Chief Partnership Officer @SymphonicDist. Musings on the music industry.
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13 Sep 2022
When artists "go it alone" w/o a manager or label for the first time, it's vital to ask lots of questions of your partners. "Do you have everything you need?" "What are the expectations and timelines I need to plan for?" You're the QB now, and you need to connect all the dots!
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8 Sep 2022
Web3 puts the pricing/positioning portion of go-to-market on the artist. To some, this will be hugely empowering. To others, overwhelming. Are artists ready to be their own retail advocates at scale?
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24 Aug 2022
Normalize people making passionate posts about new music and artists they love before a RIP post, where they sound like the hugest fan in the world of someone they literally never mentioned before
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22 Aug 2022
2 things artists/small labels are judged upon (that the industry won't tell you abt). 1/How organized the artist/manager/label manager is, 2/how reasonable your lawyer is. I have capped investments on gr8 artists b/c their POC is a nitwit or expectations are bonkers.
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15 Aug 2022
The evolution of master ownership and automobiles in the music business 1970-2022
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15 Aug 2022
The modern biz overlooks the importance of outside songwriters in the success of pop stars, historically. We overemphasize the need for recording artists to be outstanding writers, too, and largely speaking this has rarely been the case. RIP to a legend
nytimes.com/2022/08/09/arts/…
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1 Aug 2022
Sadly this is not obvious to many, but 3 weeks before a record drops is not an ideal time to be looking for the distributor you want to use.
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27 Jul 2022
Artists self-releasing music is still a relatively new concept in the music industry. Whether or not they know it, distributors will look to the artist to perform the duties of a label. Those duties are documented in this piece I wrote for @hypebot
hypebot.com/hypebot/2022/07/…
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15 Jul 2022
I wrote a piece about, you guessed it, music distro for @hypebot. #TheMoreYouKnow
What will a distributor do to market your music? It depends on YOU. ow.ly/MkQP50JWYRK #musicbiz #music #musicbusiness #musicnews #musictech #musician #DIYMusician #musicians @symphonicdist
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14 Jul 2022
Artist manager before deal: Before we start working together I would like you to negotiate with our lawyer for one million days in which they will violently assault your agreement
Artist manager the day after deal is signed: I need a favor which directly violates the terms
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8 Jun 2022
6 Jun 2022
.@billboard just dropped their Indie Power Players list for 2022, and we’re proud to have Symphonic team members making the list! Congratulations are in order 🎉 Read the full list here: bit.ly/3MpVSo2
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2 May 2022
Who's heading to Nashville next week?
1 May 2022
#NashvilleMusic! We're heading to this year's @MusicBizAssoc Conference and hosting their "Official Bizzy Awards After Party" ⚡ Enjoy drinks and fun vibes on us! RSVP & secure your spot // distro.me/MusicBiz2022AfterP…
#MusicBiz2022
10 Apr 2022
A well organized digital archive of all your masters, album art, and metadata is a vital asset! Don’t trust a DSP, social media site, or even your distributor to be your singular cloud back-up. pitchfork.com/thepitch/histo…
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7 Apr 2022
Idk who needs to hear this but artists, you do NOT need to spend hours each day learning to mouth funny lines from other tiktoks to become successful at your music…but if you like it have fun!
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5 Apr 2022
A great topic, even if it has devolved into an unhealthy thread. If I was king, artists would be able to apply for universal basic income. Absent of that dream, we treat artists like any other capitalistic venture, which makes it VERY VERY HARD to succeed. What's the answer?
22 Mar 2022
Just for transparencies sake & cause I feel comfortable posting this: here is why it is so hard for bands to go to SX !!
This is b4 paying 10% $ to the booking agent and not including food expenses
Combination of staying in COVID safe places and gas prices is p devastating
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1 Apr 2022
Each week the main goal should be to decouple your consumers from social media and DSPs “followers” to direct relationships. If you can’t reach your audience outside IG, Spotify, or TikTok you have no actual consumers. This is true in every industry. Go.
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1 Apr 2022
Very proud to announce a partnership with @symphonicdist and @imogenheap, a huge company favorite!
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30 Mar 2022
Now, if we are truly concerned about "fake" artists (i.e. ghost artists) making music more palatable to these playlists than "original" artists, well, I know a whole lot of original artists making music that's CRUSHING these playlists. So it comes down to this...cont in comments
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30 Mar 2022
Just like literally every other consumer product, the musician's job is to do one of the following: a/make art that is to some degree in demand by some consumers or b/make something totally original and market the hell out of it to a unique audience
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30 Mar 2022
BUT!!! If you make super original music and HOPE retail is going to find you fans from the 30% of listeners who don't listen to contextual playlists, you are not just delusional, you are literally fighting actual market statistics and threading the needle of total random luck
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