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Links from the episode:

• Florida Man
• Diego Episode
• NIKØTENE Episode
• Eric Dodd Episode
• Emune Episode
• Tom’s New Video for Upload

Stuff We Talk About This Episode:

• Methemoglobinemia
• Giethoorn
• Life is crazy
• We love you all
• It’s ok to take time to breathe
• Don’t be scared to try stuff

Did you know you can always reach out to @tomdupreeiii and @vancefite if you've got questions for the show? They want to see you succeed in the music industry and are always down to help!

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• The Music Stuff Show on YouTube
• Tom on Twitter
• Vance on Twitter
• Diego on Twitter
• Amuse
• Blue Americans
• Ryan Celcius
• Monty Datta

Stuff We Talk About This Episode:

• Armadillo shells
• What is Amuse?
• lil data
• How did Diego get involved in music in the first place?
• What's the secret sauce for how has Amuse blown up so quickly?
• Why do you actually care about independent artists?
• There's no catch
• Fast Forward
• Contracts shouldn't be that complicated
• What is Amuse looking for in the artists they sign?
• Advise for artists looking to think more globally
• Talk to your fan base
• But really... there's not a catch
• Who else needs to revamp in the music industry
• What is internet music?
• What's next for Amuse

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• The Music Stuff Show on YouTube
• Tom on Twitter
• Vance on Twitter

Stuff We Talk About This Episode:

• Attempt #2 with a remote interview
• Vance won a grappling tournament
• Sunsets on Mars
• All of Vance's friends are space nerds
• The Music Space Stuff Show
• Promoters
• Bar Owner // Club Owner
• Tour Manager (TM)
• Production Manger (PM)
• Stage Manager
• Sound Check vs Line Check
• Front of House (FOH, Front of House Engineer, Sound Engineer)
• Where do things "live" on tour
• Lighting Director (LD)
• Producer
• Video Director (VD)
• Monitor Engineer (Monitor World)
• Music Director (MD, Band Director, Band Leader)
• Instrument Tech
• Stage Hand (Local Crew, The Help)
• Stage Left // Stage Right
• House Left // House Right

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• The Music Stuff Show on YouTube
• Tom on Twitter
• Vance on Twitter
• Amuse Episode
• Building Your Team Episode

Stuff We Talk About This Episode:

• Today we experiment with a Skype call
• We streamlined social media, so from here on out for video will be on YouTube and you can Tweet at us any time you want to chat
• Metal in space and cold welding
• Bands
• Artists
• Songwriters
• Ghostwriters
• DJs
• Producers
• Engineers
• Mixer or Mixing Engineers
• Mastering Engineer
• Beat Maker
• Labels
• A&R
• Publishers
• Managers
• Booking Agents
• Publicists

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• NASA Opportunity's Last Words
• Ariel Gazaryan
• The Rock was the Highest Paid Actor in the History of Forbes

Stuff We Talk About This Episode:

• Pluter: Really Small Space Rock
• Pluto's status transition
• How dope space is
• Ariel's question
• We've all been messing up iconic quotes
• A jack of all trades is a master of none, but oftentimes better than a master of one.
• The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb
• Start with one
• We love you Dwayne! xoxoxo
• The journey of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's career
• Attempting things let's you learn about yourself
• You'll go farther faster if you pick one thing
• Even if you're going to pursue a bunch of things, pick the main thing you want to communicate with people
• Doing one thing well opens the door to do other things
• Do musicians have a LinkedIn?
• Start thinking more long term if you really want to build a career
• Don't do things that are going to make stop loving making music
• No one is making you try and play music
• Pick the one you have a fire about
• Don't be afraid to fail at the things you try
• Build a foundation and a cornerstone

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• The Future of Humanity
• The gangster Tweet we mentioned
• Tom’s new song Glitch
• Amuse
• Emune Episode
• Landr
• Eric Dodd Episode
• NIKØTENE Episode

Stuff We Talk About This Episode:

• Sound in space
• Vance hasn’t seen Interstellar yet
• String Theory
• Amuse is the new kid on the distribution block
• Releasing music for free completely on mobile
• Why Amuse’s revenue model is brilliant
• The time is now
• The iPad doesn’t come with a calculator
• Music is a numbers game
• LoFi is the new EDM
• Make music first, then you can figure out where it goes or what band or artist is releasing it. Not the other way around.
• Rising tides raise all ships

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• Eric Dodd Episode
• Wet Washcloth in Space
• Emune
• Emune on Spotify
• Streaming Royalty Calculator 

Stuff We Talk About This Episode:

• Who the heck is Emune?
• We like chill lofi beats
• Putting out 17 bodies of work in 2 years
• Put. Out. Your. Music.
• Making $2,800 - $28,000 per month on Spotify
• Making $30,000 a year making music
• Treat music like your job
• Tom and Vance aren’t financial advisors so remember it’s just our opinions

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• www.ericdoddmusic.com
• Eric Dodd on Instagram
• Eric Dodd on Spotify  
  Stuff We Talk About This Episode:
• WE MADE IT 1 YEAR!!!
• Who is Eric Dodd?
• Going from golf to music
• How many songs Eric had to write to become a better songwriter
• What is a published songwriter?
• Writing 300-400 songs before getting his first cut
• Putting in the work is the secret sauce
• The importance of working out for your mental health
• Getting 2,000,000 plays on Spotify
• Finding the right manager and label
• The importance of patience in business relationships
• Growing to 20k followers on Instagram
• The plan to continually grow an audience
• New music Eric has coming soon
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• Baby Shark
• NIKØTENE episode 

Stuff We Talk About This Episode:

• Vance converted to iPad Pro
• The caffeination of tea
• Investing in making music
• Learn how to use the stuff you have
• Visual content isn’t optional
• Connecting with creators on Twitch and YouTube
• Get to the 1000 true fans
• How to run ads on social media
• The right way to make a t-shirt
• Thinking outside the box
• Creating micro events

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• Kyle Reflects on iSpy 

Stuff We Talk About This Episode:

• Why you should make content for the week between Christmas and New Year’s
• How much women blink
• Thinking of music like a sports team
• “Doing the right thing” vs doing what you actually think is dope
• Taking your fans on a journey
• Create to your ability
• Why Tom started vlogging

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• Ear Bacteria
• Hit Publish
• Be Consistent
• Collaborate
• Get Out of Your Comfort Zone
• Stop Caring About What Other People Think

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Stuff We Talk About This Episode:

• How high penguins can jump
• It’s hard to move forward with no feedback
• How much we get out of doing the podcast
• Setting goals for 2019
• The Music Stuff Show's goals for 2019

