic varied history w music journalism (including Billboard), David Rishty - we’ll call him Dave from now on - has smashed many parts of the ‘making a living from music thing’.
He shares lessons learnt from all those different sides of his career here, how to write the perfect pitch email, plus why you need to work out what emoji you are.
DAVE INSTAGRAM - https://www.instagram.com/daverishty/
Episode Features:
The importance of self-reflection, and knowing who you are as an artist.

Why being ‘scrappy’ is so important at the start - and a great example of that.

The best way to do a cold email / DM to a music industry human.

And how often you should follow up.

Building relationships is more important than building ‘contacts’.

The power of storytelling.

Dave’s favourite ways to discover new music rn.
New episodes every Monday.
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29min
April 08, 2024The Helping Musicians Podcast - 080 - Common Musician Mistakes
It’s obvs easy to spend a lot of time thinking about all the things you should be doing as a musician. Buuuut, sometimes, the more useful thing is to work out what not to do. What small things could you be doing that might have been the reason that DJ / A&R / Manager etc didn’t listen to your big boy banger.
On this show we run thru a bunch of easy to avoid / fix mistakes that we’ve seen first hand recently. And hopefully they can help increase the chance of your tune getting listened to.
MARK INSTA - https://www.instagram.com/markdel1l/
SAM INSTA - https://www.instagram.com/samnahirny/
Episode Features:
Best practice when sending emails.

And attachments.

Why EPKS might actually be hurting your chances.

How consistently can you reach out to new people.

Optimising your social media handles.

Why you should stop saying f*ck on social media.
New episodes every Monday.
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27min
April 01, 2024The Helping Musicians Podcast - 079 - Ivan Ooze
An Aussie rapper that takes the term of ‘cooking’ quite literally.
Ivan Ooze is an incredibly talented MC, singer and songwriter. He’s supported the likes of Wu-Tang Clan, Azealia Banks and Ice Cube. And is one of the best examples out there for trying loads of shit you like.
Not just musically - Ivan - real name Ben has also built an incredibly successful / inspiring cooking / food project - Yung Cook God - where he makes banging food w his girlfriend Coco. That now funnels even more people to his tunes.
Proper inspiring episode. Get it down ya.
IVAN INSTA - https://www.instagram.com/ivanuzi/
YUNG COOK GOD - https://www.instagram.com/yungcookgod_/
Episode Features:
The three things about making a living from music that Ivan wish he knew starting out.

The power of authenticity. AKA - actually liking the shit you’re doing.

Building an online cooking empire.

The power of fan engagement.

The significance of your online presence.

Experimenting w different musical genres.

The best free resources for musicians starting out.
New episodes every Monday.
OUR INSTA - https://www.instagram.com/helpingmusicianspod/
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25min
March 26, 2024The Helping Musicians Podcast - 078 - Spotify Loud & Clear - Wtf Does It Mean For You As An Artist?
Last week Spotify shared their annual ‘Loud & Clear’ - essentially their yearly collection of data. 📈
It can be easy to roll your eyes at it as a musician at the start of your career, but we think that this one is actually quite exciting, if not ‘hope giving’.
On this episode, we try and break it down / translate it into something genuinely useful for you as a musician.
LOUD AND CLEAR - https://loudandclear.byspotify.com/
BYMAXIMISE - https://www.instagram.com/bymaximise/
MARK INSTA - https://www.instagram.com/markdel1l/
SAM INSTA - https://www.instagram.com/samnahirny/
Episode Features:
How many billion (yes billion) was paid to indie artists by Spotify in 2023.

How many artists are making a living from their music in 2023.

How many artists are making over one million dollars from their music.

And why it’s not just the mega famous ones.

Did Spotify accidentally leak their pay per stream rate?!

Is there a case for focussing all your efforts on one streaming platform?

Wtf is going on w James Blake’s new thing.

Curating your social media algorithms to be inspiring.
New episodes every Monday.
OUR INSTA - www.instagram.com/helpingmusicianspod
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32min
March 18, 2024The Helping Musicians Podcast - 077 - Elijah
It's time for a reload - Elijah is back for a second time, and just like the first, this episode is full of ideas, thoughts, and takes which at the very least are gonna make you ponder your own opinon on music / creativity / making a living from your music.
Since we last spoke Elijah has taken his Yellow Squares around the world. If you were unable to make any of the panels / talks we're gassed to say you can see his 'Make the Ting 360' for free on YouTube here - https://youtu.be/EjuI-8jHURE?si=iP6NHqSS5JV0rCms
ELIJAH INSTA - ⁠https://www.instagram.com/eli1ah/
Episode Features:
Why you should develop skills outside of music.

Don't model your career plans on people that were successful before the internet.

What does 'serving your audience' look like in 2024?

The problem with content creation.

The value in creating art for arts sake.

Finding your path in music.

Grant funding - and how to take advantage in 2024.

The distraction of productivity.
New episodes every Monday.
OUR INSTA - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.instagram.com/helpingmusicianspod⁠⁠
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26min
March 11, 2024The Helping Musicians Podcast - 076 - Taet
Vocalist, songwriter, and human being most destined to do a headline show at the Tate Modern, this week’s guest is Taet.
Responsible for one of our personal fav songs of last year (Hide n Seek), Taet has had quite the musical career journey.
In this episode she talks about signing a contract aged just 15, the power of manifestation, plus why we should all be a bit more delulu.
TAET INSTA - https://www.instagram.com/iamtaet/
Episode Features:
The three things Taet wishes she could tell herself starting out.

The power of manifesting.

Plus a unique and powerful way of manifesting.

Building relationships in the music industry.

The importance of a good lawyer!

The power of research and networking.

The best free / excellent value resources for musicians.

How did the Toddla T song come about?

How to first reach out to collaborators.
New episodes every Monday.
OUR INSTA - ⁠⁠⁠⁠www.instagram.com/helpingmusicianspod⁠⁠
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29min
March 04, 2024The Helping Musicians Podcast - 075 - Steve Cardigan (PutYouOn)
Curator, producer, and founder of PutYouOn. Steve is a passionate new music lover who has smashed the 'curating your favourite tunes and building an audience that love them too' thing.
He's arguably the first human to coin 'Stutter House', really knows his shizz about Web3 / the new side of music tech, and most importantly, really loves new music.
STEVE INSTA - https://www.instagram.com/stevecardigan/?hl=en
PUTYOUON INSTA - https://www.instagram.com/putyouon.club/?hl=en
Episode Features:
Steve's top three tips for an artist trying to build relationships w curators.

How to engage with them on social media and not be annoying.

And how to increase the chances of your tune getting listened to in the first place.

Curators in other genres that are worth building relationships with.

How important are your socials in the context of playlists and curators.

A great example of BUNT. and how one small change helped him go hella viral.
New episodes every Monday.
OUR INSTA - ⁠⁠⁠www.instagram.com/helpingmusicianspod⁠⁠
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32min

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