Madison McFerrin Stays "Fiercely Independent" With Her Nontraditional Team

Order THIRD EDITION of How to Make It in the New Music Business: https://book.aristake.com This week on the New Music Business podcast, Ari is joined by the completely independent and incomparable neo-soul artist and producer, Madison McFerrin (recorded live at the Labelcoin x Roland House at SXSW last week). McFerrin has earned accolades from the New York Times, NPR, Fader as well as Pitchfork who named her a Rising Artist of 2018. Questlove himself even dubbed her early sound as “soul-appella.” She's been performing and touring for years with appearances from Central Park SummerStage to various jazz festivals and the Late Show with Stephen Colbert’s Show Me Music series. Stay tuned for McFerrin’s debut album, arriving May 12th! 04:47 Welcome 05:23 Debut DJ performance 06:09 Process of creating her debut album 10:32 Production and collaborative approach 12:28 Signature a cappella vocals 14:58 Production and collaborative approach (continued) 18:25 Audience reaction to new musical directions 24:02 Dynamics of her fiancée also being her manager 26:27 Staying "fiercely independent" 34:03 Breaking down the album release process 38:50 Navigating TikTok as an artist in their 30s 46:55 New single "God Herself" 50:56 Q&A: Balancing relationship with manager 53:50 Q&A: Hunger for quality over quantity content 57:02 Q&A: Positive environment for artist and fan relationship 59:44 What it means to "make it" in the New Music Business 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 Madison McFerrin: Website: https://madisonmcferrin.com TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@madmcferrin Instagram: https://instagram.com/madmcferrin Twitter: https://twitter.com/madmcferrin YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwg5XVgp0PKI08awh9km6qw Recorded and filmed by Roland Team Additional editing and mixing 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.