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• Rumble In The Bronx 
• Sebastian Lane 
• Tyrese - How You Gonna Act Like That 

Stuff We Talk About

• Animal Paw Dominance
• Can you do more than 1 thing at a time?
• Namesake vs Brandname
• People can only understand about 3 different things about you
• Not doing things that fall outside your brand
• Finding your lane

• The Defiant Ones
• Butch Walker’s Studio
• MKBHD

Stuff We Talk About This Episode:

• Tom wants Vance to move
• Dust particles in your home
• Adoption of new tech in music
• Music never wants to adapt
• The music industry is going to change as more indies become hugely successful
• Bands are idiots
• Records sell if the whole record is actually good
• People don’t want to believe that work is the answer
• Gear is worthless if you don’t do the work
• It’s on you to stay relevant

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• Henny Tha Bizness 
• Bandlab 
• Mars Photos 

Stuff We Talk About This Episode:

• Shorts are not a reasonable thing to wear without purpose
• Dimes
• Henny Tha Business is the Casey Neistat of mobile music
• Apple is quick to cannibalize themselves
• What’s the long-term future of computing?
• Vance is throwing his laptop in the trash

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• NIKØTENE on Spotify 
• NIKØTENE on IG 
• Fiverr 
• Eric Dodd 
• Distrokid 

Stuff We Talk About This Episode:

• Seinfeld and Superman
• What is Nikøtene
• Genres have no limits in EDM
• Going from starting to 18.3k followers in 4 months
• Using Fiverr for promotions
• Using lists to actually get things done
• Focusing on creating things for you instead of an audience
• There’s no timeline on being an artist
• Overcoming “stay in your lane”
• It matters who you surround yourself with
• What is Deezer?
• Somebody connect us to Philip Kaplan

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• Force Media
• Apollo vs the iPhone 

Stuff We Talk About This Episode:

• Wayne’s World
• If you don’t love creating stuff, this isn’t for you
• How we haven’t earned it yet
• If you have to convince someone to listen to your song for more than 30 seconds, it probably sucks
• How much listens matter
• Submitting to Spotify playlists
• Making content
• Call your Grandma
• Sharing the load
• Spotify Codes
• Meeting people where they are
• Collaboration

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• Blippi
• Chance The Rapper

Stuff We Talk About This Episode:

• A conversation about rats
• You still don’t need a record label
• Can you become an A-list artist an indie?
• The joy has to be in the work
• What does the future of the record label look like?

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• Marcus Sheridan 
• Garyvee 

Stuff We Talk About This Episode:

• Can you fold a piece of paper more than 7 times?
• The importance of releasing content on a regular basis
• Album cycles are dead
• People want to see the process
• Some people say they want to be a musician when they really just want to be known
• Greatness is subjective
• Believe in yourself

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• The Entrepreneurial Roller Coaster
• Garyvee Flip Challenge 

Stuff We Talk About This Episode:

• There’s too many people to work with on the planet to work with people with egos
• Helping people overcome their insecurities
• Setting healthy boundaries with clients
• Bigger isn’t always better
• How to determine to if you should take a project
• How Do independent artists set up shows and get people to come?

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• Should we make a Music Stuff Show Sound Library // gifs?
• Videos are important
• Spotify buying part of DistroKid
• What is Apple doing?
• Adobe Rush CC
• How the music world hasn’t accepted that the story is enough
• AI in music
• Evolving in your career
• How do you find a gig in a new city?

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• Elon Musk & Joe Rogan
• Deviate The Plan
• @deviatetheplan

Stuff We Talk About This Episode:

• Abraham Lincoln’s dog
• You’re either part of an audience or you’re building one
• Could you be creating right now?
• Doing what you love to do puts you in the 1%
• Believing what you put out has value
• Eliminating toxicity from your life
• You don’t owe someone a follow
• The internet is a lie
• Be healthy, stop scrolling, and make stuff
• What should you put in your email?

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• Dramatic Chipmunk
• Actors Defend Geoffrey Owens 
• How Arnold Schwartzenegger Made His First Million 

Stuff We Talk About This Episode:

• How there’s no shame in having a job
• Revenue solves problems
• The people who work, win
• How you should save money
• You’re not above hard work
• Don’t be above humility
• Should Craig join a cover band?

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• Taylor Hughes
• About To Break (website)
• About To Break (podcast)
• @imtaylorhughes
• Audio Ape
• Go Button

Stuff We Talk About This Episode:

• Controlling your own show
• Taking little steps to add more value
• Taylor growing up playing music
• Having to do the best you can when everything goes wrong in a show
• How your calling can be a beautiful curse
• The effects of working for a megachurch
• Learning to not feel guilty for following your dreams
• Why it’s ok to balance gigs that pay your bills and feed your soul
• Why you should take the time to invest into relationships

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South Park - You’re Not Yelping (Hella NSFW)

Casey Neistat

Nikotene

Stuff We Talk About This Episode:

• New ways to connect with us
• How you shouldn’t listen to people's opinions that don’t matter
• Everyone’s a critic, but they don’t have the balls to say it to your face
• How hitting publish is an opportunity to learn
• Negativity is a side effect of doing something well
• Hating is a reflection of the hater
• Is it ever ok to play for free?

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Links from the Episode:

• NAMM
• Fender
• BOSS
• Blink-182

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This episode of The Music Stuff Show is brought to you by DupeLoops, your weekly curated drum loop library. If you're writing music, building tracks, or programming beats, DupeLoops.com is THE place to start. They deliver 10 new drum loops directly to your inbox every Monday so you can spend less time searching for the right sounds and more time making music. Each loop is always available in stereo and multitrack formats, always fresh, and they never recycled. And for a limited time, they are offering a seven-day free trial period with every plan. So visit DupeLoops.com and start your free trial today to receive 10 new multi-tracked drum loops per week, every week.

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This episode of The Music Stuff Show is brought to you by DupeLoops, your weekly curated drum loop library. If you're writing music, building tracks, or programming beats, DupeLoops.com is THE place to start. They deliver 10 new drum loops directly to your inbox every Monday so you can spend less time searching for the right sounds and more time making music. Each loop is always available in stereo and multitrack formats, always fresh, and they never recycled. And for a limited time, they are offering a seven-day free trial period with every plan. So visit DupeLoops.com and start your free trial today to receive 10 new multi-tracked drum loops per week, every week.

