PLP 060: Zak Jablow on Getting Started with Chance the Rapper, Brain Candy Management, and his Music Collective Greater Than (Part 2)

This is part two of our interview with Zak Jablow, also known as Professor Fox, a Grammy-nominated music educator, commercial song writer and record producer for major label clients and independent projects. You’ve heard his music in television commercials, motion pictures and television programming. Clients include Mac Miller, Curren$y, Wu-Tang Clan, Ab Soul, Chance The Rapper, Vic Mensa, GLC, Carbon Tigers and Sidewalk Chalk.

PLP 059: Zak Jablow on Getting Started with Chance the Rapper, Brain Candy Management, and his Music Collective Greater Than

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Today I’m excited to introduce Zak Jablow, also known as Professor Fox, a Grammy-winning music educator, commercial song writer and record producer for major label clients and independent projects. You’ve heard his music in television commercials, motion pictures and television programming. Clients include Mac Miller, Curren$y, Wu-Tang Clan, Ab Soul, Chance The Rapper, Vic Mensa, GLC, Carbon Tigers and Sidewalk Chalk.

PLP 058: Sandra Bullet on being a Portuguese Rockstar, Vocalist for Hire, and Professional Streamer (Part 2)

Today is part two of our interview with Sandra Bullet: a singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer from Portugal who specializes in rock and cover songs. She has also been the voice for countless producers in styles ranging from EDM, Jazz, Bossa Nova, Trance, Country, House, and Pop because she is currently a top rated seller on Fiverr with over 1,000 completed projects from 40 countries around the world. Additionally, she is one of the most experienced streamers on Sessions Live and is PAID to livestream there. These two platforms have enabled Sandra to follow her passions as a full-time musician for the last three years.

PLP 057: Sandra Bullet on being a Portuguese Rockstar, Vocalist for Hire, and Professional Streamer

Sandra Bullet is a singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer from Portugal who specializes in rock and cover songs. She has also been the voice for countless producers in styles ranging from EDM, Jazz, Bossa Nova, Trance, Country, House, and Pop because she is currently a top rated seller on Fiverr with over 1,000 completed projects from 40 countries around the world. Additionally, she is one of the most experienced streamers on Sessions Live and is PAID to livestream there. These two platforms have enabled Sandra to follow her passions as a full-time musician for the last three years.

PLP 056: Dani Felt on Sync Licensing, Mindset, and Music (Part 2)

Today is part two of my interview with Dani Felt, a Philadelphia-born singer-songwriter and founder of Music Industry Mastery. In this episode she offers advice on what sort of content to share on Instagram, thoughts on email marketing, and we talk about her 17-hour marathon recording session for her debut pop single, Queen.

PLP 055: Dani Felt on Sync Licensing, Mindset, and Music

Today is part one of our interview with Dani Felt, a Philadelphia-born singer-songwriter and founder of Music Industry Mastery. Dani is an artist empowerment coach which merges musician coaching with creative consulting. Her business helps artists with making more money, music sync licensing, artist development, music promotion, creating animated music videos, music production, videography, and more. As a singer Dani released her debut single Queen in August 2020. Queen is a dark pop hit with a powerful, seductive vibe which quickly racked up thousands of streams on YouTube and Spotify and has received overwhelmingly positive reviews from Underground Music Collective and Nashville.com.

PLP 054: Building Better Habits in 2021

What’s up Heroes, welcome to episode 54 of the Producer Life Podcast. I’ve been busy working on 2021 goals which got me thinking about how to accomplish those goals and what new habits those goals would require. Goals are really only useful if they help create the processes that support them. In this episode I’m going to talk about some of the key ideas I learned from James Clear’s bestselling book, Atomic Habits and how to apply those to your music career.

PLP 053: Top Ten Producer Takeaways from 2020

I thought a good way to start 2021 would be to recap the top lessons I learned over the last year as a result of this podcast and my guests. This will be a quick, but really important episode since it will not only give you some of the overarching themes from the previous year but can also serve as an index for some of the shows you may have missed.

PLP 052: How to Boost your Streaming Numbers with Spotify Canvas

In this episode I walk you through what Spotify Canvas is and how to use it. According to Spotify, adding a short looping video to your tracks can increase traffic to your Spotify profile page 9%, increase the chances of a track being playlisted 20%, and boost your shares on the track 145%!!!

PLP 051: Julian Gray on Record Labels, Release Strategy, and YouTube (Part 2)

This week we’ve got part two of our interview with Julian Gray.  Julian is a techno, electro and progressive house artist who has releases on Mau5trap, Anjunabeats, Enhanced, Colorized, Zerothree, Gravitas, and more.  He’s performed at major festivals such as EDC Orlando, Imagine, and Okeechobee.  He has almost 100,000 monthly listeners on Spotify and another 37,000 subscribers to his YouTube channel where he offers Ableton tutorials and reviews.

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