The Business Side of Music Podcast

11/18/2025

How do you deal with burnout in the music business?

11/15/2025

Every band has one…

11/14/2025

The future of the music business = direct to fan.
Own your audience. Build real connection. Then monetize it with purpose. 🎯

11/13/2025

The truth hurts, but it’s also empowering. In today’s industry, you don’t need a label to build a career, you need fans who believe in you.

Labels don’t build careers. Fans do.

Listen to the full episode: Breaking Artists in the Algorithm Era

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0YN4g3sXX3Jry70zstNjQ7?si=0qCvgdY5Rligc8e07CPNLg

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/business-side-of-music/id1234652701

11/11/2025

If the guy who managed Alanis Morissette and Green Day tells you how to break an artist in 2025… you take notes. 📝🔥 Episode OUT NOW!

Apple podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/business-side-of-music/id1234652701

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0YN4g3sXX3Jry70zstNjQ7?si=XGbYlwsDS_K3oQLeX6hShw

10/17/2025

💙 Today is Heal The Music Day! 💙

The songs we love come from real people — artists, songwriters, and crews — who pour their hearts into the music that shapes our lives. But too many of them don’t have access to affordable healthcare.

That’s why Rodney Crowell started Heal The Music Day — to bring all of us together to support the people who make the soundtrack to our lives. 🎶

Because of your generosity, Music Health Alliance has already:
💰 Saved our music community $145 million in healthcare costs
🧠 Provided 8,000+ mental health sessions
❤️ Helped more than 32,000 music professionals get the care they need

Every single $1 = $30 in healthcare resources. 🙌

No one in music should ever have to choose between feeding their family and getting care.
Let’s keep showing up for the people behind the music — feel it, fuel it, fund it… and Heal The Music! 💙

10/14/2025

We sat down with Shelia Shipley Biddy from to talk about how this incredible organization helps musicians and music professionals access healthcare, mental health support, and financial assistance when it’s needed most.

Learn how you can get involved, donate, and take part in Heal The Music Day on October 17th. A movement dedicated to protecting the people behind the songs we love.

🎧 Tune in and share this episode with a friend as we all work together to heal the music. ❤️

10/13/2025

In loving memory of our dear friend and host, Bob Bender. See businesssideofmusicpodcast.com for a full list of episodes!

05/20/2025

“Cheers to 100 Years!” with Dan Rogers, Senior Vice President and Executive producer of the Grand Ole Opry is out NOW!

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/42DTmC0cjW5Ndbai24KZAz?si=KmA0eAEeQUi0DZXxa82GCQ&context=spotify%3Ashow%3A0YN4g3sXX3Jry70zstNjQ7

Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cheers-to-100-years/id1234652701?i=1000709121364

05/20/2025

Out now! 🎙️

Business Side of Music · Episode

04/15/2025

Please allow me to introduce you to the next chapter of Business Side of Music. 🎙️