The 40 Most Helpful Music Business Articles of All Time
According to my completely objective, entirely unbiased opinion
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Artists are bad at business.
We’ve all heard that, right?
So… is it true?
Or is most “business stuff” just so effing boring that creative people ~ tune out ~.
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Well, I’m on a mission to find out.
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Hello, my name is Michael, I am an artist myself (see my solo project here), a former corporate bond trader on Wall Street, and the founder of MAD Records, a community-funded record label that takes 0% ownership of our artists’ music.
I’ve made it my goal to teach business concepts in a way that’s fun, engaging, cute, charming, funny, DARING, bold, brave?, relatable, brilliant, and grammatically questionable.
We’ve amassed nearly 4,000 subscribers since I started writing on Substack ~16 months ago, and today I’ve compiled all of my greatest hits covering music business, the industry, marketing, and more.
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So without further ad-
No wait.
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Without further ado…. here are:
🔥🪩 The Most Helpful Music Business Articles of All Time According to My Completely Objective Opinion 🪩🔥
🔥 = most popular articles
🪩 = personal favorite articles
Music Business
How to Leave Spotify
The Music Industry
Music Marketing
Mindset
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