Podcasts about direct to fan

Making a Scene Presents - Fan Loyalty Is Becoming The New Currency of the Music Industry The Future of the Music Business Will Not Be Built on Likes For years, independent artists were told to chase attention as if attention alone was a business plan. Get more followers, get more likes, get more views, get more streams, post more videos, feed the machine, stay visible, and hope the algorithm decides to smile on you for a few minutes. That became the daily routine for thousands of artists who were already writing songs, recording music, booking shows, selling merch, and trying to keep their creative lives alive. http://www.makingascene.org

Making a Scene Presents - Why Direct-to-Fan SMS Marketing Is Beating the Algorithm Your followers are not your audience until you can reach them without asking a platform for permission. There was a time when building a following on social media felt like building a community. You posted. Your fans saw it. They liked it, shared it, showed up, bought a shirt, streamed the new single, and maybe brought a friend to the next gig. It was never perfect, but it felt like the work and the reward were connected. That deal is dead. In 2026, the big feeds are no longer built mainly to help you reach the people who already chose you. They are built to keep users scrolling through an endless stream of AI-ranked recommendations, trend tests, cold discovery, and behavior-driven guesses. Meta says Facebook Feed Recommendations are selected, ranked, and delivered by AI, TikTok says its For You feed is built to help users discover new interests and creators, and Meta has expanded personalization of content and ads using interactions with its AI features. Meanwhile, organic reach keeps sliding into low single digits. Sprout Social says typical Instagram posts now reach roughly 3 to 4 percent of followers, and WordStream says Facebook page posts average about 2.6 percent organic reach. That means the audience you worked to earn can be standing right there and still not see what you made. For independent artists, that is not just annoying. It is a business problem. If your next house concert date, vinyl drop, ticket presale, Patreon push, or direct merch offer depends on an algorithm deciding whether your own fans deserve to see it, then your business is sitting on rented land. And rented land is fine for discovery, but it is a terrible place to build a future. That is why SMS is winning. http://www.makingascene.org

Making a Scene Presents - The Future of Fan Data: How Web3 and AI Empowers Direct-to-Fan AnalyticsThe music industry has never had a problem collecting data. It has always had a problem giving it back to artists. http://www.makingascene.org

Ep 172: Taking the pulse of music-tech in 2025. We asked Music Ally's head of insight, Stuart Dredge, to chat to our managing editor Joe Sparrow about the state of music-tech – and they talk in depth about AI doing your admin, the proliferation of tools designed to empower artists, direct-to-fan monetisation tech,  and more!This podcast connects to Music Ally's latest Insight Report on music-tech in 2025 (https://musically.com/category/reports). This year is the third “Year Of AI” in a row, by our reckoning. So how will people in the industry actually use AI – and in mundane ways? How much can be automated and when do humans need to step into the decision-making process? And if you automate away the mundane tasks, where do entrants in the industry start?

More and more it seems like “Direct to Fan” is having a moment in the music industry...but it's not a new concept and a lot of what you're hearing about it misses the point entirely...   In this episode of Creative Juice, Jack and Circa set the record straight on what “direct to fan” really means for artists. We unpack the buzz around D2F in the industry, the confusion with D2C models, and how to build a business on your terms with your fans and customers!   If you're building your artist business and want to understand what's real and what's noise in the “direct to fan” conversation, this episode cuts through and gives you a path to follow without distractions!   DISCOVER: Why “Direct To Fan” Is Becoming An Industry Buzzword and How To See Through The Hype What To Know About D2C Artist Businesses and D2C Brands How Gatekeepers And Middlemen Are Being Added Back Into D2C Unnecessarily What Direct To Fan Is Actually About (Hint: It's Fan Monetization, Not Platforms) Why You Can't Rely On Tools Alone To Build A Direct To Fan Business How To Evaluate The Costs Of Changing Platforms In Your Business What Direct To Fan Will Never Be and How To Build It The Right Way   RESOURCES: Learn The Top Music Marketing Strategies Inside IndiePRO Shout out to Dame Ritter for the Inspiration Join Us In The Indepreneur Discord Server! Getting Everything You Can Out of All You've Got Looking to expand your team or need marketing help? Apply to work with IndieX!