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This episode of The Music Stuff Show is brought to you by DupeLoops, your weekly curated drum loop library. If you're writing music, building tracks, or programming beats, DupeLoops.com is THE place to start. They deliver 10 new drum loops directly to your inbox every Monday so you can spend less time searching for the right sounds and more time making music. Each loop is always available in stereo and multitrack formats, always fresh, and they never recycled. And for a limited time, they are offering a seven-day free trial period with every plan. So visit DupeLoops.com and start your free trial today to receive 10 new multi-tracked drum loops per week, every week.

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Links from the Episode:

• MKBHD 9 years ago

Episode Guide:

• Intro [0:00]
• Sponsor [0:12]
• Episode Overview [0:59]
• Clouds [3:28]
• The Importance of Hitting Publish [5:50]
• If you don’t create anything and put it out, none of the other stuff we talk about matters [6:41]
• Why would I make anything if nobody’s there to see it? [9:43]
• Step 1: Make something and put it out [10:47]
• In order to survive the long play, you actually have to love what you do [13:02]
• If you’re only goal is to be famous, don’t do music [15:10]
• Doing anything for fame is stupid [15:58]
• You can make infinitely more money with 1,000 people that are completely sold out on what you do, than having vanity numbers [18:55]
• If your job is not what you want to be doing and you want to be making music, then you really don’t have freedom [25:42]
• The dream is doing what you love and living your life how you want to every single day [27:05]
• If you’re miserable, that’s palpable [28:04]
• Pressing publish lets people know what you do [39:57]
• You would be more likely to believe they’re a food blogger than a musician [41:43]
• Don’t glorify the end goal, glorify the process [42:35]
• You should not be more concerned about social than you are creating music [44:36]
• Putting out content is the way you get better at putting out content [48:50]
• Outro [49:05]

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Links from the Episode:

• Songwriters Turned Pop Stars
• What Do You Want?
• Ken Jeong

Episode Guide:

• Intro [0:00]
• Sponsor [0:12]
• Episode Overview [0:59]
• Scratch and sniff [2:13]
• Writing music for yourself vs writing music for other people [8:30]
• Bruno Mars [10:16]
• If you don’t like pop, don’t write pop [11:43]
• A log of people that think they want to be songwriters, don’t want to be songwriters [13:46]
• Doing something for the money alone is a terrible reason to do anything [15:31]
• Being a songwriter is a very service oriented position [17:16]
• If you write two songs a month, don’t be a songwriter [19:01]
• There’s nothing wrong with wanting to be an artist [19:12]
• Don’t be a marathon runner if you hate running [24:49]
• Don’t pursue anything you don’t have any interest in [30:43]
• Everybody’s a one trick pony until you prove otherwise [32:40]
• It’s never too late [40:04]
• Outro [40:40]

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Links from the Episode:

• Deadliest Warrior
• Logic - Plane Meet & Greet

Episode Guide:

• Intro [0:00]
• Sponsor [0:12]
• Episode Overview [0:59]
• Tigers [2:23]
• The Rock [6:49]
• How to build an audience [10:03]
• There’s nothing for an audience to follow [11:33]
• If you aren’t putting out music, there’s nothing for people to be a fan of [11:58]
• More of The Rock [12:07]
• Make music, hit publish [13:30]
• You need to be putting music out regularly [13:50]
• Skateboarding [14:51]
• They’re not scared to show you when the fail [15:37]
• You have to connect the want to the do [16:29]
• If you want to be an actor: are you acting? [17:15]
• If you’re not making music, then you don’t want to be a musician [17:39]
• Nobody owes you their attention [18:34]
• If it’s not a banger, that’s ok. It’s still part of the process [18:57]
• It’s about making connections with people [19:38]
• Think of it as building relationships with people through your music [19:54]
• What’s your budget? [21:38]
• What scene can you be the soundtrack for? [23:55]
• You’ve gotta be the one to instigate [27:28]
• The think that’s closing the audience is the music [32:47]
• Treat marketing like dating a girl you like [33:58]
• Add positivity, not hate [35:58]
• Learn to love the hate [39:51]
• Putting it in front of more people doesn’t make more people like it [52:22]
• Scaling [52:56]
• Wanting to have a million dollars is way different than wanting to earn a million dollars [56:10]
• Outro [57:03]

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Links from the Episode:

• Why do good artists fail episode
• Whiplash
• Seinfeld Public Speaking
• Will Smith on Facing Your Fears

Episode Guide:

• Intro [0:00]
• Sponsor [0:12]
• Episode overview [0:59]
• Cell phone contracts are hard [2:00]
• 10 out of 10 would party again [2:36]
• Fear [3:36]
• Fear is a major motivating factor in the music community [4:06]
• How many good artists are in the world that you will never hear about because of their debilitating fear? [4:36]
• It’s like walking into a party where you don’t know anybody [10:35]
• Everybody forgets that everybody lives in first person [10:44]
• You end up comparing yourself to what you’re around and that can breed the fear [10:44]
• To have a relationship with anybody, you have to let people in [14:18]
• One of the hallmarks of good friendship is that your friends make you better and you make your friends better [14:44]
• “People in my life had an opportunity to help me grow and instead they kinda crushed that and really debilitated me for a long time” [18:13]
• You suck, do better is different than somebody saying you suck, don’t try [19:45]
• Take leadership seriously [21:32]
• Leadership is taken, not given [22:22]
• Don’t be afraid of criticism [25:04]
• People can’t get better if they don’t realize they need to get better [26:56]
• Everybody wants people to believe in them [28:58]
• Have the balls to be honest [32:24]
• Learn to distinguish between constructive criticism and criticism that is meant with ill-will [33:30]
• The bad things people say or do to you is really more indicative of what’s going on with them [34:29]
• The first foray into writing for yourself [36:08]
• The number 1 fear across all people is public speaking [38:03]
• All fear stems from starting [40:01]
• There’s no way to combat fear other than to face it head on [41:32]
• The more you face down the fear, the more quickly that fear becomes something positive [47:34]
• The goal shouldn’t be to eliminate fear. The goal should be to be courageous in the face of fear [50:16]
• Outro [50:42]

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Links from the Episode:

• Eminem - Without Me
• Tushy Bidet
• Bazzi
• Tim Ferriss

Episode Guide:

