Break The Business Podcast

TOPICS: With the emergence of AI platforms like ChatGPT, we ask whether artificial intelligence will be a valuable tool for creators...or replace creators altogether; Zak Sloan gives us a Kickstarter Tip of the Day; we interview Larry Milian, Faculty Director for SiriusXM 145 SLAM Radio. You can follow our guest on Twitter @TheAmigo.Rate/review/subscribe to the Break the Business Podcast on iTunes, SoundCloud, Stitcher, and Google Play. Follow Ryan @ryankair and the Break the Business Podcast @thebtbpodcast. Like Break the Business on Facebook and tell a friend about the show. Visit www.ryankairalla.com to find out more about Ryan's entertainment, education, and business projects.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

TOPICS: "Canada's Prince of Piano" Martin Mayer ioins Ryan as our guest co-host. Find out more about his music by visiting www.martinmayermusic.com. Ryan and Martin talk about artists getting paid on terrestrial radio and why Spotify's payouts are not fair to musicians. Our guest this week is Lucas Sacks, Director or Booking for Brooklyn Bowl. Lucas nas some great advice for indie artists on now to get booked in mid-sized venues. Visit brooklynbowl.comRate/review/subscribe to the Break the Business Podcast on iTunes, SoundCloud, Stitcher, and Google Play. Follow Ryan @ryankair and the Break the Business Podcast @thebtbpodcast. Like Break the Business on Facebook and tell a friend about the show. Visit www.ryankairalla.com to find out more about Ryan's entertainment, education, and business projects.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

TOPICS: What do I do if my band name is “taken” by another band; worst decisions in music history; we interview HotDrop co-founder and CEO Max Goldberg. Find out more about our guest’s work by visitingwww.hotdropapp.com.Rate/review/subscribe to the Break the Business Podcast on iTunes, SoundCloud, Stitcher, and Google Play. Follow Ryan @ryankair and the Break the Business Podcast @thebtbpodcast. Like Break the Business on Facebook and tell a friend about the show. Visit www.ryankairalla.com to find out more about Ryan's entertainment, education, and business projects.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

TOPICS: 95-year-old Angela Alvarez wins the Latin Grammy for Best New Artist; lack of competition in the concert ticketing and promotion industry is hurting indie musicians; Bill “Downupright” Boulden stops by to help us create our song for their “We’re Doomed, We’re Dancing” Kickstarter project; we interview indie dream pop artist Jenny Kern. Jenny’s new EP “Your Heart Knows” is available now. You can find out more about our guest’s work by visiting www.jennykernmusic.comRate/review/subscribe to the Break the Business Podcast on iTunes, SoundCloud, Stitcher, and Google Play. Follow Ryan @ryankair and the Break the Business Podcast @thebtbpodcast. Like Break the Business on Facebook and tell a friend about the show. Visit www.ryankairalla.com to find out more about Ryan's entertainment, education, and business projects.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

TOPICS: Our Break the Business guests are getting nominated for Grammys; it is getting tough for indie musicians to go on tour post-COVID; our guest this week is DJ/Author Amani Roberts. You can find out more about our guest’s work by visiting www.amaniexperience.com.Rate/review/subscribe to the Break the Business Podcast on iTunes, SoundCloud, Stitcher, and Google Play. Follow Ryan @ryankair and the Break the Business Podcast @thebtbpodcast. Like Break the Business on Facebook and tell a friend about the show. Visit www.ryankairalla.com to find out more about Ryan's entertainment, education, and business projects.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

TOPICS: Katie Zaccardi talks about how videos go viral on TikTok; is it OK that TikTok doesn’t meaningfully pay musicians; is Twitter dying?; we interview MIME Entertainment co-founder Tony D. Alexander. You can find out more about his work by visiting mimecorp.com.Rate/review/subscribe to the Break the Business Podcast on iTunes, SoundCloud, Stitcher, and Google Play. Follow Ryan @ryankair and the Break the Business Podcast @thebtbpodcast. Like Break the Business on Facebook and tell a friend about the show. Visit www.ryankairalla.com to find out more about Ryan's entertainment, education, and business projects.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

TOPICS: Winamp nostalgia; Taylor Swift dominates the Billboard Hot 100; strategies to help indie musicians get their music into video games; we interview Winamp Chief Commerical Offical Thierry Ascarez to learn more about Winamp’s new creator tools (Winamp for Creators). Find out more by visiting www.winamp.com/creators.Rate/review/subscribe to the Break the Business Podcast on iTunes, SoundCloud, Stitcher, and Google Play. Follow Ryan @ryankair and the Break the Business Podcast @thebtbpodcast. Like Break the Business on Facebook and tell a friend about the show. Visit www.ryankairalla.com to find out more about Ryan's entertainment, education, and business projects.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

