June 30, 2021
Stand Atlantic on Pop Punk Resurgence, Building a Fanbase Live
The New Music Business with Ari HerstandAbout this episode
Today my guest is David Potter of the band Stand Atlantic out of Sydney, Australia. This is the first guest on the show from the pop punk music scene. The band typically does 200 shows a year, and we talk about what it's been like going from 200 shows to 0 shows. We dig into how they got started, found their manager, and booking agents. We discuss tour buy-ons and what he thinks of the whole pay-to-play system. 3:22 - How Australia's been during the pandemic 9:38 - Touring and the pop punk scene in Australia 13:59 - Music being cyclical and Stand Atlantic becoming accepted in the Australian music scene 17:30 - How most of Stand Atlantic's fans discovered them 21:06 - Using social media to build a following and splitting up band members' responsibilities 25:30 - Reckoning with streaming numbers 30:28 - David switching from the bassist to guitarist 38:04 - Stand Atlantic's sponsorship with Fender 39:44 - Don't fall for scams or pay-to-play situations 47:02 - Experimenting with livestream shows 51:48 - The process in creating "deathwish" 57:09 - How David defines success 1:00:49 - What it means to David to make it in the new music business 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 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aristake/ Connect with Ari Herstand: Website: https://ariherstand.com Instagram: https://instagram.com/ariherstand Twitter: https://twitter.com/ariherstand YouTube: https://youtube.com/ariherstand Facebook: https://facebook.com/ariherstand Connect with Stand Atlantic: Website: https://www.standatlantic.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/standatlantic/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StandAtlantic/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/StandAtlantic Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1W2Fv4YUnjC8hx2qQd6fGh?si=WNqYxGhQT1i4kbAPRsj4mw&dl_branch=1 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.