Berklee student and E&A fan, Josef, joined George for his first open office hours session to ask about the decision of whether or not to hire a PR company for a new release promotion and playlisting. Carly and Dan share some two cents too.
Show Notes
- Robert Christgau, the Dean of Rock Critics, invented the Pazz & Jop poll that ran in the Village Voice, whose number George somehow acquired. If you don’t want to cold call him and get yelled at like George did, we suggest following him on Twitter
- Ben Sisario’s latest piece for the New York Times, The Music Industry Is Wrestling With Race. Here’s What It Has Promised
- Dan’s Artists as Media Companies: Breaking the Release Cycle piece
- Is PR a dying industry? Nah, but it is changing
- Spotify’s Head Of Music Explains How To Get On Playlists
- Julian Velard’s Friday Nite Live(stream) on Facebook, YouTube and Instagram
- Lizzo leading a meditation and mantra session on Instagram
- Carly’s persona template piece, How to Build Your Own Personas
- A conversation with G-Eazy and Matt Bauerschmidt, (his manager), both of whom George taught at Loyola University, about artists' careers, performance and intellectual property
- Check out Leo Varella’s debut single Over It
