In this episode Ben Patterson, president of Downtown Artist & Label Services, and I talk about music marketing, the industry, Spotify's changes and more! 🚀 Spotify Growth Machine Course 🏆 Hire us to run your ads 🌍 Best website / store / funnels for music artists (get your 14-day FREE trial!) 👥 Fan Growth Machine Course 🎬 YouTube Growth Machine Cour…

In this episode I spoke with Cassie Petrey, founder of Crowd Surf, who has worked on marketing campaigns for Backstreet Boys, Camila Cabello, Paramore and more! 🚀 Spotify Growth Machine Course 🏆 Hire us to run your ads 🌍 Best website / store / funnels for music artists (get your 14-day FREE trial!) 👥 Fan Growth Machine Course 🎬 YouTube Growth Machi…

In this episode Anthony Pacheco from Simpl and I talk about using organic social media content and ads to market your music. 🚀 Spotify Growth Machine Course 🏆 Hire us to run your ads 🌍 Best website / store / funnels for music artists (get your 14-day FREE trial!) 👥 Fan Growth Machine Course 🎬 YouTube Growth Machine Course 🧑‍💻 Consultations ⌨️ Chat …

Making a six figure income with music, sync licensing, micro licensing and royalty collection with Eric Copeland of Make Music Income and Hello Composers. 🚀 Spotify Growth Machine Course 🏆 Hire us to run your ads 🌍 Best website / store / funnels for music artists (get your 14-day FREE trial!) 👥 Fan Growth Machine Course 🎬 YouTube Growth Machine Cou…

Tia Tia & Ryan McMahon have written songs for Justin Bieber, Walk The Moon, Sabrina Carpenter, The Chainsmokers and more. They've managed to get to 700k monthly listeners on Spotify in about 9 months on their artist projects. Tia Tia | Beachcrimes 🚀 Spotify Growth Machine Course 🏆 Hire us to run your ads 🌍 Best website / store / funnels for music a…

Temima Shames is the founder of Next Step Talent - a full service management company and digital brand consulting agency for content creators and music artists. Her team has generated over 6 billion YouTube views, debuted an album at #7 on Spotify charts and won TikTok's biggest POV star. Next Step Talent: https://www.nextsteptalent.co/ Watch the Y…

In this episode Kyle Markland and I talk about marketing your music with Facebook ads, how to get a better cost per conversion, how artists should think about risk and more! Video Version: https://youtu.be/7jbEaJtggq8 🚀 Spotify Growth Machine Course 🏆 Hire us to run your ads 🌍 Best website / store / funnels for music artists (get your 14-day FREE t…

Evange Livanos and Zack Zarrillo own a full service music management company called Alternate Side that rakes in over 30 million Spotify streams per week. They manage artists like Caveton, Erra, Fit For A King, Chelsea Grin, guccihighwaters and many more. They do a lot more than just streaming, they support their artists touring and helping them bu…

In this episode of Modern Music Marketing I talk to Chaitha about how he grew his Spotify to 250,000 monthly listeners in only 2 years. We talk about Facebook ads, playlisting and his journey as an artist. Video Version: https://youtu.be/13agoStRA4I 🚀 Spotify Growth Machine Course: https://learn.generastudios.com/spotify-growth-machine 🏆 Hire us to…

Trey Xavier started as a writer at the blog Gear Gods, grew their YouTube channel to 237k subscribers and then purchased the brand from his employer. In this video we talk about that journey, what its like owning a music blog and other music industry secrets. Video Version: https://youtu.be/brRRbVgJ418 Trey's channel: https://www.youtube.com/@treyx…

In this episode Ayaz Hussain & I talk about how artists can promote their music for free using social media. We also discuss ad strategies, and how artists can make money with brand deals on their platforms. Video Version: https://youtu.be/Ao4OAXsp4Yc Learn more about Ayaz here: https://www.allabouthelping.co.uk 🚀 Spotify Growth Machine Course: htt…

SubmitHub is a platform that connects music artists with curators. Jason Grishkoff is the founder of SubmitHub and in this video we have a chat about the platform and how music artists can use it to grow their fanbase. Get 10% off SubmitHub here: https://www.submithub.com/coupon/andrewsouthworth Video Version: https://youtu.be/RD96FiHbZwo Get 10% o…

