TEM197: The democratization of the new music business and polite persistence - A conversation with Ari Herstand

TEM197: The democratization of the new music business and polite persistence - A conversation with Ari Herstand Ari Herstand is a musician in Los Angeles and the author of How to Make It in the New Music Business. On Today's Episode of The Entrepreneurial Musician: The swell of "middle class" musicians in the new music business Vulfpeck has no label and no manager and yet just sold out Madison Square Garden The old music business had one way to succeed - the new music business has 100 ways you can make a career happen The most important thing any musician can do according to Ari Why you can't have a Plan B The democratization of the music business and the ability of any artist to reach an audience without being granted permission first by a gatekeeper Polite persistence Ari's very specific advice on writing a great pitch email Links: Ari's book How to Make It in the New Music Business Ari's Take Want to help the show? Here's a couple of ways you can do that! 1. Hear an extra TEM episode every single week while helping me get to my next goal of $100 per episode on Patreon by becoming a patron today: https://www.patreon.com/tempodcast 2. My next Apple Podcasts goal is 150 ratings and 75 reviews. Take just a minute to leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts to help me get there. Thank you! And finally, a huge thank you to Parker Mouthpieces for providing the hosting for TEM. Produced by Andrew Hitz Show notes for all episodes of TEM including topics discussed, links to all books and websites referenced can be found at: http://www.andrewhitz.com/shownotes