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MGT123: How To Clear Your Mixtape, Remix, Or DJ Mix – Stephen White (Dubset)

Dubset is a tech-meets-rights-management platform that can clear everything from mixtapes to remixes and turn them into revenue for artists and writers. Listen on to see what it means to you.

MGT117: Peeking Inside A Box Of Growth Tools – Chris Tanner (Spektrol)

A co-founder of Spektrol.io, Chris Tanner, shares a ton of new music marketing tactics such as finding influencers you didn’t know you have been connected to, researching Spotify curators’ contacts, mining emails of your social media followers, pre-saving a Spotify record, and more!

MGT115: 5-Phase Plan For Making Money At Every Gig You Play – Greg Wilnau

Greg Wilnau, the founder of Musician Monster, shares how he found “the only reason” he was not making money with his band, and the five-phase plan he created as the result, which allowed him to earn income at every single gig he was playing.

MGT114: Finding Or Becoming An Artist Manager – Jamie New Johnson (SmartistU)

Jamie New Johnson from SmartistU explains what artist managers do, lists the skills good managers must have these days, outlines a typical management deal structure, and gives tips for managers on finding great talent, as well as for artists on finding great managers.

MGT111: The Man Behind In-Store Playlists That Reach 150M People Per Day – Danny Turner (Mood Media)

Danny Turner, a Global SVP of Creative Programming at Mood Media who also helped launch XM Satellite Radio, explains how he and his team of 65 music curators design custom playlists for some of the biggest brands.

MGT107: Musicians Marketing Themselves Like Tech Products – Cherie Hu

Cherie Hu, a music tech columnist for Billboard and Forbes, comments on her article about 88Rising, and explains how you can apply the tech adoption life cycle to your music career, something she describes in detail in her Medium post called “The Artist as Technology”.