Modern Musician Podcast

Adam McInnis is an artist, songwriter, and producer from Manhattan, NY most known for his work with world-renowned DJs such as Fedde Le Grande and his many placements in the sync world.  In this episode, Adam reveals the essential strategies for taking your music to a professional level and how to reach your musical career goals without sacrificing your authenticity.  Here’s what you’ll learn:  Ho...

Darryl Hurs has a 25+ year history in the music business including launching and running one of Canada’s largest emerging artist showcase festivals and conference, Indie Week Canada. Darryl currently is the director of market development in Canada for CD Baby.  He’s also worked for known artists such as U2, Nickelback, Madonna, Beyonce, Jay-Z and Dave Matthews and the launching of VIPNATION.com. D...

Gemma Sugrue is a voice and business coach, founder of Voiceworks Studio and Pro Vocal Artist, an online mentoring programme for artists. She’s been serving 1000s of singers since 2011. As a singer Gemma has appeared as a guest vocalist on TV shows including Dancing with the Stars and The Late Late Show and has worked with Bon Iver, Damien Rice , Gilbert O'Sullivan, and many more. Gemma is als...

Ryan Waczek is a songwriter and producer turned digital marketing specialist and is most widely known as the founder of the Indie Music Academy. His YouTube channel has received over 1 million views and is one of the go-to resources for music industry training, marketing strategy, and healthy business mindsets.  Ryan coaches hundreds of students and independent musicians through his training websi...

Kevin Williams is the Chief Community Officer of Sessionwire - a software tool that allows artists and producers to remotely collaborate while making high-quality recordings from around the world. He also founded Music Mentor Group, an artist development program that organizes, nurtures, and develops Singer/Songwriters/Musicians and prepares them for all aspects of their pending careers. If you’ve...

Fifi Rong is a Beijing-born, London-based singer with a mission to bring real Chinese Heritage infused Avant-Pop music onto the world stage. She’s made it her goal to help as many independent artists as possible to free themselves and live their greatest passion. Each year we give out an award to the artist who truly represents the “Modern Musician” ethos, and Fifi Rong joins us to tell us about h...

Bobby Owsinski is a mixer, producer, and author of 24 best-selling books on music, recording and the music business. He is also the creator of online courses like 101 Mixing Tricks, the Social Media For Musicians Bootcamp, and many more.  He’s a senior contributor to Forbes writing on the big picture trends in the new music business, and has appeared on CNN and ABC News as a music branding and aud...

Jayson Evans is the best selling author of The 4D Songwriter: How to Dominate the New Music Industry. He’s also the host of the IAMN (I am Northbound) podcast for music marketing. The key to connecting with your fans is authenticity, and Jayson is a master at helping artists sculpt their message so that it stands out from the noise and captures the attention of the right fans at the right time. He...

Isabella Bedoya is the founder of Fame Hackers, an artist accelerator that helps independent artists establish profitable and sustainable music careers so they can get paid doing what they love. Isabella has been invited to speak at the Musicians Institute, BoldTV, Ticker News, iHeartRadio, NBC, and many more. Isabella shares her expertise with successful influencer marketing campaigns and how to...

Shane Heilman is an independent artist whose band, The Psalms Project puts entire Psalms to music. In 2021, Shane quit his full-time job as a high school principal to devote himself to music and coaching full-time.  Shane also recently graduated from the Modern Musician Gold Artist Program and was selected as one of our Gold Artists of the Year If you wish you could quit your day job and pursue mu...

Arden Kaywin is a professional singer and vocal coach who’s pioneering holistic, transformative performance techniques for singers and songwriters. She’s been featured on NBC, ABC, CBS, PBS, ESPN, and MTV. And she’s worked with major label artists and coached contestants from American Idol, The Voice, and The X Factor. If you’d like a transformational holistic approach to dealing with vocal and pe...

Jody Friedman is a seasoned and accomplished Music Supervisor, Songwriter/Producer, and Music Publisher. He is the founder of “License Your Music”, an online platform to teach artists how to license their music to Film, TV, Ads & Trailers. In this episode, Jody shares how he broke into the sync licensing business because he wanted to be earning a good living doing what he loved, writing music....

