Noam Bargil, bandleader and founder of Lupa Entertainment. Noam Bargil is an established and skilled trumpet player based in Amsterdam. But when he booked his first corporate gig, his perspective changed dramatically. There’s a ceiling on what a skilled player like Noam can earn. [...]
This rewind episode features my conversation with Indian classical and crossover vocalist Roopa Mahadevan. We recorded it in February 2021, and it first dropped the following July. It’s the most-downloaded episode of the Unstarving Musician podcast. Roopa’s fan base probably helped, but it was also a [...]
Image by Sarath G. on Pexels.com In 2017, I published a blog post asking, "Is indie radio still relevant?" It was a terrible post. I was preparing to interview D. Grant Smith, who ran the indie radio show Appetizer Radio and wrote “The DIY [...]
How to Build an Audience in a New Market When You Know No One—Janette Berrios, Symphonic Janette Berrios, SVP of Corporate Marketing at Symphonic Every distribution company's international playbook assumes resources an independent artist doesn't have. In this conversation, Janette Berrios, SVP of Corporate [...]
Capturing Ownership, Splits, & Metadata Before Song Royalties Can Go Uncollected George Macias of Lumoza George Macias is co-founder of Lumoza, a free music rights-registration platform for independent artists, where you upload your song, and it’s registered where it needs to be so you [...]
Enough vs. More – Financial Freedom for Independent Artists Daniel Scott, Spotlight Advisory Group Dan Scott lives at the intersection of creativity, law, and financial freedom. Equal parts artist, strategist, and advisor, he has spent his career helping creatives build lives where their work, [...]