Manafest (Chris Greenwood) has about 1 million monthly listeners on Spotify, has been signed to multiple record labels and has sold tens of thousands of albums. In this interview we talk about how he did it and how you can too! Video Version: https://youtu.be/84dPn2tPEjc ►► Spotify Growth Machine Course: https://learn.generastudios.com/spotify-grow…

Adam Ivy built a six figure online income with his music, and built a YouTube channel with 300k subscribers sharing how he did it. In this episode we talk organic content strategy and music business development. Join the Sell Music Masterclass 4.0 here: https://www.sellmusicmasterclass.com/a/2147536211/BYzxQV3F Video Version: https://youtu.be/wl-Qc…

Venus Theory makes a living as a sound designer / music producer and YouTube creator with over 200k subscribers. Companies hire him to make presets, samples, and sample libraries for their products, or to compose music or create sound effects for their visual media. In this episode of Modern Music Marketing he shares how he did it and how you can t…

Ever wonder how PR works for music, when you should use it, and how it helps? Jon Anderson from Two Story Melody runs a music review blog and has also done a lot of work in the world of PR and music marketing. In this episode we talk about all that and more. Video Version: https://youtu.be/WcxxTcG7g38 ►► Spotify Growth Machine: https://learn.genera…

In this episode I talk with Alex Bochel about how he used Facebook ads to get over 1 million streams on Spotify and grow his own network of Spotify playlists. Video Version: https://youtu.be/yjmfKDvl9g0 Book a call with Alex here: https://generastudios.com/pages/consulting ►► Spotify Growth Machine: https://learn.generastudios.com/spotify-growth-ma…

In this video I chat with Groover co-founder Dorian Perron about how their platform works, how Groover differs from the competition and paths artists can take to get their music heard. Get 10% off on Groover with code ANDREWGROOVERVIP -> https://groover.co/ Watch Video Version: https://youtu.be/_62jXfl5w2U ►► Spotify Growth Machine Course: https://…

In this episode I talk to MMXVII on how he's built his music and YouTube career to pursue it full-time. Right now he has over 30,000 monthly listeners on Spotify and about 7,000 subscribers on YouTube. We cover his music marketing strategies, his music and YouTube journey, and techniques he's used to grow his YouTube channel. Video version: https:/…

In this episode of Modern Music Marketing I talk to Llynks, a music artist in the trenches building a music career from scratch. Currently she has 40,000 monthly listeners on Spotify, 2,300 subscribers on YouTube, 3,500 on TikTok and more on other platforms. A lot of music marketing people talk about 'building a community', but Llynks has actually …

In this chat I talk to Ricky Tinez about how he grew his YouTube music channel of about 120,000 subscribers, how he ended up working in the music industry at Novation and what its like, as well as tips for other creators who would like to do what he does. Ricky is an awesome guy with incredible YouTube videos and great music, so make sure you check…

In this episode I talk to The Anix (Brandon Smith) about his music career spanning 8 albums and multiple record labels such as Universal Records, Cleopatra Records and currently FiXT, his approach to merchandise and art creation, as well as his DIY attitude. We also talk about his brand that he's developed and about the marketing strategies he's ha…

In this episode of Modern Music Marketing Tom DuPree III and I talk about music marketing and Facebook Ads. Both Tom and I share a lot of videos on YouTube talking about music marketing, and both of us use Facebook Ads as the main way to promote our music. Here we share strategies and talk about what has and hasn't worked for us. Video Version: htt…

Anup Sastry started doing drum videos on YouTube which got him a gig with Jeff Loomis on tour. Since then he's released music / recorded with Intervals, Skyharbor, Marty Friedman, Monuments and many more. He used his YouTube channel like a resume to attract potential clients, and it helped turn him into a professional musician. In this episode we t…

Jesse Gillenwalters sells hundreds of CD's per month for his project Basic Printer and works at Indepreneur doing coaching and Facebook ad management for music artists. In this video we talk about how he got started at Indepreneur, what the most common pitfalls are for students working through their 'Buddy System', and what are some of the biggest …