Jeffery Lakes, the Founder of Cards Cash Rewards, a platform innovating the direct-to-fan music experience by integrating blockchain technology with gift card and e-commerce solutions, … Read more The post The Future of Music Is Direct-To-Fan appeared first on Top Entrepreneurs Podcast | Enterprise Podcast Network.

Welcome to Products of Music, a podcast sharing Inside stories and expert insights on product innovation in music technology.In this episode host Adam Wakeling speaks with Tommy Stalknecht, co-founder and CEO of Single, the direct-to-fan platform for Shopify.Since its inception in 2018, Single has transformed the way artists engage with their audiences by empowering them to sell music, merch, video and memberships directly to fans. Under Tommy's leadership, Single has facilitated the sale of over 5 million digital albums, reported 16 million albums to Billboard, and hosted livestream events for millions of viewers worldwide.To learn more about Single, visit: https://www.single.xyzChapters:00:00 Preview00:45 Intro01:07 Tommy's LinkedIn post02:14 Single's origin story10:52 The MVP of Single13:00 Validating the MVP14:53 Analytics feature development16:38 Live-streaming integration20:00 Single's org structure21:08 Being a hands-on founder22:26 NFT feature introduction26:42 Are NFTs dead?28:42 Patreon competitor31:40 Tommy's product vision33:30 Single's approach to product development35:46 How Tommy prioritises37:58 Tommy's lessons for new founders42:30 Getting close to customers43:40 Outro

This is a live episode recorded at StreamAMG's excellent Direct-to-Fan Playbook event, held at Amazon's Liverpool Street headquarters in London. A big thank you goes to the team at StreamAMG for inviting us along, we learnt loads.Joining Richard on stage was Murray Barnett, one half of the regular Bundle presenting team, founder of West26 Consulting and formerly ESPN, F1 and World Rugby.We were joined by Andrew Ryan and David Dellea.Andrew is Managing Director of FIBA Media, the joint venture between basketball's global governing body and DAZN, which produces, commercialises and promotes the biggest events of the FIBA calendar. Andrew previoulsy held senior roels at the IOC and Perform.David Dellea is Sports Practice Director at Altman Solon consulting group in Zurich, and previously led the sports practice at PwC.If you'd like to attend one of our live podcast recordings, get in touch via the website here.Unofficial Partner is the leading podcast for the business of sport. A mix of entertaining and thought provoking conversations with a who's who of the global industry. To join our community of listeners, sign up to the weekly UP Newsletter and follow us on Twitter and TikTok at @UnofficialPartnerWe publish two podcasts each week, on Tuesday and Friday. These are deep conversations with smart people from inside and outside sport. Our entire back catalogue of 400 sports business conversations are available free of charge here. Each pod is available by searching for ‘Unofficial Partner' on Apple, Spotify, Google, Stitcher and every podcast app. If you're interested in collaborating with Unofficial Partner to create one-off podcasts or series, you can reach us via the website.

Ep. 161: Direct to Consumer is a model that most artists, of all sizes, are now prioritising. But which type of artist does this approach work – and not work – for? Mag Rodriguez, CEO/founder of D2C platform Even – which has the tagline "Buy The Art From The Artist" – talks to Music Ally's Editor Joe Sparrow about how artists can use this business model to generate money. He says that artists can make more money from a new release this way than on a streaming platform, sometimes even before that release reaches the DSP. Joe and Mag also talk about artists using fan data, how emerging artists with small fanbases can make D2C work, and how to treat superfans in a way that feels fair, while maximising income for artists and the experience for fans? Even: https://get.even.biz ------

What happens when artists stop chasing vanity metrics and start focusing on cultivating genuine, deep relationships with their fans? Listen this week as Tristra and music industry thinker Rob Abelow chat about this shift in the music landscape - where redefining success is a metric of fan intensity rather than just streaming numbers. Rob shares his insights into creating meaningful connections, and highlights why true fans are vital for an artist's long-term success. The Music Tectonics podcast goes beneath the surface of the music industry to explore how technology is changing the way business gets done. Visit musictectonics.com to find shownotes and a transcript for this episode, and find us on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram. Let us know what you think!

