Adrian Stresow is a full-time recording artist, producer, and mix engineer. He was one of the first to release music with Promoting Sounds and toured with Justin Stone in 2019 prior to the pandemic. We discuss financial sustainability, entrepre

#27 - Thorb

Jul 21st, 2021 1h

Ryan Thorbjornsen AKA Thorb, is a full-time independent hip hop artist who does all recording, mixing, and mastering in-house. He has recently been featured on tracks with Wale, French Montana, Mark Battles, and King Los.

#26 - Simon Beland

Jul 14th, 2021 1h 1m

Simon Beland, AKA Mindflip, is an independent artist who has transitioned into a full time musician accumulating millions of streams per month. He is a huge advocate for the law of attraction and recently signed a distribution deal with the par

#25 - Anjanette Lanae

Jun 30th, 2021 56m 13s

Anjanette Lanae is a BeatStars featured producer, artist, and songwriter who has worked in various aspects of the industry. She was able to transition into music full-time shortly before the pandemic and plans to do it again soon. In addition t

#24 - Joe Warren

Jun 23rd, 2021 1h 13m

Joe Warren is the local talent buyer at The Masquerade in Atlanta, one of the biggest independent venues, and a huge advocate for independent artists and the local music scene. We talk about live shows from the perspective of someone who actual

#23 - Rob Puzzitiello

Jun 16th, 2021 57m 52s

Rob Puzzitiello is the Marketing Director at Mackie, sponsor of our NTM community and Nick's weekly streams. He has helped us deliver thousands of dollars worth of recording equipment to artists in need and has asked nothing in return. We talk

#22 - Sam Saideman

Jun 9th, 2021 54m 33s

Sam Saideman, Co-Founder and CEO of Innovo Management, LLC, directly manages acts such as Sammy Adams, YONAS and more. He has a wealth of experience that ranges from performance and booking to publishing and marketing for a global distribution

#21 - Whitney Peyton

Jun 2nd, 2021 1h

Whitney Peyton is a touring artist who has performed nationwide with almost everyone including - DMX, Kid Ink, Tech N9ne, Big K.R.I.T., R.A. the Rugged Man, Paul Wall, Hopsin, Juelz Santana, Jadakiss, Jim Jones, Three 6 Mafia, Rittz, Kottonmout

#20 - Lilo Key

May 28th, 2021 1h 3m

Lilo Key is an independent artist who has accumulated millions of streams with over 5 Million on his single "Strange Thangs". He recently signed a one-project deal with The Orchard for his new album "& The Beasts".

#19 - The Grand Mess

May 25th, 2021 53m 6s

Alex Siesse aka The Grand Mess is a producer and artist and is responsible for our recent placement on Netflix's Love Death and Robots. Check out the story behind this sync placement and learn more about syncs in general.

#18 - Abstract

May 19th, 2021 1h 10m

Luke Terkovich (Abstract) is an independent musician and entrepreneur. He has been thriving off of his craft for over five years and has accumulated hundreds of millions of streams with over 26 Million on Spotify in 2020 alone.

#17 - Audio Grimes

May 12th, 2021 1h 4m

Audio Grimes is an audio engineer and right-hand man of Amond Jackson from episode 13. As a former artist having opened for Jeremih, Dillated Peoples, etc. and a record deal with distribution through Interscope, he brings a unique perspective t

#16 - Ian Bick

May 5th, 2021 32m 47s

Ian Bick is an entrepreneur, former concert promoter, and former night club owner who was convicted of defrauding investors of over half a million dollars and was sentenced to three years in prison. His story is the subject of an episode of the

#15 - Damien Ritter

Apr 28th, 2021 1h 5m

Damien Ritter co-founded Funk Volume with Hopsin in 2009, a label that consisted of Dizzy Wright, Jarren Benton, SwizZz, DJ Hoppa and Kato. He has since managed Futuristic and started the Music Entrepreneur Club which aims to inform aspiring ar

#14 - Jay Matthews

Apr 21st, 2021 1h 3m

Jay Matthews is a hip hop artist and Spotify playlist curator who I've known since I began my journey in this world. He was among the first to discover the potential of playlists and playlisting and has accumulated millions of streams. He was a

#13 - Amond Jackson

Apr 8th, 2021 1h 45m

Amond Jackson is an industry mix engineer who has worked with some of the biggest artists in the world including Future, Young Thug, Rick Ross, 2 Chainz, Quavo, Snoop Dogg, Busta Rhymes, Talib Kweli, and many more. He is an expert on studio des

#12 - Christian Phyfier

Mar 17th, 2021 59m 59s

Christian is an industry vet who has been involved in many areas, but most recently in distribution. He has just announced his new project ScrybeStreaming which will be a Spotify competitor with a very creator-centric business model. Users pay

#11 - Grieves

Mar 10th, 2021 1h 38m

Grieves is a professional recording artist with a 15+ year long career in music and a wealth of knowledge in the world of touring.

#10 - Gus Glasser

Mar 3rd, 2021 1h 8m

Gus Glasser is an independent artist who recently broke 2.5 Million streams and has been gaining traction on TikTok. You may have seen his TikTok video where he mentions my playlist and he's had several videos hit hundreds of thousands of views

#9 - Ryan Oakes

Feb 26th, 2021 1h

Ryan Oakes is a full time artist who has amassed over 100 Million streams on Spotify alone completely independently.

#8 - Mike Squires

Feb 24th, 2021 1h 2m

Mike Squires is a producer, manager, videographer, and full time entrepreneur in the music industry. He and his artist P.MO have accumulated tens of millions of streams on Spotify and he's toured and worked with dozens of well known artists.

#7 - Michael Wavves

Feb 16th, 2021 1h 4m

Michael Wavves is an independent artist and teacher. Michael found most of his success in touring and was able to use that to build a strong fanbase. We find that we have a lot in common and we cover tons of tips for networking, making the most

#6 - Lilo Key

Feb 16th, 2021 1h

Lilo Key is an independent artist who has accumulated millions of streams with nearly 5 Million on his single "Strange Thangs". We talk about a ton of topics including networking and being introverted in a socially demanding industry.

#5 - Ponce De'Leioun

Feb 16th, 2021 54m 45s

Ponce is an independent artist and true entrepreneur. We discussed his come up and how he was able to land a freestyle on DJ Tim Westwood and ended up touring London with him. We also discuss his NBA 2k placement and his features with NBA playe

#4 - Tayy Brown

Feb 16th, 2021 1h 16m

Tayy Brown is an independent artist with a strong social media following, millions of streams, and in 2018 toured with Ski Mask the Slump God. He He was looking for some advice on growing his career and then we talked about his life and a lot o