About this episode
Order THIRD EDITION of How to Make It in the New Music Business here: https://book.aristake.com This week on the New Music Business podcast, Ari is joined by Deron Delgado, Label Manager at DIRTYBIRD, and Sam Sciarra, the Head of A&R and Brand Director for Higher Ground. 05:31 - Welcome and intros 11:28 - The ethos of dance labels and thinking label-focused vs. artist-focused 19:20 - The business model behind dance labels and progression of DJ technology 29:52 - Royalty streams from DJs 36:55 - Dance labels sometimes just represent singles, not entire artists 45:40 - What do dance labels look for in an artist/producer? 55:40 - Creative ways for artists to break out in the EDM world 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 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aristake_ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@aris.take X: https://twitter.com/ArisTake YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/aristake1 Connect with Ari Herstand: Website: https://ariherstand.com Instagram: https://instagram.com/ariherstand X: https://twitter.com/ariherstand YouTube: https://youtube.com/ariherstand Connect with Deron Delgado Website: https://dirtybirdrecords.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dirtybirdrecords/ X: https://twitter.com/Dirtybird TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dirtybird LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deron-delgado-0189018/ Connect with Sam Sciarra Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thehigherground/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@the_higherground LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sam-sciarra-0958566b/ Edited and mixed by Mikey Evans Music by Brassroots District Produced by the team at Ari’s Take Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.