John Oszajca, a former recording artist for Interscope and founder of Music Marketing Manifesto, joins us in today's episode. With an impressive track record in the music industry and a knack for entrepreneurial ventures, John has been a keynote speaker at global conferences and events. Known for revolutionizing the industry with his “direct to fan marketing” approach, he has helped myriad artists climb to dizzying heights on various sales charts and land Grammy nominations. In this captivating episode, John delves into how to harmonize your message with your music marketing and the principles of digital marketing. Combining his passion for music with a data-driven approach he shares how he's making a significant impact on how independent musicians market their music.Here's what you'll learn about: The principles of digital marketing for the music industry and why it works so wellWhy digital marketing today is remarkably effective and what most musicians are missing out on with social media.The importance and the method of building a mailing list and selling products to fansDeep dive into John's ingenious approach and learn more about his music marketing strategies here: https://musicmarketingmanifesto.com/Apply for Gold Artist Academy: https://masterclass.modernmusician.me/apply-success?utm_source=podcast

Co-creation is the name of the game in Web3, and Entertainmint is one of the most vigorous players out there that are revolutionizing the cocreation process in the creator economy. Entertainmint is leading the way in the world of Web3 for independent creators through collaborative storytelling. Its unique vision is to revolutionize the traditional streaming model by fostering a collaborative community around indie content. This innovative marketplace empowers creators to connect directly with fans enabling collective world building and the co-creation of new, exciting projects. In this episode of Edge of NFT, CEO Genevieve Thiers explains how Entertainmint is positioning itself as a one-stop-shop for creating and fostering community around indie content and what projects they have in store for the near future. Speaking of co-creation, we're also joined by Linus Chee of Netvrk on our special topics section to talk about the hot projects they have coming up. Tune in for all of these exciting developments right on the outer edge of innovation! 

The needs of musicians evolves through time. To be able to succeed online, the mission of their platforms has to evolve too. Our guest today helps expand the Bandzoogle to include everything a musician needs to run a successful online business. Bree Noble welcomes Stacey Bedford, the CEO of Bandzoogle, to discuss how musicians can make money online. Stacey discusses the milestone of Bandzoogle as the sales exploded with $100M. Listen to Stacey as she shares the amazing growth of the platform and why you should dive head on to Bandzoogle. Hit that play button now!

In this episode we're joined by two up-and-coming managers who are part of the UK's MMF Accelerator programme. We want to know what opportunities talented young managers are seeing, and how they are going to use them to take their nascent stars onto success. Cecile Dreyer and Pascal Balletti talk to us about the fresh approaches they are using - specifically with regards to Direct to fan, NFT and web3 tech, and TikTok: all areas of interest that any managers, labels, artist team members listening can take advantage of. The MMF's accelerator programme is a grants and training initiative which runs each year and aims to boost the careers of young mangers in the UK, though expert professional development, of which MusicAlly is a partner. MMF's Accellerator 2022: https://themmf.net/accelerator-2022 ------

