Live Nation Urban VP on Festivals, Touring and Promoting Culture

This week on the New Music Business, our guest is Brandon Pankey, the Vice President of Business Development and Operations of Live Nation Urban. 03:45 Welcome 04:21 Live Nation Urban 06:12 Involvement with festivals and booking emerging artists 09:34 How emerging artists can get on Live Nation's radar 16:24 Black Tour Directory and embracing the term "Urban" 22:50 Educational initiatives with the DASH program 25:27 ​​Launching the music-based video streaming service APEX 28:29 Breaking down the operations of a Live Nation promoter 33:13 Advice to indie artists wanting to go on tour 35:29 The importance of a live experience 40:56 Final question Subscribe to The New Music Business: https://aristake.com/nmb Ari's Take Academy (use code NMB for 10% off): https://aristakeacademy.com Watch more discussions like this: https://bit.ly/3LavMpa Connect with Ari’s Take: Website: https://aristake.com Academy: https://aristakeacademy.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aristake_ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@aris.take Twitter: https://twitter.com/ArisTake YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/aristake1 Connect with Ari Herstand: Website: https://ariherstand.com Instagram: https://instagram.com/ariherstand Twitter: https://twitter.com/ariherstand YouTube: https://youtube.com/ariherstand Connect with Brandon Pankey: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brandon_pankey Twitter: https://twitter.com/bpank Black Tour Directory: https://www.blacktourdirectory.com DASH Program: https://dashprogram.org/ Edited and mixed by Maxton Hunter Music by Brassroots District Produced by the team at Ari’s Take Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.