The 10 Best Music Industry Podcasts You Should Listen To
Podcasts are a great source of entertainment, knowledge and they enable you to jump right into up to date conversations of whichever topic.
I’ve put together a list of awesome podcasts for artists, producers, music managers or anyone who wants to keep up with music industry trends, updates, and helpful information for independent artists.
Have a listen to my Top Best 10 Music Industry Podcasts to keep current and educated in this ever-changing world of music.
Best Music Industry Podcasts in 2021
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This music industry podcast aims to help artists get their music out to the world through marketing, branding and leaning from fellow musicians’ stories. The podcasts host, Rick Barker, is a hard working entrepreneur, manager, author and consultant sharing his valuable experiences and insights. Rick Barker had a start in radio, promoting artists and had been Taylor Swifts manager early on in her career.
This podcast gives an in depth look at recent changes and advancements in music business and the industry as a whole.
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This podcast is run by the music distributor, CD Baby. It’s geared towards independent bands and artists looking to build a sustainable career, outlining the basics of starting out your music career through interviews and ‘How To…’ podcast episodes.
The podcast follows artists of various styles and genres who’ve found a unique pathway to success. The interviews tend to be in-depth discussions with lawyers, promoters, talent buyers and more. Giving the audience a broad look and perspective on other players in the music industry.
3. Creative Juice
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The creative Juice podcast by Entrepreneur is one of my favourites, It has a good mix of both music and business, covering topics such as - copywriting, branding, Facebook marketing, marketing strategies for the music industry and more.
This is a weekly, 1-hour podcast dedicated to help enable you to pursue your creative passion. The podcast also features weekly music industry guests sharing their story and process.
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Focused on serving music artists, record labels an music start ups, Music Growth Talks is a podcast you need to pay attention to.
Hosted by Andrew Apanov, the founder of the Dotted Music marketing agency and WESPIN.CO, each episode on the podcast features special guests sharing actionable tactics for artists, bands, music producers, and songwriters to use to grow a successful music career.
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The Canadian Musician Podcast gives you an insider look at the latest within the music industry in Canada and so much more. If you live in Canada and don’t know about this podcast yet… Thank me later.
This podcast isn’t only for Canadians in Music, many concepts and topics discussed can still be transferred across different markets. The Canadian Musician Podcast also features interviews with songwriters, musicians and producers.
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The best musicians from Rick Rubin, Malcolm Gladwell to Bruce Headlam, talk about their life inspiration & craft on the Broken Record podcast, then they play.
Although this podcast isn’t as frequent when it comes to offering new episodes, it’s always worth it when they’re released. Furthermore, the Broken Record podcast has a great library of timeless episodes to listen back on.
7. Couch wisdom
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Couch Wisdom is a weekly podcast presenting best of Redbull Music Academy’s ( a series of festivals and workshops) lecture archive.
The podcast features personal stories and creative insights from Bjork to Young Thug’s Engineer Alex Tumay, to The Black Madonna. There is something for every music fan with this music industry podcast.
8. Blap Chat
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Super producer, !llmind, hosts his Blap Chat podcast having deep discussions about the most current industry news, and serves as a podcast suited for music producers.
Blap Chat interviews producers, engineers and artists on top of the Hip Hop, R&B and Pop scene right now. Conversations in this podcast always have a group discussion feel as !llmind’s talented co-hosts chime in giving a nice variety of opinions and outlooks. Blap Chat offers helpful resources, strategies and a community for upcoming music producers and artists.
9. Dissect
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Dissect, an innovative podcast for artists, music producers and avid music lovers.
Dissect goes deep into the anatomy of an album. each season dives into a single album, dissecting the lyrics and production of one song per episode.
Past seasons have included - Blonde by Frank Ocean (S3) and Flower Boy by Tyler, The Creator (S4).
If you’re a songwriter, artist or producer who would love to get an inside look at the process and components being put into todays music, put this podcast on your list.
10. Pop Cast
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The Popcast podcast gives you an up-to-date look at music industry topics and must knows.
Hosted by Jon Caramanica, a pop music critic for the New York Times, episodes cover the latest in popular music criticism, trends, and news.
Conclusion
These are my top recommendations of podcast to keep up with the music industry. These podcast have a great mix of music marketing strategies, independent artist resources & much more. If you’re a musician, label, manager, or anyone else wanting to have a solid grasp and understanding of how to work through the industry, these podcasts are for you.
What is your favourite music industry podcast?
Let me know your thoughts.
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