There are no "secrets" to success, just things you haven't learned yet. Join me, Jamaal aka Boss Eagle, Billboard-charting Hip Hop artist and music business coach, as we talk digital marketing, social media, technology, and more, plus share interviews with musicians and industry experts, to help you unlock the “secrets” and take control of your music career. In this episode, we look at FIVE different direct-to-fans tools you can use to build your fanbase online from the article, “5 direct-to-fan tools to build your fanbase online” by Melanie Kealey at Bandzoogle. Read the full blog post here: https://bandzoogle.com/blog/5-direct-to-fan-tools-to-build-your-fanbase-online/?pc=bizmindedmusic GROW YOUR MUSIC! +Website: Get a 30-day Free Trial of BANDZOOGLE, PLUS 15% Off Any Plan for the First Year: https://bandzoogle.com/?pc=bizmindedmusic +Emails: Collect Emails & Communicate with Fans on ACTIVECAMPAIGN - https://www.activecampaign.com/?_r=M4P672YD +Merch: Sell Your Merch Online and Ship Worldwide with PRINTFUL - https://bit.ly/bmm-printful_onlinestore +Courses: Create and Sell Your Online Course with THINKIFIC - https://bit.ly/bmm_thinkific30 B.E. Sure to RATE & REVIEW! Connect with Business Minded Musicians: Website: http://businessmindedmusicians.com Learn: https://bizmindedmusicschool.thinkific.com Instagram: https://instagram.com/businessmindedmusicians Facebook: https://facebook.com/businessmindedmusicians Twitter: https://twitter.com/bizmindedmusic SHARE this podcast: https://anchor.fm/indiemusiciansecrets --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/indiemusiciansecrets/support

Raül Llimós entrevista a Enric Llopart y Guillem Graell, ex altos ejecutivos del FC Barcelona y cofundadores de D2F Partners. D2F es el acrónimo de Direct To Fan y es una compañía que pretende multiplicar las oportunidades de negocio que existen en el ámbito del deporte y el entretenimiento explorando la relación directa con el fan/usuario/cliente. La idea de D2F Partners es que las grandes marcas puedan transformar su audiencia e influencia global en ingresos directos. ENLACE para escuchar ‘VOLATA Radio', un podcast para la revista de ciclismo VOLATA realizado por Pau Mitjans. ENLACE para escuchar 'Smart Connections', un podcast para Caixabank Connect con David Blay. ENLACE para escuchar el podcast ‘Hablemos de…” para Caixabank Banca Privada. Contacto, sugerencias y feedback: inside@wearensn.com Un Podcast de Never Say Never. (NSN)

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The world of blockchain and cryptocurrency continues its evolution at a breakneck pace. Even social media will become part of the metaverse, as creators begin a push for an NFT social network. Jeff Kelley, Eathan Janney and Josh Kriger have a chat with the founder and CEO of Momento NFT, Julian Rodriguez as he gives us a look at his latest project. Julian, a crypto OG, wanted to change how content creators get rewarded for their work. Out of this came Momento NFT, and hope for positive change. If you're hungry for more knowledge of crypto and blockchain, then you came to the right place. More from Edge of NFT:

The world of blockchain and cryptocurrency continues its evolution at a breakneck pace. Even social media will become part of the metaverse, as creators begin a push for an NFT social network. Jeff Kelley, Eathan Janney and Josh Kriger have a chat with the founder and CEO of Momento NFT, Julian Rodriguez as he gives us a look at his latest project. Julian, a crypto OG, wanted to change how content creators get rewarded for their work. Out of this came Momento NFT, and hope for positive change. If you're hungry for more knowledge of crypto and blockchain, then you came to the right place.

Momento is looking to flip the script on how we consume social media and bring the creator-fan relationship closer together using NFTs. Enjoyed this conversation with Julian. Learn more of what their creating at momentonft.com All of this is built on Stacks: Smart Contracts for Bitcoin.