Christopher Sutton is the founder of Musical U, a company devoted to helping passionate amateur musicians unlock and enhance their inner musicality, in part through ear training. Chris shares his wealth of experience on overcoming mindset blocks, and goes deep into how you can accelerate your learning if you know what you should be focusing on.  Here’s what you’ll learn:  The 80/20 principle as it...

Melissa Mulligan is a branding and vocal coach who’s been helping artists to reach their authentic potential for more than two decades now. She’s mentored major recording artists such as AJR, Chelsea Cutler, Jeremy Zucker, and New Found Glory. And her students have signed to major labels, toured the world, and received gold and platinum records.  We’ve taken this interview from our MusicMentor ™️...

Eli Lev is a full-time grassroots folk pop musician from Maryland. He’s raised tens of thousands of dollars through crowd funding and has built a truly authentic and powerful connection to his tribe. He has also ascended from being one of my first clients to becoming my business partner and one of the most respected figures in the  Modern Musician community.  If you could use a healthy dose of ins...

Bree Noble is an award winning musician, she hosts the Female Entrepreneur Musician podcast, and she’s a music business mentor who specializes in release strategy with her program Rock Your Next Release. Bree shares some amazing tools to confront your overwhelm and get better results in your music career by mastering the art of planning and productivity. Here’s what you’ll learn about:  Elite goal...

Simon Tam is an author, musician, and activist best known as the founder and bassist of The Slants - the world’s first (and only) all Asian American dance rock band. He also founded The Slants Foundation which is a nonprofit that supports artists and activism for underrepresented communities. He even won a case that went to the supreme court. Simon shares how he used his creativity to create relat...

Jason Tonioli is a New Age pianist, ninja entrepreneur, and Modern Musician Gold Artist alum who’s self published eight albums and eight piano books. He had a 7 figure year last year with his music. He also owns the travel agency Amazing Vacations Costa Rica which arranged our awesome retreat. We talk about the Costa Rica Retreat and much more on this powerful episode of the podcast. Here’s what y...

Matej Harangozo is an award winning entrepreneur, music enthusiast, TEDx Speaker and innovative technologist. He is a driver of disruption with a track record of developing cutting-edge platforms and automation protocols. Matej is the founder of Digital Science Media where he has pioneered a revolutionary approach to learning the music business. He helps artists with the latest in how to succeed i...

Michael Elsner is the Founder of Master Music Licensing with over 2000 placements of original music in TV shows, film trailers, and commercials. He helps artists create a consistent income stream with their music by showing them how to successfully license their music to TV, films, commercials, video games, and other outlets. This interview was taken from the 2021 Success With Music Conference hos...

Mike Warner has over 20 years of experience as an exec in the music industry. He’s the director of artist, label, and DSP relations at Chartmetric - an awesome music analytics tool. He’s been featured on CNBC, at SXSW, and at the Electronic Music Conference. And he’s a best-selling author with his book “Work Hard Playlist Hard.”  This week's episode will help you take your playlisting to the n...

Adam Ivy is an award-winning music producer, professional YouTuber, and creative marketing specialist. He’s the founder of sellmusic.com, has been featured on CNBC, MTV, and the E! Network, and has worked with artists like G-Easy, Mod Sun, and Kevin Gates. If you’re ready to dive into an end of the year masterclass on merging your creativity with your branding and promotion strategy - then you’ll...

Kevin Williams is the Chief Community Officer of Sessionwire - a software tool that allows artists and producers to remotely collaborate while making high quality recordings from around the world. Sessionwire has been featured on CBS and NBC, and they’ve worked with award winning, multi-platinum recording teams of artists like Madonna, David Bowie, Travis Scott, and Shawn Mendes. If you’ve ever wa...

Sean Taylor is a music marketing expert who’s written three books on the topic of mastering your music branding . His book “Master Music Branding” is considered the expert guide to artist image. If you could use some guidance with your branding or if you’re just ready to level up, then you won’t want to miss this episode! Here’s what you’ll learn about:  The power of TikTok and some great tools to...

Kyle Hunter, AKA K Sparks is the CEO and founder of Rhythm Couture - a music licensing company whose client list includes Calvin Klein, Vans, Forever 21, MTV, and many more.  Taken from this year's Success With Music Conference interview, Kyle shares his expertise and personal experience on what it takes to succeed and create a lucrative stream of income for yourself through licensing your mus...