• Intro [0:00]
• Sponsor [0:12]
• Episode overview [0:59]
• Killer Whales and Moose [6:04]
• How to not suck at communication [9:18]
• Through your art, you are communicating something [10:12]
• Your life is going to interact with other people [11:38]
• Most people would like to live a confrontation free lifestyle [15:24]
• The sooner you deliver bad news, the better it is for everyone [16:21]
• Effective communication breeds trust [17:49]
• Disappointment rolls downhill because you were scared [22:59]
• It’s important to reply even if you’re the one receiving bad news [24:45]
• Help further the culture of good communication in the music industry [25:36]
• Pick up the phone [25:43]
• Written text is not going to solve things nearly as quickly as picking up the phone [27:08]
• You give people the opportunity to clear things up by having a conversation [28:08]
• We have a bad habit of writing people off as a community when things don’t go perfectly [28:57]
• Loyalty is an important trait that is far too often overlooked in the music business [30:03]
• If you over-book yourself you’re not going to give your best work [31:57]
• Don’t take work that you’re not a good fit for [33:47]
• When the community thrives, you thrive [35:49]
• You can play the same song to 100 different people, and they’ll tell you it sounds like 100 different artists [40:36]
• You can’t over-communicate on the front end [41:54]
• Don’t be afraid to ask questions [43:27]
• Don’t be the spam commenter [47:59]
• Be purposeful in your communication [48:29]
• Don’t overthink it when it comes to a newsletter [56:05]
• Outro [1:02:53]

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Links from the Episode:

• Brandon Pugglesworth
• Christmas Coke Commercial
• Stranger Things
• Tom DeLonge - Pursuit of Tone
• Mike Shinoda - Post Traumatic EP

Episode Guide: 

• Intro [0:00]
• Sponsor [0:12]
• Show Overview [0:59]
• Branding yourself [2:43]
• Brandon Pugglesworth [3:11]
• What is branding? [3:24]
• If I don’t tell you what you’re looking at, do you know who did it? [4:19]
• The best brands, I don’t have to tell you who it is [5:02]
• Every part can’t be a lead [7:42]
• The more people you put in your band, the more simple everybody’s parts have to be [7:58]
• Nickelback is easy to hate, but they still sell out arenas [9:33]
• Your product or your experience is going to end up defining branding your image, not the other way around [10:54]
• What’s the point of branding? [12:22]
• Branding is important because you are trying to build trust with your audience [12:35]
• What is the fastest way for someone to know, “Oh, I know I trust this brand” [14:07]
• In a word, it boils down to trust [14:28]
• When you create trust in your audience, you don’t have to reestablish it every time you do something new [14:37]
• The 20-minute rule [15:21]
• “He and his team have branded him so effectively that you actually second guess your own opinion because you trust that that brand is correct over your opinion of what he is putting out” [16:29]
• How would one go about branding themselves? [17:00]
• The more songs you write, the more you find out who you are as a group [17:39]
• Keep it simple when it comes to branding [19:56]
• It doesn’t really matter what it is, so long as it’s always the same thing [22:47]
• You want people to see you and be like, “Is that that dude or chick from XYZ band?” [23:57]
• Blink-182 and simplicity [26:19]
• If you’re not the face of your band, don’t waste your time being butthurt about that [28:18]
• Don’t have an ego [28:49]
• Singles are king [31:24]
• As long as you have a plan, you can change the approach and the sound as much as you want [34:01]
• Any time is a good time to experiment as an artist [34:15]
• We celebrate actors that are capable of embracing so many different roles  [39:35]
• Your band can play a character within your brand per release [42:02]
• Your product defines your branding, not the other way around [43:46]
• Outro [44:17]

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Links from the Episode: 

• The Gear Episode
• GarageBand
• GarageBand Alternatives for Android
• Yousician
• Teoria
• EQ Frequency Chart and Breakdown
• The Making of Post Malone’s “rockstar” with Tank God | Deconstructed

Episode Guide:

• Intro [0:00]
• Sponsor [0:12]
• Episode Overview [0:59]
• Never second guess yourself [2:44]
• How to get started as a music producer [2:53]
• The sweetest revenge is just destroying life after high school [5:10]
• You are there to bring out all the potential the song has [8:13]
• Make the song the best version it can be by being the leader [8:21]
• It takes a specific type of mind to be able to pick apart your own creative work and separate yourself enough to make objective decisions about the final product [11:17]
• Not everybody can be a producer [11:34]
• Figure out what it is you want to make and start making it [12:58
• If you don’t know what to do with four buttons on your phone, what could you possibly know how to do with $100,000 worth of gear and a wall of knobs [14:56]
• The hardest part is figuring out the right question to ask [18:11]
• Your ears are your most important tool [18:57]
• If you do want to produce, you will be greatly benefited if you play an instrument [26:40]
• It’s really difficult if you don’t speak the language [27:14]
• An idea is worthless if you can’t make it a reality [27:51]
• You want efficiency, not because you’re uptight. Efficiency is awesome because then you can just walk in and create. [33:01]
• You gotta keep people hyped. You’ve gotta keep people’s eye on the end goal of, “This is gonna be an incredible song!” [40:19]
• You don’t have to get hung up on the things that aren’t perfect because there’s going to be plenty of things that aren’t perfect [46:06]
• The most important thing you can have is content to showcase your skills [47:12]
• Take it a day at a time, take it a step at a time and get incrementally better each and every time [49:48]
• Show up to get 1% better every day [49:56]
• Outro [50:12]

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Links from the Episode: 

• The Boring Company
• Music Pro Insurance
• Matt Kass
• Luke Holland
• Matt McGuire
• Casey Cooper
• SIR

Episode Guide:

• Intro [0:00]
• Sponsor [0:12]
• Episode Overview [0:58]
• The Boring Company [1:57]
• The Gear Talk [8:59]
• Don’t have the mentality of, “I can’t get started until I have ‘x’” [9:51]
• There is no barrier to creativity anymore [9:59]
• Just because they have that, doesn’t mean they need that [12:56]
• The way to have a career doing what you love is to maximize your revenue and minimize your overhead [14:30]
• “I see all you Craigslist commandos out there” [14:47]
• An instrument is just a tool [16:01]
• Whatever gear you have should be insured [17:26]
• Matt Kass [19:24]
• Invest into developing the visual presence of your brand [22:47]
• YouTube Drummers [23:17]
• If people don’t know that you’re great at what you do, and don’t know that you’re out there doing it, how can they hire you? [24:06]
• If you can be the person that saves the day in a last minute situation, you’ll never stop getting called after that day [24:54]
• You can rent the gear you want [27:29]
• Take advantage of your network [31:04]
• Butch Walker [32:35]
• People’s thinking is “Oh if they have money, they must be successful”, which is a lie [33:47]
• Sustaining yourself at your craft trumps having what’s available and right for the song from a gear perspective [34:20]
• Get good at using the tools that you currently have available to you [35:36]
• Guys like Tom Brady show up to get 1% better [37:22]
• Even people whose brand is built on partying, don’t party as much as you think they do [38:55]
• People are going to come to you for the experience, not because of your guitar collection [41:19]
• Gear is not bad, but if you’re using as a crutch to not hit publish, that’s bad [43:52]
• The only limitation to not creating consistent income as a musician should only be: the content I’m creating isn’t good enough yet [45:34]
• Outro [45:56]

