My .4 Cents

This week on My Point 4 Cents Dustin Boyer and Andrew Southworth talk about what it takes to scale a song to be a 'hit song', and Tidal now automatically flagging and demonetizing 100% AI generated music. The episode also features an interview with legendary agent Jordan Burger, where he talks about why he doesn't want to sign your band.Become A Member To Get All Of Our Videos: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpveuOJ074aUY09YfIQHz0Q/joinFind My .4 Cents On Your Favorite Podcast App And Subscribe Here https://beacons.ai/mypoint4centsJordan on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jo2thabu

In this weeks episode of My Point 4 Cents, Andrew Southworth, Ryan Schutte and Matt Bacon talk about the different roles in live music, general concert promo and the drama around Stick Figure.Become A Member To Get All Of Our Videos: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpveuOJ074aUY09YfIQHz0Q/joinFind My .4 Cents On Your Favorite Podcast App And Subscribe Here https://beacons.ai/mypoint4cents

In this episode of My Point 4 Cents Matt Bacon, Jesse Cannon and Andrew Southworth talk about Spotify's new video feature, and the new tool that you can use to see if AI platforms stole your music for training data. Become A Member To Get All Of Our Videos: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpveuOJ074aUY09YfIQHz0Q/joinFind My .4 Cents On Your Favorite Podcast App And Subscribe Here https://beacons.ai/mypoint4centsSee if your music was stolen for AI training: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/06/dataset-free-music-archive/687336/

This week on My Point 4 Cents Matt Bacon, Andrew Southworth and Dustin Boyer give as much music marketing advice as they can in under 1 minute, talk about why you shouldn't ask people to listen to your music, how to build lore around your music and if cover songs help or hurt your music career. Become A Member To Get All Of Our Videos: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpveuOJ074aUY09YfIQHz0Q/joinFind My .4 Cents On Your Favorite Podcast App And Subscribe Here https://beacons.ai/mypoint4cents

On this week's episode of My .4 Cents Dustin Boyer, Ryan Schutte, Andrew Southworth and Matt Bacon talk about Spotify & UMG's new AI remix / cover feature and the death of repost pages on Instagram. The episode also features an interview with Jadd Shickler (Blues Funeral Recordings, Magnetic Eye Records) talking about what record labels are looking for, the role of the label in 2026 and what it takes to build a scene.

This week on My Point 4 Cents Matt Bacon and Andrew Southworth talk all about running Meta ads for music marketing. Including effective cheap ads, what content works best and the different types of campaigns that work for music. The episode also features an interview with Rom Villarica (AZKAL), the founder of Flowstage, a site and app that makes it easy for music artists to create content for social media and ads at scale.Become A Member To Get All Of Our Videos: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpveuOJ074aUY09YfIQHz0Q/joinFind My .4 Cents On Your Favorite Podcast App And Subscribe Here https://beacons.ai/mypoint4cents

This week on My .4 Cents Matt Bacon, Izzy Guti, Dustin Boyer and Andrew Southworth talk about millennial vs gen z marketing and CharliXCX's new song rollout, Megan Trainor's branding switch and blue dot fever. The episode also features an interview with Mark Jourdian of Good Harbor who runs a management company working with artists like boygenius, Father John Misty, Mitski and more.

In this week's episode of My .4 Cents Matt Bacon, Stevie Red McMinn, Andrew Southworth and Dustin Boyer talk about if great music beats great marketing, and the continued drama behind Chaotic Good Projects and their marketing of Geese. The episode also features an interview between Matt Bacon and Kyle Weber of Indie on the Move where they talk about how indie artists can plan shows and tours.