About this episode
Joining us on the New Music Business is the CEO of Comedy Dynamics, Brian Volk-Weiss, who’s officially our first guest that does not exclusively work in the music industry. Given how parallel these two industries are, there are incredible revelations on how he operates the most successful independent comedy record label in the world. 04:20 Welcome 08:02 Breaking into the comedy industry 11:35 Managing comics 18:53 Retiring from management 22:25 Launching the Comedy Dynamics record label 28:35 Audio rights 30:56 Where is the money coming from? 32:22 Grammy nominations 36:34 Record deals within the comedy industry 50:26 How to write moral record contracts 59:47 What’s on the horizon? 1:02:55 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 Brian Volk-Weiss: Website: https://www.comedydynamics.com Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/brianvolkweiss 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.