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Links from the Episode:

• Jerry Maguire - Did you know?
• Post Malone | I Fall Apart (TDIII Remix)
• The Goals Episode
• What I Learned About Being The Target Of Internet Hate At Age 13

Episode Guide: 

• Intro [0:00]
• Sponsor [0:09]
• Episode overview [0:56]
• Bananas [2:05]
• Overcoming your own excuses [4:47]
• We make up excuses as to why we don't have the things we want [5:41]
• All of the excuses are a way to mask that we need to put in additional work or effort [6:25]
• If you're making excuses for why you're not doing something, that comes from the same place which is fear [10:25]
• You should be way more fearful of your deathbed than you should of what someone thinks about a song you put out [14:19]
• If somebody wants to see you fail, screw them [16:04]
• Don't let the fear fuel the excuse [16:26]
• The sooner you hit publish, the better [17:12]
• If you've never hit publish on a song you've done, it's the most terrifying [19:46]
• You can't overcome it without just doing it [21:18]
• It's fear of the unknown [21:52]
• There are always things to fix [23:58]
• People that hate the hardest are not actually doing anything [25:45]
• People forget that human beings are on the other side of the internet [28:21]
• Hate on the internet says more about the hater than you [30:17]
• If they love you, they will love that you are working on what you love [33:55]
• The people that know you best can see the difference in your life when you are doing something truly fulfilling [35:58]
• Nobody’s got time for bad friends [36:48]
• This career path is a journey, not a destination [41:14]
• Make your focus getting better each day [42:14]
• Money is a terrible, terrible excuse [43:02]
• Saying, “Oh I can’t because I don’t have money,” is a cop out [45:04]
• Don’t be afraid to get creative with how you can fund the things you need money for [47:20]
• Don’t be scared to Google and YouTube [49:36]
• Outro [51:26]

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Links from the Episode:

• Ice Age Squirrel
• How To Start From Zero
• Cartel
• Favorite Gentlemen
• Being Intentional About Social Media Marketing

Episode Guide:

• Intro [0:00]
• Sponsor [0:09]
• Episode overview [0:56]
• Squirrel trees [2:17]
• Cultivating a music community [3:16]
• Musicians vs Actors [4:57]
• As long as you're pushing yourself, there's never going to come a day where the world stops and says, "We wrote all the songs." [5:57]
• There is always space for great music [6:34]
• You should want your friends to succeed in the music community [6:48]
• If you don't get that job, it probably, ultimately for the best because it means you weren't the most suited for it [7:59]
• In the music world, if you don't get the gig, you're still available for another gig [8:17]
• Failures are what help us grow [8:58]
• You're competing for a part of the pie [10:23]
• 90% of whether or not you'll get a job touring as a musician is whether or not you're the best hang that applied [12:13]
• Being able to play your instrument competently and cover the parts that are required of you and have a good attitude is really all it takes [14:47]
• It doesn't do anything to improve the community that you love [15:57]
• You gotta find like-minded folks [17:17]
• Find places that align with your brand of music [19:53]
• You gotta be proactive about being homies with other artists and bands [23:46]
• Manchester Orchestra [25:31]
• If you move to a town to build a career, find a group that you identify with and go to the places they might be [28:40]
• Don't go out to a show to network [29:45]
• People gravitate towards like-minded people [32:12]
• Genuine connections combined with constantly always trying to provide value to other people without expectation [33:04]
• Sincere relationships are the long play [33:43]
• You will lose so much more than you will gain by trying to finagle something [35:56]
• Don't be scared to mentor somebody you see potential in [38:52]
• Take the opportunity to make your community better [40:18]
• There are few things more gratifying in a community of music than making it with your friends [41:18]
• Your specific musical community will always revert to the lowest common denominator [42:47]
• Be tactful and intelligent about who you include in your community [43:39]
• Outro [45:51]

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Links from the Episode:

• Dave Grohl
• Kanye West
• Charlie Puth
• Harrison Ford

Episode Guide: 

• Intro [0:00]
• Sponsor [0:09]
• Episode Overview [0:55]
• Monopoly Money [2:32]
• How to start from zero [3:56]
• Step 1: Cultivate a skill [5:46]
• Identify what interests you [8:23]
• Just start doing it [9:20]
• If it feels like work from day one, you should go do something else [10:41]
• “My day feels weird and incomplete if I didn’t pick up an instrument or sit down at a piano” [10:46]
• “That dude cranked out beats, on beats, on beats, on beats before anybody had ever heard of him” [16:32]
• Get the suck out [16:51]
• You don’t have to end up where you start, but you do have to start somewhere [17:41]
• Simplicity has a much higher percentage rate of victory than complication when it comes to musical parts [20:51]
• Four chords and the truth is real [21:23]
• Start finding your voice on your instrument [25:49]
• Start making something [27:49]
• Where do you find these people? [29:01]
• Don’t be afraid to be a ringleader [30:09]
• If you’re in high school, you’ll get more support on what you want to do, than you will ever get any other time in your life [31:43]
• You don’t outgrow the ability to be a musician [34:33]
• You’ll break when you’re good [35:48]
• Eazy-E wasn’t a rapper [38:13]
• You don’t have time for negativity in your life [39:19]
• Don’t insulate yourself from feedback [40:09]
• Outro [44:32]

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Links from the Episode:

• Brendon Urie on Instagram Live
• Waves Plugins

Episode Guide:

• Intro [0:00]
• Sponsor: [0:12]
• Episode Overview [0:59]
• Swans in England [1:49]
• How to be intentional about your social media marketing [2:53]
• So many people forget that there are human beings on the other side of the internet [3:22]
• What would you tell your friend? [4:49]
• Every business is in the business of making money off of relationships with people [5:22]
• The best business arrangements are built upon relationships where everybody involved wins [6:03]
• Your front facing image should be the same across all platforms [7:28]
• You don’t want to give people a reason to not understand [9:05]
• Where should a band or artist start? [13:48]
• If you have a current cell phone, you should be able to make visual content [15:22]
• If you put out a song, it should have a visual element [16:05]
• Instagram is a great place to have a never-ending behind the scenes [19:21]
• Facebook is an incredibly powerful tool if you can stay on it and stay ahead of whatever their algorithm this week [26:50]
• Try to master Instagram and Facebook before you spread yourself too thin getting into everything else [30:21]
• The number 1 most important thing is quality content [41:19]
• Nobody wants to sit there and watch you spam out “Go buy my song on iTunes!” [41:52]
• If you have 20,000 people and 13 people like your photo when you post it on Facebook, you’re not fooling anybody [43:45]
• You’re in the giving game on social media [45:10]
• The only thing people like more than seeing or watching a story is being involved in that story [48:00]
• Don’t be afraid to suck [51:05]
• We forget the power of a genuine connection, no matter how small it is [54:59]
• Outro [56:04]

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Links from the Episode:

• Tootsie Pop Commercial
• Punk Goes Pop
• Meet Cash: The Man Behind The Weeknd
• Goals episode
• CAA

Episode Guide:

• Intro [0:00]
• Sponsor [0:12]
• Episode Overview [0:54]
• Tootsie Pops [2:05]
• Building your team [3:12]
• What’s a team [4:09]
• What’s a producer? [7:12]
• A producer’s going to help you clarify your sound [7:46]
• A producer is there to take your good idea to great [8:35]
• You really need someone there to steer the boat and make sure you stay on task [11:36]
• You gotta be honest with yourself and make sure it’s actually as good as you think it is [14:03]
• No matter how great you are, even if you’re at the very top, you need someone to help continue to hone you [16:47]
• If you want to perform at a high level, you have to train at the highest level [17:24]
• How do you find a producer? [17:32]
• Find somebody you vibe with [18:30]
• Just because somebody is a great producer, doesn’t mean they’re a great producer for you [19:40]
• Managers. What are they? [24:22]
• Your manager should rival your mom’s enthusiasm for your music [24:57]
• A manager can either be one of the most beneficial or the most detrimental to your organization [28:38]
• When you get to a point when your time and the demands on your time become unmanageable, that’s when it’s time to find a manager [30:41]
• Do you have something to manage? [31:28]
• If the product’s not there, it doesn’t matter [39:34]
• What is a business manager? [10:19]
• While investing in the right things can bring great returns, investing into the wrong thing can paralyze you [41:26]
• If you are in talks with a potential manager that has push back on the idea of having your own lawyer look over a contract, that is a ginormous red flag and you should run swiftly the opposite direction [49:54]
• What’s a booking agent? [50:41]
• Other people are always going to try to take the biggest piece of your pie that they can [52:29]
• At the end of the day, you’re still going to have to put in the work [59:17]
• Outro [60:52]

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Links from the Episode:

• Vinyl episode
• TN Kids

Episode Guide:

• Intro [0:00]
• Sponsors [0:13]
• Show Overview [0:55]
• Work hard to go to sleep on time [2:02]
• Toilet injuries [2:22]
• Are you playing a show or touring for vanity, or are you playing shows and touring because people want to see you? [5:44]
• Why not just hit the road? [6:08]
• Touring is difficult to break even, much less make a profit on if you are just starting out in the game [6:25]
• It’s not just playing a show [7:18]
• It is hard to not want to stab every person you share a van with if you don’t have a place to sleep and shower [8:38]
• Touring is a necessary extension of being in a band [10:29]
• There is simply nothing that can replace the human to human interaction [10:44]
• You’re not only failing yourself [13:26]
• Not only are you losing money, but that venue is losing money [14:10]
• If you lie to them, it doesn’t matter how great you are. You’re not getting invited back. [15:22]
• Put out some trailers [17:38]
• Put a budget together [18:23]
• Nothing will make (you) quit music faster than this feeling right here [19:24]
• Make it make sense [20:04]
• Don’t ever book shows that you have to drive more than 6-8 hrs before you have to play again [21:35]
• The whole idea of touring is so romantic [22:42]
• However long you think it takes to plan a tour that will be a successful tour, you need to multiply that amount of time by 2 or 3 or 4 or 6 [25:17]
• The best way to make sure people actually come to a show is to pre-sell tickets [27:24]
• The firmer commitment you can have from people the more success you’re gonna have [28:21]
• Now you gotta practice your ass off [30:14]
• “I don’t care how much I like your record; if your show is average, I’m never going to come see you again” [30:26]
• If the show is bad or underwhelming, it almost ruins the listening experience of the record [30:59]
• Things that seem candid are not always as candid as people believe [32:00]
• It’s gonna hurt so bad [33:42]
• You have two choices: ignore it and pretend it was a fluke, or embrace it and learn how you can be better [33:54]
• It always feels like you’re doing way more than you are [34:39]
• A live show boils down to moments [34:55]
• You want the headliner to be terrified to play after you [37:24]
• JT Invitation [37:38]
• Outro [39:06]

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This episode of The Music Stuff Show is brought to you by DupeLoops: your weekly curated drum loop library. If you're writing music, programming beats, or building tracks, DupeLoops.com is THE place to start. They post 10 new multitracked drum loops on their website every Monday at noon. Each loop is available in stereo and multitracked formats, always fresh and they never recycled. And the best part is, every loop is only a dollar. And for listeners of this podcast, they are offering an additional 10% off of your first purchase when you use the code "musicstuffshow" at checkout.

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Links from the Episode:

• Saying what, what way? (Gets explicit in the second half)
• Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook
• Gary Vaynerchuck
• Milli Vanilli
• Rebecca Black Friday

Episode Guide:

• Intro [0:00]
• Sponsor [0:08]
• Show Overview [0:51]
• Most toilets flush in Eb [1:52]
• Why good artists fail [3:02]
• Gary Vaynerchuk [4:16]
• It’s easy to fall victim to the constant asking [5:19]
• You’re never actually giving people stuff to be fans of [6:41]
• Do it to the best of your scale [8:17]
• My phone shoots 4k [8:38]
• You have to give them something new [9:37]
• Tom’s free burrito story [10:43]
• Continue to give to people and they’ll keep coming back [11:43]
• Ego and counting your chickens before they hatch [12:27]
• They lose the hunger [13:09]
• It’s all a gift [13:32]
• Don’t think that you’re entitled to people’s attention spans [14:32]
• Getting hung up on stuff that does not matter [15:30]
• There’s too many other artists putting stuff out every single Friday [17:01]
• Some success stories never hurt anybody [21:20]
• People (artists) don’t want to embrace the journey [22:07]
• Stop getting hung up on perfection [23:51]
• Do the absolute best thing you can do today [23:59]
• Keep moving forward [24:28]
• The pursuit of perfection will kill your progress [25:47]
• Do more documenting than putting out a polished product [26:46]
• They are going to be so emotionally invested in what you’re doing because you let them behind the velvet curtain [27:31]
• What is the only reason people don’t hit publish? Fear. [27:52]
• The only way to conquer fear is to do something [28:00]
• You gotta get the reps in [29:44]
• The point of it is to be a snapshot of where you were in that moment [30:01]
• You want them to hate it enough to talk about it on the internet [31:27]
• If they’re talking trash about you, they’re still talking about you [31:32]
• Rebecca Black [31:48]
• Haters are a good thing [32:40]
• It’s actually kind of awesome when people don’t like it [35:15]
• You’re in the business of providing something [36:59]
• Justin Timberlake invitation [37:28]
• Outro [37:49]