TOPICS: Happy Halloween! Ryan and co-host Katie Zaccardi talk about Taylor Swift’s new album and strategies for creating TikTok videos more efficiently and effectively. Our guest this week is Grammy-winning songwriter Evan “Kidd” Bogart of the Halloween-themed group LVCRFT. Evan talks about his experience working with LVCRFT and shares some awesome songwriting tips. LVCRFT’s new album “Scream Warriors” is available now and you can find out more by visiting LVCRFT.neRate/review/subscribe to the Break the Business Podcast on iTunes, SoundCloud, Stitcher, and Google Play. Follow Ryan @ryankair and the Break the Business Podcast @thebtbpodcast. Like Break the Business on Facebook and tell a friend about the show. Visit www.ryankairalla.com to find out more about Ryan's entertainment, education, and business projects.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

TOPICS: How artists can create and promote content more efficiently; award shows are creating categories for K-pop; we interview Vampr CEO Josh Simons about his social connection platform for musicians. You can find out more about our guest’s work by visiting www.vampr.me.Rate/review/subscribe to the Break the Business Podcast on iTunes, SoundCloud, Stitcher, and Google Play. Follow Ryan @ryankair and the Break the Business Podcast @thebtbpodcast. Like Break the Business on Facebook and tell a friend about the show. Visit www.ryankairalla.com to find out more about Ryan's entertainment, education, and business projects.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

TOPICS: YouTube is close to overtaking Spotify as the largest revenue producer in the music industry, but that is bad news for creators; ElisaRockDoc talks to us about TwitchCon and gives us a career update; new Super Mario movie trailer; we interview multi-platinum superproducer Ricky Reed about his amazing career and starting his Nice Life Recording company. You can find out more about ourguest’s work by visiting nice.lifeRate/review/subscribe to the Break the Business Podcast on iTunes, SoundCloud, Stitcher, and Google Play. Follow Ryan @ryankair and the Break the Business Podcast @thebtbpodcast. Like Break the Business on Facebook and tell a friend about the show. Visit www.ryankairalla.com to find out more about Ryan's entertainment, education, and business projects.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

TOPICS: We are interviewing two guests this week! Jamie Parganos, the executive director of Creative Muse joins us to talk about how she uses music to help children and heal communities (and the artistswho serve them!). We are also joined by UK-based recording artist Imen Siar to talk about her incredible rise as a young singer-songwriter.Help communities affected by Hurricane Ian by visiting www.volunteerflorida.org/donatefdf.Rate/review/subscribe to the Break the Business Podcast on iTunes, SoundCloud, Stitcher, and Google Play. Follow Ryan @ryankair and the Break the Business Podcast @thebtbpodcast. Like Break the Business on Facebook and tell a friend about the show. Visit www.ryankairalla.com to find out more about Ryan's entertainment, education, and business projects.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

TOPICS: It’s Ryan’s birthday (and we had a few surprises ready for him); Twitch is cutting payouts for its top streamers; we interview music professor Raina Murnak of the University of Miami. Dr. Murnak talks about her research into positive psychology for musicians and music industry professionals. You can find out more about her work by visiting www.rainamurnak.com.Rate/review/subscribe to the Break the Business Podcast on iTunes, SoundCloud, Stitcher, and Google Play. Follow Ryan @ryankair and the Break the Business Podcast @thebtbpodcast. Like Break the Business on Facebook and tell a friend about the show. Visit www.ryankairalla.com to find out more about Ryan's entertainment, education, and business projects.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

TOPICS: Netflix sues “The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical; we interview acclaimed songwriter William Goldstein (Fame, The Twilight Zone) and he does a live demonstration of his “Instant Compositions” ability where he can take any three notes and instantaneously improvise a full song. It is unbelievable! You can find out more about our guest’s work by visiting www.williamgoldstein.com.Rate/review/subscribe to the Break the Business Podcast on iTunes, SoundCloud, Stitcher, and Google Play. Follow Ryan @ryankair and the Break the Business Podcast @thebtbpodcast. Like Break the Business on Facebook and tell a friend about the show. Visit www.ryankairalla.com to find out more about Ryan's entertainment, education, and business projects.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

