How Artists Can Get Advances Without Signing To a Label

Today my guest is John Funge. He's the CEO and co-founder of The Music Fund, a startup company that issues advances to artists for their streaming revenue. They're not a record label even though labels are typically the ones offering advances to artists. They are innovating and disrupting in the music industry, and John goes over their business model. As I dug deeper and interviewed artists who're using them, it seemed like a very cool company. Now they're partnered with Ari's Take. Quick links: 3:25 - About The Music Fund and what they do 10:00 - Does The Music Fund's business model work? 20:00 - How the algorithms account for massive playlist adds and spikes/drops in royalty revenue 23:17 - Success stories from artists who've used The Music Fund 25:20 - Should I apply for The Music Fund? What data should you be looking at before you apply? 31:10 - How investors are involved -- Connect with Ari’s Take: Website: http://aristake.com Academy: http://aristakeacademy.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aristake_/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ArisTake YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/aristake1 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aristake/ Connect with Ari Herstand: Website: http://ariherstand.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/ariherstand Twitter: http://twitter.com/ariherstand YouTube: http://youtube.com/ariherstand Facebook: http://facebook.com/ariherstand Connect with The Music Fund: Website: https://themusic.fund/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/themusicfund/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/themusicfund/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.