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This episode of The Music Stuff Show is brought to you by DupeLoops: your weekly curated drum loop library. If you're writing music, programming beats, or building tracks, DupeLoops.com is THE place to start. They post 10 new multitracked drum loops on their website every Monday at noon. Each loop is available in stereo and multitracked formats, always fresh and they never recycled. And the best part is, every loop is only a dollar. And for listeners of this podcast, they are offering an additional 10% off of your first purchase when you use the code "musicstuffshow" at checkout.

Special thanks to Nashville based illustrator Bobby St. Louis for creating the artwork for The Music Stuff Show!

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Links from the Episode:

• Go home Roger
• Why you don’t press CDs anymore
• Seth Godin Purple Cow
• Disney
• The Goals Episode
• Man of the Woods

Episode Guide: (Time Adj: 1:14)

• Intro [0:00]
• Sponsors [0:13]
• Show Overview [0:55]
• Why pirates have eye patches [1:41]
• You are a business whether you like it or not [2:39]
• That is what is known as your product [3:13]
• Music is no different than any business [3:21]
• You need to make smart decisions if you want to do this as a career [4:57]
• Don’t go into business with somebody that you don’t trust [6:10]
• Make sure you have cheerleaders in your corner [6:49]
• There’s a lot of blurred lines in music [7:35]
• Treat it like it’s a job [8:33]
• If your live show isn’t better than your record, you should never play a live show [9:45]
• You have to be able to separate the emotion from the pragmatism [10:09]
• You can’t let that friendship override good decision making [10:29]
• Once your record is done, it’s a product [11:47]
• If you aren’t absolutely stoked about yourself, how am I supposed to be? [13:34]
• If you can confidently sit here and say that, “This is what I want to do for a job every day”, you have to treat it that way. [16:55]
• If you have time to watch Netflix, you have time to be working [17:48]
• Our goal is to help you build a career doing what you love [19:04]
• If you want to make it a career, it’s gotta make you a living [19:38]
• Money’s cool, but money’s a tool. Money should never be the end goal [20:51]
• That person is never gonna cure cancer [21:27]
• Coldplay [22:50]
• Music is the kind of thing that people will do the same kind of thing and never change [24:11]
• You have to listen to people and what they want if you want to sell your product [24:49]
• If you’re hell-bent on “We’re not changing who we are!”, you’re marketing to the wrong people [25:28]
• You’re not placing the growth and the health of your business ahead of your own desire [26:23]
• You’re making music selfishly for you [26:45]
• How to find out where your girlfriend really wants to eat [27:54]
• The Justin Timberlake Invitation [28:28]
• Make sure you are investing in the growth of what you’re doing [30:33]
• Outro [31:13]

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This episode of The Music Stuff Show is brought to you by DupeLoops: your weekly curated drum loop library. If you're writing music, programming beats, or building tracks, DupeLoops.com is THE place to start. They post 10 new multitracked drum loops on their website every Monday at noon. Each loop is available in stereo and multitracked formats, always fresh and they never recycled. And the best part is, every loop is only a dollar. And for listeners of this podcast, they are offering an additional 10% off of your first purchase when you use the code "musicstuffshow" at checkout.

Special thanks to Nashville based illustrator Bobby St. Louis for creating the artwork for The Music Stuff Show!

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Links from the Episode:

• Fubo Chåvez
• Chase Jarvis
• CreativeLive
• Hire Tom to play drums on your record
• Say hey to our sponsor: Dupeloops             

Episode Guide:

• Intro [0:00]
• Sponsors [0:12]
• Episode Overview [0:54]
• Hippo sweat [1:49]
• Goooooooooals [3:10]
• Fubo Chaves [3:22]
• Whatever you do, you gotta set goals [4:11]
• If you’re a band, you need to all be on the same page [6:17]
• Establish a common understanding [6:56]
• If you don’t actually know what you’re trying to get to, you can’t get any closer [7:43]
• Make sure you’re heading in the right directing and that you’re making progress [9:09]
• By knowing what the goal is, it allows you to ask the right questions [10:22]
• People want to see other people succeed [10:53]
• Having a quantifiable goal will help eliminate distraction [11:18]
• You got bills to pay [12:39]
• Don’t ever, ever play for free. Never. [13:56]
• You’re hurting the community that you work in [14:05]
• You have to be the one to dictate that it does have financial value [15:00]
• Chase Jarvis [15:45]
• Value your time more than the vanity [16:56]
• Sometimes you just gotta walk away [17:07]
• If you’re the that’s person screwing it up for the rest of us: no one’s going to let you in [19:29]
• Goals can change [20:18]
• A goal’s not real if it doesn’t have a date [20:52]
• Make it seem so stupid easy that a monkey could achieve this [22:30]
• It’s a good idea to have a big, scary goal you may not hit [23:43]
• Everybody’s a 10-year overnight success [26:13]
• It becomes less daunting when you break it down [27:18]
• Make 100 beats this year [28:38]
• Your workflow is gonna be so freaking gangster next year [28:43]
• You have now created systems for success without even trying to [30:09]
• You have to stay with it even when it sucks [32:25]
• If you can only write intoxicated, high… you’re not really a songwriter. You’re a person that gets lucky [33:43]
• It doesn’t happen by accident [34:32]
• Write cause you love to write. Write because you love to tell a story [36:32]
• Send Tom & Vance your goals [37:32]
• A 100 of anything a year is good [38:51]
• If you lift a kangaroo’s tail off the ground it can’t hop [40:22]
• Outro [40:37]

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This episode of The Music Stuff Show is brought to you by DupeLoops: your weekly curated drum loop library. If you're writing music, programming beats, or building tracks, DupeLoops.com is THE place to start. They post 10 new multitracked drum loops on their website every Monday at noon. Each loop is available in stereo and multitracked formats, always fresh and they never recycled. And the best part is, every loop is only a dollar. And for listeners of this podcast, they are offering an additional 10% off of your first purchase when you use the code "musicstuffshow" at checkout.

