Modern Musician Podcast

Kristine Mirelle is an indie artist and entrepreneur who’s been featured in major commercials for Mercedes and Heineken, performed the national anthem at Dodger Stadium, has been highlighted on FOX, NBC, and the CW, and was a finalist on X Factor. Kristine shares the process she used to get massive media exposure so that you can create more publicity for your own career. Kristine shares how you ca...

Billy Big Shot Beats is an award-winning music producer from Toronto, Canada. He is a coach in a private community of nearly 3,000 musicians and co-authored the Beats Traffic Blueprint book with Kato Producer, Legion Gabe, Anno Domini, and others. Billy has collaborated with renowned artists such as Jadakiss, Waka Flocka, and Gun Play. His music has been featured on major sports leagues like NBA,...

Ken Kobori, CEO of SURF Music, is a successful songwriter and producer in Japan as 2SOUL. He achieved early success with "Story" by AI in 2005, which charted in Oricon's top 10 for 73 weeks. He's worked with Earth Wind & Fire and Little Glee Monster, guiding the careers of many artists. He's also a former executive and startup member of Breaker, Inc. Ken shares insights on...

Nigel Sparkes is an accomplished Music Business professional who started his career as a talent manager while studying at Penn State University. He has worked with top-tier superstar talent and executives, managing clients who have achieved Grammy Nominations and #1 Charting Billboard Singles and Albums. In 2017, he noticed a shift in music promotion and began dabbling in Spotify playlisting, even...

Judy Stakee is a world-renowned artist development specialist, author, and speaker. With over four decades of music experience, Judy has earned an industry reputation as the champion of the songwriter. During her 20 years as Senior VP of Creative at Warner Chappell Music, Judy signed, developed, and managed their star roster including Grammy-award winner Katy Perry, Sheryl Crow, Michelle Branch, J...

Ashley Neumeister went to Columbia College Chicago for Music Business and finished with a semester in LA focusing on Music Supervision. She quickly got an opportunity to work at music library, True Music, headed by legendary composer Kurt Farquhar. For years, Ashley was in charge of acquiring talent, managing music licensing, pitching songs and eventually moved over to Farquhar Productions (the pa...

Kevin Breuner is a musician, educator, and advocate for independent artists. He is best known as the former Vice President of Marketing at CD Baby, one of the largest distributors of independent music in the world. During his tenure at CD Baby, Kevin played a critical role in helping independent musicians distribute their music online and build successful careers in the music industry. He also hos...

John Raso is the CEO of Audiam, a division of SESAC Music Group, that collects digital music royalties for music publishers, writers, and hitmakers using innovative technology and music publishing experience. Prior to Audiam, John spent over a decade at The Harry Fox Agency as the head of client services and has over 15 years of experience in record label marketing, publicity, and product manageme...

Martin Sutton is a successful songwriter, producer, and musician with over 20 years of experience in the music industry. He has sold millions of records worldwide and worked with many famous artists. Martin runs his own publishing company, teaches songwriting at Tech Music School in London, and shares his knowledge through exclusive workshops designed to help aspiring songwriters craft great songs...

Michael Laskow has been a prominent figure in the music industry since 1974, working with well-known artists and agencies. In 1992, he founded TAXI, the world's first independent A&R company, which has helped countless songwriters, artists, and composers succeed in the music business by securing deals and placements in various media. Michael discusses his vast knowledge of the sync licensi...

In this episode, Modern Musician Vice President Stephen Warner interviews Rick Barker, a renowned music industry expert and President/CEO of the Music Industry Blueprint.  With extensive experience as a manager, entrepreneur, author, and consultant, Rick shares his best advice for independent musicians and how to multiply Instagram engagement using InstaChamp. Here’s what you’ll learn about:  Why...

In this episode of The Modern Musician Podcast, we chat with Dan Mangan, a successful musician and songwriter who started out playing house concerts as a DIY artist. Dan's experience and success led him to create the Madic Records House Concert Series, which ultimately inspired the creation of Side Door - a platform that helps musicians achieve a healthy living wage by connecting them with hos...

