My .4 Cents

How To Spy On Superstars Ads!

This week on the pod we’re talking about the potential death of user playlists on Spotify and how Qobuz and Spotify technically pay the exact same rate. Become A Member

Can Rock Bands Still Make It?

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Did Spotify Secretly End AI Music?

Andrew Southworth and Dustin Boyer explore how Spotify secretly crushed AI music, and the Ed Sheeran drama. Plus Andrew interviews the founder of SubmitHub, Jason Grishko

Is Stella Lefty Ruining The Music Business?

This week on the pod we ask if Stella Lefty is ruining the music business, what the big problems are with music tech and Matt interviews Steve of Does it Doom about gear

Should You Make Music Videos?

This week on the pod we ask if music videos are even worth it - and if you should book your own festival! We also have the good folks at Music Ally about the hard work th

Music Marketing with $0 vs $10k+

In this episode of My Point 4 Cents Andrew Southworth, Matt Bacon and Rom Villarica talk about how music marketing changes from $0 to $10k and how marketing changes at di

Catalog Acquisition And DIY Music! (With Joe Nelson of Trust Records)

We have Joe Nelson on the show to talk about his label Trust Records, catalog acquisition, packaging and DIY music. Andrew interviews Tim Weber, the founder of Groupd, wh

Artist Development and AI Music Legislation With John Strohm

Music Lawyer John Strohm joins the podcast this week with semi regular co host Ryan Schutte and Matt Bacon to talk about what artist development means, his success managi

How To Tour Better + Lessons from Australia's Music Scene!

This week on My .4 Cents we have special guest Raechel Whitchurch and talk tour booking and marketing, Australian music industry and so much more! Become A Member To Ge

How streaming platforms ACTUALLY pay & What NOT to post on socials

This week on My Point 4 Cents, Andrew Southworth and Matt Bacon talk about how streaming platforms actually pay music artists, what NOT to post on social media as well as

How Musicians Can Grow On Instagram & The DistroKid Sale

This week on My Point 4 Cents Matt Bacon and Andrew Southworth talk about what actually matters for organic content on Instagram, DistroKid getting acquired by a private

How to go From Zero to Hit Song

This week on My Point 4 Cents Dustin Boyer and Andrew Southworth talk about what it takes to scale a song to be a 'hit song', and Tidal now automatically flagging and dem

How The Live Music World ACTUALLY Works

In this weeks episode of My Point 4 Cents, Andrew Southworth, Ryan Schutte and Matt Bacon talk about the different roles in live music, general concert promo and the dram

Spotify's NEW Video Feature & How To See If AI Stole Your Music

In this episode of My Point 4 Cents Matt Bacon, Jesse Cannon and Andrew Southworth talk about Spotify's new video feature, and the new tool that you can use to see if AI

Social Media Is DYING?!

This week on My Point 4 Cents Matt Bacon, Andrew Southworth and Dustin Boyer give as much music marketing advice as they can in under 1 minute, talk about why you shouldn

Spotify NEW AI Remix Feature and the END of Instagram Repost Pages

On this week's episode of My .4 Cents Dustin Boyer, Ryan Schutte, Andrew Southworth and Matt Bacon talk about Spotify & UMG's new AI remix / cover feature and the death o

What Meta Ad Campaigns ACTUALLY Work For Music Marketing?

This week on My Point 4 Cents Matt Bacon and Andrew Southworth talk all about running Meta ads for music marketing. Including effective cheap ads, what content works best

Millennial vs Gen Z Music Marketing

This week on My .4 Cents Matt Bacon, Izzy Guti, Dustin Boyer and Andrew Southworth talk about millennial vs gen z marketing and CharliXCX's new song rollout, Megan Traino

Spotify's NEW Artist Verification System

In this week's episode Andrew Southworth, Dustin Boyer and Grayson Flatness talk about Spotify's new artist verification system (and it's problems), as well as Grayson's

Great Music vs Great Marketing (what's more important?)

In this week's episode of My .4 Cents Matt Bacon, Stevie Red McMinn, Andrew Southworth and Dustin Boyer talk about if great music beats great marketing, and the continued