As more and more artists realize that putting all of their eggs in the music streaming basket isn't as lucrative as they would like it to be due to the low pay out rates, many are searching for alternative ways to survive in the music industry. One of the ways that is growing more popular every year is one that never actually went anywhere--selling direct to fans. In this episode, Blueprint and Illogic discuss the recent shifts in the industry have made it easier than ever for artists to have a direct connection with their fans and lay out the benefits of taking the direct approach. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Direct to fan" distribution is the foundation of building a sustainable music career. Technology companies are the most valuable entities in the world. Why? Because they have all of our data. Musicians and creators need to view themselves through this lens, instead of just giving their fans' data away to technology companies without knowing who is listening to their music. Musicians can do this by collecting as many email addresses and mobile phone numbers as possible to communicate with their audience directly forever. This episode breaks down why you need to be selling music through your website and on Bandcamp. Bandcamp has been at the forefront of the direct to fan revolution, paying out $751 Million USD over the past decade to artists and rights holders. To dig in further on this crucial topic, host Emily White interviews Bandcamp founder Ethan Diamond. Also! Today's episode is brought to you by the amazing folks at Bandzoogle. Built by musicians for musicians, #Bandzoogle is an all-in-one platform that makes it easy to build a stunning website and EPK for your music. Head to Bandzoogle.com & try it free for 30 days, +use the promo code “SUSTAINABLE” to get 15% off the first year of any subscription. Happy listening! Questions? Reach out to @EmWizzle on Twitter. Book this podcast was based on: https://www.collectiveentinc.com/book2. 10% off w/ code PODCAST Email List to be directly contacted when S2 & the book's next edition drops: https://bit.ly/SustainableList CREDITS: Creator, Executive Producer, Producer, & Host: Emily White Engineer: Nathan Cain Music: Matthew Wang Sponsorship: info@c-ent.com Graphics: Neelu Mohaghegh --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sustainablemusiccareer/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sustainablemusiccareer/support

Ecommerce platforms just aren’t built for the music, merch, and tickets artists and their teams have to sell. Find out how Single Music solves their problems by making direct-to-fan music tools for the popular, powerful Shopify platform. Founder & CEO Tommy Stalknecht tells how the company builds feature sets and thrives in Shopify’s app-based ecosystem, letting artists sell (and bundle) digital and physical music, merch, and tickets. Learn about how Single added tools early in the pandemic for artists pivoting from live concerts to live streaming. How are artists moving the merch they were planning to take on tour in 2020? Why is Direct-to-consumer selling so important? What trends does Tommy see in DTC marketing, How will livestreaming coexist with in-person events in the future- and what does that mean for artists’ revenue streams? The Music Tectonics podcast goes beneath the surface of the music industry to explore how technology is changing the way business gets done. Visit MusicTectonics.com to learn more, and find us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Let us know what you think!

Cela fait bientôt 2 décennies que l'on prédit la mort des labels, essentiellement depuis que les outils sont gratuits et les fans à portée de clic. Que n'avons-nous entendu sur le Do It Yourself, le Direct To Fan, le Do It Together, la relation artiste-fans, le crowdfunding comme solution à tout et, généralement, d'une ère où tout est possible à quiconque le veut vraiment. …Et pourtant – les labels sont toujours là ! Et pas seulement les majors. Une foultitude de labels indés à taille humaine a émergé sur la période, lorsque ceux nés avant la crise ne font pas, eux, de la résistance. Alors : assistons-nous à un retour en grâce des labels ou est-ce que ce discours a toujours été un déni de réalité ? Pourquoi signer chez un label aujourd'hui lorsqu'on est artiste ? Existe-t-il des différences en fonction du genre musical, du territoire ou des artistes ? Mais tout d'abord : qu'est-ce qu'un label aujourd'hui ? Pour y répondre, des invité.e.s de haute volée : Adrien Sanchez Infante de Yearning Music, Emily Remy d'Anima Nostra, Johanna Bourdon du Théâtre du Châtelet et ex-Universal Music France, et Julia Boulet de Neuklang et les Studios Bauer en Allemagne.

There is no question about it, streaming is here to stay. However, despite the industry shift towards streaming, we still see a landscape in which 99% of all Spotify streaming comes from just 10% of songs. This should cause independent artists to take pause and ask themselves if they are moving towards streaming because they […] The post What About Spotify? appeared first on Music Marketing Manifesto.

Episode #25 of the Music Marketing Manifesto Podcast marks the beginning of a  a bit of a “reboot” for the show. The format is changing, and episodes will be released far more frequently. In this episode we discuss iTunes and the future of downloads. It’s been rumored for some time now that iTunes would be […] The post iTunes and the Future of Downloads – Podcast Episode #25 appeared first on Music Marketing Manifesto.