Special thanks to Nashville based illustrator Bobby St. Louis for creating the artwork for The Music Stuff Show!

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Links from the Episode:

• Original Space Jam Website
• Link for the kids that didn’t know what a Tamagotchi was
• Apple denying that they’re closing the iTunes Store
• Get your own Blink-182 vinyl
• Hire Tom to play drums on your record
• Say hey to our sponsor Dupeloops! Use the code musicstuffshow at checkout to get 10% off your first order!

Episode Guide:

• Intro [0:00]
• Episode Overview [0:54]
• Space Jam Website [1:46]
• Content Distribution and how the model has changed [3:06]
• CDs are work [4:52]
• The shrink wrap is going to stay on that record [6:33]
• The motive that someone buys a cd is not because they care about your cd. They care about supporting an artist. [7:01]
• A t-shirt is a walking billboard [7:34]
• Add value that costs you nothing [9:22]
• The way you create a viable business is to maximize your revenue and minimize your expenses wherever possible [9:59]
• You don’t need to be worried about downloading, you just need to be worried about streaming [10:57]
• The music is just your entry [13:30]
• Be more than just a song: you’re an experience [14:13]
• “Rock is my bread and butter, it’s in my heart. It’s just not alive right now” [14:59]
• While everybody else is worried about whoever producing whatever and making sure every little thing is perfect, Future has already put out 3 records this year [15:54]
• If you drop one song that’s amazing: NO ONE CARES [18:00]
• People have 50,000-70,000 thoughts a day  [18:41]
• If the well runs dry, somebody’s gonna get water somewhere else [20:47]
• If people aren’t talking about you already, these things aren’t worthwhile [22:46]
• If you’re putting out a song, why doesn’t it have a music video? [23:23]
• Your songs aren’t good enough [24:11]
• Would you listen to your song if you weren’t on it? [25:20]
• Consistent. Quality. Product. [26:56]
• Vinyl still works [28:19]
• Albums are art [31:06]
• “This is a re-engagement of this material that I love” [32:09]
• Blink-182 vinyl story [32:30]
• “You want the Vance Fite of your music” [33:46]
• Now you have some more data to expand your business and grow your revenue [35:46]
• Preorders and pumping it ahead of time are your best friend when you are trying to spend your money wisely [37:01]
• You don’t really need money [38:56]
• Don’t just do things to do things unless it’s creating music [40:09]
• Wrap up [40:49]
• Be good at what you do, and do it often [42:18]

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This episode of The Music Stuff Show is brought to you by DupeLoops: your weekly curated drum loop library. If you're writing music, programming beats, or building tracks, DupeLoops.com is THE place to start. They post 10 new multitracked drum loops on their website every Monday at noon. Each loop is available in stereo and multitracked formats, always fresh and they never recycled. And the best part is, every loop is only a dollar. And for listeners of this podcast, they are offering an additional 10% off of your first purchase when you use the code "musicstuffshow" at checkout.

Special thanks to Nashville based illustrator Bobby St. Louis for creating the artwork for The Music Stuff Show!

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Links from the Episode:

• Kevin Kelly’s 1000 true fans
• Steve Lacy: 18 year old Kendrick Lamar iPhone producer
• The Childish Gambino Mix-Tape Vance mentioned (Disclaimer: Super Explicit Lyrics)
• The Chainsmoker’s interview where they mention producing in their apartment
• Hire Tom to play drums on your record
• Say hey to our sponsor: Dupeloops

Episode Guide:

• Intro [0:00]
• Sponsors [0:12]
• Overview [0:54]
• Thinking ‘bout bluebies [1:35]
• Why you don’t need a record label  [2:23]
• What is a label? [3:20]
• If you’re starting your business to sell your business: you’ve already lost! [6:13]
• “I don’t do this to feel cool at parties” [8:14]
• The bowling story [8:40]
• We are here to stimulate the middle class of music [11:42]
• Could you be using your skills elsewhere? [12:48]
• Everywhere you go there is music constantly being the soundtrack to our lives [13:22]
• Tom is the number 1 online session drummer in the world [13:53]
• Tom’s experience in building his own business in music [14:31]
• You don’t have to be in the same room anymore to make a great record together [16:05]
• “You’re not the best drummer in the world, but you are the number 1 ranked online session drummer in the world“ [17:04]
• “I saw that it was an open space that I could easily rise to the top of simply by being organized, a good communicator, and being nice” [19:09]
• You have everything you need in your pocket on your phone to make a hit record if you’re good enough [20:12]
• Kendrick Lamar iPhone produced track [20:20]
• You should be scouring YouTube until your eyes bleed [21:12]
• We no longer live in a world where only one person can win [22:22]
• Kevin Kelly’s 1000 True Fans [23:23]
• If you can get 1000 people out of 7 billion to spend $100 a year, you’ll make $100,000 [24:17]
• We as people are made to make things [26:20]
• Spend your time doing the stuff you tell people that you want to do [27:36]
• Do not delay creating until you have “x” [29:21]
• I know more talented people who’s name you will never know because they won’t hit publish [29:46]
• The idea of perfection is debilitating [30:28]
• Let people be a part of your process [31:23]
• The Terminator story [32:22]
• Childish Gambino [33:16]
• The Chainsmokers [35:28]
• It’s so easy to hide behind the wall of working on a project [37:02]
• We’re not for people trying to be famous or rich [38:42]
• You have opportunities that are available to you [42:19]
• There’s no excuse for not trying to create and trying to create a business around what you’re making [42:49]
• Outro [43:16]

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Special thanks to Nashville based illustrator Bobby St. Louis for creating the artwork for The Music Stuff Show!

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This episode of The Music Stuff Show is brought to you by DupeLoops: your weekly curated drum loop library. If you're writing music, programming beats, or building tracks, DupeLoops.com is THE place to start. They post 10 new multitracked drum loops on their website every Monday at noon. Each loop is available in stereo and multitracked formats, always fresh and they never recycled. And the best part is, every loop is only a dollar. And for listeners of this podcast, they are offering an additional 10% off of your first purchase when you use the code "musicstuffshow" at checkout.

Special thanks to Nashville based illustrator Bobby St. Louis for creating the artwork for The Music Stuff Show!