Emily White is an accomplished entrepreneur, author, and co-founder at Collective Entertainment. She is also the founder of the #iVoted Festival and the author of the Amazon #1 best-selling book, "How to Build a Sustainable Music Career and Collect All Revenue Streams."  In this episode, Emily will be sharing her invaluable insights on building and sustaining a successful music career, inc...

Meet Adam Hasslert, the CEO and entrepreneur behind Soundation, a company with a mission to facilitate musical creativity around the world. With a background in tech and business, including co-founding Funder and serving as Head of Marketing at WyWallet, Adam is the perfect guest to discuss the future of music production. In this episode, we explore the webification of music production and the lim...

Jon Skinner is the CEO and Founder of Music Gateway, a global music business platform. Jon started as a house DJ and later established his own record shop, label, and live performance band. He then went on to create Music Gateway, which offers a one-stop shop for artist services, including A&R, Music Promotion, Artist Development and Management, Distribution, and Publishing.  Jon shares his in...

Parul Chokshi is the Senior Director of Talent at Vevo. With over 15 years of experience in the music industry and a vast knowledge of digital and brand marketing, Parul manages Vevo's talent team and is responsible for booking some of the biggest names in the music industry for Vevo's original content, live productions and events.  Listen in as we discuss Parul's journey in the music...

Join us on the latest episode of Modern Musician as we sit down with Fabrice Sergent, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of the Bandsintown Group. With over 70 million registered music fans, 560,000 artists, and 35,000 venues on their live music discovery platform, Bandsintown is at the forefront of connecting emerging artists with their fans.  Learn about how their platform connects emerging artists...

Chris SD is an award-winning music producer with over 15 years of experience helping artists, composers, producers, and songwriters get their music synced for film, television, and other media. As the creator of The Art of the Song Pitch, a proven step-by-step process for getting music placed in Hollywood movies, blockbuster trailers, and television shows, Chris has established himself as a leadin...

Evan Price is the CEO of Artist Collective, a company that helps musicians become "artistpreneurs" by launching their music brands and providing them with the necessary business skills to succeed. Evan has 15 years of experience in the music industry and launched Artist Collective from his dorm room at Columbia College Chicago while earning his degree in Music Business.  This episode will...

Jason Grishkoff was born in South Africa and later completed his secondary education in the United States. He began his career at Google, but in 2013 he left the company to focus on Indie Shuffle, his music blog. Despite some challenges, Jason persevered and eventually founded SubmitHub, a platform that helps musicians connect with curators and influencers.  Today, SubmitHub is the leading website...

Nimrod Azoulai is the Co-founder and CEO of MySphera. Nimrod loves exploring the connections between content & technology, previously working as a content curator for Teder.fm and curating the record library at Jamillah listening room in Six Senses Shaharut. Netta Tzin is the Co-founder and Head of Product of MySphera. Netta is a Product and Business strategist, structuring and executing proje...

Mack Borys is a 23 year old business graduate with several years experience in brand-building, digital marketing and growing businesses, with a strong passion for music, and helping independent artists achieve success.  Most notably, he is known for founding Musician Guidance, a music mentoring platform that provides independent artists 1 on 1 direct and honest mentoring from music industry leader...

Kyle Thiede is the Director of Copyright at Songtrust, the world's largest technology solution for global music publishing royalty collection and administration.  His personal mission within the music publishing industry is to address the global bureaucracy that disrupts performance and growth, working with other professionals to rebuild standards, procedures and a fundamental infrastructure w...

Rob Lindquist is a Co-founder and COO of the music creator platform, Songfinch. For nearly two decades Rob’s mission has been to help artists earn a more equitable share of the revenue generated from their music.  Since its launch, Songfinch has delivered more than 150,000 custom songs, paying out more than $20M to independent artists, and earned countless awards, including Inc. 5,000 and Crain’s...

DR. NOAH ST. JOHN is known worldwide as “The Father of AFFORMATIONS®” and “The Mental Health Coach to The Stars.” He’s worked with Hollywood celebrities, 8-figure company CEOs, professional athletes, top executives and elite entrepreneurs.  Noah’s mission is to eliminate not-enoughness from the world and he is internationally recognized for his signature coaching services, facilitating workshops a...