Before launching POP in 2016, Tim Heineke had founded a leading digital music distributor FUGA and a music discovery service Shuffler. POP, "the simplest way to launch your own messenger-bot," allows music artists to reach their fans directly through Facebook Messenger, while giving the ownership of data back to the musicians. On this Music Growth Talks episode, Tim talks about what POP does, explains what a messenger bot is and isn't (hint: don't think of it solely as a chat bot), and makes it obvious how the Messenger is becoming a key channel in Direct To Fan marketing, already being more effective than social media and even email marketing in many ways. Listen to the podcast to also see how to make your communication more targeted, and to learn a few tactics for acquiring new fans on your Messenger bot. ⏯ Go to http://dottedmusic.com/2017/podcast/mgt99-tim-heineke/ for the show notes and http://musicgrowthtalks.com to subscribe to the podcast.

Episode #3: This episode of the Future of What focuses on "Direct To Fan" sales, which have exploded in recent years thanks to the internet. Jessica Boudreaux and Marc Swart of Summer Cannibals and New Moss Records talk about their merch strategies as both band and label. James Reling from Kill Rock Stars speaks on his super-fandom and which artists in particular he follows intently. Ben Hubbird of CD Baby explains the changing role that the company has played since their inception in 2003. Tim Bierman, manager of the Pearl Jam "Ten Club", talks about the importance of giving fans what they want when they want it. Benji Rogers of Pledge Music ends the episode with an explanation of how Pledge Music is different than other crowd funding sites, and the importance of engaging the "super fans".

In this episode of TIM Talks we’re gonna talk about the buzz phrase “direct-to-fan”. I’m going to give you my take on it, what I think it really means, and how the best way to do this is with your email list. We’re going to talk about some of the different email marketing tools that are out there and I’ll ... Read More The post #7 Truly Direct To Fan appeared first on The Independent Musician.

I interview Jamie Wilkinson, co-founder and CEO of VHX, a direct-to-fan video distribution platform.

Marc Schiller, founder and CEO of BOND Strategy and Influence, discusses direct film distribution. His past work includes consulting on Banky's Oscar nominated doc Exit Through the Gift Shop and many other notable films. Check out http://www.bondinfluence.com/ Jason Hirschhorn’s Media ReDEFined: http://paper.li/MediaReDEF/1312920154 Subscribe: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/hollywood-2.0/id429739025

My guest is Benji Rogers, CEO/founder of Pledgemusic.com, a platform that bridges the gap between musicians and their fans. Check out http://www.pledgemusic.com/ Wikipedia: PledgeMusic has successfully helped fund a number of artists' projects, with more than 82% of projects launched on the site successfully reaching their fundraising target.[2] Some of these artists include: Alien Ant Farm Archive Ben Folds Five Brigade Bruce Foxton [3][4] Charlie Simpson Daniel Bedingfield [5] Dave McPherson David Wax Museum Duke Special[6][7] The Defiled Earthtone9 Emmy the Great Esthero Flotsam and Jetsam[8] FM[9] For a Minor Reflection Funeral for a Friend Gang of Four[10] Ginger Grammatics Hawthorne Heights Headstones Helen Marnie I Like Trains IAMX InMe Jack Bruce Janet Devlin Joe Brooks Juliana Hatfield Langhorne Slim Firehorse Luke Bryan Madina Lake Martha Wainwright Matthew Mayfield Natty One Minute Silence Poets of the Fall Rachael Yamagata Reef Rhett Miller Ringo Deathstarr Secondhand Serenade Sylosis TAB the Band Tarja Turunen Teddy Geiger Terra Naomi The 69 Eyes The Blackout The Blood Arm[11] The Damnwells The Libertines The Lumineers The Tea Party Tina Dico The Rasmus The Subways Timo Tolkki Vertical Horizon Zee Avi

Meet us at SXSW for a chance to hear your voice on an upcoming show! This episode, we're joined by Rob MacArthur of ioumusic.com. We discuss how the tenets of entrepreneurialism and the "lean startup" apply to bands, and we evaluate whether the Direct-To-Fan business model has reached its full potential. Plus news on industry revenues, Amanda Palmer's TED talk, and recommendations for beer, apps, and more!