TOPICS: Mike Ryan Ruiz of The Dan Lebatard Show with Stugotz(Meadowlark Media) drops by the show in the first segment to talk about his “The Big Game” musical project. In the second segment, Lyte Chief Commercial Officer Lawrence Peryer joins us for an interview. Lyte is a reservations technology platform that has developed a live ticketing solution that allows for refundable and risk-free tickets for concertgoers that also combats bots and scalpers. You can find out more about our guest and his work by visiting lyte.com and lawrenceperyer.com.Rate/review/subscribe to the Break the Business Podcast on iTunes, SoundCloud, Stitcher, and Google Play. Follow Ryan @ryankair and the Break the Business Podcast @thebtbpodcast. Like Break the Business on Facebook and tell a friend about the show. Visit www.ryankairalla.com to find out more about Ryan's entertainment, education, and business projects. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

TOPICS: We talk about the “Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey” and Weird Al biopic movie trailers; Bill “Downupright” Boulden stops by to talk about their latest Kickstarter campaign; we interview musicianand comedian Jeff Hilliard about his music video projects. You can find out more about our guest’s work by visiting www.jeffhilliard.tv.Check out Bill’s Kickstarter campaign for the “We’re Doomed, We’re Dancing” album at tinyurl.com/billboulden.Rate/review/subscribe to the Break the Business Podcast on iTunes, SoundCloud, Stitcher, and Google Play. Follow Ryan @ryankair and the Break the Business Podcast @thebtbpodcast. Like Break the Business on Facebook and tell a friend about the show. Visit www.ryankairalla.com to find out more about Ryan's entertainment, education, and business projects.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

TOPICS: Ryan, Zak, and Lauren have a “Will itSad Song” competition in honor of PJ Harding’s TikTok trend. We interview award-winning pianist Martin Mayer. You can find out more about our guest’s work by visiting www.martinmayermusic.com.Rate/review/subscribe to the Break the Business Podcast on iTunes, SoundCloud, Stitcher, and Google Play. Follow Ryan @ryankair and the Break the Business Podcast @thebtbpodcast. Like Break the Business on Facebook and tell a friend about the show. Visit www.ryankairalla.com to find out more about Ryan's entertainment, education, and business projects.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

TOPICS: Ryan is back from paternity leave and talks about his new baby. We also discuss the recent Washington Post story talking about how Triller may be breaking its promises to deliver cash payments and equity to Black creators on the platform. Our guest this week is entertainment attorney Joshua Lastine who talks to us about the art of entertainment dealmaking for indie creators.Rate/review/subscribe to the Break the Business Podcast on iTunes, SoundCloud, Stitcher, and Google Play. Follow Ryan @ryankair and the Break the Business Podcast @thebtbpodcast. Like Break the Business on Facebook and tell a friend about the show. Visit www.ryankairalla.com to find out more about Ryan's entertainment, education, and business projects.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

TOPICS: Break the Business is traveling the world meeting and empowering indie creators. Guest Host ElisaRockDoc tells us about her experience at GenCon, and Producer Lauren is live from Edinburgh, Scotland where she is covering the Ed Fringe Festival. We discuss Buskers/Street performers and tabletop/board game creators and consumers.Rate/review/subscribe to the Break the Business Podcast on iTunes, SoundCloud, Stitcher, and Google Play. Follow Ryan @ryankair and the Break the Business Podcast @thebtbpodcast. Like Break the Business on Facebook and tell a friend about the show. Visit www.ryankairalla.com to find out more about Ryan's entertainment, education, and business projects.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

TOPICS: With Ryan taking care of his new baby, ElisaRockDoc is guest hosting the program. In addition to sharing her unique insights on indie artist entrepreneurship, Elisa also interviews artist/producer Pat Kiloran (known professionally as “nobodylikesyoupat”) about his upcoming album and his experience having his latest single go viral on TikTok. You can check out our guest on TikTok @nobodylikesyoupat.Rate/review/subscribe to the Break the Business Podcast on iTunes, SoundCloud, Stitcher, and Google Play. Follow Ryan @ryankair and the Break the Business Podcast @thebtbpodcast. Like Break the Business on Facebook and tell a friend about the show. Visit www.ryankairalla.com to find out more about Ryan's entertainment, education, and business projects.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

TOPICS: Guest host ElisaRockDoc breaks down the latest news for indie creators and sits down with Adam Blank, CEO of Blank Records.Rate/review/subscribe to the Break the Business Podcast on iTunes, SoundCloud, Stitcher, and Google Play. Follow Ryan @ryankair and the Break the Business Podcast @thebtbpodcast. Like Break the Business on Facebook and tell a friend about the show. Visit www.ryankairalla.com to find out more about Ryan's entertainment, education, and business projects.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.