
The New Music Business with Ari Herstand
Hosted by Ari Herstand · Ari's Take
4.9from 796 ratings
- 244
- Episodes
- 97
- Transcribed
- 796
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2020
- First episode
- 1M
- YouTube views
About The New Music Business with Ari Herstand
**WEBBY AWARD FOR BEST MUSIC PODCAST** “#1 music industry podcast to help keep you in the loop” -Spotify “The 10 Best Music Business Podcasts of 2022" – Variety Ari Herstand is the best-selling author of How To Make It in the New Music Business. Forbes calls him “The poster child of DIY music.” In this show, he deconstructs the brightest minds in the music industry, digging deep to find the tools, tactics, and strategies that listeners can use to run successful careers of their own. Ari offers straight talk with no fluff and doesn’t let his guests off easy. If there is a way, Ari will find it. To learn more follow @aristake_ (http://instagram.com/aristake_) and @ariherstand (http://instagram.com/ariherstand) Visit aristake.com (http://aristake.com) to join the newsletter. -- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.
- Publisher
- Ari's Take
- Category
- business · music · music
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 20 Feb 2020
- Latest episode
- 14 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
97 of 244 episodes have a transcript.

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How To Build An Independent Artist Career From The Ground Up
Published 14 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And then, you know, in those sessions, magic happens sometimes when they asked you, you know, what do you think you have a verse for this song? You think you have something you want to add? And so that's how you wind up building that creative community about trust and Authentic relationships, that is extremely important. People can, and I noticed this, that people can see through the BS. They really can't. So artists who want to be able to grow in this industry and grow a career have to be authentic, have to know how to build trust, have to know how to build authentic relationships. And that's how you really grow. […]
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- Toni Nelson
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- Patrick Laird
- Jared Benjamin
- Laurie Lee
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- YouTube views
- 1,354,234
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.8 / 5
- 216 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 580 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 78 / 100
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- Quality
- 80
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 99
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